NFL game summary for 09/09/1979:

Brian Sipe's third touchdown pass of the game, a 21-yarder to Reggie Rucker with 52 seconds remaining, led the Browns to their second victory. Cleveland built a 20-0 third quarter lead on two field goals by Don Cockroft and Sipe's touchdown passes of 17 yards to Rucker and 20 yards to Ozzie Newsome. Kansas City rookie quarterback Steve Fuller led a rally that put the Chiefs ahead 24-20 in the fourth quarter. Fuller (14 of 25 for 148 yards) completed a 17-yard touchdown pass to J. T. Smith and directed an 85-yard drive that was capped by Tony Reed's nine-yard run. Moments after Reed's touchdown, the Chiefs' Gary Barbaro recovered a Browns fumble to set up a one-yard touchdown by Ted McKnight. Jan Stenerud added a 30-yard field goal before Sipe engineered the winning touchdown drive.

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

	Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
OFFENSE	131.0 (18)	292.0 (4)	423.0 (4)	4
DEFENSE	229.0 (25)	161.0 (14)	390.0 (22)	2
OFFENSE	166.0 (10)	45.0 (28)	211.0 (26)	1
DEFENSE	83.0 (4)	225.0 (22)	308.0 (12)	2

Line: Browns by 1

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Cleveland Browns (2-0-0)	10	7	3	7	27
Kansas City Chiefs (1-1-0)	0	0	7	17	24

( 3- 0) CLE Don Cockroft 27 yard field goal (10- 0) CLE Reggie Rucker 17 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) (17- 0) CLE Ozzie Newsome 20 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) (20- 0) CLE Don Cockroft 32 yard field goal (20- 7) KC J.T. Smith 17 yard pass from Steve Fuller (Jan Stenerud kick) (20-14) KC Tony Reed 9 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick) (20-21) KC Ted McKnight 1 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick) (20-24) KC Jan Stenerud 30 yard field goal (27-24) CLE Reggie Rucker 21 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick)

                     CLE             KC
First Downs:         23              19
Rushes-yards:        37-164          32-101
Yards/rush:          4.4             3.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     19-35-243-1     16-35-174-1
Sacked-yards:        1-5             3-27
Net pass yards:      238             147
Net yards/pass:      6.6             3.9
Total net yards:     402             248
Total plays:         73 (50% run)    70 (45% run)  
Yards/play:          5.5             3.5
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             2-0
Turnovers:           2               1
Penalties-yards:     11-105          7-89

Attendance: 42,181

Passing:
CLE: Brian Sipe, 19 of 35 for 243 yards and 3 TDs (1 int) KC: Steve Fuller, 14 of 25 for 148 yards and 1 TD; Mike Livingston, 2 of 10 for 26 yards (1 int)
Rushing:
CLE: Mike Pruitt, 14 for 77 yards; Greg Pruitt, 14 for 69 yards; Brian Sipe, 4 for 6 yards; Cleo Miller, 3 for 11 yards; Calvin Hill, 2 for 1 yard KC: Ted McKnight, 14 for 44 yards and 1 TD; Tony Reed, 12 for 37 yards and 1 TD; Horace Belton, 3 for 17 yards; Steve Fuller, 2 for 1 yard; Arnold Morgado, 1 for 2 yards
Receiving:
CLE: Ozzie Newsome, 6 for 77 yards and 1 TD; Greg Pruitt, 4 for 52 yards; Reggie Rucker, 3 for 48 yards and 2 TDs; Dave Logan, 2 for 30 yards; Cleo Miller, 2 for 28 yards; Mike Pruitt, 2 for 8 yards KC: J.T. Smith, 5 for 65 yards and 1 TD; Steve Gaunty, 3 for 48 yards; Tony Reed, 3 for 17 yards; Ted McKnight, 3 for 15 yards; Henry Marshall, 2 for 29 yards
Kick returns:
CLE: Keith Wright, 4 for 88 yards KC: Steve Gaunty, 3 for 87 yards; Earl Gant, 2 for 38 yards
Punt returns:
CLE: Keith Wright, 3 for 21 yards KC: J.T. Smith, 3 for 20 yards
Interceptions:
CLE: Clarence Scott, 1 for 25 yards KC: Tim Collier, 1 for 5 yards
Punting:
CLE: Johnny Evans, 5 for 249 yards KC: Bob Grupp, 7 for 329 yards
Field Goals:
CLE: Don Cockroft, 2/2 KC: Jan Stenerud, 1/1