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Cleveland Browns 45 at Pittsburgh Steelers 24
Sunday, November 17, 1968
Stadium: Pitt Stadium, Surface: grass,
Weather: 47 degrees, relative humidity 90%, wind 9 mph
Weather: 47 degrees, relative humidity 90%, wind 9 mph
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns (7-3-0) | 14 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 45 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (2-7-1) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
Scoring
| CLE | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Browns | Leroy Kelly 7 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Steelers | J.R. Wilburn 10 yard pass from Dick Shiner (Booth Lusteg kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| Browns | Ernie Green 62 yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Steelers | Booth Lusteg 13 yard field goal | 14 | 10 |
| Browns | Ernie Green 11 yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 21 | 10 | |
| Browns | Don Cockroft 27 yard field goal | 24 | 10 | |
| 4th | Browns | Milt Morin 2 yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 31 | 10 |
| Steelers | Ray May 27 yard interception return (Booth Lusteg kick) | 31 | 17 | |
| Browns | Paul Warfield 36 yard pass from Frank Ryan (Don Cockroft kick) | 38 | 17 | |
| Steelers | J.R. Wilburn 19 yard pass from Dick Shiner (Booth Lusteg kick) | 38 | 24 | |
| Browns | Charlie Harraway 33 yard pass from Frank Ryan (Don Cockroft kick) | 45 | 24 |
Team Stats
| CLE | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 27-47-1 | 25-165-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 22-35-352-5-3 | 17-36-188-2-6 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 352 | 188 |
| Total yards | 399 | 353 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 7 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-61 | 4-55 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bill Nelsen | CLE | 18 | 27 | 258 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Milt Morin | CLE | 5 | 103 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ernie Green | CLE | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 84 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Paul Warfield | CLE | 4 | 68 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Frank Ryan | CLE | 4 | 7 | 94 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Charlie Harraway | CLE | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Eppie Barney | CLE | 4 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Leroy Kelly | CLE | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy McDonald | CLE | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Reece Morrison | CLE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Earl Gros | PIT | 13 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dick Shiner | PIT | 17 | 35 | 188 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dick Hoak | PIT | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| J.R. Wilburn | PIT | 7 | 79 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Roy Jefferson | PIT | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Don Shy | PIT | 1 | 8 | 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 | |||
| Erich Barnes | CLE | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ben Davis | CLE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Houston | CLE | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Howell | CLE | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ernie Kellermann | CLE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Charlie Leigh | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Matheson | CLE | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ralph Smith | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 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 | |||
| Jon Henderson | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Roy Jefferson | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ray May | PIT | 2 | 31 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Andy Russell | PIT | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Shy | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 190 | 31.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Don Cockroft | CLE | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 120 | 30.0 | 0 |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Booth Lusteg | PIT | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Walden | PIT | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 0 | ||||