| Buffalo Bills at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: September 5, 1947 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 61442 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 13 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | RDH | George Koch | ||
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Edgar Jones 2 run (Lou Groza kick failed) | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Marion Motley 3 run (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Marion Motley 48 interception return (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dante Lavelli 51 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 27 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Lou Tomasetti 2 run (Steve Juzwik kick) | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Al Coppage 3 pass from George Ratterman (Steve Juzwik kick) | 14 | 27 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 25 FG | 14 | 30 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 52 | LOE | Paul Gibson |
| 42 | LOT | Gil Duggan |
| 32 | LOG | Hal Lahar |
| 23 | C | Bert Corley |
| 35 | ROG | Rocco Pirro |
| 44 | ROT | George Doherty |
| 54 | ROE | Al Coppage |
| 61 | QB | George Ratterman |
| 86 | LOH | Julie Rykovich |
| 84 | ROH | George Koch |
| 87 | FB | Lou Tomasetti |
| Defense | ||
| 55 | LDE | Ray Kuffel |
| 42 | LDT | Gil Duggan |
| 32 | LDG | Hal Lahar |
| 35 | RDG | Rocco Pirro |
| 46 | RDT | John Kerns |
| 53 | RDE | Marty Comer |
| 73 | LLB | Ed Hirsch |
| 21 | RLB | Felto Prewitt |
| 83 | LDH | Chet Mutryn |
| 84 | RDH | George Koch |
| 57 | S | Al Baldwin |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 58 | LOE | Mac Speedie |
| 48 | LOT | Ernie Blandin |
| 36 | LOG | Eddie Ulinski |
| 20 | C | Mike Scarry |
| 30 | ROG | Bill Willis |
| 49 | ROT | Len Simonetti |
| 56 | ROE | Dante Lavelli |
| 60 | QB | Otto Graham |
| 90 | LOH | Edgar Jones |
| 92 | ROH | Tommy Colella |
| 76 | FB | Marion Motley |
| Defense | ||
| 48 | LDE | Ernie Blandin |
| 36 | LDT | Eddie Ulinski |
| 30 | MG | Bill Willis |
| 49 | RDT | Len Simonetti |
| 50 | RDE | John Yonakor |
| 74 | LLB | Tony Adamle |
| 76 | MLB | Marion Motley |
| 72 | RLB | Lou Saban |
| 52 | LDH | George Young |
| 62 | RDH | Cliff Lewis |
| 60 | S | Otto Graham |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Chet Mutryn | 12 | 114 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 14 | 36 | 2.6 | 1 | |
| Julie Rykovich | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| George Koch | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Fred Evans | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Steve Juzwik | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| George Ratterman | 2 | -7 | -3.5 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bob Cowan | 8 | 67 | 8.4 | 0 | |
| Edgar Jones | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 1 | |
| Bill Lund | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Marion Motley | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 1 | |
| Otto Graham | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tony Adamle | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Tommy Colella | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Don Greenwood | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| George Ratterman | 16 | 3 | 18.8 | 4 | 24 | 1.5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 20.8 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 23 | 12 | 52.2 | 1 | 129 | 5.6 | 0 | 83.4 | |||
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Steve Juzwik | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Lou Tomasetti | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Al Coppage | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dante Lavelli | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 1 | |
| Mac Speedie | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 0 | |
| Bob Cowan | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tommy Colella | 0 | 8 | 8L | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Ed Hirsch | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Marion Motley | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48t | 1 |
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Lund | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Albie Reisz | 6 | 246 | 41.0 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ermal Allen | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Steve Juzwik | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | ||
| Fred Evans | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Julie Rykovich | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Edgar Jones | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Otto Graham | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Chet Mutryn | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 0 | ||
| Julie Rykovich | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bob Cowan | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | ||
| Edgar Jones | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
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