| Cleveland Browns at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 28, 1948 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Kezar Stadium Attendance: 59785 |
| Weather: Haze Temp: 58 F Humidty: 45% Wind: mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 10 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 31 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dante Lavelli 41 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 24 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Perry 2 run (Joe Vetrano kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Al Beals 4 pass from Frankie Albert (Joe Vetrano kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Al Beals 29 pass from Frankie Albert (Joe Vetrano kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Marion Motley 6 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dub Jones 20 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 24 | 21 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Edgar Jones 33 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 31 | 21 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Perry 6 pass from Frankie Albert (Joe Vetrano kick) | 31 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 58 | LOE | Mac Speedie |
| 46 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 36 | LOG | Eddie Ulinski |
| 22 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 32 | ROG | Lin Houston |
| 44 | ROT | Lou Rymkus |
| 56 | ROE | Dante Lavelli |
| 60 | QB | Otto Graham |
| 90 | LOH | Edgar Jones |
| 86 | ROH | Dub Jones |
| 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 |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 58 | LOE | Nick Susoeff |
| 42 | LOT | Bob Bryant |
| 31 | LOG | Don Clark |
| 22 | C | Joel Williams |
| 34 | ROG | Visco Grgich |
| 41 | ROT | John Woudenberg |
| 53 | ROE | Al Beals |
| 63 | QB | Frankie Albert |
| 81 | LOH | Len Eshmont |
| 91 | ROH | Johnny Strzykalski |
| 72 | FB | Norm Standlee |
| Defense | ||
| 58 | LDE | Nick Susoeff |
| 42 | LDT | Bob Bryant |
| 34 | MG | Visco Grgich |
| 41 | RDT | John Woudenberg |
| 54 | RDE | Gail Bruce |
| 72 | LLB | Norm Standlee |
| 37 | MLB | Riley Matheson |
| 71 | RLB | Verl Lillywhite |
| 92 | LDH | Paul Crowe |
| 81 | RDH | Len Eshmont |
| 93 | S | Jim Cason |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Edgar Jones | 13 | 45 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Tommy Colella | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Cowan | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Dub Jones | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Johnny Strzykalski | 15 | 104 | 6.9 | 0 | |
| Joe Perry | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 1 | |
| Paul Crowe | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Frankie Albert | 7 | 6 | 0.9 | 0 | |
| Forrest Hall | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Verl Lillywhite | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Len Eshmont | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Cason | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Norm Standlee | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 23 | 12 | 52.2 | 1 | 234 | 10.2 | 4 | 109.4 | |||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Frankie Albert | 21 | 11 | 52.4 | 1 | 107 | 5.1 | 3 | 86.7 | |||
| Verl Lillywhite | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dante Lavelli | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 1 | |
| Edgar Jones | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 1 | |
| Mac Speedie | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Dub Jones | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Horace Gillom | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Boedeker | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Al Beals | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 2 | |
| Joe Perry | 2 | 25 | 17.5 | 19 | 1 |
| Len Eshmont | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Nick Susoeff | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Clarence Howell | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Eddie Carr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Tommy Colella | 3 | 148 | 49.3 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Frankie Albert | 4 | 131 | 32.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Cliff Lewis | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | ||
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Johnny Strzykalski | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Paul Crowe | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Jim Cason | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Marion Motley | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 0 | ||
| Bob Cowan | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Forrest Hall | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Johnny Strzykalski | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Jim Cason | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
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