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Cleveland Browns 27 at Philadelphia Eagles 17
Sunday, September 24, 1972
Stadium: Veterans Stadium, Start Time: 1:00, Surface: astroturf,
Weather: 59 degrees, relative humidity 76%, wind 8 mph
Weather: 59 degrees, relative humidity 76%, wind 8 mph
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns (1-1-0) | 3 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
| Philadelphia Eagles (0-2-0) | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
Scoring
| CLE | PHI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Browns | Don Cockroft 10 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | Eagles | Tom Dempsey 18 yard field goal | 3 | 3 |
| Browns | Don Cockroft 44 yard field goal | 6 | 3 | |
| Browns | Bo Scott 1 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) | 13 | 3 | |
| Browns | Frank Pitts 22 yard pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick) | 20 | 3 | |
| 3rd | Browns | Mike Phipps 4 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) | 27 | 3 |
| Eagles | Harold Jackson 20 yard pass from John Reaves (Tom Dempsey kick) | 27 | 10 | |
| 4th | Eagles | John Reaves 1 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick) | 27 | 17 |
Team Stats
| CLE | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 36-155-2 | 24-66-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 9-20-152-1-1 | 22-39-294-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-10 | 5-46 |
| Net pass yards | 142 | 248 |
| Total yards | 297 | 314 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-20 | 7-69 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Leroy Kelly | CLE | 17 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike Phipps | CLE | 9 | 20 | 152 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Bo Scott | CLE | 10 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Frank Pitts | CLE | 3 | 58 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Milt Morin | CLE | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fair Hooker | CLE | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Brown | CLE | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Harold Jackson | PHI | 7 | 131 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pete Liske | PHI | 14 | 25 | 186 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tony Baker | PHI | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 62 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Reaves | PHI | 8 | 14 | 108 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Gary Ballman | PHI | 3 | 46 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ben Hawkins | PHI | 3 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Po James | PHI | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Larry Watkins | PHI | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Sullivan | PHI | 1 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 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 | |||
| Bob J. Briggs | CLE | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Brown | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Thom Darden | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Garlington | CLE | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Reece Morrison | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 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 | |||
| Bill Bradley | PHI | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Pat Gibbs | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Al Nelson | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Don Cockroft | CLE | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 192 | 48.0 | 0 |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Tom Dempsey | PHI | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom McNeill | PHI | 3 | 114 | 38.0 | 0 | ||||