1954 Cleveland Browns (NFL) |
| 1st place Eastern Conference 9-3-0 .750 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Paul Brown |
| Paul Bixler | Ends |
| Howard Brinker | Backfield |
| Fritz Heisler | Guards |
| Eddie Ulinski | Tackles |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/21/1954 | A | Green Bay Packers | 14-13 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 15747 | |
| Fri | 8/27/1954 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 10-38 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 58567 | |
| Sun | 9/5/1954 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 21-38 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 46877 | |
| Fri | 9/10/1954 | N | Detroit Lions | 31-56 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 43000 | |
| Sat | 9/18/1954 | H | Chicago Bears | 7-35 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 17631 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1954 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 10-28 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 26546 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1954 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 31-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 24101 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1954 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 27-55 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 33262 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1954 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 35-3 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 23823 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1954 | H | New York Giants | 24-14 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 30448 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1954 | H | Washington Redskins | 62-3 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 25158 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1954 | A | Chicago Bears | 39-10 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 48722 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1954 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 6-0 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 41537 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1954 | A | New York Giants | 16-7 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 45936 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1954 | A | Washington Redskins | 34-14 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 21761 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1954 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 42-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 28064 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1954 | H | Detroit Lions | 10-14 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 34168 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/26/1954 | H | Detroit Lions | 56-10 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 43827 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 54 | Tony Adamle | RLB-LLB | 6-0 | 210 | 30 | Ohio State | 11 | 2 |
| 54 | Quincy Armstrong | LLB | 6-3 | 231 | 26 | North Texas | 1 | 1 |
| 83 | Doug Atkins | LDE | 6-8 | 257 | 24 | Tennessee | 12 | 3 |
| 30 | Mo Bassett | FB | 6-1 | 231 | 23 | Langston | 12 | 10 |
| 60 | Hal Bradley | ROG | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Iowa | 12 | 2 |
| 88 | Pete Brewster | LOE | 6-3 | 210 | 24 | Purdue | 12 | 12 |
| 50 | Tom Catlin | LLB | 6-1 | 213 | 23 | Oklahoma | 11 | 11 |
| 70 | Don Colo | RDT | 6-3 | 252 | 29 | Brown | 12 | 12 |
| 80 | Len Ford | RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 28 | Morgan State; Michigan | 12 | 12 |
| 62 | Herschel Forester | LOG | 6-0 | 230 | 23 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 0 |
| 79 | Bob Gain | LDT | 6-3 | 256 | 25 | Kentucky | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | Frank Gatski | C | 6-2 | 233 | 33 | Marshall; Auburn | 12 | 12 |
| 64 | Abe Gibron | LOG | 5-11 | 243 | 29 | Valparaiso; Purdue | 12 | 12 |
| 84 | Horace Gillom | P-ROE | 6-1 | 221 | 33 | Ohio State; Nevada-Reno | 12 | 0 |
| 15 | Ken Gorgal | LS-RS | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | Purdue | 11 | 2 |
| 14 | Otto Graham | QB | 6-1 | 196 | 33 | Northwestern | 12 | 12 |
| 76 | Lou Groza | LOT-K | 6-3 | 240 | 30 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| 44 | Chet Hanulak | LOH | 5-10 | 180 | 21 | Maryland | 12 | 3 |
| 42 | Tommy James | RS | 5-10 | 184 | 31 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| 40 | Dub Jones | ROH | 6-3 | 202 | 30 | Louisiana State; Tulane | 12 | 8 |
| 79 | Don King | LDT | 6-3 | 260 | 25 | Kentucky | 8 | 0 |
