| San Francisco 49ers at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: November 15, 1953 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 80698 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 65 F Humidty: 45% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Billy Reynolds 5 run (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 26 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Hugh McElhenny 6 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 11 FG | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ray Renfro 34 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Hugh McElhenny 31 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Gordy Soltau kick) | 14 | 20 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 29 FG | 14 | 23 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Y.A. Tittle 7 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 21 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Gordy Soltau |
| 64 | LOT | Doug Hogland |
| 69 | LOG | Jerry Smith |
| 53 | C | Bill Johnson |
| 63 | ROG | Bruno Banducci |
| 79 | ROT | Bob St. Clair |
| 84 | ROE | Billy Wilson |
| 14 | QB | Y.A. Tittle |
| 22 | LOH | Joe Arenas |
| 38 | ROH | Hugh McElhenny |
| 34 | FB | Joe Perry |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Bob Van Doren |
| 73 | LDT | Leo Nomellini |
| 62 | MG | Art Michalik |
| 75 | RDT | Al Carapella |
| 87 | RDE | Charley Powell |
| 66 | LLB | Don Burke |
| 33 | MLB | Hardy Brown |
| 54 | RLB | Joe Manley |
| 23 | LDH | Rex Berry |
| 45 | S | Fred Bruney |
| 42 | RDH | Lowell Wagner |
| 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 | ||
| 83 | LDE | Doug Atkins |
| 72 | LDT | Derrell Palmer |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Hugh McElhenny | 10 | 83 | 8.3 | 33 | 1 |
| Joe Perry | 13 | 38 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| Joe Arenas | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Billy Reynolds | 11 | 66 | 6.0 | 16 | 1 |
| Harry Jagade | 11 | 45 | 4.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 8 | 9 | 1.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| George Ratterman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 27 | 17 | 63.0 | 0 | 214 | 7.9 | 33 | 1 | 12 | 99.9 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 24 | 17 | 70.8 | 0 | 286 | 11.9 | 45 | 1 | 6 | 124.6 | |
| George Ratterman | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Billy Wilson | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 27 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 33 | 0 |
| Gordy Soltau | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 31t | 1 |
| Pete Schabarum | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dante Lavelli | 6 | 137 | 22.8 | 45 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 34t | 1 |
| Billy Reynolds | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Harry Jagade | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Pete Brewster | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim Powers | 3 | 120 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 2 | 105 | 52.5 | 57 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Joe Arenas | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 36 | 0 | |
| Hugh McElhenny | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Pete Schabarum | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Billy Reynolds | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Sherman Howard | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
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