Sunday September 2, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 09/02/1979:



Don Cockroft's fourth field goal of the game, a 27-yarder with 15 seconds left in overtime, enabled Cleveland to win its fourth straight season opener. Cockroft sent the game into overtime with a 35-yard field goal that came four seconds before the final gun. The field goal came after the Browns had driven 52 yards on one play -- a 37-yard pass from Brian Sipe to Dave Logan and a roughing the passer penalty. Cleveland's winning score was set up by a 33-yard interception return by Oliver Davis and a 21-yard Sipe-to-Logan pass.

Line: Jets by 2

Team1234OTF
Cleveland Browns (1-0-0)7393325
New York Jets (0-1-0)3739022

( 0- 3) NYJ Pat Leahy 34 yard field goal ( 7- 3) CLE Greg Pruitt 12 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) ( 7-10) NYJ Matt Robinson 1 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick) (10-10) CLE Don Cockroft 31 yard field goal (16-10) CLE Ozzie Newsome 17 yard pass from Brian Sipe (kick failed) (16-13) NYJ Pat Leahy 24 yard field goal (19-13) CLE Don Cockroft 36 yard field goal (19-19) NYJ Kevin Long 5 yard rush (kick failed) (19-22) NYJ Pat Leahy 21 yard field goal (22-22) CLE Don Cockroft 35 yard field goal (25-22) CLE Don Cockroft 27 yard field goal
                     CLE             NYJ
First Downs:         24              24
Rushes-yards:        38-131          51-229
Yards/rush:          3.4             4.5
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     21-36-302-3     17-31-191-2
Sacked-yards:        1-10            5-30
Net pass yards:      292             161
Net yards/pass:      7.9             4.5
Total net yards:     423             390
Total plays:         75 (50% run)    87 (58% run)  
Yards/play:          5.6             4.5
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             0-0
Turnovers:           4               2
Penalties-yards:     6-43            7-55

Attendance: 48,472

Passing:
CLE: Brian Sipe, 21 of 36 for 302 yards and 2 TDs (3 int) NYJ: Matt Robinson, 17 of 31 for 191 yards (2 int)
Rushing:
CLE: Greg Pruitt, 20 for 81 yards; Mike Pruitt, 16 for 49 yards; Calvin Hill, 2 for 1 yard NYJ: Kevin Long, 21 for 69 yards and 1 TD; Scott Dierking, 14 for 94 yards; Bruce Harper, 7 for 44 yards; Clark Gaines, 6 for 18 yards; Matt Robinson, 3 for 4 yards and 1 TD
Receiving:
CLE: Dave Logan, 6 for 115 yards; Reggie Rucker, 4 for 74 yards; Greg Pruitt, 3 for 39 yards and 1 TD; Ozzie Newsome, 3 for 31 yards and 1 TD; Mike Pruitt, 3 for 18 yards; Keith Wright, 1 for 13 yards; Ricky Feacher, 1 for 12 yards NYJ: Wesley Walker, 5 for 65 yards; Jerome Barkum, 3 for 33 yards; Derrick Gaffney, 3 for 33 yards; Clark Gaines, 3 for 22 yards; Kevin Long, 1 for 27 yards; Scott Dierking, 1 for 8 yards; Bruce Harper, 1 for 3 yards
Kick returns:
CLE: Keith Wright, 3 for 129 yards; Ricky Feacher, 2 for 51 yards; Greg Pruitt, 1 for 22 yards NYJ: Bruce Harper, 6 for 133 yards; John Hennessy, 1 for 3 yards
Punt returns:
NYJ: Bruce Harper, 1 for 4 yards
Interceptions:
CLE: Oliver Davis, 1 for 33 yards; Clay Matthews, 1 for 30 yards NYJ: Burgess Owens, 2 for 17 yards; Shafer Suggs, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
CLE: Johnny Evans, 2 for 86 yards NYJ: Chuck Ramsey, 5 for 214 yards
Field Goals:
CLE: Don Cockroft, 4/4 NYJ: Pat Leahy, 3/5


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