| Cleveland Browns at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 26, 1982 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 36559 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Mike Renfro 8 pass from Gifford Nielsen (Florian Kempf kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Matt Bahr 18 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dave Logan 56 pass from Paul McDonald (Matt Bahr kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Donnie Craft 3 run (Florian Kempf kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Matt Bahr 24 FG | 13 | 14 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Charles White 1 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 20 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Ricky Feacher |
| 85 | WR | Dave Logan |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 68 | LOG | Bob Jackson |
| 54 | C | Tom DeLeone |
| 64 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 62 | ROT | Cody Risien |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 16 | QB | Paul McDonald |
| 25 | RB | Charles White |
| 43 | FB | Mike Pruitt |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Marshall Harris |
| 79 | NT | Bob Golic |
| 92 | RDE | Mike Robinson |
| 56 | LOLB | Chip Banks |
| 50 | LILB | Tom Cousineau |
| 52 | RILB | Dick Ambrose |
| 55 | ROLB | Curtis Weathers |
| 48 | LCB | Lawrence Johnson |
| 49 | SS | Clinton Burrell |
| 22 | FS | Clarence Scott |
| 29 | RCB | Hanford Dixon |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Harold Bailey |
| 82 | WR | Mike Renfro |
| 62 | LOT | John Schuhmacher |
| 68 | LOG | Ralph Williams |
| 58 | C | David Carter |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 76 | ROT | Morris Towns |
| 87 | TE | Dave Casper |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 35 | RB | Stan Edwards |
| 34 | FB | Earl Campbell |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Ken Kennard |
| 67 | MG | Mike Stensrud |
| 75 | RDE | Jesse Baker |
| 53 | LOLB | Avon Riley |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 50 | RILB | Daryl Hunt |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 20 | LCB | Willie Tullis |
| 32 | SS | Vernon Perry |
| 37 | WS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 27 | RCB | Greg Stemrick |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Pruitt | 27 | 88 | 3.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Charles White | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 11 | 1 |
| Paul McDonald | 2 | -11 | -5.5 | -5 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 17 | 43 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Stan Edwards | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Donnie Craft | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 1 |
| Gary Allen | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Adger Armstrong | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Gifford Nielsen | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Paul McDonald | 34 | 18 | 52.9 | 0 | 248 | 7.3 | 56t | 1 | 2 | 19 | 86.4 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Gifford Nielsen | 33 | 18 | 54.5 | 3 | 266 | 8.1 | 46 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 53.3 |
| Archie Manning | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 5 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dave Logan | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 56t | 1 |
| Ricky Feacher | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Charles White | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dwight Walker | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Harold Bailey | 7 | 97 | 13.9 | 21 | 0 |
| Dave Casper | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Donnie Craft | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Stan Edwards | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Adger Armstrong | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Earl Campbell | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Mike Renfro | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Hanford Dixon | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Dick Ambrose | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Bolton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Judson Flint | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Steve Cox | 5 | 197 | 39.4 | 48 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| John James | 4 | 178 | 44.5 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dwight Walker | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 9 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dwight Walker | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Dino Hall | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Gary Allen | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 25 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Chip Banks | 1.5 |
| Bob Golic | 1.0 |
| Marshall Harris | 0.5 |
| Houston Oilers | |
| Gregg Bingham | 2.0 |
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