| Cleveland Browns at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 21, 1976 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 34948 |
| Weather: Light Drizzle Temp: 71 F Humidty: 79% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Cleo Miller 2 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Essex Johnson 12 pass from Steve Spurrier (Dave Green kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Paul Warfield 15 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Joe Jones EZ opponents fumble recovery (Don Cockroft kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 32 FG | 24 | 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 |
| 84 | TE | Gary Parris |
| 17 | QB | Brian Sipe |
| 30 | RB | Cleo Miller |
| 38 | RB | Larry Poole |
| Defense | ||
| 64 | LDE | Joe Jones |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 74 | RDE | Mike St. Clair |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 60 | MLB | Bob Babich |
| 86 | RLB | Gerald Irons |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 24 | LS | Terry Brown |
| 27 | RS | Thom Darden |
| 28 | RCB | Ron Bolton |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | John McKay |
| 85 | WR | Morris Owens |
| 71 | LOT | Steve Young |
| 72 | LOG | Howard Fest |
| 51 | C | Dan Ryczek |
| 79 | ROG | Steve Wilson |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 86 | TE | Bob Moore |
| 11 | QB | Steve Spurrier |
| 32 | RB | Louis Carter |
| 43 | RB | Ed Williams |
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Council Rudolph |
| 76 | LDT | Dave Pear |
| 61 | RDT | Dewey Selmon |
| 66 | RDE | Pat Toomay |
| 30 | LLB | Jimmy Gunn |
| 52 | MLB | Steve Reese |
| 54 | RLB | Richard Wood |
| 25 | LCB | Curtis Jordan |
| 33 | LS | Mark Cotney |
| 28 | RS | Ken Stone |
| 46 | RCB | Danny Reece |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Cleo Miller | 14 | 49 | 3.5 | 1 | |
| Greg Pruitt | 10 | 44 | 4.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Larry Poole | 13 | 38 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Brian Sipe | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Brian Duncan | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Ed Williams | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Rod McNeill | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| Louis Carter | 12 | 25 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Steve Spurrier | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 0 | 131 | 7.3 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 97.2 |
| Mike Phipps | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 11 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.9 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Steve Spurrier | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 0 | 135 | 4.8 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 78.7 |
| Parnell Dickinson | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 29 | 9.7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 |
| Ricky Davis | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Paul Warfield | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 1 | |
| Reggie Rucker | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Dave Logan | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Cleo Miller | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Brian Duncan | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Larry Poole | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Greg Pruitt | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Bob Moore | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 0 | |
| Morris Owens | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 1 | |
| Louis Carter | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| John McKay | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ed Williams | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jack Novak | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Terry Brown | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 6 | 240 | 40.0 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Dave Green | 4 | 174 | 43.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Steve Holden | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | ||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Danny Reece | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Stone | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ricky Feacher | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Steve Holden | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Louis Carter | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 0 | ||
| Rod McNeill | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Joe Jones | 2.0 |
| Jerry Sherk | 1.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Dave Pear | 1.0 |
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