1951 Cleveland Browns (NFL) |
| 1st place • American Conference • 11-1-0 .917 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Paul Brown |
| Blanton Collier | Backfield |
| Weeb Ewbank | Tackles |
| Fritz Heisler | Guards |
| Tim Temerario | Ends |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/17/1951 | A | College All-Stars | 33-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 92180 | |
| Sat | 8/25/1951 | H | New York Yanks | 52-0 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 25820 | |
| Tue | 9/4/1951 | A | Detroit Lions | 20-21 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 35165 | |
| Sun | 9/9/1951 | A | Chicago Bears | 32-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 67342 | |
| Fri | 9/14/1951 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 7-6 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 38851 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1951 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 10-24 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 48263 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1951 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 38-23 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 67186 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1951 | H | Washington Redskins | 45-0 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 33968 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1951 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-0 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 32409 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1951 | H | New York Giants | 14-13 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 56942 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1951 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 34-17 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 19742 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1951 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 20-17 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 36571 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1951 | A | New York Giants | 10-0 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 52215 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1951 | H | Chicago Bears | 42-21 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 40969 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1951 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 49-28 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 30550 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1951 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 28-0 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 24229 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1951 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-0 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 16623 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/23/1951 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 17-24 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 57540 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Tony Adamle | 74 | LLB | 6-0 | 210 | 27 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| Alex Agase | 35 | MLB | 5-10 | 210 | 29 | Illinois; Purdue; Illinois | 11 | 11 |
| Rex Bumgardner | 90 | LOH | 5-11 | 193 | 28 | West Virginia | 10 | 1 |
| Ken Carpenter | 84 | LOH | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Oregon State | 11 | 11 |
| Emerson Cole | 70 | FB | 6-2 | 215 | 24 | Toledo | 11 | 4 |
| Len Ford | 53 | RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 25 | Morgan State; Michigan | 12 | 12 |
| Frank Gatski | 22 | C | 6-2 | 233 | 30 | Marshall; Auburn | 12 | 12 |
| Bob Gaudio | 38 | ROG | 5-10 | 219 | 26 | Ohio State | 12 | 11 |
| Abe Gibron | 34 | LOG | 5-11 | 243 | 26 | Valparaiso; Purdue | 12 | 12 |
| Horace Gillom | 59 | P-LOE | 6-1 | 221 | 30 | Ohio State; Nevada-Reno | 12 | 3 |
| Otto Graham | 60 | QB | 6-1 | 196 | 30 | Northwestern | 12 | 12 |
| Forrest Grigg | 48 | DT | 6-2 | 294 | 25 | Tulsa | 11 | 1 |
| Lou Groza | 46 | LOT-K | 6-3 | 240 | 27 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| Hal Herring | 20 | MLB | 6-1 | 211 | 27 | Auburn | 9 | 1 |
| Lin Houston | 32 | ROG | 6-0 | 213 | 30 | Ohio State | 12 | 1 |
| Harry Jagade | 72 | FB | 6-0 | 213 | 25 | Indiana | 10 | 0 |
| Tommy James | 82 | RDH | 5-10 | 184 | 28 | Ohio State | 12 | 6 |
| Dub Jones | 86 | ROH | 6-3 | 202 | 27 | Louisiana State; Tulane | 12 | 12 |
| John Kissell | 45 | LDT | 6-2 | 245 | 28 | Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| Warren Lahr | 80 | LDH | 5-11 | 189 | 28 | Western Reserve | 12 | 12 |
| Dante Lavelli | 56 | ROE | 6-1 | 191 | 28 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| Cliff Lewis | 62 | S-QB | 5-11 | 168 | 28 | Duke | 12 | 12 |
| Marion Motley | 76 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 232 | 31 | Nevada-Reno | 11 | 10 |