| 72 | John Kissell | LDT | 6-2 | 245 | 31 | Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| 22 | Kenny Konz | LS-K | 5-10 | 184 | 26 | Louisiana State | 12 | 10 |
| 24 | Warren Lahr | LDH-LOH | 5-11 | 189 | 31 | Western Reserve | 12 | 12 |
| 86 | Dante Lavelli | ROE | 6-1 | 191 | 31 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| 82 | Carlton Massey | LDE | 6-4 | 221 | 24 | Southwestern (Texas); Texas | 11 | 9 |
| 74 | Mike McCormack | MG | 6-4 | 246 | 24 | Kansas | 12 | 12 |
| 34 | Walt Michaels | RLB | 6-0 | 231 | 25 | Washington & Lee | 12 | 10 |
| 32 | Fred Morrison | FB | 6-2 | 215 | 28 | Ohio State | 12 | 0 |
| 65 | Chuck Noll | ROG | 6-1 | 218 | 22 | Dayton | 12 | 10 |
| 20 | Don Paul | RDH | 6-0 | 187 | 28 | Washington State | 12 | 12 |
| 16 | George Ratterman | QB | 6-0 | 192 | 28 | Notre Dame | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | Ray Renfro | LOH | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | North Texas | 7 | 7 |
| 46 | Billy Reynolds | ROH | 5-11 | 195 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 6 |
| 78 | John Sandusky | ROT | 6-1 | 251 | 29 | Villanova | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| Bonus | 1 | Bobby Garrett | QB | Stanford |
| 1 | 12 | John Bauer | G | Illinois |
| 2 | 24 | Chet Hanulak | B | Maryland |
| 3 | 36 | Mo Bassett | B | Langston |
| 4 | 48 | Jerry Hilgenberg | C | Iowa |
| 5 | 60 | Bill Lucky | T | Baylor |
| 6 | 64 | Jim Ray Smith | G | Baylor |
| 6 | 72 | Asa Jenkins | B | Fort Valley State |
| 7 | 84 | Don Miller | B | Southern Methodist |
| 8 | 95 | Bill Barbish | B | Tennessee |
| 8 | 96 | Charlie Harris | B | Georgia |
| 9 | 108 | Tom Jones | T | Miami (Ohio) |
| 10 | 119 | Don Goss | G | Southern Methodist |
| 10 | 120 | Tom Pagna | B | Miami (Ohio) |
| 11 | 132 | Max Schuebel | T | Rice |
| 12 | 144 | Tom Breunich | T | Maryland |
| 13 | 156 | George Cummins | T | Tulane |
| 14 | 168 | Jim Head | B | Iowa |
| 15 | 180 | Chet Lyssy | B | Hardin-Simmons |
| 16 | 192 | Dick Raidel | G | Kent State |
| 17 | 204 | Howard Chapman | T | Florida |
| 18 | 216 | Bill Wohrman | B | South Carolina |
| 19 | 228 | Jack Taylor | C | Austin |
| 20 | 240 | Hugh Pierce | C | North Carolina State |
| 21 | 252 | Jim Baughman | G | Illinois |
| 22 | 264 | Lloyd Caudle | B | Duke |
| 23 | 276 | Bob Mischak | E | Army |
| 24 | 288 | Johnny Gramling | B | South Carolina |
| 25 | 300 | Tom Hughes | T | Virginia Tech |
| 26 | 312 | Joe Lundy | G | Kansas |
| 27 | 324 | Johnny Mapp | B | Virginia Military Institute |
| 28 | 336 | Vince Vergara | B | Army |
| 29 | 348 | Tony Carter | B | Virginia Military Institute |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 95 | 92 | 88 | 61 | |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 54 | 42 | 49 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 238 | 113 | 112 | 13 | / % | / % | 83 | 796 | |
| Opponents Totals | 147 | 56 | 73 | 18 | / % | / % | 58 | 608 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 0 | 37 | 38 | 97.4 | 16 | 24 | 66.7 | 0 | 85 |
| Otto Graham | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Dante Lavelli | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Mo Bassett | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Pete Brewster | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Chet Hanulak | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Kenny Konz | 2 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Dub Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Fred Morrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Billy Reynolds | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ken Gorgal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Warren Lahr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| George Ratterman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Len Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 41 | 40 | 41 | 97.6 | 16 | 24 | 66.7 | 1 | 336 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 21 | 22 | 95.5 | 3 | 9 | 33.3 | 0 | 162 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 16 | 24 | 66.7 | 1 | 44 | 7/7 | 0/2 | 6/9 | 3/5 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 24 | 66.7 | 1 | 43 | 7/16 | 0/4 | 6/14 | 3/7 | 0/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 9 | 33.3 | 0/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mo Bassett | 144 | 588 | 4.1 | 22 | 6 |
| Chet Hanulak | 59 | 296 | 5.0 | 24 | 4 |
| Dub Jones | 51 | 231 | 4.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Fred Morrison | 54 | 234 | 4.3 | 24 | 2 |
| Billy Reynolds | 64 | 180 | 2.8 | 33 | 2 |
| Ray Renfro | 29 | 151 | 5.2 | 35 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 63 | 114 | 1.8 | 14 | 8 |
