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Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns
@
Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons
Date
September 17, 1978
Kickoff
01:00 PM ET
10:00 AM PT
Score
CLE 24 — ATL 16 F

Stadium

Capacity: 71,000

Inaugurated: 01/01/1965

Broadcast

Announcers

Jim Simpson, Paul Warfield

Summary

CLE and ATL combined for 345 passing yards and 2 passing touchdowns. On the ground, Mike Pruitt led CLE with 65 rushing yards while Haskel Stanback paced ATL with 31. Through the air, Dave Logan topped CLE with 63 receiving yards while Wallace Francis led ATL with 61.

Expected Points Summary

CLE
Total8.00
Off-13.98
Def23.75
ST-2.03
ATL
Total-8.00
Off-23.75
Def13.98
ST2.03

Team Stats

Stat CLE ATL
First Downs 17 17
Rush-Yds-TDs 34-110-1 30-87-2
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 20-35-219-2-0 11-28-188-0-4
Sacked-Yards 3-21 6-41
Net Pass Yards 198 147
Total Yards 308 234
Fumbles-Lost 5-3 3-0
Turnovers 3 4
Penalties-Yards 13-133 14-113

Expected Points Detail

CLE
Offense
Pass: -2.15
Rush: -11.11
TO: 0.00
Defense
Pass: 13.33
Rush: 3.97
TO: 13.94
Returns
KO: 3.43
KR: -5.82
P: 2.63
PR: -7.02
FG/XP: 4.75
ATL
Offense
Pass: -13.33
Rush: -3.97
TO: -13.94
Defense
Pass: 2.15
Rush: 11.11
TO: 0.00
Returns
KO: 5.82
KR: -3.43
P: 7.02
PR: -2.63
FG/XP: -4.75

Officials

Boxscore Team Stats

Stat CLE ATL
First Downs 17 17
Rush-Yds-TDs 34-110-1 30-87-2
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 20-35-219-2-0 11-28-188-0-4
Sacked-Yards 3-21 6-41
Net Pass Yards 198 147
Total Yards 308 234
Fumbles-Lost 5-3 3-0
Turnovers 3 4
Penalties-Yards 13-133 14-113

Scoring Summary

Q Team Detail Score
1 Falcons Fred Steinfort 24 yard field goal 0-3
2 Browns Don Cockroft 43 yard field goal 3-3
Browns Ozzie Newsome 2 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) 10-3
Falcons Haskel Stanback 15 yard rush (Fred Steinfort kick) 10-10
Browns Reggie Rucker 27 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) 17-10
4 Falcons Ray Strong 2 yard rush 17-16
Browns Brian Sipe 2 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) 24-16

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