| Detroit Lions at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: October 5, 1969 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 82933 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 70 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Paul Warfield 21 pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Earl McCullouch 13 pass from Bill Munson (Errol Mann kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Gary Collins 23 pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Gary Collins 23 pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | John Wright 26 pass from Bill Munson (Errol Mann kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Nick Eddy 1 run (Errol Mann kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Mel Farr 2 run (Errol Mann kick) | 28 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Earl McCullouch |
| 89 | WR | John Wright |
| 73 | LOT | Roger Shoals |
| 53 | LOG | Chuck Walton |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 68 | ROG | Frank Gallagher |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 19 | QB | Bill Munson |
| 24 | RB | Mel Farr |
| 30 | RB | Larry Watkins |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Joe Robb |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 82 | RDT | Jerry Rush |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 58 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 48 | RS | Tommy Vaughn |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Gary Collins |
| 42 | WR | 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 |
| 30 | RB | Ron Johnson |
| 44 | RB | Leroy Kelly |
| Defense | ||
| 88 | LDE | Ron Snidow |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 84 | RDT | Marvin Upshaw |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 82 | LLB | Jim Houston |
| 56 | MLB | Bob Matheson |
| 51 | RLB | Dale Lindsey |
| 40 | LCB | Erich Barnes |
| 20 | LS | Freddie Summers |
| 34 | RS | Mike Howell |
| 29 | RCB | Walt Sumner |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mel Farr | 19 | 64 | 3.4 | 17 | 1 |
| Nick Eddy | 11 | 55 | 5.0 | 16 | 1 |
| Bill Munson | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Larry Watkins | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ron Johnson | 12 | 59 | 4.9 | 16 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 10 | 16 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Reece Morrison | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Nelsen | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bill Munson | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 1 | 169 | 8.5 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 95.6 |
| Greg Landry | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 25 | 8.3 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 52.8 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | 29 | 13 | 44.8 | 3 | 196 | 6.8 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 62.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Charlie Sanders | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 15 | 0 |
| John Wright | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 26t | 1 |
| Larry Watkins | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Earl McCullouch | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 24 | 1 |
| Mel Farr | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Paul Warfield | 7 | 106 | 15.1 | 24 | 1 |
| Gary Collins | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 23t | 2 |
| Milt Morin | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lem Barney | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Dick LeBeau | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Weger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Howell | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lem Barney | 5 | 177 | 35.4 | 42 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 3 | 129 | 43.0 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Reece Morrison | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Walt Sumner | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Larry Walton | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Jim Yarbrough | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bo Scott | 2 | 90 | 45.0 | 65 | 0 | |
| Charlie Leigh | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | |
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