| Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 28, 1962 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Venue: Pitt Stadium Attendance: 35417 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 60 F Humidty: 53% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 41 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Vince Costello 21 opponents fumble recovery (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 37 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Charley Scales 12 run (Lou Groza kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Dick Hoak 1 run (Lou Michaels kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 15 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 51 FG | 27 | 7 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 34 | 7 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ernie Green 8 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 41 | 7 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Buddy Dial 6 pass from Ed Brown (Lou Michaels kick) | 41 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 48 | HB | Ernie Green |
| 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 |
| 24 | LS | Bobby Franklin |
| 20 | RS | Ross Fichtner |
| 44 | RCB | Jim Shofner |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | SE | Harlon Hill |
| 77 | LOT | Dan James |
| 62 | LOG | Mike Sandusky |
| 51 | C | Buzz Nutter |
| 72 | ROG | Ray Lemek |
| 71 | ROT | Charlie Bradshaw |
| 88 | TE | John Powers |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 32 | HB | Joe Womack |
| 84 | FL | Buddy Dial |
| 35 | FB | John Henry Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Lou Michaels |
| 75 | LDT | Joe Krupa |
| 76 | RDT | Gene Lipscomb |
| 70 | RDE | Ernie Stautner |
| 82 | LLB | George Tarasovic |
| 67 | MLB | Bob Schmitz |
| 37 | RLB | Ken Kirk |
| 28 | LCB | Clendon Thomas |
| 27 | LS | Dick Haley |
| 44 | RS | Willie Daniel |
| 26 | RCB | Brady Keys |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 21 | 93 | 4.4 | 21 | 1 |
| Charley Scales | 11 | 55 | 5.0 | 12t | 1 |
| Ernie Green | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Frank Ryan | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tommy Wilson | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Henry Johnson | 16 | 94 | 5.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Joe Womack | 15 | 55 | 3.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Ferguson | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Dick Hoak | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1t | 1 |
| Red Mack | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Frank Ryan | 18 | 11 | 61.1 | 2 | 144 | 8.0 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 83.8 |
| Jim Ninowski | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 16 | 2.3 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 39.6 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 1 | 44 | 4.9 | 0 | 34 | 10.6 | ||
| Ed Brown | 7 | 6 | 85.7 | 0 | 88 | 12.6 | 29 | 1 | 57 | 158.3 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Ray Renfro | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Charley Scales | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Gary Collins | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Rich Kreitling | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bobby Crespino | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ernie Green | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8t | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Buddy Dial | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 21 | 1 |
| Harlon Hill | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Red Mack | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Bob Ferguson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Shofner | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Willie Daniel | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Clendon Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Gary Collins | 2 | 100 | 50.0 | 62 | 0 | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Ed Brown | 6 | 297 | 49.5 | 78 | 0 | ||||||
| Ed Brown | 7 | 6 | 85.7 | 0 | 88 | 12.6 | 29 | 1 | 57 | 158.3 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Jim Shofner | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Preston Carpenter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Haley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ernie Green | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Brady Keys | 6 | 139 | 23.2 | 34 | 0 | |
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