| Cleveland Browns at Chicago Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: October 4, 1959 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 19935 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 60 F Humidty: 84% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 34 |
| Chicago CardinalsCHIC | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | CHIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 2 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ray Renfro 5 pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Junior Wren 44 opponents fumble recovery (Lou Groza kick) | 28 | 0 |
| 3 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | King Hill 2 run (Bobby Joe Conrad kick) | 28 | 7 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Billy Howton 36 pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick failed) | 34 | 7 |
| 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 |
| 74 | ROT | Mike McCormack |
| 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 |
| 35 | LLB | Galen Fiss |
| 50 | MLB | Vince Costello |
| 34 | RLB | Walt Michaels |
| 30 | LDH | Bernie Parrish |
| 22 | LS | Kenny Konz |
| 42 | RS | Junior Wren |
| 44 | RDH | Jim Shofner |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 20 | LOE | Woodley Lewis |
| 71 | LOT | Bobby Cross |
| 62 | LOG | Dale Meinert |
| 50 | C | Don Gillis |
| 64 | ROG | Ken Gray |
| 74 | ROT | Ken Panfil |
| 80 | ROE | John Tracey |
| 16 | QB | King Hill |
| 44 | LOH | John David Crow |
| 40 | ROH | Bobby Joe Conrad |
| 31 | FB | Mal Hammack |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Leo Sugar |
| 78 | LDT | Luke Owens |
| 72 | RDT | Frank Fuller |
| 86 | RDE | Marion Rushing |
| 57 | LLB | Carl Brettschneider |
| 61 | MLB | Jack Patera |
| 53 | RLB | Bill Koman |
| 81 | LDH | Dick Lane |
| 33 | LS | John Roach |
| 24 | RS | Billy Stacy |
| 41 | RDH | Jimmy Hill |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 37 | 147 | 4.0 | 11 | 2 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Milt Plum | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| John David Crow | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 31 | 0 |
| Mal Hammack | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Larry Hickman | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Childress | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| King Hill | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| M.C. Reynolds | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Milt Plum | 14 | 11 | 78.6 | 0 | 154 | 11.0 | 36t | 2 | 2 | 15 | 152.1 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| King Hill | 25 | 11 | 44.0 | 0 | 147 | 5.9 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 63.2 |
| M.C. Reynolds | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 1 | 50 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ray Renfro | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 15 | 1 |
| Billy Howton | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 36t | 1 |
| Jim Brown | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Woodley Lewis | 8 | 106 | 13.3 | 30 | 0 |
| John Tracey | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Sonny Randle | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 9 | 0 |
| John David Crow | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Larry Hickman | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Mal Hammack | 0 | 5 | 5L | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Chuck Noll | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Junior Wren | 4 | 151 | 37.8 | 41 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Jerry Norton | 3 | 120 | 40.0 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Billy Stacy | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 30 | 0 | |
| Jerry Norton | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Ken Hall | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
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