Cleveland beat the Cardinals 10–7 in the eighth week in Chicago. The Cardinals got the ball first, but Cleveland took over when Tony Adamle recovered a fumble by Venton Yablonski. Jones took a pitch from Graham on the Browns' first play and ran it 33 yards for a touchdown. The Browns forced the Cardinals to punt on their next possession and started a drive from their own 27-yard line. A run by Bumgardner and a 26-yard reception by Lavelli helped set up a 17-yard Groza field goal, putting Cleveland up 10–0. The Browns had two more promising drives in the second quarter, but both ended with missed field goals. Chicago scored a touchdown before halftime, aided by a 64-yard pass from Frank Tripucka to Bob Shaw. Neither team scored in the second half, when both defenses performed well. The Cardinals stopped a long Cleveland drive in the fourth quarter that reached their two-yard line, but they were unable to score on their ensuing possession as time expired. The win gave the Browns the lead in the NFL's American Conference.