1979 Cleveland (3-2) 7 0 0 7 14 1979 Houston (3-2) 7 14 6 0 27 1 9:55 Cleveland TD Sipe 8 pass to Newsome (Cockroft) (11-76-4:57) 7-0 1 0:05 Houston TD Carpenter 1 run (Fritsch) (9-55-4:03) 7-7 2 9:55 Houston TD Nielsen 19 pass to Burrough (Fritsch) (6-39-3:01) 7-14 2 4:05 Houston TD Campbell 2 run (Fritsch) (6-77-3:24) 7-21 3 8:45 Houston TD Carpenter 2 run (no good) (11-90-6:07) 7-27 4 8:20 Cleveland TD Sipe 10 pass to Rucker (Cockroft) (9-51-3:21) 14-27 Cle Hou First Downs 21 24 Rushes 18-81 44-229 Passes 39-22-320 25-13-163 Sacked 4-21 0-0 Fumble 1 1 Penalties 2-8 4-30 Turnovers 5 1 Time 23:18 36:36 Third Down 5-9 5-10 Fourth Down 0-0 0-1 Net Offense 380 392 Injuries: Bethea(Hou-1) < Cleveland > < Houston > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Sipe 39 22 320 4 4 4 2 60.8 Nielsen 25 13 163 0 1 1 1 69.3 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Pruitt 13 58 4.5 5 2 15 0 Campbell 27 154 5.7 7 6 12 1 Sipe 2 12 6.0 0 0 8 0 Carpenter 14 72 5.1 7 3 12 2 Hill 3 11 3.7 0 0 4 0 Wilson 3 3 1.0 0 0 4 0 18 81 4.5 5 2 15 0 44 229 5.2 14 9 12 3 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Rucker 8 0 118 14.8 7 1 42 1 Carpenter 3 0 17 5.7 2 0 10 0 Logan 5 0 103 20.6 4 2 39 0 Renfro 3 0 76 25.3 3 1 47 0 Hill 4 1 35 8.8 1 0 11 0 Burrough 3 1 39 13.0 2 0 19 1 Newsome 3 0 31 10.3 3 0 14 1 Barber 2 0 15 7.5 2 0 10 0 Pruitt 2 0 33 16.5 1 1 26 0 Campbell 2 0 16 8.0 1 0 12 0 Johnson 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Pruitt 1 0 0 Carpenter 1 1 0 Kennard 0 1 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Hall 5 82 16.4 22 0 Hartwig 2 32 16.0 23 0 Carpenter 1 9 9.0 9 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Hall 4 1 57 14.3 17 0 Merkens 1 0 3 3.0 3 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Cockroft 0-1 0 2-2 2 Fritsch 0-0 0 3-4 3 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Evans 3 126 42.0 1 1 0 53 Parsley 6 249 41.5 1 0 0 53 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Bolton 9 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Reinfeldt 11 0 1 0 0 0 1-5 Darden 7 0 0 0 0 0 1-26 Wilson 6 0 2 0 0 0 1-0 Hall 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Dorris 5 2 0 0 2 0 0-0 Davis 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Brazile 5 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 Sherk 5 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Stemrick 5 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Gregory 4 0 0 1 1 0 0-0 Perry 4 0 0 0 0 0 1-14 Scott 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Baker 2 1 0 0 1 0 0-0 Alzado 3 0 0 0 3 0 0-0 Hunt 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Sims 3 0 1 0 1 1 0-0 Carter 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Matthews 3 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 Jefferson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Jackson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Kennard 1 0 0 0 1 1 0-0 Bradley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Washington 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Rich 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Bethea 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Graf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Stringer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Irons 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Baumgartner 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 St. Clair 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Culp 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Currier 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Elrod 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Bingham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Alexander 0 0 1 0 0 0 1-23
