| New York Yankees at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: September 29, 1946 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 57084 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York YankeesNY | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NY | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dante Lavelli 8 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Greenwood 2 run (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | New York YankeesNY | Jack Russell 14 pass from Spec Sanders (Harvey Johnson kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 22 FG | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Edgar Jones 43 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | ||
| Offense | ||
| 55 | LOE | Bob Masterson |
| 44 | LOT | Bruiser Kinard |
| 41 | LOG | Roman Piskor |
| 22 | C | Tom Robertson |
| 35 | ROG | Chuck Riffle |
| 43 | ROT | Nate Johnson |
| 51 | ROE | Bruce Alford |
| 61 | BB | Bob Morrow |
| 70 | TB | Bob Kennedy |
| 76 | WB | Pug Manders |
| 75 | FB | Harvey Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 51 | DE | Bruce Alford |
| 55 | DE | Bob Masterson |
| 43 | DT | Nate Johnson |
| 44 | DT | Bruiser Kinard |
| 31 | DG | George Kinard |
| 32 | DG | Joe Yackanich |
| 70 | LB | Bob Kennedy |
| 25 | LB | Lou Sossamon |
| 50 | DB | Harry Burrus |
| 60 | DB | Lloyd Cheatham |
| 83 | DB | Bob Perina |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 55 | LOE | John Harrington |
| 40 | LOT | Jim Daniell |
| 36 | LOG | Eddie Ulinski |
| 20 | C | Mike Scarry |
| 30 | ROG | Bill Willis |
| 44 | ROT | Lou Rymkus |
| 50 | ROE | John Yonakor |
| 60 | QB | Otto Graham |
| 90 | LOH | Edgar Jones |
| 85 | ROH | Don Greenwood |
| 76 | FB | Marion Motley |
| Defense | ||
| 55 | LDE | John Harrington |
| 42 | LDT | Chet Adams |
| 30 | MG | Bill Willis |
| 44 | RDT | Lou Rymkus |
| 50 | RDE | John Yonakor |
| 76 | LLB | Marion Motley |
| 66 | MLB | Lou Saban |
| 74 | MLB | Gaylon Smith |
| 20 | RLB | Mike Scarry |
| 90 | LDH | Edgar Jones |
| 85 | RDH | Don Greenwood |
| 60 | S | Otto Graham |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Bob Perina | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Kennedy | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Lowell Wagner | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dewey Proctor | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Spec Sanders | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Harvey Johnson | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | |
| Lloyd Cheatham | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Eddie Prokop | 8 | -3 | -0.4 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Edgar Jones | 12 | 83 | 6.9 | 1 | |
| Don Greenwood | 10 | 51 | 5.1 | 1 | |
| Marion Motley | 12 | 32 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Cliff Lewis | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Gaylon Smith | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Steuber | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 3 | -34 | -11.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||||||||
| Bob Perina | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 0 | 53 | 5.3 | 0 | 65.8 | |||
| Spec Sanders | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 20 | 3.3 | 14t | 1 | 43.7 | ||
| Bob Kennedy | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 3 | 40 | 8.0 | 40 | 0 | 20.8 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 15 | 10 | 66.7 | 1 | 144 | 9.6 | 43 | 1 | 92.1 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Pug Manders | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Bruce Alford | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Kennedy | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Jack Russell | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14t | 1 |
| Lloyd Cheatham | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mac Speedie | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 43 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 26 | 1 |
| Marion Motley | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| John Harrington | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Al Coppage | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Don Greenwood | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Lloyd Cheatham | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Greenwood | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Edgar Jones | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Scarry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Evans | 0 | 8 | 8L | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Bob Kennedy | 3 | 129 | 43.0 | 57 | 0 |
| Spec Sanders | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Perina | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Tommy Colella | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| Spec Sanders | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Bob Kennedy | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Otto Graham | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| Bob Kennedy | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Bob Perina | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Edgar Jones | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | ||
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