| New York Giants at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: December 3, 1967 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 78594 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 38 F Humidty: 64% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 15 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Leroy Kelly 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Gary Collins 24 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Morrison 9 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Houston 79 interception return (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Aaron Thomas 7 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 14 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 45 | SE | Homer Jones |
| 69 | LOT | Willie Young |
| 65 | LOG | Pete Case |
| 53 | C | Greg Larson |
| 62 | ROG | Darrell Dess |
| 61 | ROT | Charlie Harper |
| 89 | TE | Bobby Crespino |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 40 | HB | Joe Morrison |
| 88 | FL | Aaron Thomas |
| 23 | FB | Ernie Koy |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Jim Katcavage |
| 72 | LDT | Jim Colvin |
| 71 | RDT | Bob Lurtsema |
| 70 | RDE | Glen Condren |
| 52 | LLB | Bill Swain |
| 57 | MLB | Vince Costello |
| 54 | RLB | Ken Avery |
| 20 | LCB | Scott Eaton |
| 81 | LS | Freeman White |
| 26 | RS | Wendell Harris |
| 48 | RCB | Clarence Childs |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | SE | Paul Warfield |
| 77 | LOT | Dick Schafrath |
| 60 | LOG | John Wooten |
| 54 | C | Fred Hoaglin |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 73 | ROT | Monte Clark |
| 41 | TE | Ralph Smith |
| 13 | QB | Frank Ryan |
| 44 | HB | Leroy Kelly |
| 86 | FL | Gary Collins |
| 48 | FB | Ernie Green |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Paul Wiggin |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 69 | RDT | Jim Kanicki |
| 80 | RDE | Bill Glass |
| 82 | LLB | Jim Houston |
| 51 | MLB | Dale Lindsey |
| 83 | RLB | Johnny Brewer |
| 40 | LCB | Erich Barnes |
| 24 | LS | Ernie Kellermann |
| 20 | RS | Ross Fichtner |
| 34 | RCB | Mike Howell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Joe Morrison | 15 | 86 | 5.7 | 11 | 1 |
| Ernie Koy | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Leroy Kelly | 17 | 94 | 5.5 | 14 | 1 |
| Ernie Green | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Frank Ryan | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Paul Warfield | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Gary Collins | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 43 | 26 | 60.5 | 2 | 218 | 5.1 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 62.0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Frank Ryan | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 0 | 61 | 4.7 | 24t | 1 | 4 | 29 | 85.7 |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Aaron Thomas | 9 | 79 | 8.8 | 18 | 1 |
| Joe Morrison | 9 | 43 | 4.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Homer Jones | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Ernie Koy | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Crespino | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Gary Collins | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 24t | 1 |
| Leroy Kelly | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Ernie Green | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Houston | 1 | 79 | 79.0 | 79t | 1 |
| Bob Matheson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Earl Morrall | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Gary Collins | 3 | 112 | 37.3 | 39 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Willie Williams | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Clarence Childs | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Homer Jones | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Randy Minniear | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ben Davis | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63 | 0 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
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