| New York Giants at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: December 6, 1953 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 40235 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 60 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 30 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 10 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 62 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 30 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Darrel Brewster 22 pass from George Ratterman (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Buford Long 22 pass from Charley Conerly (Randy Clay kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ray Renfro 58 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Darrel Brewster 23 pass from George Ratterman (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Darrel Brewster 36 pass from Ray Renfro (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Frank Gifford 13 pass from Charley Conerly (Randy Clay kick) | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ken Carpenter 2 run (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 38 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ray Renfro 60 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 45 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 18 FG | 14 | 48 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Walt Michaels 34 interception return (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 55 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ken Carpenter 22 pass from George Ratterman (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 62 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Cliff Anderson |
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown |
| 67 | LOG | George Kennard |
| 53 | C | John Rapacz |
| 60 | ROG | Bill Austin |
| 72 | ROT | Dick Yelvington |
| 81 | ROE | Bill Stribling |
| 42 | QB | Charley Conerly |
| 12 | LOH | Randy Clay |
| 22 | ROH | Buford Long |
| 31 | FB | Eddie Price |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Jim Duncan |
| 73 | LDT | Arnie Weinmeister |
| 75 | LDG | Bill Albright |
| 63 | RDG | Bob Peviani |
| 51 | RDT | Dick Woodard |
| 21 | RDE | Joe Sulaitis |
| 52 | LB | John Cannady |
| 38 | LDH | Don Menasco |
| 45 | LS | Emlen Tunnell |
| 16 | RS | Frank Gifford |
| 49 | RDH | Tom Landry |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Pete Brewster |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 64 | LOG | Abe Gibron |
| 52 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 65 | ROG | Chuck Noll |
| 78 | ROT | John Sandusky |
| 86 | ROE | Dante Lavelli |
| 14 | QB | Otto Graham |
| 20 | LOH | Ken Carpenter |
| 40 | ROH | Dub Jones |
| 32 | FB | Harry Jagade |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Doug Atkins |
| 72 | LDT | Derrell Palmer |
| 74 | MG | Don Steinbrunner |
| 70 | RDT | Don Colo |
| 80 | RDE | Len Ford |
| 50 | LLB | Tom Catlin |
| 34 | RLB | Walt Michaels |
| 24 | LDH | Warren Lahr |
| 15 | LS | Ken Gorgal |
| 22 | RS | Kenny Konz |
| 42 | RDH | Tommy James |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Eddie Price | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Sonny Grandelius | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Buford Long | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Frank Gifford | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ray Renfro | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 58t | 1 |
| Marion Motley | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Harry Jagade | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2t | 1 |
| George Ratterman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Billy Reynolds | 7 | -1 | -0.1 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 39 | 15 | 38.5 | 3 | 213 | 5.5 | 31 | 2 | 20 | 41.9 | |
| Frank Gifford | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| George Ratterman | 27 | 15 | 55.6 | 0 | 237 | 8.8 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 122.0 | |
| Otto Graham | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 116 | 29.0 | 60t | 1 | 0 | 158.3 | |
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 36 | 36.0 | 36t | 1 | 0 | 158.3 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Buford Long | 5 | 118 | 23.6 | 31 | 1 |
| Frank Gifford | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 13t | 1 |
| Sonny Grandelius | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Cliff Anderson | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bill Stribling | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Ray Pelfrey | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Pete Brewster | 7 | 182 | 26.0 | 45 | 3 |
| Horace Gillom | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 60t | 1 |
| Dante Lavelli | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22t | 1 |
| Billy Reynolds | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Warren Lahr | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Walt Michaels | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34t | 1 |
| Kenny Konz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tom Landry | 6 | 234 | 39.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 3 | 152 | 50.7 | 64 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 17 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Billy Reynolds | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 | |
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Buford Long | 2 | 59 | 29.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Emlen Tunnell | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Frank Gifford | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ken Carpenter | 2 | 20 | 15.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Gene Donaldson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
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