Sunday November 18, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/18/1973:



Cleveland dropped Oakland from first to third in the AFC West on a seven-yard touchdown pass from Mike Phipps to Fair Hooker in the second quarter. The Raiders were shut out until George Blanda kicked a 23-yard field goal with 4:56 to play. The Browns' front four helped shut off the Raiders' ground game, sacked Ken Stabler five times, and held Oakland to 172 total yards.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Cleveland BrownsOFFENSE152.7  (10)95.9  (24)248.6  (21)18
DEFENSE134.7  (9)114.3  (5)249.0  (5)15
Oakland RaidersOFFENSE178.1  (4)183.9  (6)362.0  (1)26
DEFENSE109.7  (3)123.6  (10)233.2  (3)19

Line: Raiders by 10

Team1234F
Cleveland Browns (6-3-1)07007
Oakland Raiders (5-4-1)00033

( 7- 0) CLE Fair Hooker 7 yard pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick)
( 7- 3) OAK George Blanda 23 yard field goal
                     CLE             OAK
First Downs:         14              13
Rushes-yards:        43-158          26-97
Yards/rush:          3.7             3.7
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     9-17-96-0       17-33-122-0
Sacked-yards:        3-28            5-47
Net pass yards:      68              75
Net yards/pass:      3.4             2.0
Total net yards:     226             172
Total plays:         63 (68% run)    64 (40% run)  
Yards/play:          3.6             2.7
Fumbles-lost:        5-3             1-0
Turnovers:           3               0
Penalties-yards:     5-40            8-77

Attendance: 47,398
Passing:
CLE: Mike Phipps, 9 of 17 for 96 yards and 1 TD
OAK: Ken Stabler, 17 of 33 for 122 yards

Rushing:
CLE: Ken Brown, 23 for 82 yards; Leroy Kelly, 9 for 20 yards; Mike Phipps, 6 for 28 yards; Greg Pruitt, 4 for 27 yards; Bo Scott, 1 for 1 yard
OAK: Marv Hubbard, 12 for 48 yards; Clarence Davis, 6 for 20 yards; Charlie Smith, 6 for 15 yards; Ken Stabler, 1 for 13 yards; Pete Banaszak, 1 for 1 yard

Receiving:
CLE: Frank Pitts, 4 for 62 yards; Leroy Kelly, 2 for 21 yards; Ken Brown, 2 for 6 yards; Fair Hooker, 1 for 7 yards and 1 TD
OAK: Cliff Branch, 4 for 43 yards; Marv Hubbard, 4 for 2 yards; Fred Biletnikoff, 3 for 27 yards; Charlie Smith, 2 for 21 yards; Mike Siani, 2 for 17 yards; Clarence Davis, 1 for 6 yards; Bob Moore, 1 for 6 yards

Kick returns:
CLE: Steve Holden, 1 for 21 yards
OAK: Pete Banaszak, 1 for 22 yards; Bob Hudson, 1 for 21 yards

Punt returns:
CLE: Greg Pruitt, 5 for 36 yards; Steve Holden, 1 for 19 yards; Charlie Hall, 1 for 0 yards
OAK: George Atkinson, 4 for 4 yards

Interceptions:

Punting:
CLE: Don Cockroft, 10 for 426 yards
OAK: Ray Guy, 11 for 491 yards

Field Goals:
OAK: George Blanda, 1/2




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