| League Championship - Cleveland Browns at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: December 26, 1955 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 58346 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 63 F Humidty: 72% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 26 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Paul 65 interception return (Lou Groza kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Skeet Quinlan 67 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Les Richter kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dante Lavelli 50 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Otto Graham 15 run (Lou Groza kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Otto Graham 2 run (Lou Groza kick) | 31 | 7 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ray Renfro 35 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 38 | 7 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Ron Waller 4 run (Les Richter kick) | 38 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Pete Brewster |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 64 | LOG | Abe Gibron |
| 52 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 60 | ROG | Harold Bradley |
| 74 | ROT | Mike McCormack |
| 86 | ROE | Dante Lavelli |
| 14 | QB | Otto Graham |
| 26 | LOH | Ray Renfro |
| 32 | ROH | Fred Morrison |
| 36 | FB | Ed Modzelewski |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Carlton Massey |
| 72 | LDT | John Kissell |
| 79 | MG | Bob Gain |
| 70 | RDT | Don Colo |
| 80 | RDE | Len Ford |
| 65 | LLB | Chuck Noll |
| 34 | RLB | Walt Michaels |
| 24 | LCB | Warren Lahr |
| 22 | LS | Kenny Konz |
| 27 | RS | Johnny Petitbon |
| 20 | RCB | Don Paul |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Tom Fears |
| 79 | LOT | Glenn Holtzman |
| 61 | LOG | Duane Putnam |
| 73 | C | Bobby Cross |
| 63 | ROG | John Hock |
| 70 | ROT | Charley Toogood |
| 40 | ROE | Elroy Hirsch |
| 11 | QB | Norm Van Brocklin |
| 27 | LOH | Ron Waller |
| 21 | ROH | Skeet Quinlan |
| 32 | FB | Dan Towler |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Paul Miller |
| 62 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 57 | MG | Don Paul |
| 65 | RDT | Art Hauser |
| 84 | RDE | Andy Robustelli |
| 67 | LLB | Les Richter |
| 56 | RLB | Larry Morris |
| 49 | LCB | Ed Hughes |
| 25 | LS | Don Burroughs |
| 43 | RS | Will Sherman |
| 41 | RCB | Jim Cason |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ed Modzelewski | 13 | 61 | 4.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Mo Bassett | 11 | 49 | 4.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Fred Morrison | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 9 | 21 | 2.3 | 15t | 2 |
| Dub Jones | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Dan Towler | 14 | 64 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Ron Waller | 11 | 48 | 4.4 | 13 | 1 |
| Billy Wade | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 25 | 14 | 56.0 | 3 | 209 | 8.4 | 50t | 2 | 2 | 13 | 70.7 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 25 | 11 | 44.0 | 6 | 166 | 6.6 | 67t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40.2 |
| Billy Wade | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ed Modzelewski | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 3 | 95 | 31.7 | 50t | 1 |
| Ray Renfro | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 35t | 1 |
| Dub Jones | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Pete Brewster | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Fred Morrison | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mo Bassett | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Skeet Quinlan | 5 | 116 | 23.2 | 67t | 1 |
| Ron Waller | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tom Fears | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dan Towler | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Kenny Konz | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 1 | 65 | 65.0 | 65t | 1 |
| Tommy James | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Sam Palumbo | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Walt Michaels | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Len Ford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Don Burroughs | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Larry Morris | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Ed Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 3 | 128 | 42.7 | 52 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 4 | 180 | 45.0 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Don Paul | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Konz | 2 | 0 | 27 | 13.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Ron Waller | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Woodley Lewis | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bob Smith | 2 | 0 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Woodley Lewis | 4 | 0 | 127 | 31.8 | 43 | 0 |
| Ron Waller | 3 | 0 | 88 | 29.3 | 32 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Les Richter | 1.0 | 6.0 |
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