| New Orleans Saints at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: November 10, 1968 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 71025 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 42 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Charlie Durkee 42 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Leroy Kelly 5 pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Paul Warfield 12 pass from Leroy Kelly (Don Cockroft kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Danny Abramowicz 8 pass from Karl Sweetan (Charlie Durkee kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Leroy Kelly 68 pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Leroy Kelly 1 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Milt Morin 9 pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Jim Hester 7 pass from Ronnie South (Charlie Durkee kick) | 17 | 35 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | SE | Dave Parks |
| 73 | LOT | Jerry Sturm |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 54 | C | Joe Wendryhoski |
| 61 | ROG | Del Williams |
| 78 | ROT | Jerry Jones |
| 87 | TE | Monty Stickles |
| 14 | QB | Karl Sweetan |
| 36 | HB | Don McCall |
| 46 | FL | Danny Abramowicz |
| 34 | FB | Tony Lorick |
| Defense | ||
| 74 | LDE | Mike Tilleman |
| 79 | LDT | Lou Cordileone |
| 76 | RDT | Dave Rowe |
| 81 | RDE | Doug Atkins |
| 35 | LLB | Ted Davis |
| 59 | MLB | Fred Whittingham |
| 82 | RLB | Johnny Brewer |
| 21 | LCB | John Douglas |
| 16 | LS | Bo Burris |
| 23 | RS | Dave Whitsell |
| 29 | RCB | Gene Howard |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | SE | Paul Warfield |
| 77 | LOT | Dick Schafrath |
| 65 | LOG | John Demarie |
| 54 | C | Fred Hoaglin |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 73 | ROT | Monte Clark |
| 89 | TE | Milt Morin |
| 16 | QB | Bill Nelsen |
| 44 | HB | Leroy Kelly |
| 87 | FL | Eppie Barney |
| 48 | FB | Ernie Green |
| Defense | ||
| 88 | LDE | Ron Snidow |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 69 | RDT | Jim Kanicki |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 82 | LLB | Jim Houston |
| 56 | MLB | Bob Matheson |
| 51 | RLB | Dale Lindsey |
| 40 | LCB | Erich Barnes |
| 24 | SS | Ernie Kellermann |
| 34 | FS | Mike Howell |
| 28 | RCB | Ben Davis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Don McCall | 9 | 41 | 4.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Tom Barrington | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Tony Lorick | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Ray Poage | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Randy Schultz | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Karl Sweetan | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Leroy Kelly | 17 | 127 | 7.5 | 65 | 1 |
| Charley Harraway | 9 | 79 | 8.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Ernie Green | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Reece Morrison | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Charlie Leigh | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Nelsen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Karl Sweetan | 27 | 10 | 37.0 | 2 | 103 | 3.8 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 30.3 |
| Ronnie South | 15 | 5 | 33.3 | 1 | 50 | 3.3 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 38.2 |
| Dave Parks | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | 24 | 10 | 41.7 | 3 | 262 | 10.9 | 68t | 4 | 2 | 17 | 82.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Danny Abramowicz | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 19 | 1 |
| Tony Lorick | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Don McCall | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Ray Poage | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Hester | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| Dave Parks | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tom Barrington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Paul Warfield | 5 | 107 | 21.4 | 44 | 1 |
| Leroy Kelly | 3 | 104 | 34.7 | 68t | 2 |
| Tommy McDonald | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Milt Morin | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bo Burris | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Fred Whittingham | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Dave Whitsell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ben Davis | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Mike Howell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Erich Barnes | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Ronnie South | 7 | 222 | 31.7 | 44 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 5 | 198 | 39.6 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Gene Howard | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ben Davis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Leigh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Steve Stonebreaker | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Gene Howard | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Charlie Leigh | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Jim Copeland | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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