1953 NFL Championship Game * Championship * 07-14-2007 Temp:60 Wind:15-25 MVP:Carpenter 1953 Cleveland (13-0) 0 3 7 17 27 1953 San Francisco (9-4) 0 10 7 7 24 2 SF FG Soltau 20 (9-34-6:17) 13:32 0-3 2 Cle FG Groza 16 (11-75-5:07) 4:55 3-3 2 SF TD McElhenny 1 run (Soltau) (9-60-3:09) 1:31 3-10 3 SF TD Tittle 8 pass to Wilson (Soltau) (4-49-2:18) 9:59 3-17 3 Cle TD Graham 14 pass to Renfro (Groza) (7-76-4:04) 5:47 10-17 4 Cle TD Graham 4 pass to Lavelli (Groza) (8-57-4:53) 14:10 17-17 4 Cle FG Groza 22 (6-57-3:59) 7:44 20-17 4 SF TD Perry 1 run (Soltau) (6-56-3:17) 4:11 20-24 4 Cle TD Graham 17 pass to Gillom (Groza) (6-54-2:01) 1:58 27-24 Cle SF First Downs 28 16 Rushes 32-138 25-73 Passes 35-25-325 20-14-202 Sacked 3-17 2-12 Fumble 3 3 Penalties 2-20 6-34 Turnovers 3 4 Time 34:57 25:03 Third Down 4-11 3-8 Fourth Down 0-0 0-0 Net Offense 446 263 Injuries:none 1953 Cleveland Browns Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Motley 5 53 10.6 1 3 39 0 Renfro 7 1 75 10.7 0 5 15 1 Jagade 10 41 4.1 1 1 17 0 Lavelli 5 0 75 15.0 1 5 25 1 Carpenter 3 15 5.0 1 1 11 0 Brewster 4 0 52 13.0 0 4 18 0 Renfro 5 10 2.0 0 0 8 0 Jones,D 3 0 57 19.0 1 3 27 0 Reynolds 5 10 2.0 0 0 6 0 Jagade 2 0 18 9.0 0 2 12 0 Graham 4 9 2.3 0 0 5 0 Motley 1 0 9 9.0 0 0 9 0 32 138 4.3 3 5 39 0 Reynolds 1 0 12 12.0 0 1 12 0 Carpenter 1 0 10 10.0 0 0 10 0 Gillom 1 0 17 17.0 0 1 17 1 25 1 325 13.0 2 22 27 3 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Graham 35 25 71.4 325 13.0 27 2 2 0 0.0 3 3 8.6 128.9 35 25 71.4 325 13.0 27 2 2 0 0.0 3 3 8.6 128.9 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Groza 3 3 100.0 3 2 66.7 0.0 0.0 22 9 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Gillom 2 76 38 0 0 1 1 11 32.5 38.0 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Carpenter 5 129 25.8 42 0 Reynolds 3 0 11 3.7 6 0 5 129 25.8 42 0 3 0 11 3.7 6 0 Fumbles Graham 2 Motley 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Atkins 1 Colo 1 Thompson 2 Willis 2 Colo 1 Thompson 1 Willis 1 Gorgal 1 Thompson 1 Willis 1 James 1 Tackles Willis 9 Michaels 5 Atkins 2 Ford 2 Steinbru 1 Young 1 Catlin 6 Gorgal 3 James 2 Noll 1 Carpente 1 Thompson 6 Colo 3 Lahr 2 Sandusky 1 Brewster 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Catlin 1 12 12.0 12 0 Lahr 1 20 20.0 20 0 2 32 16.0 20 0 1953 San Francisco 49ers Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Perry 13 43 3.3 1 2 14 1 Wilson 5 0 61 12.2 0 4 22 1 Arenas 5 14 2.8 1 0 10 0 Soltau 3 0 31 10.3 0 2 14 0 McElhenny 5 13 2.6 0 2 7 1 McElhenny 3 0 65 21.7 0 2 22 0 Mixon 1 