| Cleveland Browns at Los Angeles Dons Game Statistics |
| Date: October 14, 1949 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 27437 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 62 F Humidty: 81% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 14 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 61 |
| Los Angeles DonsLA | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | LA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | RDH | Tommy James | ||
| 80 | LDH | Warren Lahr | ||
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dante Lavelli 46 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Hosea Rodgers 1 run (Bob Nelson kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dub Jones 42 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dante Lavelli 31 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dante Lavelli 67 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 28 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dante Lavelli 2 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick blocked) | 34 | 7 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mac Speedie 12 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 41 | 7 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mac Speedie 27 pass from Cliff Lewis (Lou Groza kick) | 48 | 7 |
| 4 | Los Angeles DonsLA | George Taliaferro 9 run (Bob Nelson kick) | 48 | 14 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Warren Lahr 2 run (failed) | 54 | 14 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Cliff Lewis 2 run (Lou Groza kick) | 61 | 14 |
| 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 |
| 42 | LDT | Derrell Palmer |
| 45 | MG | Bill Willis |
| 48 | RDT | Forrest Grigg |
| 50 | RDE | John Yonakor |
| 74 | LLB | Tony Adamle |
| 35 | MLB | Alex Agase |
| 20 | RLB | Lou Saban |
| 80 | LDH | Warren Lahr |
| 61 | S | Cliff Lewis |
| 82 | RDH | Tommy James |
| Los Angeles Dons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 54 | LOE | Dick Wilkins |
| 45 | LOT | Bob Reinhard |
| 30 | LOG | Al Lolotai |
| 22 | C | Bob Nelson |
| 33 | ROG | Bob Dobelstein |
| 40 | ROT | Ed Kelley |
| 50 | ROE | Len Ford |
| 66 | BB | Bob Hoffman |
| 95 | TB | Glenn Dobbs |
| 85 | HB | Billy Joe Grimes |
| 73 | FB | Hosea Rodgers |
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | Burr Baldwin |
| 45 | LDT | Bob Reinhard |
| 47 | MG | Mike Perrotti |
| 42 | RDT | Ernie Williamson |
| 55 | RDE | Ab Wimberly |
| 65 | LLB | Dan Dworsky |
| 27 | RLB | Dick Woodard |
| 97 | LDH | Earl Howell |
| 92 | RDH | Shorty McWilliams |
| 82 | S | Bob Kennedy |
| 77 | S | Jim Spavital |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dub Jones | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 0 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 0 | |
| Marion Motley | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Otto Graham | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Warren Lahr | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| Horace Gillom | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ed Susteric | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Edgar Jones | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Cliff Lewis | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 1 |
| Tommy James | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 9 | 67 | 7.4 | 1 | |
| Hosea Rodgers | 8 | 52 | 6.5 | 1 | |
| Billy Joe Grimes | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Jim Spavital | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Walt Clay | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Glenn Dobbs | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Paul Crowe | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dick Wilkins | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Earl Howell | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 24 | 15 | 62.5 | 0 | 362 | 15.1 | 67t | 6 | 145.8 | ||
| Cliff Lewis | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 61 | 15.3 | 34 | 1 | 95.8 | ||
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||||||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 17 | 5 | 29.4 | 2 | 29 | 1.7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0.0 | |
| George Taliaferro | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 3 | 52 | 4.7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7.2 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dante Lavelli | 7 | 209 | 29.9 | 67t | 4 |
| Mac Speedie | 6 | 99 | 16.5 | 2 | |
| Dub Jones | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42t | 1 |
| Horace Gillom | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Bill Boedeker | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Billy Joe Grimes | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Len Ford | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Dick Wilkins | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Spavital | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Les Horvath | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Tony Adamle | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Alex Agase | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| John Brown | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 2 | 88 | 44.0 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 5 | 211 | 42.2 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Cliff Lewis | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | ||
| Los Angeles Dons | ||||||
| Paul Crowe | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Billy Joe Grimes | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Edgar Jones | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Marion Motley | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | ||||||
| George Taliaferro | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Hoffman | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
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