A second down screen pass to Brown moved the ball to the 38 for a 1st down. But a short run and two incompletions by Ryan under pressure brought out Groza, who boomed a 42y FG. Browns 3 Colts 0 (11:39)
Following another touchback, Unitas tried to get something going. After an incompletion, he rolled out to his left to avoid the pressure only to be sacked at the 18 by Jim Kanicki, who was playing t
… Morehe game of his life.
The next Sports Illustrated reported that Kanicki looks very much like an enormous baby with soft, pink cheeks and what looks like baby fat still on his 270-pound body.
When a swing pass to Tony Lorick gained only 5, Gilbert kicked into the gale again but this time got off a good one that rolled all the way to the Cleveland 31.
Brown took a draw handoff for 5. Then the Browns lined up in a double wing, with Green as a flanker to the left. The only man behind Ryan was Brown. RLB Shinnick cheated a little toward the middle. The DB opposite Green played 6-7y behind the line. Ryan tossed a quick pitchout to Jim swinging to his left. He swept around the pinched-in LB as Green knocked down Braase. Jimmy ran behind three blockers all the way to the Colt 18 where Logan made a game-saving tackle from behind. Green got up after his first block and raced downfield where he took out MLB Bill Pellington to help the 46y gain.
Collier: We didn't use that sweep much in the first half. Maybe we were thinking too much. It had gained a lot of yards for us during the season, and we knew the Colts knew it. So we didn't go to it in the first half. It was very effective in the second half.
Green: That play really got us going. We finally broke Jim loose, and we knew we were going to be all right. Less
