| Cleveland Browns at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 28, 1971 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 37921 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 3 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 37 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 40 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Mark Moseley 27 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Garland Boyette 19 opponents fumble recovery (Mark Moseley kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 35 FG | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Leroy Kelly 1 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 13 | 10 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Charlie Joiner 20 pass from Woody Campbell (Mark Moseley kick) | 13 | 17 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bo Scott 1 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 20 | 17 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Frank Pitts 18 pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 27 | 17 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bo Scott 4 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 34 | 17 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Dan Pastorini 1 run (Mark Moseley kick) | 34 | 24 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 39 FG | 37 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | Fair Hooker |
| 25 | WR | Frank Pitts |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 65 | LOG | John Demarie |
| 64 | C | Jim Copeland |
| 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 | ||
| 88 | LDE | Ron Snidow |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 50 | LLB | John Garlington |
| 51 | MLB | Dale Lindsey |
| 52 | RLB | Billy Andrews |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 29 | LS | Walt Sumner |
| 34 | RS | Mike Howell |
| 28 | RCB | Ben Davis |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Jim Beirne |
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 74 | LOT | Gene Ferguson |
| 56 | LOG | Bob Young |
| 76 | C | Walt Suggs |
| 75 | ROG | Elbert Drungo |
| 77 | ROT | Sam Walton |
| 89 | TE | Alvin Reed |
| 12 | QB | Charley Johnson |
| 39 | RB | Robert Holmes |
| 2 | RB | Dickie Post |
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Pat Holmes |
| 78 | LDT | Mike Tilleman |
| 82 | RDT | Ron Billingsley |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 90 | LLB | George Webster |
| 52 | MLB | Garland Boyette |
| 58 | RLB | Ron Pritchard |
| 22 | LCB | Zeke Moore |
| 29 | LS | Ken Houston |
| 25 | RS | John Charles |
| 19 | RCB | Willie Alexander |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Leroy Kelly | 23 | 107 | 4.7 | 17 | 1 |
| Bo Scott | 13 | 39 | 3.0 | 2 | |
| Bo Cornell | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Robert Holmes | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 1 | |
| Woody Campbell | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| Dickie Post | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ward Walsh | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 2 | 162 | 7.4 | 1 | 51.7 | |||
| Mike Phipps | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Charley Johnson | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 2 | 83 | 4.4 | 0 | 20.2 | |||
| Dan Pastorini | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 90 | 11.3 | 0 | 51.0 | |||
| Woody Campbell | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20t | 1 | 158.3 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dave Jones | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| Frank Pitts | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 1 | |
| Fair Hooker | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Alvin Reed | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrough | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Joiner | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 1 | |
| Woody Campbell | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| Dickie Post | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Beirne | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ward Walsh | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Walt Sumner | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| John Garlington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Kellermann | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| John Charles | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Ken Houston | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 4 | 142 | 35.5 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dan Pastorini | 5 | 192 | 38.4 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Leroy Kelly | 2 | 1 | 25 | 12.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Ken Houston | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Linzy Cole | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Reece Morrison | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Brown | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Chip Glass | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Linzy Cole | 6 | 157 | 26.2 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Joiner | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Houston Oilers | |
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