1952 - Week 2
Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers
At Forbes Field Saturday, October 4, 1952
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Cleveland Browns 0 12 7 10 29
Pittsburgh Steelers 6 13 6 0 25
Scoring Plays Browns Steelers
1st Quarter
Steelers 5:52 Mathews 23 yd. pass from Finks ( Kerkorian Kick missed ) ( 2-38, 0:47 ) 0 6
2nd Quarter
Browns 14:43 Speedie 2 yd. pass from Graham ( Groza Kick ) ( 14-89, 6:01 ) 7 6
Steelers 13:42 Nickel 60 yd. pass from Finks ( Kerkorian Kick ) ( 2-66, 0:55 ) 7 13
Browns 9:08 Finks sacked by Ford in End Zone for Loss of 1 yard - SAFETY ( 3--1, 0:13 ) 9 13
Browns 5:05 Groza 24 yd. Field Goal ( 7-43, 3:59 ) 12 13
Steelers 0:25 Kerkorian 20 yd. Field Goal ( 3-8, 0:17 ) 12 16
Steelers 0:00 Kerkorian 35 yd. Field Goal ( 1-6, 0:13 ) 12 19
3rd Quarter
Browns 12:07 Speedie 5 yd. pass from Graham ( Groza Kick ) ( 6-62, 2:46 ) 19 19
Steelers 8:32 Mathews 15 yd. pass from Finks ( Kerkorian Kick missed ) ( 5-26, 1:09 ) 19 25
4th Quarter
Browns 14:56 Groza 27 yd. Field Goal ( 11-73, 5:21 ) 22 25
Browns 3:59 Motley 46 yd. pass from Graham ( Groza Kick ) ( 9-72, 4:11 ) 29 25

MVP: Otto Graham QB (Cleveland)
Passing: 357 Yds, 3 TD, 70 Rating, Rushing: 2 Yds. Winning 46 yd Touchdown pass to Marion Motley. 3:59 4th

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CLE: K.Carpenter (HB\KR\PR), D.Phelps (DB)
PIT: A.Smail (LB), E.Stautner (DT)
Temp: 58°. Partly Cloudy. No Wind
Surface: Grass
Drive Charts
Cleveland Browns Pittsburgh Steelers
Start Time Drive # of Yards Start Time Drive # of Yards
Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result
11:34 4:47 CLE 20 8 26 Interception 15:00 3:26 PIT 33 6 40 Missed FG
5:52 6:09 CLE 11 14 89 Touchdown 6:47 0:55 CLE 38 2 38 Touchdown
13:42 4:14 CLE 20 11 79 Downs 14:43 1:01 PIT 34 2 66 Touchdown
9:08 4:03 CLE 40 7 43 Field Goal 9:28 0:20 PIT 1 3 -1 Safety
1:54 0:25 CLE 20 3 5 Punt 5:05 3:11 PIT 31 5 18 Punt
1:06 0:20 CLE 12 3 0 Interception 1:29 0:23 PIT 43 3 0 Punt
0:25 0:08 Ret-Fumble 0:46 0:21 CLE 21 3 8 Field Goal
15:00 2:53 CLE 38 6 62 Touchdown 0:17 0:17 CLE 34 1 6 Field Goal
10:36 0:55 CLE 20 3 5 Interception 12:07 1:31 PIT 20 8 53 Interception
8:32 1:16 CLE 12 3 1 Punt 9:41 1:09 CLE 26 5 26 Touchdown
5:21 5:25 CLE 7 11 73 Field Goal 7:16 1:55 PIT 48 5 13 Punt
13:55 2:18 CLE 38 3 8 Punt 14:56 1:01 PIT 20 2 -2 Punt
8:17 4:18 CLE 28 9 72 Touchdown 11:37 3:20 PIT 1 5 20 Punt
2:12 2:12 CLE 6 9 32 End of Game 3:59 1:47 PIT 35 6 14 Punt
39:23 CLE 21 90 495 20:37 PIT 39 56 299
Time of Possession by Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total
Cleveland Browns 10:39 9:27 10:25 8:52 39:23
Pittsburgh Steelers 4:21 5:33 4:35 6:08 20:37
Team Statistics Browns Steelers
Total Points 29 25
1st Downs 26 14
Rushing 10 2
Passing 15 11
Penalty 1 1
3rd-Down Conversions 12-20 3-11
4th-Down Conversions 1-2 0-0
Penalties-Yards 11-105 5-25
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-0
Time Of Pos. 39:23 20:37
Total Net Yards 564 304
Total Plays 90 56
Average Gain 6.3 5.4
Net Yards Rushing 214 56
Rushes 44 15
Avg. Per Rush 4.9 3.7
Net Yards Passing 350 248
Completions 22 15
Attempts 45 39
Completion % 48.9 38.5
Yards Per Completion 16.2 16.9
Times Sacked 1 2
