| Cleveland Browns at New York Giants |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 25, 1953 Location: New York, NY Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 30773 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 51 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Otto Graham 4 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Pete Brewster |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 64 | LOG | Abe Gibron |
| 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 |
| 60 | MG | Bill Willis |
| 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 |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Ray Pelfrey |
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown |
| 65 | LOG | Chet Lagod |
| 53 | C | John Rapacz |
| 60 | ROG | Bill Austin |
| 72 | ROT | Dick Yelvington |
| 81 | ROE | Bill Stribling |
| 42 | QB | Charley Conerly |
| 44 | LOH | Kyle Rote |
| 12 | ROH | Randy Clay |
| 31 | FB | Eddie Price |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Jim Duncan |
| 73 | LDT | Arnie Weinmeister |
| 75 | LDG | Bill Albright |
| 63 | RDG | Bob Peviani |
| 70 | RDT | Ray Krouse |
| 21 | RDE | Joe Sulaitis |
| 52 | LB | John Cannady |
| 38 | LDH | Don Menasco |
| 45 | LS | Emlen Tunnell |
| 16 | RS | Frank Gifford |
| 49 | RDH | Tom Landry |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | / | / | 8 | 60 | 1 | ||
| NYG | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | / | / | 6 | 60 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Billy Reynolds | 18 | 74 | 4.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 18 | 1 |
| Harry Jagade | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 2 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 3 | -6 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 48 | 169 | 3.5 | 18 | 1 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Sonny Grandelius | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Eddie Price | 6 | 7 | 1.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Randy Clay | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 67 | 3.2 | 24 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 26 | 5.2 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.5 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 26 | 5.2 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.5 | |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 3 | 95 | 5.0 | 28 | 0 | 29 | 22.8 | |
| Team Totals | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 3 | 95 | 5.0 | 28 | 0 | 29 | 22.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dante Lavelli | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Kyle Rote | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Ray Pelfrey | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Bill Stribling | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Butch Avinger | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Randy Clay | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Sonny Grandelius | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 95 | 10.6 | 28 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ken Gorgal | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Kenny Konz | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Len Ford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 19 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 9 | 343 | 38.1 | 43 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 343 | 38.1 | 43 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Butch Avinger | 8 | 309 | 38.6 | 44 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 309 | 38.6 | 44 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ray Renfro | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 7 | 0 | |
| Billy Reynolds | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 7 | 38 | 5.4 | 28 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Frank Gifford | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 12 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Billy Reynolds | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Frank Gifford | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |