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Cleveland Browns 10 at Houston Oilers 14
Sunday, November 5, 1978
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 (5-5-0) | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Houston Oilers (6-4-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Scoring
| CLE | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Browns | Brian Sipe 2 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3rd | Oilers | Mike Barber 72 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 7 |
| Browns | Don Cockroft 40 yard field goal | 10 | 7 | |
| 4th | Oilers | Rob Carpenter 2 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 10 | 14 |
Team Stats
| CLE | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 10 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 22-28-1 | 41-156-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-29-220-0-1 | 17-25-242-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 7-54 | 1-6 |
| Net pass yards | 166 | 236 |
| Total yards | 194 | 392 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-31 | 8-70 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ozzie Newsome | CLE | 4 | 124 | 0 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | CLE | 15 | 28 | 220 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Greg Pruitt | CLE | 13 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Dave Logan | CLE | 2 | 28 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Mike Pruitt | CLE | 6 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Calvin Hill | CLE | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Reggie Rucker | CLE | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Mark Miller | CLE | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 17 | 25 | 242 | 1 | 2 | 72 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Barber | HOU | 3 | 92 | 1 | 72 | ||||||||||
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 19 | 71 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Rob Carpenter | HOU | 12 | 54 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 5 | 64 | 0 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 8 | 35 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Mike Renfro | HOU | 3 | 31 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Rich Caster | HOU | 2 | 23 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Larry Collins | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Oliver Davis | CLE | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Charlie Hall | CLE | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Keith Wright | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 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 | |||
| Rob Carpenter | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Guido Merkens | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Larry Poole | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Greg Stemrick | HOU | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Don Cockroft | CLE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Evans | CLE | 10 | 407 | 40.7 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Toni Fritsch | HOU | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cliff Parsley | HOU | 7 | 291 | 41.6 | 0 | ||||