| New York Jets at Cleveland Browns |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 12, 1976 Location: Cleveland, OH Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 67496 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 73 F Humidty: 68% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York JetsNYJ | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 41 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Steve Davis 20 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Reggie Rucker 13 pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Paul Warfield 23 pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Reggie Rucker 4 pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 32 FG | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Reggie Rucker 8 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Richard Todd 8 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Steve Holden 26 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 17 | 38 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | David Knight |
| 89 | WR | Lou Piccone |
| 72 | LOT | Robert Woods |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 67 | C | Darrell Austin |
| 78 | ROG | Garry Puetz |
| 75 | ROT | Winston Hill |
| 88 | TE | Rich Caster |
| 12 | QB | Joe Namath |
| 45 | RB | Louie Giammona |
| 49 | RB | Ed Marinaro |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Billy Newsome |
| 77 | LDT | Carl Barzilauskas |
| 85 | RDT | Ed Galigher |
| 81 | RDE | Richard Neal |
| 51 | LLB | Greg Buttle |
| 54 | MLB | Steve Poole |
| 59 | RLB | Bob Martin |
| 22 | LCB | Burgess Owens |
| 23 | LS | Shafer Suggs |
| 27 | RS | Phil Wise |
| 38 | RCB | Ed Taylor |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 42 | WR | Paul Warfield |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 69 | LOG | Pete Adams |
| 54 | C | Tom DeLeone |
| 60 | ROG | Bob Jackson |
| 63 | ROT | Barry Darrow |
| 81 | TE | Oscar Roan |
| 15 | QB | Mike Phipps |
| 30 | RB | Cleo Miller |
| 34 | RB | Greg Pruitt |
| Offense | ||
| 64 | LDE | Joe Jones |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 70 | RDE | Mack Mitchell |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 60 | MLB | Bob Babich |
| 86 | RLB | Gerald Irons |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 49 | LS | Neal Craig |
| 27 | RS | Thom Darden |
| 20 | RCB | Tony Peters |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYJ | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 7/16 | / | 5 | 40 | 0 | 0 | |
| CLE | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 11/17 | / | 5 | 73 | 3 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Ed Marinaro | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Steve Davis | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 1 | |
| Clark Gaines | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Richard Todd | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 8 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 111 | 4.0 | 2 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Greg Pruitt | 17 | 124 | 7.3 | 60 | 0 |
| Cleo Miller | 15 | 47 | 3.1 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Phipps | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 2 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Brian Sipe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 42 | 207 | 4.9 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 31 | 15 | 48.4 | 1 | 137 | 4.4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 47.4 | |
| Richard Todd | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 1 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.9 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 19 | 52.8 | 2 | 162 | 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 41.7 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Mike Phipps | 15 | 11 | 73.3 | 0 | 100 | 6.7 | 23t | 3 | 0 | 0 | 130.6 |
| Brian Sipe | 10 | 7 | 70.0 | 0 | 83 | 8.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 134.6 | |
| Team Totals | 25 | 18 | 72.0 | 0 | 183 | 7.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 132.2 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Rich Caster | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 0 | |
| Louie Giammona | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Ed Marinaro | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| David Knight | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| Clark Gaines | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Don Buckey | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Steve Davis | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 162 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Reggie Rucker | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 3 | |
| Greg Pruitt | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Paul Warfield | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 1 | |
| Cleo Miller | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Holden | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26t | 1 |
| Oscar Roan | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Brian Duncan | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 183 | 10.2 | 5 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Thom Darden | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||
| Duane Carrell | 5 | 211 | 42.2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 211 | 42.2 | ||||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||
| Don Cockroft | 4 | 149 | 37.3 | 49 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 149 | 37.3 | 0 | |||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Jazz Jackson | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Steve Holden | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Willie Miller | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Lou Piccone | 4 | 107 | 26.8 | 34 | 0 | |
| Jazz Jackson | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Louie Giammona | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Mike Pruitt | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Cleo Miller | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Jets | |
| Team Totals | 0.0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Team Totals | 2.0 |