| Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: October 5, 1968 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 81865 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 40 F Humidty: 82% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Cleveland Browns | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Booth Lusteg 25 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Cleveland Browns | Charlie Leigh 20 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Paul Warfield 28 pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Roy Jefferson 18 pass from Dick Shiner (Booth Lusteg kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Don Cockroft 27 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Roy Jefferson 23 pass from Dick Shiner (Booth Lusteg kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns | Leroy Kelly 2 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 17 | 24 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Leroy Kelly 24 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Paul Martha 60 opponents fumble recovery (Booth Lusteg kick) | 24 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | SE | J.R. Wilburn |
| 74 | LOT | John Brown |
| 57 | LOG | Sam Davis |
| 56 | C | Ray Mansfield |
| 66 | ROG | Bruce Van Dyke |
| 72 | ROT | Fran O'Brien |
| 82 | TE | John Hilton |
| 17 | QB | Dick Shiner |
| 42 | HB | Dick Hoak |
| 87 | FL | Roy Jefferson |
| 38 | FB | Earl Gros |
| Defense | ||
| 65 | LDE | Lloyd Voss |
| 75 | LDT | Ken Kortas |
| 64 | RDT | Chuck Hinton |
| 60 | RDE | Ben McGee |
| 53 | LLB | John Campbell |
| 59 | MLB | Ray May |
| 34 | RLB | Andy Russell |
| 29 | LCB | Bob Hohn |
| 47 | LS | Marv Woodson |
| 20 | RS | Paul Martha |
| 44 | RCB | Bob Wade |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | SE | Paul Warfield |
| 77 | LOT | Dick Schafrath |
| 65 | LOG | John Demarie |
| 54 | C | Fred Hoaglin |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 73 | ROT | Monte Clark |
| 89 | TE | Milt Morin |
| 16 | QB | Bill Nelsen |
| 44 | HB | Leroy Kelly |
| 86 | FL | Gary Collins |
| 25 | FB | Charlie Leigh |
| Defense | ||
| 88 | LDE | Ron Snidow |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 69 | RDT | Jim Kanicki |
| 80 | RDE | Bill Glass |
| 82 | LLB | Jim Houston |
| 56 | MLB | Bob Matheson |
| 50 | RLB | John Garlington |
| 40 | LCB | Erich Barnes |
| 24 | SS | Ernie Kellermann |
| 34 | FS | Mike Howell |
| 28 | RCB | Ben Davis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Roy Jefferson | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 2 | |
| Earl Gros | 15 | 58 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Dick Hoak | 12 | 58 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Leroy Kelly | 25 | 128 | 5.1 | 25 | 1 |
| Charlie Leigh | 8 | 53 | 6.6 | 1 | |
| Eppie Barney | 0 | 8 | 8Lt | 1 | |
| Charley Harraway | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | |
| Bill Nelsen | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Dick Shiner | 24 | 11 | 45.8 | 1 | 141 | 5.9 | 2 | 75.2 | |||
| Dick Hoak | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 91.0 | |||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | 25 | 16 | 64.0 | 1 | 190 | 7.6 | 1 | 83.7 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| J.R. Wilburn | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 0 | |
| Earl Gros | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Paul Warfield | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 1 | |
| Milt Morin | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | |
| Eppie Barney | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Gary Collins | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 0 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Charlie Leigh | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Marv Woodson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ben Davis | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 3 | 118 | 39.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Roy Jefferson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Jon Henderson | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
| Don Shy | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Carl Ward | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | ||
| Ben Davis | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
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