| Cleveland Browns at Washington Redskins Game Statistics |
| Date: November 15, 1959 Location: Washington, DC |
| Venue: Griffith Stadium Attendance: 32266 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 47 F Humidty: 49% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 14 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bobby Mitchell 90 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ray Renfro 39 pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Dick James 4 run (Sam Baker kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Johnny Olszewski 19 run (Sam Baker kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 35 FG | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bobby Mitchell 5 run (Lou Groza kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Sam Baker 14 FG | 24 | 17 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bobby Mitchell 23 run (Lou Groza kick) | 31 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 24 | LS | Warren Lahr |
| 42 | RS | Junior Wren |
| 44 | RDH | Jim Shofner |
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | LOE | Bill Anderson |
| 73 | LOT | Johnny Miller |
| 62 | LOG | Don Boll |
| 51 | C | Jim Schrader |
| 67 | ROG | Red Stephens |
| 70 | ROT | Ray Lemek |
| 81 | ROE | Joe Walton |
| 14 | QB | Eddie LeBaron |
| 30 | LOH | Ed Sutton |
| 47 | ROH | Dick James |
| 0 | FB | Johnny Olszewski |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | John Paluck |
| 79 | LDT | Bob Toneff |
| 71 | RDT | Will Renfro |
| 89 | RDE | Art Gob |
| 45 | LLB | Ralph Felton |
| 56 | MLB | Frank Kuchta |
| 85 | RLB | Tom Braatz |
| 48 | LDH | Ben Scotti |
| 20 | LS | Doyle Nix |
| 43 | RS | Dick Haley |
| 21 | RDH | Gary Glick |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 14 | 232 | 16.6 | 90t | 3 |
| Jim Brown | 16 | 40 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Ptacek | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Milt Plum | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Johnny Olszewski | 18 | 190 | 10.6 | 65 | 1 |
| Dick James | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 19 | 1 |
| Ed Sutton | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Milt Plum | 25 | 17 | 68.0 | 0 | 170 | 6.8 | 39t | 1 | 2 | 16 | 100.4 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Eddie LeBaron | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 2 | 51 | 5.1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 0 | 47 | 6.7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ray Renfro | 5 | 96 | 19.2 | 39t | 1 |
| Preston Carpenter | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Billy Howton | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Brown | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Joe Walton | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bill Anderson | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Dick James | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Galen Fiss | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bernie Parrish | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Shofner | 3 | 116 | 38.7 | 44 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Sam Baker | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Kenny Konz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Dick James | 2 | 7 | 3.4 | 7 | 0 | |
| Dick Haley | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| LeRoy Bolden | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 38 | 0 | |
| Bobby Mitchell | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Dick James | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 19 | 0 | |
| Ben Scotti | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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