| Bob Oristaglio | 50 | DE-OE | 6-2 | 214 | 27 | Pennsylvania | 12 | 0 |
| Derrell Palmer | 42 | DT | 6-2 | 240 | 29 | Texas Christian | 12 | 0 |
| Don Phelps | 94 | ROH | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | Kentucky | 4 | 0 |
| Lou Rymkus | 44 | ROT | 6-4 | 231 | 32 | Notre Dame | 11 | 10 |
| John Sandusky | 49 | RDT-ROT | 6-1 | 251 | 26 | Villanova | 11 | 11 |
| Don Shula | 96 | RDH-S | 5-11 | 190 | 21 | John Carroll | 12 | 6 |
| Mac Speedie | 58 | LOE | 6-3 | 203 | 31 | Utah | 10 | 9 |
| Carl Taseff | 98 | ROH | 5-11 | 182 | 23 | John Carroll | 8 | 0 |
| Tommy Thompson | 24 | RLB | 6-1 | 221 | 24 | William & Mary | 12 | 12 |
| Bill Willis | 30 | MG | 6-2 | 213 | 30 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| George Young | 52 | LDE | 6-3 | 214 | 27 | Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 14 | Kenny Konz | B | Louisiana State |
| 2 | 26 | Bucky Curtis | E | Vanderbilt |
| 3 | 38 | Jerry Helluin | T | Tulane |
| 4 | 39 | Bob Oristaglio | E | Pennsylvania |
| 4 | 41 | Bob Smith | B | Texas A&M |
| 4 | 50 | Art Donovan | T | Boston College |
| 5 | 62 | Ace Loomis | B | Wisconsin-LaCrosse |
| 6 | 74 | Dan Rogas | G | Tulane |
| 7 | 82 | Irv Holdash | C | North Carolina |
| 7 | 86 | Walt Michaels | B | Washington & Lee |
| 8 | 88 | Art Spinney | E | Boston College |
| 8 | 98 | Max Clark | B | Houston |
| 9 | 105 | Burl Toler | G | San Francisco |
| 9 | 110 | Don Shula | B | John Carroll |
| 10 | 123 | Chet Gierula | G | Maryland |
| 11 | 135 | Bernie Custis | B | Syracuse |
| 12 | 142 | Mike Sellers | B | Florida State |
| 12 | 147 | Corkey Kirtley | E | Morehead State |
| 13 | 159 | Bob Voskuhl | C | Georgetown (Kentucky) |
| 14 | 171 | Rudy Cernoch | T | Northwestern |
| 15 | 183 | Joe Skibinski | G | Purdue |
| 16 | 195 | Ed Pasky | B | South Carolina |
| 17 | 207 | Leroy Ka-Ne | B | Dayton |
| 18 | 219 | Rube DeRoin | C | Oklahoma State |
| 19 | 231 | Ray Solari | G | California |
| 20 | 243 | Jack Crocker | B | Tulsa |
| 21 | 255 | Ray Stone | E | Texas |
| 22 | 267 | Carl Taseff | B | John Carroll |
| 23 | 279 | Johnny Champion | B | Southern Methodist |
| 24 | 291 | Wayne Benner | B | Florida State |
| 25 | 303 | John Knispel | T | Wisconsin-LaCrosse |
| 26 | 315 | Fred Williams | T | Arkansas |
| 27 | 327 | Jack Jones | B | West Alabama |
| 28 | 339 | Roger Thrift | B | East Carolina |
| 29 | 351 | Bill Driver | B | Florida State |
| 30 | 362 | Sisto Averno | G | Muhlenberg |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 80 | 79 | 100 | 72 | 331 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 19 | 44 | 55 | 152 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 203 | 92 | 99 | 12 | / % | / % | 117 | 1017 | |
| Opponents Totals | 201 | 88 | 81 | 32 | / % | / % | 59 | 505 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 0 | 43 | 43 | 100.0 | 10 | 23 | 43.5 | 0 | 73 |
| Dub Jones | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Ken Carpenter | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Dante Lavelli | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Otto Graham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Mac Speedie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Rex Bumgardner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Warren Lahr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Carl Taseff | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Emerson Cole | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Horace Gillom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Marion Motley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Oristaglio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Phelps | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| George Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 43 | 43 | 43 | 100.0 | 10 | 23 | 43.5 | 0 | 331 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 18 | 20 | 90.0 | 4 | 14 | 28.6 | 1 | 152 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 10 | 23 | 43.5 | 1 | 44 | 1/3 | 4/7 | 3/6 | 2/6 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 23 | 43.5 | 1 | 44 | 1/3 | 4/7 | 3/6 | 2/6 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 14 | 28.6 | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dub Jones | 104 | 492 | 4.7 | 43t | 7 |
| Ken Carpenter | 85 | 402 | 4.7 | 30 | 4 |
| Marion Motley | 61 | 273 | 4.5 | 26 | 1 |
| Emerson Cole | 46 | 252 | 5.5 | 23 | 1 |
| Rex Bumgardner | 45 | 126 | 2.8 | 20 | 1 |
| Don Phelps | 16 | 65 | 4.1 | 10 | 1 |
| Carl Taseff | 13 | 49 | 3.8 | 15 | 2 |
| Harry Jagade | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 35 | 29 | 0.8 | 12 | 3 |
| Cliff Lewis | 3 | -10 | -3.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 415 | 1708 | 4.1 | 43t | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 428 | 1454 | 3.4 | 35 | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Graham | 265 | 147 | 147 | 102 | 2205 | 8.3 | 15.0 | 81t | 17 | 6.4 | 16 | 6.0 | 371 | 1834 | 79.2 | |
