No team has since failed to attempt a pass during a game . Despite Marion Motley being ejected for fighting with Redskin players over racial slurs, the Browns beat the Redskins for the second time in the last game of the season. However, the Giants also defeated the Eagles, leaving them tied at 10–2 atop of the American Conference. The game, played during a heavy snowstorm in Washington, began with a Redskins touchdown on their first drive that was helped by an interference penalty on the Browns. Cleveland tied the game with a touchdown early in the second quarter following a Tommy James interception of the Redskins' Sammy Baugh. Washington quickly regained the lead with a 51-yard passing touchdown to Hugh Taylor, but Graham's 29-yard touchdown pass to Jones, his second of the game, evened the score at halftime. The Redskins went ahead for a third time with a touchdown in the third quarter, but the Browns dominated the remainder of the game, with touchdown receptions by Bumgardner and Phelps and an interception returned for a touchdown by Lahr. Groza scored two field goals in the final quarter to bring the score to 45–21. Despite poor weather and a slippery ball, Graham had four touchdown passes and 321 yards on 23 completions. The Giants also won in the final week of the season, forcing a playoff for the top spot in the conference and a place in the championship game. The Browns' tie with the Giants in the American Conference standings forced a playoff to determine which of them would advance to the championship game. The Bears and the Los Angeles Rams also tied for first place in the National Conference, forcing a second playoff game in Los Angeles. It was the first time since championship play began that two teams held the same record in both conferences at the end of the season. A coin toss gave Cleveland home-field advantage in the American Conference playoff, which was scheduled for Sunday, December 17 at Cleveland Stadium. Cleveland faced the Giants on a frozen field at home as a winter wind gusted through the stadium. Cleveland drove deep into New York's territory in the first quarter, but a stop by the Giants led to a Groza field goal that put the Browns up 3–0. The game was a defensive struggle through the middle periods. Neither team scored again until the fourth quarter, when Giants quarterback Charlie Conerly led a drive to the Cleveland 36-yard line. From there, Conerly handed the ball to back Gene "Choo Choo" Roberts, who sprinted outside the right of the line and appeared headed for a touchdown.