| Cleveland Browns at Washington Redskins Game Statistics |
| Date: December 19, 1971 Location: Washington, DC |
| Venue: RFK Stadium Attendance: 53041 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 40 F Humidty: 42% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 30 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Curt Knight 18 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Gary Collins 17 pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Larry Brown 29 pass from Billy Kilmer (Curt Knight kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Curt Knight 35 FG | 10 | 13 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 22 FG | 13 | 13 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Chip Glass 4 pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 20 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | Fair Hooker |
| 25 | WR | Frank Pitts |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 64 | LOG | Jim Copeland |
| 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 | ||
| 88 | LDE | Ron Snidow |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 50 | LLB | John Garlington |
| 82 | MLB | Jim Houston |
| 52 | RLB | Billy Andrews |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 29 | LS | Walt Sumner |
| 34 | RS | Mike Howell |
| 28 | RCB | Ben Davis |
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Roy Jefferson |
| 85 | WR | Clifton McNeil |
| 74 | LOT | Jim Snowden |
| 62 | LOG | Ray Schoenke |
| 56 | C | Len Hauss |
| 60 | ROG | John Wilbur |
| 76 | ROT | Walt Rock |
| 87 | TE | Jerry Smith |
| 17 | QB | Billy Kilmer |
| 43 | RB | Larry Brown |
| 31 | RB | Charley Harraway |
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Ron McDole |
| 64 | LDT | Manny Sistrunk |
| 72 | RDT | Diron Talbert |
| 89 | RDE | Verlon Biggs |
| 32 | LLB | Jack Pardee |
| 66 | MLB | Myron Pottios |
| 55 | RLB | Chris Hanburger |
| 37 | LCB | Pat Fischer |
| 16 | LS | Richie Petitbon |
| 23 | RS | Brig Owens |
| 41 | RCB | Mike Bass |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Leroy Kelly | 18 | 50 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Bill Nelsen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Larry Brown | 26 | 81 | 3.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Charley Harraway | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | 23 | 15 | 65.2 | 2 | 165 | 7.2 | 2 | 79.1 | |||
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Billy Kilmer | 33 | 18 | 54.5 | 2 | 229 | 6.9 | 1 | 61.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Milt Morin | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| Fair Hooker | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Frank Pitts | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Gary Collins | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 |
| Chip Glass | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Larry Brown | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 29 | 1 |
| Roy Jefferson | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Charley Harraway | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Clifton McNeil | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | |
| Jerry Smith | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Howell | 1 | 68 | 68.0 | 68 | 0 |
| Jerry Sherk | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ron Snidow | 0 | 3 | 3L | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Mike Bass | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron McDole | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 4 | 149 | 37.3 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Mike Bragg | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Speedy Duncan | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ken Brown | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | ||
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Speedy Duncan | 4 | 134 | 33.5 | 0 | ||
| Jon Jaqua | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Washington Redskins | |
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