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Buffalo Bills
Buffalo Bills
@
Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns
Date
October 29, 1978
Kickoff
01:00 PM ET
10:00 AM PT
Score
BUF 20 — CLE 41 F

Stadium

Cleveland Stadium

Capacity: 67,895

Inaugurated: 01/01/1931

Broadcast

Announcers

Charlie Jones, Bob Trumpy

Summary

BUF and CLE combined for 402 passing yards and 3 passing touchdowns. On the ground, Curtis Brown led BUF with 33 rushing yards while Mike Pruitt paced CLE with 173. Through the air, Bob Chandler topped BUF with 114 receiving yards while Ozzie Newsome led CLE with 96.

Expected Points Summary

BUF
Total-19.02
Off8.02
Def-29.87
ST-0.03
CLE
Total19.02
Off29.87
Def-8.02
ST0.03

Team Stats

Stat BUF CLE
First Downs 28 28
Rush-Yds-TDs 25-82-2 47-309-2
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 17-38-224-1-2 14-17-234-4-0
Sacked-Yards 2-23 1-11
Net Pass Yards 201 223
Total Yards 283 532
Fumbles-Lost 4-1 1-1
Turnovers 3 1
Penalties-Yards 7-64 12-135

Expected Points Detail

BUF
Offense
Pass: -3.09
Rush: 1.24
TO: -4.42
Defense
Pass: -17.33
Rush: -7.44
TO: 0.00
Returns
KO: 3.58
KR: -3.61
P: -1.73
PR: 1.73
FG/XP: 0.00
CLE
Offense
Pass: 17.33
Rush: 7.44
TO: 0.00
Defense
Pass: 3.09
Rush: -1.24
TO: 4.42
Returns
KO: 3.61
KR: -3.58
P: -1.73
PR: 1.73
FG/XP: 0.00

Officials

Boxscore Team Stats

Stat BUF CLE
First Downs 28 28
Rush-Yds-TDs 25-82-2 47-309-2
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 17-38-224-1-2 14-17-234-4-0
Sacked-Yards 2-23 1-11
Net Pass Yards 201 223
Total Yards 283 532
Fumbles-Lost 4-1 1-1
Turnovers 3 1
Penalties-Yards 7-64 12-135

Scoring Summary

Q Team Detail Score
1 Browns Reggie Rucker 16 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) 0-7
2 Browns Calvin Hill 15 yard pass from Brian Sipe 0-13
Bills Terry Miller 2 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick) 7-13
Browns Mike Pruitt 1 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) 7-20
3 Browns Reggie Rucker 44 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) 7-27
Browns Mike Pruitt 71 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) 7-34
Bills Dennis Johnson 1 yard rush 13-34
4 Browns Calvin Hill 3 yard pass from Mark Miller (Don Cockroft kick) 13-41
Bills Lou Piccone 5 yard pass from Dave Mays (Tom Dempsey kick) 20-41

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