| Baltimore Colts at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: September 21, 1947 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 44251 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BAL | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | LB | John Wright | ||
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Marion Motley 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Tommy Colella 23 interception return (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bill Boedeker 5 run (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bob Cowan 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 57 | LOE | Hub Bechtol |
| 41 | LOT | Al Klug |
| 34 | LOG | Vic Marino |
| 24 | C | Dick Handley |
| 35 | ROG | Barry French |
| 49 | ROT | George Perpich |
| 56 | ROE | Sig Sigurdson |
| 64 | QB | Bud Schwenk |
| 82 | LOH | Billy Hillenbrand |
| 88 | ROH | Andy Dudish |
| 75 | FB | Jim Castiglia |
| Defense | ||
| 57 | LDE | Hub Bechtol |
| 41 | LDT | Al Klug |
| 35 | LDG | Barry French |
| 34 | RDG | Vic Marino |
| 46 | RDT | Mike Kasap |
| 55 | RDE | Gil Meyer |
| 24 | LB | Dick Handley |
| 71 | LB | John Wright |
| 67 | DB | Ernie Case |
| 51 | DB | Lamar Davis |
| 87 | DB | Johnny Vardian |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 58 | LOE | Mac Speedie |
| 42 | LOT | Chet Adams |
| 38 | LOG | Weldon Humble |
| 20 | C | Mike Scarry |
| 30 | ROG | Bill Willis |
| 44 | ROT | Lou Rymkus |
| 56 | ROE | Dante Lavelli |
| 60 | QB | Otto Graham |
| 99 | LOH | Bill Boedeker |
| 85 | ROH | Don Greenwood |
| 76 | FB | Marion Motley |
| Defense | ||
| 42 | LDE | Chet Adams |
| 36 | LDT | Eddie Ulinski |
| 30 | MG | Bill Willis |
| 44 | RDT | Lou Rymkus |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Billy Hillenbrand | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | |
| Blondy Black | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Rudy Mobley | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Jim Castiglia | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| John Wright | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Andy Dudish | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Bus Mertes | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Johnny Vardian | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Ray Terrell | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Marion Motley | 10 | 68 | 6.8 | 1 | |
| Spiro Dellerba | 11 | 48 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Cliff Lewis | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 1 | |
| Bob Cowan | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 1 | |
| Don Greenwood | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ermal Allen | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Lew Mayne | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Weldon Humble | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Bud Schwenk | 28 | 10 | 35.7 | 3 | 159 | 5.7 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 15.9 |
| Lamar Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Steve Nemeth | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Ernie Case | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 77 | 12.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109.7 | |
| Cliff Lewis | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 69.8 | |
| Ermal Allen | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 75.7 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Billy Hillenbrand | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 56 | 0 |
| Sig Sigurdson | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Andy Dudish | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Hub Bechtol | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ralph Jones | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Lamar Davis | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Johnny Vardian | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Greenwood | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Mac Speedie | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Marshall Shurnas | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Horace Gillom | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bill Boedeker | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23t | 1 |
| Frank Gatski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Steve Nemeth | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 51 | 0 |
| John Galvin | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Case | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 7 | 388 | 55.4 | 74 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Johnny Vardian | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | ||
| Rudy Mobley | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Dudish | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Otto Graham | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Dewar | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tony Adamle | 0 | 36 | 36L | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Lamar Davis | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Andy Dudish | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bill Boedeker | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
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