| Cleveland Browns at Detroit Lions |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 9, 1975 Location: Pontiac, MI Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 74653 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Altie Taylor 1 run (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Ray Jarvis 21 pass from Joe Reed (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 32 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Ben Davis 67 interception return (Errol Mann kick) | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Oscar Roan 12 pass from Will Cureton (Don Cockroft kick) | 10 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Steve Holden |
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 67 | LOG | Chuck Hutchison |
| 54 | C | Tom DeLeone |
| 68 | ROG | Bob Jackson |
| 79 | ROT | Gerry Sullivan |
| 81 | TE | Oscar Roan |
| 16 | QB | Will Cureton |
| 39 | RB | Billy Pritchett |
| 34 | RB | Greg Pruitt |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Ron East |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 83 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 70 | RDE | Mack Mitchell |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 52 | MLB | Dick Ambrose |
| 60 | RLB | Bob Babich |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 21 | LS | Van Green |
| 48 | RS | John Pitts |
| 20 | RCB | Tony Peters |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | Marlin Briscoe |
| 45 | WR | Ray Jarvis |
| 75 | LOT | Jim Yarbrough |
| 62 | LOG | Lynn Boden |
| 63 | C | Jon Morris |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 81 | TE | John McMakin |
| 14 | QB | Joe Reed |
| 24 | RB | Dexter Bussey |
| 42 | RB | Altie Taylor |
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Ken Sanders |
| 80 | LDT | Herb Orvis |
| 74 | RDT | Larry Hand |
| 70 | RDE | Billy Howard |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 52 | MLB | Jim Laslavic |
| 55 | RLB | Ed O'Neil |
| 29 | LCB | Ben Davis |
| 40 | LS | Charlie West |
| 26 | RS | Dick Jauron |
| 23 | RCB | Levi Johnson |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2/15 | / | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
| DET | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3/14 | / | 4 | 37 | 2 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Greg Pruitt | 16 | 72 | 4.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Larry Poole | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | |
| Billy Pritchett | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Hugh McKinnis | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ken Brown | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Will Cureton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 126 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Altie Taylor | 19 | 81 | 4.3 | 1 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Horace King | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Joe Reed | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Bobby Thompson | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | |
| Marlin Briscoe | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 128 | 3.1 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Will Cureton | 32 | 10 | 31.3 | 1 | 95 | 3.0 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 38.0 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 10 | 31.3 | 1 | 95 | 3.0 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 38.0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Joe Reed | 17 | 10 | 58.8 | 1 | 133 | 7.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78.8 | |
| Jack Concannon | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 95.8 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 1 | 163 | 8.6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 81.7 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Reggie Rucker | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Oscar Roan | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 1 | |
| Steve Holden | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Greg Pruitt | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Billy Pritchett | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 95 | 9.5 | 1 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Marlin Briscoe | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | |
| Ray Jarvis | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 1 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| John McMakin | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Horace King | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 163 | 14.8 | 1 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Charlie Hall | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Ben Davis | 1 | 67 | 67.0 | 67t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 1 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 9 | 411 | 45.7 | 67 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 410 | 45.6 | ||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 6 | 308 | 51.3 | 57 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 309 | 51.5 | ||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Greg Pruitt | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Larry Poole | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Charlie West | 5 | 0 | 64 | 12.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Greg Pruitt | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 40 | 0 | |
| Billy LeFear | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Bobby Thompson | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 42 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Team Totals | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Team Totals | 2.0 |