1949 AAFC Semi Final Game * Playoff * 07-09-2010 Municipal Stadium Temp:32 Wind:15-25 None Line:Even MVP:Graham 1949 Los Angeles (5-8) 7 0 0 7 14 1949 Cleveland (12-1) 7 17 0 7 31 1 4:22 Cleveland TD Motley 7 run (Groza) (1-7-0:08) 0-7 1 2:46 Los Angeles TD Dobbs 10 pass to Wilkins (Nelson) (3-73-1:36) 7-7 2 10:43 Cleveland FG Groza 18 (3-8-1:18) 7-10 2 8:33 Cleveland TD Jones 5 run (Groza) (3-30-1:28) 7-17 2 0:42 Cleveland TD Graham 9 pass to Gillom (Groza) (3-23-0:20) 7-24 4 14:10 Cleveland TD Graham 26 pass to Speedie (Groza) (9-50-5:00) 7-31 4 4:34 Los Angeles TD Taliaferro 1 run (Nelson) (11-43-5:26) 14-31 LAD Cle First Downs 8 23 Rushes 34-127 51-207 Passes 18-6-78 28-16-203 Sacked 0-0 0-0 Fumble 5 2 Penalties 2-20 4-35 Turnovers 5 1 Time 23:16 36:44 Third Down 2-14 8-18 Fourth Down 2-3 1-3 Red Att/Td/Fg 3/2/0 6/3/1 Net Offense 205 410 Injuries: none < Los Angeles > < Cleveland > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Dobbs 17 6 78 0 0 3 1 30.6 Graham 28 16 203 0 1 1 2 88.8 Taliaferro 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 39.6 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rodgers 12 78 6.5 1 1 57 0 Motley 13 45 3.5 2 1 14 1 Grimes 8 23 2.9 1 0 6 0 Graham 5 37 7.4 3 1 21 0 Taliaferro 10 18 1.8 1 0 6 1 Jones 12 34 2.8 0 0 4 0 Dobbs 3 9 3.0 1 0 7 0 Boedecker 8 33 4.1 2 1 11 0 Howell 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0 0 Susteric 2 27 13.5 1 1 26 0 Jones 5 26 5.2 2 1 16 1 Adamle 2 2 1.0 0 0 1 0 James 1 2 2.0 0 0 2 0 Horvath 1 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 Parseghian 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Lahr 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Grimes 2 1 27 13.5 2 0 17 0 Speedie 5 2 79 15.8 3 1 26 1 Wilkins 2 0 30 15.0 1 0 20 1 Lavelli 3 0 37 12.3 2 0 15 0 Ford 1 0 8 8.0 0 0 8 0 Gillom 3 0 26 8.7 2 0 11 1 Rodgers 1 0 13 13.0 1 0 13 0 Motley 2 0 24 12.0 2 0 14 0 Jones 1 0 12 12.0 1 0 12 0 Boedecker 1 0 13 13.0 1 0 13 0 Jones 1 0 12 12.0 1 0 12 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Kelley 1 2 0 Rymkus 1 2 0 Dobblesten 1 1 0 Graham 1 0 0 Grimes 1 0 0 Speedie 0 1 0 Dobbs 1 0 0 Lahr 0 1 0 Taliaferro 1 0 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Grimes 5 164 32.8 67 0 Motley 2 43 21.5 24 0 Parseghian 1 0 0.0 0 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Crowe 1 0 19 19.0 19 0 Lewis 0 5 0 0.0 0 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Nelson 0-1 0 2-2 2 Groza 1-1 18 4-4 7 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Dobbs 5 211 42.2 0 1 0 51 Gillom 6 223 37.2 1 3 0 53 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT McWilliams 10 0 1 0 0 1 0-0 Adamle 6 0 0 1 0 1 0-0 Brown 10 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Agase 5 0 1 0 0 1 0-0 Reinhard 8 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Humble 5 0 0 2 0 0 1-0 Woodward 8 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lewis 4 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 Dworsky 7 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 James 4 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Perroti 