| Cleveland Browns at Chicago Cardinals |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 4, 1953 Location: Chicago, IL Venue: Comiskey Park Attendance: 24374 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 61 F Humidty: 56% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 14 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 27 |
| Chicago CardinalsCHIC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | CHIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dante Lavelli 55 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Harry Jagade 3 run (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 1 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Charley Trippi 11 lateral from Don Stonesifer 18 pass from Jim Root (Pat Summerall kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ray Renfro 48 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick failed) | 20 | 7 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dante Lavelli 34 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 27 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Pete Brewster |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 66 | LOG | Gene Donaldson |
| 52 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 65 | ROG | Chuck Noll |
| 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 | ||
| 83 | LDE | Doug Atkins |
| 70 | LDT | Don Colo |
| 79 | MG | Jerry Helluin |
| 72 | RDT | Derrell Palmer |
| 80 | RDE | Len Ford |
| 50 | LLB | Tom Catlin |
| 54 | RLB | Tommy Thompson |
| 24 | LDH | Warren Lahr |
| 15 | LS | Ken Gorgal |
| 22 | RS | Kenny Konz |
| 42 | RDH | Tommy James |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Gern Nagler |
| 73 | LOT | Tom Higgins |
| 72 | LOG | Bill Fischer |
| 50 | C | Jack Simmons |
| 60 | ROG | Gordon Polofsky |
| 70 | ROT | Jack Jennings |
| 80 | ROE | Don Stonesifer |
| 7 | QB | Ray Nagel |
| 2 | LOH | Charley Trippi |
| 22 | ROH | Don Paul |
| 33 | FB | Johnny Olszewski |
| Defense | ||
| 42 | LDE | Bob Dove |
| 76 | LDT | Volney Peters |
| 68 | MG | Nick Chickillo |
| 57 | RDT | Jerry Groom |
| 82 | RDE | Tom Bienemann |
| 31 | LLB | Bill Svoboda |
| 34 | MLB | John Panelli |
| 51 | RLB | Leo Sanford |
| 21 | LDH | S.J. Whitman |
| 24 | S | Jim Psaltis |
| 49 | RDH | Roy Barni |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | / | / | 8 | 63 | 4 | 2 | |
| CHIC | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | / | / | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Harry Jagade | 15 | 30 | 2.0 | 9 | 1 |
| Marion Motley | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Billy Reynolds | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Sherman Howard | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 1 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 4 | -5 | -1.2 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 71 | 2.3 | 14 | 1 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Johnny Olszewski | 15 | 74 | 4.9 | 34 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ray Nagel | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 111 | 4.8 | 34 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 22 | 15 | 68.2 | 0 | 310 | 14.1 | 55t | 3 | 44 | 150.6 | |
| Team Totals | 22 | 15 | 68.2 | 0 | 310 | 14.1 | 55t | 3 | 44 | 150.6 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Root | 25 | 11 | 44.0 | 2 | 124 | 5.0 | 21 | 1 | 31 | 39.4 | |
| Ray Nagel | 16 | 5 | 31.3 | 3 | 44 | 2.8 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 1.0 | |
| Charley Trippi | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Team Totals | 42 | 16 | 38.1 | 4 | 168 | 4.0 | 27 | 1 | 40 | 18.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dante Lavelli | 4 | 137 | 34.3 | 55t | 2 |
| Dub Jones | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 48t | 1 |
| Harry Jagade | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Pete Brewster | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 310 | 20.7 | 55t | 3 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Don Stonesifer | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 21 | 0 |
| Gern Nagler | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 27 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ray Ramsey | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 0 | 11 | 11Lt | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 16 | 168 | 10.5 | 27 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Tommy James | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Gorgal | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Konz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 11 | 468 | 42.5 | 51 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 468 | 42.5 | 51 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Charley Trippi | 8 | 322 | 40.3 | 57 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 322 | 40.3 | 57 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Charley Trippi | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Don Paul | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Billy Cross | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 11 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Chuck Noll | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Wally Triplett | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |