1950 NFL Championship Game * Championship * 02-11-2006 Temp:22 Wind:10-20 MVP:James 1950 Los Angeles (11-2) 0 10 0 6 16 1950 Cleveland (12-1) 0 7 7 7 21 2 Cle TD Graham 3 pass to Lavelli (Groza) (9-56-4:02) 13:29 0-7 2 LA TD Van Brockl 50 pass to Hirsch (Waterfield) (2-50-0:58) 9:57 7-7 2 LA FG Waterfield 15 (12-57-5:59) 1:16 10-7 3 Cle TD Graham 9 pass to Jones,D. (Groza) (12-70-6:12) 1:17 10-14 4 LA TD Van Brockl 9 pass to G.Davis (no good) (15-86-8:39) 5:26 16-14 4 Cle TD Jones,D. 1 run (Groza) (9-59-3:51) 1:27 16-21 LA Cle First Downs 18 15 Rushes 34-118 27-75 Passes 26-17-255 25-19-180 Sacked 0-0 0-0 Fumble 0 0 Penalties 8-92 10-73 Turnovers 2 1 Time 34:24 25:36 Third Down 6-12 4-11 Fourth Down 1-2 1-1 Net Offense 373 255 Injuries: 1950 Los Angeles Rams Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Barry 7 44 6.3 0 2 9 0 G.Davis 5 0 74 14.8 1 4 33 1 Hoerner 11 35 3.2 1 1 21 0 Hirsch 4 0 110 27.5 2 3 50 1 V.Smith 6 24 4.0 0 1 8 0 Fears 4 0 37 9.3 0 1 12 0 G.Davis 9 12 1.3 0 1 9 0 Hoerner 3 0 29 9.7 0 2 14 0 Van Brockl 1 3 3.0 0 0 3 0 V.Smith 1 0 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 34 118 3.5 1 5 21 0 17 0 255 15.0 3 10 50 2 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Van Brockl 26 17 65.4 255 15.0 50 2 3 2 7.7 0 2 7.7 91.0 26 17 65.4 255 15.0 50 2 3 2 7.7 0 2 7.7 91.0 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Waterfield 2 1 50.0 1 1 100.0 0.0 0.0 15 4 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Waterfield 4 154 44 0 0 1 3 44 27.5 38.5 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD V.Smith 3 72 24.0 35 0 V.Smith 2 0 20 10.0 14 0 Kalmanir 1 9 9.0 9 0 2 0 20 10.0 14 0 4 81 20.3 35 0 Fumbles Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Brink 2 W.Lewis 1 Huffman 1 Naumetz 1 Stephens 1 Vasicek 1 Reinhard 1 Tackles Paul 8 W.Lewis 4 Keane 4 J.Willia 2 Lazetich 1 Hirsch 6 Naumetz 4 Zilly 4 Stephens 2 Finlay 1 Vasicek 5 Huffman 4 Reinhard 3 Brink 2 Boyd 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Keane 1 10 10.0 10 0 1 10 10.0 10 0 1950 Cleveland Browns Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Motley 10 35 3.5 1 1 10 0 Lavelli 6 0 61 10.2 1 5 26 1 Jones,D. 9 22 2.4 0 1 8 1 Jones,D. 5 1 32 6.4 0 4 10 1 Phelps 3 18 6.0 0 0 9 0 Speedie 5 0 60 12.0 0 3 20 0 Carpenter 2 2 1.0 0 0 8 0 Carpenter 1 0 13 13.0 0 1 13 0 Graham 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Motley 1 0 9 9.0 0 0 9 0 Bumgardner 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 0 0 Bumgardner 1 0 