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 Perry 2 0 31 15.5 0 2 18 0 Schabarum 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0 0 Schabarum 1 0 14 14.0 0 1 14 0 25 73 2.9 2 5 14 2 14 0 202 14.4 0 11 22 1 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Tittle 20 14 70.0 202 14.4 22 1 0 2 10.0 2 1 5.0 79.6 20 14 70.0 202 14.4 22 1 0 2 10.0 2 1 5.0 79.6 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Soltau 3 3 100.0 1 1 100.0 0.0 0.0 20 6 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Powers 4 149 46 0 0 1 3 11 34.5 37.3 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD McElhenny 2 63 31.5 32 0 McElhenny 1 0 11 11.0 11 0 Arenas 4 119 29.8 42 0 1 0 11 11.0 11 0 6 182 30.3 42 0 Fumbles McElhenn 1 Arenas 1 Perry 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Nomellin 3 Morton 1 Matthews 2 Carapell 1 Nomellin 2 Arenas 2 Powell 1 Michalik 1 Brown,H 1 Nomellin 1 Wagner 1 Morton 1 Manley 1 Tackles Manley 9 Brown,H 6 Michalik 5 Bruney 4 St. Clai 1 Morton 7 Arenas 6 Berry 5 Matthews 3 Banducci 1 Nomellin 6 Powell 6 Schabaru 4 Wagner 2 Johnson, 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD 0 0 0.0 0 0 1st Quarter KO 15:00 SF McElhenny ret of 32 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own34 14:45 SF Arenas 0 B1 OffTkl-R B1 M Dbl-Soltau 2 10 own34 14:00 SF Tittle-Banducci X B1 M-Out/Dump B1 sZ Basic/Bz1 3 10 own34 13:48 SF Tittle-Soltau X B1 M-Cross B1 M Dbl-Wilson 4 10 own34 13:40 SF Powers 35,Reynolds 4 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own35 13:34 Cle Pen15(Houston) B1 Trap-R B1 Z Pass 1 25 own20 13:27 Cle Jagade 5 B1 Trap-L B1 M Dbl-Renfro 2 20 own25 12:44 Cle Renfro 8 B1 Pitch-R B1 Z Pass 3 12 own33 11:57 Cle Graham-Lavelli 20 B1 M-Out R1 dZ Basic 1 10 opp47 11:50 Cle Reynolds -1 B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Basic 2 11 opp48 11:01 Cle Jagade 7 B1 Trap-L B1 M Dbl-Lavelli/Bz1 3 4 opp41 10:14 Cle Graham-Jagade 6 B1 S-Slant/Dump B1 M Pass 1 10 opp35 9:36 Cle Sk-Nomellini -5 B1 S-Out B1 M Basic 2 15 opp40 8:59 Cle Reynolds 4 B1 Sweep-R B1 dZ Pass 3 11 opp36 8:13 Cle Sk-Nomellini -9/F B1 M-Seam R1 Z Basic 1 10 own45 8:05 SF Perry 2 B1 Trap-L B1 dM Basic 2 8 own47 7:20 SF McElhenny 2 B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Key-Perry/Bz3 3 6 own49 6:38 SF Pen5(Team) B1 Sweep-L B1 M Dbl-Wilson/Lr 3 11 own44 6:38 SF Tittle-McElhenn 22/F B1 S-Out B1 M Pass 1 10 own34 6:29 Cle Jagade 2 B1 Trap-R R1 Z Basic 2 8 own36 5:43 Cle Reynolds 6 B1 Trap-R B1 Z Basic 3 2 own42 4:57 Cle Motley 5/F B1 Trap-L B1 Z Basic 1 10 opp47 4:49 SF Tittle-Wilson 11 