| Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: November 16, 1952 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 34973 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 68 F Humidty: 49% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 29 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dante Lavelli 22 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Safety, Jim Finks tackled in end zone by George Young | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 11 FG | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 34 FG | 0 | 15 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dante Lavelli 22 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 22 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Ray Mathews 33 pass from Jim Finks (Gary Kerkorian kick) | 7 | 22 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jack Butler 7 pass from Jim Finks (Gary Kerkorian kick) | 14 | 22 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Otto Graham 2 run (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Ray Mathews 38 pass from Jim Finks (Gary Kerkorian kick) | 21 | 29 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Elbie Nickel 9 pass from Jim Finks (Gary Kerkorian kick) | 28 | 29 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | George Sulima |
| 72 | LOT | Earl Murray |
| 77 | LOG | John Schweder |
| 56 | C | Bill Walsh |
| 66 | ROG | Pete Ladygo |
| 65 | ROT | George Hughes |
| 81 | ROE | Elbie Nickel |
| 7 | QB | Jim Finks |
| 25 | LOH | Ray Mathews |
| 49 | ROH | Lynn Chandnois |
| 34 | FB | Fran Rogel |
| Defense | ||
| 50 | LDE | George Tarasovic |
| 78 | LDT | Lou Ferry |
| 60 | MG | Dale Dodrill |
| 70 | RDT | Ernie Stautner |
| 84 | RDE | Bill McPeak |
| 33 | LLB | Jerry Shipkey |
| 63 | MLB | Darrell Hogan |
| 57 | RLB | Frank Sinkovitz |
| 20 | LDH | Howard Hartley |
| 24 | S | Claude Hipps |
| 80 | RDH | Jack Butler |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Mac Speedie |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 64 | LOG | Abe Gibron |
| 52 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 62 | ROG | Lin Houston |
| 78 | ROT | John Sandusky |
| 86 | ROE | Dante Lavelli |
| 14 | QB | Otto Graham |
| 20 | LOH | Ken Carpenter |
| 40 | ROH | Dub Jones |
| 36 | FB | Marion Motley |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | George Young |
| 70 | LDT | John Kissell |
| 60 | MG | Bill Willis |
| 79 | RDT | Jerry Helluin |
| 80 | RDE | Len Ford |
| 34 | LLB | Walt Michaels |
| 54 | MLB | Tommy Thompson |
| 50 | RLB | Hal Herring |
| 24 | LDH | Warren Lahr |
| 15 | S | Bert Rechichar |
| 43 | RDH | Tommy James |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lynn Chandnois | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Finks | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 6 | 4 | 0.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Marion Motley | 16 | 72 | 4.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 9 | 66 | 7.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 13 | 34 | 2.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 19 | 1 |
| Ray Renfro | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Jim Finks | 44 | 19 | 43.2 | 2 | 306 | 7.0 | 38t | 4 | 42 | 78.4 | |
| Ray Mathews | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 74 | 18.5 | 69 | 0 | 9 | 95.8 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 40 | 21 | 52.5 | 2 | 239 | 6.0 | 37 | 2 | 30 | 66.6 | |
| Marion Motley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Elbie Nickel | 9 | 120 | 13.3 | 19 | 1 |
| Ray Mathews | 5 | 126 | 25.2 | 38t | 2 |
| George Sulima | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 69 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Jack Spinks | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Jack Butler | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dub Jones | 7 | 62 | 8.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 6 | 107 | 17.8 | 37 | 2 |
| Mac Speedie | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jack Butler | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Rex Bumgardner | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Warren Lahr | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Pat Brady | 7 | 306 | 43.7 | 52 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 7 | 307 | 43.9 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Ray Mathews | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Lynn Chandnois | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ray Renfro | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 | |
| Rex Bumgardner | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Bert Rechichar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Lynn Chandnois | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Ray Mathews | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ray Renfro | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Ed Sharkey | 1 | 9.0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | |
| Emerson Cole | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Horace Gillom | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Abe Gibron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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