| Cleveland Browns at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 22, 1972 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 38113 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Charlie Joiner 51 pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 33 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 33 FG | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Frank Pitts 27 pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick) | 13 | 7 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Ken Burrough 80 pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 13 | 14 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 26 FG | 16 | 14 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 46 FG | 16 | 17 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mike Phipps 1 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 23 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | Fair Hooker |
| 25 | WR | Frank Pitts |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 66 | LOG | Gene Hickerson |
| 61 | C | Bob DeMarco |
| 65 | ROG | John Demarie |
| 78 | ROT | Bob McKay |
| 89 | TE | Milt Morin |
| 15 | QB | Mike Phipps |
| 44 | RB | Leroy Kelly |
| 35 | RB | Bo Scott |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Rich Jackson |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 81 | RDE | Nick Roman |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 51 | MLB | Dale Lindsey |
| 52 | RLB | Billy Andrews |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 29 | LS | Walt Sumner |
| 27 | RS | Thom Darden |
| 28 | RCB | Ben Davis |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Jim Beirne |
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 66 | LOT | Tom Funchess |
| 60 | LOG | Tom Regner |
| 51 | C | Calvin Hunt |
| 64 | ROG | Ron Saul |
| 63 | ROT | Levert Carr |
| 89 | TE | Alvin Reed |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 30 | RB | Hoyle Granger |
| 39 | RB | Robert Holmes |
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Pat Holmes |
| 78 | LDT | Mike Tilleman |
| 73 | RDT | Leo Brooks |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 85 | LLB | Floyd Rice |
| 58 | MLB | Ron Pritchard |
| 59 | RLB | Phil Croyle |
| 19 | LCB | Willie Alexander |
| 29 | LS | Ken Houston |
| 25 | RS | John Charles |
| 33 | RCB | Benny Johnson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Leroy Kelly | 22 | 69 | 3.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 11 | 37 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Mike Phipps | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 1 | |
| Ken Brown | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Hoyle Granger | 8 | 37 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Willie Rodgers | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Robert Holmes | 13 | 23 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Ward Walsh | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Joiner | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Mike Phipps | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 0 | 127 | 6.7 | 1 | 87.0 | |||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 27 | 17 | 63.0 | 0 | 239 | 8.9 | 2 | 116.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Fair Hooker | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 0 | |
| Frank Pitts | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 1 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Milt Morin | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charlie Joiner | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 1 | |
| Alvin Reed | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| Hoyle Granger | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Robert Holmes | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 80 | 80.0 | 80t | 1 |
| Willie Rodgers | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ward Walsh | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 6 | 273 | 45.5 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dan Pastorini | 6 | 243 | 40.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Thom Darden | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Majors | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Zeke Moore | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bobby Majors | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Brown | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Zeke Moore | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Willie Rodgers | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Benny Johnson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Houston Oilers | |
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