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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Cleveland Browns at Houston Oilers - October 16th, 1977
Cleveland Browns 24 at Houston Oilers 23
Sunday, October 16, 1977
Cleveland Browns 24, Houston Oilers 23| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns (3-2-0) | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Houston Oilers (3-2-0) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
Scoring
| CLE | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | HOU | Billy Johnson 87 yard punt return (Toni Fritsch kick) | 0 | 7 |
| HOU | Toni Fritsch 25 yard field goal | 0 | 10 | |
| CLE | Cleo Miller 6 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 10 | |
| CLE | Clarence R. Scott 49 yard interception return (Don Cockroft kick) | 14 | 10 | |
| 2nd | CLE | Oscar Roan 8 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 21 | 10 |
| HOU | Toni Fritsch 37 yard field goal | 21 | 13 | |
| HOU | John Hadl 6 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 21 | 20 | |
| 4th | HOU | Toni Fritsch 36 yard field goal | 21 | 23 |
| CLE | Don Cockroft 30 yard field goal | 24 | 23 |
Team Stats
| CLE | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 31-109-1 | 37-109-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 9-20-71-1-1 | 14-29-148-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-10 | 2-29 |
| Net pass yards | 61 | 119 |
| Total yards | 170 | 228 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 4-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 11-65 | 7-76 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Larry Poole | CLE | 14 | 52 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Cleo Miller | CLE | 12 | 42 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Brian Sipe | CLE | 8 | 19 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||
| Gary Parris | CLE | 2 | 24 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Greg Pruitt | CLE | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Oscar Roan | CLE | 2 | 16 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Paul Warfield | CLE | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 5 | 92 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 23 | 56 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 12 | 44 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 8 | 15 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||
| John Hadl | HOU | 6 | 14 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Don Hardeman | HOU | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Jimmie Giles | HOU | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Brian Duncan | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ken Ellis | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ricky Feacher | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tony Peters | CLE | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Clarence R. Scott | CLE | 1 | 49 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rolly Woolsey | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 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 | |||
| Warren Anderson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Robert Brazile | HOU | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Billy Johnson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 110 | 36.7 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||