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Cleveland Browns 21 at New Orleans Saints 17

Sunday, December 12, 1971

Cleveland Browns 21, New Orleans Saints 17

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Cleveland Browns (8-5-0)707721
New Orleans Saints (4-7-2)0100717

Scoring

CLENOR
1stCLEBo Scott 2 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick)70
2ndNORCharlie Durkee 28 yard field goal73
NORVirgil Robinson 4 yard rush (Charlie Durkee kick)710
3rdCLELeroy Kelly 1 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick)1410
4thCLEWalter Johnson 0 yard fumble return (Don Cockroft kick)2110
NORJim Strong 7 yard rush (Charlie Durkee kick)2117

Team Stats

CLENOR
First downs2018
Rush-yards-TDs42-132-233-159-2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT11-21-177-0-27-23-101-0-0
Sacked-yards2-253-35
Net pass yards15266
Total yards284225
Fumbles-lost7-56-3
Turnovers73
Penalties-yards5-658-69

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Bo Scott CLE 14 46 1 0 3 51 0 0
Bill Nelsen CLE 9 18 130 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
Ken Brown CLE 8 55 0 0
Fair Hooker CLE 3 52 0 0
Frank Pitts CLE 4 50 0 0
Mike Phipps CLE 1 2 24 0 0 0 5 20 0 0
Leroy Kelly CLE 1 1 23 0 0 0 11 13 1 0
Milt Morin CLE 1 24 0 0
Bo Cornell CLE 3 -2 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Jim Strong NOR 14 88 1 0
Bob Gresham NOR 16 60 0 0 1 5 0 0
Bob Newland NOR 2 63 0 0
Archie Manning NOR 6 11 91 0 0 0 1 -4 0 0 1 -7 0 0
Dave Parks NOR 2 29 0 0
Ed Hargett NOR 1 12 10 0 0 0 1 11 0 0
Danny Abramowicz NOR 1 11 0 0
Virgil Robinson NOR 1 4 1 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
Stan Brown CLE 0 0 0 0 2 44 22.0 0 0
Dave Jones CLE 0 0 0 0 2 15 7.5 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
Dick Absher NOR 1 21 0 0
Dee Martin NOR 1 26 0 0
Virgil Robinson NOR 0 0 0 0 2 32 16.0 0 0