| Cleveland Browns at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 5, 1978 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 45827 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Brian Sipe 2 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Mike Barber 72 pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 40 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Rob Carpenter 2 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 10 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Dave Logan |
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 65 | LOG | Henry Sheppard |
| 54 | C | Tom DeLeone |
| 62 | ROG | George Buehler |
| 68 | ROT | Bob Jackson |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 17 | QB | Brian Sipe |
| 34 | RB | Greg Pruitt |
| 43 | FB | Mike Pruitt |
| Defense | ||
| 74 | LDE | Mike St. Clair |
| 66 | LDT | Earl Edwards |
| 77 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 64 | RDE | Joe Jones |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 52 | MLB | Dick Ambrose |
| 86 | RLB | Gerald Irons |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 20 | SS | Tony Peters |
| 27 | FS | Thom Darden |
| 21 | RCB | Oliver Davis |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 82 | WR | Mike Renfro |
| 73 | LOT | Greg Sampson |
| 64 | LOG | George Reihner |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 70 | ROT | Conway Hayman |
| 86 | TE | Mike Barber |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 34 | RB | Earl Campbell |
| 26 | RB | Rob Carpenter |
| Offense | ||
| 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 |
| 19 | LCB | Willie Alexander |
| 25 | SS | Kurt Knoff |
| 37 | WS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 27 | RCB | Greg Stemrick |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Greg Pruitt | 13 | 16 | 1.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Brian Sipe | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 2t | 1 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 19 | 71 | 3.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Rob Carpenter | 12 | 54 | 4.5 | 1 | |
| Tim Wilson | 8 | 35 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 1 | 220 | 7.9 | 47 | 0 | 7 | 54 | 64.6 |
| Mark Miller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 25 | 17 | 68.0 | 2 | 242 | 9.7 | 72t | 1 | 1 | 6 | 79.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Greg Pruitt | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 4 | 124 | 31.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Dave Logan | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Burrough | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 40 | 0 |
| Mike Barber | 3 | 92 | 30.7 | 72t | 1 |
| Mike Renfro | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Rich Caster | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Rob Carpenter | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Earl Campbell | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 20 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Oliver Davis | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Charlie Hall | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Greg Stemrick | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Johnny Evans | 10 | 407 | 40.7 | 51 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 7 | 291 | 41.6 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Keith Wright | 3 | 2 | 23 | 7.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Guido Merkens | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Larry Collins | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 20 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Larry Poole | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Rob Carpenter | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Gerald Irons | 1.0 |
| Houston Oilers | |
| James Young | 2.0 |
| Ted Washington | 2.0 |
| Robert Brazile | 1.0 |
| Andy Dorris | 1.0 |
| Curley Culp | 1.0 |
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