1955 Championship Game * Championship * 06-01-2008 Temp:29 Wind:0-5 Line:Even MVP:Graham 1955 Cleveland (12-1) 7 24 3 3 37 1955 Green Bay (9-3-1) 0 3 7 0 10 1 5:22 Cleveland TD Graham 37 pass to Lavelli (Groza) (12-84-4:53) 7-0 2 13:42 Green Bay FG Cone 12 (5-18-1:08) 7-3 2 10:51 Cleveland FG Groza 36 (4-45-2:34) 10-3 2 9:08 Cleveland TD Paul 67 punt return (Groza) (0-0-0:00) 17-3 2 2:33 Cleveland TD Graham 35 pass to Brewster (Groza) (7-53-4:28) 24-3 2 0:29 Cleveland TD Graham 40 pass to Renfro (Groza) (7-65-1:31) 31-3 3 10:48 Cleveland FG Groza 31 (4-9-2:29) 34-3 3 0:50 Green Bay TD Rote 15 pass to Ferguson (Cone) (10-60-5:14) 34-10 4 6:21 Cleveland FG Groza 22 (12-58-9:15) 37-10 CLE GB First Downs 21 12 Rushes 44-176 23-98 Passes 20-13-249 23-8-84 Sacked 0-0 0-0 Fumble 1 1 Penalties 12-114 10-74 Turnovers 1 3 Time 39:05 20:55 Third Down 7-15 2-10 Fourth Down 1-1 0-0 Net Offense 425 182 Injuries: none < Cleveland > < Green Bay > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Graham 20 13 249 0 4 1 3 126.9 Rote 23 8 84 0 0 2 1 24.5 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Morrison 13 68 5.2 4 2 10 0 Ferguson 9 30 3.3 3 1 12 0 Modzelewski 12 40 3.3 1 1 12 0 Johnson 4 30 7.5 2 2 12 0 Smith 7 23 3.3 1 0 9 0 Rote 4 20 5.0 1 0 6 0 Bassett 6 22 3.7 1 0 6 0 Reid 5 13 2.6 0 0 5 0 Graham 5 16 3.2 2 0 9 0 Switzer 1 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 Jones 1 7 7.0 1 0 7 0 23 98 4.3 6 3 12 0 44 176 4.0 10 3 12 0 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Renfro 4 0 110 27.5 3 2 43 1 Ferguson 4 0 45 11.3 3 0 15 1 Brewster 3 0 62 20.7 2 1 35 1 Howton 2 1 23 11.5 1 0 12 0 Lavelli 2 0 53 26.5 2 1 37 1 Johnson 1 0 9 9.0 0 0 9 0 Bassett 2 0 11 5.5 0 0 7 0 Knafelc 1 1 7 7.0 0 0 7 0 Morrison 1 0 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 Reid 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Modzelewski 1 0 9 9.0 0 0 9 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Graham 1 0 0 Ferguson 1 0 0 Colo 0 1 0 McCormack 0 1 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD White 2 51 25.5 27 0 Carmichael 5 146 29.2 35 0 Bassett 1 21 21.0 21 0 Switzer 2 21 10.5 12 0 Forester 1 13 13.0 13 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Paul 3 0 75 25.0 67 1 Switzer 2 0 12 6.0 7 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Groza 3-3 36 4-4 13 Cone 1-1 12 1-1 4 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Gillom 2 89 44.5 0 0 0 49 Deschaine 5 222 44.4 1 2 0 57 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Palumbo 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Zatkoff 8 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Michaels 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Dillon 8 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lahr 4 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 Borden 6 0 0 1 2 0 0-0 Gain 4 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 O'Donahue 6 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 Ford 4 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Helluin 5 0 0 1 2 0 0-0 Massey 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Bettis 4 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Jones 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Forester 3 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 Petitbon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Nix 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 White 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Capuzzi 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Konz 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Self 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Noll 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 Bookout 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 James 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Walker 2 0 0 0 0 0 1-11 Bassett 