1952 - Week 3
New York Giants at Cleveland Browns
At Cleveland Municipal Stadium Sunday, October 12, 1952
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
New York Giants 14 6 0 0 20
Cleveland Browns 0 10 10 17 37
Scoring Plays Giants Browns
1st Quarter
Giants 3:15 Blocked Punt recovered by Tunnell (NYG) for 0 yards ( Poole Kick ) 7 0
Giants 2:25 Interception by Duncan returned 21 yards ( Poole Kick ) 14 0
2nd Quarter
Browns 14:08 Groza 16 yd. Field Goal ( 3--1, 0:54 ) 14 3
Browns 10:40 Jones 7 yd. pass from Graham ( Groza Kick ) ( 3-61, 1:32 ) 14 10
Giants 3:54 Poole 27 yd. Field Goal ( 3-6, 1:27 ) 17 10
Giants 0:25 Poole 31 yd. Field Goal ( 9-31, 1:23 ) 20 10
3rd Quarter
Browns 9:12 Speedie 10 yd. pass from Graham ( Groza Kick ) ( 7-52, 2:02 ) 20 17
Browns 1:17 Groza 40 yd. Field Goal ( 3-2, 0:52 ) 20 20
4th Quarter
Browns 11:05 Lavelli 4 yd. pass from Graham ( Groza Kick ) ( 9-57, 4:02 ) 20 27
Browns 7:32 Jones 14 yd. pass from Graham ( Groza Kick ) ( 4-77, 1:10 ) 20 34
Browns 1:08 Groza 30 yd. Field Goal ( 7-73, 4:10 ) 20 37

MVP: Otto Graham QB (Cleveland)
Passing: 270 Yds, 4 TD, 84 Rating, Rushing: 4 Yds

Unavailable
NYG: J.Scott (HB\FL\KR), J.Rapacz (C), E.Price (FB), B.Wilkinson (END\DB), D.Yelvington (T)
CLE: K.Carpenter (HB\KR\PR), D.Phelps (DB), B.Gain (DT)
Temp: 47°. Clear Skies. Wind 11 mph (Crosswind).
Surface: Grass
Drive Charts
New York Giants Cleveland Browns
Start Time Drive # of Yards Start Time Drive # of Yards
Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result
15:00 3:24 NYG 42 7 20 Punt 11:36 3:31 CLE 20 8 28 Punt
8:05 2:31 NYG 20 5 24 Punt 5:34 2:19 CLE 5 3 7 TurnoverTD
2:02 0:12 CLE 37 2 5 Interception 3:15 0:50 CLE 20 2 3 TurnoverTD
1:38 1:32 NYG 11 3 -4 Interception 2:25 0:23 CLE 20 3 17 Fumble
14:08 1:49 NYG 24 3 -1 Punt 1:50 0:12 NYG 24 2 5 Interception
10:40 5:07 NYG 41 9 26 Missed FG 0:06 0:58 NYG 8 3 -1 Field Goal
5:25 1:31 CLE 26 3 6 Field Goal 12:19 1:39 CLE 39 3 61 Touchdown
1:52 1:27 NYG 45 9 31 Field Goal 5:33 0:08 CLE 20 1 0 Interception
13:25 2:11 NYG 14 3 0 Punt 3:54 2:02 CLE 20 3 -3 Punt
9:12 1:20 NYG 36 3 6 Punt 0:25 0:25 CLE 20 1 -1 End of Half
6:11 1:38 NYG 17 5 53 Interception 15:00 1:35 CLE 27 3 8 Punt
2:16 0:07 NYG 30 1 5 Fumble 11:14 2:02 CLE 48 7 52 Touchdown
1:17 1:10 NYG 36 3 1 Punt 7:52 1:41 CLE 17 3 8 Punt
11:05 2:23 NYG 20 4 18 Punt 4:33 2:17 CLE 32 3 0 Punt
7:32 2:14 NYG 42 5 6 Punt 2:09 0:52 NYG 35 3 2 Field Goal
1:08 1:07 NYG 36 5 -3 Downs 0:07 4:02 CLE 43 9 57 Touchdown
8:42 1:10 CLE 23 4 77 Touchdown
5:18 4:10 CLE 4 7 73 Field Goal
0:01 0:01 NYG 33 1 -1 End of Game
29:43 NYG 34 70 193 30:17 CLE 35 69 392
Time of Possession by Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total
New York Giants 7:39 9:54 6:26 5:44 29:43
Cleveland Browns 7:21 5:06 8:34 9:16 30:17
Team Statistics Giants Browns
Total Points 20 37
1st Downs 11 19
Rushing 1 4
Passing 8 14
Penalty 2 1
3rd-Down Conversions 6-18 6-15
4th-Down Conversions 0-1 0-0
Penalties-Yards 6-86 7-52
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1
Time Of Pos. 29:43 30:17
Total Net Yards 197 362
Total Plays 70 69
Average Gain 2.8 5.2
Net Yards Rushing 82 105
Rushes 32 36
Avg. Per Rush 2.6 2.9
Net Yards Passing 115 257
Completions 12 17
Attempts 32 31
Completion % 37.5 54.8
