1952 - Week 11
Cleveland Browns at Chicago Cardinals
At Comiskey Park Sunday, December 7, 1952
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Cleveland Browns 7 10 21 0 38
Chicago Cardinals 0 7 0 0 7
Scoring Plays Browns Cardinals
1st Quarter
Browns 7:21 D.Jones 4 yard pass from O.Graham ( L.Groza kick ) ( 15-94, 7:39 ) 7 0
2nd Quarter
Browns 14:47 L.Groza 37 yard field goal ( 9-54, 5:08 ) 10 0
Browns 9:51 R.Renfro 2 yard pass from O.Graham ( L.Groza kick ) ( 7-15, 4:26 ) 17 0
Cardinals 0:45 O.Matson 3 yard run ( J.Geri kick ) ( 1-20, 0:17 ) 17 7
3rd Quarter
Browns 10:27 M.Motley 5 yard run ( L.Groza kick ) ( 4-64, 1:11 ) 24 7
Browns 9:25 H.Herring 47 yard fumble return ( L.Groza kick ) 31 7
Browns 3:44 C.Jagade 7 yard run ( L.Groza kick ) ( 4-25, 2:00 ) 38 7

MVP: Bert Rechichar KR\PR\DB (Cleveland)
Defense: 3 Tkl, 2 Int.

Unavailable
CLE: S.Howard (HB), D.Shula (DB), J.Sandusky (T)
CHC: E.Popa (LB), D.Mills (LB)
In-Game Injuries
CLE: B.Gain (DT)
CHC: G.Polofsky (G\LB)
Temp: 30°. Partly Cloudy. Wind 9 mph (Head/Tailwind).
Surface: Grass
Drive Charts
Cleveland Browns Chicago Cardinals
Start Time Drive # of Yards Start Time Drive # of Yards
Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result
15:00 7:39 CLE 6 15 94 Touchdown 7:21 2:26 CHC 46 3 4 Punt
4:55 5:08 CLE 16 9 54 Field Goal 14:47 0:30 CHC 22 2 0 Interception
14:17 4:26 CHC 15 7 15 Touchdown 9:51 6:37 CHC 22 12 77 Downs
3:14 2:12 CLE 1 5 39 Interception 1:02 0:17 CLE 20 1 20 Touchdown
0:45 0:45 CLE 31 1 6 End of Half 15:00 3:22 CHC 29 7 35 Downs
11:38 1:11 CLE 36 4 64 Touchdown 10:27 1:02 CHC 25 2 20 TurnoverTD
9:07 1:15 CHC 36 4 14 Interception 9:25 0:18 CHC 32 1 4 Fumble
5:44 2:00 CHC 25 4 25 Touchdown 7:52 2:08 CHC 7 3 -4 Punt
3:24 1:42 CLE 47 3 4 Punt 3:44 0:20 CHC 43 1 10 Fumble
11:52 3:18 CLE 18 5 29 Punt 1:42 4:50 CHC 20 11 62 Downs
6:07 3:09 CLE 47 5 21 Missed FG 8:34 2:27 CHC 3 3 3 Punt
1:53 1:53 CHC 34 3 9 End of Game 2:58 1:05 CHC 20 4 13 Interception
34:38 CLE 41 65 374 25:22 CHC 29 50 244
Time of Possession by Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total
Cleveland Browns 12:34 7:36 6:08 8:20 34:38
Chicago Cardinals 2:26 7:24 8:52 6:40 25:22
Team Statistics Browns Cardinals
Total Points 38 7
1st Downs 20 13
Rushing 13 8
Passing 7 2
Penalty 0 3
3rd-Down Conversions 4-11 4-10
4th-Down Conversions 2-2 0-3
Red Zone Conversions 195-1000 240-1000
Penalties-Yards 10-77 4-19
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 3-3
Time Of Pos. 34:38 25:22
Total Net Yards 399 219
Total Plays 65 50
Average Gain 6.1 4.4
Net Yards Rushing 234 159
Rushes 45 38
Avg. Per Rush 5.2 4.2
Net Yards Passing 165 60
Completions 14 6
Attempts 19 11
Completion % 73.7 54.5
Yards Per Completion 12.6 11.3
Times Sacked 1 1
Had Intercepted 2 2
Touchdowns 5 1
Rushing 2 1
Passing 2 0
Other 1 0
Extra Points 5-5 1-1
Field Goals 1-2 0-0
Cleveland Browns Chicago Cardinals
Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD
Ken Carpenter 13 50 3.8 7 0 Ollie Matson 12 46 3.8 11 1
Dub Jones 10 83 8.3 23 0 Charley Trippi 10 28 2.8 8 0
