| Cleveland Browns at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: December 20, 1970 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 51001 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 38 F Humidty: 48% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 27 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bobby Howfield 48 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 32 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bo Scott 2 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bobby Howfield 30 FG | 10 | 6 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 34 FG | 13 | 6 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Homer Jones 43 pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 20 | 6 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bo Scott 23 pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 27 | 6 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Willis Crenshaw 1 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 27 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | Fair Hooker |
| 85 | WR | Homer Jones |
| 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 | ||
| 80 | LDE | Joe Jones |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 82 | LLB | Jim Houston |
| 51 | MLB | Dale Lindsey |
| 52 | RLB | Billy Andrews |
| 40 | LCB | Erich Barnes |
| 24 | LS | Ernie Kellermann |
| 34 | RS | Mike Howell |
| 28 | RCB | Ben Davis |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Al Denson |
| 42 | WR | Billy Van Heusen |
| 68 | LOT | Steve Alexakos |
| 67 | LOG | George Goeddeke |
| 59 | C | Larry Kaminski |
| 64 | ROG | Mike Schnitker |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 83 | TE | Jim Whalen |
| 12 | QB | Al Pastrana |
| 31 | RB | Willis Crenshaw |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Rich Jackson |
| 70 | LDT | Paul Smith |
| 63 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 55 | RDE | Pete Duranko |
| 50 | LLB | Carl Cunningham |
| 52 | MLB | Fred Forsberg |
| 76 | RLB | Dave Washington |
| 28 | LCB | Cornell Gordon |
| 20 | LS | Charlie Greer |
| 26 | RS | George Saimes |
| 37 | RCB | Bob Wade |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Leroy Kelly | 13 | 43 | 3.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 13 | 35 | 2.7 | 1 | |
| Mike Phipps | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Reece Morrison | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 13 | 44 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Al Pastrana | 7 | 42 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Willis Crenshaw | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 1 | |
| Clem Turner | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Bobby Anderson | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 0 | 215 | 9.8 | 2 | 114.8 | |||
| Mike Phipps | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 17 | 5.7 | 17 | 0 | 13.9 | ||
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Al Pastrana | 26 | 10 | 38.5 | 3 | 116 | 4.5 | 0 | 13.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bo Scott | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 1 | |
| Chip Glass | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | |
| Fair Hooker | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Homer Jones | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43t | 1 |
| Milt Morin | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Al Denson | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Masters | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Billy Van Heusen | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Erich Barnes | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Dale Lindsey | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ben Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Cornell Gordon | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Bob Wade | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 4 | 168 | 42.0 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 3 | 150 | 50.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Reece Morrison | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | ||
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Charlie Greer | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Floyd Little | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Reece Morrison | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Jerry Hendren | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
| Clem Turner | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Ken Criter | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Denver Broncos | |
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