| AFC Divisional Playoff - Baltimore Colts at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: December 26, 1971 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 70734 |
| Weather: Light Drizzle Temp: 46 F Humidty: 83% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BAL | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Don Nottingham 1 run (Jim O'Brien kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Don Nottingham 7 run (Jim O'Brien kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 14 FG | 14 | 3 |
| 3 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Jim O'Brien 42 FG | 17 | 3 |
| 4 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Jim O'Brien 15 FG | 20 | 3 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 84 | TE | Tom Mitchell |
| 19 | QB | Johnny Unitas |
| 41 | RB | Tom Matte |
| 48 | RB | Don Nottingham |
| Defense | ||
| 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 |
| 44 | RCB | Rex Kern |
| 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 |
| 82 | MLB | Jim Houston |
| 52 | RLB | Billy Andrews |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 29 | LS | Walt Sumner |
| 34 | RS | Mike Howell |
| 28 | RCB | Ben Davis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Don Nottingham | 23 | 92 | 4.0 | 13 | 2 |
| Tom Matte | 16 | 26 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Don McCauley | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Leroy Kelly | 14 | 49 | 3.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 17 | 0 |
| Bill Nelsen | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Johnny Unitas | 21 | 13 | 61.9 | 1 | 143 | 6.8 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.2 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 3 | 104 | 5.0 | 39 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 18.8 |
| Mike Phipps | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 27 | 4.5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 62.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Tom Mitchell | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 26 | 0 |
| Tom Matte | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Eddie Hinton | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ray Perkins | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Don Nottingham | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Sam Havrilak | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bo Scott | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Fair Hooker | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Milt Morin | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Chip Glass | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Rick Volk | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Charlie Stukes | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ron Snidow | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Clarence Scott | 0 | 22 | 22L | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| David Lee | 6 | 223 | 37.2 | 46 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 5 | 204 | 40.8 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Rick Volk | 4 | 1 | 27 | 6.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Leroy Kelly | 3 | 0 | 71 | 23.7 | 48 | 0 |
| Dave Jones | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Charlie Pittman | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Stan Brown | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Bo Scott | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Reece Morrison | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Doug Dieken | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Bubba Smith | 2.0 | 17.0 |
| Roy Hilton | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| Ray May | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Jim Bailey | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
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