| Chicago Cardinals at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: November 29, 1953 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 24499 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 33 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago CardinalsCHIC | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIC | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Harry Jagade 16 run (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 36 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Gern Nagler 5 pass from Jim Root (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Jim Root 1 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 30 FG | 14 | 13 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ray Renfro 18 run (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 20 |
| 4 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Safety, Otto Graham tackled in end zone by George Schmidt | 16 | 20 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Tommy James 37 opponents fumble recovery (Lou Groza kick) | 16 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Gern Nagler |
| 73 | LOT | Tom Higgins |
| 61 | LOG | Dave Suminski |
| 50 | C | Jack Simmons |
| 66 | ROG | Ed Husmann |
| 70 | ROT | Jack Jennings |
| 80 | ROE | Don Stonesifer |
| 9 | QB | Jim Root |
| 2 | LOH | Charley Trippi |
| 20 | ROH | Billy Cross |
| 33 | FB | Johnny Olszewski |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | George Schmidt |
| 76 | LDT | Volney Peters |
| 71 | MG | Don Joyce |
| 57 | RDT | Jerry Groom |
| 82 | RDE | Tom Bienemann |
| 31 | LLB | Bill Svoboda |
| 34 | MLB | John Panelli |
| 51 | RLB | Leo Sanford |
| 87 | LDH | Ray Ramsey |
| 47 | S | Willie Carter |
| 22 | RDH | Don Paul |
| 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 |
| 74 | MG | Don Steinbrunner |
| 70 | RDT | Don Colo |
| 80 | RDE | Len Ford |
| 50 | LLB | Tom Catlin |
| 34 | RLB | Walt Michaels |
| 24 | LDH | Warren Lahr |
| 15 | LS | Ken Gorgal |
| 22 | RS | Kenny Konz |
| 42 | RDH | Tommy James |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Billy Cross | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 56 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 13 | 39 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Root | 5 | -11 | -2.2 | 2 | 1 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Harry Jagade | 12 | 57 | 4.8 | 17 | 1 |
| Billy Reynolds | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 18t | 1 |
| Otto Graham | 6 | 7 | 1.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Root | 31 | 13 | 41.9 | 0 | 227 | 7.3 | 77 | 1 | 7 | 78.3 | |
| Charley Trippi | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 21 | 4.2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 52.9 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 28 | 19 | 67.9 | 0 | 276 | 9.9 | 70 | 0 | 33 | 99.7 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Gern Nagler | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 19 | 1 |
| Don Stonesifer | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Billy Cross | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 50 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 77 | 77.0 | 77 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Harry Jagade | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 4 | 105 | 26.3 | 70 | 0 |
| Pete Brewster | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Walt Michaels | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Jack Simmons | 6 | 260 | 43.3 | 61 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 4 | 193 | 48.3 | 59 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Billy Cross | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charley Trippi | 1 | 0 | 0. | 0 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Don Paul | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Charley Trippi | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Billy Cross | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Don Steinbrunner | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Marion Motley | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
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