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Ringo 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Ford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Hanner 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Colo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Teteak 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Gibron 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Knafelc 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Stephenson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Play-By-Play Play-By-Play 1st Quarter KO 14:46 CLE White ret of 24 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own28 14:11 CLE Morrison 5 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 5 own33 14:05 CLE CLE Pen5(Renfro) Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Key-Modzelewski 2 10 own28 13:53 CLE Graham-Brewster 14 Bas M-Out/sec 3-3 M Basic/Lo 1 10 own42 13:13 CLE Morrison 5 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Basic 2 5 own47 13:05 CLE GB Pen5(Hanner) Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Run 1 10 opp48 12:58 CLE Graham-Lavelli X Bas S-Slant 4-3 sZ Key-Morrison 2 25 own37 12:52 CLE Graham-Modzelew X Bas Screen/sec 4-3 dZ Pass/Bz1 3 25 own37 12:43 CLE Graham-Renfro X Bas L-Hitch/PBK 4-3 lM Pass 4 25 own37 12:36 CLE Gillom 40,Switzer 7 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own30 11:56 GB Reid 1 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Run 2 9 own31 11:07 GB Rote-Ferguson 8 Bas Screen 4-3 Z Run 3 1 own39 11:00 GB GB Pen15(Szafaryn) Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Run 3 16 own24 10:21 GB Rote-Howton 12 Bas M-Slant 3-3 Z Pass 4 4 own36 10:15 GB Deschaine 50,Paul 2 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own16 9:20 CLE Modzelewski 12 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Run 1 10 own28 9:12 CLE Graham-Renfro X Bas M-Slant 4-3 M Basic 2 10 own28 8:21 CLE Graham-Renfro 14 Bas S-Out 3-3 Z Pass/Bz1/Li 1 10 own42 7:31 CLE Morrison 7 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 3 own49 7:23 CLE GB Pen5(Borden) Bas Dive 4-3 sZ Run 1 10 opp46 7:17 CLE CLE Pen15(Bradley) Bas S-Out 4-3 sZ Run-Modzelewsk 1 25 own39 6:41 CLE Graham-Renfro 13 Bas Screen/sec 4-3 M Pass 2 12 opp48 5:53 CLE Graham-Modzelew 9 Bas Screen 3-3 Z Pass/Bz2/Lo 3 3 opp39 5:43 CLE Morrison 2/Pen15(O'D Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Run 1 10 opp22 5:36 CLE CLE Pen15(McCormack) Bas S-Slant 4-3 Z Key-Modzelewski 1 25 opp37 5:22 CLE Graham-Lavelli 37/TD Bas M-Fly/PBK 4-3 M Pass/Lo 7-0 KO 5:18 GB Switzer ret of 9 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own9 5:10 GB Rote-Ferguson X Bas S-Slant 4-3 M Basic/Lo 2 10 own9 4:33 GB Rote 2 Bas Bootleg 3-3 Z Pass 3 8 own11 4:20 GB Rote-Ferguson 11 Bas S-Out/sec 4-3 M Pass 1 10 own22 4:10 GB CLE Pen15(Colo) Bas Trap-R 4-3 sZ Run-Ferguson 1 10 own37 3:18 GB Reid 1 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 M Run 2 9 own38 2:41 GB Rote-Howton 11 Bas S-Slant 4-3 Z Run 1 10 own49 2:01 GB Reid 1 Bas Trap-R 4-3 tM Basic 2 9 50 1:55 GB Rote-Carmicha X Bas M-Fly 3-3 M Basic 3 9 50 1:47 GB Rote-Knafelc X Bas M-Isolate 3-3 M Pass 4 9 50 1:38 GB Deschaine 42,Paul 0 --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own8 0:46 CLE Modzelewski 2 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Key-Modzelewski 2 8 own10 0:09 CLE Morrison 10 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 tM Basic 1 10 own20 0:00 CLE Modzelewski 4 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Key-Morrison 2nd Quarter 2 6 own24 14:50 CLE Graham-INT-Walker Bas S-Slant 4-3 M Basic 1 10 opp23 14:45 GB Rote-Knafelc X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 opp23 13:59 GB Ferguson 12 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Key-Ferguson 1 10 opp11 13:55 GB Rote-Carmicha X Bas S-Slant 4-3 Z Run 2 10 opp11 13:45 