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Cleveland Browns 27 at Kansas City Chiefs 24

Sunday, September 9, 1979

Cleveland Browns 27, Kansas City Chiefs 24

1234Final
Cleveland Browns (2-0-0)1073727
Kansas City Chiefs (1-1-0)0071724

Scoring

CLEKAN
1stCLEDon Cockroft 27 yard field goal30
CLEReggie Rucker 17 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick)100
2ndCLEOzzie Newsome 20 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick)170
3rdCLEDon Cockroft 32 yard field goal200
KANJ.T. Smith 17 yard pass from Steve Fuller (Jan Stenerud kick)207
4thKANTony Reed 9 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick)2014
KANTed McKnight 1 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick)2021
KANJan Stenerud 30 yard field goal2024
CLEReggie Rucker 21 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick)2724

Team Stats

CLEKAN
First downs2319
Rush-yards-TDs37-164-032-101-2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT19-35-243-3-116-35-174-1-1
Sacked-yards1-53-27
Net pass yards238147
Total yards402248
Fumbles-lost1-12-0
Turnovers21
Penalties-yards11-1057-89

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Brian Sipe CLE 19 35 243 3 1 27 4 6 0 0
Greg Pruitt CLE 14 69 0 26 4 52 0 27
Mike Pruitt CLE 14 77 0 14 2 8 0 8
Ozzie Newsome CLE 6 77 1 21
Reggie Rucker CLE 3 48 2 21
Cleo Miller CLE 3 11 0 6 2 28 0 15
Dave Logan CLE 2 30 0 20
Calvin Hill CLE 2 1 0 1
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Steve Fuller KAN 14 25 148 1 0 23 2 1 0 0
J.T. Smith KAN 5 65 1 17
Ted McKnight KAN 14 44 1 9 3 15 0 8
Tony Reed KAN 12 37 1 9 3 17 0 9
Steve Gaunty KAN 3 48 0 23
Henry Marshall KAN 2 29 0 21
Horace Belton KAN 3 17 0 12
Mike Livingston KAN 2 10 26 0 1 0
Arnold Morgado KAN 1 2 0 2

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Clarence R. Scott CLE 1 25 0 0
Keith Wright CLE 0 0 0 0 4 88 22.0 0 0 3 21 7.0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Tim Collier KAN 1 5 0 0
Earl Gant KAN 0 0 0 0 2 38 19.0 0 0
Steve Gaunty KAN 0 0 0 0 3 87 29.0 0 0
J.T. Smith KAN 0 0 0 0 3 20 6.7 0 0