| New York Jets at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: December 12, 1981 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 56866 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 34 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York JetsNYJ | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Johnny Jones 28 pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Matt Bahr 26 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Bruce Harper 7 pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Calvin Hill 8 pass from Brian Sipe (Matt Bahr kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Matt Bahr 20 FG | 14 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Bobby Jones |
| 80 | WR | Lam Jones |
| 72 | LOT | Chris Ward |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 65 | C | Joe Fields |
| 60 | ROG | Dan Alexander |
| 79 | ROT | Marvin Powell |
| 83 | TE | Jerome Barkum |
| 14 | QB | Richard Todd |
| 25 | RB | Scott Dierking |
| 44 | FB | Tom Newton |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Mark Gastineau |
| 74 | LDT | Abdul Salaam |
| 93 | RDT | Marty Lyons |
| 73 | RDE | Joe Klecko |
| 51 | LLB | Greg Buttle |
| 54 | MLB | Stan Blinka |
| 55 | RLB | Ron Crosby |
| 27 | LCB | Jesse Johnson |
| 48 | SS | Ken Schroy |
| 28 | FS | Darrol Ray |
| 47 | RCB | Jerry Holmes |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Ricky Feacher |
| 85 | WR | Dave Logan |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 65 | LOG | Henry Sheppard |
| 79 | C | Gerry Sullivan |
| 64 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 63 | ROT | Cody Risien |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 17 | QB | Brian Sipe |
| 30 | RB | Cleo Miller |
| 43 | FB | Mike Pruitt |
| Defense | ||
| 97 | LDE | Thomas Brown |
| 91 | NT | Henry Bradley |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 50 | LOLB | Don Goode |
| 56 | LILB | Robert Jackson |
| 52 | RILB | Dick Ambrose |
| 57 | ROLB | Clay Matthews |
| 28 | LCB | Ron Bolton |
| 22 | SS | Clarence Scott |
| 27 | FS | Thom Darden |
| 29 | RCB | Hanford Dixon |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Scott Dierking | 13 | 76 | 5.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Freeman McNeil | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Tom Newton | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 5 | 0 |
| Bruce Harper | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Richard Todd | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Pruitt | 15 | 41 | 2.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Brian Sipe | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Charles White | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Greg Pruitt | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cleo Miller | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Richard Todd | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 2 | 159 | 5.7 | 28t | 2 | 1 | 9 | 64.4 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 35 | 20 | 57.1 | 0 | 280 | 8.0 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 92.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Lam Jones | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 28t | 1 |
| Bruce Harper | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 19 | 1 |
| Jerome Barkum | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Derrick Gaffney | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bobby Jones | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Scott Dierking | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Freeman McNeil | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ozzie Newsome | 5 | 79 | 15.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Greg Pruitt | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Cleo Miller | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Ricky Feacher | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 39 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Dave Logan | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8t | 1 |
| Mike Pruitt | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Charles White | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Clay Matthews | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Clarence Scott | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 7 | 226 | 32.3 | 46 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Steve Cox | 5 | 182 | 36.4 | 42 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 14 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dino Hall | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 42 | 0 | |
| Kurt Sohn | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dino Hall | 3 | 94 | 31.3 | 48 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Jets | |
| Abdul Salaam | 2.0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Clarence Scott | 1.0 |
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