| Houston Oilers at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: December 5, 1976 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 56025 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 28 F Humidty: 72% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Paul Warfield 37 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 29 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 31 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 46 FG | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Ken Burrough 54 pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 10 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 81 | TE | John Sawyer |
| 21 | QB | John Hadl |
| 47 | RB | Ronnie Coleman |
| 44 | RB | Fred Willis |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Joe Owens |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 59 | LOLB | Ted Washington |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 34 | RB | Greg Pruitt |
| Offense | ||
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ronnie Coleman | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Joe Dawkins | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| John Hadl | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Fred Willis | 7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Cleo Miller | 17 | 99 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Greg Pruitt | 24 | 74 | 3.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Paul Warfield | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Brian Sipe | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 19 | 13 | 68.4 | 1 | 127 | 6.7 | 1 | 82.6 | |||
| John Hadl | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 2 | 25 | 2.5 | 0 | 8.3 | |||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 2 | 114 | 5.2 | 1 | 35.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Billy Johnson | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrough | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 1 | |
| John Sawyer | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Fred Willis | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Dawkins | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Earl Thomas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Cleo Miller | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Paul Warfield | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 1 | |
| Reggie Rucker | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Dave Logan | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Greg Pruitt | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Mike Reinfeldt | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Greg Stemrick | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ron Bolton | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Charlie Hall | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Thom Darden | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dan Pastorini | 9 | 263 | 29.2 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 4 | 146 | 36.5 | 1 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Steve Holden | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 0 | ||
| Ricky Feacher | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | ||
| Altie Taylor | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Steve Holden | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| Ricky Feacher | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |
| Cleveland Browns | |
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