| Denver Broncos at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: October 5, 1980 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 81065 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 50 F Humidty: 58% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Fred Steinfort 18 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 24 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Fred Steinfort 47 FG | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Reggie Rucker 40 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Randy Gradishar 93 interception return (Fred Steinfort kick) | 13 | 10 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 45 FG | 13 | 13 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Fred Steinfort 41 FG | 16 | 13 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 40 FG | 16 | 16 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Fred Steinfort 19 FG | 19 | 16 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 80 | WR | Rick Upchurch |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 62 | LOG | Tom Glassic |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 80 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 71 | ROT | Claudie Minor |
| 85 | TE | Ron Egloff |
| 17 | QB | Matt Robinson |
| 24 | HB | Otis Armstrong |
| 30 | FB | Jim Jensen |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 66 | RDE | Brison Manor |
| 58 | LOLB | Rob Nairne |
| 56 | LILB | Larry Evans |
| 53 | RILB | Randy Gradishar |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 36 | SS | Billy Thompson |
| 27 | FS | Maurice Harvey |
| 43 | RCB | Steve Foley |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Dave Logan |
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 65 | LOG | Henry Sheppard |
| 54 | C | Tom DeLeone |
| 64 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 63 | ROT | Cody Risien |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 17 | QB | Brian Sipe |
| 25 | RB | Charles White |
| 43 | FB | Mike Pruitt |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Marshall Harris |
| 91 | NT | Henry Bradley |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 59 | LOLB | Charlie Hall |
| 56 | LILB | Robert Jackson |
| 52 | RILB | Dick Ambrose |
| 57 | ROLB | Clay Matthews |
| 28 | LCB | Ron Bolton |
| 22 | SS | Clarence Scott |
| 27 | FS | Thom Darden |
| 49 | RCB | Clinton Burrell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Otis Armstrong | 12 | 36 | 3.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Jensen | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 3 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Matt Robinson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Pruitt | 9 | 60 | 6.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Charles White | 11 | 32 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Greg Pruitt | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Matt Robinson | 14 | 5 | 35.7 | 1 | 57 | 4.1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 |
| Craig Morton | 12 | 9 | 75.0 | 0 | 109 | 9.1 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 102.4 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 40 | 20 | 50.0 | 1 | 258 | 6.5 | 40t | 1 | 1 | 3 | 68.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rick Upchurch | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Jensen | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Bill Larson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ron Egloff | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Otis Armstrong | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Pruitt | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Greg Pruitt | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 40t | 1 |
| Dave Logan | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Ricky Feacher | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Randy Gradishar | 1 | 93 | 93.0 | 93t | 1 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Robert Jackson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 3 | 126 | 42.0 | 55 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Johnny Evans | 4 | 146 | 36.5 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 3 | 1 | 19 | 6.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Keith Wright | 2 | 0 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Mike Harden | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 19 | 0 | |
| Larry Brunson | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Jim Jensen | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dino Hall | 3 | 98 | 32.7 | 33 | 0 | |
| Keith Wright | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Rulon Jones | 1.0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Clay Matthews | 1.0 |
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