| Chicago Cardinals at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: December 2, 1951 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 30550 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 56 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago CardinalsCHIC | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 14 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 49 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIC | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mac Speedie 22 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dante Lavelli 21 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mac Speedie 39 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mac Speedie 6 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 28 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dub Jones 3 run (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 35 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Rex Bumgardner 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 42 |
| 3 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Don Paul 35 pass from Charley Trippi (Cliff Patton kick) | 7 | 42 |
| 3 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Don Stonesifer 9 pass from Charley Trippi (Cliff Patton kick) | 14 | 42 |
| 4 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Elmer Angsman 1 run (Cliff Patton kick) | 21 | 42 |
| 4 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Don Stonesifer 4 pass from Charley Trippi (Cliff Patton kick) | 28 | 42 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Otto Graham 2 own fumble recovery (Lou Groza kick) | 28 | 49 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 41 | LOE | Fran Polsfoot |
| 72 | LOT | Bill Fischer |
| 55 | LOG | Eddie Bagdon |
| 32 | C | Jack Simmons |
| 18 | ROG | Fred Wallner |
| 50 | ROT | Jack Jennings |
| 80 | ROE | Don Stonesifer |
| 22 | QB | Jim Hardy |
| 37 | LOH | Don Paul |
| 7 | ROH | Elmer Angsman |
| 24 | FB | Emil Sitko |
| Defense | ||
| 42 | LDE | Bob Dove |
| 82 | LDT | Lou Ferry |
| 68 | MG | Cliff Patton |
| 64 | RDT | Lloyd McDermott |
| 51 | RDE | Tom Wham |
| 34 | LLB | John Panelli |
| 57 | RLB | Jerry Groom |
| 53 | LDH | Tony Klimek |
| 21 | LS | S.J. Whitman |
| 67 | RS | Bill Svoboda |
| 37 | RDH | Don Paul |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 58 | LOE | Mac Speedie |
| 46 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 34 | LOG | Abe Gibron |
| 22 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 38 | ROG | Bob Gaudio |
| 44 | ROT | Lou Rymkus |
| 56 | ROE | Dante Lavelli |
| 60 | QB | Otto Graham |
| 84 | LOH | Ken Carpenter |
| 86 | ROH | Dub Jones |
| 76 | FB | Marion Motley |
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | George Young |
| 45 | LDT | John Kissell |
| 30 | MG | Bill Willis |
| 49 | RDT | John Sandusky |
| 53 | RDE | Len Ford |
| 74 | LLB | Tony Adamle |
| 35 | MLB | Alex Agase |
| 24 | RLB | Tommy Thompson |
| 80 | LDH | Warren Lahr |
| 96 | RDH | Don Shula |
| 62 | S | Cliff Lewis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Charley Trippi | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Ralph Pasquariello | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Billy Cross | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Jim Hardy | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Elmer Angsman | 8 | -2 | -0.3 | 6 | 1 |
| Emil Sitko | 2 | -18 | -9.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dub Jones | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 22 | 1 |
| Ken Carpenter | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Emerson Cole | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Carl Taseff | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Rex Bumgardner | 6 | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 1 |
| Cliff Lewis | 2 | -11 | -5.5 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Charley Trippi | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 1 | 147 | 7.4 | 35t | 3 | 35 | 97.3 | |
| Jim Hardy | 17 | 8 | 47.1 | 2 | 97 | 5.7 | 33 | 0 | 17 | 25.5 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 29 | 14 | 48.3 | 3 | 217 | 7.5 | 39t | 4 | 26 | 73.5 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Fran Polsfoot | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Don Stonesifer | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 14 | 2 |
| Ray Ramsey | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 35t | 1 |
| Billy Cross | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Emil Sitko | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Elmer Angsman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ralph Pasquariello | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dante Lavelli | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 21t | 1 |
| Mac Speedie | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 39t | 3 |
| Marion Motley | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Don Paul | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 36 | 0 |
| S.J. Whitman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Hal Herring | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Tommy Thompson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Don Shula | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Fran Polsfoot | 3 | 130 | 43.3 | 46 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 6 | 256 | 42.7 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Don Paul | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ken Carpenter | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Emil Sitko | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 41 | 0 | |
| Don Paul | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ken Carpenter | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 13 | 0 | |
| Rex Bumgardner | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Abe Gibron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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