| Cleveland Browns at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: December 14, 1952 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 41610 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 40 F Humidty: 52% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 34 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 37 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Harry Jagade 10 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Bill Stribling 17 pass from Charley Conerly (Ray Poole kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 42 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 35 FG | 13 | 7 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Scott 1 run (Ray Poole kick failed) | 13 | 13 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Kyle Rote 16 pass from Charley Conerly (Ray Poole kick) | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dante Lavelli 15 pass from Otto Graham (Bob Gain kick) | 20 | 20 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Scott 31 pass from Charley Conerly (Ray Poole kick) | 20 | 27 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Bob Wilkinson 22 pass from Charley Conerly (Ray Poole kick) | 20 | 34 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Harry Jagade 47 lateral from Mac Speedie 9 pass from Otto Graham (Bob Gain kick) | 27 | 34 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Ray Poole 15 FG | 27 | 37 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ken Carpenter 5 run (Bob Gain kick) | 34 | 37 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Mac Speedie |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 64 | LOG | Abe Gibron |
| 52 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 62 | ROG | Lin Houston |
| 78 | ROT | John Sandusky |
| 86 | ROE | Dante Lavelli |
| 14 | QB | Otto Graham |
| 20 | LOH | Ken Carpenter |
| 40 | ROH | Dub Jones |
| 32 | FB | Harry Jagade |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | George Young |
| 70 | LDT | John Kissell |
| 60 | MG | Bill Willis |
| 79 | RDT | Jerry Helluin |
| 80 | RDE | Len Ford |
| 34 | LLB | Walt Michaels |
| 54 | MLB | Tommy Thompson |
| 50 | RLB | Hal Herring |
| 24 | LDH | Warren Lahr |
| 15 | S | Bert Rechichar |
| 43 | RDH | Tommy James |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Bob McChesney |
| 66 | LOT | Hal Mitchell |
| 65 | LOG | Ray Beck |
| 52 | C | John Cannady |
| 67 | ROG | George Kennard |
| 72 | ROT | Dick Yelvington |
| 81 | ROE | Bill Stribling |
| 42 | QB | Charley Conerly |
| 44 | LOH | Kyle Rote |
| 30 | ROH | Joe Scott |
| 12 | FB | John Amberg |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Jim Duncan |
| 73 | LDE | Arnie Weinmeister |
| 75 | LDT | Bill Albright |
| 60 | LDG | Jon Baker |
| 70 | RDT | Ray Krouse |
| 82 | RDE | Ray Poole |
| 52 | RLB | John Cannady |
| 16 | LS | Frank Gifford |
| 38 | RS | Don Menasco |
| 45 | RS | Emlen Tunnell |
| 22 | RDH | Harmon Rowe |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Harry Jagade | 13 | 52 | 4.0 | 10t | 1 |
| Dub Jones | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 10 | 1 |
| Ray Renfro | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 7 | -1 | -0.1 | 7 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Joe Scott | 11 | 32 | 2.9 | 12 | 1 |
| Kyle Rote | 13 | 31 | 2.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 |
| John Amberg | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Wilkinson | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| George Thomas | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 32 | 18 | 56.3 | 3 | 279 | 8.7 | 56t | 2 | 7 | 67.1 | |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 26 | 16 | 61.5 | 0 | 184 | 7.1 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 122.4 | |
| Kyle Rote | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mac Speedie | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Harry Jagade | 4 | 103 | 25.8 | 47Lt | 1 |
| Dante Lavelli | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 17 | 1 |
| Ken Carpenter | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Pete Brewster | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Kyle Rote | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 17 | 1 |
| Joe Scott | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 31t | 1 |
| John Amberg | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bill Stribling | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 17t | 1 |
| Bob McChesney | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Bob Wilkinson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22t | 1 |
| Bob Hudson | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Gifford | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Tom Landry | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 46 | 1 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tom Landry | 4 | 153 | 38.3 | 42 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ray Renfro | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Marion Motley | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 35 | 0 | |
| Ken Carpenter | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Harry Jagade | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Joe Skibinski | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Kyle Rote | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| George Kennard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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