| Eastern Conference Playoff - Cleveland Browns at New York Giants Game Statistics | 
| Date: December 21, 1958 Location: New York, NY | 
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 61174 | 
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 26 F Humidty: 33% Wind: 25 mph | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | NYG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Charley Conerly 10 lateral from Frank Gifford 8 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 0 | 7 | 
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Pat Summerall 26 FG | 0 | 7 | 
| 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 | 
| 26 | LOH | Ray Renfro | 
| 30 | ROH | Lew Carpenter | 
| 32 | FB | Jim Brown | 
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Willie Davis | 
| 79 | LDT | Bob Gain | 
| 70 | RDT | Don Colo | 
| 86 | RDE | Paul Wiggin | 
| 35 | LLB | Galen Fiss | 
| 54 | MLB | Tom Catlin | 
| 50 | MLB | Vince Costello | 
| 34 | RLB | Walt Michaels | 
| 24 | LCB | Warren Lahr | 
| 22 | LS | Kenny Konz | 
| 20 | RCB | Don Paul | 
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 44 | LOE | Kyle Rote | 
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown | 
| 68 | LOG | Al Barry | 
| 55 | C | Ray Wietecha | 
| 62 | ROG | Bob Mischak | 
| 72 | ROT | Frank Youso | 
| 85 | ROE | Bob Schnelker | 
| 42 | QB | Charley Conerly | 
| 16 | LOH | Frank Gifford | 
| 29 | ROH | Alex Webster | 
| 33 | FB | Mel Triplett | 
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Jim Katcavage | 
| 77 | LDT | Dick Modzelewski | 
| 76 | RDT | Rosey Grier | 
| 81 | RDE | Andy Robustelli | 
| 70 | MLB | Sam Huff | 
| 84 | RLB | Harland Svare | 
| 41 | LCB | Lindon Crow | 
| 45 | LS | Emlen Tunnell | 
| 20 | RS | Jimmy Patton | 
| 21 | RCB | Carl Karilivacz | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Milt Plum | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 15 | 0 | 
| Jim Brown | 7 | 8 | 1.1 | 20 | 0 | 
| Lew Carpenter | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 | 
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Gifford | 23 | 95 | 4.1 | 26 | 0 | 
| Alex Webster | 15 | 62 | 4.1 | 12 | 0 | 
| Phil King | 10 | 26 | 2.6 | 13 | 0 | 
| Mel Triplett | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 9 | 0 | 
| Charley Conerly | 0 | 10 | 10Lt | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Jim Ninowski | 15 | 3 | 20.0 | 1 | 31 | 2.1 | 17 | 0 | 11.8 | ||
| Milt Plum | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 2 | 83 | 6.9 | 29 | 0 | 39.9 | ||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 11 | 7 | 63.6 | 0 | 75 | 6.8 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83.5 | 
| Don Heinrich | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 2 | 31 | 4.4 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Pete Brewster | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 29 | 0 | 
| Jim Brown | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 | 
| Preston Carpenter | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 | 
| Lew Carpenter | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 | 
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | 
| New York Giants | |||||
| Alex Webster | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 31 | 0 | 
| Bob Schnelker | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 35 | 0 | 
| Kyle Rote | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 
| Phil King | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 
| Frank Gifford | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Vince Costello | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | 
| Junior Wren | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| New York Giants | |||||
| Lindon Crow | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Sam Huff | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dick Deschaine | 8 | 310 | 38.8 | 49 | 0 | 
| New York Giants | |||||
| Don Chandler | 7 | 329 | 47.0 | 64 | 0 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Kenny Konz | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Bobby Mitchell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Don Maynard | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | ||
| Emlen Tunnell | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Jim Brown | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 41 | 0 | |
| Lew Carpenter | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Mel Triplett | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS | 
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| New York Giants | ||
| Jim Katcavage | 1.0 | 12.0 | 
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