GB Rote 6 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 tM Key-Ferguson 3 4 opp5 13:42 GB Rote-Howton X Bas S-Out 4-3 tM Run/Bz1 4 4 opp5 13:38 GB FG Cone 12/G --- FG --- Block 7-3 KO 13:25 CLE Bassett ret of 21 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own26 12:40 CLE Graham-Renfro 43 Bas L-Hitch 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp31 11:48 CLE Morrison 2 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Run 2 8 opp29 10:58 CLE Morrison 0 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Key-Morrison 3 8 opp29 10:51 CLE Graham-Lavelli X Bas Screen 4-3 M Pass-Dbl-Renfro 4 8 opp29 10:46 CLE FG Groza 36/G --- FG --- Block 10-3 KO 10:40 GB Forester ret of 13 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 9:59 GB Ferguson 2 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Key-Ferguson 2 8 own22 9:24 GB Reid 5 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 3 3 own27 9:20 GB Rote-Ferguson X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Run 4 3 own27 9:08 GB Deschaine 40,Paul 67 --- Pt-deep --- Return 17-3 KO 8:55 GB Carmichael ret of 31 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own39 8:06 GB Reid 5 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 M Basic 2 5 own44 7:58 GB CLE Pen5(Ford) Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Basic/Ll 1 10 own49 7:20 GB Ferguson 1 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Run 2 9 50 7:11 GB Rote-Reid X Bas Screen 3-3 Z Basic 3 9 50 7:01 GB Rote-INT-Lahr Bas S-Hitch 4-3 sZ Pass 1 10 own47 6:10 CLE Modzelewski 2 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Basic 2 8 own49 5:16 CLE Bassett 6 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Pass 3 2 opp45 4:39 CLE Morrison 2 Bas Trap-R 4-3 tM Run-Morrison 1 10 opp43 4:39 CLE Pen5(Gibron) Bas Dive 4-3 Z Basic 1 15 opp48 3:50 CLE Bassett 2 Bas Draw 4-3 Z Basic 2 13 opp46 2:56 CLE Morrison 7 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 dZ Pass 3 6 opp39 2:49 CLE Graham-Bassett 4 Bas S-Out 4-3 sZ Pass/Bz2 4 2 opp35 2:33 CLE Graham-Brewster 35/T Bas S-Cross/PBK 4-3 sZ Pass/Bz1 24-3 KO 2:19 GB Carmichael ret of 33 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own33 2:16 GB Rote-Howton X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Key-Ferguson 2 10 own33 2:11 GB Switzer 5 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 Z Pass 3 5 own38 2:06 GB Rote-Carmicha X Bas S-Cross 4-3 M Pass 4 5 own38 2:00 GB Deschaine 33,Paul 6 --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own35 1:52 CLE Smith 3 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Basic 2 7 own38 1:44 CLE Smith 2 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Basic/Bz1 3 5 own40 1:36 CLE Jones 7 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 tMiPass 1 10 own47 1:09 CLE Graham 9 Bas M-Cross 4-3 M Pass/Bz2 2 1 opp44 1:00 CLE Bassett -1 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Run 3 2 opp45 1:00 CLE Graham 5 Bas S-Out/HO 4-3 M Basic 1 10 opp45 0:45 CLE Spiked Ball Bas Spiked Ball 4-3 M 2 10 opp40 0:29 CLE Graham-Renfro 40/TD Bas M-Out/HO 4-3 M Basic/Bz1 31-3 KO 0:21 GB Carmichael ret of 14 --- KO-squib --- Return 1 10 own34 0:18 GB Rote-Knafelc 7 Bas B-Fly/sec 4-3 ZoPass 2 3 own41 0:11 GB Rote 6 Bas Draw 4-3 M Basic 1 10 own47 0:00 GB Rote-Carmicha X Bas B-Fly/NS/PBK 4-3 sZ Pass 3rd Quarter KO 14:52 GB Switzer ret of 12 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own15 13:59 GB Johnson 10 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 sZ Run 1 10 own25 13:22 GB Ferguson 8 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Run 2 2 own33 13:17 GB Ferguson 0/F Bas Trap-R 4-3 sZ Basic 1 10 opp33 13:07 CLE CLE Pen15(Bradley) Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 1 25 opp48 12:16 CLE Modzelewski 4 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Basic/Bz1 2 21 opp44 11:39 