B1 M-Slant B1 Z Pass 1 10 opp36 4:02 SF Sk-Atkins -7 B1 M-Hitch B1 M Dbl-Wilson 2 17 opp43 3:20 SF Pen5(Michaels) B1 Draw B1 M Dbl-McElhenny/Bz1 2 12 opp38 3:20 SF Perry 14 B1 Draw B1 Z Pass 1 10 opp24 2:31 SF Perry 3 B1 OffTkl-R B1 M Basic 2 7 opp21 1:51 SF Perry 3 B1 Trap-L B1 Z Run 3 4 opp18 1:09 SF McElhenny 7 B1 Sweep-L B1 tZ Run 1 10 opp11 0:26 SF Perry 3 B1 OffTkl-R R1 M Basic/Bz1 2nd Quarter 2 7 opp8 15:00 SF Perry 0/F B1 OffTkl-L B1 tZ Goalline 3 7 opp8 14:17 SF Sk-Thompson -5 B1 M-Hitch B1 M Pass/Bz2 4 12 opp13 13:32 SF FG Soltau 20 good -- FG -- Block 0-3 KO 13:28 Cle Carpenter ret of 16 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own18 13:21 Cle Graham-Lavelli X B1 M-Out B1 sZ Pass 2 10 own18 13:14 Cle Carpenter 5 B1 Sweep-R R1 Z Basic 3 5 own23 12:33 Cle Graham-Renfro 5 B1 S-Slant R1 Z Basic 4 0 own28 11:50 Cle Gillom 38,McElhenny -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own45 11:46 SF Perry 3 B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Basic 2 7 own48 10:58 SF Arenas -4 B1 Pitch-R R1 M Dbl-Soltau 3 11 own44 10:16 SF Tittle-McElhenn X B1 M-Out B1 Z Pass 4 11 own44 10:07 SF Powers 46,Reynolds 6 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own16 10:02 Cle Graham-Brewster 18 B1 M-Cross B1 M Basic 1 10 own34 9:21 Cle Graham 5 B1 M-Out B1 Z Basic 2 5 own39 8:37 Cle Graham-Renfro 13 B1 S-Out R1 Z Basic 1 10 opp48 8:28 SF Pen5(Michalik) B1 OffTkl-R B1 M Basic 1 5 opp43 8:19 Cle Carpenter -1 B1 OffTkl-L R1 Z Run 2 6 opp44 7:30 Cle Graham-Jones 17 B1 S-Hitch B1 M Basic/Bz1 1 10 opp27 6:47 Cle Renfro 0 B1 OffTkl-R R1 Z Basic/Bz1/Li 2 10 opp27 6:05 Cle Graham-Lavelli 14 B1 S-Out B1 Z Run 1 10 opp13 5:56 Cle Jagade 6 B1 Trap-R B1 Z Basic 2 4 opp7 5:07 Cle Graham-Brewster X B1 S-Hitch R1 tZ Goalline 3 4 opp7 5:02 Cle Reynolds -2 B1 Sweep-R R1 tM Goalline/Ll 4 6 opp9 4:55 Cle FG Groza 16 good -- FG -- Block 3-3 KO 4:51 SF Arenas ret of 40 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own40 4:40 SF McElhenny 0 B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Basic/Lr 2 10 own40 3:53 SF Tittle-Wilson 10 B1 S-Out B1 M Basic 1 10 50 3:49 SF Perry 7 B1 Sweep-R B1 Z Basic 2 3 opp43 3:04 SF Tittle-Perry 13 B1 S-Hitch R1 M Run 1 10 opp30 2:15 SF Arenas 6 B1 OffTkl-R B1 M Basic 2 4 opp24 2:00 SF Tittle-McElhenn 22 B1 S-Out R1 M Basic 1 2 opp2 1:51 SF Perry 1 R1 Trap-R B1 sM Run-Perry 2 1 opp1 1:46 SF Perry 0 R1 Overtop B1 Z Run-Perry 3 1 opp1 1:40 SF McElhenny 1/TD R1 Overtop B1 sZ Run-Perry 3-10 KO 1:31 Cle Carpenter ret of 27 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own29 