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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Cleveland Browns at Los Angeles Rams - December 23rd, 1951
Cleveland Browns 17 at Los Angeles Rams 24
Sunday, December 23, 1951
Cleveland Browns 17, Los Angeles Rams 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns (11-2-0) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Los Angeles Rams (9-4-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
Scoring
| CLE | RAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | RAM | Dick Hoerner 1 yard rush (Bob Waterfield kick) | 0 | 7 |
| CLE | Lou Groza 52 yard field goal | 3 | 7 | |
| CLE | Dub Jones 17 yard pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 10 | 7 | |
| 3rd | RAM | Dan Towler 1 yard rush (Bob Waterfield kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4th | RAM | Bob Waterfield 17 yard field goal | 10 | 17 |
| CLE | Ken Carpenter 2 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) | 17 | 17 | |
| RAM | Tom Fears 73 yard pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Bob Waterfield kick) | 17 | 24 |
Team Stats
| CLE | RAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 22 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 23-92-1 | 43-81-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-41-280-1-3 | 13-30-253-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-47 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 233 | 253 |
| Total yards | 325 | 334 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-1 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-41 | 5-25 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Otto Graham | CLE | 19 | 40 | 280 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 34 | ||||
| Mac Speedie | CLE | 7 | 81 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Dub Jones | CLE | 9 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 62 | 1 | 26 | ||||||
| Dante Lavelli | CLE | 4 | 65 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Ken Carpenter | CLE | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 17 |
| Marion Motley | CLE | 5 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tom Fears | RAM | 4 | 146 | 1 | 73 | ||||||||||
| Bob Waterfield | RAM | 9 | 24 | 125 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | RAM | 4 | 6 | 128 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Elroy Hirsch | RAM | 4 | 66 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Dan Towler | RAM | 16 | 36 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Vitamin Smith | RAM | 9 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Tank Younger | RAM | 4 | 20 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Dick Hoerner | RAM | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Glenn Davis | RAM | 6 | -6 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Ken Carpenter | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 132 | 26.4 | 0 | 35 | |||||||||
| Hal Herring | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tommy James | CLE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dub Jones | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Warren Lahr | CLE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Cliff Lewis | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Marvin Johnson | RAM | 1 | 35 | 0 | 35 | ||||||||||||||
| Tommy Kalmanir | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tom Keane | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Paul | RAM | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||||||
| Andy Robustelli | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Vitamin Smith | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jerry Williams | RAM | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 21 | |||||||||
Cleveland Browns Starting Lineup
| Otto Graham | QB |
| Marion Motley | FB |
| Ken Carpenter | LH |
| Dub Jones | RH |
| Mac Speedie | LE |
| Lou Groza | LT |
| Abe Gibron | LG |
| Frank Gatski | C |
| Bob Gaudio | RG |
| Lou Rymkus | RT |
| Dante Lavelli | RE |
| George Young | LDE |
| John Sandusky | LDT |
| Bill Willis | MG |
| John Kissell | RDT |
| Len Ford | RDE |
| Tony Adamle | LLB |
| Tommy W. Thompson | MLB |
| Hal Herring | RLB |
| Warren Lahr | DB |
| Cliff Lewis | DB |
| Tommy James | DB |
Los Angeles Rams Starting Lineup
| Bob Waterfield | QB |
| Dick Hoerner | FB |
| Dan Towler | LH |
| Tom Fears | LE |
| Don Simensen | LT |
| Dick Daugherty | LG |
| Leon McLaughlin | C |
| Bill Lange | RG |
| Tom Dahms | RT |
| Elroy Hirsch | RE |
| Larry Brink | LDE |
| Jim Winkler | LDT |
| Stan West | MG |
| Jack Halliday | RDT |
| Andy Robustelli | RDE |
| Don Paul | RLB |
| Herb Rich | DB |
| Norb Hecker | DB |
| Jerry Williams | DB |
| Woodley Lewis | DB |