1952 - Week 9
Philadelphia Eagles at Cleveland Browns
At Cleveland Municipal Stadium Sunday, November 23, 1952
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Philadelphia Eagles 0 0 14 0 14
Cleveland Browns 3 7 3 13 26
Scoring Plays Eagles Browns
1st Quarter
Browns 7:04 Groza 11 yd. Field Goal ( 14-61, 6:40 ) 0 3
2nd Quarter
Browns 5:29 Motley 11 yd. run ( Groza Kick ) ( 7-42, 3:58 ) 0 10
3rd Quarter
Eagles 13:56 Pollard 5 yd. run ( Walston Kick ) ( 2-18, 0:47 ) 7 10
Eagles 4:17 Walston 15 yd. pass from Burk ( Walston Kick ) ( 9-52, 4:59 ) 14 10
Browns 1:42 Groza 33 yd. Field Goal ( 3-3, 1:04 ) 14 13
4th Quarter
Browns 9:53 Groza 24 yd. Field Goal ( 11-59, 4:13 ) 14 16
Browns 7:20 Groza 21 yd. Field Goal ( 4-25, 1:45 ) 14 19
Browns 0:30 Interception by Michaels returned 13 yards ( Groza Kick ) 14 26

MVP: Walt Michaels LB (Cleveland)
Defense: 6 Tkl, 2 Int, 1 TD, Fumbles: 0 FF, 1 Rec

Unavailable
PHI: J.Restic (DB), R.Goldston (HB)
CLE: S.Howard (HB), D.Phelps (DB), R.Renfro (HB\FL\KR\PR), R.Bumgardner (KR\LB), L.Houston (G)
Temp: 38°. Cloudy. Wind 9 mph (Slight Crosswind).
Surface: Grass
Drive Charts
Philadelphia Eagles 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 1:16 PHI 31 3 1 Punt 13:44 6:40 CLE 35 14 61 Field Goal
7:04 1:48 PHI 48 3 -1 Punt 5:16 1:36 CLE 17 3 8 Punt
3:40 2:20 PHI 24 4 17 Punt 1:20 1:27 CLE 26 3 1 Punt
14:53 2:23 PHI 36 6 -1 Fumble 12:30 1:11 PHI 35 3 -4 Missed FG
11:19 1:52 PHI 20 3 -6 Punt 9:27 3:58 PHI 42 7 42 Touchdown
5:29 3:07 PHI 22 6 20 Punt 2:22 0:36 CLE 21 3 3 Punt
1:46 1:27 PHI 37 9 41 Missed FG 0:19 0:19 CLE 20 1 -1 End of Half
14:43 0:47 CLE 18 2 18 Touchdown 15:00 0:17 CLE 20 2 -2 Fumble
12:39 1:40 PHI 4 3 6 Punt 13:56 1:17 CLE 43 3 0 Punt
9:16 4:59 PHI 48 9 52 Touchdown 10:59 1:43 CLE 43 3 -8 Punt
3:41 0:55 PHI 30 3 -3 Interception 4:17 0:36 CLE 24 3 0 Punt
1:42 2:36 CLE 45 6 18 Interception 2:46 1:04 PHI 29 3 3 Field Goal
9:53 0:48 PHI 25 3 14 Punt 14:06 4:13 CLE 24 11 59 Field Goal
7:20 1:46 PHI 28 3 -3 Punt 9:05 1:45 PHI 39 4 25 Field Goal
2:57 1:05 PHI 20 3 -5 Punt 5:34 2:37 CLE 45 6 12 Punt
0:46 0:16 PHI 1 2 0 TurnoverTD 1:52 1:06 PHI 47 3 1 Punt
0:30 0:30 PHI 36 1 16 End of Game
29:35 PHI 32 69 184 30:25 CLE 39 72 200
Time of Possession by Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total
Philadelphia Eagles 5:24 8:49 10:03 5:19 29:35
Cleveland Browns 9:36 6:11 4:57 9:41 30:25
Team Statistics Eagles Browns
Total Points 14 26
1st Downs 16 12
Rushing 8 5
Passing 5 7
Penalty 3 0
3rd-Down Conversions 7-17 8-21
4th-Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 5-27 7-93
Fumbles-Lost 4-1 2-1
Time Of Pos. 29:35 30:25
Total Net Yards 166 243
Total Plays 69 72
Average Gain 2.4 3.4
Net Yards Rushing 117 133
Rushes 30 31
Avg. Per Rush 3.9 4.3
Net Yards Passing 49 110
Completions 11 13
Attempts 33 37
Completion % 33.3 35.1
Yards Per Completion 8.8 10.3
Times Sacked 6 4
Had Intercepted 3 0
Touchdowns 2 2
Rushing 1 1
Passing 1 0
Other 0 1
Extra Points 2-2 2-2
Field Goals 0-1 4-5
Philadelphia Eagles Cleveland Browns
Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD
Al Pollard 8 31 3.9 10 1 Marion Motley 9 38 4.2 11 1
