| Cleveland Browns at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 12, 1971 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Sugar Bowl Attendance: 72794 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 80 F Humidty: 58% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| New Orleans Saints | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland Browns | Bo Scott 2 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Charlie Durkee 28 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Virgil Robinson 4 run (Charlie Durkee kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns | Leroy Kelly 1 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Walter Johnson EZ opponents fumble recovery (Don Cockroft kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Jim Strong 7 run (Charlie Durkee kick) | 21 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ken Brown | 8 | 55 | 6.9 | 0 | |
| Bo Scott | 14 | 46 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| Mike Phipps | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 11 | 13 | 1.2 | 9 | 1 |
| Bill Nelsen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Cornell | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jim Strong | 14 | 88 | 6.3 | 1 | |
| Bob Gresham | 16 | 60 | 3.8 | 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 | 0 | 34.3 | |||
| Mike Phipps | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 24 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 | 93.7 | ||
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Edd Hargett | 12 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 10 | 0.8 | 10 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Archie Manning | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 0 | 91 | 8.3 | 0 | 82.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Frank Pitts | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Fair Hooker | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | |
| Bo Scott | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Milt Morin | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bob Newland | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 0 | |
| Dave Parks | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 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 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 6 | 238 | 39.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Stan Brown | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Jones | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Virgil Robinson | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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