| Cleveland Browns at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 1972 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 62614 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 24 F Humidty: 41% Wind: 35 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 26 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bo Scott 27 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Emerson Boozer 3 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 8 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Bobby Howfield 19 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Frank Pitts 80 pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Frank Pitts 7 pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick failed) | 23 | 10 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 13 FG | 26 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | Fair Hooker |
| 25 | WR | Frank Pitts |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 66 | LOG | Gene Hickerson |
| 61 | C | Bob DeMarco |
| 65 | ROG | John Demarie |
| 78 | ROT | Bob McKay |
| 89 | TE | Milt Morin |
| 15 | QB | Mike Phipps |
| 44 | RB | Leroy Kelly |
| 35 | RB | Bo Scott |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Nick Roman |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 84 | RDE | Bob Briggs |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 51 | MLB | Dale Lindsey |
| 52 | RLB | Billy Andrews |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 27 | LS | Thom Darden |
| 29 | RS | Walt Sumner |
| 28 | RCB | Ben Davis |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 7 | WR | Eddie Bell |
| 13 | WR | Don Maynard |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Svihus |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 52 | C | John Schmitt |
| 67 | ROG | Dave Herman |
| 75 | ROT | Winston Hill |
| 88 | TE | Rich Caster |
| 15 | QB | Bob Davis |
| 32 | RB | Emerson Boozer |
| 42 | RB | Cliff McClain |
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Gerry Philbin |
| 57 | LDT | John Little |
| 80 | RDT | John Elliott |
| 86 | RDE | Joey Jackson |
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker |
| 62 | MLB | Al Atkinson |
| 50 | RLB | Mike Taylor |
| 21 | LCB | Steve Tannen |
| 27 | LS | Phil Wise |
| 33 | RS | W.K. Hicks |
| 45 | RCB | Earlie Thomas |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Leroy Kelly | 18 | 78 | 4.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 10 | 69 | 6.9 | 1 | |
| Mike Phipps | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 0 | |
| Bo Cornell | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Ken Brown | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Emerson Boozer | 22 | 106 | 4.8 | 15 | 1 |
| Hank Bjorklund | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Cliff McClain | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Bob Davis | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Mike Phipps | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 2 | 156 | 9.2 | 2 | 74.3 | |||
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Bob Davis | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 1 | 44 | 3.7 | 0 | 17.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Frank Pitts | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 2 | |
| Fair Hooker | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Milt Morin | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Hank Bjorklund | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Rich Caster | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Emerson Boozer | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Walter Johnson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Ralph Baker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Tannen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 4 | 142 | 35.5 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Steve O'Neal | 4 | 167 | 41.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bobby Majors | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | ||
| Leroy Kelly | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ken Brown | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Majors | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| New York Jets | |
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