| Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 22, 1953 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 32904 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 71 F Humidty: 46% Wind: 23 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ray Renfro 54 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jim Finks 1 run (Nick Bolkovac kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Safety, Warren Lahr tackled in end zone by Ray Mathews | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 50 FG | 10 | 9 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Darrel Brewster 31 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 17 | 9 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 41 FG | 20 | 9 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Ray Mathews 1 run (Nick Bolkovac kick) | 20 | 16 |
| 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 | ||
| 83 | LDE | Doug Atkins |
| 70 | LDT | Don Colo |
| 74 | MG | Don Steinbrunner |
| 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 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Jack Butler |
| 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 |
| 49 | ROH | Lynn Chandnois |
| 33 | FB | Fran Rogel |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | George Tarasovic |
| 78 | LDT | Lou Ferry |
| 60 | MG | Dale Dodrill |
| 70 | RDT | Ernie Stautner |
| 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 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | / | / | 4 | 45 | 3 | 0 | |
| PIT | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | / | / | 4 | 23 | 2 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Billy Reynolds | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Harry Jagade | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 6 | -6 | -1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 60 | 2.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Ray Mathews | 11 | 79 | 7.2 | 31 | 1 |
| Fran Rogel | 14 | 73 | 5.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 17 | 60 | 3.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Finks | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 |
| Bill Mackrides | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 45 | 216 | 4.8 | 31 | 2 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 28 | 16 | 57.1 | 1 | 200 | 7.1 | 54t | 2 | 25 | 88.4 | |
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 29 | 16 | 55.2 | 1 | 200 | 6.9 | 54t | 2 | 25 | 85.4 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Jim Finks | 20 | 9 | 45.0 | 2 | 72 | 3.6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | |
| Bill Mackrides | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Lynn Chandnois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 24 | 9 | 37.5 | 2 | 72 | 3.0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ray Renfro | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 54t | 1 |
| Dante Lavelli | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 33 | 0 |
| Pete Brewster | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 31t | 1 |
| Dub Jones | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Harry Jagade | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 200 | 12.5 | 54t | 2 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Elbie Nickel | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Jack Butler | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 72 | 8.0 | 24 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Warren Lahr | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Art DeCarlo | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 7 | 331 | 47.3 | 67 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 331 | 42.3 | 67 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Pat Brady | 7 | 325 | 46.4 | 57 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 325 | 46.4 | 57 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Billy Reynolds | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Kenny Konz | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 14 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Ray Mathews | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Lynn Chandnois | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 17 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ken Carpenter | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Lynn Chandnois | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Bob Gaona | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 30 | 0 | |