Saturday, December 13, 1952
| DTX | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Lions | Pat Harder 18 yard pass from Bobby Layne (Pat Harder kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Lions | Cloyce Box 77 yard pass from Bobby Layne (Pat Harder kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| 3rd | Lions | Pat Harder 24 yard field goal | 0 | 17 |
| Lions | Cloyce Box 40 yard pass from Jim Hardy (Pat Harder kick) | 0 | 24 | |
| 4th | Lions | Pat Harder 31 yard field goal | 0 | 27 |
| Lions | Cloyce Box 41 yard pass from Jim Hardy (Pat Harder kick) | 0 | 34 | |
| Texans | Ray Pelfrey 7 yard pass from Frank Tripucka (kick failed) | 6 | 34 | |
| Lions | Jack Christiansen 65 yard rush (Pat Harder kick) | 6 | 41 |
| DTX | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 12 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 32-132-0 | 39-216-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-35-177-1-2 | 19-35-324-4-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-13 | 3-23 |
| Net pass yards | 164 | 301 |
| Total yards | 296 | 517 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-45 | 4-36 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Cloyce Box | DET | 7 | 202 | 3 | 77 | ||||||||||