Yards Per Completion 12.8 15.9
Times Sacked 6 2
Had Intercepted 3 3
Touchdowns 2 4
Rushing 0 0
Passing 0 4
Other 2 0
Extra Points 2-2 4-4
Field Goals 2-3 3-3
New York Giants Cleveland Browns
Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD
Kyle Rote 15 49 3.3 8 0 Marion Motley 14 34 2.4 6 0
Frank Gifford 7 13 1.9 5 0 Sherman Howard 9 30 3.3 8 0
George C. Thomas 6 9 1.5 5 0 Dub Jones 5 24 4.8 15 0
John Amberg 4 11 2.8 6 0 Otto Graham 4 4 1.0 4 0
Chick Jagade 3 13 4.3 7 0
Ray Renfro 1 0 0.0 0 0
Totals 32 82 2.6 8 0 Totals 36 105 2.9 15 0
Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT
Chuck Conerly 32 12 153 6 38 0 47 3 14 Otto Graham 31 17 270 2 13 4 55 3 84
Totals 32 12 153 6 38 0 47 3 14 Totals 31 17 270 2 13 4 55 3 84
Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD
Bill Stribling 5 59 11.8 18 0 Mac Speedie 7 143 20.4 55 1
Bob E. McChesney 3 61 20.3 47 0 Dub Jones 3 37 12.3 16 2
Frank Gifford 3 11 3.7 8 0 Sherman Howard 2 19 9.5 14 0
Kyle Rote 1 22 22.0 22 0 Marion Motley 2 36 18.0 18 0
Chick Jagade 1 9 9.0 9 0
Horace Gillom 1 22 22.0 22 0
Dante Lavelli 1 4 4.0 4 1
Totals 12 153 12.8 47 0 Totals 17 270 15.9 55 4
Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF
Jon Baker 12 - - - - 2 - - 1 Rex Bumgardner 8 - - - - - - - -
John Cannady 9 - - - - - - - - Don Shula 7 - - - - - - - -
John Amberg 7 - - - - - - - - Ed Sharkey 7 - - - 1 - - 2 -
Emlen Tunnell 6 - - - - - - - - Tommy James 6 - - - - - - - -
Al Derogatis 5 - - - - - - - - Hal Herring 5 - - - - 1 - - -
Jim H. Duncan 3 1 21 1 1 1 - - - Bert Rechichar 5 1 45 - 1 - - - -
Frank Gifford 3 - - - - - - - - Len Ford 5 - - - 3 1 1 - -
Joe Sulaitis 3 - - - - - - - - Walt Michaels 5 1 12 - - 1 - - -
Ray Krouse 3 - - - - - - - - John Kissell 4 - - - - 1 - - -
Don Menasco 3 1 8 - - - - 1 - Jerry Helluin 3 - - - - - 1 - -
Harmon Rowe 3 - - - - - - - - Bill Willis 3 - - - - - 1 - -
Bob Hudson 2 - - - - 1 - 1 - George Young 3 - - - 1 - - - -
Tom Landry 2 1 22 - - - - - - Derrell Palmer 2 - - - - - - - -
Pat Knight 2 - - - 1 - - - - Tommy W. Thompson 1 - - - - - - - -
Kelley Mote 1 - - - - - - - - Warren Lahr 1 1 16 - - - - 1 -
Arnie Weinmeister 1 - - - - - - - - Horace Gillom 1 - - - - - - - -
Ray Poole - - - - - - 1 - -
Totals 65 3 51 1 2 4 1 2 1 Totals 66 3 73 - 6 4 3 3 -
Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds
Kyle Rote 1 1 0 0 0 Sherman Howard 1 1 0 0 0
John Cannady 0 0 0 1 0 Ed Sharkey 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 1 1 0 1 0 Totals 1 1 0 1 0
Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG
Tom Landry 8 355 44.4 1 3 54 Horace Gillom 6 257 42.8 1 2 54
Totals 8 355 44.4 1 3 54 Totals 6 257 42.8 1 2 54
Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD
Emlen Tunnell 4 20 5.0 0 12 0 Ray Renfro 4 45 11.2 0 16 0
Bert Rechichar 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 0
Totals 4 20 5.0 0 12 0 Totals 5 42 8.4 0 16 0
Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD
Emlen Tunnell 4 110 27.5 30 0 Rex Bumgardner 1 22 22.0 22 0
Frank Gifford 2 43 21.5 36 0
Kyle Rote 1 30 30.0 30 0
Totals 7 183 26.1 36 0 Totals 1 22 22.0 22 0
Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM
Ray Poole 3 2 31 2 2 Lou Groza 3 3 40 4 4
Totals 3 2 31 2 2 Totals 3 3 40 4 4