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 27 75 2.8 1 2 10 1 19 1 180 9.5 1 13 26 2 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Graham 25 19 76.0 180 9.5 26 2 1 1 4.0 0 2 8.0 105.4 25 19 76.0 180 9.5 26 2 1 1 4.0 0 2 8.0 105.4 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Groza 3 3 100.0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Gillom 5 224 49 0 0 2 2 20 40.8 44.8 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Phelps 2 55 27.5 28 0 Phelps 3 0 44 14.7 19 0 Moselle 2 36 18.0 25 0 3 0 44 14.7 19 0 4 91 22.8 28 0 Fumbles Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Martin 3 Lewis,C. 1 Adamle 2 Herring 1 Willis 1 Tackles Adamle 9 Gorgal 5 Willis 3 Bumgardn 2 Agase 2 Houston 1 Martin 9 Young 5 Kissell, 3 Sandusky 2 Thompson 1 Herring 8 Gillom 3 Lewis,C. 2 James 2 Lahr 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD James 2 11 5.5 9 0 2 11 5.5 9 0 1st Quarter KO 15:00 LA V.Smith ret of 15 -- KO-angle -- Return 1 10 own22 14:52 LA Pen11(Huffman) B1 OffTkl-L R1 M Basic 1 21 own11 14:45 LA G.Davis 5 B1 Sweep-L B1 M Pass 2 16 own16 14:06 LA Hoerner 21 B1 Trap-R B1 M Pass 1 10 own37 13:19 LA Van Bro-Fears X B1 S-Out B1 sM Basic 2 25 own22 13:14 LA Hoerner 6 B1 Trap-R B1 M Pass 3 19 own28 12:30 Cle Pen8(Herring) B1 M-Seam/Dump B1 dZ Pass 1 10 own36 12:25 LA Hoerner 1 B1 Trap-L R1 M Basic 2 9 own37 11:39 LA Hoerner 0 B1 Trap-R R1 sM Dbl-G.Davis/Lo 3 9 own37 10:51 LA Pen5(Willis) B1 S-Out R1 Z Basic 3 4 own42 10:51 LA V.Smith 4 B1 Pitch-L R1 sZ Basic 1 10 own46 10:04 LA G.Davis -1 B1 Trap-R B1 M Run 2 11 own45 9:20 LA Van Bro-Fears 12 B1 S-Hitch B1 M Basic 1 10 opp43 8:31 LA Hoerner 2 B1 Trap-L B1 sM Basic 2 8 opp41 7:47 LA Pen15(Huffman) B1 OffTkl-L B1 sZ Key-G.Davis 2 23 own44 7:40 LA Van Bro-Hirsch 13 B1 M-Cross B1 dM Dbl-Fears 3 10 opp43 6:53 LA Van Bro-G.Davis X B1 M-Out R1 M Basic 4 10 opp43 6:44 LA PenLA5(Reinhard) -- Pt-side -- Return 4 15 opp48 6:44 Penalty -- Pt-deep -- Block 4 10 opp43 6:38 LA Waterfield 30,Phelps -- Pt-side -- Return 1 10 own13 6:32 Cle Jones,D. 4 B1 OffTkl-L R1 sZ Basic 2 6 own17 5:48 Cle Motley 0 B1 Trap-R B1 sZ Pass 3 6 own17 5:06 Cle Jones,D. 5 B1 Sweep-L B1 Z Pass 4 1 own22 4:24 Cle Gillom 49,V.Smith 0 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own29 4:19 LA G.Davis 1 B1 OffTkl-R R1 dZ Run 2 9 own30 3:35 LA Pen5(Huffman) B1 S-Slant B1 M Basic 2 14 own25 3:27 LA Hoerner 2 B1 Draw R1 dZ Basic 3 12 own27 2:42 LA Van Bro-Hoerner 10/o B1 S-Out B1 dM Pass 4 2 own37 2:35 LA Waterfield 36,Phelps -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own44 2:31 Cle Bumgardner -2/ob B1 Sweep-R R1 Z Basic 2 12 own42 2:22 Cle Graham-Speedie X B1 S-Out B1 dZ Pass 3 12 own42 2:19 Cle Graham-Lavelli 26 B1 M-Slant B1 dM Pass 1 10 opp32 1:31 Cle Motley -1 B1 Trap-R R1 Z Basic 2 11 opp33 0:45 Cle Graham-Speedie 11/ob B1 S-Out R1 Z Basic 1 10 opp22 0:34 Cle Graham-Jones,D. 10 B1 S-Hitch B1 M Basic 2nd Quarter 1 10 opp12 15:00 Cle Motley 0 B1 OffTkl-R B1 sZ Basic 2 10 opp12 14:12 Cle Graham-Speedie 9 B1 S-Out R1 M Basic/Bz1 3 1 opp3 13:35 Cle Graham-Lavelli 3/TD B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Run-Motley 0-7 KO 13:29 LA Kalmanir ret of 9 -- KO-angle -- Return 1 10 own16 13:23 LA Van Bro-Fears 9 B1 S-Slant B1 Z Basic 2 1 own25 12:42 LA G.Davis -2 B1 Trap-R B1 Z Run-G.Davis 3 3 own23 11:54 LA Hoerner 1 B1 Trap-R R1 Z Basic 4 2 own24 11:12 LA Waterfield 44,Phelps -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own40 11:07 Cle Graham-INT-Keane B1 L-Slant B1 Z Key-Motley 1 10 50 10:55 LA G.Davis 0 B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Run-G.Davis 2 10 50 10:12 LA Van Bro-Hirsch 50/TD B1 S-Out B1 M Pass/Li 7-7 KO 9:57 Cle Moselle ret of 25 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own33 9:48 Cle Jones,D. 8 B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Basic/Ll 2 2 own41 9:02 Cle Graham-Jones,D. 4 B1 S-Slant R1 Z Basic 1 10 own45 8:22 Cle Graham-Lavelli 9/ob B1 M-Out B1 M Basic 2 1 opp46 8:17 Cle Pen15(Willis) B1 Dive R1 M Run-Motley 2 16 own39 8:08 Cle Graham-Jones,D. X B1 M-Seam B1 M Pass 3 16 own39 8:03 Cle Pen15(Herring) B1 M-Cross B1 dZ Pass 3 31 own24 7:55 Cle Graham-Jones,D. 1 B1 Screen B1 dZ Pass 4 30 own25 7:19 Cle Gillom 46,V.Smith 6 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own35 7:15 LA Van Bro-Fears 8 B1 M-Slant B1 Z Basic 2 2 own43 6:37 LA Van Bro-Hirsch 22 B1 M-Straight R1 Z Run 1 10 opp35 5:54 LA Hoerner 6 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Basic 2 4 opp29 5:04 LA Pen15(Hoerner)/ob B1 S-Out B1 M Key-Hoerner/Lr 2 19 opp44 4:56 Cle Pen5(Herring)/ob B1 S-Out B1 dM Pass 1 10 opp39 4:51 LA G.Davis 9 B1 Sweep-L B1 Z Basic 2 1 opp30 4:07 LA G.Davis 4 B1 Trap-L B1 M Run-Hoerner 1 10 opp26 3:21 LA V.Smith 7 B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Pass 2 3 opp19 2:40 LA Barry 4 B1 Trap-R R1 M Basic 1 10 opp15 2:14 LA Van Bro-Fears 8 B1 S-Hitch R1 sZ Basic 2 2 opp7 2:00 LA Van Bro-Fears X B1 S-Hitch B1 sM Basic 3 2 opp7 1:56 LA Barry -1 B1 Trap-L B1 sZ Run 4 3 