| League Championship - Cleveland Browns at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: December 23, 1951 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 57540 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 60 F Humidty: 51% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Dick Hoerner 1 run (Bob Waterfield kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 52 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dub Jones 17 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Dan Towler 1 run (Bob Waterfield kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Waterfield 17 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ken Carpenter 5 run (Lou Groza kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Tom Fears 73 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Bob Waterfield kick) | 17 | 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 |
| 24 | MLB | Tommy Thompson |
| 20 | RLB | Hal Herring |
| 80 | LCB | Warren Lahr |
| 62 | S | Cliff Lewis |
| 82 | RCB | Tommy James |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 55 | LOE | Tom Fears |
| 76 | LOT | Don Simensen |
| 67 | LOG | Dick Daugherty |
| 50 | C | Leon McLaughlin |
| 26 | ROG | Bill Lange |
| 71 | ROT | Tom Dahms |
| 40 | ROE | Elroy Hirsch |
| 7 | QB | Bob Waterfield |
| 32 | HB | Dan Towler |
| 13 | ROH | Tank Younger |
| 31 | FB | Dick Hoerner |
| Defense | ||
| 63 | LDE | Larry Brink |
| 78 | LDT | Jim Winkler |
| 11 | MG | Stan West |
| 73 | RDT | Jack Halliday |
| 84 | RDE | Andy Robustelli |
| 13 | LLB | Tank Younger |
| 57 | RLB | Don Paul |
| 33 | LCB | Jerry Williams |
| 88 | LS | Norb Hecker |
| 42 | RS | Herb Rich |
| 30 | RCB | Woodley Lewis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Otto Graham | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 34 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 5t | 1 |
| Dub Jones | 9 | 12 | 1.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Dan Towler | 16 | 36 | 2.3 | 9 | 1 |
| Tank Younger | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Vitamin Smith | 9 | 15 | 1.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Waterfield | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dick Hoerner | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 4 | 1 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Glenn Davis | 6 | -6 | -1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 40 | 19 | 47.5 | 3 | 280 | 7.0 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 47 | 47.9 |
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Bob Waterfield | 24 | 9 | 37.5 | 2 | 125 | 5.2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.3 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 128 | 21.3 | 73t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 149.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mac Speedie | 7 | 81 | 11.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 26 | 1 |
| Ken Carpenter | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Tom Fears | 4 | 146 | 36.5 | 73t | 1 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Glenn Davis | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Vitamin Smith | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Dick Hoerner | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Tommy James | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Lahr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Marv Johnson | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Jerry Williams | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 4 | 148 | 37.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Bob Waterfield | 5 | 217 | 43.4 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Tommy Kalmanir | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vitamin Smith | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ken Carpenter | 5 | 132 | 26.4 | 35 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Jerry Williams | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Andy Robustelli | 2.0 | 18.0 |
| Larry Brink | 1.0 | 17.0 |
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