| Buffalo Bills at Cleveland Browns |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 17, 1948 Location: Cleveland, OH Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 28054 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 46 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 17 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Edgar Jones 44 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Al Baldwin 22 pass from Jim Still (Bob Steuber kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 45 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Marion Motley 3 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mac Speedie 15 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Lou Tomasetti 9 pass from George Ratterman (Bob Steuber kick) | 14 | 24 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mac Speedie 30 pass from Cliff Lewis (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 57 | LOE | Al Baldwin |
| 43 | LOT | Graham Armstrong |
| 37 | LOG | Vince Scott |
| 22 | C | Art Statuto |
| 35 | ROG | Rocco Pirro |
| 46 | ROT | John Kerns |
| 53 | ROE | Marty Comer |
| 63 | QB | Jim Still |
| 83 | LOH | Chet Mutryn |
| 80 | ROH | Bob Steuber |
| 87 | FB | Lou Tomasetti |
| Defense | ||
| 58 | LDE | Vince Mazza |
| 47 | LDT | John Kissell |
| 37 | MG | Vince Scott |
| 45 | RDT | Jack Carpenter |
| 51 | RDE | George Kisiday |
| 25 | LLB | Ed Hirsch |
| 33 | MLB | John Wyhonic |
| 23 | RLB | Bob Callahan |
| 82 | LDH | Rex Bumgardner |
| 74 | S | Carl Schuette |
| 85 | RDH | Alex Wizbicki |
| 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 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 14 | / | / | 35 | 0 | ||||||
| CLE | 21 | / | / | 55 | 2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Lou Tomasetti | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Bill Gompers | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Bob Steuber | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Chet Mutryn | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 0 | |
| Vic Kulbitski | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Still | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| George Ratterman | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 82 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Marion Motley | 13 | 99 | 7.6 | 1 | |
| Edgar Jones | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Ara Parseghian | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Ollie Cline | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Cowan | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Otto Graham | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dean Sensanbaugher | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 38 | 209 | 5.5 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| George Ratterman | 24 | 13 | 54.2 | 0 | 184 | 7.7 | 1 | 91.3 | |||
| Jim Still | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 2 | 84 | 9.3 | 1 | 75.5 | |||
| Chet Mutryn | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 9.17 | ||
| Bob Steuber | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 | 79.2 | ||
| Team Totals | 35 | 19 | 54.3 | 2 | 260 | 7.4 | 2 | 73.5 | |||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 27 | 11 | 40.7 | 0 | 189 | 7.0 | 2 | 89.9 | |||
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 | 30t | 1 | 158.3 | ||
| Team Totals | 28 | 12 | 42.9 | 0 | 219 | 7.8 | 3 | 106.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Bill O'Connor | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Chet Mutryn | 4 | 128 | 32.0 | 0 | |
| Al Baldwin | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 1 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 1 | |
| Marty Comer | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Vic Kulbitski | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 260 | 13.7 | 2 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mac Speedie | 7 | 140 | 20.0 | 2 | |
| Edgar Jones | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 44t | 1 |
| Bill Boedeker | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Horace Gillom | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 219 | 18.3 | 3 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Lou Saban | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Jim Still | 5 | 187 | 37.4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 35.0 | ||||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Tommy Colella | 3 | 114 | 38.0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39.0 | ||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Alex Wizbicki | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Cliff Lewis | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Bob Steuber | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | ||
| Chet Mutryn | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Marion Motley | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | ||
| Ollie Cline | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||