| Denver Broncos at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: October 27, 1974 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 60478 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 54 F Humidty: 72% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Riley Odoms 12 pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jerry Simmons 13 pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 27 FG | 14 | 3 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 30 FG | 14 | 6 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 25 FG | 14 | 9 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Otis Armstrong 33 run (Jim Turner kick) | 21 | 9 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Brian Sipe 8 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 21 | 16 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Brian Sipe 1 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 21 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 42 | WR | Billy Van Heusen |
| 71 | LOT | Claudie Minor |
| 68 | LOG | Larron Jackson |
| 50 | C | Bobby Maples |
| 61 | ROG | Tommy Lyons |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 12 | QB | Charley Johnson |
| 24 | RB | Otis Armstrong |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 63 | LDT | John Grant |
| 55 | RDT | Pete Duranko |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 45 | LLB | Bill Laskey |
| 56 | MLB | Ray May |
| 57 | RLB | Tom Jackson |
| 46 | LCB | John Rowser |
| 36 | LS | Billy Thompson |
| 20 | RS | Charlie Greer |
| 26 | RCB | Calvin Jones |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Tim George |
| 42 | WR | Gloster Richardson |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 78 | LOG | Bob McKay |
| 61 | C | Bob DeMarco |
| 65 | ROG | John Demarie |
| 79 | ROT | Gerry Sullivan |
| 89 | TE | Milt Morin |
| 15 | QB | Mike Phipps |
| 30 | RB | Ken Brown |
| 37 | RB | Hugh McKinnis |
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Nick Roman |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 66 | RDE | Mike Seifert |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 60 | MLB | Bob Babich |
| 50 | RLB | John Garlington |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 29 | LS | Walt Sumner |
| 27 | RS | Thom Darden |
| 21 | RCB | Van Green |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Otis Armstrong | 17 | 142 | 8.4 | 1 | |
| Floyd Little | 13 | 41 | 3.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Jon Keyworth | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Oliver Ross | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Hugh McKinnis | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Greg Pruitt | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 22 | 0 |
| Ken Brown | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Brian Sipe | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 2 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Charley Johnson | 27 | 14 | 51.9 | 0 | 207 | 7.7 | 2 | 101.9 | |||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Mike Phipps | 25 | 8 | 32.0 | 1 | 170 | 6.8 | 0 | 40.4 | |||
| Brian Sipe | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 32 | 5.3 | 0 | 79.9 | |||
| Don Cockroft | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Riley Odoms | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 24 | 1 |
| Floyd Little | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Jerry Simmons | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 1 | |
| Otis Armstrong | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Billy Van Heusen | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Hugh McKinnis | 6 | 111 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| Gloster Richardson | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Holden | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Thaxton | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Van Green | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Greg Pruitt | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Calvin Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lonnie Hepburn | 0 | 22 | 22L | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 8 | 314 | 39.3 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 6 | 249 | 41.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Billy Thompson | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Greer | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Thom Darden | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Billy Thompson | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 0 | ||
| Otis Armstrong | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Billy LeFear | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 0 | ||
| Greg Pruitt | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Cleveland Browns | |
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