| Cleveland Browns at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: September 5, 1949 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: Civic Stadium Attendance: 31839 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 65 F Humidty: 68% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 28 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Edgar Jones 12 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Saban kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Ollie Cline 6 run (Chet Adams kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | George Ratterman 1 run (Chet Adams kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | George Ratterman 1 run (Chet Adams kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Chet Mutryn 3 run (Chet Adams kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Edgar Jones 7 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Saban kick) | 14 | 28 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Edgar Jones 38 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Saban kick) | 21 | 28 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mac Speedie 2 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Saban kick) | 28 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 58 | LOE | Mac Speedie |
| 46 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 36 | LOG | Eddie Ulinski |
| 33 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 32 | ROG | Lin Houston |
| 44 | ROT | Lou Rymkus |
| 56 | ROE | Dante Lavelli |
| 60 | QB | Otto Graham |
| 90 | LOH | Edgar Jones |
| 86 | ROH | Dub Jones |
| 76 | FB | Marion Motley |
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | George Young |
| 45 | LDT | Bill Willis |
| 35 | MG | Alex Agase |
| 48 | RDT | Forrest Grigg |
| 50 | RDE | John Yonakor |
| 74 | LLB | Tony Adamle |
| 38 | MLB | Weldon Humble |
| 20 | RLB | Lou Saban |
| 80 | LDH | Warren Lahr |
| 82 | RDH | Tommy James |
| 58 | S | Mac Speedie |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 57 | LOE | Al Baldwin |
| 45 | LOT | Jack Carpenter |
| 40 | LOG | Abe Gibron |
| 22 | C | Art Statuto |
| 35 | ROG | Rocco Pirro |
| 46 | ROT | John Kerns |
| 59 | ROE | Jim Lukens |
| 61 | QB | George Ratterman |
| 83 | LOH | Chet Mutryn |
| 82 | ROH | Rex Bumgardner |
| 70 | FB | Ollie Cline |
| Defense | ||
| 58 | LDE | Vince Mazza |
| 47 | LDT | John Kissell |
| 49 | MG | John Maskas |
| 42 | RDT | Chet Adams |
| 53 | RDE | Bill Stanton |
| 72 | LLB | Bill Schroll |
| 34 | MLB | Vic Vasicek |
| 23 | RLB | Carl Schuette |
| 88 | LDH | Tommy Colella |
| 85 | RDH | Alex Wizbicki |
| 86 | S | Joe Sutton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Marion Motley | 8 | 35 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Edgar Jones | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Dub Jones | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Ara Parseghian | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Horace Gillom | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Ollie Cline | 18 | 76 | 4.2 | 1 | |
| Chet Mutryn | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 1 | |
| Rex Bumgardner | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| George Ratterman | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 2 | |
| Jim Still | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Sutton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 40 | 27 | 67.5 | 1 | 330 | 8.3 | 4 | 115.6 | |||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| George Ratterman | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 1 | 95 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mac Speedie | 10 | 113 | 11.3 | 1 | |
| Edgar Jones | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 3 | |
| Horace Gillom | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| Marion Motley | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Dub Jones | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Al Baldwin | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 0 | |
| Ollie Cline | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Jack Carpenter | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Lukens | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Tony Adamle | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Bill Schroll | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 5 | 193 | 38.6 | 54 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Tommy Colella | 6 | 201 | 33.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Warren Lahr | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bill Boedeker | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 0 | ||
| Marion Motley | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Dub Jones | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
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