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Saban 4 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Ford 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Rymkus 3 0 0 0 2 0 0-0 Pipkin 5 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Yonaker 3 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Kennedy 3 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 Speedie 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Crowe 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Horvath 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Davis 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Willis 2 0 1 0 2 0 0-0 Holder 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Jones 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 Tinsley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lahr 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Wilkins 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Spencer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Gatski 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Groza 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Susteric 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Boedecker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Thompson 0 0 1 0 0 0 1-8 Play-By-Play Play-By-Play 1st Quarter KO 14:54 Cle Motley ret of 19 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own23 14:47 Cle Graham-Speedie X Bas M-Slant 3-4 Z Basic/Bz3 2 10 own23 14:04 Cle Motley 7 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 Z Pass/Bz1 3 3 own30 13:31 Cle Graham-Gillom 11 Bas S-Hitch 3-4 M Run 1 10 own41 12:55 Cle Jones 4 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 Z Key-Motley/Lr 2 6 own45 12:22 Cle Motley 4 Bas Dive 3-4 M Basic 3 2 own49 11:46 Cle Motley -1 Bas Trap-L 3-4 M Run-Motley/Li 4 3 own48 11:37 Cle Gillom 30, dead --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own22 11:04 LA Rodgers 2 Bas Trap-R 3-4 Z Basic 2 8 own24 10:59 LA Taliafe-Ford X Bas S-Slant 3-4 M Dbl-Ford/Li 3 8 own24 10:52 LA Dobbs-Ford X Bas M-Out/sec 3-4 M Pass-Ford/Li 4 8 own24 10:47 LA Dobbs 51,Lewis FC --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own25 10:13 Cle Jones 4 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 tM Basic 2 6 own29 10:07 Cle Graham-Lavelli 8 Bas S-Slant 3-4 tM Dbl-Lavelli 1 10 own37 10:02 Cle Graham-Lavelli X Bas M-Cross/sec 3-4 Z Key-Motley/Li 2 10 own37 9:55 Cle Cle Pen15(Willis) Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 M Pass-Gillom 2 25 own22 9:50 Cle Graham-INT-Kennedy Bas S-Hitch 3-3 M Pass/Lo 1 10 opp30 9:14 LA Taliaferro -1 3RB OffTkl-R 3-4 Z Run 2 11 opp31 8:37 LA Taliaferro -1 3RB Draw 3-4 Z Basic/Li 3 12 opp32 8:29 LA Dobbs-Ford X 3RB S-Hitch/RBw/sec 3-4 lM Pass-Wilkins/Bz1 4 12 opp32 8:24 LA FG Nelson 39/M --- FG --- Block 1 10 own20 8:12 Cle Graham-Speedie 16 Bas M-Fly 3-4 tM Dbl-Speedie 1 10 own36 7:31 Cle Graham 21/F Bas M-Slant 3-4 M Run 1 10 opp43 7:25 Cle Graham-Speedie X Bas M-Fly 3-4 M Basic 2 10 opp43 6:50 Cle Motley -3 Bas Draw 3-4 M Run 3 13 opp46 6:40 Cle