John Huzvar 8 17 2.1 8 0 Dub Jones 9 31 3.4 11 0
Don Stevens 4 7 1.8 5 0 Ken Carpenter 6 40 6.7 18 0
Bobby Thomason 3 37 12.3 17 0 Otto Graham 6 18 3.0 12 0
Frank Ziegler 3 -4 -1.3 1 0 Chick Jagade 1 6 6.0 6 0
John Brewer 2 4 2.0 5 0
Adrian Burk 2 25 12.5 16 0
Totals 30 117 3.9 17 1 Totals 31 133 4.3 18 1
Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT
Adrian Burk 17 6 67 2 19 1 15 3 28 Otto Graham 37 13 134 4 24 0 20 0 47
Bobby Thomason 16 5 30 4 29 0 14 0 41
Totals 33 11 97 6 48 1 15 3 15 Totals 37 13 134 4 24 0 20 0 47
Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD
Frank Ziegler 3 18 6.0 11 0 Mac Speedie 7 91 13.0 20 0
Bud Grant 2 24 12.0 15 0 Ken Carpenter 3 12 4.0 8 0
Pete Pihos 2 18 9.0 14 0 Dub Jones 2 24 12.0 16 0
Bobby Walston 2 22 11.0 15 1 Marion Motley 1 7 7.0 7 0
Jim Parmer 1 2 2.0 2 0
Don Stevens 1 13 13.0 13 0
Totals 11 97 8.8 15 1 Totals 13 134 10.3 20 0
Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF
Russ Craft 8 - - - 1 - - 2 - Hal Herring 9 - - - - - - - -
Chuck Bednarik 7 - - - - - - 1 - Bill Willis 8 - - - - - - 1 -
Wayne Robinson 5 - - - - - - - - Bob Gain 7 - - - - 2 - - 1
Bibbles Bawel 4 - - - 1 - - 1 - Bert Rechichar 7 - - - - - - 1 1
Bob Stringer 4 - - - - - - - - John Kissell 7 - - - 1 2 - - -
Norm Willey 4 - - - 1 - 1 - - Walt Michaels 6 2 30 1 - - - 1 -
Bucko Kilroy 3 - - - - 1 - - 1 Tommy James 5 1 13 - - - - 1 -
Joe Sutton 3 - - - - - - 3 - Jerry Helluin 4 - - - 2 1 - - -
Jack Zilly 3 - - - 1 - - - - Ed Sharkey 3 - - - - - - - -
Neil Ferris 3 - - - - - - 2 - Len Ford 3 - - - 2 - - - 1
Al Pollard 3 - - - - - - - - Horace Gillom 2 - - - 1 - - - -
Ebert Van Buren 2 - - - - - - 1 - Don Shula 2 - - - - - - - -
Don Stevens 2 - - - - - - 1 - Tommy W. Thompson 2 - - - - - - 1 -
Frank Ziegler 2 - - - - - - 1 - Derrell Palmer 1 - - - - 1 - - -
Ken Farragut 2 - - - - - - 1 - George Young 1 - - - - - 1 - -
Vic Sears 1 - - - - 1 - - - Warren Lahr - - - - - - - 1 -
Jim Parmer 1 - - - - - - - -
Mike Jarmoluk 1 - - - - 1 - - -
Totals 58 - - - 4 3 1 13 1 Totals 67 3 43 1 6 6 1 6 3
Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds
Al Pollard 2 0 1 0 0 Dub Jones 1 0 0 0 0
Bobby Thomason 1 1 0 0 0 Otto Graham 1 1 0 0 0
Don Stevens 1 0 0 0 0 Marion Motley 0 0 1 0 7
Joe Sutton 0 0 1 0 -6 Walt Michaels 0 0 0 1 0
Jack Zilly 0 0 0 1 0
Adrian Burk 0 0 1 0 2
Totals 4 1 3 1 -4 Totals 2 1 1 1 7
Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG
Adrian Burk 9 349 38.8 0 1 47 Horace Gillom 8 355 44.4 1 2 55
Totals 9 349 38.8 0 1 47 Totals 8 355 44.4 1 2 55
Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD
Don Stevens 3 5 1.7 1 3 0 Ken Carpenter 6 72 12.0 0 45 0
Bibbles Bawel 2 19 9.5 0 21 0 Bert Rechichar 1 1 1.0 0 1 0
Totals 5 24 4.8 1 21 0 Totals 7 73 10.4 0 45 0
Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD
Al Pollard 4 94 23.5 30 0 Ken Carpenter 1 27 27.0 27 0
Don Stevens 3 80 26.7 34 0 Bert Rechichar 1 19 19.0 19 0
Totals 7 174 24.9 34 0 Totals 2 46 23.0 27 0
Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM
Bobby Walston 1 0 0 2 2 Lou Groza 5 4 33 2 2
Totals 1 0 0 2 2 Totals 5 4 33 2 2