| Cleveland Browns at New York Yankees Game Statistics |
| Date: November 21, 1948 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 49981 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 56 F Humidty: 45% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 14 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 34 |
| New York YankeesNY | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | NY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Marion Motley 78 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Edgar Jones 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | New York YankeesNY | Bruce Alford 29 pass from Pete Layden (Harvey Johnson kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | New York YankeesNY | Otto Schnellbacher 40 interception return (Harvey Johnson kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 34 FG | 17 | 14 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bob Cowan 9 run (Lou Groza kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 18 FG | 27 | 14 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Marion Motley 12 run (Lou Groza kick) | 34 | 14 |
| 4 | New York YankeesNY | Bob Kennedy 1 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 34 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 59 | LOE | Horace Gillom |
| 46 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 36 | LOG | Eddie Ulinski |
| 22 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 34 | ROG | Bob Gaudio |
| 44 | ROT | Lou Rymkus |
| 56 | ROE | Dante Lavelli |
| 60 | QB | Otto Graham |
| 90 | LOH | Edgar Jones |
| 85 | ROH | Ara Parseghian |
| 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 |
| New York Yankees | ||
| Offense | ||
| 53 | LOE | Jack Russell |
| 40 | LOT | Derrell Palmer |
| 42 | LOG | Marion Shirley |
| 25 | C | Lou Sossamon |
| 31 | ROG | Joe Signaigo |
| 41 | ROT | Nelson Greene |
| 51/54 | ROE | Bruce Alford |
| 66 | BB | Duke Iversen |
| 81 | TB | Spec Sanders |
| 80 | WB | Bob Sweiger |
| 76 | FB | Buddy Young |
| Defense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Jack Russell |
| 40 | LDT | Derrell Palmer |
| 42 | LDG | Marion Shirley |
| 31 | RDG | Joe Signaigo |
| 41 | RDT | Nelson Greene |
| 51/54 | RDE | Bruce Alford |
| 80 | LLB | Bob Sweiger |
| 25 | RLB | Lou Sossamon |
| 56 | LDH | Otto Schnellbacher |
| 87 | RDH | Lowell Wagner |
| 90/74 | S | Harmon Rowe |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Marion Motley | 10 | 75 | 7.5 | 1 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Cowan | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 1 | |
| Tommy Colella | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Ara Parseghian | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Edgar Jones | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 1 | |
| George Terlep | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ollie Cline | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Spec Sanders | 13 | 85 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Pete Layden | 3 | 30 | 10/0.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Kennedy | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 23 | 9 | 39.1 | 1 | 211 | 9.2 | 1 | 69.3 | |||
| New York Yankees | |||||||||||
| Spec Sanders | 21 | 11 | 52.4 | 1 | 80 | 3.8 | 0 | 41.8 | |||
| Pete Layden | 10 | 1 | 10.0 | 2 | 29 | 2.0 | 29 | 1 | 33.3 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | |
| Marion Motley | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 78t | 1 |
| Edgar Jones | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
| George Young | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | .0 | 1 |
| Bill Boedeker | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Bruce Alford | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 1 | |
| Buddy Young | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Lowell Wagner | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Sweiger | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cheatham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ara Parseghian | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 | 0 |
| Lou Saban | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| John Yonakor | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Otto Schnellbacher | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Tommy Colella | 7 | 264 | 37.7 | 0 | |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Pete Layden | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 0 | |
| Spec Sanders | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Cliff Lewis | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | ||
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| Spec Sanders | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | ||
| Otto Schnellbacher | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Pete Layden | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Horace Gillom | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| Lowell Tew | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
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