| Cleveland Browns at Philadelphia Eagles Game Statistics |
| Date: December 13, 1959 Location: Philadelphia, PA |
| Venue: Franklin Field Attendance: 45952 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 42 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | PHI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Preston Carpenter 43 pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Billy Ray Barnes 27 run (Bobby Walston kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bobby Mitchell 5 run (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Don Owens 3 opponents fumble recovery (Bobby Walston kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Bobby Walston 18 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Bobby Walston kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 4 run (Lou Groza kick) | 28 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 40 | LOE | Preston Carpenter |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 65 | LOG | Chuck Noll |
| 56 | C | Art Hunter |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 77 | ROT | Willie Davis |
| 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 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 44 | LOE | Pete Retzlaff |
| 75 | LOT | Jim McCusker |
| 50 | LOG | Darrel Aschbacher |
| 60 | C | Chuck Bednarik |
| 67/64 | ROG | Stan Campbell |
| 76 | ROT | J.D. Smith |
| 36 | ROE | Dick Bielski |
| 11 | QB | Norm Van Brocklin |
| 33 | LOH | Billy Ray Barnes |
| 25 | ROH | Tommy McDonald |
| 43 | FB | Walt Kowalczyk |
| Defense | ||
| 66 | LDE | Joe Robb |
| 72 | LDT | Jesse Richardson |
| 78 | RDT | Marion Campbell |
| 88 | RDE | Jerry Wilson |
| 53 | LLB | Bob Pellegrini |
| 63 | MLB | Tom Catlin |
| 51 | RLB | Chuck Weber |
| 21 | LDH | Jimmy Carr |
| 27 | LS | Gene Johnson |
| 22 | RS | Lee Riley |
| 40 | RDH | Tom Brookshier |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 33 | 152 | 4.6 | 22 | 2 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 24 | 127 | 5.3 | 29 | 1 |
| Milt Plum | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Billy Ray Barnes | 13 | 50 | 3.8 | 28 | 1 |
| Walt Kowalczyk | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarence Peaks | 5 | -2 | -0.4 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Milt Plum | 14 | 12 | 85.7 | 0 | 165 | 11.8 | 43t | 1 | 1 | 11 | 139.6 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 22 | 15 | 68.2 | 1 | 246 | 11.2 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 101.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Billy Howton | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Brown | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43t | 1 |
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Pete Retzlaff | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Tommy McDonald | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Billy Ray Barnes | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bobby Walston | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 18t | 1 |
| Dick Bielski | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bernie Parrish | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Shofner | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 4 | 123 | 30.8 | 39 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Tommy McDonald | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| John Nocera | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
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