Monday November 13, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/13/1972:



Cleveland won its fourth straight in an exchange of last-minute TDs, with the winning one coming on a 38-yard end zone pass from Mike Phipps to Frank Pitts. Phipps also tallied on a quarterback sneak. Prior to the winning score Mike Garrett had tallied 20 seconds earlier for San Diego on a three-yard run.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE114.9  (21)140.2  (17)255.1  (22)15
DEFENSE153.0  (21)144.0  (9)297.0  (17)14
OFFENSE134.8  (16)160.8  (14)295.5  (14)30
DEFENSE127.0  (9)148.6  (12)275.6  (12)19

Line: Chargers by 4

Team1234F
Cleveland Browns (6-3-0)0701421
San Diego Chargers (2-6-1)037717

( 0- 3) SD Dennis Partee 26 yard field goal ( 7- 3) CLE Mike Phipps 1 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) ( 7-10) SD Cid Edwards 4 yard pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) (14-10) CLE Ken Brown 2 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) (14-17) SD Mike Garrett 3 yard rush (Dennis Partee kick) (21-17) CLE Frank Pitts 38 yard pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick)
                     CLE             SD
First Downs:         18              24
Rushes-yards:        30-124          44-191
Yards/rush:          4.1             4.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-21-186-1     12-21-140-1
Sacked-yards:        1-11            1-4
Net pass yards:      175             136
Net yards/pass:      8.0             6.2
Total net yards:     299             327
Total plays:         52 (57% run)    66 (66% run)  
Yards/play:          5.8             5.0
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             2-2
Turnovers:           1               3
Penalties-yards:     5-52            3-27

Attendance: 54,205

Passing:
CLE: Mike Phipps, 13 of 21 for 186 yards and 1 TD (1 int) SD: John Hadl, 12 of 21 for 140 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
Rushing:
CLE: Leroy Kelly, 17 for 67 yards; Bo Scott, 6 for 21 yards; Mike Phipps, 4 for 17 yards and 1 TD; Ken Brown, 2 for 6 yards and 1 TD; Frank Pitts, 1 for 13 yards SD: Mike Garrett, 24 for 89 yards and 1 TD; Cid Edwards, 17 for 91 yards; John Hadl, 3 for 11 yards
Receiving:
CLE: Frank Pitts, 5 for 96 yards and 1 TD; Ken Brown, 2 for 26 yards; Bo Scott, 2 for 1 yard; Leroy Kelly, 1 for 27 yards; Milt Morin, 1 for 18 yards; Chip Glass, 1 for 13 yards; Fair Hooker, 1 for 5 yards SD: Mike Garrett, 4 for 29 yards; Pettis Norman, 3 for 47 yards; Cid Edwards, 3 for 34 yards and 1 TD; Gary Garrison, 2 for 30 yards
Kick returns:
CLE: Bobby Majors, 3 for 51 yards; Billy Lefear, 1 for 24 yards SD: Jesse Taylor, 4 for 88 yards
Punt returns:
CLE: Bobby Majors, 1 for -1 yards SD: Lenny Dunlap, 1 for 7 yards
Interceptions:
CLE: Ben Davis, 1 for 0 yards SD: Rick Redman, 1 for 14 yards
Punting:
CLE: Don Cockroft, 5 for 203 yards SD: Dennis Partee, 3 for 128 yards
Field Goals:
SD: Dennis Partee, 1/1


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