| Houston Oilers at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: October 1, 1978 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 72776 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 62 F Humidty: 78% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 41 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dave Logan 7 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Rich Caster 41 pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick blocked) | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Rob Carpenter 7 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 13 | 10 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 40 FG | 13 | 13 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Toni Fritsch 19 FG | 16 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 88 | WR | Rich Caster |
| 73 | LOT | Greg Sampson |
| 64 | LOG | George Reihner |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 76 | ROT | Morris Towns |
| 86 | TE | Mike Barber |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 47 | RB | Ronnie Coleman |
| 45 | RB | Tim Wilson |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | James Young |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 52 | LOLB | Robert Brazile |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 57 | RILB | Steve Kiner |
| 59 | ROLB | Ted Washington |
| 27 | LCB | Greg Stemrick |
| 20 | SS | Bill Currier |
| 37 | WS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 19 | RCB | Willie Alexander |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Dave Logan |
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 79 | LOG | Gerry Sullivan |
| 54 | C | Tom DeLeone |
| 68 | ROG | Bob Jackson |
| 63 | ROT | Barry Darrow |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 17 | QB | Brian Sipe |
| 43 | RB | Mike Pruitt |
| 30 | FB | Cleo Miller |
| Offense | ||
| 74 | LDE | Mike St. Clair |
| 66 | LDT | Earl Edwards |
| 77 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 70 | RDE | Mack Mitchell |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 52 | MLB | Dick Ambrose |
| 86 | RLB | Gerald Irons |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 20 | SS | Tony Peters |
| 27 | FS | Thom Darden |
| 28 | RCB | Ron Bolton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Tim Wilson | 16 | 72 | 4.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 19 | 63 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Rob Carpenter | 9 | 29 | 3.2 | 8t | 1 |
| Dan Pastorini | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Pruitt | 11 | 41 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Cleo Miller | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Larry Collins | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 29 | 14 | 48.3 | 1 | 215 | 7.4 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70.3 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 32 | 12 | 37.5 | 3 | 106 | 3.3 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.5 |
| Calvin Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ronnie Coleman | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 33 | 0 |
| Ken Burrough | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 44 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 41t | 1 |
| Mike Renfro | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Mike Barber | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Tim Wilson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Reggie Rucker | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Dave Logan | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 21 | 1 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Cleo Miller | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Robert Brazile | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Willie Alexander | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Reinfeldt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Clarence Scott | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 4 | 143 | 35.8 | 38 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Johnny Evans | 7 | 296 | 42.3 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | 5 | 1 | 69 | 13.8 | 32 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Keith Wright | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Johnnie Dirden | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 28 | 0 | |
| Robert Turner | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Larry Collins | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Keith Wright | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |
| Elvin Bethea | 0.5 |
| Ted Washington | 0.5 |
| Cleveland Browns | |
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