| Miami Dolphins at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: November 18, 1979 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 80374 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 65 F Humidty: 48% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami DolphinsMIA | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIA | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Pat Moriarty 2 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Uwe von Schamann 38 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Delvin Williams 9 run (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ozzie Newsome 14 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 43 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Bruce Hardy 2 pass from Don Strock (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Delvin Williams 4 pass from Don Strock (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 24 | 17 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ozzie Newsome 34 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 24 | 24 |
| 5 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Reggie Rucker 39 pass from Brian Sipe | 24 | 30 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Duriel Harris |
| 89 | WR | Nat Moore |
| 67 | LOT | Bob Kuechenberg |
| 64 | LOG | Ed Newman |
| 63 | C | Mark Dennard |
| 68 | ROG | Eric Laakso |
| 71 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 84 | TE | Bruce Hardy |
| 12 | QB | Bob Griese |
| 27 | HB | Gary Davis |
| 39 | FB | Larry Csonka |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Vern Den Herder |
| 73 | NT | Bob Baumhower |
| 75 | RDE | Doug Betters |
| 58 | LOLB | Kim Bokamper |
| 56 | LILB | Steve Towle |
| 51 | RILB | Rusty Chambers |
| 50 | ROLB | Larry Gordon |
| 41 | LCB | Norris Thomas |
| 25 | SS | Tim Foley |
| 20 | FS | Neal Colzie |
| 48 | RCB | Gerald Small |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Dave Logan |
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 63 | LOG | Cody Risien |
| 54 | C | Tom DeLeone |
| 68 | ROG | Bob Jackson |
| 65 | ROT | Henry Sheppard |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 17 | QB | Brian Sipe |
| 35 | RB | Calvin Hill |
| 43 | FB | Mike Pruitt |
| Offense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 78 | LDT | Mickey Sims |
| 92 | RDT | Rich Dimler |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Delvin Williams | 10 | 65 | 6.5 | 24 | 1 |
| Larry Csonka | 12 | 44 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Gary Davis | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Griese | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Pruitt | 19 | 93 | 4.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Brian Sipe | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Dino Hall | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Calvin Hill | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Pat Moriarty | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Cleo Miller | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Bob Griese | 21 | 10 | 47.6 | 2 | 115 | 5.5 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Don Strock | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 1 | 89 | 8.9 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 89.2 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 42 | 23 | 54.8 | 0 | 358 | 8.5 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 107.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Duriel Harris | 4 | 119 | 29.8 | 0 | |
| Gary Davis | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Nat Moore | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Hardy | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 1 | |
| Delvin Williams | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Larry Csonka | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Reggie Rucker | 9 | 177 | 19.7 | 1 | |
| Dave Logan | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 0 | |
| Ozzie Newsome | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 2 | |
| Calvin Hill | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Thom Darden | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Charlie Hall | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Clarence Scott | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| George Roberts | 6 | 255 | 42.5 | 54 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Johnny Evans | 5 | 171 | 34.2 | 40 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Mike Kozlowski | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tony Nathan | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dino Hall | 3 | 1 | 33 | 11.0 | 34 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Tony Nathan | 5 | 113 | 22.6 | 27 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dino Hall | 5 | 124 | 24.8 | 30 | 0 | |
| Bob Jackson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |
| Larry Gordon | 1.0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Jack Gregory | 1.0 |
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