NFL game summary for 09/22/1974:

Cleveland cashed in on six Houston turnovers, three interceptions and three fumble recoveries. Thom Darden set up the first of two Don Cockroft FGs when he picked off a Lynn Dickey pass in the first quarter and Jerry Sherk set the stage for another scoring drive by recovering Vic Washington's fumble. Clarence Scott's interception led to another Cleveland TD. Greg Pruitt led the Browns with 14 carries for 89 yards including a nine-yard TD run.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Houston Oilers	OFFENSE	156.0  (10)	193.0  (6)	349.0  (5)	1
	DEFENSE	216.0  (26)	195.0  (22)	411.0  (25)	5
Cleveland Browns	OFFENSE	200.0  (3)	3.0  (26)	203.0  (20)	1
	DEFENSE	166.0  (20)	176.0  (18)	342.0  (20)	2

Line: Browns by 11

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Houston Oilers (1-1-0)	7	0	0	0	7
Cleveland Browns (1-1-0)	3	7	10	0	20

( 0- 3) CLE Don Cockroft 27 yard field goal
( 7- 3) HOU Mack Alston 9 yard pass from Lynn Dickey (Skip Butler kick)
( 7-10) CLE Greg Pruitt 9 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick)
( 7-13) CLE Don Cockroft 41 yard field goal
( 7-20) CLE Ken Brown 5 yard pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick)

                     HOU             CLE
First Downs:         13              22
Rushes-yards:        23-35           43-216
Yards/rush:          1.5             5.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     9-27-163-3      15-29-141-0
Sacked-yards:        3-30            3-15
Net pass yards:      133             126
Net yards/pass:      4.4             3.9
Total net yards:     168             342
Total plays:         53 (43% run)    75 (57% run)  
Yards/play:          3.2             4.6
Fumbles-lost:        3-3             0-0
Turnovers:           6               0
Penalties-yards:     4-31            10-110

Attendance: 55,242

Passing:
HOU: Lynn Dickey, 9 of 26 for 163 yards and 1 TD (3 int); Ronnie Coleman, 0 of 1 for 0 yards
CLE: Mike Phipps, 15 of 29 for 141 yards and 1 TD

Rushing:
HOU: Ronnie Coleman, 10 for 2 yards; Vic Washington, 8 for 24 yards; George Amundson, 5 for 9 yards
CLE: Greg Pruitt, 14 for 89 yards and 1 TD; Ken Brown, 10 for 27 yards; Bo Scott, 7 for 32 yards; Hugh McKinnis, 6 for 25 yards; Mike Phipps, 5 for 37 yards; Steve Holden, 1 for 6 yards

Receiving:
HOU: Mack Alston, 2 for 42 yards and 1 TD; Ken Burrough, 2 for 40 yards; Billy Parks, 2 for 30 yards; George Amundson, 1 for 29 yards; Vic Washington, 1 for 15 yards; Bob Gresham, 1 for 7 yards
CLE: Steve Holden, 5 for 83 yards; Ken Brown, 5 for 37 yards and 1 TD; Bo Scott, 3 for 13 yards; Jubilee Dunbar, 1 for 15 yards; Hugh McKinnis, 1 for -7 yards

Kick returns:
HOU: Vic Washington, 3 for 83 yards; Billy Johnson, 1 for 44 yards; Bob Gresham, 1 for 0 yards
CLE: Greg Pruitt, 1 for 14 yards

Punt returns:
HOU: Billy Johnson, 5 for 104 yards; Jeff Severson, 3 for 45 yards
CLE: Thom Darden, 1 for 3 yards; Greg Pruitt, 1 for 0 yards

Interceptions:
CLE: John Garlington, 1 for 28 yards; Thom Darden, 1 for 20 yards; Clarence Scott, 1 for 6 yards

Punting:
HOU: David Beverly, 3 for 116 yards
CLE: Don Cockroft, 9 for 331 yards

Field Goals:
CLE: Don Cockroft, 2/2

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