Graham-Lavelli 14 Bas S-Out/sec 3-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp32 5:59 Cle Boedecker 11 Bas Sweep-L 3-4 M Dbl-Gillom/Bz2 1 10 opp21 5:22 Cle Jones 4 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 M Dbl-Lavelli 2 6 opp17 4:46 Cle Jones 4 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 M Basic 3 2 opp13 4:43 Cle Graham-Gillom X Bas S-Hitch 3-4 M Basic/Lo 4 2 opp13 4:39 Cle Graham-Jones X Bas S-Hitch 3-4 M Pass-Lavelli 1 10 own13 4:30 LA Dobbs-INT-Thompson 3RB S-Slant 3-4 tM Dbl-Ford/Bz2/Lo 1 7 opp7 4:22 Cle Motley 7/TD Bas Dive 3-4 M Run 0-7 KO 4:15 LA Grimes ret of 19 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own27 3:40 LA Grimes 6 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 M Key-Rodgers/Lo 2 4 own33 2:52 LA Rodgers 57 Bas Trap-R 3-4 M Basic 1 10 opp10 2:46 LA Dobbs-Wilkins 10/TD Bas S-Hitch/sec 3-4 M Dbl-Ford 7-7 KO 2:33 Cle Motley ret of 24 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own30 1:59 Cle Jones 4 Bas Sweep-L 3-4 Z Pass 2 6 own34 1:22 Cle Motley 1 Bas Trap-R 3-4 M Run-Jones,D 3 5 own35 0:49 Cle Graham-Jones 12 Bas Screen 3-4 tM Pass-Lavelli/Lo 1 10 own47 0:14 Cle Jones 3 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 tM Basic/Bz2/Ll 2 7 50 0:00 Cle Graham-Motley 14 Bas S-Hitch 3-4 M Pass 2nd Quarter 1 10 opp36 14:15 Cle Motley 2 Bas Trap-R 3-4 M Dbl-Speedie 2 8 opp34 14:09 Cle Cle Pen15(Willis) Bas S-Hitch 3-4 M Dbl-Lavelli 2 23 opp49 13:34 Cle Boedecker 5 Bas Draw 3-4 lM Pass/Li 3 18 opp44 13:26 Cle Graham-Boedecke X Bas M-Hitch/PBK 3-4 dZ Pass 4 18 opp44 13:20 Cle Gillom 34, OB --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own10 12:42 LA Grimes 1 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 M Run 2 9 own11 12:07 LA Taliaferro 1 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 M Run-Rodgers/Bz1/Ll 3 8 own12 12:01 LA Dobbs-INT-Humble Bas S-Slant 3-4 tM Pass-Wilkins/Bz1 1 10 opp19 11:25 Cle Boedecker 5 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 Z Basic/Lr 2 5 opp14 11:21 Cle Graham-Gillom X Bas S-Slant 3-4 M Basic 3 5 opp14 10:43 Cle Boedecker 3 Bas Draw 3-4 M Pass 4 2 opp11 10:40 Cle FG Groza 18/G --- FG --- Block 7-10 KO 10:40 LA kick downed --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 10:07 LA Rodgers 2 3RB Trap-L 3-4 M Run/Li 2 8 own22 10:01 LA Dobbs-INT-Lewis 3RB S-Hitch 3-4 M Pass 1 10 opp30 9:23 Cle Graham-Speedie 9 Bas M-Fly 3-4 M Key-Boedecker 2 1 opp21 8:41 Cle Jones 16 Bas Trap-R 3-4 tM Key-Boedecker 1 5 opp5 8:33 Cle Jones 5/TD Bas Dive 3-4 sZ Run/Bz2 7-17 KO 8:18 LA Grimes ret of 67 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 opp35 7:42 LA Taliaferro 6 3RB OffTkl-R 3-4 M Pass-Wilkins/Ford 2 4 opp29 7:10 LA Rodgers 1 3RB Trap-R 3-4 M Run-Taliaferro 3 3 opp28 6:44 LA Grimes 3 3RB OffTkl-R 3-4 M Pass-Wilkins/Ford 4 0 opp25 6:08 LA Dobbs 1 3RB QbSneak 3-4 M Run 1 10 opp24 5:34 LA Taliaferro 6 3RB OffTkl-R 3-4 M Dbl-Ford 2 4 opp18 5:02 LA Dobbs-Grimes 17 3RB S-Slant/sec 3-4 M Dbl-Ford/Bz1 1 1 opp1 5:02 LA Pen0(Yonaker) 2T2 Dive 3-4 tM Goalline 1 1 opp1 4:28 LA Rodgers 0 2T2 Dive 3-4 tM Goalline/Li 