| Warren Lahr | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Tommy James | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| George Ratterman | 8 | -13 | -1.6 | 2 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 476 | 1793 | 3.8 | 33 | 23 |
| Opponents Totals | 372 | 1050 | 2.8 | 47 | 4 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Graham | 240 | 142 | 59.2 | 81 | 2092 | 8.7 | 14.7 | 64t | 11 | 4.6 | 17 | 7.1 | 197 | 1895 | 73.5 | |
| George Ratterman | 53 | 32 | 60.4 | 18 | 465 | 8.8 | 14.5 | 48t | 3 | 5.7 | 3 | 5.7 | 18 | 447 | 84.2 | |
| Warren Lahr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Dub Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | -11 | |||||||||
| Team Totals | 295 | 174 | 59.0 | 99 | 2557 | 8.7 | 14.7 | 64t | 14 | 4.7 | 22 | 7.5 | 226 | 2331 | 72.1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 300 | 126 | 42.0 | 151 | 1784 | 5.9 | 14.2 | 83t | 15 | 5.0 | 23 | 7.7 | 176 | 1608 | 46.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Lavelli | 47 | 802 | 17.1 | 64 | 7 |
| Pete Brewster | 42 | 676 | 16.1 | 57 | 4 |
| Mo Bassett | 20 | 205 | 10.3 | 33 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 19 | 347 | 18.3 | 48t | 2 |
| Ray Renfro | 13 | 228 | 17.5 | 64t | 1 |
| Fred Morrison | 12 | 81 | 6.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Billy Reynolds | 10 | 76 | 7.6 | 22 | 0 |
| Chet Hanulak | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Horace Gillom | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 174 | 2557 | 14.7 | 64t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 126 | 1784 | 14.2 | 83t | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Konz | 7 | 133 | 19.0 | 54 | 2 |
| Warren Lahr | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 27t | 1 |
| Tommy James | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Ken Gorgal | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53t | 1 |
| Walt Michaels | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Mike McCormack | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Tom Catlin | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 369 | 16.0 | 54 | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 368 | 16.7 | 81t | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Gillom | 52 | 2230 | 42.9 | 80 | 0 | 4 | 128 | 2022 | 38.9 | |
| Team Totals | 52 | 2230 | 42.9 | 80 | 0 | 4 | 128 | 2022 | 38.9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 84 | 3371 | 40.1 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 324 | 3007 | 35.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Reynolds | 25 | 138 | 5.5 | 39 | 0 | |
| Chet Hanulak | 27 | 92 | 3.4 | 43 | 0 | |
| Kenny Konz | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 13 | 0 | |
| Don Paul | 1 | 57 | 57.0 | 57 | 0 | |
| Ken Gorgal | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 61 | 324 | 5.3 | 57 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 128 | 3.4 | 48t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Reynolds | 14 | 413 | 29.5 | 51 | 0 | |
| Chet Hanulak | 9 | 213 | 23.7 | 30 | 0 | |
| Kenny Konz | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 28 | 0 | |
| Don Paul | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Mo Bassett | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Ken Gorgal | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Carlton Massey | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Fred Morrison | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 31 | 783 | 25.3 | 51 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 51 | 1060 | 20.8 | 50 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mo Bassett | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Brewster | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Catlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Colo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | |
| Chet Hanulak | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy James | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don King | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Kissell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlton Massey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McCormack | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Walt Michaels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Morrison | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Noll | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| George Ratterman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Reynolds | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Sandusky | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 38 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 19 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 0 |
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