| Cleveland Browns at Houston Oilers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 16, 1984 Location: Houston, TX Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 33676 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Earnest Byner 2 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Matt Bahr 29 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Larry Moriarty 4 run (Joe Cooper kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Joe Cooper 33 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Earnest Byner 15 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Larry Moriarty 4 run (Joe Cooper kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bruce Davis 2 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 24 | 17 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Joe Cooper 26 FG | 24 | 20 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Matt Bahr 29 FG | 27 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Willis Adams |
| 83 | WR | Ricky Feacher |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 68 | LOG | Bob Jackson |
| 61 | C | Mike Baab |
| 64 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 62 | ROT | George Lilja |
| 81 | TE | Harry Holt |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 16 | QB | Paul McDonald |
| 30 | RB | Boyce Green |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Reggie Camp |
| 79 | NT | Bob Golic |
| 99 | RDE | Keith Baldwin |
| 56 | LOLB | Chip Banks |
| 51 | LILB | Eddie Johnson |
| 50 | RILB | Tom Cousineau |
| 57 | ROLB | Clay Matthews |
| 31 | LCB | Frank Minnifield |
| 27 | SS | Al Gross |
| 20 | FS | Don Rogers |
| 29 | RCB | Hanford Dixon |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Tim Smith |
| 82 | WR | Herkie Walls |
| 73 | LOT | Harvey Salem |
| 63 | LOG | Mike Munchak |
| 55 | C | Jim Romano |
| 62 | ROG | John Schuhmacher |
| 74 | ROT | Bruce Matthews |
| 87 | TE | Jamie Williams |
| 1 | QB | Warren Moon |
| 30 | RB | Larry Moriarty |
| 88 | HBK | Chris Dressel |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Bob Hamm |
| 67 | MG | Mike Stensrud |
| 75 | RDE | Jesse Baker |
| 53 | LOLB | Avon Riley |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 56 | RILB | Robert Abraham |
| 50 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 24 | LCB | Steve Brown |
| 25 | SS | Keith Bostic |
| 28 | FS | Jeff Donaldson |
| 20 | RCB | Willie Tullis |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 30:26 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 4/11 | 1/1 | 13 | 119 | 0 | 0 |
| HOU | 29:34 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 3/10 | 0/1 | 7 | 40 | 2 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Earnest Byner | 21 | 188 | 9.0 | 54 | 2 |
| Boyce Green | 10 | 57 | 5.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Johnny Davis | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 1 |
| Paul McDonald | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 254 | 7.1 | 3 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Larry Moriarty | 21 | 90 | 4.3 | 15 | 2 |
| Warren Moon | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Stan Edwards | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Cooper | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 90 | 3.2 | 2 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Paul McDonald | 22 | 14 | 63.6 | 1 | 158 | 7.2 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 66.1 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 14 | 63.6 | 1 | 158 | 7.2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 66.1 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Warren Moon | 31 | 19 | 61.3 | 0 | 306 | 9.9 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94.3 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 19 | 61.3 | 0 | 306 | 9.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94.3 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Harry Holt | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Earnest Byner | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Ricky Feacher | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Brian Brennan | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Boyce Green | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 158 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Tim Smith | 7 | 167 | 23.9 | 47 | 0 |
| Chris Dressel | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jamie Williams | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Larry Moriarty | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Holston | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 306 | 16.1 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Patrick Allen | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||
| Steve Cox | 4 | 212 | 53.0 | 69 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 4 | 212 | 53.0 | 0 | |||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||
| John James | 2 | 88 | 44.0 | 45 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 2 | 88 | 44.0 | 0 | |||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Brian Brennan | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Glen Young | 4 | 0 | 111 | 27.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Earnest Byner | 1 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 0 | 132 | 26.4 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 3 | 0 | 78 | 26.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Willie Joyner | 3 | 0 | 57 | 19.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 0 | 135 | 22.5 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Team Totals | 0.0 |
| Houston Oilers | |
| Keith Bostic | 1.0 |
| Brian Sochia | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 2.0 |