| New Orleans Saints at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: October 18, 1981 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 76059 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 58 F Humidty: % Wind: 23 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Matt Bahr 34 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | George Rogers 79 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mike Pruitt 8 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Wayne Wilson 8 pass from Tommy Myers (Benny Ricardo kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Benny Ricardo 21 FG | 17 | 10 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Matt Bahr 19 FG | 17 | 13 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mike Pruitt 1 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 17 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 48 | WR | Jeff Groth |
| 19 | WR | Guido Merkens |
| 71 | LOT | James Taylor |
| 68 | LOG | Fred Sturt |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 61 | ROG | Sam Adams |
| 67 | ROT | Stan Brock |
| 87 | TE | Larry Hardy |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 38 | HB | George Rogers |
| 45 | FB | Jack Holmes |
| Defense | ||
| 74 | LDE | Derland Moore |
| 91 | NT | Monte Bennett |
| 78 | RDE | Elois Grooms |
| 57 | LOLB | Rickey Jackson |
| 93 | LILB | Glen Redd |
| 52 | RILB | Jim Kovach |
| 55 | ROLB | Rob Nairne |
| 44 | LCB | Dave Waymer |
| 20 | SS | Russell Gary |
| 37 | FS | Tommy Myers |
| 25 | RCB | Johnnie Poe |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Ricky Feacher |
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 68 | LOG | Bob Jackson |
| 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 |
| 50 | LOLB | Don Goode |
| 58 | LILB | Bruce Huther |
| 52 | RILB | Dick Ambrose |
| 57 | ROLB | Clay Matthews |
| 28 | LCB | Ron Bolton |
| 22 | SS | Clarence Scott |
| 27 | FS | Thom Darden |
| 29 | RCB | Hanford Dixon |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| George Rogers | 18 | 122 | 6.8 | 79t | 1 |
| Jimmy Rogers | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jack Holmes | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Wayne Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Pruitt | 18 | 83 | 4.6 | 10 | 2 |
| Charles White | 11 | 19 | 1.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Brian Sipe | 3 | -8 | -2.7 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 28 | 16 | 57.1 | 0 | 199 | 7.1 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 79.3 |
| Tommy Myers | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 139.6 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 42 | 25 | 59.5 | 0 | 270 | 6.4 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 78.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Wayne Wilson | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 55 | 1 |
| Toussaint Tyler | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Jack Holmes | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 |
| George Rogers | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Larry Hardy | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Guido Merkens | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jeff Groth | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Rich Martini | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Greg Pruitt | 7 | 113 | 16.1 | 28 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 7 | 65 | 9.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Ricky Feacher | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Charles White | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Russell Erxleben | 5 | 219 | 43.8 | 52 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Steve Cox | 6 | 246 | 41.0 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jeff Groth | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dino Hall | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 15 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Wayne Wilson | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 45 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Rogers | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Jeff Groth | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Charles White | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Thomas Brown | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Frank Warren | 1.0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Thomas Brown | 1.0 |
| Don Goode | 1.0 |
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