Sunday October 28, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/28/1973:



Ray Wersching's third FG, a 16-yard effort with 30 seconds to go, gave San Diego a 16-16 tie with Cleveland. A 50-yard pass from Dan Fouts to Willie McGee set up Wersching's final FG. Greg Pruitt's touchdown run had given Cleveland the lead for the first time earlier in the final quarter. Mike Garrett carried 19 times for 130 yards and also caught five passes for 47, including a one-yard TD.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
San Diego ChargersOFFENSE115.5  (22)146.8  (11)262.3  (18)27
DEFENSE160.5  (21)157.2  (18)317.7  (21)17
Cleveland BrownsOFFENSE167.7  (7)100.5  (22)268.2  (16)11
DEFENSE116.8  (5)89.8  (4)206.7  (1)11

Line: Browns by 13

Team1234F
San Diego Chargers (1-5-1)0103316
Cleveland Browns (4-2-1)0331016

( 3- 0) SD  Ray Wersching 11 yard field goal
( 3- 3) CLE Don Cockroft 40 yard field goal
(10- 3) SD  Mike Garrett 1 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Ron Holliday run)
(10- 6) CLE Don Cockroft 17 yard field goal
(13- 6) SD  Ray Wersching 8 yard field goal
(13- 9) CLE Don Cockroft 42 yard field goal
(13-16) CLE Greg Pruitt 7 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick)
(16-16) SD  Ray Wersching 16 yard field goal
                     SD              CLE
First Downs:         16              13
Rushes-yards:        44-204          31-118
Yards/rush:          4.6             3.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     8-16-135-1      10-21-92-2
Sacked-yards:        0-0             2-26
Net pass yards:      135             66
Net yards/pass:      8.4             2.9
Total net yards:     339             184
Total plays:         60 (73% run)    54 (57% run)  
Yards/play:          5.7             3.4
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             2-1
Turnovers:           2               3
Penalties-yards:     2-10            2-10

Attendance: 68,244
Passing:
SD: Dan Fouts, 8 of 16 for 135 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
CLE: Mike Phipps, 10 of 21 for 92 yards (2 int)

Rushing:
SD: Mike Garrett, 19 for 130 yards; Cid Edwards, 15 for 44 yards; Robert Holmes, 6 for 16 yards; Clint Jones, 3 for -2 yards; Dan Fouts, 1 for 16 yards
CLE: Ken Brown, 12 for 39 yards; Billy Lefear, 7 for 47 yards; Greg Pruitt, 5 for 24 yards and 1 TD; Bo Scott, 5 for 11 yards; Mike Phipps, 1 for 4 yards; Gloster Richardson, 1 for -7 yards

Receiving:
SD: Mike Garrett, 5 for 47 yards and 1 TD; Ron Holliday, 2 for 38 yards; Willie McGee, 1 for 50 yards
CLE: Billy Lefear, 2 for 24 yards; Ken Brown, 2 for 21 yards; Bo Scott, 2 for 13 yards; Milt Morin, 1 for 19 yards; Chip Glass, 1 for 13 yards; Gloster Richardson, 1 for 7 yards; Frank Pitts, 1 for -5 yards

Kick returns:
SD: Willie McGee, 3 for 65 yards; Ron Smith, 2 for 50 yards
CLE: Mel Long, 2 for 55 yards; Greg Pruitt, 1 for 26 yards; Doug Dieken, 1 for 9 yards; Billy Lefear, 1 for -1 yards

Punt returns:
SD: Ron Smith, 2 for 4 yards
CLE: Thom Darden, 2 for 10 yards

Interceptions:
SD: Bryant Salter, 1 for 20 yards; Bob Howard, 1 for 0 yards
CLE: Clarence Scott, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
SD: Dennis Partee, 3 for 105 yards
CLE: Don Cockroft, 2 for 78 yards

Field Goals:
SD: Ray Wersching, 3/5
CLE: Don Cockroft, 3/4




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