| Cleveland Browns at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: September 17, 1978 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 56648 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 84 F Humidty: 63% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Fred Steinfort 24 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 43 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ozzie Newsome 2 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Haskel Stanback 15 run (Fred Steinfort kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Reggie Rucker 27 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Ray Strong 2 run (Fred Steinfort kick failed) | 17 | 16 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Brian Sipe 2 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 24 | 16 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 23 | RB | Larry Collins |
| 30 | FB | Cleo Miller |
| Defense | ||
| 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 |
| 22 | SS | Clarence Scott |
| 27 | FS | Thom Darden |
| 21 | RCB | Oliver Davis |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wallace Francis |
| 82 | WR | Billy Ryckman |
| 78 | LOT | Mike Kenn |
| 70 | LOG | Dave Scott |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 68 | ROG | R.C. Thielemann |
| 66 | ROT | Warren Bryant |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 14 | QB | June Jones |
| 24 | HB | Haskel Stanback |
| 44 | FB | Bubba Bean |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Claude Humphrey |
| 72 | LDT | Jim Bailey |
| 69 | RDT | Mike Lewis |
| 75 | RDE | Jeff Merrow |
| 54 | LLB | Fulton Kuykendall |
| 59 | MLB | Robert Pennywell |
| 59 | RLB | Greg Brezina |
| 22 | LCB | Rolland Lawrence |
| 28 | SS | Frank Reed |
| 27 | FS | Tom Pridemore |
| 38 | RCB | Rick Byas |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Pruitt | 15 | 65 | 4.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Cleo Miller | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Larry Collins | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tom Sullivan | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 |
| Brian Sipe | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 2t | 1 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Haskel Stanback | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 15t | 1 |
| Ricky Patton | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Ray Strong | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 7 | 1 |
| Bubba Bean | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Steve Bartkowski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 35 | 20 | 57.1 | 0 | 219 | 6.3 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 94.8 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 2 | 126 | 8.4 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 36.4 |
| June Jones | 13 | 4 | 30.8 | 2 | 62 | 4.8 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 8.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dave Logan | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 0 | |
| Reggie Rucker | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 1 | |
| Ozzie Newsome | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 1 | |
| Ricky Feacher | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Cleo Miller | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Mike Pruitt | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Billy Ryckman | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Mitchell | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Wallace Francis | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 0 | |
| Dennis Pearson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Alfred Jackson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ricky Patton | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Thom Darden | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Dick Ambrose | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Gerald Irons | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Johnny Evans | 8 | 306 | 38.3 | 52 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 7 | 306 | 43.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Keith Wright | 4 | 3 | 22 | 5.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Alfred Jackson | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Larry Collins | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Alfred Jackson | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Tom Pridemore | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Ray Strong | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Mack Mitchell | 2.5 |
| Earl Edwards | 1.0 |
| Clarence Scott | 1.0 |
| Jerry Sherk | 0.5 |
| Charlie Hall | 0.5 |
| Gerald Irons | 0.5 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Greg Brezina | 2.0 |
| Fulton Kuykendall | 1.0 |
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