| Cleveland Browns at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: October 29, 1972 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 51656 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 42 F Humidty: 67% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 27 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bobby Anderson 28 pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 32 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Milt Morin 2 pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Floyd Little 19 pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 57 FG | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Paul Staroba 19 pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick) | 20 | 17 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 43 FG | 20 | 20 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mike Phipps 1 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 27 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | Fair Hooker |
| 25 | WR | Frank Pitts |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 66 | LOG | Gene Hickerson |
| 61 | C | Bob DeMarco |
| 65 | ROG | John Demarie |
| 78 | ROT | Bob McKay |
| 89 | TE | Milt Morin |
| 15 | QB | Mike Phipps |
| 44 | RB | Leroy Kelly |
| 35 | RB | Bo Scott |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Rich Jackson |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 81 | RDE | Nick Roman |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 82 | MLB | Jim Houston |
| 52 | RLB | Billy Andrews |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 27 | LS | Thom Darden |
| 29 | RS | Walt Sumner |
| 28 | RCB | Ben Davis |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Rod Sherman |
| 80 | WR | Jerry Simmons |
| 78 | LOT | Marv Montgomery |
| 68 | LOG | Larron Jackson |
| 59 | C | Larry Kaminski |
| 61 | ROG | Tommy Lyons |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 81 | TE | Billy Masters |
| 12 | QB | Charley Johnson |
| 11 | RB | Bobby Anderson |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| Offense | ||
| 65 | LDE | Lloyd Voss |
| 70 | LDT | Paul Smith |
| 55 | RDT | Pete Duranko |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 58 | LLB | Billy McKoy |
| 83 | MLB | Tom Graham |
| 54 | RLB | Chip Myrtle |
| 41 | LCB | Leroy Mitchell |
| 20 | LS | Charlie Greer |
| 36 | RS | Billy Thompson |
| 21 | RCB | Randy Montgomery |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bo Scott | 14 | 66 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 14 | 60 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Mike Phipps | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 1 | |
| Frank Pitts | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Ken Brown | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 14 | 79 | 5.6 | 25 | 0 |
| Bobby Anderson | 8 | 67 | 8.4 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Mike Phipps | 33 | 15 | 45.5 | 1 | 178 | 5.4 | 2 | 70.0 | |||
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Charley Johnson | 24 | 14 | 58.3 | 1 | 140 | 5.8 | 2 | 85.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Milt Morin | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 1 | |
| Fair Hooker | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Frank Pitts | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Paul Staroba | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19t | 1 |
| Chip Glass | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bobby Anderson | 7 | 86 | 12.3 | 1 | |
| Rod Sherman | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Floyd Little | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 19 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Thom Darden | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Tom Graham | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 3 | 155 | 51.7 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bobby Majors | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Thom Darden | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Floyd Little | 2 | 0 | 27 | 13.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Rod Sherman | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ken Brown | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Bobby Majors | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Randy Montgomery | 4 | 101 | 25.3 | 0 | ||
| Joe Dawkins | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Denver Broncos | |
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