| League Championship - New York Yankees at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: December 22, 1946 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 40469 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| Cleveland Browns | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NY | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Yankees | Harvey Johnson 11 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Marion Motley 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | New York Yankees | Spec Sanders 2 run (Harvey Johnson kick blocked) | 9 | 7 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Dante Lavelli 16 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 9 | 14 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NY | Spec Sanders | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 23 | 1 |
| NY | Ace Parker | 9 | 5 | 0.6 | 7 | 0 |
| NY | Eddie Prokop | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 13 | 0 |
| NY | Lowell Wagner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| CLE | Marion Motley | 13 | 98 | 7.5 | 50 | 1 |
| CLE | Edgar Jones | 10 | 16 | 1.6 | 7 | 0 |
| CLE | Don Greenwood | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 |
| CLE | Tommy Colella | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 11 | 0 |
| CLE | Ray Terrell | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| CLE | Dante Lavelli | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| CLE | Otto Graham | 3 | -19 | -6.3 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| NY | Ace Parker | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 1 | 81 | 4.5 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 34.7 |
| NY | Spec Sanders | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| CLE | Otto Graham | 27 | 16 | 59.3 | 1 | 213 | 7.9 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 81.3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NY | Jack Russell | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 20 | 0 |
| NY | Perry Schwartz | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| NY | Bob Masterson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| NY | Eddie Prokop | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| CLE | Dante Lavelli | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 23 | 1 |
| CLE | Mac Speedie | 6 | 71 | 11.8 | 16 | 0 |
| CLE | Edgar Jones | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 |
| CLE | John Yonakor | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| CLE | Don Greenwood | 0 | 2 | 2L | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NY | Eddie Prokop | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| CLE | Otto Graham | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| NY | Ace Parker | 4 | 116 | 29.0 | 39 | 0 |
| NY | Spec Sanders | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| CLE | Tommy Colella | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 41 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NY | Bob Perina | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| CLE | Otto Graham | 5 | 0 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NY | Spec Sanders | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 35 | 0 |
| NY | Bob Morrow | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| CLE | Don Greenwood | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 16 | 0 |
| CLE | Edgar Jones | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| NY | Spec Sanders | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 35 | 0 |
| NY | Bob Morrow | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| CLE | Don Greenwood | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 16 | 0 |
| CLE | Edgar Jones | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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