| Cleveland Browns at Atlanta Falcons |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 17, 1976 Location: Atlanta, GA Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 32837 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 53 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Greg Pruitt 1 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Cleo Miller 1 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Bubba Bean 23 run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | John Gilliam 18 pass from Kim McQuilken (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Nick Mike-Mayer 33 FG | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Greg Pruitt 2 run (run failed) | 20 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 42 | WR | Paul Warfield |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 69 | LOG | Pete Adams |
| 54 | C | Tom DeLeone |
| 60 | ROG | Bob Jackson |
| 63 | ROT | Barry Darrow |
| 81 | TE | Oscar Roan |
| 17 | QB | Brian Sipe |
| 30 | RB | Cleo Miller |
| 34 | RB | Greg Pruitt |
| Defense | ||
| 64 | LDE | Joe Jones |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 70 | RDE | Mack Mitchell |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 60 | MLB | Bob Babich |
| 86 | RLB | Gerald Irons |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 49 | LS | Neal Craig |
| 27 | RS | Thom Darden |
| 28 | RCB | Ron Bolton |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | WR | John Gilliam |
| 84 | WR | Alfred Jenkins |
| 61 | LOT | Brent Adams |
| 68 | LOG | Larron Jackson |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 64 | ROG | Royce Smith |
| 65 | ROT | Len Gotshalk |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 11 | QB | Kim McQuilken |
| 44 | RB | Bubba Bean |
| 48 | RB | Woody Thompson |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Claude Humphrey |
| 74 | LDT | Mike Tilleman |
| 72 | RDT | Jim Bailey |
| 75 | RDE | Jeff Merrow |
| 54 | LLB | Fulton Kuykendall |
| 60 | MLB | Tommy Nobis |
| 50 | RLB | Greg Brezina |
| 22 | LCB | Rolland Lawrence |
| 34 | SS | Ray Brown |
| 32 | FS | Ray Easterling |
| 38 | RCB | Frank Reed |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 12/19 | / | 7 | 64 | 4 | 1 | |
| ATL | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 6/15 | / | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Greg Pruitt | 26 | 191 | 7.3 | 64 | 2 |
| Cleo Miller | 22 | 82 | 3.7 | 11 | 1 |
| Brian Sipe | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Larry Poole | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| Mike Phipps | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 57 | 321 | 5.6 | 3 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Bubba Bean | 14 | 54 | 3.9 | 23 | 1 |
| Woody Thompson | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Kim McQuilken | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Haskel Stanback | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 89 | 3.4 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 18 | 12 | 66.7 | 2 | 134 | 7.4 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 49.1 | |
| Team Totals | 18 | 12 | 66.7 | 2 | 134 | 7.4 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 49.1 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Kim McQuilken | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 1 | 180 | 6.4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 70.5 | |
| Team Totals | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 1 | 180 | 6.4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 70.5 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Paul Warfield | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 0 | |
| Reggie Rucker | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Greg Pruitt | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Oscar Roan | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Cleo Miller | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 134 | 11.2 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Alfred Jenkins | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 1 | |
| Woody Thompson | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Mitchell | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | |
| Bubba Bean | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 180 | 12.0 | 1 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Thom Darden | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | |||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Frank Reed | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ray Easterling | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||
| Don Cockroft | 4 | 152 | 38.0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 152 | 38.0 | 0 | |||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||
| John James | 8 | 328 | 41.0 | 59 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 328 | 41.0 | ||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ricky Feacher | 2 | 1 | 35 | 17.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Steve Holden | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Rolland Lawrence | 3 | 0 | 23 | 7.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Steve Holden | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 37 | 0 | |
| Brian Duncan | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Rolland Lawrence | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 36 | 0 | |
| Rick Byas | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Team Totals | 1.0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Team Totals | 2.0 |