| Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: October 21, 1951 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 32409 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 75 F Humidty: 43% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Horace Gillom 38 opponents fumble recovery (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 25 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Warren Lahr 27 interception return (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 54 | LOE | Val Jansante |
| 73 | LOT | Lou Allen |
| 62 | LOG | Dick Tomlinson |
| 56 | C | Bill Walsh |
| 65 | ROG | George Hughes |
| 79 | ROT | Frank Wydo |
| 81 | ROE | Elbie Nickel |
| 23 | QB | Joe Gasparella |
| 35 | LOH | Joe Geri |
| 14 | ROH | Lynn Chandnois |
| 22 | FB | Jerry Nuzum |
| Defense | ||
| 55 | LDE | Charley Mehelich |
| 75 | LDT | George Hays |
| 60 | MG | Dale Dodrill |
| 70 | RDT | Ernie Stautner |
| 84 | RDE | Bill McPeak |
| 33 | LLB | Jerry Shipkey |
| 63 | MLB | Darrell Hogan |
| 57 | RLB | Frank Sinkovitz |
| 11 | LDH | Howard Hartley |
| 7 | S | Jim Finks |
| 80 | RDH | Jack Butler |
| 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 |
| 70 | FB | Emerson Cole |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lynn Chandnois | 9 | 42 | 4.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Geri | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 6 | 7 | 1.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 7 | 4 | 0.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Emerson Cole | 17 | 126 | 7.4 | 23 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 11 | 52 | 4.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Rex Bumgardner | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Don Phelps | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 4 | -17 | -4.3 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Ray Mathews | 21 | 8 | 38.1 | 0 | 111 | 5.3 | 39 | 0 | 16 | 55.8 | |
| Lynn Chandnois | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 21 | 3.5 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 18.8 | |
| Joe Geri | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Joe Gasparella | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 1 | 67 | 4.5 | 15 | 0 | 21 | 42.9 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Val Jansante | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Elbie Nickel | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Hank Minarik | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dante Lavelli | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Mac Speedie | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Rex Bumgardner | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jerry Shipkey | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Tommy Thompson | 2 | 33 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Warren Lahr | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Joe Geri | 3 | 141 | 47.0 | 64 | 0 |
| Chuck Ortmann | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 4 | 187 | 46.8 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Ray Mathews | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 13 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Ray Mathews | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Lynn Chandnois | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
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