2 1 opp1 4:20 LA Taliaferro -1/F 2T2 Trap-R 3-4 tM Goalline/Li 1 10 own2 4:13 Cle Graham-Speedie X Bas L-Hitch/PBK 3-4 M Dbl-Lavelli 2 10 own2 3:36 Cle Motley 14 Bas Dive 3-4 M Run 1 10 own16 2:54 Cle Motley 2 Bas Trap-L 3-4 M Run 2 8 own18 2:45 Cle Jones 1 Bas Trap-L 3-4 M Key-Jones 3 7 own19 2:20 Cle Graham-Jones 12 Bas S-Hitch 3-4 M Pass-Lavelli/Bz2/Lo 1 10 own31 2:12 Cle Graham-Lavelli 15 Bas M-Out 3-4 M Key-Motley 1 10 own46 2:07 Cle Graham-Speedie X Bas M-Out 3-4 M Basic 2 10 own46 1:56 Cle Graham 6 Bas S-Hitch 3-3 ZiBasic 3 4 opp48 1:48 Cle Boedecker -2 Bas Sweep-R 3-4 M Run/Ll 4 6 50 1:42 Cle Gillom 37, OB --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own13 1:38 LA Dobbs-Ford 8 Bas M-Out/sec 3-4 M Pass-Wilkins/Bz1 2 2 own21 1:15 LA Taliaferro 1 Bas Dive 3-4 MoDbl-Ford 3 1 own22 1:09 LA Dobbs-Wilkins X Bas S-Slant/sec 3-4 M Run 4 1 own22 1:02 LA Dobbs 1/F 3RB fumblepunt 4-3 M Basic 1 10 opp23 0:56 Cle Graham-Speedie 8 Bas S-Slant 3-4 MiDbl-Jones 2 2 opp15 0:49 Cle Boedecker 6 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 M Basic 1 9 opp9 0:42 Cle Graham-Gillom 9/TD Bas S-Slant 3-4 tMiBasic/Lr 7-24 KO 0:28 LA Grimes ret of 23 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own21 0:00 LA Howell -1 Bas Dive 3-4 MoRun/Li 3rd Quarter KO 14:50 LA Grimes ret of 25 FMB --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own25 14:15 LA Grimes 1 3RB OffTkl-R 3-4 M Basic 2 9 own26 14:11 LA Dobbs-Wilkins X 3RB S-Cross 3-4 Z Pass/Li 3 9 own26 14:06 LA LA Pen13(Williamson) Bas Screen 3-4 Z Pass 3 22 own13 13:33 LA Dobbs-Wilkins 20 Bas M-Fly 3-4 dZ Pass 4 2 own33 13:28 LA Dobbs 39,Lewis FC --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own28 12:50 Cle Jones 1 Bas Trap-L 3-4 Z Basic 2 9 own29 12:14 Cle Jones 3 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 M Dbl-Lavelli/Lo 3 6 own32 11:42 Cle Graham-Motley 10 Bas S-Flat 3-4 tM Dbl-Speedie 1 10 own42 11:06 Cle Motley 3 Bas Trap-L 3-4 M Dbl-Lavelli 2 7 own45 10:31 Cle Jones 2 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 Z Run 3 5 own47 10:26 Cle Graham-Gillom X Bas S-Slant 3-4 sZ Basic/Bz1 4 5 own47 10:19 Cle Gillom 53, Tb --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 9:42 LA Rodgers 4 Bas Trap-R 3-4 M Dbl-Wilkins 2 6 own24 9:36 LA Dobbs-Holder X Bas Screen/sec 3-4 M Pass-Ford 3 6 own24 9:33 LA Dobbs-Grimes X Bas S-Hitch 3-4 M Pass-Ford 4 6 own24 9:29 LA Dobbs 41,Lewis FC --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own35 8:52 Cle Susteric 1 Bas Trap-L 3-4 M Dbl-Speedie 2 9 own36 8:18 Cle Motley 3 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 M Basic 3 6 own39 7:44 Cle Graham-Boedecke 13 Bas S-Flat 3-4 Z Basic 1 10 opp48 7:09 Cle Boedecker 0 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 tM Dbl-Speedie 2 10 opp48 6:32 Cle Jones 3 Bas Trap-R 3-3 M Dbl-Lavelli/Gillom 3 7 opp45 6:28 Cle Graham-Speedie X Bas S-Slant 3-4 Z Basic 4 7 opp45 6:22 Cle Gillom 33, OB --- Pt-side --- Block 1 10 own12 5:46 LA Rodgers 2 Bas Trap-R 3-4 M Key-Grimes 2 8 own14 5:04 LA Grimes 0 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 