| Cleveland Browns at Chicago Rockets Game Statistics |
| Date: September 17, 1948 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 30608 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 78 F Humidty: 50% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| Chicago RocketsCHI | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | CHI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | LLB | Tony Adamle | ||
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Otto Graham 12 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bill Boedeker 4 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Elroy Hirsch 13 pass from Angelo Bertelli (Steve Juzwik kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bob Cowan 2 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bob Cowan 40 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 21 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 58 | LOE | Mac Speedie |
| 46 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 36 | LOG | Eddie Ulinski |
| 22 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 34 | ROG | Bob Gaudio |
| 44 | ROT | Lou Rymkus |
| 59 | ROE | Horace Gillom |
| 60 | QB | Otto Graham |
| 99 | LOH | Bill Boedeker |
| 80 | ROH | Bob Cowan |
| 76 | FB | Marion Motley |
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | George Young |
| 42 | LDT | Chet Adams |
| 30 | MG | Bill Willis |
| 48 | RDT | Forrest Grigg |
| 50 | RDE | John Yonakor |
| 74 | LLB | Tony Adamle |
| 38 | MLB | Weldon Humble |
| 20 | RLB | Lou Saban |
| 92 | LDH | Tommy Colella |
| 82 | RDH | Tommy James |
| 62 | S | Cliff Lewis |
| Chicago Rockets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 57 | LOE | Bob Jensen |
| 42 | LOT | Jim Brutz |
| 30 | LOG | Jim Pearcy |
| 22 | C | Peter Lamana |
| 31 | ROG | Herb Coleman |
| 43 | ROT | Nate Johnson |
| 55 | ROE | Fay King |
| 62 | QB | Sammy Vacanti |
| 82 | LOH | Bobby Livingstone |
| 70 | ROH | Eddie Prokop |
| 77 | FB | Dewey Proctor |
| Defense | ||
| 56 | LDE | Ray Kuffel |
| 45 | LDT | Ziggy Czarobski |
| 33 | MG | George Bernhardt |
| 43 | RDT | Nate Johnson |
| 51 | RDE | Ike Owens |
| 34 | LLB | Joe Ruetz |
| 22 | MLB | Peter Lamana |
| 28 | RLB | Fred Negus |
| 84 | LDH | Bob Perina |
| 81 | RDH | Steve Juzwik |
| 87 | S | Harry Clarke |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Marion Motley | 14 | 49 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Ollie Cline | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Otto Graham | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 1 | |
| Mac Speedie | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Cowan | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Tony Adamle | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dean Sensanbaugher | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cliff Lewis | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Eddie Prokop | 10 | 49 | 4.9 | 0 | |
| Dewey Proctor | 11 | 14 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Floyd Simmons | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Livingstone | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Harry Clarke | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 9 | -5 | -0.6 | 0 | |
| Sammy Vacanti | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 1 | 157 | 7.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 103.5 | |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||||||||
| Sammy Vacanti | 16 | 3 | 18.8 | 2 | 77 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 | |
| Angelo Bertelli | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 1 | 40 | 4.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55.1 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bob Cowan | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 2 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 1 | |
| Mac Speedie | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Horace Gillom | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Marion Motley | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 1 | |
| Bob Jensen | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| Eddie Prokop | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Fay King | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Tommy James | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Saban | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Tommy Colella | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 0 | |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Ernie Lewis | 5 | 220 | 44.0 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Cliff Lewis | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Chicago Rockets | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bill Boedeker | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Chicago Rockets | ||||||
| Eddie Prokop | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 0 | ||
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