NFL game summary for 11/10/1974:

Greg Pruitt returned the opening kickoff 88 yards, the longest of the season in the AFC, and Thom Darden went 29 yards after recovering a fumble to give the Browns a running start against the Patriots in the first two minutes. After New England fought back to tie on two touchdowns by Sam Cunningham, a 25-yard punt return by Pruitt set up a winning four-yard run by Ken Brown. Cleveland had kicked an apparent tie-breaking field goal before Brown scored, but New England was offside and the Browns took the first down and went for the touchdown. Pruitt accounted for 196 yards overall and Darden had two interceptions.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Cleveland Browns	OFFENSE	151.4  (10)	123.9  (23)	275.2  (14)	16
	DEFENSE	154.6  (21)	182.6  (22)	337.2  (24)	18
New England Patriots	OFFENSE	172.4  (1)	166.9  (9)	339.2  (5)	17
	DEFENSE	109.1  (5)	187.6  (23)	296.8  (13)	22

Line: Patriots by 11

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Cleveland Browns (3-6-0)	14	0	0	7	21
New England Patriots (6-3-0)	0	14	0	0	14

( 7- 0) CLE Greg Pruitt 88 yard kickoff return (Don Cockroft kick)
(14- 0) CLE Thom Darden 29 yard fumble return (Don Cockroft kick)
(14- 7) NE  Sam Cunningham 1 yard rush (John Smith kick)
(14-14) NE  Sam Cunningham 1 yard rush (John Smith kick)
(21-14) CLE Ken Brown 4 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick)

                     CLE             NE
First Downs:         10              17
Rushes-yards:        34-100          45-164
Yards/rush:          2.9             3.6
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     10-18-116-0     9-21-134-4
Sacked-yards:        3-33            2-11
Net pass yards:      83              123
Net yards/pass:      4.0             5.3
Total net yards:     183             287
Total plays:         55 (61% run)    68 (66% run)  
Yards/play:          3.3             4.2
Fumbles-lost:        3-2             5-2
Turnovers:           2               6
Penalties-yards:     6-67            8-70

Attendance: 57,263

Passing:
CLE: Brian Sipe, 10 of 18 for 116 yards
NE: Jim Plunkett, 9 of 21 for 134 yards (4 int)

Rushing:
CLE: Hugh McKinnis, 15 for 59 yards; Ken Brown, 10 for 23 yards and 1 TD; Greg Pruitt, 6 for 10 yards; Brian Sipe, 3 for 8 yards
NE: Sam Cunningham, 20 for 75 yards and 2 TDs; Mack Herron, 18 for 61 yards; Jim Plunkett, 7 for 28 yards

Receiving:
CLE: Greg Pruitt, 4 for 46 yards; Dave Sullivan, 2 for 26 yards; Hugh McKinnis, 2 for 16 yards; Milt Morin, 1 for 19 yards; Ken Brown, 1 for 9 yards
NE: Mack Herron, 4 for 42 yards; Randy Vataha, 2 for 40 yards; Reggie Rucker, 1 for 28 yards; Bob Adams, 1 for 18 yards; Sam Cunningham, 1 for 6 yards

Kick returns:
CLE: Greg Pruitt, 1 for 88 yards and 1 TD; Billy Lefear, 1 for 32 yards
NE: Mack Herron, 3 for 33 yards; Andy Johnson, 1 for 26 yards

Punt returns:
CLE: Thom Darden, 3 for 14 yards; Greg Pruitt, 2 for 52 yards
NE: Mack Herron, 6 for 80 yards

Interceptions:
CLE: Thom Darden, 2 for 14 yards; Charlie Hall, 1 for 25 yards; Van Green, 1 for 20 yards

Punting:
CLE: Don Cockroft, 8 for 338 yards
NE: Bruce Barnes, 7 for 251 yards

Field Goals:

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