| Cleveland Browns at New Orleans Saints |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 12, 1971 Location: New Orleans, LA Venue: Tulane Stadium Attendance: 72794 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 80 F Humidty: 58% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bo Scott 2 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Charlie Durkee 28 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Virgil Robinson 4 run (Charlie Durkee kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Leroy Kelly 1 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Walter Johnson EZ opponents fumble recovery (Don Cockroft kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Jim Strong 7 run (Charlie Durkee kick) | 21 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | Fair Hooker |
| 25 | WR | Frank Pitts |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 65 | LOG | John Demarie |
| 64 | C | Jim Copeland |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 78 | ROT | Bob McKay |
| 89 | TE | Milt Morin |
| 16 | QB | Bill Nelsen |
| 44 | RB | Leroy Kelly |
| 35 | RB | Bo Scott |
| Defense | ||
| 88 | LDE | Ron Snidow |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 50 | LLB | John Garlington |
| 82 | MLB | Jim Houston |
| 52 | RLB | Billy Andrews |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 29 | LS | Walt Sumner |
| 34 | RS | Mike Howell |
| 28 | RCB | Ben Davis |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 41 | WR | Bob Newland |
| 76 | LOT | Don Morrison |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 61 | ROG | Del Williams |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 83 | TE | Dave Parks |
| 14 | QB | Edd Hargett |
| 35 | RB | Bob Gresham |
| 42 | RB | Jim Strong |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Richard Neal |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 89 | RDT | Dave Long |
| 72 | RDE | Joe Owens |
| 60 | LLB | Carl Cunningham |
| 55 | MLB | Jim Flanigan |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 22 | LCB | D'Artagnan Martin |
| 18 | FS | Hugo Hollas |
| 23 | SS | Doug Wyatt |
| 20 | RCB | Delles Howell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ken Brown | 8 | 55 | 6.9 | 17 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 14 | 46 | 3.3 | 13 | 1 |
| Mike Phipps | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 11 | 13 | 1.2 | 9 | 1 |
| Bill Nelsen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Cornell | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 1 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jim Strong | 14 | 88 | 6.3 | 26 | 1 |
| Bob Gresham | 16 | 60 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Edd Hargett | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Virgil Robinson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Archie Manning | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | 18 | 9 | 50.0 | 2 | 130 | 7.2 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 34.3 |
| Mike Phipps | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 24 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93.7 |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Edd Hargett | 12 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 10 | 0.8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Frank Pitts | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 23 | 0 | ||||||
| Fair Hooker | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 24 | 0 | ||||||
| Bo Scott | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 35 | 0 | ||||||
| Milt Morin | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | ||||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 0 | 91 | 8.3 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 82.0 |
| Bob Newland | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 44 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave Parks | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 19 | 0 | ||||||
| Danny Abramowicz | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Gresham | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Archie Manning | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 | ||||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| D'Artagnan Martin | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Dick Absher | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 43 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 6 | 238 | 39.7 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dave Jones | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Hugo Hollas | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reynaud Moore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Stan Brown | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Virgil Robinson | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
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