| Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 5, 1958 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Venue: Pitt Stadium Attendance: 31130 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 54 F Humidty: 59% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 45 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 23 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bobby Mitchell 21 pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Darrel Brewster 8 pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Tom Tracy 1 run (Tom Miner kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Tom Miner 31 FG | 21 | 10 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 32 FG | 24 | 10 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 59 run (Lou Groza kick) | 31 | 10 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 3 run (Lou Groza kick) | 38 | 10 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Preston Carpenter 4 pass from Jim Ninowski (Lou Groza kick) | 45 | 10 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Safety, Jim Ninowski tackled in end zone by Ernie Stautner | 45 | 12 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Pete Brewster |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 64 | LOG | Jim Ray Smith |
| 56 | C | Art Hunter |
| 65 | ROG | Chuck Noll |
| 74 | ROT | Mike McCormack |
| 40 | ROE | Preston Carpenter |
| 16 | QB | Milt Plum |
| 49 | LOH | Bobby Mitchell |
| 26 | ROH | Ray Renfro |
| 32 | FB | Jim Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Paul Wiggin |
| 79 | LDT | Bob Gain |
| 70 | RDT | Don Colo |
| 84 | RDE | Bill Quinlan |
| 35 | LLB | Galen Fiss |
| 50 | MLB | Vince Costello |
| 34 | RLB | Walt Michaels |
| 18 | LDH | Bobby Freeman |
| 22 | LS | Kenny Konz |
| 42 | RS | Junior Wren |
| 20 | RDH | Don Paul |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | LOE | Jimmy Orr |
| 72 | LOT | Darrell Dess |
| 62 | LOG | Mike Sandusky |
| 57 | C | Ed Beatty |
| 65 | ROG | John Nisby |
| 74 | ROT | Frank Varrichione |
| 87 | ROE | Jack McClairen |
| 10 | QB | Earl Morrall |
| 25 | LOH | Ray Mathews |
| 20 | ROH | Dick Christy |
| 35 | FB | Tank Younger |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | George Tarasovic |
| 71 | LDT | Joe Lewis |
| 75 | RDT | Joe Krupa |
| 70 | RDE | Ernie Stautner |
| 68 | LLB | Bob Dougherty |
| 60 | MLB | Dale Dodrill |
| 50 | RLB | John Reger |
| 26 | LDH | Gary Glick |
| 24 | LS | Richie McCabe |
| 80 | RS | Jack Butler |
| 42 | RDH | Dick Alban |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 17 | 129 | 7.6 | 59t | 3 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 8 | 65 | 8.1 | 22 | 0 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| LeRoy Bolden | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Milt Plum | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Tom Tracy | 11 | 54 | 4.9 | 19 | 1 |
| Tank Younger | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Dick Christy | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Larry Krutko | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Len Dawson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Milt Plum | 14 | 13 | 92.9 | 0 | 197 | 14.1 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 158.3 | |
| Jim Ninowski | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 2 | 45 | 6.4 | 34 | 1 | 16 | 64.6 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Earl Morrall | 22 | 7 | 31.8 | 4 | 158 | 7.2 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 18.9 | |
| Len Dawson | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Preston Carpenter | 7 | 131 | 18.7 | 34 | 1 | ||||||
| Jim Brown | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 16 | 0 | ||||||
| Ray Renfro | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 25 | 0 | ||||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 21t | 1 | ||||||
| Ed Modzelewski | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
| Pete Brewster | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8t | 1 | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Tom Tracy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Tom Tracy | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
| Jimmy Orr | 1 | 66 | 66.0 | 66 | 0 | ||||||
| Jack McClairen | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | ||||||
| Dick Lucas | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | ||||||
| Tank Younger | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | ||||||
| Ray Mathews | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Paul | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Kenny Konz | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Junior Wren | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Shofner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dick Alban | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jack Butler | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dick Deschaine | 5 | 220 | 44.0 | 58 | 0 |
| Junior Wren | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jimmy Orr | 7 | 309 | 44.1 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Kenny Konz | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Dick Christy | 2 | 7 | 3,5 | 7 | 0 | |
| Billy Reynolds | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Dale Dodrill | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| LeRoy Bolden | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Billy Reynolds | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 25 | 0 | |
| Dick Christy | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 41 | 0 | |
| Frank Varrichione | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
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