Sunday November 8, 1970
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NFL game summary for 11/08/1970:



George Blanda's 52-yard field goal, his longest as a Raider, brought a victory for Oakland in the final three seconds. Blanda had replaced Daryle Lamonica in the fourth quarter after the Raiders' regular quarterback had injured his shoulder. Lamonica threw a TD pass to Charlie Smith in the first half to run his string to 24 games and move into second place on the all-time list behind Johnny Unitas' 47 games.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE112.7  (17)198.7  (3)311.4  (4)22
DEFENSE125.6  (16)187.1  (22)312.7  (24)14
OFFENSE155.9  (3)220.4  (1)376.3  (1)10
DEFENSE142.6  (22)166.0  (17)308.6  (22)13

Line: n/a

Team1234F
Cleveland Browns (4-4-0)0107320
Oakland Raiders (4-2-2)31001023

( 0- 3) OAK George Blanda 43 yard field goal ( 0-10) OAK Charlie Smith 27 yard pass from Daryle Lamonica (George Blanda kick) ( 0-13) OAK George Blanda 9 yard field goal ( 7-13) CLE Leroy Kelly 10 yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) (10-13) CLE Don Cockroft 42 yard field goal (17-13) CLE Bo Scott 63 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) (20-13) CLE Don Cockroft 32 yard field goal (20-20) OAK Warren Wells 14 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) (20-23) OAK George Blanda 52 yard field goal
                     CLE             OAK
First Downs:         12              21
Rushes-yards:        33-130          41-160
Yards/rush:          3.9             3.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     9-28-110-3      14-32-170-1
Sacked-yards:        0-0             4-36
Net pass yards:      110             134
Net yards/pass:      3.9             3.7
Total net yards:     240             294
Total plays:         61 (54% run)    77 (53% run)  
Yards/play:          3.9             3.8
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             3-1
Turnovers:           3               2
Penalties-yards:     3-52            6-39

Attendance: 54,463

Passing:
CLE: Bill Nelsen, 9 of 28 for 110 yards and 1 TD (3 int) OAK: Daryle Lamonica, 7 of 20 for 68 yards and 1 TD; George Blanda, 7 of 12 for 102 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
Rushing:
CLE: Leroy Kelly, 18 for 31 yards; Bo Scott, 14 for 101 yards and 1 TD; Bill Nelsen, 1 for -2 yards OAK: Charlie Smith, 16 for 73 yards; Hewritt Dixon, 14 for 47 yards; Marv Hubbard, 6 for 21 yards; Larry Todd, 4 for 15 yards; George Blanda, 1 for 4 yards
Receiving:
CLE: Leroy Kelly, 5 for 65 yards and 1 TD; Milt Morin, 2 for 25 yards; Bo Scott, 2 for 20 yards OAK: Charlie Smith, 4 for 43 yards and 1 TD; Rod Sherman, 4 for 35 yards; Warren Wells, 2 for 45 yards and 1 TD; Fred Biletnikoff, 1 for 17 yards; Raymond Chester, 1 for 13 yards; Hewritt Dixon, 1 for 9 yards; Larry Todd, 1 for 8 yards
Kick returns:
CLE: Homer Jones, 4 for 117 yards; Bob Matheson, 1 for 7 yards OAK: George Atkinson, 2 for 47 yards; Alvin Wyatt, 1 for 25 yards
Punt returns:
CLE: Walt Sumner, 2 for 46 yards; Reece Morrison, 1 for 0 yards OAK: Alvin Wyatt, 2 for 6 yards; Rod Sherman, 1 for 10 yards
Interceptions:
CLE: Bob Matheson, 1 for 11 yards OAK: Kent McCloughan, 1 for 5 yards; Tony Cline, 1 for 0 yards; Nemiah Wilson, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
CLE: Don Cockroft, 8 for 344 yards OAK: Mike Eischeid, 7 for 311 yards
Field Goals:
CLE: Don Cockroft, 2/2 OAK: George Blanda, 3/4


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