Had Intercepted 3 1
Touchdowns 3 3
Rushing 0 0
Passing 3 3
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-3 3-1
Field Goals 2-2 2-3
Cleveland Browns Pittsburgh Steelers
Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD
Marion Motley 14 54 3.9 14 0 Ed Modzelewski 5 31 6.2 15 0
Chick Jagade 11 95 8.6 17 0 Ray Mathews 4 9 2.2 6 0
Sherman Howard 7 39 5.6 21 0 Fran Rogel 3 10 3.3 5 0
Dub Jones 6 21 3.5 9 0 Lynn Chandnois 2 3 1.5 4 0
Otto Graham 5 2 0.4 3 0 Jack Spinks 1 3 3.0 3 0
Ray Renfro 1 3 3.0 3 0
Totals 44 214 4.9 21 0 Totals 15 56 3.7 15 0
Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT
Otto Graham 45 22 357 1 7 3 50 3 70 Jim Finks 39 15 254 2 6 3 60 1 76
Totals 45 22 357 1 7 3 50 3 70 Totals 39 15 254 2 6 3 60 1 76
Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD
Mac Speedie 6 72 12.0 36 2 Elbie Nickel 7 149 21.3 60 1
Dante Lavelli 5 92 18.4 45 0 Ray Mathews 5 63 12.6 23 2
Dub Jones 4 43 10.8 17 0 Lynn Chandnois 1 15 15.0 15 0
Sherman Howard 3 57 19.0 50 0 Ed Modzelewski 1 12 12.0 12 0
Marion Motley 2 75 37.5 46 1 George Sulima 1 15 15.0 15 0
Pete Brewster 1 9 9.0 9 0
Horace Gillom 1 9 9.0 9 0
Totals 22 357 16.2 50 3 Totals 15 254 16.9 60 3
Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF
Bill Willis 6 - - - - - - 1 - Dale Dodrill 11 - - - - - - - -
Walt Michaels 5 - - - 1 - - - 1 Howard Hartley 10 1 16 - - - - 3 -
Tommy James 4 - - - - - - 2 - Darrell Hogan 9 1 7 - - 1 - 1 -
Ed Sharkey 4 - - - - - - - - Jack Butler 7 - - - - - - - -
Tommy W. Thompson 3 - - - - - - - - Lou Levanti 7 - - - - - - - -
Don Shula 2 - - - - - - 1 - Claude Hipps 6 - - - - - - 3 -
Warren Lahr 2 1 - - - - - 3 - Ed Kissell 6 - - - - - - - -
Len Ford 2 - - - 1 1 - - - Lou Ferry 5 - - - - 2 - - 1
Hal Herring 2 - - - - - - - - Jack Spinks 5 - - - - - 1 - -
Bert Rechichar 2 - - - - - 1 1 - John Schweder 4 - - - - - - - -
Rex Bumgardner 1 - - - - - - - - Frank Sinkovitz 4 1 8 - - - - - -
Horace Gillom 1 - - - - 1 - - - George Hays 4 - - - - - 1 - -
Jerry Helluin - - - - - - 1 - - Jerry Shipkey 4 - - - - - - - -
George Tarasovic 3 - - - - - - - -
Bill McPeak 2 - - - 1 - - - -
Totals 34 1 - - 2 2 2 8 1 Totals 87 3 31 - 1 3 2 7 1
Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds
Marion Motley 2 0 0 0 0 Jim Finks 1 0 0 0 0
Bert Rechichar 1 1 0 0 0 Claude Hipps 0 0 0 1 0
Otto Graham 0 0 1 0 0 Pete Ladygo 0 0 1 0 0
Abe Gibron 0 0 1 0 -1
Totals 3 1 2 0 -1 Totals 1 0 1 1 0
Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG
Horace Gillom 3 145 48.3 0 1 53 Pat Brady 6 259 43.2 1 2 51
Totals 3 145 48.3 0 1 53 Totals 6 259 43.2 1 2 51
Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD
Bert Rechichar 2 4 2.0 0 5 0 Ray Mathews 1 12 12.0 0 12 0
Ray Renfro 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0 Lynn Chandnois 1 9 9.0 0 9 0
Totals 3 3 1.0 0 5 0 Totals 2 21 10.5 0 12 0
Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD
Ray Renfro 4 52 13.0 18 0 Ray Mathews 3 91 30.3 32 0
Rex Bumgardner 1 10 10.0 10 0 Lynn Chandnois 1 30 30.0 30 0
Bert Rechichar 1 24 24.0 24 0
Totals 6 86 14.3 24 0 Totals 4 121 30.2 32 0
Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM
Lou Groza 2 2 27 3 3 Gary Kerkorian 3 2 35 3 1
Totals 2 2 27 3 3 Totals 3 2 35 3 1