| Washington Redskins at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: October 25, 1959 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 42732 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 44 F Humidty: 93% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 6 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bobby Mitchell 76 pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick failed) | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 30 run (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bobby Mitchell 15 pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 20 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Bill Anderson 28 pass from Ralph Guglielmi (Sam Baker kick) | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Preston Carpenter 12 pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ed Modzelewski 10 pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 34 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | LOE | Bill Anderson |
| 62 | LOT | Don Boll |
| 78 | LOG | Don Lawrence |
| 51 | C | Jim Schrader |
| 67 | ROG | Red Stephens |
| 70 | ROT | Ray Lemek |
| 82 | ROE | Johnny Carson |
| 3 | QB | Ralph Guglielmi |
| 47 | LOH | Dick James |
| 0 | ROH | Johnny Olszewski |
| 31 | FB | Don Bosseler |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | John Paluck |
| 79 | LDT | Bob Toneff |
| 71 | RDT | Will Renfro |
| 89 | RDE | Art Gob |
| 45 | LLB | Ralph Felton |
| 56 | MLB | Frank Kuchta |
| 85 | RLB | Tom Braatz |
| 21 | LDH | Gary Glick |
| 20 | LS | Doyle Nix |
| 43 | RS | Dick Haley |
| 26 | RDH | Bill Stits |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 40 | LOE | Preston Carpenter |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 64 | LOG | Jim Ray Smith |
| 56 | C | Art Hunter |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 74 | ROT | Mike McCormack |
| 86 | ROE | Billy Howton |
| 16 | QB | Milt Plum |
| 49 | LOH | Bobby Mitchell |
| 26 | ROH | Ray Renfro |
| 32 | FB | Jim Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Bob Gain |
| 78 | LDT | Willie McClung |
| 72 | RDT | Sid Youngelman |
| 84 | RDE | Paul Wiggin |
| 35 | LLB | Galen Fiss |
| 50 | MLB | Vince Costello |
| 34 | RLB | Walt Michaels |
| 30 | LDH | Bernie Parrish |
| 22 | LS | Kenny Konz |
| 42 | RS | Junior Wren |
| 44 | RDH | Jim Shofner |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Dick James | 13 | 79 | 6.1 | 39 | 0 |
| Don Bosseler | 15 | 60 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 4 | -4 | -1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 17 | 122 | 7.2 | 30t | 1 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Ninowski | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Ptacek | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| LeRoy Bolden | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Milt Plum | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Ralph Guglielmi | 15 | 5 | 33.3 | 3 | 76 | 5.1 | 31 | 1 | 15 | 33.6 | |
| Eagle Day | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 1 | 40 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 66.7 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Milt Plum | 18 | 13 | 72.2 | 0 | 253 | 14.1 | 76t | 4 | 44 | 153.9 | |
| Jim Ninowski | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 41 | 8.2 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 86.2 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Bill Anderson | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 31 | 1 |
| Johnny Carson | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Don Bosseler | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Podoley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 3 | 107 | 35.7 | 76t | 2 |
| Ray Renfro | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 39 | 0 |
| Billy Howton | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Frank Clarke | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 15 | 1 |
| Jim Brown | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Shofner | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Bernie Parrish | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Warren Lahr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Konz | 0 | 14 | 14L | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Sam Baker | 4 | 156 | 39.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Junior Wren | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 42 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Dick Haley | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 | |
| Kenny Konz | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Dick James | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Dick Haley | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Art Gob | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Ed Modzelewski | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
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