NFL game summary for 11/28/1976:

Cleveland's only possession of the third quarter, a five-play, 72-yard scoring drive, provided the winning margin for the Browns. Brian Sipe hit Reggie Rucker on an 18-yard scoring pass with 6:07 gone in the third period after Miami had pulled within one point of Cleveland. Don Cockroft added a field goal with 1:56 left in the game after the Dolphins had again pulled to within one on Bob Griese's second TD pass. Miami again moved toward a score, but time ran out on the Dolphins at the Browns' 3-yard line.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Miami Dolphins	OFFENSE	155.5  (13)	158.0  (11)	313.5  (13)	20
	DEFENSE	162.1  (22)	196.0  (27)	358.1  (26)	19
Cleveland Browns	OFFENSE	166.3  (7)	169.6  (9)	335.9  (7)	21
	DEFENSE	124.6  (5)	139.7  (7)	264.4  (5)	25

Line: Browns by 2

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Miami Dolphins (5-7-0)	0	6	0	7	13
Cleveland Browns (8-4-0)	0	7	7	3	17

( 0- 7) CLE Paul Warfield 12 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick)
( 6- 7) MIA Larry Seiple 4 yard pass from Bob Griese (kick failed)
( 6-14) CLE Reggie Rucker 18 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick)
(13-14) MIA Freddie Solomon 9 yard pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick)
(13-17) CLE Don Cockroft 19 yard field goal

                     MIA             CLE
First Downs:         23              18
Rushes-yards:        33-134          30-133
Yards/rush:          4.1             4.4
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     22-33-209-0     15-23-191-3
Sacked-yards:        2-19            1-13
Net pass yards:      190             178
Net yards/pass:      5.4             7.4
Total net yards:     324             311
Total plays:         68 (48% run)    54 (55% run)  
Yards/play:          4.8             5.8
Fumbles-lost:        3-0             4-2
Turnovers:           0               5
Penalties-yards:     8-70            3-49

Attendance: 74,715

Passing:
MIA: Bob Griese, 22 of 33 for 209 yards and 2 TDs
CLE: Brian Sipe, 15 of 22 for 191 yards and 2 TDs (3 int); Greg Pruitt, 0 of 1 for 0 yards

Rushing:
MIA: Norm Bulaich, 15 for 53 yards; Benny Malone, 12 for 67 yards; Bob Griese, 3 for 6 yards; Freddie Solomon, 2 for 1 yard; Larry Seiple, 1 for 7 yards
CLE: Larry Poole, 17 for 69 yards; Cleo Miller, 11 for 57 yards; Greg Pruitt, 2 for 7 yards

Receiving:
MIA: Norm Bulaich, 7 for 53 yards; Duriel Harris, 5 for 52 yards; Freddie Solomon, 3 for 33 yards and 1 TD; Benny Malone, 2 for 39 yards; Andre Tillman, 2 for 13 yards; Larry Seiple, 2 for 12 yards and 1 TD; Jim Mandich, 1 for 7 yards
CLE: Reggie Rucker, 4 for 77 yards and 1 TD; Paul Warfield, 4 for 60 yards and 1 TD; Cleo Miller, 3 for 24 yards; Gary Parris, 1 for 15 yards; Dave Logan, 1 for 10 yards; Greg Pruitt, 1 for 5 yards; Larry Poole, 1 for 0 yards

Kick returns:
MIA: Gary Davis, 3 for 48 yards; Stan Winfrey, 1 for 11 yards
CLE: Steve Holden, 1 for 44 yards; Ricky Feacher, 1 for 16 yards; Robert Jackson, 1 for 16 yards

Punt returns:
MIA: Freddie Solomon, 2 for 9 yards
CLE: Steve Holden, 3 for 7 yards

Interceptions:
MIA: Jeris White, 2 for 4 yards; Bob Matheson, 1 for 34 yards

Punting:
MIA: Larry Seiple, 5 for 184 yards
CLE: Don Cockroft, 2 for 77 yards

Field Goals:
MIA: Garo Yepremian, 0/2
CLE: Don Cockroft, 1/1

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