1:20 Cle Graham-Jagade X B1 M-Out/Dump B1 Z Pass 2 10 own29 1:15 Cle Pen5(Michalik) B1 L-Slant/ND B1 M Basic/Lo 2 5 own34 1:15 Cle Graham-Jagade 12 B1 S-Out R1 Z Basic 1 10 own46 1:05 Cle Graham-Jones 27 B1 M-Out/HO B1 M Run 1 10 opp27 0:57 Cle Graham-Brewster X B1 M-Out/HO/Dump R1 Z Basic 2 10 opp27 0:50 Cle Graham-Brewster X B1 M-Seam/ND/NS R1 M Basic 3 10 opp27 0:43 Cle Graham-Lavelli X B1 M-Slant/ND B1 M Pass/Lo 4 10 opp27 0:35 Cle FG Groza 34 no good -- FG -- Block 1 10 own20 0:31 SF Arenas 10/F B1 Sweep-R B1 M Run/Ll/A 1 10 opp30 0:22 Cle Graham-Brewster 10 B1 S-Out/SG/ND B1 Z Basic 1 10 opp20 0:18 Cle Graham-Lavelli X B1 M-Straight B1 M Run/Bz1 2 10 opp20 0:07 Cle Graham-Renfro X B1 M-Hitch B1 M Basic 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 Cle Carpenter ret of 19 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own22 14:49 Cle Reynolds 3 B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Pass 2 7 own25 14:06 Cle Jagade -1 B1 OffTkl-L R1 M Basic 3 8 own24 13:18 Cle Graham-Lavelli 12 B1 S-Out B1 M Pass/Bz2 1 10 own36 12:33 Cle Graham-Renfro 11 B1 S-Out R1 sM Basic 1 10 own47 12:25 Cle Graham 2/F B1 S-Slant B1 Z Pass 1 10 opp49 12:17 SF Perry 6 B1 OffTkl-R R1 M Run 2 4 opp43 11:36 SF Tittle-Soltau 14 B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Basic 1 10 opp29 10:54 SF Tittle-McElhenn 21 B1 S-Slant B1 Z Basic 1 8 opp8 10:05 SF Tittle-Wilson 8/TD B1 S-Slant B1 tZ Goalline/C 3-17 KO 9:59 Cle Carpenter ret of 25 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own24 9:51 Cle Renfro -3 B1 Sweep-R B1 Z Run-Renfro 2 13 own21 9:07 Cle Pen5(Powell) B1 L-Hitch R1 dZ Basic 2 8 own26 9:07 Cle Graham-Lavelli 25 B1 M-Out R1 sM Key-Reynolds 1 10 opp49 8:57 Cle Graham-Reynolds 12 B1 S-Out B1 M Dbl-Lavelli 1 10 opp37 8:11 Cle Sk-Nomellini -3 B1 S-Out B1 M Run-Jagade 2 13 opp40 7:30 Cle Graham-Renfro 15 B1 M-Slant B1 vZ Prevent 1 10 opp25 6:47 Cle Carpenter 11 B1 Sweep-L B1 sZ Basic 1 10 opp14 5:55 Cle Graham-Renfro 14/TD B1 M-Out R1 Z Basic 10-17 KO 5:47 SF Arenas ret of 6 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own13 5:42 SF McElhenny 3 B1 OffTkl-L B1 sM Pass/A 2 7 own16 4:58 SF Perry 0 B1 Trap-L B1 Z Basic 3 7 own16 4:11 SF Tittle-Soltau X B1 S-Out B1 sZ Pass 4 7 own16 4:08 SF Powers 42,Reynolds 1 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own43 4:03 Cle Jagade 17 B1 Trap-R B1 M Basic 1 10 opp40 3:18 Cle Graham-Carpente 10 B1 S-Hitch B1 M Run 2 0 opp30 2:36 Cle Motley 3 B1 Dive B1 sM Key-Renfro 1 10 opp27 1:49 Cle Graham-Motley 9 B1 S-Slant B1 Z Basic 2 1 opp18 1:05 Cle Motley 