| Cleveland Browns at New York Yankees Game Statistics |
| Date: November 23, 1947 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 70060 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| New York YankeesNY | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | NY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York YankeesNY | Spec Sanders 1 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York YankeesNY | Spec Sanders 3 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | New York YankeesNY | Spec Sanders 27 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | New York YankeesNY | Buddy Young 5 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 0 | 28 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bill Boedeker 34 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Saban kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Marion Motley 12 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Saban kick) | 14 | 28 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Marion Motley 10 run (Lou Saban kick) | 21 | 28 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jimmy Dewar 4 run (Lou Saban kick) | 28 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| 60 | S | Otto Graham |
| Offense | ||
| 58 | LOE | Mac Speedie |
| 42 | LOT | Chet Adams |
| 38 | LOG | Weldon Humble |
| 22 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 30 | ROG | Bill Willis |
| 44 | ROT | Lou Rymkus |
| 56 | ROE | Dante Lavelli |
| 60 | QB | Otto Graham |
| 99 | LOH | Bill Boedeker |
| 86 | ROH | Lew Mayne |
| 76 | FB | Marion Motley |
| Defense | ||
| 48 | LDE | Ernie Blandin |
| 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 |
| New York Yankees | ||
| Offense | ||
| 53 | LOE | Jack Russell |
| 44 | LOT | Bruiser Kinard |
| 33 | LOG | Roman Bentz |
| 25 | C | Lou Sossamon |
| 31 | ROG | Dick Barwegen |
| 43 | ROT | Nate Johnson |
| 50 | ROE | Roy Ruskusky |
| 60 | BB | Lloyd Cheatham |
| 81 | TB | Spec Sanders |
| 80 | WB | Bob Sweiger |
| 76 | FB | Buddy Young |
| Defense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Jack Russell |
| 44 | LDT | Bruiser Kinard |
| 31 | LDG | Dick Barwegen |
| 33 | RDG | Roman Bentz |
| 43 | RDT | Nate Johnson |
| 50 | RDE | Roy Ruskusky |
| 60 | LLB | Lloyd Cheatham |
| 25 | RLB | Lou Sossamon |
| 83 | LDH | Harry Burrus |
| 74 | RDH | Harmon Rowe |
| 80 | S | Bob Sweiger |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Marion Motley | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 1 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Otto Graham | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Lew Mayne | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Dewar | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Bill Lund | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Spec Sanders | 32 | 157 | 4.9 | 3 | |
| Buddy Young | 14 | 96 | 6.9 | 1 | |
| Eddie Prokop | 9 | 12 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Sweiger | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Dewey Proctor | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Kennedy | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Harmon Rowe | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 3 | 235 | 8.4 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65.9 |
| New York Yankees | |||||||||||
| Spec Sanders | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 1 | 62 | 6.9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 37.5 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mac Speedie | 6 | 154 | 25.7 | 82 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Lew Mayne | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 34t | 1 |
| Marion Motley | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Jack Russell | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | |
| Bob Sweiger | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Jack Russell | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Dewey Proctor | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Harmon Rowe | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Spec Sanders | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Kennedy | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Mac Speedie | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Marion Motley | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| Cliff Lewis | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Lund | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| Spec Sanders | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 53 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Jack Russell | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Dewey Proctor | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
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