| Atlanta Falcons at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: October 27, 1968 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 67723 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 56 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Cleveland Browns | 7 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland Browns | Leroy Kelly 5 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Leroy Kelly 1 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Don Cockroft 25 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Don Cockroft 42 FG | 0 | 20 |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns | Don Cockroft 34 FG | 0 | 23 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Paul Warfield 22 pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 0 | 30 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Mike Donohoe 7 pass from Bob Berry (Bob Etter kick) | 7 | 30 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 44 | SE | Jerry Simmons |
| 72 | LOT | Don Talbert |
| 66 | LOG | Jim Simon |
| 67 | C | Dan Grimm |
| 65 | ROG | Steve Duich |
| 73 | ROT | Errol Linden |
| 28 | TE | Ray Ogden |
| 17 | QB | Bob Berry |
| 32 | HB | Jim Butler |
| 80 | FL | Bob Long |
| 41 | FB | Brendan McCarthy |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Claude Humphrey |
| 70 | LDT | Jim Norton |
| 79 | RDT | Carlton Dabney |
| 78 | RDE | Jerry Shay |
| 52 | LLB | Marion Rushing |
| 60 | MLB | Tommy Nobis |
| 55 | RLB | Ralph Heck |
| 36 | LCB | Ken Reaves |
| 42 | LS | Phil Spiller |
| 49 | RS | Jimmy Burson |
| 22 | RCB | Lee Calland |
| 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 |
| 87 | FL | Eppie Barney |
| 48 | FB | Ernie Green |
| 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 |
| 51 | RLB | Dale Lindsey |
| 40 | LCB | Erich Barnes |
| 24 | SS | Ernie Kellermann |
| 34 | FS | Mike Howell |
| 28 | RCB | Ben Davis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Jim Butler | 13 | 73 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| Brendan McCarthy | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Randy Johnson | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Bob Berry | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Perry Lee Dunn | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Dwight Lee | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Leroy Kelly | 19 | 112 | 5.9 | 24 | 2 |
| Ernie Green | 9 | 45 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Leigh | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Reece Morrison | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Randy Johnson | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 1 | 70 | 4.7 | 0 | 27.1 | |||
| Bob Berry | 10 | 8 | 80.0 | 1 | 107 | 10.7 | 1 | 105.0 | |||
| Harmon Wages | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | 27 | 18 | 66.7 | 0 | 248 | 9.2 | 1 | 108.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Bob Long | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 0 | |
| Paul Flatley | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Butler | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Brendan McCarthy | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Mike Donohoe | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| Harmon Wages | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ray Ogden | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Milt Morin | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 0 | |
| Paul Warfield | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 1 | |
| Eppie Barney | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Ernie Green | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Smith | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ben Davis | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Ernie Kellermann | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Billy Lothridge | 3 | 147 | 49.0 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ben Davis | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Jim Butler | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | ||
| Nick Rassas | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | ||
| Dwight Lee | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Carl Ward | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Reece Morrison | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
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