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Pittsburgh Steelers 24 at Cleveland Browns 31

Saturday, October 5, 1968

Pittsburgh Steelers 24, Cleveland Browns 31

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Pittsburgh Steelers (0-4-0)377724
Cleveland Browns (2-2-0)7107731

Scoring

PITCLE
1stPITBooth Lusteg 25 yard field goal30
CLECharlie Leigh 20 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick)37
2ndCLEPaul Warfield 28 yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick)314
PITRoy Jefferson 13 yard pass from Dick Shiner (Booth Lusteg kick)1014
CLEDon Cockroft 27 yard field goal1017
3rdPITRoy Jefferson 23 yard pass from Dick Shiner (Booth Lusteg kick)1717
CLELeroy Kelly 2 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick)1724
4thCLEEppie Barney 8 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick)1731
PITPaul Martha 60 yard fumble return (Booth Lusteg kick)2431

Team Stats

PITCLE
First downs1924
Rush-yards-TDs27-116-038-184-3
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT13-27-165-2-116-25-190-1-1
Sacked-yards1-90-0
Net pass yards156190
Total yards272374
Fumbles-lost1-13-2
Turnovers23
Penalties-yards6-526-72

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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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