NFL game summary for 12/15/1974:

Houston won its sixth in the last seven games to finish at .500 after two seasons at 1-13. The Oilers beat the Browns for the first time ever after losing to them nine straight times. Second-half touchdowns by Willie Rodgers, Fred Willis and Billy Johnson gave Houston its first non-losing season since 1969. Greg Pruitt, the AFC kickoff return champ, led the rushers with 102 yards on 15 carries.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Cleveland Browns	OFFENSE	137.1  (14)	118.3  (24)	255.4  (23)	35
	DEFENSE	171.8  (25)	148.0  (11)	319.8  (25)	37
Houston Oilers	OFFENSE	90.7  (26)	144.3  (17)	235.0  (25)	30
	DEFENSE	146.8  (18)	168.2  (19)	314.9  (22)	32

Line: Oilers by 6

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Cleveland Browns (4-10-0)	7	0	10	7	24
Houston Oilers (7-7-0)	0	7	14	7	28

( 7- 0) CLE Steve Holden 41 yard pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick)
( 7- 7) HOU Mack Alston 7 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick)
( 7-14) HOU Billy Johnson 6 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick)
(14-14) CLE Greg Pruitt 4 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick)
(17-14) CLE Don Cockroft 37 yard field goal
(17-21) HOU Fred Willis 5 yard rush (Skip Butler kick)
(17-28) HOU Willie Rodgers 20 yard rush (Skip Butler kick)
(24-28) CLE Fair Hooker 9 yard pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick)

                     CLE             HOU
First Downs:         20              20
Rushes-yards:        34-142          42-182
Yards/rush:          4.2             4.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     16-29-227-2     12-25-121-2
Sacked-yards:        3-38            2-20
Net pass yards:      189             101
Net yards/pass:      5.9             3.7
Total net yards:     331             283
Total plays:         66 (51% run)    69 (60% run)  
Yards/play:          5.0             4.1
Fumbles-lost:        3-2             1-1
Turnovers:           4               3
Penalties-yards:     13-134          8-74

Attendance: 33,299

Passing:
CLE: Mike Phipps, 16 of 29 for 227 yards and 2 TDs (2 int)
HOU: Dan Pastorini, 12 of 25 for 121 yards and 2 TDs (2 int)

Rushing:
CLE: Greg Pruitt, 15 for 102 yards and 1 TD; Ken Brown, 10 for 14 yards; Hugh McKinnis, 6 for 15 yards; Mike Phipps, 3 for 11 yards
HOU: Fred Willis, 11 for 68 yards and 1 TD; Vic Washington, 10 for 58 yards; George Amundson, 10 for 14 yards; Willie Rodgers, 7 for 47 yards and 1 TD; Dan Pastorini, 3 for -8 yards; Billy Johnson, 1 for 3 yards

Receiving:
CLE: Milt Morin, 4 for 40 yards; Steve Holden, 3 for 89 yards and 1 TD; Greg Pruitt, 3 for 70 yards; Hugh McKinnis, 3 for 3 yards; Ken Brown, 2 for 16 yards; Fair Hooker, 1 for 9 yards and 1 TD
HOU: Fred Willis, 5 for 23 yards; Billy Johnson, 3 for 20 yards and 1 TD; Billy Parks, 2 for 40 yards; Mack Alston, 2 for 38 yards and 1 TD

Kick returns:
CLE: Eddie Brown, 2 for 52 yards; Greg Pruitt, 1 for 12 yards; Ken Brown, 1 for 9 yards; Jim Romaniszyn, 1 for 3 yards
HOU: Ronnie Coleman, 1 for 27 yards; Billy Johnson, 1 for 16 yards; George Amundson, 1 for 13 yards; Bob Gresham, 1 for 0 yards

Punt returns:
CLE: Greg Pruitt, 4 for 47 yards; Thom Darden, 2 for 8 yards
HOU: Billy Johnson, 3 for 39 yards; Jeff Severson, 1 for 9 yards

Interceptions:
CLE: Billy Andrews, 1 for 18 yards; Charlie Hall, 1 for 0 yards
HOU: Bob Atkins, 1 for 36 yards; Tody Smith, 1 for 34 yards

Punting:
CLE: Don Cockroft, 6 for 295 yards
HOU: David Beverly, 7 for 270 yards

Field Goals:
CLE: Don Cockroft, 1/1

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