opp8 1:16 LA FG Waterfield 15 goo -- FG -- Block 10-7 KO 1:12 Cle Moselle ret of 11 -- KO-angle -- Return 1 10 own25 1:04 Cle Motley 0 B1 Trap-R R1 Z Basic 2 10 own25 0:43 Cle Pen5(Houston) B1 S-Hitch R1 Z Basic 2 15 own20 0:43 Cle Graham-Bumgardn 5/ob P1 M-Out/SG/MP/RB/Dump B1 Z Pass 3 10 own25 0:38 Cle Graham-Jones,D. X P1 S-Flat/RB B1 M Pass/Bz1 4 10 own25 0:33 Cle Gillom 47,V.Smith 14 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own42 0:27 LA Van Bro-INT-James B1 M-Isolate/SG/MP B1 Z Basic 1 10 50 0:12 Cle Graham-Speedie X B1 L-Slant/MP B1 M Key-Motley 2 10 50 0:06 Cle Graham-Motley 9/ob B1 B-Fly/Dump R1 M Basic/A 3 1 opp41 0:01 Cle FG Groza 48 no good -- FG -- Block 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 Cle Phelps ret of 28 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own33 14:52 Cle Motley 10/ob B1 Sweep-L B1 M Basic 2 0 own43 14:43 Cle Motley 5 B1 Dive B1 M Key-Bumgardner/Li 1 10 own48 13:59 Cle Jones,D. 2 B1 Trap-R B1 M Basic/Bz1 2 8 50 13:17 Cle Bumgardner 0 B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Basic 3 8 50 12:31 Cle Carpenter -6 B1 EndAround R1 sM Basic/Bz2 4 14 own44 11:46 Penalty -- Pt-deep -- Return 4 19 own39 11:40 Cle Gillom 42,V.Smith 0 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own19 11:35 LA Barry 9 B1 Trap-R B1 M Basic 2 1 own28 10:49 LA Pen14(Fears) B1 M-Hitch B1 M Run-G.Davis 2 15 own14 10:38 LA Barry 9 B1 Sweep-R B1 M Pass 3 6 own23 9:58 LA Van Bro-G.Davis 11 B1 S-Flat B1 M Pass 1 10 own34 9:11 LA Barry 7 B1 Sweep-L B1 sZ Pass 2 3 own41 8:24 LA Van Bro-Hirsch 25 B1 M-Hitch R1 Z Run-G.Davis 1 10 opp34 7:38 LA Van Bro-INT-James B1 M-Straight R1 sM Basic 1 10 own30 7:29 Cle Graham-Carpente 13 B1 S-Slant B1 Z Run-Jones,D. 1 10 own43 6:43 Cle Jones,D. 6/ob B1 Pitch-R B1 M Basic 2 4 own49 6:35 Cle Graham-Speedie 20 B1 S-Slant R1 Z Run-Jones,D./Ll 1 10 opp31 5:47 Cle Graham-Lavelli X B1 S-Slant B1 M Basic/Lo 2 10 opp31 5:42 Cle Motley 9 B1 OffTkl-R B1 M Dbl-Lavelli 3 1 opp22 4:56 Cle Jones,D. -1 B1 Trap-L B1 tM Run-Jones,D. 4 2 opp23 4:13 Cle Graham-Jones,D. 8 B1 S-Hitch B1 M Pass 1 10 opp15 3:37 Cle Phelps 6 B1 OffTkl-R B1 M Run 2 4 opp9 2:52 Cle Motley 2 B1 Trap-L B1 sZ Run-Motley 3 2 opp7 2:10 Cle Graham-Lavelli 3 B1 S-Hitch R1 sZ Basic 1 4 opp4 1:31 Cle Pen5(Groza) B1 Trap-R R1 Z Basic/Bz1 1 9 opp9 1:23 Cle Graham-Jones,D. 9/TD B1 S-Out B1 M Key-Motley 10-14 KO 1:17 LA V.Smith ret of 35 -- KO-angle -- Return 1 10 own44 1:07 LA Hoerner -2 B1 Trap-R B1 M Basic 2 12 own42 0:27 LA G.Davis -4/ob