| Los Angeles Dons at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: October 2, 1949 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 30466 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 77 F Humidty: 29% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Dons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Cleveland Browns | 0 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LA | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Bill Boedeker 74 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Marion Motley 2 run (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns | Lou Saban 25 interception return (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns | Marion Motley 33 run (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 28 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Mac Speedie 3 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 35 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Dons | John Brown 1 fumble recovery (Bob Nelson kick) | 7 | 35 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Ed Susteric 39 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 42 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| LA | Billy Joe Grimes | 9 | 66 | 7.3 | 51 | 0 |
| LA | Glenn Dobbs | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| LA | Earl Howell | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| LA | George Taliaferro | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| LA | Jim Spavital | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| LA | Hosea Rodgers | 6 | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| LA | Ed Kelley | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| CLE | Marion Motley | 17 | 139 | 8.2 | 2 | |
| CLE | Ed Susteric | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 39t | 1 |
| CLE | Bill Boedeker | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| CLE | Dub Jones | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| CLE | Otto Graham | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 17 | 0 |
| CLE | Edgar Jones | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| CLE | Warren Lahr | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| CLE | Bob Gaudio | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| CLE | Cliff Lewis | 4 | -15 | -3.8 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| LA | Glenn Dobbs | 23 | 7 | 30.4 | 0 | 93 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 44.3 | |
| LA | George Taliaferro | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 1 | 33 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | |
| LA | Tom McWilliams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| CLE | Otto Graham | 28 | 17 | 60.7 | 1 | 279 | 10.0 | 74t | 2 | 103.1 | ||
| CLE | Cliff Lewis | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 97.9 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| LA | Dick Wilkins | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| LA | Earl Howell | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| LA | Len Ford | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| LA | Billy Joe Grimes | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| LA | Hosea Rodgers | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| LA | Bob Reinhard | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| CLE | Mac Speedie | 9 | 135 | 15.0 | 1 | |
| CLE | Dante Lavelli | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| CLE | Bill Boedeker | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 74t | 1 |
| CLE | Warren Lahr | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| CLE | Dub Jones | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| CLE | Horace Gillom | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| CLE | Marion Motley | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| CLE | Forrest Grigg | 0 | 2 | 2L | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| LA | Tom McWilliams | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| CLE | Lou Saban | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25t | 1 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| LA | George Taliaferro | 3 | 122 | 40.7 | 54 | 0 |
| LA | Glenn Dobbs | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| CLE | Horace Gillom | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| LA | Harper Davis | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| LA | Bob Reinhard | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| LA | Billy Joe Grimes | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 |
| LA | George Taliaferro | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| LA | Earl Howell | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| CLE | Marion Motley | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| CLE | Bill Boedeker | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
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