| Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 8, 1953 Location: Cleveland, OH Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 35592 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 38 F Humidty: 85% Wind: 22 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Nick Bolkovac 27 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Ray Mathews 2 run (Nick Bolkovac kick failed) | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ken Carpenter 7 run (Lou Groza kick) | 9 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 20 FG | 9 | 10 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ray Renfro 44 run (Lou Groza kick) | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Ray Mathews 77 pass from Jim Finks (Nick Bolkovac kick) | 16 | 17 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ray Renfro 79 blocked field goal recovery (Lou Groza kick) | 16 | 24 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dante Lavelli 17 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 16 | 31 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 14 FG | 16 | 34 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | LOE | Ed Barker |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Gaona |
| 66 | LOG | John Schweder |
| 56 | C | Bill Walsh |
| 64 | ROG | Marv McFadden |
| 65 | ROT | George Hughes |
| 81 | ROE | Elbie Nickel |
| 7 | QB | Jim Finks |
| 25 | LOH | Ray Mathews |
| 27 | ROH | Jim Brandt |
| 33 | FB | Fran Rogel |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | George Tarasovic |
| 78 | LDT | Lou Ferry |
| 60 | MG | Dale Dodrill |
| 72 | RDT | Tom Palmer |
| 84 | RDE | Bill McPeak |
| 57 | LLB | Dick Flanagan |
| 63 | MLB | Darrell Hogan |
| 61 | RLB | Marv Matuszak |
| 26 | LDH | Art DeCarlo |
| 24 | S | Claude Hipps |
| 80 | RDH | Jack Butler |
| 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 |
| 46 | ROH | Billy Reynolds |
| 32 | FB | Harry Jagade |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Doug Atkins |
| 74 | LDT | Don Steinbrunner |
| 60 | MG | Bill Willis |
| 70 | RDT | Don Colo |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | / | / | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| CLE | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | / | / | 4 | 28 | 2 | 2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lynn Chandnois | 11 | 73 | 6.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 16 | 48 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 9 | 1 |
| Jim Brandt | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Finks | 1 | -14 | -14.0 | -14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 39 | 147 | 3.8 | 10 | 1 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ray Renfro | 9 | 67 | 7.4 | 44t | 1 |
| Harry Jagade | 7 | 53 | 7.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 7t | 1 |
| Billy Reynolds | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 204 | 6.2 | 44t | 2 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Jim Finks | 45 | 17 | 37.8 | 2 | 219 | 4.9 | 77t | 1 | 0 | 42.7 | |
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Ray Mathews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Team Totals | 46 | 17 | 37.0 | 2 | 219 | 4.8 | 77t | 1 | 10 | 41.8 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 18 | 12 | 66.7 | 2 | 218 | 12.1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 87.0 | |
| Team Totals | 18 | 12 | 66.7 | 2 | 218 | 12.1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 87.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lynn Chandnois | 7 | 38 | 5.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Elbie Nickel | 6 | 68 | 11.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 4 | 113 | 28.3 | 77t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 219 | 12.9 | 77t | 1 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ray Renfro | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 17t | 1 |
| Harry Jagade | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Pete Brewster | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 218 | 18.2 | 32 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jack Butler | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Claude Hipps | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Warren Lahr | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Kenny Konz | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 25 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Pat Brady | 7 | 323 | 46.1 | 54 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 323 | 46.1 | 54 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 3 | 147 | 49.0 | 57 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 147 | 49.0 | 57 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Ray Mathews | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Billy Reynolds | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 10 | 0 | |
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 13 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Lynn Chandnois | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 34 | 0 | |
| Jim Brandt | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Ray Mathews | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 116 | 23.2 | 34 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Walt Michaels | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| George Young | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 22 | 0 | |