Play-By-Play Play-By-Play KO 14:52 Cle Hall ret of 16 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own24 14:15 Cle Hill 4 Bas Draw 4-3 Z Basic/Bz3/Li 2 6 own28 14:10 Cle Sipe-Newsome 9 Bas B-Fly/sec 4-3 tM Run 1 10 own37 13:29 Cle Pruitt 3 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 M Basic 2 7 own40 13:20 Cle Sipe-Hill X Bas S-Slant/sec 4-3 Z Key-Pruitt/Ll 3 7 own40 12:40 Cle Sipe-Newsome 14 3W1 B-Post/sec 3-3 Z Pass/Bz3 1 10 opp46 12:07 Cle Sipe-Logan 10 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 sZ Basic 2 0 opp36 11:25 Cle Pruitt 11 Bas Trap-L 5-3 M Basic/Lr 1 10 opp25 11:19 Cle Sipe-Logan X Bas L-Slant 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 opp25 10:37 Cle Sipe-Rucker 14 3W1 S-Hitch 3-3 M Pass 1 10 opp11 9:58 Cle Pruitt 3 Bas Dive 4-3 tM Run 2 7 opp8 9:55 Cle Sipe-Newsome 8/TD 3W1 S-Out 3-3 Z Basic 7-0 KO 9:41 Hou Hartwig ret of 23 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own23 9:35 Hou Nielsen-Burrough X Bas B-Fly/PBK 4-3 Z Run-Campbell 2 10 own23 9:01 Hou Campbell 3 Bas Stretch-R 4-3 Z Pass 3 7 own26 8:12 Hou Nielsen-Carpente 0 Bas Screen 3-3 Z Pass 4 7 own26 8:12 Hou Pen5(Towns) --- Pt-deep --- Return 4 12 own21 8:04 Hou Parsley 41,Hall 17 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 opp45 7:57 Cle Pruitt 0/F Bas Sweep-R 4-3 M Key-Pruitt 1 10 own45 7:16 Hou Carpenter 2 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Key-Carpenter/Ll 2 8 own47 7:07 Hou Hou Pen10(Hayman) Bas Pitch-R 4-3 tM Basic 2 18 own37 6:33 Hou Campbell 10 Bas Draw 3-2 lM Pass/Bz1 3 8 own47 6:29 Hou Nielsen-Coleman X 3W1 M-Seam/SG/sec 3-3 M Pass-Dbl-Burrough/B 4 8 own47 6:22 Hou Parsley 53,Hall 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 5:39 Cle Pruitt 3 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Key-Pruitt 2 7 own23 5:00 Cle Sipe-Rucker 11 Bas S-Cross 4-3 Z Key-Pruitt 1 10 own34 4:20 Cle Pruitt 3 Bas Draw 4-3 Z Key-Pruitt 2 7 own37 4:08 Cle Sipe-INT-Reinfeldt Bas L-Fly 4-3 M Pass 1 10 own45 3:58 Hou Nielsen-Johnson X Bas M-Seam/sec 4-3 M Key-Campbell 2 10 own45 3:20 Hou Campbell 12 Bas OffTkl-R 3-3 M Pass-Dbl-Johnson 1 10 opp43 2:47 Hou Nielsen-Campbell 4 Bas Screen 4-3 lM Basic 2 6 opp39 2:01 Hou Carpenter 12 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Key-Campbell 1 10 opp27 1:52 Hou Campbell 6 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 M Key-Campbell 2 4 opp21 1:00 Hou Nielsen-Burrough 15 Bas S-Slant 4-3 tM Run-Campbell 1 6 opp6 0:51 Hou Cle Pen3(Gregory) Bas Trap-L 4-3 tM Run 1 3 opp3 0:14 Hou Campbell 2 Bas Trap-L 4-3 sZ Basic 2 1 opp1 0:05 Hou Carpenter 1/TD 2T2 Dive 5-3 tM Run/Li 7-7 KO 0:00 Cle Hall ret of 16 --- KO-deep --- Return 2nd Quarter 1 10 own23 14:19 Cle Sipe-Logan 39 Bas L-Slant 4-3 M Key-Pruitt 1 10 opp38 13:41 Cle Pruitt 1 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 sZ Key-Pruitt 2 9 opp37 13:34 Cle Sipe-Rucker X Bas B-Fly 4-2 Z Pass 3 9 opp37 13:02 Cle Sipe-Hill 7 3W2 M-Cross/sec 3-3 tM Pass-Dbl-Rucker 4 2 opp30 12:56 Cle FG Cockroft 47/M --- FG --- Block 1 10 own30 12:50 Hou Nielsen-Renfro X Bas M-Hitch 4-3 M Key-Campbell 2 10 own30 12:14 Hou Campbell 7 Bas Sweep-R 3-3 M Basic 3 3 own37 11:24 Hou Carpenter 6 Bas Draw/SG 4-3 sZ Key-Campbell 1 10 own43 10:48 Hou Campbell 7 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Basic 2 3 50 10:48 Hou Pen5(Campbell) Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Run-Campbell 2 8 own45 10:10 Hou Carpenter 5/F Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp19 9:55 Hou Nielsen-Burrough 19/ Bas M-Fade 4-3 Z Run 7-14 KO 9:48 Cle Hall ret of 11 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own17 8:54 Cle Pruitt 15 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Basic 1 10 own32 8:45 Cle Hill 3 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Key-Pruitt 2 7 own35 8:11 Cle Sk-Dorris -10 Bas M-Slant 4-3 M Run 3 17 own25 7:37 Cle Sipe-Pruitt 7 3W2 L-Cross/sec 3-3 dZ Pass/Bz1 4 10 own32 7:29 Cle Evans 48,Merkens 3 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own23 