| New York Giants at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: December 1, 1968 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 83193 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 34 F Humidty: 78% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Pete Gogolak 46 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Paul Warfield 29 pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Leroy Kelly 9 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 37 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Leroy Kelly 8 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 3 | 24 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Leroy Kelly 7 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 3 | 31 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Leroy Kelly 5 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 3 | 38 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Ernie Koy 1 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 10 | 38 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Tommy McDonald 12 pass from Frank Ryan (Don Cockroft kick) | 10 | 45 |
| 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 |
| 88 | TE | Aaron Thomas |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 28 | HB | Bobby Duhon |
| 40 | FL | Joe Morrison |
| 24 | FB | Tucker Frederickson |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Jim Katcavage |
| 73 | LDT | Roger Anderson |
| 71 | RDT | Bob Lurtsema |
| 79 | RDE | Bruce Anderson |
| 56 | LLB | Tommy Crutcher |
| 66 | MLB | Henry Davis |
| 54 | RLB | Ken Avery |
| 20 | LCB | Scott Eaton |
| 21 | LS | Bruce Maher |
| 43 | RS | Carl Lockhart |
| 41 | RCB | Willie Williams |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | SE | Paul Warfield |
| 77 | LOT | Dick Schafrath |
| 65 | LOG | John Demarie |
| 54 | C | Fred Hoaglin |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 73 | ROT | Monte Clark |
| 89 | TE | Milt Morin |
| 16 | QB | Bill Nelsen |
| 48 | RB | Ernie Green |
| 44 | HB | Leroy Kelly |
| 87 | FL | Eppie Barney |
| Defense | ||
| 88 | LDE | Ron Snidow |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 69 | RDT | Jim Kanicki |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 82 | LLB | Jim Houston |
| 56 | MLB | Bob Matheson |
| 51 | RLB | Dale Lindsey |
| 40 | LCB | Erich Barnes |
| 24 | SS | Ernie Kellermann |
| 34 | FS | Mike Howell |
| 28 | RCB | Ben Davis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ernie Koy | 10 | 32 | 3.2 | 10 | 1 |
| Bobby Duhon | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ronnie Blye | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Willie Young | 0 | 5 | 5L | 0 | |
| Gary Wood | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Leroy Kelly | 16 | 56 | 3.5 | 11 | 4 |
| Charley Harraway | 8 | 37 | 4.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Ernie Green | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Charlie Leigh | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Reece Morrison | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 11 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 1 | 59 | 3.0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 27.1 |
| Gary Wood | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 23 | 5.8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.1 |
| Bobby Duhon | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87.5 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | 25 | 13 | 52.0 | 0 | 204 | 8.2 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 92.7 |
| Frank Ryan | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 12 | 3.0 | 12t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bobby Duhon | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Ronnie Blye | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Aaron Thomas | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ernie Koy | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Homer Jones | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Paul Warfield | 6 | 137 | 22.8 | 43 | 1 |
| Leroy Kelly | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Ernie Green | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Milt Morin | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Tommy McDonald | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 |
| Eppie Barney | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Willie Williams | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ernie Kellermann | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ben Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ernie Koy | 5 | 180 | 36.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 4 | 144 | 36.0 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Carl Lockhart | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Charlie Leigh | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Ben Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bobby Duhon | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 21 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Blye | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Tucker Frederickson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Charlie Leigh | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 41 | 0 | |
| Jim Houston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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