| Washington Redskins at Cleveland Browns |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 1, 1953 Location: Cleveland, OH Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 47845 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 58 F Humidty: 83% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 42 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Bill Dudley 17 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 15 FG | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Otto Graham 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Otto Graham 2 run (Lou Groza kick) | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Billy Reynolds 14 run (Lou Groza kick) | 3 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Hugh Taylor |
| 62 | LOT | Don Boll |
| 78 | LOG | Ted Hazelwood |
| 53 | C | Al DeMao |
| 63 | ROG | Cas Witucki |
| 75 | ROT | Don Campora |
| 82 | ROE | Fran Polsfoot |
| 14 | QB | Eddie LeBaron |
| 22 | LOH | Charlie Justice |
| 20 | ROH | Julie Rykovich |
| 32 | FB | Leon Heath |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gene Brito |
| 74 | LDT | Laurie Niemi |
| 55 | MG | Jim Ricca |
| 76 | RDT | Paul Lipscomb |
| 89 | RDE | Joe Tereshinski |
| 50 | LLB | Harry Ulinski |
| 68 | RLB | Knox Ramsey |
| 44 | LDH | Harry Dowda |
| 46 | LS | Don Doll |
| 43 | RS | Johnny Williams |
| 42 | RDH | Dick Alban |
| 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 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAS | 15 | 2 | 12 | 1 | / | / | 2 | 25 | 2 | ||
| CLE | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | / | / | 9 | 76 | 0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Paul Barry | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Charlie Justice | 10 | 26 | 2.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Julie Rykovich | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Leon Heath | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Sam Baker | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 93 | 3.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Billy Reynolds | 12 | 68 | 5.7 | 14t | 1 |
| Sherman Howard | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Harry Jagade | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 2t | 2 |
| Dub Jones | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Abe Gibron | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 39 | 190 | 4.9 | 3 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Eddie LeBaron | 35 | 14 | 40.0 | 4 | 233 | 6.7 | 45 | 0 | 28 | 23.6 | |
| Team Totals | 35 | 14 | 40.0 | 4 | 233 | 6.7 | 45 | 0 | 28 | 23.6 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 19 | 13 | 68.4 | 1 | 194 | 10.2 | 58 | 0 | 5 | 79.7 | |
| George Ratterman | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.2 | |
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 22 | 14 | 63.6 | 1 | 194 | 8.8 | 58 | 0 | 5 | 72.9 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Hugh Taylor | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 34 | 0 |
| Charlie Justice | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Paul Dekker | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Julie Rykovich | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Paul Barry | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 233 | 16.6 | 45 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dub Jones | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 58 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Billy Reynolds | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Brewster | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Harry Jagade | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Horace Gillom | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 194 | 13.9 | 58 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Johnny Williams | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Tommy James | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tom Catlin | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 16 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Eddie LeBaron | 5 | 163 | 47.0 | 47 | 1 |
| Sam Baker | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 200 | 33.3 | 47 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 6 | 273 | 45.5 | 63 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 273 | 45.5 | 63 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Bill Dudley | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Charlie Justice | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Hall Haynes | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 16 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Billy Reynolds | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Hall Haynes | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Sam Baker | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Paul Barry | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Jack Cloud | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 104 | 20.8 | 24 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 | |