2 B1 Trap-R R1 tM Goalline 1 10 opp16 0:22 Cle Graham-Brewster 13 B1 M-Hitch R1 M Basic 4th Quarter 1 3 opp3 15:00 Cle Jagade -1 B1 Trap-R B1 sZ Run 2 4 opp4 14:14 Cle Graham-Lavelli 4/TD B1 S-Out R1 M Key-Renfro/Lo 17-17 KO 14:10 SF McElhenny ret of 31 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own37 13:59 SF Arenas 2 B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Basic 2 8 own39 13:17 SF Mixon 4 B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Basic 3 4 own43 12:29 SF Tittle-Soltau 3 B1 S-Slant R1 sM Basic 4 1 own46 11:49 SF Powers 26,Reynolds 0 -- Pt-side -- Return 1 10 own28 11:43 Cle Jagade 0 B1 Trap-R R1 M Dbl-Brewster/Li 2 10 own28 10:54 Cle Graham-Brewster 11 B1 S-Flat R1 sZ Basic 1 10 own39 10:06 Cle Motley 39 B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Run-Renfro 1 10 opp22 9:13 Cle Renfro 1 B1 EndAround B1 Z Run 2 9 opp21 8:31 Cle Graham-Renfro 6 B1 S-Slant B1 Z Pass 3 3 opp15 7:48 Cle Graham-Jones X B1 S-Out R1 sM Basic 4 3 opp15 7:44 Cle FG Groza 22 good -- FG -- Block 20-17 KO 7:40 SF Arenas ret of 42 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own44 7:28 SF Schabarum -1 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Run-Perry 2 11 own43 6:46 SF Tittle-Schabaru 14 B1 S-Slant R1 M Basic 1 10 opp43 6:02 SF Tittle-Perry 18 B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Basic/Bz1 1 10 opp25 5:13 SF Tittle-Soltau 14 B1 S-Hitch R1 Z Run 1 10 opp11 4:26 SF Tittle-Wilson 10 B1 S-Out/Dump B1 Z Basic 2 0 opp1 4:20 SF Perry 1/TD R1 Overtop B1 sZ Run-Perry/Lo 20-24 KO 4:11 Cle Carpenter ret of 42 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own46 3:59 Cle Graham-Renfro 11 B1 S-Out/Dump B1 M Run 1 10 opp43 3:49 Cle Graham-Jones X B1 S-Slant B1 Z Basic 2 10 opp43 3:45 Cle Jagade 6 B1 Draw B1 Z Basic 3 4 opp37 2:56 Cle Graham 2 B1 S-Out B1 M Dbl-Lavelli 4 2 opp35 2:17 Cle Pen5(Michalik) B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Key-Renfro 1 10 opp30 2:17 Cle Graham-Jones 13 B1 S-Out B1 sM Basic 1 10 opp17 2:09 Cle Graham-Gillom 17/TD B1 M-Hitch R1 sM Run 27-24 KO 2:00 SF Arenas ret of 31 -- KO-angle -- Return 1 10 own39 1:46 SF Tittle-Wilson 22 B1 S-Out B1 sM Pass/Li 1 10 opp39 1:35 SF Tittle-INT-Catlin B1 S-Out B1 Mo Basic 1 10 own47 1:26 Cle Motley 4 B1 Dive/RS B1 Z Basic/Ll 2 6 opp49 1:16 Cle Jagade 0 B1 Trap-L/RS R1 M Key-Jagade/Lr 3 6 opp49 1:11 Cle Renfro 4 B1 OffTkl-R/RS B1 Z Basic 4 2 opp45 0:28 Cle Gillom 38,McElhenny -- Pt-side -- Block 1 10 own7 0:24 SF Tittle-INT-Lahr B1 L-Out/RB B1 vZ Prevent 1 9 opp9 0:15 Cle Graham 0 B1 QbKneel B1 M Basic