Sunday November 11, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/11/1973:



Cleveland gained 195 yards and scored 17 points in the first quarter on a Don Cockroft field goal, a one-yard plunge by Mike Phipps and a 53-yard run by rookie Greg Pruitt. Cockroft kicked three FGs and raised his season total to 18.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE149.2  (11)93.0  (24)242.2  (24)17
DEFENSE138.2  (11)103.2  (3)241.5  (6)14
OFFENSE99.1  (24)126.2  (17)225.4  (25)31
DEFENSE180.8  (25)155.2  (20)336.0  (24)12

Line: Browns by 10

Team1234F
Cleveland Browns (5-3-1)1703323
Houston Oilers (1-8-0)033713

( 3- 0) CLE Don Cockroft 30 yard field goal (10- 0) CLE Mike Phipps 1 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) (17- 0) CLE Greg Pruitt 53 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) (17- 3) HOU Skip Butler 27 yard field goal (17- 6) HOU Skip Butler 46 yard field goal (20- 6) CLE Don Cockroft 22 yard field goal (23- 6) CLE Don Cockroft 45 yard field goal (23-13) HOU Mack Alston 39 yard pass from Lynn Dickey (Skip Butler kick)
                     CLE             HOU
First Downs:         13              16
Rushes-yards:        37-180          27-106
Yards/rush:          4.9             3.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     8-17-132-1      20-38-223-1
Sacked-yards:        1-13            2-20
Net pass yards:      119             203
Net yards/pass:      6.6             5.1
Total net yards:     299             309
Total plays:         55 (67% run)    67 (40% run)  
Yards/play:          5.4             4.6
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             0-0
Turnovers:           1               1
Penalties-yards:     6-47            8-58

Attendance: 37,230

Passing:
CLE: Mike Phipps, 8 of 17 for 132 yards (1 int) HOU: Lynn Dickey, 12 of 22 for 139 yards and 1 TD; Dan Pastorini, 8 of 15 for 84 yards (1 int); Fred Willis, 0 of 1 for 0 yards
Rushing:
CLE: Ken Brown, 17 for 59 yards; Hugh McKinnis, 6 for 33 yards; Greg Pruitt, 5 for 66 yards and 1 TD; Leroy Kelly, 5 for 12 yards; Mike Phipps, 2 for 8 yards and 1 TD; Billy Lefear, 2 for 2 yards HOU: Fred Willis, 14 for 38 yards; Bill Thomas, 7 for 42 yards; Bob Gresham, 6 for 26 yards
Receiving:
CLE: Milt Morin, 3 for 46 yards; Chip Glass, 1 for 47 yards; Leroy Kelly, 1 for 23 yards; Frank Pitts, 1 for 10 yards; Ken Brown, 1 for 4 yards; Greg Pruitt, 1 for 2 yards HOU: Eddie Hinton, 4 for 69 yards; Billy Parks, 4 for 51 yards; Fred Willis, 4 for -3 yards; Mack Alston, 3 for 48 yards and 1 TD; Ken Burrough, 3 for 34 yards; Bob Gresham, 2 for 24 yards
Kick returns:
CLE: Billy Lefear, 1 for 25 yards; Mel Long, 1 for 0 yards HOU: Alvin Haymond, 6 for 130 yards
Punt returns:
CLE: Greg Pruitt, 1 for 46 yards HOU: Alvin Haymond, 2 for 5 yards
Interceptions:
CLE: Clarence Scott, 1 for 0 yards HOU: Jeff Severson, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
CLE: Don Cockroft, 3 for 105 yards HOU: Dave Green, 5 for 190 yards
Field Goals:
CLE: Don Cockroft, 3/5 HOU: Skip Butler, 2/4


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