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Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns
@
New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints
Date
October 8, 1978
Kickoff
02:00 PM ET
11:00 AM PT
Score
CLE 24 — NO 16 F

Stadium

Capacity: 73,208

Inaugurated: 01/01/1975

Broadcast

Announcers

Dick Enberg, Merlin Olsen

Summary

CLE and NO combined for 352 passing yards and 2 passing touchdowns. On the ground, Cleo Miller led CLE with 93 rushing yards while Mike Strachan paced NO with 38. Through the air, Calvin Hill topped CLE with 36 receiving yards while Henry Childs led NO with 86.

Expected Points Summary

CLE
Total4.88
Off-0.29
Def3.01
ST4.46
NO
Total-4.88
Off-3.01
Def0.29
ST-4.46

Team Stats

Stat CLE NO
First Downs 20 21
Rush-Yds-TDs 44-179-2 22-67-1
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 11-17-103-1-1 24-39-249-1-1
Sacked-Yards 1-11 2-18
Net Pass Yards 92 231
Total Yards 271 298
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-1
Turnovers 3 2
Penalties-Yards 7-58 10-70

Expected Points Detail

CLE
Offense
Pass: 2.30
Rush: -1.91
TO: -4.52
Defense
Pass: 4.98
Rush: 2.25
TO: 4.36
Returns
KO: 2.87
KR: -5.16
P: 1.80
PR: 0.56
FG/XP: 4.39
NO
Offense
Pass: -4.98
Rush: -2.25
TO: -4.36
Defense
Pass: -2.30
Rush: 1.91
TO: 4.52
Returns
KO: 5.16
KR: -2.87
P: -0.56
PR: -1.80
FG/XP: -4.39

Officials

Boxscore Team Stats

Stat CLE NO
First Downs 20 21
Rush-Yds-TDs 44-179-2 22-67-1
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 11-17-103-1-1 24-39-249-1-1
Sacked-Yards 1-11 2-18
Net Pass Yards 92 231
Total Yards 271 298
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-1
Turnovers 3 2
Penalties-Yards 7-58 10-70

Scoring Summary

Q Team Detail Score
1 Browns Cleo Miller 1 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) 7-0
2 Browns Larry Collins 3 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) 14-0
Saints Rich Mauti 16 yard pass from Archie Manning 14-6
Saints Rich Szaro 20 yard field goal 14-9
3 Browns Ozzie Newsome 14 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) 21-9
4 Browns Don Cockroft 40 yard field goal 24-9
Saints Archie Manning 1 yard rush (Rich Szaro kick) 24-16

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