| Cleveland Browns at Buffalo Bills |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 2, 1947 Location: Buffalo, NY Venue: Civic Stadium Attendance: 43167 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 64 F Humidty: 33% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Edgar Jones 11 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mac Speedie 99 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dante Lavelli 11 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | John Yonakor 39 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 28 | 0 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Al Baldwin 11 pass from George Ratterman (Graham Armstrong kick) | 28 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| 60 | S | Otto Graham |
| Offense | ||
| 58 | LOE | Mac Speedie |
| 42 | LOT | Chet Adams |
| 36 | LOG | Eddie Ulinski |
| 22 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 32 | ROG | Lin Houston |
| 44 | ROT | Lou Rymkus |
| 56 | ROE | Dante Lavelli |
| 60 | QB | Otto Graham |
| 92 | LOH | Tommy Colella |
| 86 | ROH | Lew Mayne |
| 76 | FB | Marion Motley |
| Defense | ||
| 48 | LDE | Ernie Blandin |
| 32 | LDT | Lin Houston |
| 36 | MG | Eddie Ulinski |
| 44 | RDT | Lou Rymkus |
| 50 | RDE | John Yonakor |
| 74 | LLB | Tony Adamle |
| 76 | MLB | Marion Motley |
| 72 | RLB | Lou Saban |
| 85 | LDH | Don Greenwood |
| 62 | RDH | Cliff Lewis |
| 60 | S | Otto Graham |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 55 | LOE | Ray Kuffel |
| 41 | LOT | Chet Kozel |
| 32 | LOG | Hal Lahar |
| 21 | C | Felto Prewitt |
| 35 | ROG | Rocco Pirro |
| 46 | ROT | John Kerns |
| 61 | QB | George Ratterman |
| 73 | LOH | Ed Hirsch |
| 83 | LOH | Chet Mutryn |
| 86 | ROH | Julie Rykovich |
| 75 | FB | Vic Kulbitski |
| Defense | ||
| 55 | LDE | Ray Kuffel |
| 41 | LDT | Chet Kozel |
| 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 |
| 86 | RDH | Julie Rykovich |
| 62 | S | George Terlep |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | / | / | 5 | 35 | 1 | 0 | |
| BUF | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | / | / | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Marion Motley | 11 | 72 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Edgar Jones | 12 | 45 | 3.8 | 1 | |
| Lew Mayne | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Don Greenwood | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bill Boedeker | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Spiro Dellerba | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tony Adamle | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Jimmy Dewar | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ermal Allen | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Tommy Colella | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 137 | 3.4 | 1 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Chet Mutryn | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Julie Rykovich | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Alex Wizbicki | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| George Koch | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 85 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 16 | 13 | 81.3 | 0 | 256 | 16.0 | 99t | 3 | 2 | 18 | 158.3 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 13 | 81.3 | 0 | 256 | 16.0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 158.3 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| George Ratterman | 27 | 13 | 48.1 | 2 | 167 | 6.2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 49.5 | |
| George Terlep | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 13 | 44.8 | 3 | 167 | 5.8 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 35.3 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mac Speedie | 7 | 147 | 21.0 | 99t | 1 |
| John Yonakor | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 39t | 1 |
| Marion Motley | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| Dante Lavelli | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 11t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 256 | 19.7 | 3 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Al Baldwin | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 1 | |
| Al Coppage | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | |
| Ray Kuffel | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Chet Mutryn | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Fay King | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Julie Rykovich | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Lou Tomasetti | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Vic Kulbitski | 0 | 3 | 3L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 13 | 167 | 12.8 | 1 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Ermal Allen | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Greenwood | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 0 | |||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 3 | 166 | 55.3 | 59 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 166 | 55.3 | ||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Albie Reisz | 2 | 90 | 45.0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 90 | 45.0 | ||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Chet Mutryn | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| George Koch | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Edgar Jones | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | ||
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Chet Mutryn | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | ||
| Alex Wizbicki | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 0 | ||