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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Cleveland Browns at New Orleans Saints - October 8th, 1978
Cleveland Browns 24 at New Orleans Saints 16
Sunday, October 8, 1978
Cleveland Browns 24, New Orleans Saints 16| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns (4-2-0) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| New Orleans Saints (2-4-0) | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
Scoring
| CLE | NOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CLE | Cleo Miller 1 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | CLE | Larry Collins 3 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) | 14 | 0 |
| NOR | Rich Mauti 16 yard pass from Archie Manning (kick failed) | 14 | 6 | |
| NOR | Rich Szaro 20 yard field goal | 14 | 9 | |
| 3rd | CLE | Ozzie Newsome 14 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 21 | 9 |
| 4th | CLE | Don Cockroft 40 yard field goal | 24 | 9 |
| NOR | Archie Manning 1 yard rush (Rich Szaro kick) | 24 | 16 |
Team Stats
| CLE | NOR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 44-179-2 | 22-67-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-17-103-1-1 | 24-39-249-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-11 | 2-18 |
| Net pass yards | 92 | 231 |
| Total yards | 271 | 298 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-58 | 10-70 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Cleo Miller | CLE | 21 | 93 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Calvin Hill | CLE | 13 | 53 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Brian Sipe | CLE | 11 | 17 | 103 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||
| Ozzie Newsome | CLE | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 14 | ||||||
| Dave Logan | CLE | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Reggie Rucker | CLE | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Mike Pruitt | CLE | 4 | 10 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Larry Collins | CLE | 3 | 9 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Mark Miller | CLE | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Archie Manning | NOR | 24 | 39 | 249 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Henry Childs | NOR | 7 | 86 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Wes Chandler | NOR | 4 | 59 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Mike Strachan | NOR | 9 | 38 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Tony Galbreath | NOR | 8 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Ike Harris | NOR | 3 | 32 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Rich Mauti | NOR | 2 | 31 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Tinker Owens | NOR | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Jack Holmes | NOR | 2 | 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 | |||
| Tony Peters | CLE | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Reggie Rucker | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Keith Wright | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 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 | |||
| Wes Chandler | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Clarence Chapman | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Pat Hughes | NOR | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Schwartz | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||