| Cleveland Browns at San Francisco 49ers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 30, 1951 Location: San Francisco, CA Venue: Kezar Stadium Attendance: 48263 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 66 F Humidty: 73% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dub Jones 81 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Billy Wilson 25 pass from Frankie Albert (Gordy Soltau kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gordy Soltau 42 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Perry 6 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 40 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Perry 6 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 10 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 58 | LOE | Mac Speedie |
| 46 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 34 | LOG | Abe Gibron |
| 22 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 38 | ROG | Bob Gaudio |
| 44 | ROT | Lou Rymkus |
| 56 | ROE | Dante Lavelli |
| 60 | QB | Otto Graham |
| 84 | LOH | Ken Carpenter |
| 86 | ROH | Dub Jones |
| 76 | FB | Marion Motley |
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | George Young |
| 45 | LDT | John Kissell |
| 30 | MG | Bill Willis |
| 49 | RDT | John Sandusky |
| 53 | RDE | Len Ford |
| 74 | LLB | Tony Adamle |
| 35 | MLB | Alex Agase |
| 24 | RLB | Tommy Thompson |
| 80 | LDH | Warren Lahr |
| 62 | S | Cliff Lewis |
| 82 | RDH | Tommy James |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 53 | LOE | Al Beals |
| 42 | LOT | Leo Nomellini |
| 38 | LOG | Don Burke |
| 23 | C | Bill Johnson |
| 33 | ROG | Bruno Banducci |
| 43 | ROT | Ray Collins |
| 58 | ROE | Billy Wilson |
| 63 | QB | Frankie Albert |
| 81 | LOH | Verl Lillywhite |
| 88 | ROH | Pete Schabarum |
| 74 | FB | Joe Perry |
| Defense | ||
| 47 | LDE | Ed Henke |
| 42 | LDT | Leo Nomellini |
| 34 | MG | Visco Grgich |
| 45 | RDT | Al Carapella |
| 54 | RDE | Gail Bruce |
| 72 | LLB | Norm Standlee |
| 73 | MLB | Hardy Brown |
| 22 | RLB | Pete Wismann |
| 62 | LDH | Jim Powers |
| 93 | S | Jim Cason |
| 92 | RDH | Lowell Wagner |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Emerson Cole | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 5 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Verl Lillywhite | 17 | 145 | 8.5 | 35 | 0 |
| Pete Schabarum | 14 | 60 | 4.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Frankie Albert | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby White | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 10 | 4 | 0.4 | 6t | 2 |
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 30 | 18 | 60.0 | 2 | 222 | 7.4 | 81t | 1 | 50 | 66.2 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Frankie Albert | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 1 | 78 | 5.6 | 25t | 1 | 30 | 61.0 | |
| Y.A. Tittle | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 59 | 19.7 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dub Jones | 5 | 143 | 28.6 | 81t | 1 |
| Mac Speedie | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Joe Perry | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Billy Wilson | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 25t | 1 |
| Al Beals | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Gordy Soltau | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Pete Schabarum | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Pete Wismann | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Horace Gillom | 8 | 370 | 46.3 | 54 | 0 | ||||||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Frankie Albert | 4 | 175 | 43.8 | 54 | 0 | ||||||
| Verl Lillywhite | 1 | 75 | 75.0 | 75 | 0 | ||||||
| Frankie Albert | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 1 | 78 | 5.6 | 25t | 1 | 30 | 61.0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Jim Cason | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Don Phelps | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Horace Gillom | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
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