| Cleveland Browns at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: October 8, 1978 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 50158 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Cleo Miller 1 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Larry Collins 3 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Rich Mauti 16 pass from Archie Manning (Tony Galbreath kick failed) | 14 | 6 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Rich Szaro 20 FG | 14 | 9 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ozzie Newsome 14 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 21 | 9 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 40 FG | 24 | 9 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Archie Manning 1 run (Rich Szaro kick) | 24 | 16 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 35 | RB | Calvin Hill |
| 30 | FB | Cleo Miller |
| Defense | ||
| 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 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wes Chandler |
| 82 | WR | Ike Harris |
| 71 | LOT | J.T. Taylor |
| 68 | LOG | Fred Sturt |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 64 | ROG | Dave Lafary |
| 65 | ROT | Robert Woods |
| 85 | TE | Henry Childs |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 33 | HB | Mike Strachan |
| 34 | FB | Tony Galbreath |
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Elois Grooms |
| 75 | LDT | Elex Price |
| 74 | RDT | Derland Moore |
| 73 | RDE | Joe Campbell |
| 57 | LLB | Jim Merlo |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 54 | RLB | Pat Hughes |
| 24 | LCB | Clarence Chapman |
| 27 | SS | Ray Brown |
| 37 | FS | Tommy Myers |
| 29 | RCB | Maurice Spencer |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Cleo Miller | 21 | 93 | 4.4 | 14 | 1 |
| Calvin Hill | 13 | 53 | 4.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Larry Collins | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 10 | 1 |
| Mark Miller | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Brian Sipe | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mike Strachan | 9 | 38 | 4.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 15 | 1 |
| Tony Galbreath | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Jack Holmes | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 17 | 11 | 64.7 | 1 | 103 | 6.1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 76.3 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 39 | 24 | 61.5 | 1 | 249 | 6.4 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 77.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Calvin Hill | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 14t | 1 |
| Dave Logan | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Cleo Miller | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Henry Childs | 7 | 86 | 12.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Wes Chandler | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Ike Harris | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Rich Mauti | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 16t | 1 |
| Tinker Owens | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Mike Strachan | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Tony Peters | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Pat Hughes | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Johnny Evans | 3 | 154 | 51.3 | 56 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 5 | 213 | 42.6 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Keith Wright | 4 | 0 | 39 | 9.8 | 15 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Keith Wright | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Reggie Rucker | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 27 | 0 | |
| Don Schwartz | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Clarence Chapman | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Tony Peters | 1.0 |
| Jerry Sherk | 1.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Ray Brown | 1.0 |
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