| Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Colts |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 26, 1971 Location: Baltimore, MD Venue: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 56837 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 59 F Humidty: 90% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | BAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Jim O'Brien 27 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Leroy Kelly 3 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 3 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Jim O'Brien 32 FG | 7 | 6 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Leroy Kelly 1 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 14 | 6 |
| 4 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Don Nottingham 20 blocked punt recovery (Jim O'Brien kick) | 14 | 13 |
| 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 |
| 78 | ROT | Bob McKay |
| 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 |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 29 | LS | Walt Sumner |
| 34 | RS | Mike Howell |
| 28 | RCB | Ben Davis |
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 33 | WR | Eddie Hinton |
| 27 | WR | Ray Perkins |
| 72 | LOT | Bob Vogel |
| 62 | LOG | Glenn Ressler |
| 50 | C | Bill Curry |
| 75 | ROG | John Williams |
| 71 | ROT | Dan Sullivan |
| 88 | TE | John Mackey |
| 15 | QB | Earl Morrall |
| 36 | RB | Norm Bulaich |
| 41 | RB | Tom Matte |
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Bubba Smith |
| 81 | LDT | Billy Newsome |
| 76 | RDT | Fred Miller |
| 85 | RDE | Roy Hilton |
| 56 | LLB | Ray May |
| 32 | MLB | Mike Curtis |
| 82 | RLB | Ted Hendricks |
| 47 | LCB | Charlie Stukes |
| 20 | LS | Jerry Logan |
| 21 | RS | Rick Volk |
| 35 | RCB | Jim Duncan |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bo Scott | 19 | 68 | 3.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 19 | 56 | 2.9 | 17 | 2 |
| Bill Nelsen | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Reece Morrison | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Norm Bulaich | 11 | 63 | 5.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Tom Matte | 11 | 41 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Don Nottingham | 8 | 40 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | 26 | 13 | 50.0 | 2 | 161 | 6.2 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 37.5 |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Earl Morrall | 13 | 3 | 23.1 | 3 | 49 | 3.8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 |
| Johnny Unitas | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Fair Hooker | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Gary Collins | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Milt Morin | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Tom Matte | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| John Mackey | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ray Perkins | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Walt Sumner | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Dale Lindsey | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Billy Andrews | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarence Scott | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Charlie Stukes | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 40 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 5 | 166 | 33.2 | 54 | 1 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| David Lee | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 39 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Dave Jones | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Leroy Kelly | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Lenny Dunlap | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| Tom Curtis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ken Brown | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Frank Pitts | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Jim Duncan | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Tom Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
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