| Cleveland Browns at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 7, 1970 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 50582 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Roy Gerela 43 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Gary Collins 1 pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bo Scott 2 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Leroy Kelly 1 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 21 | 3 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Jim Beirne 9 pass from Jerry Rhome (Roy Gerela kick) | 21 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Gary Collins |
| 43 | WR | Fair Hooker |
| 77 | LOT | Dick Schafrath |
| 65 | LOG | John Demarie |
| 54 | C | Fred Hoaglin |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 62 | ROT | Joe Taffoni |
| 89 | TE | Milt Morin |
| 16 | QB | Bill Nelsen |
| 44 | RB | Leroy Kelly |
| 35 | RB | Bo Scott |
| Defense | ||
| 88 | LDE | Ron Snidow |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 82 | LLB | Jim Houston |
| 51 | MLB | Dale Lindsey |
| 50 | RLB | John Garlington |
| 40 | LCB | Erich Barnes |
| 24 | LS | Ernie Kellermann |
| 34 | RS | Mike Howell |
| 29 | RCB | Walt Sumner |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 23 | WR | Jerry LeVias |
| 76 | LOT | Walt Suggs |
| 62 | LOG | Ken Gray |
| 50 | C | Bobby Maples |
| 75 | ROG | Elbert Drungo |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 89 | TE | Alvin Reed |
| 12 | QB | Charley Johnson |
| 34 | RB | Joe Dawkins |
| 24 | RB | Mike Richardson |
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Pat Holmes |
| 74 | LDT | Willie Parker |
| 71 | RDT | Tom Domres |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 56 | LLB | Olen Underwood |
| 52 | MLB | Garland Boyette |
| 58 | RLB | Ron Pritchard |
| 41 | LCB | Leroy Mitchell |
| 29 | LS | Ken Houston |
| 44 | RS | Johnny Peacock |
| 22 | RCB | Zeke Moore |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Leroy Kelly | 20 | 108 | 5.4 | 32 | 1 |
| Bo Scott | 11 | 61 | 5.5 | 1 | |
| Reece Morrison | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Bill Nelsen | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 0 | |
| Ken Brown | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Joe Dawkins | 15 | 81 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Mike Richardson | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | 27 | 15 | 55.6 | 2 | 161 | 6.0 | 1 | 54.7 | |||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Charley Johnson | 18 | 5 | 27.8 | 0 | 49 | 2.7 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Jerry Rhome | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 1 | 73 | 7.3 | 1 | 76.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Homer Jones | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Gary Collins | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 1 | |
| Bo Scott | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Fair Hooker | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Reece Morrison | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Milt Morin | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Chip Glass | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Alvin Reed | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Beirne | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 1 | |
| Charlie Joiner | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Dawkins | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Mike Richardson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Walter Johnson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Zeke Moore | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Ken Houston | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 4 | 188 | 47.0 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Spike Jones | 8 | 338 | 42.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Reece Morrison | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Ken Houston | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Mike Richardson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Chip Glass | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Zeke Moore | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Benny Johnson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Houston Oilers | |
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