| Cleveland Browns at Houston Oilers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 21, 1975 Location: Houston, TX Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 43770 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Don Hardeman 2 run (Skip Butler kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Ken Burrough 7 pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Ronnie Coleman 2 run (Skip Butler kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 42 FG | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ken Brown 4 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 10 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Steve Holden |
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 67 | LOG | Chuck Hutchison |
| 54 | C | Tom DeLeone |
| 68 | ROG | Bob Jackson |
| 63 | ROT | Barry Darrow |
| 81 | TE | Oscar Roan |
| 15 | QB | Mike Phipps |
| 39 | RB | Billy Pritchett |
| 34 | RB | Greg Pruitt |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Ron East |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 83 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 70 | RDE | Mack Mitchell |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 52 | MLB | Dick Ambrose |
| 60 | RLB | Bob Babich |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 21 | LS | Van Green |
| 42 | RS | Neal Craig |
| 20 | RCB | Tony Peters |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 84 | WR | Billy Johnson |
| 75 | LOT | Greg Sampson |
| 64 | LOG | Ron Saul |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 75 | ROT | Elbert Drungo |
| 82 | TE | Mack Alston |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 47 | RB | Ronnie Coleman |
| 30 | RB | Don Hardeman |
| Offense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Bubba Smith |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 59 | LOLB | Ted Washington |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Kiner |
| 54 | RILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 27 | LCB | Greg Stemrick |
| 33 | LS | Mark Cotney |
| 38 | RS | C.L. Whittington |
| 22 | RCB | Zeke Moore |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Henry Hynoski | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 0 | |
| Greg Pruitt | 14 | 37 | 2.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Ken Brown | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 1 | |
| Billy Pritchett | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Hugh McKinnis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ronnie Coleman | 12 | 54 | 4.5 | 1 | |
| Don Hardeman | 9 | 45 | 5.0 | 1 | |
| Fred Willis | 18 | 42 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Willie Rodgers | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Mike Phipps | 42 | 24 | 57.1 | 2 | 213 | 5.1 | 0 | 51.0 | |||
| Henry Hynoski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 23 | 11 | 47.8 | 2 | 166 | 7.2 | 1 | 50.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Reggie Rucker | 7 | 79 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Oscar Roan | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| Steve Holden | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | |
| Greg Pruitt | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Henry Hynoski | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Ken Brown | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Willie Miller | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Hugh McKinnis | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Billy Pritchett | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Burrough | 5 | 129 | 25.8 | 1 | |
| Ronnie Coleman | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Mack Alston | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Fred Willis | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dave Graf | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Van Green | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Bob Atkins | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Zeke Moore | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Don Cockroft | 7 | 318 | 45.4 | 0 | |||||||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 7 | 254 | 36.3 | 0 | |||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 23 | 11 | 47.8 | 2 | 166 | 7.2 | 1 | 50.3 | |||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Willie Miller | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | ||
| Henry Hynoski | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Ken Brown | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | |||||||
| Willie Miller | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | ||||||
| Henry Hynoski | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | ||||||
| Henry Hynoski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Billy Johnson | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 0 | |||||||
| SACKS | NO |
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