| Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 26, 1959 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 33844 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 77 F Humidty: 40% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Milt Plum 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Bobby Layne 26 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jimmy Orr 19 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Darrel Brewster 19 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 7 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 40 | LOE | Preston Carpenter |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 64 | LOG | Jim Ray Smith |
| 56 | C | Art Hunter |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 70 | ROT | Fran O'Brien |
| 86 | ROE | Billy Howton |
| 16 | QB | Milt Plum |
| 49 | LOH | Bobby Mitchell |
| 26 | ROH | Ray Renfro |
| 32 | FB | Jim Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Bob Gain |
| 78 | LDT | Willie McClung |
| 72 | RDT | Sid Youngelman |
| 84 | RDE | Paul Wiggin |
| 65 | LLB | Chuck Noll |
| 50 | MLB | Vince Costello |
| 34 | RLB | Walt Michaels |
| 30 | LDH | Bernie Parrish |
| 22 | LS | Kenny Konz |
| 42 | RS | Junior Wren |
| 44 | RDH | Jim Shofner |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | LOE | Jimmy Orr |
| 61 | LOT | Ted Karras |
| 62 | LOG | Mike Sandusky |
| 57 | C | Ed Beatty |
| 65 | ROG | John Nisby |
| 74 | ROT | Frank Varrichione |
| 88 | ROE | Pete Brewster |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 25 | LOH | Ray Mathews |
| 30 | ROH | Tom Tracy |
| 39 | FB | Larry Krutko |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | George Tarasovic |
| 73 | LDT | Ray Fisher |
| 75 | RDT | Joe Krupa |
| 70 | RDE | Ernie Stautner |
| 66 | LLB | Dick Campbell |
| 60 | MLB | Dale Dodrill |
| 50 | RLB | John Reger |
| 27 | LDH | Dean Derby |
| 24 | LS | Bobby Luna |
| 26 | RS | Gary Glick |
| 42 | RDH | Dick Alban |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 19 | 81 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 9 | 46 | 5.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Milt Plum | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 17 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Tom Tracy | 17 | 51 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Larry Krutko | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 4 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Milt Plum | 23 | 13 | 56.5 | 1 | 146 | 6.3 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 57.5 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 20 | 13 | 65.0 | 2 | 209 | 10.5 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 93.5 |
| Tom Tracy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Billy Howton | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Brown | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jimmy Orr | 6 | 89 | 14.8 | 19t | 1 |
| Pete Brewster | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 42 | 1 |
| Ray Mathews | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Kenny Konz | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Junior Wren | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Costello | 0 | 14 | 14L | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Luna | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Junior Wren | 5 | 185 | 37.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Luna | 4 | 154 | 38.5 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Dean Derby | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Bishop | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Jim Brown | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
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