7:23 Hou Nielsen-Barber X Bas S-Slant/sec 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 own23 6:27 Hou Campbell 11 Bas Stretch-R 3-3 Z Basic 1 10 own34 5:35 Hou Carpenter 7 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Run 2 3 own41 4:49 Hou Nielsen-Renfro 47 Bas B-Fly/PBK 4-3 sZ Key-Campbell 1 10 opp12 4:14 Hou Campbell 10 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 tM Dbl-Renfro 1 2 opp2 4:05 Hou Campbell 2/TD 2T2 Trap-R 4-3 tM Run 7-21 KO 4:00 Cle Hall ret of 17 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own28 3:56 Cle Sipe-Hill X Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-3 Z Key-Pruitt 2 10 own28 3:22 Cle Sipe-Hill 9 Bas Screen 4-2 M Pass-Dbl-Logan 3 1 own37 2:47 Cle Pruitt 1 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Run/Ll 1 10 own38 2:12 Cle Sipe-Pruitt 26 3W2 Screen 4-3 M Basic/Bz2/Li 1 10 opp36 2:00 Cle Sipe-Logan 10 3W2 S-Slant 4-3 M Key-Pruitt 1 10 opp26 1:52 Cle Sipe-Rucker 13 3W2 S-Out/HO 4-3 M Basic/Bz1 1 10 opp13 1:44 Cle Sipe-Hill X 3W2 Screen/HO 3-3 sZ Basic/Li 2 10 opp13 1:33 Cle Sipe-INT-Perry 3W2 M-Out/HO 3-3 tM Basic 1 10 own18 0:59 Hou Wilson 4 Bas Trap-L 4-2 Z Basic 2 6 own22 0:44 Hou Carpenter 12 Bas Trap-R 4-2 M Pass/Ll 1 10 own34 0:36 Hou Nielsen-Caster X 4WR L-Hitch/SG/sec 4-3 M Basic 2 10 own34 0:28 Hou Nielsen-Burrough 5 4WR M-Isolate/SG/sec 3-2 Z iPass 3 5 own39 0:22 Hou Nielsen-Renfro X 4WR M-Out/SG 3-2 M Pass/Bz1 4 5 own39 0:15 Hou Parsley 32,Hall 13 --- Pt-pooch --- Return 1 10 own42 0:09 Cle Sk-Baker -3 3W2 S-Out/HO/to 3-3 sZ Basic/Lr 2 13 own39 0:01 Cle Sipe-Rucker X 3W2 L-Out/HO 3-3 sZ Pass/Bz1 3 13 own39 0:00 Cle Sipe-Rucker X 3W2 Hail/HO 3-3 lM Pass/Bz2 3rd Quarter KO 14:52 Hou Hartwig ret of 9 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own10 14:12 Hou Campbell 4 Bas Quick-L 4-3 M Basic 2 6 own14 13:35 Hou Nielsen-Barber 10 Bas S-Slant 4-3 M Run-Campbell 1 10 own24 12:51 Hou Campbell 12 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 lM Key-Campbell 1 10 own36 12:13 Hou Campbell 2 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Run-Campbell 2 8 own38 12:02 Hou Nielsen-Renfro 19 Bas M-Out 4-3 M Basic 1 10 opp43 11:19 Hou Campbell 12 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Basic 1 10 opp31 10:44 Hou Carpenter 4 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Key-Campbell/Li 2 6 opp27 10:05 Hou Nielsen-Campbell 12 Bas Screen 4-3 M Key-Campbell 1 10 opp15 9:30 Hou Nielsen-Carpente 10 Bas S-Slant/sec 4-3 M Basic 1 5 opp5 8:53 Hou Campbell 3 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 sZ Key-Campbell 2 2 opp2 8:45 Hou Carpenter 2/TD Bas Dive 4-3 sZ Run-Carpenter 7-27 KO 8:32 Cle Hall ret of 22 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own32 7:49 Cle Sipe-Rucker 42 3W2 L-Fly 3-3 tM Basic/Bz1 1 10 opp26 7:14 Cle Sk-Brazile -5 3W2 S-Out 3-3 sZ Basic/Bz2 2 15 opp31 6:35 Cle Sk-Dorris -3 3W2 M-Hitch 3-3 Z Pass/Lr 3 18 opp34 6:29 Cle Sipe-Rucker X 3W2 M-Slant 3-3 dZ Pass/Bz1/Lr 4 18 opp34 6:25 Cle Evans 25,Merkens 0 --- Pt-side --- WatchFake 1 10 own9 5:44 Hou Campbell 4 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Basic/Bz1/Li 2 6 own13 5:09 Hou Nielsen-Renfro 10 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 sZ Run/Lr 1 10 own23 4:28 Hou Campbell 9 Bas Stretch-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 1 own32 4:18 Hou Nielsen-Burrough X Bas L-/PBK 4-3 Z Run 3 1 own32 3:41 Hou Carpenter 0 Bas Dive 4-3 tM Run 4 1 own32 3:34 Hou Parsley 41,Hall 11 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own38 3:27 Cle Sipe-Rucker 14 3W2 M-Out 3-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp48 3:24 Cle Sipe-Hill X 3W2 M-Cross/sec 3-3 M Pass 2 10 opp48 3:24 Cle Pen5(Dieken) 3W2 Pitch-R 3-3 M Pass 2 15 own47 3:17 Cle Sipe-Rucker X 3W2 M-Out 3-3 M Pass/Bz2 3 15 own47 3:10 Cle Sipe-Hill X 3W2 M-Fly/sec 3-3 lM Pass-Dbl-Rucker/Bz1 GAME