| Washington Redskins at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: October 14, 1979 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 63323 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 46 F Humidty: 60% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 35 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Calvin Hill 1 run (Don Cockroft kick blocked) | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 17 FG | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 37 FG | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Clarence Harmon 14 pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 13 | 9 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Danny Buggs |
| 83 | WR | Ricky Thompson |
| 75 | LOT | Terry Hermeling |
| 64 | LOG | Ron Saul |
| 54 | C | Bob Kuziel |
| 73 | ROG | Jeff Williams |
| 74 | ROT | George Starke |
| 85 | TE | Don Warren |
| 7 | QB | Joe Theismann |
| 25 | HB | Benny Malone |
| 44 | FB | John Riggins |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Karl Lorch |
| 65 | LDT | Dave Butz |
| 72 | RDT | Diron Talbert |
| 79 | RDE | Coy Bacon |
| 59 | LLB | Brad Dusek |
| 58 | MLB | Don Hover |
| 57 | RLB | Rich Milot |
| 24 | LCB | Lemar Parrish |
| 27 | SS | Ken Houston |
| 29 | FS | Mark Murphy |
| 20 | RCB | Joe Lavender |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Dave Logan |
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 63 | LOG | Cody Risien |
| 54 | C | Tom DeLeone |
| 68 | ROG | Bob Jackson |
| 65 | ROT | Henry Sheppard |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 17 | QB | Brian Sipe |
| 35 | RB | Calvin Hill |
| 43 | FB | Mike Pruitt |
| Offense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 78 | LDT | Mickey Sims |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 52 | MLB | Dick Ambrose |
| 57 | RLB | Clay Matthews |
| 28 | LCB | Ron Bolton |
| 22 | SS | Clarence Scott |
| 27 | FS | Thom Darden |
| 21 | RCB | Oliver Davis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| John Riggins | 14 | 31 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Buddy Hardeman | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Benny Malone | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Clarence Harmon | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Joe Theismann | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Pruitt | 22 | 85 | 3.9 | 16 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 33 | 1 |
| Brian Sipe | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Cleo Miller | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Pat Moriarty | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Joe Theismann | 24 | 14 | 58.3 | 1 | 233 | 9.7 | 62 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 87.7 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 25 | 13 | 52.0 | 1 | 160 | 6.4 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 55.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Clarence Harmon | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 1 | |
| Don Warren | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Danny Buggs | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| Johnny McDaniel | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 0 | |
| Buddy Hardeman | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dave Logan | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 0 | |
| Calvin Hill | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Pruitt | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Cleo Miller | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Lemar Parrish | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Thom Darden | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Mike Bragg | 7 | 264 | 37.7 | 46 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Johnny Evans | 5 | 215 | 43.0 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Buddy Hardeman | 4 | 0 | 41 | 10.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dino Hall | 4 | 0 | 22 | 5.5 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Buddy Hardeman | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Ike Forte | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dino Hall | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 30 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |
| Perry Brooks | 2.0 |
| Tony Peters | 1.0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Ricky Jones | 0.5 |
| Clay Matthews | 0.5 |
| Jack Gregory | 0.5 |
| Jerry Sherk | 0.5 |
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