| Denver Broncos at Cleveland Browns |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 24, 1971 Location: Cleveland, OH Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 75674 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 60 F Humidty: 87% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Billy Masters 7 pass from Don Horn (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bobby Anderson 6 run (Jim Turner kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Fred Forsberg 40 interception return (Jim Turner kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 10 FG | 24 | 0 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 36 FG | 27 | 0 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 40 | WR | Jack Gehrke |
| 80 | WR | Jerry Simmons |
| 75 | LOT | Roger Shoals |
| 68 | LOG | Larron Jackson |
| 67 | C | George Goeddeke |
| 64 | ROG | Mike Schnitker |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 81 | TE | Billy Masters |
| 13 | QB | Don Horn |
| 11 | RB | Bobby Anderson |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Rich Jackson |
| 70 | LDT | Paul Smith |
| 63 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 54 | LLB | Chip Myrtle |
| 52 | MLB | Fred Forsberg |
| 56 | RLB | Dave Washington |
| 41 | LCB | Leroy Mitchell |
| 20 | LS | Charlie Greer |
| 26 | RS | George Saimes |
| 36 | RCB | Billy Thompson |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Gary Collins |
| 43 | WR | Fair Hooker |
| 77 | LOT | Dick Schafrath |
| 65 | LOG | John Demarie |
| 54 | C | Fred Hoaglin |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 78 | ROT | Bob McKay |
| 89 | TE | Milt Morin |
| 16 | QB | Bill Nelsen |
| 44 | RB | Leroy Kelly |
| 35 | RB | Bo Scott |
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Joe Jones |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 82 | LLB | Jim Houston |
| 51 | MLB | Dale Lindsey |
| 52 | RLB | Billy Andrews |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 29 | LS | Walt Sumner |
| 34 | RS | Mike Howell |
| 28 | RCB | Ben Davis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 25 | 113 | 4.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Bobby Anderson | 16 | 71 | 4.4 | 14 | 1 |
| Fran Lynch | 10 | 53 | 5.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Billy Masters | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Jerry Simmons | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Clem Turner | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Jack Gehrke | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| John Mosier | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Leroy Kelly | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 4 | 0 |
| Bo Cornell | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Don Horn | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 85 | 5.3 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 86.7 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | 19 | 6 | 31.6 | 1 | 69 | 3.6 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 21.6 |
| Mike Phipps | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | 2 | 12 | 1.5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Masters | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 22 | 1 |
| Floyd Little | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Jerry Simmons | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bobby Anderson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Fran Lynch | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Fair Hooker | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Milt Morin | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Frank Pitts | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Fred Forsberg | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40t | 1 |
| Chip Myrtle | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 7 | 290 | 41.4 | 53 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 9 | 427 | 47.4 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Billy Thompson | 6 | 0 | 57 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Charlie Greer | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Leroy Kelly | 3 | 0 | 74 | 24.7 | 74 | 0 |
| Ernie Kellermann | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Clem Turner | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Frank Pitts | 4 | 128 | 32.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Ken Brown | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Cleveland Browns |
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