NFL game summary for 11/07/1976:

Safety Thom Darden picked up a fourth quarter fumble and then tipped an Oilers' pass to Bob Babich, setting up a pair of Cleveland touchdowns in a 21-7 win. Greg Pruitt carried the ball three times following Darden's fumble recovery, then tossed a 10-yard scoring pass to Brian Duncan for a 14-7 lead. Brian Sipe connected with Oscar Roan on the next series for Cleveland's final score. Ronnie Coleman scored the only Houston TD on a seven-yard pass from John Hadl late in the first half.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Cleveland Browns	OFFENSE	168.6  (7)	183.2  (9)	351.9  (6)	20
	DEFENSE	125.1  (7)	166.0  (18)	291.1  (12)	16
Houston Oilers	OFFENSE	102.6  (27)	174.0  (10)	276.6  (19)	15
	DEFENSE	136.5  (13)	150.4  (9)	286.9  (9)	13

Line: Oilers by 5

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Cleveland Browns (5-4-0)	5	3	0	13	21
Houston Oilers (4-5-0)	0	7	0	0	7

( 2- 0) CLE Safety, Elbert Drungo tackled in end zone by Mack Mitchell
( 5- 0) CLE Don Cockroft 30 yard field goal
( 8- 0) CLE Don Cockroft 40 yard field goal
( 8- 7) HOU Ronnie Coleman 7 yard pass from John Hadl (Skip Butler kick)
(14- 7) CLE Brian Duncan 10 yard pass from Greg Pruitt (kick failed)
(21- 7) CLE Oscar Roan 23 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick)

                     CLE             HOU
First Downs:         13              11
Rushes-yards:        44-200          31-125
Yards/rush:          4.5             4.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     9-19-68-0       13-21-102-1
Sacked-yards:        1-6             4-39
Net pass yards:      62              63
Net yards/pass:      3.1             2.5
Total net yards:     262             188
Total plays:         64 (68% run)    56 (55% run)  
Yards/play:          4.1             3.4
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             4-2
Turnovers:           1               3
Penalties-yards:     5-40            4-30

Attendance: 39,828

Passing:
CLE: Mike Phipps, 7 of 17 for 35 yards; Greg Pruitt, 1 of 1 for 10 yards and 1 TD; Brian Sipe, 1 of 1 for 23 yards and 1 TD
HOU: John Hadl, 12 of 20 for 106 yards and 1 TD (1 int); Dan Pastorini, 1 of 1 for -4 yards

Rushing:
CLE: Greg Pruitt, 18 for 79 yards; Larry Poole, 10 for 76 yards; Cleo Miller, 8 for 29 yards; Mike Pruitt, 7 for 14 yards; Brian Duncan, 1 for 2 yards
HOU: Ronnie Coleman, 12 for 70 yards; Don Hardeman, 12 for 25 yards; John Hadl, 2 for 8 yards; Joe Dawkins, 2 for 3 yards; Ken Burrough, 1 for 12 yards; Billy Johnson, 1 for 5 yards; Fred Willis, 1 for 2 yards

Receiving:
CLE: Cleo Miller, 2 for 9 yards; Reggie Rucker, 2 for 9 yards; Greg Pruitt, 2 for -3 yards; Oscar Roan, 1 for 23 yards and 1 TD; Paul Warfield, 1 for 20 yards; Brian Duncan, 1 for 10 yards and 1 TD
HOU: Ronnie Coleman, 3 for 24 yards and 1 TD; Ken Burrough, 3 for 24 yards; Mack Alston, 2 for 23 yards; Don Hardeman, 2 for 10 yards; Earl Thomas, 2 for 10 yards; John Sawyer, 1 for 11 yards

Kick returns:
CLE: Steve Holden, 2 for 57 yards; Ricky Feacher, 1 for 18 yards
HOU: Billy Johnson, 2 for 35 yards; Altie Taylor, 1 for 27 yards

Punt returns:
CLE: Steve Holden, 3 for 8 yards; Ricky Feacher, 2 for 9 yards
HOU: Billy Johnson, 2 for 15 yards; Ronnie Coleman, 2 for 14 yards

Interceptions:
CLE: Bob Babich, 1 for 21 yards

Punting:
CLE: Don Cockroft, 6 for 271 yards
HOU: Skip Butler, 5 for 176 yards; John Sawyer, 1 for 32 yards

Field Goals:
CLE: Don Cockroft, 2/2
HOU: Skip Butler, 0/1

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