Sunday December 2, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 12/02/1973:



Cleveland overcame a two-touchdown deficit and rallied to tie Kansas City in a game that left both teams in contention for divisional honors and/or the wild card playoff berth. Greg Pruitt's 65-yard run and Mike Phipps' 51-yard pass to Milt Morin brought the Browns back after Ed Podolak's one-yard TD gave the Chiefs a 20-6 edge in the last quarter. Pruitt led all rushers with 110 yards while Willie Ellison topped K. C. runners with 108 yards.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Cleveland BrownsOFFENSE148.7  (11)97.9  (23)246.6  (23)25
DEFENSE134.5  (9)119.5  (6)253.9  (6)17
Kansas City ChiefsOFFENSE128.9  (17)129.7  (18)258.6  (20)24
DEFENSE133.0  (8)117.4  (4)250.4  (4)29

Line: Chiefs by 2

Team1234F
Cleveland Browns (7-3-2)0331420
Kansas City Chiefs (6-4-2)7031020

( 0- 7) KC  Elmo Wright 11 yard pass from Mike Livingston (Jan Stenerud kick)
( 3- 7) CLE Don Cockroft 44 yard field goal
( 3-10) KC  Jan Stenerud 15 yard field goal
( 6-10) CLE Don Cockroft 28 yard field goal
( 6-13) KC  Jan Stenerud 13 yard field goal
( 6-20) KC  Ed Podolak 2 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick)
(13-20) CLE Greg Pruitt 65 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick)
(20-20) CLE Milt Morin 51 yard pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick)
                     CLE             KC
First Downs:         14              17
Rushes-yards:        31-144          52-208
Yards/rush:          4.6             4.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-28-171-1     11-22-137-0
Sacked-yards:        7-50            0-0
Net pass yards:      121             137
Net yards/pass:      3.5             6.2
Total net yards:     265             345
Total plays:         66 (46% run)    74 (70% run)  
Yards/play:          4.0             4.7
Fumbles-lost:        4-3             6-3
Turnovers:           4               3
Penalties-yards:     4-35            5-55

Attendance: 70,296
Passing:
CLE: Mike Phipps, 13 of 27 for 171 yards and 1 TD (1 int); Greg Pruitt, 0 of 1 for 0 yards
KC: Mike Livingston, 7 of 11 for 70 yards and 1 TD; Pete Beathard, 4 of 11 for 67 yards

Rushing:
CLE: Greg Pruitt, 15 for 110 yards and 1 TD; Mike Phipps, 4 for 19 yards; Leroy Kelly, 4 for 9 yards; Ken Brown, 3 for 4 yards; Bo Scott, 3 for 0 yards; Hugh McKinnis, 2 for 2 yards
KC: Ed Podolak, 26 for 84 yards and 1 TD; Willie Ellison, 20 for 108 yards; Pete Beathard, 3 for 1 yard; Elmo Wright, 1 for 9 yards; Mike Livingston, 1 for 5 yards; Gary Butler, 1 for 1 yard

Receiving:
CLE: Frank Pitts, 4 for 35 yards; Milt Morin, 3 for 86 yards and 1 TD; Fair Hooker, 2 for 18 yards; Ken Brown, 1 for 17 yards; Hugh McKinnis, 1 for 12 yards; Greg Pruitt, 1 for 7 yards; Bo Scott, 1 for -4 yards
KC: Elmo Wright, 5 for 70 yards and 1 TD; Ed Podolak, 3 for 12 yards; Otis Taylor, 2 for 41 yards; Gary Butler, 1 for 14 yards

Kick returns:
CLE: Greg Pruitt, 2 for 48 yards; Billy Lefear, 1 for 18 yards
KC: Jeff Kinney, 2 for 58 yards; Larry Marshall, 1 for 38 yards

Punt returns:
CLE: Greg Pruitt, 1 for 13 yards
KC: Larry Marshall, 4 for 37 yards; Ed Podolak, 2 for 48 yards

Interceptions:
KC: Mike Sensibaugh, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
CLE: Don Cockroft, 9 for 458 yards
KC: Jerrel Wilson, 5 for 239 yards

Field Goals:
CLE: Don Cockroft, 2/2
KC: Jan Stenerud, 2/5




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