| Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 9, 1951 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 24229 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 39 F Humidty: 85% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ken Carpenter 24 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Marion Motley 8 run (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dante Lavelli 7 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Carl Taseff 3 run (Lou Groza kick) | 28 | 0 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 62 | S | Cliff Lewis |
| 96 | RDH | Don Shula |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Hank Minarik |
| 73 | LOT | Lou Allen |
| 62 | LOG | Dick Tomlinson |
| 56 | C | Bill Walsh |
| 65 | ROG | George Hughes |
| 79 | ROT | Frank Wydo |
| 81 | ROE | Elbie Nickel |
| 30 | QB | Truett Smith |
| 35 | LOH | Joe Geri |
| 14 | ROH | Lynn Chandnois |
| 22 | FB | Jerry Nuzum |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | George Hays |
| 78 | LDT | Carl Samuelson |
| 68 | MG | John Schweder |
| 70 | RDT | Ernie Stautner |
| 84 | RDE | Bill McPeak |
| 33 | LLB | Jerry Shipkey |
| 63 | MLB | Darrell Hogan |
| 57 | RLB | Frank Sinkovitz |
| 11 | LDH | Howard Hartley |
| 7 | S | Jim Finks |
| 80 | RDH | Jack Butler |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ken Carpenter | 12 | 56 | 4.7 | 24t | 1 |
| Marion Motley | 8 | 37 | 4.6 | 12 | 1 |
| Dub Jones | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Rex Bumgardner | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Emerson Cole | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Carl Taseff | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Chuck Ortmann | 11 | 66 | 6.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 18 | 12 | 66.7 | 0 | 128 | 7.1 | 30 | 1 | 37 | 105.8 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Chuck Ortmann | 27 | 13 | 48.1 | 2 | 136 | 5.0 | 18 | 0 | 62 | 32.3 | |
| Lynn Chandnois | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 44 | 8.8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 88.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mac Speedie | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 13 | 1 |
| Emerson Cole | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Hank Minarik | 7 | 77 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Elbie Nickel | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Truett Smith | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Warren Lahr | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 9 | 419 | 46.6 | 60 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Joe Geri | 6 | 224 | 37.3 | 54 | 0 |
| Chuck Ortmann | 1 | 65 | 65.0 | 65 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ken Carpenter | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Lynn Chandnois | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 | |
| Ray Mathews | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Jack Butler | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Lynn Chandnois | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 34 | 0 | |
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