| Cleveland Browns at Brooklyn Dodgers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 12, 1947 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Ebbets Field Attendance: 18872 |
| Weather: Haze Temp: 77 F Humidty: 88% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 20 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 55 |
| Brooklyn DodgersBKN | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | BKN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | LLB | Tony Adamle | ||
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Marion Motley 13 run (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Tommy Colella 82 punt return (Lou Groza kick failed) | 0 | 13 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dante Lavelli 53 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Bob Hoernschemeyer 6 run (Phil Martinovich kick) | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Marion Motley 50 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mac Speedie 19 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 34 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bill Lund 28 interception return (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 41 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bill Boedeker 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 48 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bill Boedeker 8 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 55 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| 62 | RDH | Cliff Lewis |
| Offense | ||
| 58 | LOE | Mac Speedie |
| 42 | LOT | Chet Adams |
| 38 | LOG | Weldon Humble |
| 20 | C | Mike Scarry |
| 30 | ROG | Bill Willis |
| 44 | ROT | Lou Rymkus |
| 56 | TE | Dante Lavelli |
| 60 | QB | Otto Graham |
| 90 | LOH | Edgar Jones |
| 92 | ROH | Tommy Colella |
| 76 | FB | Marion Motley |
| Defense | ||
| 42 | LDE | Chet Adams |
| 36 | LDT | Eddie Ulinski |
| 30 | MG | Bill Willis |
| 44 | RDT | Lou Rymkus |
| 50 | RDE | John Yonakor |
| 74 | LLB | Tony Adamle |
| 76 | MLB | Marion Motley |
| 72 | RLB | Lou Saban |
| 52 | LDH | George Young |
| 62 | RDH | Cliff Lewis |
| 60 | S | Otto Graham |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 51 | LOE | Jim McCarthy |
| 43 | LOT | Martin Ruby |
| 34 | LOG | Billy Jones |
| 21 | C | Joe Gibson |
| 33 | ROG | Harry Buffington |
| 44 | ROT | Garland Williams |
| 52 | ROE | Herb Nelson |
| 91 | QB | Dub Jones |
| 82 | HB | Elmore Harris |
| 62 | TB | Doyle Tackett |
| 72 | FB | Mickey Colmer |
| Defense | ||
| 55 | LDE | Hal Thompson |
| 47 | DT | Chuck Huneke |
| 43 | DT | Martin Ruby |
| 37 | DG | Ames Harris |
| 35 | DG | Ed Jeffers |
| 53 | RDE | Saxon Judd |
| 63 | LLB | Al Kowalski |
| 22 | RLB | Ed Gustafson |
| 70 | LDH | Bob Perina |
| 81 | S | Al Akins |
| 80 | RDH | Monk Gafford |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Marion Motley | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 50t | 2 |
| Spiro Dellerba | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 0 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 2 | |
| Bob Cowan | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Otto Graham | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Lew Mayne | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Cliff Lewis | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Dewar | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Greenwood | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | |
| Edgar Jones | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| Tony Adamle | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 1 | |
| Bob Perina | 10 | 36 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Dub Jones | 9 | 20 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Mickey Colmer | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| George Benson | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Monk Gafford | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 11 | 9 | 81.8 | 0 | 146 | 13.3 | 53t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Cliff Lewis | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 14 | 4.7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.3 |
| Ermal Allen | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 13 | 4.3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.9 |
| Edgar Jones | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||||||||
| Bob Perina | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 2 | 26 | 4.3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 22.2 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 36.1 | |
| Dub Jones | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mac Speedie | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 0 | |
| Dante Lavelli | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 53t | 1 |
| Marion Motley | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Marshall Shurnas | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Jim McCarthy | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Perina | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Monk Gafford | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ted Scruggs | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mickey Colmer | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bill Lund | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28t | 1 |
| Ermal Allen | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Don Greenwood | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Frank Gatski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 4 | 168 | 42.0 | 60 | 0 |
| Ermal Allen | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Mickey Colmer | 4 | 175 | 43.8 | 62 | 0 |
| Bob Perina | 2 | 89 | 44.5 | 51 | 0 |
| Lee Tevis | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Tommy Colella | 2 | 91 | 45.5 | 82t | 1 | |
| Otto Graham | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||||||
| Dub Jones | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | ||
| Monk Gafford | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bill Lund | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||||||
| Elmore Harris | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
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