M Key-Grimes 3 8 own14 4:53 LA LA Pen7(Williamson) Bas S-Slant/sec 3-4 Z Pass/Bz1 3 15 own7 4:15 LA Grimes 5 Bas Draw 3-3 M Pass-Wilkins 4 10 own12 4:10 LA Dobbs 38,Lewis FC --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 50 3:35 Cle Motley 4 Bas Dive 3-4 M Key-Motley/Li 2 6 opp46 2:57 Cle Jones 4 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 M Basic/Lr 3 2 opp42 2:21 Cle Graham 3 Bas Dive 3-4 tM Key-Motley 1 10 opp39 1:45 Cle Jones 3 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 M Run-Motley/Bz1/Ll 2 7 opp36 1:08 Cle Adamle 1 Bas Trap-L 3-4 M Run 3 6 opp35 0:32 Cle Graham 5 Bas S-Hitch 3-4 Z Basic 4 1 opp30 0:00 Cle Graham 2 Bas Dive 3-4 M Key-Motley 4th Quarter 1 10 opp28 14:24 Cle Motley 2 Bas Dive 3-4 tM Dbl-Gillom 2 8 opp26 14:10 Cle Graham-Speedie 26/TD Bas M-Cross 3-4 Z Run 7-31 KO 13:57 LA Grimes ret of 30 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own34 13:21 LA Taliaferro 3 3RB Trap-R 3-4 Z Pass/Bz1/Ll 2 7 own37 12:44 LA Rodgers 2 3RB Trap-R 3-4 M Pass-Wilkins/Li 3 5 own39 12:38 LA Dobbs-Wilkins X Bas Screen 3-4 tM Pass-Wilkins/Bz1 4 5 own39 12:33 LA Dobbs 42,Lewis FC --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own19 11:45 Cle Horvath 1 Bas Trap-L 3-4 M Run/Lo 2 9 own20 10:57 Cle Lahr 0 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 M Basic 3 9 own20 10:08 Cle Graham-Gillom 6 Bas S-Out/sec 3-3 M Basic 4 3 own26 10:00 Cle Gillom 36,Crowe 19 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 opp43 9:25 LA Dobbs-Grimes 10 Bas S-Hitch/sec 3-4 Z Pass 1 10 opp33 9:22 LA Dobbs-Holder X Bas S-Flat 3-4 M Pass-Wilkins 2 10 opp33 8:49 LA Taliaferro 3 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 M Pass-Wilkins/Lo 3 7 opp30 8:14 LA Dobbs-Rodgers 13 Bas S-Hitch 3-4 sZ Pass 1 10 opp17 7:36 LA Dobbs 7 Bas Draw 3-4 M Pass-Wilkins/Bz2/Li 2 3 opp10 7:02 LA Rodgers 1 Bas Trap-R 3-4 Z Pass/Li 3 2 opp9 6:26 LA Grimes 5 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 Z Pass 1 4 opp4 5:53 LA Grimes 2 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 tM Goalline 2 2 opp2 5:14 LA Rodgers 1 Bas Dive 3-4 tM Pass/Li 3 1 opp1 4:39 LA Rodgers 0 Bas Dive 3-4 tM Goalline/Li 4 1 opp1 4:34 LA Taliaferro 1/TD 2T2 Overtop 3-4 tM Goalline/Ll 14-31 KO 4:27 Cle Parseghian ret of 0 --- KO-onside --- Watch Onside 1 10 own49 3:36 Cle Susteric 26 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Run 1 10 opp25 2:46 Cle Adamle 1 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Run 2 9 opp24 2:37 Cle Parseghian 0 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Run 3 9 opp24 2:29 Cle Graham-Speedie 20 Bas S-Out 3-4 Z Run 1 4 opp4 2:00 Cle Jones 0 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 tM Run 2 4 opp4 1:13 Cle James 2 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 tM Run/A 3 2 opp2 1:13 Cle Pen5(Ulinski) Bas Trap-R 3-4 tM Run 3 7 opp7 0:32 Cle Boedecker 5 Bas Sweep-R 3-4 sZ Run/Ll/A 4 2 opp2 0:23 Cle Jones -1 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 tM Goalline 1 10 own3 0:00 LA Rodgers 6 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 dZ Prevent