| San Francisco 49ers at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: September 3, 1978 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 68973 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 75 F Humidty: 82% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Greg Pruitt 2 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ken MacAfee 7 pass from Steve DeBerg (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ozzie Newsome 33 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Reggie Rucker 69 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 23 FG | 7 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Terry LeCount |
| 88 | WR | Freddie Solomon |
| 67 | LOT | Ron Singleton |
| 68 | LOG | John Ayers |
| 51 | C | Randy Cross |
| 62 | ROG | Walt Downing |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 81 | TE | Ken MacAfee |
| 17 | QB | Steve DeBerg |
| 32 | RB | O.J. Simpson |
| 33 | FB | Greg Boykin |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Cleveland Elam |
| 74 | LDT | Jimmy Webb |
| 75 | RDT | Ed Galigher |
| 86 | RDE | Cedrick Hardman |
| 50 | LLB | Joe Harris |
| 57 | MLB | Dan Bunz |
| 54 | RLB | Ed Bradley |
| 42 | LCB | Tony Leonard |
| 24 | SS | Chuck Crist |
| 49 | FS | Vern Roberson |
| 22 | RCB | Eddie Lewis |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Dave Logan |
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 65 | LOG | Henry Sheppard |
| 54 | C | Tom DeLeone |
| 68 | ROG | Bob Jackson |
| 63 | ROT | Barry Darrow |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 17 | QB | Brian Sipe |
| 34 | RB | Greg Pruitt |
| 30 | FB | Cleo Miller |
| Offense | ||
| 64 | LDE | Joe Jones |
| 66 | LDT | Earl Edwards |
| 77 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 70 | RDE | Mack Mitchell |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 52 | MLB | Dick Ambrose |
| 86 | RLB | Gerald Irons |
| 28 | LCB | Ron Bolton |
| 20 | SS | Tony Peters |
| 27 | FS | Thom Darden |
| 21 | RCB | Oliver Davis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 22 | 78 | 3.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Greg Boykin | 15 | 52 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Dave Williams | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve DeBerg | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Greg Pruitt | 22 | 106 | 4.8 | 22 | 1 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33t | 1 |
| Brian Sipe | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Cleo Miller | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tom Sullivan | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | 32 | 16 | 50.0 | 3 | 174 | 5.4 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 37.8 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 25 | 12 | 48.0 | 0 | 190 | 7.6 | 69t | 1 | 1 | 10 | 87.1 |
| Greg Pruitt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Terry LeCount | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Ken MacAfee | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 10 | 1 |
| O.J. Simpson | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Greg Boykin | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Reggie Rucker | 3 | 113 | 37.7 | 69t | 1 |
| Greg Pruitt | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Cleo Miller | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dave Logan | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Oliver Davis | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Thom Darden | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Mike Connell | 6 | 196 | 32.7 | 50 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Johnny Evans | 5 | 175 | 35.0 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Freddie Solomon | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ozzie Newsome | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Terry LeCount | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 23 | 0 | |
| Elliott Walker | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Larry Collins | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Tom Sullivan | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Joe Harris | 1.0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Gerald Irons | 1.0 |
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