| Cleveland Browns at Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 5, 1948 Location: New York, NY Venue: Ebbets Field Attendance: 9821 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 52 F Humidty: 59% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 31 |
| Brooklyn DodgersBKN | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | BKN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dub Jones 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dante Lavelli 54 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Otto Graham 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 37 FG | 24 | 0 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Horace Gillom 24 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 31 | 0 |
| 3 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Bob Hoernschemeyer 38 pass from Bob Chappuis (Hardy Brown kick) | 31 | 7 |
| 4 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Bob Hoernschemeyer 3 run (Hardy Brown kick) | 31 | 14 |
| 4 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Monk Gafford 60 pass from Bob Chappuis (Hardy Brown kick) | 31 | 21 |
| 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 |
| 35 | MLB | Alex Agase |
| 20 | RLB | Lou Saban |
| 92 | LDH | Tommy Colella |
| 82 | RDH | Tommy James |
| 62 | S | Cliff Lewis |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 56 | LOE | Max Morris |
| 45 | LOT | Johnny Clowes |
| 34 | LOG | Herb St. John |
| 22 | C | Ed Gustafson |
| 35 | ROG | John Wozniak |
| 48 | ROT | Ralph Sazio |
| 51 | ROE | Danny Edwards |
| 90 | BB | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| 80 | TB | Monk Gafford |
| 91 | WB | Ray Ramsey |
| 72 | FB | Mickey Colmer |
| Defense | ||
| 43 | LDT | Martin Ruby |
| 30 | MG | Tex Warrington |
| 44 | RDT | Garland Williams |
| 50 | RDE | Ted Scruggs |
| 52 | LB | Hank Foldberg |
| 25 | LB | George Strohmeyer |
| 54 | DB | Harry Burrus |
| 92 | DB | Carl Allen |
| 84 | DB | Jim Camp |
| 64 | DB | Nick Forkovitch |
| 91 | DB | Ray Ramsey |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 20 | / | / | 3 | 35 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| BKN | 14 | / | / | 5 | 32 | 5 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Marion Motley | 9 | 88 | 9.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Ollie Cline | 8 | 46 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Dub Jones | 10 | 43 | 4.3 | 1 | |
| Ara Parseghian | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Edgar Jones | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Dean Sensanbaugher | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Otto Graham | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 47 | 246 | 5.2 | 3 | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Bob Chappuis | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Mickey Colmer | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| Ray Ramsey | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | |
| Monk Gafford | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 20 | 37 | 1.9 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 17 | 10 | 58.8 | 3 | 194 | 11.4 | 2 | 98.3 | |||
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 00.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 3 | 194 | 10.8 | 1 | 72.2 | |||
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||||||||
| Bob Chappuis | 29 | 14 | 48.3 | 1 | 318 | 11.0 | 2 | 96.6 | |||
| Monk Gafford | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | 67.7 | |||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | 109.7 | |||
| Team Totals | 36 | 18 | 50.0 | 1 | 387 | 10.8 | 2 | 95.5 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mac Speedie | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | |
| Dante Lavelli | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 1 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Horace Gillom | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24t | 1 |
| Edgar Jones | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 194 | 19.4 | 1 | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 1 | |
| Max Morris | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 0 | |
| Mickey Colmer | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | |
| Monk Gafford | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 60t | 1 |
| Saxon Judd | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| Hugo Marcolini | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ray Ramsey | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Harry Burrus | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Danny Edwards | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 00 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 387 | 21.5 | 2 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Harry Burrus | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 3 | 124 | 41.3 | 0 | |
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 160 | 40.0 | ||
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Mickey Colmer | 4 | 170 | 42.5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 172 | 43.0 | ||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Cliff Lewis | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 37 | 0 | ||||
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | ||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Cliff Lewis | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | ||
| Ara Parseghian | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Dub Jones | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Ollie Cline | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||||||
| Monk Gafford | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 0 | ||
| Mickey Colmer | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||