| Houston Oilers at Cleveland Browns |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 21, 1973 Location: Cleveland, OH Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 61146 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 57 F Humidty: 62% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 42 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Leroy Kelly 8 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mike Phipps 1 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Fair Hooker 21 pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Frank Pitts 3 pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick) | 0 | 28 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Eddie Hinton 34 pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 9 FG | 10 | 28 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 31 FG | 13 | 28 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mike Phipps 13 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 13 | 35 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bo Scott 2 pass from Don Horn (Don Cockroft kick) | 13 | 42 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 20 | WR | Billy Parks |
| 66 | LOT | Tom Funchess |
| 60 | LOG | Al Jenkins |
| 57 | C | Sam Gruneisen |
| 61 | ROG | Harris Jones |
| 75 | ROT | Elbert Drungo |
| 82 | TE | Mack Alston |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 36 | RB | Bob Gresham |
| 44 | RB | Fred Willis |
| Defense | ||
| 70 | LDE | Tody Smith |
| 76 | LDT | Al Cowlings |
| 78 | RDT | John Matuszak |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 85 | LLB | Floyd Rice |
| 54 | MLB | Gregg Bingham |
| 56 | RLB | Guy Roberts |
| 19 | LCB | Willie Alexander |
| 22 | SS | Zeke Moore |
| 37 | FS | Jeff Severson |
| 33 | RCB | Benny Johnson |
| 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 |
| 30 | RB | Ken Brown |
| 44 | RB | Leroy Kelly |
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Joe Jones |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 81 | RDE | Nick Roman |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 60 | MLB | Bob Babich |
| 50 | RLB | John Garlington |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 29 | LS | Walt Sumner |
| 27 | RS | Thom Darden |
| 28 | RCB | Ben Davis |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0/10 | / | 8 | 59 | 0 | 0 | |
| CLE | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8/16 | / | 9 | 85 | 3 | 0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dan Pastorini | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Lewis Jolley | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Gresham | 7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | |
| Fred Willis | 6 | -2 | -0.3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 18 | 23 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ken Brown | 14 | 61 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Greg Pruitt | 11 | 56 | 5.1 | 18 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 13 | 46 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Billy LeFear | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 11 | 1 |
| Mike Phipps | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 13 | 2 |
| Gloster Richardson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 52 | 264 | 5.1 | 3 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 19 | 6 | 31.6 | 1 | 118 | 6.2 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 49.9 | |
| Lynn Dickey | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 70.1 | |
| Team Totals | 22 | 8 | 36.4 | 1 | 116 | 5.3 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 50.6 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Mike Phipps | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 1 | 146 | 7.7 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 95.5 | |
| Don Horn | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 2t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 95.8 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 1 | 148 | 7.0 | 3 | 6 | 46 | 98.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Bob Gresham | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | |
| Fred Willis | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | |
| Eddie Hinton | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34t | 1 |
| Lewis Jolley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Burrough | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 116 | 14.5 | 1 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Fair Hooker | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 1 | |
| Milt Morin | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | |
| Frank Pitts | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 1 | |
| Bo Scott | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 1 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 148 | 12.3 | 3 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jeff Severson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | |||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| John Garlington | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Skip Butler | 9 | 285 | 31.7 | 49 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 285 | 31.7 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 6 | 210 | 35.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 210 | 35.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Alvin Haymond | 4 | 1 | 15 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Greg Pruitt | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Thom Darden | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Alvin Haymond | 5 | 139 | 27.8 | 47 | 0 | |
| Eddie Hinton | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Mike Fanucci | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Greg Pruitt | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Billy LeFear | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |
| Team Totals | 6.0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Team Totals | 3.0 |