| Cleveland Browns at Philadelphia Eagles Game Statistics |
| Date: December 13, 1953 Location: Philadelphia, PA |
| Venue: Connie Mack Stadium Attendance: 38654 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 48 F Humidty: 42% Wind: 2 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 10 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 0 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | PHI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ray Renfro 11 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 19 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Pete Pihos 15 pass from Bobby Thomason (Bobby Walston kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Bobby Thomason 1 run (Bobby Walston kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 24 FG | 13 | 14 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ken Carpenter 8 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 20 | 14 |
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Toy Ledbetter 14 pass from Bobby Thomason (Bobby Walston kick) | 20 | 21 |
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Don Johnson 2 run (Bobby Walston kick) | 20 | 28 |
| 4 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Toy Ledbetter 3 run (Bobby Walston kick) | 20 | 35 |
| 4 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Bobby Walston 17 pass from Bobby Thomason (Bobby Walston kick) | 20 | 42 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dante Lavelli 17 pass from George Ratterman (Lou Groza kick) | 27 | 42 |
| 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 |
| 16 | QB | George Ratterman |
| 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 |
| 34 | RLB | Walt Michaels |
| 24 | LDH | Warren Lahr |
| 15 | LS | Ken Gorgal |
| 22 | RS | Kenny Konz |
| 42 | RDH | Tommy James |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LOE | Bobby Walston |
| 75 | LOT | Frank Wydo |
| 68 | LOG | Maury Nipp |
| 53 | C | Ken Farragut |
| 67 | ROG | John Magee |
| 73 | ROT | Lum Snyder |
| 35 | ROE | Pete Pihos |
| 11 | QB | Bobby Thomason |
| 25 | LOH | Toy Ledbetter |
| 41 | ROH | Frank Ziegler |
| 43 | FB | Jim Parmer |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Tom Scott |
| 79 | LDT | Vic Sears |
| 76 | MG | Bucko Kilroy |
| 78 | RDT | Mike Jarmoluk |
| 86 | RDE | Norm Willey |
| 52 | LLB | Wayne Robinson |
| 60 | RLB | Chuck Bednarik |
| 33 | LDH | Russ Craft |
| 88 | LS | Bob Hudson |
| 44 | RS | Bob Stringer |
| 45 | RDH | Tom Brookshier |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ray Renfro | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 16 | 1 |
| Harry Jagade | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Don Johnson | 18 | 81 | 4.5 | 14t | 1 |
| Jerry Williams | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Toy Ledbetter | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 6 | 1 |
| Bobby Thomason | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 5 | 1 |
| Frank Ziegler | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Hal Giancanelli | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Parmer | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Al Pollard | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 24 | 15 | 62.5 | 2 | 241 | 10.0 | 53 | 1 | 30 | 75.2 | |
| George Ratterman | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 61 | 10.2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 139.6 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Bobby Thomason | 35 | 23 | 65.7 | 0 | 331 | 9.5 | 30 | 3 | 18 | 124.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Pete Brewster | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 39 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 13 | 1 |
| Ray Renfro | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 53 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 15 | 1 |
| Dub Jones | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Billy Reynolds | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Pete Pihos | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 30 | 1 |
| Don Johnson | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Hal Giancanelli | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Jerry Williams | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Parmer | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Bobby Walston | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 17t | 1 |
| Al Pollard | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Toy Ledbetter | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Russ Craft | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 4 | 135 | 33.8 | 39 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Adrian Burk | 2 | 87 | 43.5 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Billy Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Jerry Williams | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Don Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ken Carpenter | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Marion Motley | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Al Pollard | 2 | 40 | 30.0 | 21 | 0 | |
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