| Cleveland Browns at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: December 14, 1968 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 48174 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 22 F Humidty: 47% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Bobby Joe Conrad 28 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 50 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 33 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 16 FG | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 37 FG | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Leroy Kelly 45 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 13 | 13 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Bobby Joe Conrad 20 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 13 | 20 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 15 FG | 16 | 20 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jackie Smith 36 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 16 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 29 | FL | Tommy McDonald |
| 31 | FB | Charley Harraway |
| Defense | ||
| 88 | LDE | Ron Snidow |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 84 | RDT | Marvin Upshaw |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 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 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 31 | SE | Jerry Daanen |
| 71 | LOT | Bob Reynolds |
| 55 | LOG | Irv Goode |
| 61 | C | Bob DeMarco |
| 64 | ROG | Ken Gray |
| 73 | ROT | Ernie McMillan |
| 81 | TE | Jackie Smith |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 23 | HB | Johnny Roland |
| 40 | FL | Bobby Joe Conrad |
| 33 | FB | Willis Crenshaw |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Don Brumm |
| 74 | LDT | Fred Heron |
| 75 | RDT | Bob Rowe |
| 79 | RDE | Chuck Walker |
| 59 | LLB | Ernie Clark |
| 57 | MLB | Mike Strofolino |
| 60 | RLB | Dave Meggyesy |
| 48 | LCB | Bob Atkins |
| 20 | LS | Mike Barnes |
| 8 | RS | Larry Wilson |
| 42 | RCB | Lonnie Sanders |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Leroy Kelly | 10 | 67 | 6.7 | 45 | 1 |
| Charley Harraway | 11 | 55 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Reece Morrison | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Nelsen | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 9 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Willis Crenshaw | 20 | 69 | 3.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Johnny Roland | 8 | 51 | 6.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Jackie Smith | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 36t | 1 |
| MacArthur Lane | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Cid Edwards | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim Hart | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Roy Shivers | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | 23 | 9 | 39.1 | 0 | 216 | 9.4 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 73.8 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 0 | 121 | 5.8 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 93.6 |
| Charley Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Paul Warfield | 3 | 104 | 34.7 | 49 | 0 |
| Charley Harraway | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 63 | 0 |
| Tommy McDonald | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Milt Morin | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 28t | 2 |
| Jackie Smith | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Jerry Daanen | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 34 | 0 |
| Gary Collins | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 28 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Chuck Latourette | 5 | 200 | 40.0 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Charlie Leigh | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Tommy McDonald | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Chuck Latourette | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Carl Ward | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 35 | 0 | |
| Reece Morrison | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Chuck Latourette | 5 | 154 | 30.8 | 49 | 0 | |
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