Marion Motley 9 55 6.1 26 1 Emil Sitko 7 33 4.7 10 0
Chick Jagade 7 33 4.7 11 1 Billy Cross 4 40 10.0 15 0
Otto Graham 4 9 2.2 4 0 Ralph Pasquariello 2 3 1.5 2 0
Ray Renfro 2 4 2.0 4 0 Johnny Karras 2 3 1.5 2 0
Elmer Angsman 1 6 6.0 6 0
Totals 45 234 5.2 26 2 Totals 38 159 4.2 15 1
Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT
Otto Graham 19 14 176 1 11 2 55 2 98 Charley Trippi 11 6 68 1 8 0 35 2 34
Totals 19 14 176 1 11 2 55 2 98 Totals 11 6 68 1 8 0 35 2 34
Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD
Mac Speedie 4 101 25.2 55 0 Ollie Matson 2 50 25.0 35 0
Ken Carpenter 3 7 2.3 6 0 Emil Sitko 1 1 1.0 1 0
Dub Jones 2 12 6.0 8 1 Billy Cross 1 8 8.0 8 0
Dante Lavelli 2 27 13.5 18 0 Cliff Anderson 1 7 7.0 7 0
Chick Jagade 1 20 20.0 20 0 Elmer Angsman 1 2 2.0 2 0
Ray Renfro 1 2 2.0 2 1
Marion Motley 1 7 7.0 7 0
Totals 14 176 12.6 55 2 Totals 6 68 11.3 35 0
Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF
Walt Michaels 9 - - - 1 - - 1 - Bill Svoboda 8 - - - - - - - -
Bill Willis 7 - - - - - - - - Ray Ramsey 8 - - - - - - - -
Ed Sharkey 7 - - - - - - - 1 Don Joyce 7 - - - - - - - -
Rex Bumgardner 6 - - - - 1 - - - Leo Sanford 6 - - - - - - - 1
Hal Herring 5 - - - - - - - - Charley Trippi 5 - - - - - - 1 -
Tommy James 5 - - - - - - 1 - Bob Dove 4 - - - 1 1 1 - -
Len Ford 5 - - - - - - - - Tom Bienemann 4 - - - - - - - 1
Warren Lahr 5 - - - - - - - - John Panelli 4 - - - - - - - -
Tommy W. Thompson 3 - - - - - - - - Ollie Matson 4 1 -3 - - - - - -
Horace Gillom 3 - - - - - - - - Don Panciera 3 - - - - - - - -
Bert Rechichar 3 2 23 - - - - - 1 Don R. Paul 3 - - - - - - - -
Don Phelps 3 - - - - - - - - Fred Wallner 3 - - - - - - - -
George Young 3 - - - - - - - - Volney Peters 3 - - - - 1 - - -
John Kissell 2 - - - - - - - - Roy Barni 2 1 29 - - - - - -
Derrell Palmer 2 - - - - 1 - - - Billy Gay 2 - - - - - - - -
Robert Hecker 2 - - - - - - - -
Gordon Polofsky 1 - - - - - - - -
Jerry Groom 1 - - - - - - - -
S.J. Whitman 1 - - - - - - - -
Tony Klimek 1 - - - - - - - -
Totals 68 2 23 - 1 2 - 2 2 Totals 72 2 26 - 1 2 1 1 2
Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds
Marion Motley 1 0 0 0 0 Emil Sitko 2 2 0 0 0
Hal Herring 0 0 0 1 47 Ollie Matson 1 1 0 0 0
Bill Willis 0 0 0 1 0
Tommy James 0 0 0 1 0
Frank Gatski 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 2 0 2 3 47 Totals 3 3 0 0 0
Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG
Horace Gillom 2 97 48.5 1 1 50 Joe Geri 3 114 38.0 0 1 47
Totals 2 97 48.5 1 1 50 Totals 3 114 38.0 0 1 47
Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD
Ken Carpenter 1 11 11.0 0 11 0
Ray Renfro 1 0 0.0 1 0 0
Totals 2 11 5.5 1 11 0 Totals 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD
Ken Carpenter 1 8 8.0 8 0 Ollie Matson 4 86 21.5 31 0
Ray Renfro 1 22 22.0 22 0 Billy Cross 3 60 20.0 22 0
Totals 2 30 15.0 22 0 Totals 7 146 20.9 31 0
Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM
Lou Groza 2 1 37 5 5 Joe Geri 0 0 0 1 1
Totals 2 1 37 5 5 Totals 0 0 0 1 1