| Houston Oilers at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: December 2, 1979 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 69112 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 30 F Humidty: 72% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mike Pruitt 42 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Earl Campbell 11 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mike Pruitt 1 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 88 | WR | Rich Caster |
| 74 | LOT | Leon Gray |
| 70 | LOG | Conway Hayman |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 76 | ROT | Morris Towns |
| 86 | TE | Mike Barber |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 34 | RB | Earl Campbell |
| 45 | FB | Tim Wilson |
| Defense | ||
| 69 | LDE | Andy Dorris |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 59 | LOLB | Ted Washington |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 53 | RILB | Art Stringer |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 33 | LCB | J.C. Wilson |
| 32 | SS | Vernon Perry |
| 37 | WS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 27 | RCB | Greg Stemrick |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Dave Logan |
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 63 | LOG | Cody Risien |
| 54 | C | Tom DeLeone |
| 68 | ROG | Bob Jackson |
| 65 | ROT | Henry Sheppard |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 17 | QB | Brian Sipe |
| 30 | RB | Cleo Miller |
| 43 | FB | Mike Pruitt |
| Offense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 78 | NT | Mickey Sims |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 59 | LOLB | Charlie Hall |
| 52 | LILB | Dick Ambrose |
| 56 | RILB | Robert Jackson |
| 57 | ROLB | Clay Matthews |
| 28 | LCB | Ron Bolton |
| 22 | SS | Clarence Scott |
| 27 | FS | Thom Darden |
| 21 | RCB | Oliver Davis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 22 | 108 | 4.9 | 23 | 1 |
| Rob Carpenter | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tim Wilson | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Pruitt | 25 | 111 | 4.4 | 14 | 1 |
| Brian Sipe | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | |
| Cleo Miller | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Dino Hall | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Pat Moriarty | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 31 | 16 | 51.6 | 1 | 133 | 4.3 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 49.5 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 26 | 13 | 50.0 | 1 | 172 | 6.6 | 42t | 1 | 5 | 35 | 68.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Renfro | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Barber | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Rich Caster | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Pruitt | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 42 | 1 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Cleo Miller | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Dave Logan | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ricky Feacher | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Greg Stemrick | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Thom Darden | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 5 | 185 | 37.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Johnny Evans | 4 | 156 | 39.0 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Rich Ellender | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dino Hall | 4 | 1 | 68 | 17.0 | 22 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carter Hartwig | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Randy Rich | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Dino Hall | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |
| Andy Dorris | 2.0 |
| Mike Stensrud | 1.0 |
| Ted Washington | 1.0 |
| Robert Brazile | 1.0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Clarence Scott | 1.0 |
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