| Cleveland Browns at Los Angeles Dons |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 25, 1948 Location: Los Angeles, CA Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 60031 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 61 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 31 |
| Los Angeles DonsLA | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | LA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | LLB | Tony Adamle | ||
| 1 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Walt Clay 1 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dante Lavelli 49 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Walt Clay 1 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bob Cowan 17 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Otto Graham 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 36 FG | 24 | 14 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Tony Adamle 19 run (Lou Groza kick) | 31 | 14 |
| 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 |
| 62 | S | Cliff Lewis |
| 82 | RDH | Tommy James |
| Los Angeles Dons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 57 | LOE | Joe Aguirre |
| 45 | LOT | Bob Reinhard |
| 35 | LOG | Len Levy |
| 22 | C | Bob Nelson |
| 34 | ROG | Ray Frankowski |
| 42 | ROT | Earle Audet |
| 50 | ROE | Len Ford |
| 65 | BB | Dick Ottele |
| 95 | TB | Glenn Dobbs |
| 99 | HB | Herman Wedemeyer |
| 76 | FB | Walt Clay |
| Defense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Dale Gentry |
| 45 | LDT | Bob Reinhard |
| 30 | MG | Al Lolotai |
| 42 | RDT | Earle Audet |
| 50 | RDE | Len Ford |
| 76 | LB | Walt Clay |
| 22 | LB | Bob Nelson |
| 32 | LB | Knox Ramsey |
| 83 | DB | Jeff Durkota |
| 66 | DB | Walt Heap |
| 88 | DB | Billy Reinhard |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Edgar Jones | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Tony Adamle | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| Dub Jones | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Dean Sensanbaugher | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Ara Parseghian | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Marion Motley | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Cowan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ollie Cline | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Otto Graham | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 12 | 69 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Herman Wedemeyer | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Walt Clay | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 2 | |
| Bob Reinhard | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Graham | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jeff Durkota | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 32 | 16 | 50.0 | 0 | 239 | 7.5 | 2 | 95.7 | |||
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||||||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dante Lavelli | 7 | 128 | 18.3 | 1 | |
| Edgar Jones | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | |
| Horace Gillom | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Cowan | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 17t | 1 |
| Bill Boedeker | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Joe Aguirre | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 0 | |
| Herman Wedemeyer | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| Billy Reinhard | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Bob Reinhard | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Dale Gentry | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Len Ford | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Tommy Colella | 5 | 194 | 38.8 | 0 | |||||||
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||||||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 8 | 358 | 44.8 | 0 | |||||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 1 | 137 | 6.2 | 0 | 50.8 | |||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Cliff Lewis | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | ||||||
| Herman Wedemeyer | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | ||
| Billy Reinhard | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Marion Motley | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 0 | ||
| Bill Boedeker | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | ||||||
| Herman Wedemeyer | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Naumu | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
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