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Cleveland Browns 23 at Houston Oilers 17
Sunday, October 22, 1972
Stadium: Houston Astrodome (dome), Start Time: 1:00, Surface: astroturf,
Weather: 72 degrees, no wind
Weather: 72 degrees, no wind
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns (3-3-0) | 0 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| Houston Oilers (1-5-0) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
Scoring
| CLE | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Oilers | Charlie Joiner 51 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | Browns | Don Cockroft 33 yard field goal | 3 | 7 |
| Browns | Don Cockroft 33 yard field goal | 6 | 7 | |
| Browns | Frank Pitts 27 yard pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick) | 13 | 7 | |
| 3rd | Oilers | Ken Burrough 80 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 13 | 14 |
| Browns | Don Cockroft 26 yard field goal | 16 | 14 | |
| 4th | Oilers | Skip Butler 46 yard field goal | 16 | 17 |
| Browns | Mike Phipps 1 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) | 23 | 17 |
Team Stats
| CLE | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 39-135-1 | 36-143-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 9-19-127-1-0 | 17-27-239-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-8 | 3-18 |
| Net pass yards | 119 | 221 |
| Total yards | 254 | 364 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 5-2 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-45 | 9-95 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mike Phipps | CLE | 9 | 19 | 127 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Leroy Kelly | CLE | 22 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bo Scott | CLE | 11 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Fair Hooker | CLE | 3 | 56 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Frank Pitts | CLE | 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Milt Morin | CLE | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Brown | CLE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 17 | 27 | 239 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 1 | 80 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Joiner | HOU | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 75 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Hoyle Granger | HOU | 8 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Robert Holmes | HOU | 13 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Willie Rodgers | HOU | 8 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Alvin Reed | HOU | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ward Walsh | HOU | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Ken Brown | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Thom Darden | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bobby Majors | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 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 | |||
| Benny Johnson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Zeke Moore | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Willie Rodgers | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Don Cockroft | CLE | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 273 | 45.5 | 0 |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Skip Butler | HOU | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 6 | 243 | 40.5 | 0 | ||||