| Cliff Lewis | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 68 | 11.3 | 17.0 | 20 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 68 | 104.9 | |
| Team Totals | 271 | 151 | 151 | 103 | 2273 | 8.4 | 15.1 | 81t | 18 | 6.6 | 17 | 6.3 | 371 | 1902 | 79.5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 330 | 151 | 151 | 157 | 1978 | 6.0 | 13.1 | 61 | 10 | 3.0 | 22 | 6.7 | 430 | 1548 | 47.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Lavelli | 43 | 586 | 13.6 | 47 | 6 |
| Mac Speedie | 34 | 589 | 17.3 | 51 | 3 |
| Dub Jones | 30 | 570 | 19.0 | 81t | 5 |
| Ken Carpenter | 12 | 183 | 15.3 | 45t | 2 |
| Horace Gillom | 11 | 164 | 14.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 10 | 52 | 5.2 | 34 | 0 |
| Rex Bumgardner | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 19 | 1 |
| Emerson Cole | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Oristaglio | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 151 | 2273 | 15.1 | 81t | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 151 | 1978 | 13.1 | 61 | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Lahr | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 29 | 2 |
| Cliff Lewis | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Don Shula | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Tommy Thompson | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Alex Agase | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Tommy James | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Hal Herring | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Tony Adamle | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 235 | 10.7 | 29 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 95 | 5.6 | 36 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Gillom | 73 | 3321 | 45.5 | 66 | 0 | 8 | 340 | 2821 | 38.6 | |
| Team Totals | 73 | 3321 | 45.5 | 66 | 0 | 8 | 340 | 2821 | 38.6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 69 | 2746 | 39.8 | 75 | 1 | 3 | 230 | 2456 | 36.1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Carpenter | 14 | 173 | 12.4 | 49 | 0 | |
| Cliff Lewis | 14 | 48 | 3.4 | 11 | 0 | |
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Don Phelps | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 230 | 7.7 | 49 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 340 | 6.9 | 30 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Carpenter | 9 | 196 | 21.8 | 48 | 0 | |
| Rex Bumgardner | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Don Phelps | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Carl Taseff | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 20 | 0 | |
| Harry Jagade | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Emerson Cole | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Horace Gillom | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Bob Gaudio | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Don Shula | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Abe Gibron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 496 | 18.4 | 48 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 763 | 22.4 | 41 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Adamle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Agase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rex Bumgardner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Carpenter | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emerson Cole | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Len Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Gaudio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Abe Gibron | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Horace Gillom | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 1 | |
| Otto Graham | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Lou Groza | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 |
| Hal Herring | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Kissell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Lahr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Cliff Lewis | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marion Motley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derrell Palmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Phelps | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Sandusky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Mac Speedie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Taseff | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Willis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 19 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 135 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 29 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 1 |
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