| Cleveland Browns at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 3, 1981 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 44502 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Matt Bahr 18 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Toni Fritsch 32 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Matt Bahr 19 FG | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Dave Casper 30 pass from Gifford Nielsen (Toni Fritsch kick) | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Earl Campbell 1 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Cleo Miller 1 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 13 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Ricky Feacher |
| 85 | WR | Dave Logan |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 68 | LOG | Bob Jackson |
| 79 | C | Gerry Sullivan |
| 64 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 63 | ROT | Cody Risien |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 17 | QB | Brian Sipe |
| 30 | RB | Cleo Miller |
| 43 | FB | Mike Pruitt |
| Defense | ||
| 97 | LDE | Thomas Brown |
| 91 | NT | Henry Bradley |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 50 | LOLB | Don Goode |
| 56 | LILB | Robert Jackson |
| 52 | RILB | Dick Ambrose |
| 57 | ROLB | Clay Matthews |
| 28 | LCB | Ron Bolton |
| 22 | SS | Clarence Scott |
| 27 | FS | Thom Darden |
| 29 | RCB | Hanford Dixon |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 84 | WR | Mike Holston |
| 74 | LOT | Leon Gray |
| 62 | LOG | John Schuhmacher |
| 58 | C | David Carter |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 76 | ROT | Morris Towns |
| 86 | TE | Mike Barber |
| 12 | QB | Ken Stabler |
| 45 | HB | Tim Wilson |
| 34 | FB | Earl Campbell |
| Defense | ||
| 69 | LDE | Andy Dorris |
| 71 | MG | Ken Kennard |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 59 | LOLB | Ted Washington |
| 50 | LILB | Daryl Hunt |
| 54 | RILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 33 | LCB | J.C. Wilson |
| 32 | SS | Vernon Perry |
| 37 | FS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 27 | RCB | Greg Stemrick |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Pruitt | 32 | 155 | 4.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Cleo Miller | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 3 | 1 |
| Brian Sipe | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Greg Pruitt | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Charles White | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 15 | 31 | 2.1 | 9 | 1 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tim Wilson | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gifford Nielsen | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 31 | 21 | 67.7 | 2 | 206 | 6.6 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 59.3 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Gifford Nielsen | 11 | 7 | 63.6 | 0 | 86 | 7.8 | 30t | 1 | 1 | 9 | 118.0 |
| Ken Stabler | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 1 | 48 | 5.3 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 31.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Pruitt | 7 | 58 | 8.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Dave Logan | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Greg Pruitt | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Cleo Miller | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dave Casper | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 30t | 1 |
| Billy Brooks | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ken Burrough | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Earl Campbell | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Barber | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Adger Armstrong | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tim Wilson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Clarence Scott | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Bill Kay | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Mike Reinfeldt | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Steve Cox | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 1 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 4 | 164 | 41.0 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dino Hall | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Willie Tullis | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Carl Roaches | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Lyle Alzado | 1.0 |
| Don Goode | 1.0 |
| Houston Oilers | |
| Ken Kennard | 1.0 |
| Andy Dorris | 1.0 |
| Ted Washington | 1.0 |
| Jesse Baker | 1.0 |
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