| Buffalo Bills at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: November 26, 1972 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 70104 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 36 F Humidty: 79% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | O.J. Simpson 6 run (John Leypoldt kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | John Leypoldt 38 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 33 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Leroy Kelly 13 pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ken Brown 1 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Nick Roman 36 interception return (Don Cockroft kick) | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 49 FG | 10 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Bob Chandler |
| 40 | WR | J.D. Hill |
| 78 | LOT | Dave Foley |
| 67 | LOG | Reggie McKenzie |
| 68 | C | Remi Prudhomme |
| 69 | ROG | Bob Penchion |
| 74 | ROT | Donnie Green |
| 80 | TE | Jan White |
| 16 | QB | Dennis Shaw |
| 34 | RB | Jim Braxton |
| 32 | RB | O.J. Simpson |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Walt Patulski |
| 72 | LDT | Don Croft |
| 77 | RDT | Jerry Patton |
| 82 | RDE | Al Cowlings |
| 86 | LLB | Dave Washington |
| 63 | MLB | Dick Cunningham |
| 58 | RLB | Mike Stratton |
| 20 | LCB | Robert James |
| 42 | LS | Maurice Tyler |
| 47 | RS | Leon Garror |
| 43 | RCB | Tony Greene |
| 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 |
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Nick Roman |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 84 | RDE | Bob Briggs |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 51 | MLB | Dale Lindsey |
| 52 | RLB | Billy Andrews |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 27 | LS | Thom Darden |
| 29 | RS | Walt Sumner |
| 28 | RCB | Ben Davis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 27 | 93 | 3.4 | 22 | 1 |
| Jim Braxton | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Dennis Shaw | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Wayne Patrick | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Leo Hart | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Leroy Kelly | 18 | 58 | 3.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 8 | 40 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Ken Brown | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 1 | |
| Bo Cornell | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Billy LeFear | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Phipps | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Dennis Shaw | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 34 | 5.7 | 0 | 67.4 | |||
| Leo Hart | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 22 | 3.7 | 0 | 5.6 | |||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Mike Phipps | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 2 | 145 | 6.6 | 1 | 48.5 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Bob Chandler | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Braxton | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ted Koy | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bo Scott | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Frank Pitts | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| Milt Morin | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Chip Glass | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Paul Guidry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Stratton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Spike Jones | 9 | 333 | 37.0 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 6 | 235 | 39.2 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Tony Greene | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bobby Majors | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | ||
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Tony Greene | 4 | 105 | 26.3 | 0 | ||
| Linzy Cole | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Billy LeFear | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Ken Brown | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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| Cleveland Browns | |
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