| Brooklyn-New York Yankees at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: September 18, 1949 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 26312 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 75 F Humidty: 82% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn-New York YankeesBNY | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BNY | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooklyn-New York YankeesB-NY | Harvey Johnson 25 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Les Horvath 84 fumble recovery (Lou Saban kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Tommy James 27 interception return (Lou Saban kick) | 3 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn-New York Yankees | ||
| Offense | ||
| 53 | LOE | Jack Russell |
| 40 | LOT | Martin Ruby |
| 35 | LOG | John Wozniak |
| 23 | C | Brad Ecklund |
| 31 | ROG | Joe Signaigo |
| 44 | ROT | Arnie Weinmeister |
| 51 | ROE | Bruce Alford |
| 60 | QB | Don Panciera |
| 80 | LOH | Buddy Young |
| 81 | ROH | Lou Kusserow |
| 73 | FB | Mickey Colmer |
| Defense | ||
| 55 | LDE | Van Davis |
| 46 | LDT | Paul Mitchell |
| 30 | MG | Ed Sharkey |
| 44 | RDT | Arnie Weinmeister |
| 58 | RDE | Barney Poole |
| 32 | LLB | John Mastrangelo |
| 20 | LB | Frank Perantoni |
| 62 | LDH | Pete Layden |
| 82 | LS | Duke Iversen |
| 56 | S | Otto Schnellbacher |
| 90 | RDH | Harmon Rowe |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 58 | LOE | Mac Speedie |
| 46 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 36 | LOG | Eddie Ulinski |
| 33 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 32 | ROG | Lin Houston |
| 44 | ROT | Lou Rymkus |
| 56 | ROE | Dante Lavelli |
| 60 | QB | Otto Graham |
| 90 | LOH | Edgar Jones |
| 86 | ROH | Dub Jones |
| 74 | FB | Tony Adamle |
| Defense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Bill O'Connor |
| 42 | LDT | Derrell Palmer |
| 45 | MG | Bill Willis |
| 48 | RDT | Forrest Grigg |
| 50 | RDE | John Yonakor |
| 74 | LLB | Tony Adamle |
| 38 | MLB | Weldon Humble |
| 20 | RLB | Lou Saban |
| 92 | LDH | Les Horvath |
| 61 | S | Cliff Lewis |
| 82 | RDH | Tommy James |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn-New York Yankees | |||||
| Bob Kennedy | 12 | 88 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Sherman Howard | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Lou Kusserow | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Tom Landry | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Pete Layden | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Gil Johnson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Harmon Rowe | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mickey Colmer | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Don Panciera | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Edgar Jones | 11 | 30 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Ed Susteric | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Tony Adamle | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Dub Jones | 8 | 10 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Otto Graham | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn-New York Yankees | |||||||||||
| Don Panciera | 17 | 5 | 29.4 | 1 | 112 | 6.6 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 30.0 |
| Gil Johnson | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 15 | 2.1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 2 | 36 | 3.6 | 0 | 10.8 | |||
| Dub Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn-New York Yankees | |||||
| Bruce Alford | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bob Kennedy | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Tom Landry | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jack Russell | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Barney Poole | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dante Lavelli | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Mac Speedie | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn-New York Yankees | |||||
| Harmon Rowe | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Barney Poole | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Tommy James | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn-New York Yankees | |||||
| Pete Layden | 6 | 228 | 38.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 9 | 382 | 42.4 | 62 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn-New York Yankees | ||||||
| Pete Layden | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Young | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Cliff Lewis | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | ||
| Les Horvath | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn-New York Yankees | ||||||
| Buddy Young | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Duke Iversen | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ed Susteric | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Dub Jones | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
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