CLE 7 @ PIT 17 - 1959 NFL

1959 Week 1

Cleveland BrownsCLE

7-17

Pittsburgh SteelersPIT

Sat, September 26, 1959 · Forbes Field

Attendance: 33,844Surface: grassLine: Cleveland Browns -3.5

CLE: Paul Brown · PIT: Buddy Parker

CLE

Team Stats

PIT

1st Downs

32-139

Rushing

32-121

13-23-146

Passing

13-21-209

274

Scoring

2nd Quarter

Milt Plum 1 yard rush (Lou Groza kick)

3rd Quarter

Bobby Layne 26 yard field goal

Jimmy Orr 20 yard pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
CLE
Passing
Milt Plum	13/23	146	0	1		57.5
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Milt Plum	4	12	1	17	0
Jim Brown	19	81	0	9	0
Bobby Mitchell	9	46	0	14	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Jim Brown		2	34	0	25
Bobby Mitchell		3	8	0	12
Billy Howton		4	57	0	17
Preston Carpenter		4	47	0	16
PIT
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Bobby Layne	13/20	209	2	2		93.5
Tom Tracy	0/1	0	0	0		39.6
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Bobby Layne	5	49	0	14	0
Tom Tracy	17	51	0	9	0
Larry Krutko	8	15	0	4	0
Leo Elter	2	6	0	4	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Tom Tracy		1	1	0	1
Leo Elter		1	3	0	3
Jimmy Orr		6	89	1	19
Pete Brewster		3	72	1	42
Ray Mathews		2	44	0	25

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
CLE
Ken Konz			0	1
Junior Wren			0	1
Vince Costello			0	0
PIT
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Bobby Luna			0	1

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
CLE
Junior Wren	-	-	5	185	37.0	-
PIT
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Bobby Luna	-	-	4	154	38.5	-

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
CLE
Bobby Mitchell	2	35	0	3	13	0
Jim Brown	1	20	0	0	0	0
PIT
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Dean Derby	0	0	0	2	0	0
Don Bishop	0	0	0	1	0	0

Starting Lineups

CLE

QBMilt Plum

FBJim Brown

LHBobby Mitchell

RHRay Renfro

LEPreston Carpenter

LTLou Groza

LGJim Ray Smith

CArt Hunter

RGGene Hickerson

RTFran O'Brien

REBilly Howton

CLE at PIT, 1959 NFL game