| Cleveland Browns at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 11, 1983 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 29746 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 3 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 10 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Matt Bahr 44 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Florian Kempf 40 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Tim Smith 24 pass from Steve Bryant (Florian Kempf kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Earl Campbell 2 run (Florian Kempf kick) | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Matt Bahr 45 FG | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Curtis Brown 93 kickoff return (Florian Kempf kick) | 6 | 24 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mike Pruitt 2 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 13 | 24 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mike Pruitt 1 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 20 | 24 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mike Pruitt 4 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 27 | 24 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Florian Kempf 39 FG | 27 | 27 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Tim Smith 43 pass from Oliver Luck (Florian Kempf kick) | 27 | 34 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Willis Adams |
| 85 | WR | Dave Logan |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 68 | LOG | Bob Jackson |
| 61 | C | Mike Baab |
| 64 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 63 | ROT | Cody Risien |
| 81 | TE | Harry Holt |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 17 | QB | Brian Sipe |
| 45 | FB | Mike Pruitt |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Reggie Camp |
| 79 | NT | Bob Golic |
| 94 | RDE | Elvis Franks |
| 56 | LOLB | Chip Banks |
| 51 | LILB | Eddie Johnson |
| 50 | RILB | Tom Cousineau |
| 57 | ROLB | Clay Matthews |
| 48 | LCB | Lawrence Johnson |
| 22 | SS | Clarence Scott |
| 21 | FS | Mike Whitwell |
| 29 | RCB | Hanford Dixon |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Steve Bryant |
| 83 | WR | Tim Smith |
| 77 | LOT | Doug France |
| 63 | LOG | Mike Munchak |
| 58 | C | David Carter |
| 74 | ROG | Bruce Matthews |
| 73 | ROT | Harvey Salem |
| 88 | TE | Chris Dressel |
| 89 | TE | Mike McCloskey |
| 10 | QB | Oliver Luck |
| 34 | RB | Earl Campbell |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Bob Hamm |
| 67 | MG | Mike Stensrud |
| 75 | RDE | Jesse Baker |
| 53 | LOLB | Avon Riley |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 50 | RILB | Daryl Hunt |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 24 | LCB | Steve Brown |
| 25 | SS | Keith Bostic |
| 36 | FS | Carter Hartwig |
| 20 | RCB | Willie Tullis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Pruitt | 30 | 153 | 5.1 | 23 | 3 |
| Boyce Green | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Brian Sipe | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 32 | 130 | 4.1 | 18 | 1 |
| Oliver Luck | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Dwayne Crutchfield | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Tim Smith | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 26 | 18 | 69.2 | 1 | 223 | 8.6 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.5 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Oliver Luck | 24 | 13 | 54.2 | 0 | 178 | 7.4 | 43t | 1 | 4 | 34 | 92.0 |
| Steve Bryant | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 24t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ozzie Newsome | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Harry Holt | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 26 | 0 |
| Dave Logan | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Boyce Green | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bobby Jones | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Ricky Feacher | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Tim Smith | 7 | 150 | 21.4 | 43t | 2 |
| Steve Bryant | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Earl Campbell | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Chris Dressel | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike McCloskey | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Walt Arnold | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Avon Riley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jeff Gossett | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 45 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| John James | 3 | 120 | 40.0 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dino Hall | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 14 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dwight Walker | 5 | 104 | 20.8 | 25 | 0 | |
| Boyce Green | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 29 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Steve Brown | 1 | 93 | 93.0 | 93t | 1 | |
| Carl Roaches | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Herkie Walls | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Clay Matthews | 2.0 |
| Reggie Camp | 1.0 |
| Bob Golic | 1.0 |
| Houston Oilers | |
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