| Houston Oilers at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: December 11, 1977 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 30898 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 11 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Ronnie Coleman 3 run (Tom Dempsey kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 26 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Ronnie Coleman 2 run (run failed) | 13 | 3 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 40 FG | 13 | 6 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Billy Johnson 72 punt return (Tom Dempsey kick failed) | 19 | 6 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Safety, Rob Carpenter tackled in end zone by Jerry Sherk | 19 | 8 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Gary Parris 3 pass from Terry Luck (Don Cockroft kick) | 19 | 15 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 86 | TE | Mike Barber |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 26 | RB | Rob Carpenter |
| 47 | RB | Ronnie Coleman |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Ken Kennard |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 79 | RDE | Ernie Kirk |
| 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 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 42 | WR | Paul Warfield |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 65 | LOG | Henry Sheppard |
| 54 | C | Tom DeLeone |
| 68 | ROG | Bob Jackson |
| 75 | ROT | Bob Lingenfelter |
| 84 | TE | Gary Parris |
| 10 | QB | Dave Mays |
| 30 | RB | Cleo Miller |
| 34 | RB | Greg Pruitt |
| Offense | ||
| 64 | LDE | Joe Jones |
| 66 | LDT | Earl Edwards |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 74 | RDE | Mike St. Clair |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 52 | MLB | Dick Ambrose |
| 86 | RLB | Gerald Irons |
| 28 | LCB | Ron Bolton |
| 20 | SS | Tony Peters |
| 27 | FS | Thom Darden |
| 21 | RCB | Oliver Davis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ronnie Coleman | 20 | 66 | 3.3 | 2 | |
| Rob Carpenter | 15 | 48 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Greg Pruitt | 23 | 92 | 4.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Cleo Miller | 15 | 84 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| Larry Poole | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Terry Luck | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 1 | 74 | 6.2 | 0 | 41.7 | |||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Terry Luck | 27 | 16 | 59.3 | 2 | 188 | 7.0 | 1 | 62.0 | |||
| Dave Mays | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 2 | 34 | 4.3 | 0 | 11.5 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ronnie Coleman | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| Eddie Foster | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 | 0 |
| Mike Barber | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ken Burrough | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Reggie Rucker | 6 | 97 | 16.2 | 0 | |
| Greg Pruitt | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 22 | 0 |
| Cleo Miller | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Paul Warfield | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Dave Logan | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Zeke Moore | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Curley Culp | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Willie Alexander | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ted Washington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Rolly Woolsey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 8 | 275 | 34.4 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 4 | 159 | 39.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 2 | 97 | 48.5 | 1 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Rolly Woolsey | 6 | 53 | 8.8 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Larry Williams | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | ||
| Brian Duncan | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Dick Ambrose | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Rolly Woolsey | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Joe Jones | 2.0 |
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