| Cleveland Browns at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: September 12, 1948 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: Civic Stadium Attendance: 35340 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 76 F Humidty: 71% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
| Buffalo Bills | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | LLB | Tony Adamle | ||
| 82 | RDH | Tommy James | ||
| 1 | Cleveland Browns | Bob Cowan 10 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Cleveland Browns | Marion Motley 19 run (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | Julie Rykovich 25 run (Graham Armstrong kick blocked) | 14 | 6 |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Mac Speedie 10 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 21 | 6 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | Chet Mutryn 13 run (Graham Armstrong kick) | 21 | 13 |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns | Otto Graham 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 28 | 13 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Tommy Colella 23 run (Lou Groza kick) | 35 | 13 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Dean Sensanbaugher 3 run (Lou Groza kick) | 42 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 58 | LOE | Mac Speedie |
| 46 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 36 | LOG | Eddie Ulinski |
| 22 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 34 | ROG | Bob Gaudio |
| 44 | ROT | Lou Rymkus |
| 59 | ROE | Horace Gillom |
| 60 | QB | Otto Graham |
| 90 | LOH | Edgar Jones |
| 80 | ROH | Bob Cowan |
| 76 | FB | Marion Motley |
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | George Young |
| 42 | LDT | Chet Adams |
| 30 | MG | Bill Willis |
| 48 | RDT | Forrest Grigg |
| 50 | RDE | John Yonakor |
| 74 | LLB | Tony Adamle |
| 38 | MLB | Weldon Humble |
| 20 | RLB | Lou Saban |
| 92 | LDH | Tommy Colella |
| 82 | RDH | Tommy James |
| 62 | S | Cliff Lewis |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 57 | LOE | Al Baldwin |
| 43 | LOT | Graham Armstrong |
| 32 | LOG | Hal Lahar |
| 21 | C | Felto Prewitt |
| 35 | ROG | Rocco Pirro |
| 46 | ROT | John Kerns |
| 52 | ROE | Paul Gibson |
| 61 | QB | George Ratterman |
| 83 | LOH | Chet Mutryn |
| 86 | ROH | Julie Rykovich |
| 75 | FB | Vic Kulbitski |
| Defense | ||
| 58 | Vince Mazza | |
| 47 | John Kissell | |
| 37 | Vince Scott | |
| 45 | Jack Carpenter | |
| 53 | Marty Comer | |
| 25 | Ed Hirsch | |
| 23 | Bob Callahan | |
| 82 | Rex Bumgardner | |
| 74 | Carl Schuette | |
| 86 | ROH | Julie Rykovich |
| 85 | Bob Smith | |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Marion Motley | 17 | 136 | 8.0 | 1 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Edgar Jones | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23t | 1 |
| Tony Adamle | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Ollie Cline | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tommy James | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ara Parseghian | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dean Sensanbaugher | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| Otto Graham | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Bob Cowan | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Julie Rykovich | 13 | 122 | 9.4 | 1 | |
| Chet Mutryn | 17 | 48 | 2.8 | 1 | |
| Vic Kulbitski | 11 | 40 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Bill Gompers | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Don Schneider | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Lou Tomasetti | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| George Ratterman | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Still | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | S | Cliff Lewis | |||||||||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 21 | 11 | 52.4 | 0 | 197 | 9.4 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 116.6 |
| Cliff Lewis | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 39 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84.6 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| George Ratterman | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 20 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.4 | |
| Jim Still | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mac Speedie | 10 | 151 | 15.1 | 1 | |
| Horace Gillom | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Bob Cowan | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Bill O'Connor | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Chet Mutryn | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92 | LDH | Tommy Colella | |||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Tommy Colella | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | |
| Horace Gillom | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Bob Smith | 6 | 191 | 31.8 | 1 | |
| Jim Still | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Cliff Lewis | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Colella | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | ||
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Marion Motley | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Julie Rykovich | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chet Mutryn | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Vic Kulbitski | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
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