| Philadelphia Eagles at Cleveland Browns |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 10, 1953 Location: Cleveland, OH Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 45802 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 54 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 6 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 37 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PHI | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 20 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 16 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Frank Ziegler 1 run (Bobby Walston kick blocked) | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Harry Jagade 14 run (Lou Groza kick) | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dante Lavelli 25 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Adrian Burk 32 run (Bobby Walston kick) | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Harry Jagade 13 run (Lou Groza kick) | 13 | 27 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 27 FG | 13 | 30 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jerry Helluin 42 opponents fumble recovery (Lou Groza kick) | 13 | 37 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LOE | Bobby Walston |
| 75 | LOT | Frank Wydo |
| 68 | LOG | Maury Nipp |
| 53 | C | Ken Farragut |
| 67 | ROG | John Magee |
| 73 | ROT | Lum Snyder |
| 35 | ROE | Pete Pihos |
| 10 | QB | Adrian Burk |
| 49 | LOH | Jerry Williams |
| 41 | ROH | Frank Ziegler |
| 21 | FB | Al Pollard |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Tom Scott |
| 79 | LDT | Vic Sears |
| 76 | MG | Bucko Kilroy |
| 78 | RDT | Mike Jarmoluk |
| 86 | RDE | Norm Willey |
| 52 | LLB | Wayne Robinson |
| 60 | RLB | Chuck Bednarik |
| 33 | LDH | Russ Craft |
| 88 | LS | Bob Hudson |
| 44 | RS | Bob Stringer |
| 45 | RDH | Tom Brookshier |
| 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 | ||
| 82 | LDE | George Young |
| 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 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHI | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | / | / | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
| CLE | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | / | / | 5 | 45 | 3 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Frank Ziegler | 9 | 49 | 5.4 | 18 | 1 |
| Don Johnson | 12 | 46 | 3.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Jerry Williams | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Adrian Burk | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32t | 1 |
| Johnny Brewer | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Al Pollard | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 187 | 5.8 | 40 | 2 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Harry Jagade | 8 | 61 | 2.6 | 14t | 2 |
| Ken Carpenter | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 125 | 6.0 | 30 | 2 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Adrian Burk | 34 | 14 | 41.2 | 2 | 269 | 7.9 | 61 | 0 | 63 | 44.8 | |
| Bobby Thomason | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 22 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | |
| Frank Ziegler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 37 | 15 | 40.5 | 3 | 291 | 7.9 | 61 | 0 | 63 | 34.9 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 30 | 20 | 66.7 | 0 | 328 | 10.9 | 48 | 1 | 46 | 114.3 | |
| George Ratterman | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | |
| Team Totals | 31 | 21 | 67.7 | 0 | 343 | 11.1 | 48 | 1 | 52 | 115.4 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Bobby Walston | 4 | 110 | 27.5 | 61 | 0 |
| Pete Pihos | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Johnny Brewer | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jerry Williams | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Frank Ziegler | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 291 | 19.4 | 61 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Pete Brewster | 6 | 122 | 20.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 48 | 1 |
| Ray Renfro | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Horace Gillom | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Billy Reynolds | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Harry Jagade | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 343 | 16.3 | 48 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Warren Lahr | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Sherman Howard | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ken Gorgal | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 16 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Adrian Burk | 5 | 188 | 37.6 | 46 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 188 | 37.6 | 46 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 4 | 185 | 46.3 | 54 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 185 | 46.3 | 54 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ray Renfro | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 | |
| Billy Reynolds | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Al Pollard | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 49 | 0 | |
| Jerry Williams | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 32 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 134 | 33.5 | 49 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ken Carpenter | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Billy Reynolds | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 0 | ||