| Cleveland Browns at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 15, 1974 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 33299 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Steve Holden 41 pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Mack Alston 7 pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Billy Johnson 6 pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Greg Pruitt 4 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 37 FG | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Fred Willis 5 run (Skip Butler kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Willie Rodgers 20 run (Skip Butler kick) | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Fair Hooker 9 pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick) | 24 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Steve Holden |
| 43 | WR | Fair Hooker |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 69 | LOG | Pete Adams |
| 61 | C | Bob DeMarco |
| 62 | ROG | Glen Holloway |
| 78 | ROT | Bob McKay |
| 89 | TE | Milt Morin |
| 15 | QB | Mike Phipps |
| 37 | RB | Hugh McKinnis |
| 34 | RB | Greg Pruitt |
| Defense | ||
| 74 | LDE | Carl Barisich |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 66 | RDE | Mike Seifert |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 60 | MLB | Bob Babich |
| 50 | RLB | John Garlington |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 28 | S | Eddie Brown |
| 27 | S | Thom Darden |
| 21 | RCB | Van Green |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Billy Johnson |
| 20 | WR | Billy Parks |
| 73 | LOT | Greg Sampson |
| 64 | LOG | Ron Saul |
| 53 | C | Fred Hoaglin |
| 68 | ROG | Brian Goodman |
| 75 | ROT | Elbert Drungo |
| 82 | TE | Mack Alston |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 34 | RB | Willie Rodgers |
| 44 | RB | Fred Willis |
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Tody Smith |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 76 | LOLB | Al Cowlings |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 57 | RILB | Steve Kiner |
| 59 | ROLB | Ted Washington |
| 19 | LCB | Willie Alexander |
| 48 | LS | Bob Atkins |
| 45 | RS | Jeff Severson |
| 22 | RCB | Zeke Moore |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Greg Pruitt | 15 | 102 | 6.8 | 17 | 1 |
| Hugh McKinnis | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Ken Brown | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| Mike Phipps | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Fred Willis | 11 | 68 | 6.2 | 1 | |
| Vic Washington | 10 | 58 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Willie Rodgers | 7 | 47 | 6.7 | 1 | |
| George Amundson | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dan Pastorini | 3 | -8 | -2.7 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Mike Phipps | 29 | 16 | 55.2 | 2 | 227 | 7.8 | 2 | 74.9 | |||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 25 | 12 | 48.0 | 2 | 121 | 4.8 | 2 | 55.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Milt Morin | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Holden | 3 | 89 | 29.7 | 1 | |
| Greg Pruitt | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 43 | 0 |
| Hugh McKinnis | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Ken Brown | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Fair Hooker | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Fred Willis | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Billy Johnson | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 1 | |
| Billy Parks | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Mack Alston | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 1 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Billy Andrews | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Charlie Hall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Bob Atkins | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Tody Smith | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 6 | 295 | 49.2 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| David Beverly | 7 | 270 | 38.6 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Thom Darden | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Severson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Eddie Brown | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Pruitt | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Ken Brown | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Jim Romaniszyn | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| George Amundson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Bob Gresham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Houston Oilers | |
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