| Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Colts |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 5, 1948 Location: Baltimore, MD Venue: Muncipal Stadium Attendance: 22329 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 49 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | BAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Billy Hillenbrand 78 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Rex Grossman kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Edgar Jones 2 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Rex Grossman 40 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Edgar Jones 12 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 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 |
| 50 | ROE | John Yonakor |
| 60 | QB | Otto Graham |
| 99 | LOH | Bill Boedeker |
| 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 |
| 62 | S | Cliff Lewis |
| 82 | RDH | Tommy James |
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 54 | LOE | Ollie Poole |
| 41 | LOT | Ernie Blandin |
| 31 | LOG | Dick Barwegen |
| 22 | C | Bert Corley |
| 30 | ROG | Bill Garrett |
| 44 | ROT | Lee Artoe |
| 55 | ROE | John North |
| 63 | QB | Y.A. Tittle |
| 82 | LOH | Billy Hillenbrand |
| 85 | ROH | Bob Pfohl |
| 73 | FB | Bus Mertes |
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | Bob Nowaskey |
| 48 | LDT | John Mellus |
| 22 | MG | Bert Corley |
| 44 | RDT | Lee Artoe |
| 57 | RDE | Hub Bechtol |
| 31 | LB | Dick Barwegen |
| 73 | LB | Bus Mertes |
| 20 | LB | Ralph Stewart |
| 51 | DB | Lamar Davis |
| 81 | DB | Jake Leicht |
| 83 | DB | Johnny Sylvester |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 13 | / | / | 4 | 30 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| BAL | 8 | / | / | 5 | 55 | 1 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Marion Motley | 14 | 130 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| Edgar Jones | 17 | 61 | 3.6 | 1 | |
| Bob Cowan | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Otto Graham | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 228 | 5.6 | 1 | |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Bus Mertes | 13 | 50 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Y.A. Tittle | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Pfohl | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Lew Mayne | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Spiro Dellerba | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 87 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 17 | 10 | 58.8 | 0 | 103 | 6.1 | 1 | 96.0 | |||
| Team Totals | 17 | 10 | 58.8 | 1 | 103 | 6.1 | 1 | 96.0 | |||
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 1 | 146 | 8.6 | 1 | 67.3 | |||
| Team Totals | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 0 | 146 | 8.6 | 1 | 67.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mac Speedie | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| John Yonakor | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Marion Motley | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Tommy James | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Edgar Jones | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 103 | 10.3 | 1 | |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Billy Hillenbrand | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 1 | |
| John North | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Pfohl | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Smith | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 146 | 20.9 | 1 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Tommy James | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Tommy Colella | 5 | 181 | 36.2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 170 | 34.0 | ||
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Charlie O'Rourke | 8 | 273 | 34.1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 8 | 288 | 36.0 | ||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Tommy James | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | ||
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Billy Hillenbrand | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | ||
| Bob Pfohl | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Johnny Sylvester | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bob Cowan | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Billy Hillenbrand | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||