B1 Pitch-L B1 dZ Basic 3 16 own38 0:20 LA Van Bro-Fears X B1 M-Seam B1 dZ Pass/Lr 4 16 own38 0:12 LA Waterfield 44,Phelps -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own37 0:07 Cle Jones,D. -2/ob B1 Pitch-R B1 Z Basic 4th Quarter 2 12 own35 15:00 Cle Motley 3 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Key-Motley/Bz1 3 9 own38 14:17 Cle Carpenter 8/ob B1 Reverse B1 sM Pass/Bz2 4 1 own46 14:09 Cle Gillom 40,V.Smith 0 -- Pt-side -- Block 1 10 own14 14:05 LA Barry 7 B2 Trap-R B1 dZ Key-V.Smith 2 3 own21 13:18 LA V.Smith -2 B2 Trap-L R1 Z Basic 3 5 own19 12:31 LA Van Bro-Hoerner 5 B1 S-Flat R1 Z Basic 1 10 own24 11:55 LA G.Davis 0 B1 OffTkl-R B1 M Basic 2 10 own24 11:09 LA Pen12(Reinhard) B1 S-Slant B1 Z Basic 2 22 own12 11:03 LA Van Bro-G.Davis 33 B1 Screen B1 dZ Pass 1 10 own45 10:10 LA V.Smith 7/ob B2 Sweep-L B1 M Basic 2 3 opp48 10:03 LA Barry 9 B2 Trap-R B1 M Run 1 10 opp39 9:15 LA V.Smith 8 B2 Sweep-L B1 M Basic 2 2 opp31 8:35 LA Hoerner 0 B2 Trap-R R1 M Stuff 3 2 opp31 7:47 LA Van Bro-Hoerner 14 B1 S-Flat R1 Z Run 1 10 opp17 7:01 LA V.Smith 0/ob B1 Sweep-R B1 M Run 2 10 opp17 6:52 LA Van Bro-V.Smith 5 B1 S-Flat R1 M Basic 3 5 opp12 6:15 LA Van Brockl 3 B1 S-Hitch R1 sM Dbl-G.Davis 4 2 opp9 5:33 LA Van Bro-G.Davis 9/TD B1 S-Flat B1 tM Goalline 16-14 KO 5:26 Cle Phelps ret of 27 -- KO-angle -- Return 1 10 own41 5:18 Cle Graham-Speedie 9 B1 S-Slant B1 Z Run 2 1 50 4:35 Cle Jones,D. -1 B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Run-Jones,D. 3 2 own49 3:52 Cle Graham-Lavelli 8 B1 S-Flat R1 M Basic/Bz1 1 10 opp43 3:10 Cle Motley 7 B1 Draw B1 Z Run 2 3 opp36 2:24 Cle Graham-Speedie 11 B1 S-Slant B1 tM Run-Motley 1 10 opp25 2:00 Cle Phelps 9/ob B1 Sweep-R B1 Z Key-Motley 2 1 opp16 1:52 Cle Graham-Lavelli 12 B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Key-Motley 1 4 opp4 1:44 Cle Phelps 3 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Zo Run-Motley 2 1 opp1 1:34 Cle Jones,D. 1/TD B1 Overtop R1 Z Basic 16-21 KO 1:27 LA V.Smith ret of 22 -- KO-angle -- Return 1 10 own29 1:18 LA Van Bro-G.Davis 12/o B1 S-Out R1 Z Basic 1 10 own41 1:07 LA Van Bro-Hoerner X B1 S-Out/HO B1 sZ Basic 2 10 own41 1:03 Cle Pen5(Lahr) B1 M-Out B1 sZ Pass 1 10 own46 0:58 LA Van Bro-Hoerner X B1 M-Cross/HO/Dump B1 sZ Pass 2 10 own46 0:52 LA Van Bro-G.Davis 9/ob B1 S-Out R1 Zo Basic 3 1 opp45 0:45 LA Hoerner -2 B1 OffTkl-R B1 Zo Run-G.Davis 4 3 opp47 0:40 LA Van Bro-Hoerner X B1 S-Hitch B1 Mo Dbl-Hirsch 1 10 own47 0:35 Cle Graham 0 B1 QbKneel R1 Z Basic