How awesome is this photo?
It's not every day you capture three HoF'ers in one shot.
This is from Cleveland Municipal Stadium on 10/1/50, which was the day Steve Owen unvailed his renowned Umbrella Defense to stop Paul Brown and Otto Graham's potent offense and shut out the Browns 6-0 in a shocking upset, which was the first time clevealnd had ever been held off the scoreboard.
The Giants also defeated the Browns at the Polo Grounds 17-13 in the rematch.
Fun fact - the second shutout in Browns history was also courtesy of the Giants - the 10-0 win in the Eastern Conference Playoff on 12/21/58 at Yankee Stadium.
That 1950 Giants team looks like they could have won the NFL Championship.
Even though they beat the Browns twice in the regular season, they lost to them in the Divisional playoff game in Cleveland.
Wonder why Cleveland would have hosted that game if the Giants had beat them twice that season? Another missing ring for NYG
That 1950 Giants team looks like they could have won the NFL Championship.
Even though they beat the Browns twice in the regular season, they lost to them in the Divisional playoff game in Cleveland.
Wonder why Cleveland would have hosted that game if the Giants had beat them twice that season? Another missing ring for NYG
That 1950 Giants team was awesome (they scored 50 points three times that year), but the Browns were too. They were analgous to the 1986 Giants & Redskins, the NFL's two best teams played in the same division those seasons.
Home field advantage was decided by a coin toss back then. The tie breaking system with head-to-head records, net pints, strength of schedule, etc wasn't established until the mid 1970s.
i know heplayed db with landry and tunnel
i know heplayed db with landry and tunnel
Gifford was drafted in 1952 and was a DHB his first two seasons and made the Pro Bowl as a defensive player in 1953. He played offense occasionally in 1952, but took on a heavier load in 1953 as the team was hit hard with injuries and he was nearly a 60 minute player at season's end, even talking on kickoff duties. He was so beat up and worn out after the season was over he nearly retired.
Looks like an incompletion, but if it were by today's rules Landry would've been flagged for PI!
He was all-pro I believe
i met him several times when i was a kid my father was a director of the touchdown club of NY and i went to alot of the luncheons