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Pittsburgh Steelers 24 at Cleveland Browns 31
Saturday, October 5, 1968
Stadium: Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Surface: grass,
Weather: 43 degrees, relative humidity 71%, wind 7 mph
Weather: 43 degrees, relative humidity 71%, wind 7 mph
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers (0-4-0) | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Cleveland Browns (2-2-0) | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
Scoring
| PIT | CLE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Steelers | Booth Lusteg 25 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| Browns | Charlie Leigh 20 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Browns | Paul Warfield 28 yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 3 | 14 |
| Steelers | Roy Jefferson 13 yard pass from Dick Shiner (Booth Lusteg kick) | 10 | 14 | |
| Browns | Don Cockroft 27 yard field goal | 10 | 17 | |
| 3rd | Steelers | Roy Jefferson 23 yard pass from Dick Shiner (Booth Lusteg kick) | 17 | 17 |
| Browns | Leroy Kelly 2 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) | 17 | 24 | |
| 4th | Browns | Eppie Barney 8 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) | 17 | 31 |
| Steelers | Paul Martha 60 yard fumble return (Booth Lusteg kick) | 24 | 31 |
Team Stats
| PIT | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 24 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 27-116-0 | 38-184-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-27-165-2-1 | 16-25-190-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-9 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 156 | 190 |
| Total yards | 272 | 374 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-52 | 6-72 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Earl Gros | PIT | 15 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Roy Jefferson | PIT | 5 | 78 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dick Shiner | PIT | 11 | 24 | 141 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dick Hoak | PIT | 2 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 58 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| J.R. Wilburn | PIT | 5 | 66 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Leroy Kelly | CLE | 25 | 128 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Nelsen | CLE | 16 | 25 | 190 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gary Collins | CLE | 2 | 73 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Paul Warfield | CLE | 5 | 70 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Leigh | CLE | 8 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Milt Morin | CLE | 3 | 46 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Eppie Barney | CLE | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Harraway | CLE | 3 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Jon Henderson | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Roy Jefferson | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Don Shy | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Marv Woodson | PIT | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Ben Davis | CLE | 1 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Leroy Kelly | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Carl Ward | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Booth Lusteg | PIT | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Walden | PIT | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Don Cockroft | CLE | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 118 | 39.3 | 0 |