| Cleveland Browns at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 16, 1977 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 47888 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Billy Johnson 87 punt return (Toni Fritsch kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Toni Fritsch 25 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Cleo Miller 6 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Clarence Scott 49 interception return (Don Cockroft kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Oscar Roan 8 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Toni Fritsch 37 FG | 21 | 13 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | John Hadl 6 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 21 | 20 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Toni Fritsch 36 FG | 21 | 23 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 30 FG | 24 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Dave Logan |
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 65 | LOG | Henry Sheppard |
| 54 | C | Tom DeLeone |
| 68 | ROG | Bob Jackson |
| 63 | ROT | Barry Darrow |
| 81 | TE | Oscar Roan |
| 17 | QB | Brian Sipe |
| 30 | RB | Cleo Miller |
| 34 | RB | Greg Pruitt |
| Defense | ||
| 64 | LDE | Joe Jones |
| 66 | LDT | Earl Edwards |
| 78 | RDT | Mickey Sims |
| 74 | RDE | Mike St. Clair |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 52 | MLB | Dick Ambrose |
| 86 | RLB | Gerald Irons |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 20 | SS | Tony Peters |
| 27 | FS | Thom Darden |
| 21 | RCB | Oliver Davis |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 89 | WR | Eddie Foster |
| 73 | LOT | Greg Sampson |
| 64 | LOG | George Reihner |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 75 | ROG | Elbert Drungo |
| 72 | ROT | Kevin Hunt |
| 88 | TE | Jimmie Giles |
| 21 | QB | John Hadl |
| 47 | RB | Ronnie Coleman |
| 45 | RB | Tim Wilson |
| Offense | ||
| 77 | LDE | James Young |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 59 | LOLB | Ted Washington |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Kiner |
| 54 | RILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 22 | LCB | Zeke Moore |
| 20 | LS | Bill Currier |
| 37 | RS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 19 | RCB | Willie Alexander |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Larry Poole | 14 | 52 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Cleo Miller | 12 | 42 | 3.5 | 1 | |
| Greg Pruitt | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Paul Warfield | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Tim Wilson | 23 | 56 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Coleman | 12 | 44 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| John Hadl | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| Don Hardeman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 19 | 8 | 42.1 | 1 | 58 | 3.1 | 1 | 45.5 | |||
| Greg Pruitt | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 15 | 8 | 53.3 | 0 | 89 | 5.9 | 0 | 71.2 | |||
| John Hadl | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 2 | 59 | 4.2 | 0 | 15.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Cleo Miller | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Oscar Roan | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 1 | |
| Larry Poole | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Paul Warfield | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Burrough | 5 | 92 | 18.4 | 0 | |
| Tim Wilson | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Coleman | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Jimmie Giles | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Hardeman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Clarence Scott | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49t | 1 |
| Tony Peters | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Robert Brazile | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 8 | 327 | 40.9 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 6 | 219 | 36.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Rolly Woolsey | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 3 | 110 | 36.7 | 1 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ken Ellis | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | ||
| Ricky Feacher | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | ||
| Brian Duncan | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | ||
| Warren Anderson | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Tim Wilson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Joe Jones | 1.0 |
| Mickey Sims | 1.0 |
| Houston Oilers | |
| Ted Washington | 1.0 |
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