| New York Giants at Cleveland Browns |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 16, 1962 Location: Cleveland, OH Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 81115 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 77 F Humidty: 43% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 9 run (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Alex Webster 1 run (Don Chandler kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Rich Kreitling 27 pass from Jim Ninowski (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 29 FG | 7 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | SE | Del Shofner |
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown |
| 66 | LOG | Jack Stroud |
| 55 | C | Ray Wietecha |
| 64 | ROG | Mickey Walker |
| 73 | ROT | Reed Bohovich |
| 80 | TE | Joe Walton |
| 14 | QB | Y.A. Tittle |
| 35 | HB | Bob Gaiters |
| 16 | FL | Frank Gifford |
| 29 | FB | Alex Webster |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Jim Katcavage |
| 77 | LDT | Dick Modzelewski |
| 72 | RDT | Charlie Janerette |
| 81 | RDE | Andy Robustelli |
| 31 | LLB | Bill Winter |
| 70 | MLB | Sam Huff |
| 82 | RLB | Tom Scott |
| 49 | LCB | Erich Barnes |
| 21 | LS | Allan Webb |
| 20 | RS | Jimmy Patton |
| 22 | RCB | Dick Lynch |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Rich Kreitling |
| 77 | LOT | Dick Schafrath |
| 64 | LOG | Jim Ray Smith |
| 56 | C | John Morrow |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 74 | ROT | Mike McCormack |
| 83 | TE | Johnny Brewer |
| 15 | QB | Jim Ninowski |
| 49 | HB | Tommy Wilson |
| 26 | FL | Ray Renfro |
| 32 | FB | Jim Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Paul Wiggin |
| 79 | LDT | Bob Gain |
| 72 | RDT | Floyd Peters |
| 80 | RDE | Bill Glass |
| 35 | LLB | Galen Fiss |
| 50 | MLB | Vince Costello |
| 52 | RLB | Mike Lucci |
| 30 | LCB | Bernie Parrish |
| 46 | LS | Don Fleming |
| 20 | RS | Ross Fichtner |
| 24 | RCB | Bobby Franklin |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Alex Webster | 12 | 37 | 3.1 | 8 | 1 |
| Bob Gaiters | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Johnny Counts | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 1 | -15 | -15.0 | -15 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 17 | 134 | 7.9 | 27 | 1 |
| Tommy Wilson | 18 | 76 | 4.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim Ninowski | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Ernie Green | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Charley Scales | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 27 | 16 | 59.3 | 3 | 198 | 7.3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.4 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.5 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Jim Ninowski | 19 | 8 | 42.1 | 1 | 147 | 7.7 | 53 | 1 | 16 | 65.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Del Shofner | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 24 | 0 | ||||||
| Alex Webster | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 18 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Gaiters | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Bob Gaiters | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Walton | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 19 | 0 | ||||||
| Johnny Counts | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| Frank Gifford | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Rich Kreitling | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 53 | 1 | ||||||
| Jim Brown | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 27 | 0 | ||||||
| Tommy Wilson | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Erich Barnes | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Vince Costello | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Galen Fiss | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ross Fichtner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Don Chandler | 2 | 110 | 55.0 | 65 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Gary Collins | 4 | 178 | 44.5 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Howard Cassady | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Johnny Counts | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Howard Cassady | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | ||
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