| Cleveland Browns at Houston Oilers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 7, 1976 Location: Houston, TX Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 39828 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 21 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Safety, Elbert Drungo tackled in end zone by Mack Mitchell | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 30 FG | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 40 FG | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Ronnie Coleman 7 pass from John Hadl (Skip Butler kick) | 8 | 7 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Brian Duncan 10 pass from Greg Pruitt (Don Cockroft kick failed) | 14 | 7 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Oscar Roan 23 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 21 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Defense | ||
| 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 |
| 28 | RCB | Ron Bolton |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 84 | WR | Billy Johnson |
| 72 | LOT | Kevin Hunt |
| 70 | LOG | Conway Hayman |
| 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 | ||
| 85 | LDE | Tody Smith |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 50 | LOLB | Duane Benson |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Kiner |
| 54 | RILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 19 | LCB | Willie Alexander |
| 37 | LS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 38 | RS | C.L. Whittington |
| 22 | RCB | Zeke Moore |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 8/17 | / | 5 | 40 | 2 | 1 | |
| HOU | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3/13 | / | 4 | 30 | 4 | 2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Greg Pruitt | 18 | 79 | 4.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Larry Poole | 10 | 76 | 7.6 | 0 | |
| Cleo Miller | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Brian Duncan | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 44 | 200 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ronnie Coleman | 12 | 70 | 5.8 | 39 | 0 |
| Don Hardeman | 12 | 25 | 2.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| John Hadl | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Dawkins | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Fred Willis | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 125 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Mike Phipps | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 0 | 35 | 2.1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 48.9 | |
| Brian Sipe | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 23t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Greg Pruitt | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 147.9 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 0 | 68 | 3.6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 91.6 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| John Hadl | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 1 | 106 | 5.3 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 70.0 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 79.2 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 13 | 61.9 | 1 | 102 | 4.9 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 69.9 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Cleo Miller | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Reggie Rucker | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Greg Pruitt | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Oscar Roan | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23t | 1 |
| Paul Warfield | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Brian Duncan | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 68 | 7.6 | 2 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ronnie Coleman | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 1 | |
| Ken Burrough | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Mack Alston | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Don Hardeman | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Earl Thomas | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 14 | 0 |
| John Sawyer | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 102 | 7.8 | 1 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bob Babich | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | |||
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||
| Don Cockroft | 6 | 271 | 45.2 | 51 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 6 | 271 | 45.2 | ||||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||
| Skip Butler | 5 | 176 | 35.2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Sawyer | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 208 | 34.7 | ||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Steve Holden | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Ricky Feacher | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Coleman | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Steve Holden | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 30 | 0 | |
| Ricky Feacher | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | ||
| Altie Taylor | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Team Totals | 4.0 |
| Houston Oilers | |
| Team Totals | 1.0 |