| Cleveland Browns at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: September 2, 1979 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 48472 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 79 F Humidty: 72% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 34 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Greg Pruitt 12 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Matt Robinson 1 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 31 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ozzie Newsome 17 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick failed) | 16 | 10 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 24 FG | 16 | 13 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 36 FG | 19 | 13 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Kevin Long 5 run (Pat Leahy kick failed) | 19 | 19 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 21 FG | 19 | 22 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 35 FG | 22 | 22 |
| 5 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 27 FG | 25 | 22 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Dave Logan |
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 64 | LOG | George Buehler |
| 54 | C | Tom DeLeone |
| 68 | ROG | Bob Jackson |
| 65 | ROT | Henry Sheppard |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 17 | QB | Brian Sipe |
| 34 | RB | Greg Pruitt |
| 43 | FB | Mike Pruitt |
| Defense | ||
| 74 | LDE | Mike St. Clair |
| 78 | LDT | Mickey Sims |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 52 | MLB | Dick Ambrose |
| 57 | RLB | Clay Matthews |
| 28 | LCB | Ron Bolton |
| 22 | SS | Clarence Scott |
| 27 | FS | Thom Darden |
| 21 | RCB | Oliver Davis |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Derrick Gaffney |
| 85 | WR | Wesley Walker |
| 72 | LOT | Chris Ward |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 65 | C | Joe Fields |
| 60 | ROG | Dan Alexander |
| 79 | ROT | Marvin Powell |
| 83 | TE | Jerome Barkum |
| 17 | QB | Matt Robinson |
| 25 | RB | Scott Dierking |
| 33 | FB | Kevin Long |
| Offense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Lawrence Pillers |
| 77 | LDT | Joe Pellegrini |
| 73 | RDT | Joe Klecko |
| 93 | RDE | Marty Lyons |
| 51 | LLB | Greg Buttle |
| 54 | MLB | Stan Blinka |
| 59 | RLB | Bob Martin |
| 40 | LCB | Bobby Jackson |
| 23 | SS | Shafer Suggs |
| 22 | FS | Burgess Owens |
| 26 | RCB | Donald Dykes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Greg Pruitt | 20 | 81 | 4.1 | 17 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 16 | 49 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Scott Dierking | 14 | 94 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Kevin Long | 21 | 69 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| Bruce Harper | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Clark Gaines | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Matt Robinson | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 36 | 21 | 58.3 | 3 | 302 | 8.4 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 69.4 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Matt Robinson | 31 | 17 | 54.8 | 2 | 191 | 6.2 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 46.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dave Logan | 6 | 115 | 19.2 | 0 | |
| Reggie Rucker | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| Greg Pruitt | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 24 | 1 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 1 | |
| Mike Pruitt | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Keith Wright | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ricky Feacher | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Wesley Walker | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Jerome Barkum | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Derrick Gaffney | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Clark Gaines | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Kevin Long | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Scott Dierking | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Oliver Davis | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Clay Matthews | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Burgess Owens | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Shafer Suggs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Johnny Evans | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 51 | 1 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 5 | 214 | 42.8 | 59 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Keith Wright | 3 | 129 | 43.0 | 45 | 0 | |
| Ricky Feacher | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Greg Pruitt | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 6 | 133 | 22.2 | 29 | 0 | |
| John Hennessy | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Lyle Alzado | 3.0 |
| Jerry Sherk | 1.0 |
| Mickey Sims | 1.0 |
| New York Jets | |
| Joe Klecko | 1.0 |
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