| League Championship - Cleveland Browns at New York Yankees Game Statistics |
| Date: December 14, 1947 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 60103 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| New York YankeesNY | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | NY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Otto Graham 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New York YankeesNY | Harvey Johnson 12 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Edgar Jones 4 run (Lou Saban kick) | 14 | 3 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 58 | LOE | Mac Speedie |
| 46 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 36 | LOG | Eddie Ulinski |
| 20 | C | Mike Scarry |
| 32 | ROG | Lin Houston |
| 44 | ROT | Lou Rymkus |
| 56 | ROE | Dante Lavelli |
| 60 | QB | Otto Graham |
| 90 | LOH | Edgar Jones |
| 86 | ROH | Lew Mayne |
| 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 |
| 60 | S | Otto Graham |
| 62 | RDH | Cliff Lewis |
| New York Yankees | ||
| Offense | ||
| 53 | LOE | Jack Russell |
| 44 | LOT | Frank Kinard |
| 33 | LOG | Roman Bentz |
| 25 | C | Lou Sossamon |
| 31 | ROG | Dick Barwegen |
| 43 | ROT | Nate Johnson |
| 51 | ROE | Bruce Alford |
| 80 | BB | Bob Sweiger |
| 81 | TB | Spec Sanders |
| 60 | WB | Lloyd Cheatham |
| 76 | FB | Buddy Young |
| Defense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Jack Russell |
| 44 | LDT | Frank Kinard |
| 31 | LDG | Dick Barwegen |
| 33 | RDG | Roman Bentz |
| 43 | RDT | Nate Johnson |
| 51 | RDE | Bruce Alford |
| 60 | LLB | Lloyd Cheatham |
| 25 | RLB | Lou Sossamon |
| 83 | LDH | Harry Burrus |
| 80 | S | Bob Sweiger |
| 74 | RDH | Harmon Rowe |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Marion Motley | 13 | 109 | 8.4 | 51 | 0 |
| Edgar Jones | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 9 | 1 |
| Otto Graham | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 24 | 1 |
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Lew Mayne | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Buddy Young | 16 | 69 | 4.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Spec Sanders | 12 | 40 | 3.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Eddie Prokop | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 21 | 14 | 66.7 | 0 | 112 | 5.3 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 79.9 |
| New York Yankees | |||||||||||
| Spec Sanders | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 1 | 89 | 5.2 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 33.7 |
| Eddie Prokop | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mac Speedie | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Edgar Jones | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Tommy Colella | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Lew Mayne | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Buddy Young | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Bob Sweiger | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Roy Kurrasch | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Van Davis | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Jack Russell | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 5 | 225 | 45.0 | 51 | 0 |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Bob Kennedy | 6 | 216 | 36.0 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Cliff Lewis | 3 | 0 | 25 | 8.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| Buddy Young | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Eddie Prokop | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ermal Allen | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| Buddy Young | 2 | 0 | 51 | 25.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Spec Sanders | 1 | 0 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| New York Yankees | ||
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