| Cleveland Browns at Buffalo Bisons Game Statistics |
| Date: September 22, 1946 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: Civic Stadium Attendance: 30302 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 82 F Humidty: 49% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 21 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| Buffalo BisonsBUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | MLB | Lou Saban | ||
| 85 | RDH | Don Greenwood | ||
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | John Yonakor 52 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Marion Motley 33 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Gaylon Smith 12 run (Lou Groza kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Chet Adams 34 fumble recovery (Lou Groza kick) | 28 | 0 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| 60 | S | Otto Graham |
| Offense | ||
| 58 | LOE | Mac Speedie |
| 40 | LOT | Jim Daniell |
| 36 | LOG | Eddie Ulinski |
| 20 | C | Mike Scarry |
| 30 | ROG | Bill Willis |
| 44 | ROT | Lou Rymkus |
| 50 | ROE | John Yonakor |
| 60 | QB | Otto Graham |
| 90 | LOH | Edgar Jones |
| 85 | ROH | Don Greenwood |
| 76 | FB | Marion Motley |
| Defense | ||
| 55 | LDE | John Harrington |
| 42 | LDT | Chet Adams |
| 30 | MG | Bill Willis |
| 44 | RDT | Lou Rymkus |
| 50 | RDE | John Yonakor |
| 76 | LLB | Marion Motley |
| 66 | MLB | Lou Saban |
| 20 | RLB | Mike Scarry |
| 92 | LDH | Tommy Colella |
| 85 | RDH | Don Greenwood |
| 60 | S | Otto Graham |
| Buffalo Bisons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 56 | LOE | Nick Klutka |
| 46 | LOT | C.B. Stanley |
| 31 | LOG | Hal Lahar |
| 25 | C | Al Wukits |
| 35/30 | ROG | Rocco Pirro |
| 42 | ROT | Benny Pucci |
| 53 | ROE | Al Vandeweghe |
| 62 | QB | George Terlep |
| 89 | LOH | Chet Mutryn |
| 82/61 | ROH | Ken Stofer |
| 72 | FB | Vic Kulbitski |
| Defense | ||
| 54 | LDE | John Batorski |
| 46 | LDT | C.B. Stanley |
| 34 | MG | Elmer Jones |
| 44 | RDT | George Doherty |
| 52/55 | RDE | Herb Nelson |
| 72 | LLB | Vic Kulbitski |
| 31 | MLB | Hal Lahar |
| 24 | RLB | Pat Martinelli |
| 89 | LDH | Chet Mutryn |
| 60 | RDH | Al Dekdebrun |
| 87 | S | Lou Tomasetti |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Marion Motley | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 47 | 0 |
| Gaylon Smith | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 1 | |
| Otto Graham | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Cliff Lewis | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Don Greenwood | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Steuber | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Edgar Jones | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Lou Saban | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Ulinski | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Lund | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bisons | |||||
| Vic Kulbitski | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Harry Hopp | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Chet Mutryn | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Ken Stofer | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Curt Sandig | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Andy Dudish | 8 | 10 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| George Terlep | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Al Dekdebrun | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Zontini | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Fekete | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Cliff Lewis | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 0 | 37 | 3.4 | 0 | 41.1 | |||
| Otto Graham | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 1 | 153 | 15.3 | 52t | 2 | 95.8 | ||
| Buffalo Bisons | |||||||||||
| George Terlep | 20 | 7 | 35.0 | 3 | 34 | 1.7 | 0 | 4.2 | |||
| Al Dekdebrun | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 15 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 | 50.7 | ||
| Ken Stofer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dante Lavelli | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| John Yonakor | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52t | 1 |
| Mike Scarry | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33t | 1 |
| John Harrington | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bob Steuber | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Mac Speedie | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bisons | |||||
| Fay King | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Al Vandeweghe | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Curt Sandig | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vic Kulbitski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Cliff Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bisons | |||||
| Vic Kulbitski | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Fred Evans | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 0 | |
| Tommy Colella | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bisons | |||||
| Lou Zontini | 4 | 128 | 32.0 | 0 | |
| Harry Hopp | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 27 | 1 |
| Curt Sandig | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Tommy Colella | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Evans | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bisons | ||||||
| Ken Stofer | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | ||
| Chet Mutryn | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Curt Sandig | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bob Steuber | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bisons | ||||||
| Andy Dudish | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | ||
| Ken Stofer | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | |
| Chet Mutryn | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
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