CLE Graham-Brewster 13 Bas S-Slant 3-3 M Basic 3 8 opp31 10:48 CLE Graham-Bassett 7 Bas Screen 4-3 M Basic/Li 4 1 opp24 10:45 CLE FG Groza 31/G --- FG --- Block 34-3 KO 10:31 GB Carmichael ret of 35 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own35 9:50 GB Johnson 5 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Key-Ferguson 2 5 own40 9:45 GB Rote-Knafelc X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Run-Ferguson 3 5 own40 8:57 GB Johnson 3 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 Z Basic 4 2 own43 8:49 GB Deschaine 57,Paul 0 --- Pt-deep --- faircatch 1 10 own20 8:49 CLE Pen5(Brewster) Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Basic/Bz3 1 15 own15 8:38 CLE CLE Pen8(Groza) Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Dbl-Lavelli 1 23 own7 8:00 CLE Modzelewski 2 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Basic/Bz1 2 21 own9 7:07 CLE Modzelewski 3 Bas Dive 4-3 lM Basic/Bz1 3 18 own12 6:14 CLE Modzelewski 4 Bas OffTkl-R 3-3 dZ Basic 4 14 own16 6:04 CLE Gillom 49,Switzer 5 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own40 5:22 GB Johnson 12 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 M Run 1 10 opp48 4:29 GB Rote 6 Bas S-Out 4-3 M Run 2 4 opp42 3:55 GB Ferguson 5 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 sZ Key-Rote 1 10 opp37 3:16 GB Ferguson 3 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Run 2 7 opp34 2:29 GB Rote-Ferguson 11 Bas S-Slant/sec 4-3 Z Run 1 10 opp23 2:23 GB Rote-Johnson 9 Bas S-Out/sec 4-3 M Dbl-Carmichael/Lr 2 1 opp14 1:35 GB Ferguson 1 Bas Dive 4-3 M Basic 1 10 opp13 1:31 GB Rote-Howton X Bas M-Out 4-3 tM Dbl-Howton 2 10 opp13 0:56 GB Ferguson -2 Bas Draw 4-3 Z Run 3 12 opp15 0:50 GB Rote-Ferguson 15/TD Bas S-Out 4-3 tM Pass/Ll 34-1 KO 0:36 CLE White ret of 27 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own27 0:00 CLE Morrison 10 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Dbl-Lavelli/Li 4th Quarter 1 10 own37 14:12 CLE Graham 0 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Run 2 10 own37 14:05 CLE Graham-Lavelli 16 Bas S-Out 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp47 13:23 CLE Modzelewski 2 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 8 opp45 12:35 CLE Modzelewski 5 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Basic/Bz1 3 3 opp40 11:55 CLE Morrison 7 Bas Draw 4-3 tM Basic/Bz1 1 10 opp33 11:05 CLE Modzelewski 0 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Basic 2 10 opp33 9:58 CLE Morrison 4 Bas Sweep-R 3-3 M Basic/Bz3 3 6 opp29 9:11 CLE Graham-Morrison 4 Bas S- 4-3 M Basic 4 2 opp25 9:11 GB Pen5(Borden) --- FG --- Block 1 10 opp20 8:06 CLE Modzelewski 0 Bas Trap-R 4-3 tM Basic 2 10 opp20 7:13 CLE Bassett 3 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Basic/Bz1 3 7 opp17 7:13 CLE Pen5(Groza) Bas S-Slant 4-3 tM Basic 3 12 opp22 6:21 CLE Morrison 7 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 dZ Basic 4 5 opp15 6:17 CLE FG Groza 22/G --- FG --- Block 37-1 KO 6:03 GB Carmichael ret of 33 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own37 6:03 GB Pen5(Skibinski) Bas M-Hitch 4-3 Z Key-Ferguson 1 15 own32 5:54 GB Rote-INT-Noll Bas S-Slant 4-3 Z Basic/C 1 10 opp39 5:17 CLE Bassett 6 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Basic/Bz1 2 4 opp33 4:43 CLE Smith 0 Bas Dive 4-3 M Run/Bz3 3 4 opp33 4:00 CLE Bassett 6 Bas Draw 4-3 M Run-Graham/Lo 1 10 opp27 3:20 CLE Smith 8 Bas Dive 4-3 sZ Run 2 2 opp19 2:38 CLE Graham 3/F Bas Dive 4-3 Z Run 1 10 opp16 2:00 CLE Smith 2 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Run/A 2 8 opp14 1:22 CLE Smith -1 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Run/Lr/A 3 9 opp15 1:13 CLE GB Pen5(Hanner) Bas Dive 4-3 Z Basic 3 4 opp10 0:37 CLE Smith 9 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Run 1 1 opp1 0:00 CLE Graham -1 Bas QbKneel 4-3 tM Goalline/A