| Cleveland Browns at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: December 14, 1980 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 42202 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 20 F Humidty: 43% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Calvin Hill 18 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Brian Sipe 2 run (Don Cockroft kick failed) | 13 | 0 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Joe Senser 31 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick failed) | 13 | 6 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 32 FG | 16 | 6 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Rick Danmeier 24 FG | 16 | 9 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Cleo Miller 1 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 23 | 9 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ted Brown 7 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick blocked) | 23 | 15 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ahmad Rashad 12 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 23 | 22 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ahmad Rashad 46 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick blocked) | 23 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 34 | RB | Greg Pruitt |
| 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 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | WR | Ahmad Rashad |
| 85 | WR | Sammy White |
| 78 | LOT | Steve Riley |
| 62 | LOG | Brent Boyd |
| 67 | C | Dennis Swilley |
| 61 | ROG | Wes Hamilton |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 9 | QB | Tommy Kramer |
| 34 | HB | Rickey Young |
| 23 | FB | Ted Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Mark Mullaney |
| 72 | LDT | James White |
| 69 | RDT | Doug Sutherland |
| 75 | RDE | Randy Holloway |
| 59 | LLB | Matt Blair |
| 55 | MLB | Scott Studwell |
| 54 | RLB | Fred McNeill |
| 27 | LCB | John Turner |
| 45 | LS | Tom Hannon |
| 25 | RS | Kurt Knoff |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Pruitt | 19 | 88 | 4.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Greg Pruitt | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Cleo Miller | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 5 | 1 |
| Brian Sipe | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 1 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ted Brown | 10 | 49 | 4.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Rickey Young | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Tommy Kramer | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Sammy White | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 33 | 20 | 60.6 | 1 | 232 | 7.0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79.4 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | 49 | 38 | 77.6 | 0 | 456 | 9.3 | 46t | 4 | 1 | 1 | 132.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Pruitt | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 22 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 18t | 1 |
| Reggie Rucker | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Greg Pruitt | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Dave Logan | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Ricky Feacher | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ahmad Rashad | 9 | 142 | 15.8 | 46t | 2 |
| Rickey Young | 9 | 72 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Senser | 7 | 79 | 11.3 | 31t | 1 |
| Ted Brown | 7 | 58 | 8.3 | 32 | 1 |
| Sammy White | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Terry LeCount | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Tucker | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Johnny Evans | 4 | 143 | 35.8 | 45 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 2 | 88 | 44.0 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Keith Wright | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Eddie Payton | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dino Hall | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Bob Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Wright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Eddie Payton | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Bob Bruer | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Doug Paschal | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Clay Matthews | 1.0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
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