1952 - Week 5
Washington Redskins at Cleveland Browns
At Cleveland Municipal Stadium Sunday, October 26, 1952
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Washington Redskins 13 10 0 10 33
Cleveland Browns 7 3 14 7 31
Scoring Plays Redskins Browns
1st Quarter
Redskins 7:26 Interception by Cox returned 16 yards ( Buksar Kick missed ) 6 0
Redskins 2:19 Drazenovich 2 yd. run ( Buksar Kick ) ( 5-51, 2:14 ) 13 0
Browns 0:51 Motley 21 yd. pass from Graham ( Groza Kick ) ( 6-72, 1:28 ) 13 7
2nd Quarter
Browns 7:14 Groza 16 yd. Field Goal ( 11-82, 5:16 ) 13 10
Redskins 2:24 Drazenovich 1 yd. run ( Buksar Kick ) ( 7-73, 4:50 ) 20 10
Redskins 0:34 Buksar 22 yd. Field Goal ( 3-8, 0:36 ) 23 10
3rd Quarter
Browns 10:31 Jagade 39 yd. pass from Graham ( Groza Kick ) ( 6-80, 2:56 ) 23 17
Browns 4:17 Howard 13 yd. pass from Graham ( Groza Kick ) ( 10-62, 4:19 ) 23 24
4th Quarter
Browns 8:13 Motley 1 yd. run ( Groza Kick ) ( 8-79, 4:31 ) 23 31
Redskins 7:12 Taylor 45 yd. pass from Lebaron ( Buksar Kick ) ( 2-70, 1:01 ) 30 31
Redskins 0:00 Buksar 18 yd. Field Goal ( 13-84, 2:21 ) 33 31

MVP: Chuck Drazenovich FB\LB (Washington)
Rushing: 4 Yds, 2 TD, Defense: 7 Tkl, 1 Int

Unavailable
WAS: C.Justice (HB\P\KR\PR), J.Cloud (FB), J.Hennessey (DE), L.Karras (DT)
CLE: B.Gain (DT), D.Phelps (DB)
Temp: 46°. Clear Skies. No Wind
Surface: Grass
Drive Charts
Washington Redskins 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 6:24 WAS 28 9 22 Punt 8:36 1:10 CLE 2 4 4 TurnoverTD
4:33 2:14 WAS 49 5 51 Touchdown 7:26 2:53 CLE 20 7 66 Interception
0:51 3:21 WAS 17 7 38 Punt 2:19 1:28 CLE 28 6 72 Touchdown
7:14 4:50 WAS 27 7 73 Touchdown 12:30 5:16 CLE 9 11 82 Field Goal
1:10 0:36 CLE 23 3 8 Field Goal 2:24 1:14 CLE 17 3 10 Interception
14:23 0:56 WAS 36 3 4 Punt 0:34 0:34 CLE 20 1 -1 End of Half
10:31 1:55 WAS 20 3 3 Punt 15:00 0:37 CLE 34 3 0 Punt
4:17 1:49 WAS 23 3 6 Punt 13:27 2:56 CLE 20 6 80 Touchdown
14:37 1:53 WAS 20 6 21 Punt 8:36 4:19 CLE 38 10 62 Touchdown
8:13 1:01 WAS 30 2 70 Touchdown 2:28 2:51 CLE 38 7 52 Missed FG
6:14 1:14 CLE 35 3 -15 Punt 12:44 4:31 CLE 21 8 79 Touchdown
2:21 2:21 WAS 5 13 84 Field Goal 7:12 0:58 CLE 20 3 8 Interception
5:00 2:39 CLE 12 7 30 Punt
28:34 WAS 33 64 365 31:26 CLE 21 76 544
Time of Possession by Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total
Washington Redskins 9:29 7:56 4:40 6:29 28:34
Cleveland Browns 5:31 7:04 10:20 8:31 31:26
Team Statistics Redskins Browns
Total Points 33 31
1st Downs 19 28
Rushing 8 14
Passing 10 11
Penalty 1 3
3rd-Down Conversions 7-16 6-10
4th-Down Conversions 1-1 0-0
Penalties-Yards 6-101 4-36
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Time Of Pos. 28:34 31:26
Total Net Yards 374 493
Total Plays 64 76
Average Gain 5.8 6.5
Net Yards Rushing 110 195
Rushes 29 33
Avg. Per Rush 3.8 5.9
Net Yards Passing 264 298
Completions 15 20
Attempts 34 43
Completion % 44.1 46.5
Yards Per Completion 18.3 14.9
Times Sacked 1 0
Had Intercepted 0 4
Touchdowns 4 4
Rushing 2 1
Passing 1 3
Other 1 0
Extra Points 4-3 4-4
Field Goals 2-2 1-2
Washington Redskins Cleveland Browns
Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD
Julie Rykovich 7 19 2.7 5 0 Ken Carpenter 8 42 5.2 8 0
Harry Gilmer 7 18 2.6 4 0 Dub Jones 8 73 9.1 30 0
Eddie Lebaron 6 48 8.0 18 0 Marion Motley 7 34 4.9 7 1
Chuck Drazenovich 3 4 1.3 2 2 Otto Graham 5 22 4.4 19 0
Leon Heath 3 8 2.7 4 0 Sherman Howard 4 22 5.5 17 0
Johnny Papit 2 11 5.5 7 0 Ray Renfro 1 2 2.0 2 0
Harry Dowda 1 2 2.0 2 0
Totals 29 110 3.8 18 2 Totals 33 195 5.9 30 1
Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT
Eddie Lebaron 34 15 274 1 10 1 47 0 82 Otto Graham 43 20 298 0 0 3 40 4 54
Totals 34 15 274 1 10 1 47 0 82 Totals 43 20 298 0 0 3 40 4 54
Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD
Hugh Taylor 4 121 30.2 47 1 Mac Speedie 7 93 13.3 39 0
Julie Rykovich 4 44 11.0 22 0 Dub Jones 5 51 10.2 17 0
Johnny Papit 3 57 19.0 32 0 Marion Motley 2 21 10.5 21 1
Harry Gilmer 2 17 8.5 17 0 Sherman Howard 2 23 11.5 13 1
Leon Heath 1 25 25.0 25 0 Chick Jagade 2 79 39.5 40 1
Gene Brito 1 10 10.0 10 0 Pete Brewster 1 9 9.0 9 0
Dante Lavelli 1 22 22.0 22 0
Totals 15 274 18.3 47 1 Totals 20 298 14.9 40 3
Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF
Jim Ricca 12 - - - - - - - - Don Shula 8 - - - - - - 1 -
George Buksar 8 - - - - - - - - Walt Michaels 6 - - - - - - - -
Andy Davis 8 - - - - - - - - Tommy James 6 - - - - - - 1 -
Chuck Drazenovich 7 1 34 - - - - - - Ed Sharkey 5 - - - - - - - -
Dick Alban 6 - - - - - - 1 - Bill Willis 5 - - - - - - 2 -
Johnny Williams 6 - - - - - - 2 - Len Ford 4 - - - - - - - -
Neil Ferris 3 - - - - - - - - Jerry Helluin 4 - - - - - - - -
Ed Berrang 2 1 6 - - - - - - Rex Bumgardner 4 - - - - - - - -
Ed Bagdon 2 - - - - - - - - Tommy W. Thompson 3 - - - - - - - -
Paul Lipscomb 2 - - - - - 1 - - John Kissell 3 - - - - - - - -
Ed Ecker 2 - - - - - - - - Warren Lahr 3 - - - - - - 1 -
Gene Pepper 2 - - - - - - - - Horace Gillom 3 - - - - - - - -
Julie Rykovich 2 - - - - - - - - Bert Rechichar 3 - - - - - - 1 -
Billy Cox 1 1 16 1 - - - - - Hal Herring 2 - - - - - - 1 -
Harry Dowda 1 1 13 - - - - 1 - George Young 1 - - - 1 - - - -
Laurie Niemi 1 - - - - - - - - Derrell Palmer 1 - - - - - - - -
Totals 65 4 69 1 - - 1 4 - Totals 61 - - - 1 - - 7 -
Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds
Marion Motley 1 0 0 0 0
Frank Gatski 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 1 0 1 0 0
Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG
Eddie Lebaron 7 291 41.6 0 3 51 Horace Gillom 2 91 45.5 0 1 53
Totals 7 291 41.6 0 3 51 Totals 2 91 45.5 0 1 53
Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD
Johnny Williams 1 8 8.0 0 8 0 Ray Renfro 2 13 6.5 0 13 0
Bert Rechichar 1 6 6.0 0 6 0
Totals 1 8 8.0 0 8 0 Totals 3 19 6.3 0 13 0
Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD
Johnny Williams 4 80 20.0 28 0 Ken Carpenter 2 46 23.0 26 0
George Buksar 2 23 11.5 18 0 Ray Renfro 1 20 20.0 20 0
Totals 6 103 17.2 28 0 Totals 3 66 22.0 26 0
Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM
George Buksar 2 2 22 4 3 Lou Groza 2 1 16 4 4
Totals 2 2 22 4 3 Totals 2 1 16 4 4