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Cleveland Browns 37 at Houston Oilers 24
Sunday, November 28, 1971
Stadium: Houston Astrodome (dome), Start Time: 3:00, Surface: astroturf,
Weather: 72 degrees, no wind
Weather: 72 degrees, no wind
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns (6-5-0) | 3 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 37 |
| Houston Oilers (1-9-1) | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
Scoring
| CLE | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Browns | Don Cockroft 40 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | Oilers | Mark Moseley 27 yard field goal | 3 | 3 |
| Oilers | Garland Boyette 19 yard fumble return (Mark Moseley kick) | 3 | 10 | |
| Browns | Don Cockroft 35 yard field goal | 6 | 10 | |
| Browns | Leroy Kelly 1 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) | 13 | 10 | |
| Oilers | Charlie Joiner 20 yard pass from Woody Campbell (Mark Moseley kick) | 13 | 17 | |
| 3rd | Browns | Bo Scott 1 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) | 20 | 17 |
| Browns | Frank Pitts 18 yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 27 | 17 | |
| 4th | Browns | Bo Scott 4 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) | 34 | 17 |
| Oilers | Dan Pastorini 1 yard rush (Mark Moseley kick) | 34 | 24 | |
| Browns | Don Cockroft 39 yard field goal | 37 | 24 |
Team Stats
| CLE | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 10 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 41-160-3 | 20-46-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-24-162-1-2 | 14-28-193-1-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-11 | 4-23 |
| Net pass yards | 151 | 170 |
| Total yards | 311 | 216 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-15 | 5-46 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Leroy Kelly | CLE | 23 | 107 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Nelsen | CLE | 11 | 22 | 162 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dave Jones | CLE | 4 | 66 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Frank Pitts | CLE | 3 | 63 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bo Scott | CLE | 13 | 39 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fair Hooker | CLE | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bo Cornell | CLE | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Phipps | CLE | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Charlie Joiner | HOU | 2 | 73 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 4 | 8 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Woody Campbell | HOU | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| Alvin Reed | HOU | 3 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charley Johnson | HOU | 9 | 19 | 83 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Robert Holmes | HOU | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dickie Post | HOU | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Beirne | HOU | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ward Walsh | HOU | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 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 | |||
| Stan Brown | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Garlington | CLE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Chip Glass | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ernie Kellermann | CLE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Leroy Kelly | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Reece Morrison | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Walt Sumner | CLE | 1 | 25 | 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 | |||
| John Charles | HOU | 1 | 51 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Linzy Cole | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 157 | 26.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ken Houston | HOU | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charlie Joiner | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Don Cockroft | CLE | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 142 | 35.5 | 0 |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Mark Moseley | HOU | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 5 | 192 | 38.4 | 0 | ||||