We have talked about the three weeks in December which made football the number one spectator sport in America; but the New York Giants in week five and six were also big setting up the rousing finish.
Week 6 at Cleveland Browns
In the first quarter, Charley Connerly threw a 39 yard touchdown pass to Bob Schnelker giving the Giants a 7 to 3 lead. The second quarter was all Cleveland. Jimmy Brown ran for a 59 yard touchdown. After that, Ken Konz made the first of his two interceptions, this one for a 46 yard touchdown. The halftime score was 17 to 7 in favor of the Browns
The second half was all New York on both sides of the football. Charley Connerly threw two touchdown passes to Alex Webster. One for 15 yards in the third quarter and the other for 10 yards in the fourth quarter.
The big statistics. New York. Mel Tripplet carried 20 times for 116 yards. Alex Webster caught seven passes for 81 yards and two touchdowns. Bob Schnelker caught three passes for 87 yards and a touchdown. Charlie Connerly completed 12 of 23 passes for 197 yards with two touchdowns and three pass interceptions. Jim Patton and Lindow Crow, each recorded a pass interception.
Cleveland Browns. Jimmy Brown carried 13 times for 113 yards. Bobby Mitchell carried 13 times 65 yards. Milt Plum completed just four of 14 passes.
Total Yards 337 for New York and 201 for Cleveland.
1958 Week 6 At Cleveland-Giants won 21 to 17
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Re: 1958 Week 6 At Cleveland-Giants won 21 to 17
That was the Browns' first loss of the season after starting 5-0.
And then the following week, the now-bad defending-Champ, Lions, come into town with a 1-4-1 record.
And just like Green Bay still beating Dallas in '68, Pittsburgh still beating Dallas in that '82 MNF opener (previous game, actually, also on a Monday night), yet another MNF showdown in '96 that had a now-'just-good' defending-Champs, Dallas, beating Champs-to-be, GB, and then the following year Dallas, who'd then regress to 6-10, blasting AAFC-host-to-be, Steelers, at Three Rivers in the opener...
...this Wk#7 Lions 30, Browns 10 result from 1958 is yet another example of a team who owned another team suddenly being a lesser team than them, but still winning another one over them for good measure anyway.
As wiki says about the '58 Browns, that season and the previous one were revenge campaigns each at Cleveland's expense. The Lions dismantled the Browns in the League Championship Game the previous year in, basically, the same way the Browns dismantled them in that very game the last time they met in that event in '54.
The 'revenge' thing that Cleveland suffered in '58? That would be in regards to 1950 when the Browns win the conference tie-breaker over New York despite Giants sweeping them during the regular season. Well this time, in '58, the G-men sweep the Browns as well but finish-the-job this time, completing the hat-trick, en route to 'The Greatest Game Ever Played'!
Cleveland flirted with yet another conference title run in '59 with a 6-2 start, posting a 5-win-streak after starting 1-2. And within that streak was a win at defending/repeat-Champs-to-be, Baltimore, 38-31! Browns would lose their next three to drop them to 6-5, but win their finale to finish 7-5, and that'd be that.
Being that we already saw that Colts team square off against that Lombardi/Landry-coordinated squad in that Esteemed first overtime game, it may have not been bad to end the '50s with the decade's first champion, Brown, square-off against the decade's recent champion, Ewbank. Especially considering the 31-16 result of the actual '59 rematch at-hand.
Also a shame we never had ourselves a Halas-vs-Brown League Championship Game either.
And then the following week, the now-bad defending-Champ, Lions, come into town with a 1-4-1 record.
And just like Green Bay still beating Dallas in '68, Pittsburgh still beating Dallas in that '82 MNF opener (previous game, actually, also on a Monday night), yet another MNF showdown in '96 that had a now-'just-good' defending-Champs, Dallas, beating Champs-to-be, GB, and then the following year Dallas, who'd then regress to 6-10, blasting AAFC-host-to-be, Steelers, at Three Rivers in the opener...
...this Wk#7 Lions 30, Browns 10 result from 1958 is yet another example of a team who owned another team suddenly being a lesser team than them, but still winning another one over them for good measure anyway.
As wiki says about the '58 Browns, that season and the previous one were revenge campaigns each at Cleveland's expense. The Lions dismantled the Browns in the League Championship Game the previous year in, basically, the same way the Browns dismantled them in that very game the last time they met in that event in '54.
The 'revenge' thing that Cleveland suffered in '58? That would be in regards to 1950 when the Browns win the conference tie-breaker over New York despite Giants sweeping them during the regular season. Well this time, in '58, the G-men sweep the Browns as well but finish-the-job this time, completing the hat-trick, en route to 'The Greatest Game Ever Played'!
Cleveland flirted with yet another conference title run in '59 with a 6-2 start, posting a 5-win-streak after starting 1-2. And within that streak was a win at defending/repeat-Champs-to-be, Baltimore, 38-31! Browns would lose their next three to drop them to 6-5, but win their finale to finish 7-5, and that'd be that.
Being that we already saw that Colts team square off against that Lombardi/Landry-coordinated squad in that Esteemed first overtime game, it may have not been bad to end the '50s with the decade's first champion, Brown, square-off against the decade's recent champion, Ewbank. Especially considering the 31-16 result of the actual '59 rematch at-hand.
Also a shame we never had ourselves a Halas-vs-Brown League Championship Game either.
Re: 1958 Week 6 At Cleveland-Giants won 21 to 17
I believe that there was a roughing the kicker penalty against Cleveland toward the end of that game that pretty much cost the Browns the game, and the Eastern Conference Championship.LeonardRachiele wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 6:09 pm We have talked about the three weeks in December which made football the number one spectator sport in America; but the New York Giants in week five and six were also big setting up the rousing finish.
Week 6 at Cleveland Browns
In the first quarter, Charley Connerly threw a 39 yard touchdown pass to Bob Schnelker giving the Giants a 7 to 3 lead. The second quarter was all Cleveland. Jimmy Brown ran for a 59 yard touchdown. After that, Ken Konz made the first of his two interceptions, this one for a 46 yard touchdown. The halftime score was 17 to 7 in favor of the Browns
The second half was all New York on both sides of the football. Charley Connerly threw two touchdown passes to Alex Webster. One for 15 yards in the third quarter and the other for 10 yards in the fourth quarter.
The big statistics. New York. Mel Tripplet carried 20 times for 116 yards. Alex Webster caught seven passes for 81 yards and two touchdowns. Bob Schnelker caught three passes for 87 yards and a touchdown. Charlie Connerly completed 12 of 23 passes for 197 yards with two touchdowns and three pass interceptions. Jim Patton and Lindow Crow, each recorded a pass interception.
Cleveland Browns. Jimmy Brown carried 13 times for 113 yards. Bobby Mitchell carried 13 times 65 yards. Milt Plum completed just four of 14 passes.
Total Yards 337 for New York and 201 for Cleveland.