NFL game summary for 11/11/1973:

Cleveland gained 195 yards and scored 17 points in the first quarter on a Don Cockroft field goal, a one-yard plunge by Mike Phipps and a 53-yard run by rookie Greg Pruitt. Cockroft kicked three FGs and raised his season total to 18.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Cleveland Browns	OFFENSE	149.2  (11)	93.0  (24)	242.2  (24)	17
	DEFENSE	138.2  (11)	103.2  (3)	241.5  (6)	14
Houston Oilers	OFFENSE	99.1  (24)	126.2  (17)	225.4  (25)	31
	DEFENSE	180.8  (25)	155.2  (20)	336.0  (24)	12

Line: Browns by 10

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Cleveland Browns (5-3-1)	17	0	3	3	23
Houston Oilers (1-8-0)	0	3	3	7	13

( 3- 0) CLE Don Cockroft 30 yard field goal
(10- 0) CLE Mike Phipps 1 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick)
(17- 0) CLE Greg Pruitt 53 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick)
(17- 3) HOU Skip Butler 27 yard field goal
(17- 6) HOU Skip Butler 46 yard field goal
(20- 6) CLE Don Cockroft 22 yard field goal
(23- 6) CLE Don Cockroft 45 yard field goal
(23-13) HOU Mack Alston 39 yard pass from Lynn Dickey (Skip Butler kick)

                     CLE             HOU
First Downs:         13              16
Rushes-yards:        37-180          27-106
Yards/rush:          4.9             3.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     8-17-132-1      20-38-223-1
Sacked-yards:        1-13            2-20
Net pass yards:      119             203
Net yards/pass:      6.6             5.1
Total net yards:     299             309
Total plays:         55 (67% run)    67 (40% run)  
Yards/play:          5.4             4.6
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             0-0
Turnovers:           1               1
Penalties-yards:     6-47            8-58

Attendance: 37,230

Passing:
CLE: Mike Phipps, 8 of 17 for 132 yards (1 int)
HOU: Lynn Dickey, 12 of 22 for 139 yards and 1 TD; Dan Pastorini, 8 of 15 for 84 yards (1 int); Fred Willis, 0 of 1 for 0 yards

Rushing:
CLE: Ken Brown, 17 for 59 yards; Hugh McKinnis, 6 for 33 yards; Greg Pruitt, 5 for 66 yards and 1 TD; Leroy Kelly, 5 for 12 yards; Mike Phipps, 2 for 8 yards and 1 TD; Billy Lefear, 2 for 2 yards
HOU: Fred Willis, 14 for 38 yards; Bill Thomas, 7 for 42 yards; Bob Gresham, 6 for 26 yards

Receiving:
CLE: Milt Morin, 3 for 46 yards; Chip Glass, 1 for 47 yards; Leroy Kelly, 1 for 23 yards; Frank Pitts, 1 for 10 yards; Ken Brown, 1 for 4 yards; Greg Pruitt, 1 for 2 yards
HOU: Eddie Hinton, 4 for 69 yards; Billy Parks, 4 for 51 yards; Fred Willis, 4 for -3 yards; Mack Alston, 3 for 48 yards and 1 TD; Ken Burrough, 3 for 34 yards; Bob Gresham, 2 for 24 yards

Kick returns:
CLE: Billy Lefear, 1 for 25 yards; Mel Long, 1 for 0 yards
HOU: Alvin Haymond, 6 for 130 yards

Punt returns:
CLE: Greg Pruitt, 1 for 46 yards
HOU: Alvin Haymond, 2 for 5 yards

Interceptions:
CLE: Clarence Scott, 1 for 0 yards
HOU: Jeff Severson, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
CLE: Don Cockroft, 3 for 105 yards
HOU: Dave Green, 5 for 190 yards

Field Goals:
CLE: Don Cockroft, 3/5
HOU: Skip Butler, 2/4

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