| Cleveland Browns at Washington Redskins |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 16, 1955 Location: Washington, DC Venue: Griffith Stadium Attendance: 24168 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 60 F Humidty: 53% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ed Modzelewski 6 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Dale Atkeson 15 run (Vic Janowicz kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 41 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ed Modzelewski 5 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Walt Michaels 25 interception return (Lou Groza kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Norb Hecker 5 pass from Eddie LeBaron (Vic Janowicz kick) | 24 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Pete Brewster |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 64 | LOG | Abe Gibron |
| 52 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 60 | ROG | Hal Bradley |
| 74 | ROT | Mike McCormack |
| 86 | ROE | Dante Lavelli |
| 14 | QB | Otto Graham |
| 26 | LOH | Ray Renfro |
| 31 | ROH | Dub Jones |
| 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 | LDH | Warren Lahr |
| 22 | LS | Kenny Konz |
| 42 | RS | Tommy James |
| 20 | RDH | Don Paul |
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Johnny Carson |
| 62 | LOT | Don Boll |
| 65 | LOG | Walt Houston |
| 50 | C | Harry Ulinski |
| 67 | ROG | Red Stephens |
| 70 | ROT | Fred Miller |
| 87 | ROE | Ralph Thomas |
| 14 | QB | Eddie LeBaron |
| 43 | LOH | Vic Janowicz |
| 29 | ROH | Bert Zagers |
| 39 | FB | Rob Goode |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gene Brito |
| 79 | LDT | Volney Peters |
| 36 | MG | Chuck Drazenovich |
| 76 | RDT | J.D. Kimmel |
| 88 | RDE | Chet Ostrowski |
| 45 | LLB | Ralph Felton |
| 53 | RLB | LaVern Torgeson |
| 25 | LDH | Nick Adduci |
| 28 | LS | Joe Scudero |
| 20 | RS | Hal Norris |
| 42 | RDH | Dick Alban |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ed Modzelewski | 13 | 58 | 4.5 | 15 | 1 |
| Fred Morrison | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mo Bassett | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 5 | -3 | -0.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Vic Janowicz | 12 | 56 | 4.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Bert Zagers | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Dale Atkeson | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 15t | 1 |
| Rob Goode | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Al Dorow | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 16 | 9 | 56.3 | 1 | 138 | 8.6 | 23 | 1 | 20 | 79.7 | |
| George Ratterman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Eddie LeBaron | 15 | 5 | 33.3 | 0 | 40 | 2.7 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 64.6 | |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 10 | 2 | 20.0 | 2 | 17 | 1.7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Pete Brewster | 6 | 109 | 18.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Vic Janowicz | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Norb Hecker | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Charley Jones | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Billy Cox | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Walt Michaels | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25t | 1 |
| Johnny Petitbon | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Joe Scudero | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Horace Gillom | 8 | 373 | 46.6 | 56 | 0 | ||||||
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Eddie LeBaron | 7 | 299 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 | ||||||
| Eddie LeBaron | 15 | 5 | 33.3 | 0 | 40 | 2.7 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 64.6 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Kenny Konz | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Joe Scudero | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Bert Zagers | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bobby White | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Bob Smith | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Walt Michaels | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Joe Scudero | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Bert Zagers | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 20 | 0 | |
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