| Cleveland Browns at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: September 2, 1979 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 48472 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 79 F Humidty: 72% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | 7 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 |
| New York Jets | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Jets | Pat Leahy 34 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Cleveland Browns | Greg Pruitt 12 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | New York Jets | Matt Robinson 1 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Don Cockroft 31 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns | Ozzie Newsome 17 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick failed) | 16 | 10 |
| 3 | New York Jets | Pat Leahy 24 FG | 16 | 13 |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns | Don Cockroft 36 FG | 19 | 13 |
| 4 | New York Jets | Kevin Long 5 run (Pat Leahy kick failed) | 19 | 19 |
| 4 | New York Jets | Pat Leahy 21 FG | 19 | 22 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Don Cockroft 35 FG | 22 | 22 |
| 5 | Cleveland Browns | Don Cockroft 27 FG | 25 | 22 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Greg Pruitt | 20 | 81 | 4.1 | 17 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 16 | 49 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Scott Dierking | 14 | 94 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Kevin Long | 21 | 69 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| Bruce Harper | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Clark Gaines | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Matt Robinson | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 36 | 21 | 58.3 | 3 | 302 | 8.4 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 69.4 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Matt Robinson | 31 | 17 | 54.8 | 2 | 191 | 6.2 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 46.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dave Logan | 6 | 115 | 19.2 | 0 | |
| Reggie Rucker | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| Greg Pruitt | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 24 | 1 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 1 | |
| Mike Pruitt | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Keith Wright | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ricky Feacher | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Wesley Walker | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Jerome Barkum | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Derrick Gaffney | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Clark Gaines | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Kevin Long | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Scott Dierking | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Oliver Davis | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Clay Matthews | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Burgess Owens | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Shafer Suggs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Johnny Evans | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 51 | 1 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 5 | 214 | 42.8 | 59 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Keith Wright | 3 | 129 | 43.0 | 45 | 0 | |
| Ricky Feacher | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Greg Pruitt | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 6 | 133 | 22.2 | 29 | 0 | |
| John Hennessy | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Lyle Alzado | 3.0 |
| Jerry Sherk | 1.0 |
| Mickey Sims | 1.0 |
| New York Jets | |
| Joe Klecko | 1.0 |
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