79 New Orleans 28 78 Cleveland 20



                                                                                                    
1979 79 New Orleans (3-0)            14   7   0   7        28                                       
1978 78 Cleveland (2-1)               0  13   0   7        20                                       
                                                                                                    
1 NO  TD Muncie 1 run (Yepremian) (7-33-2:30) 12:03                         7-0                     
1 NO  TD Muncie 3 run (Yepremian) (5-80-3:00) 5:56                         14-0                     
2 Cle TD Sipe 7 pass to Logan (Cockroft) (3-19-0:55) 12:53                 14-7                     
2 Cle TD Sipe 22 pass to Newsome (no good) (4-71-2:15) 6:43                14-13                    
2 NO  TD Manning 10 pass to Harris (Yepremian) (8-61-2:42) 0:45            21-13                    
4 Cle TD Pruitt 3 run (Cockroft) (13-68-5:19) 11:12                        21-20                    
4 NO  TD Galbreath 12 run (Yepremian) (5-33-3:03) 5:32                     28-20                    
                                                                                                    
                    NO        Cle                                                                   
First Downs         24         18                                                                   
Rushes          33-105      19-83                                                                   
Passes       28-19-241  33-18-252                                                                   
Sacked             1-5       5-23                                                                   
Fumble               1          3                                                                   
Penalties         5-25       7-50                                                                   
Turnovers            2          3                                                                   
Time             32:10      27:50                                                                   
Third Down        6-13       5-11                                                                   
Fourth Down        0-1        0-1                                                                   
Net Offense        341        312                                                                   
                                                                                                    
Injuries:none                                                                                       
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
1979 79 New Orleans Saints                                                                          
                                                                                                    
Rushing    Att  Yds  Ave 10  FD Lg TD  Receiving   Rec Dp  Yds  Ave 25 FD Lg TD                     
Muncie      24   73  3.0  1   5 19  2  Harris,I      5  0   43  8.6  0  4 10  1                     
Galbreath    3   21  7.0  1   1 12  1  Galbreath     3  0   30 10.0  0  3 12  0                     
Strachan     4    6  1.5  0   0  4  0  Chandler      3  3   66 22.0  1  2 47  0                     
Manning      2    5  2.5  0   0  6  0  Muncie        3  0   44 14.7  0  3 17  0                     
            33  105  3.2  2   6 19  3  Childs        2  0   16  8.0  0  2 11  0                     
                                       Mauti         1  0   16 16.0  0  0 16  0                     
                                       Owens,T       1  0   13 13.0  0  1 13  0                     
                                       Strachan      1  0   13 13.0  0  0 13  0                     
                                                    19  3  241 12.7  1 15 47  1                     
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Passing     Att Cmp    C%  Yds  Ave  Lg  Bd 25  In    I%   Sk  TD   TD%  Rate                       
Manning      28  19  67.9  241 12.7  47   2  1   2   7.1    1   1   3.6  76.6                       
             28  19  67.9  241 12.7  47   2  1   2   7.1    1   1   3.6  76.6                       
                                                                                                    
Kicking      XPA XPM   XP%  FGA FGM   FG%    40+   50+   Lg   Pts                                   
Yepremian      4   4 100.0    1   0   0.0    0.0   0.0    0     4                                   
                                                                                                    
Punting        No Yards  Lg TB BK 20   Ret  Yds    Net   Gross                                      
Partridge       3   138  48  0  0  0     2   11   42.3    46.0                                      
                                                                                                    
Kick Returns  No Yards  Ave   Lg TD      Punt Returns No FC Yards  Ave  Lg TD                       
Mauti          4    80  20.0  24  0      Mauti         1  3    10 10.0  10  0                       
               4    80  20.0  24  0                    1  3    10 10.0  10  0                       
                                                                                                    
Fumbles                                                                                             
Muncie    1                                                                                         
                                                                                                    
Sacks        Hurries      Stuffs       Deflections  Forced Fmb   Fumble Rec                         
Grooms    2               Bennett   1  Bordelon  1  Federspi  1  Zanders   1                        
Reese     2               Federspi  1  Federspi  1  Grooms    1                                     
Moore,D   1               Grooms    1  Grooms    1  Reese     1                                     
                                       Myers,T   1                                                  
                                       Reese     1                                                  
                                                                                                    
Tackles                                                                                             
Hughes     7  Myers,T     4  Grooms      3  Brown,R     3  Campbell    2                            
Moore,D    5  Schwartz    4  Ray         3  Kovach      2  Bennett     1                            
Chapman    4  Federspi    3  Reese       3  Bordelon    2  Gray,D      1                            
                                                                                                    
Ints      No Yds  Ave  Lg TD                                                                        
Federspie  2   3  1.5   2  0                                                                        
Brown,R    1   0  0.0   0  0                                                                        
           3   3  1.0   2  0                                                                        
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
1978 78 Cleveland Browns                                                                            
                                                                                                    
Rushing    Att  Yds  Ave 10  FD Lg TD  Receiving   Rec Dp  Yds  Ave 25 FD Lg TD                     
Pruitt,G    16   72  4.5  2   3 23  1  Pruitt,G      6  0   71 11.8  1  3 26  0                     
Sipe         3   11  3.7  0   0  6  0  Rucker,R      5  1   85 17.0  0  5 23  0                     
            19   83  4.4  2   3 23  1  Newsome       4  0   74 18.5  1  4 26  1                     
                                       Logan         2  1   17  8.5  0  2 10  1                     
                                       Pruitt,M      1  0    5  5.0  0  0  5  0                     
                                                    18  2  252 14.0  2 14 26  2                     
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Passing     Att Cmp    C%  Yds  Ave  Lg  Bd 25  In    I%   Sk  TD   TD%  Rate                       
Sipe         33  18  54.5  252 14.0  26   4  2   3   9.1    5   2   6.1  61.7                       
             33  18  54.5  252 14.0  26   4  2   3   9.1    5   2   6.1  61.7                       
                                                                                                    
Kicking      XPA XPM   XP%  FGA FGM   FG%    40+   50+   Lg   Pts                                   
Cockroft       3   2  66.7    0   0   0.0    0.0   0.0    0     2                                   
                                                                                                    
Punting        No Yards  Lg TB BK 20   Ret  Yds    Net   Gross                                      
Evans           4   165  48  0  0  1     1   10   38.8    41.3                                      
                                                                                                    
Kick Returns  No Yards  Ave   Lg TD      Punt Returns No FC Yards  Ave  Lg TD                       
Collins        5    97  19.4  26  0      Wright        2  1    11  5.5  13  0                       
               5    97  19.4  26  0                    2  1    11  5.5  13  0                       
                                                                                                    
Fumbles                                                                                             
Sipe      2   Pruitt,M   1                                                                          
                                                                                                    
Sacks        Hurries      Stuffs       Deflections  Forced Fmb   Fumble Rec                         
Edwards   1               Sherk     2  Darden    1  Sherk     1  Dieken    1                        
                          Edwards   1  Edwards   1               Jackson   1                        
                          Hall      1  Scott     1               Sipe      1                        
                          Ambrose   1                                                               
                          St. Clai  1                                                               
                                                                                                    
Tackles                                                                                             
Irons      7  Ambrose     5  Hall        4  Graf        3  Mitchell    2  Jones,J     1             
Sherk      7  Darden      4  St. Clai    4  Peters      3  Bolton      1                            
Davis,O    6  Scott       4  Edwards     3  Matthews    2  Jackson,    1                            
                                                                                                    
Ints      No Yds  Ave  Lg TD                                                                        
Davis,O    1  22 22.0  22  0                                                                        
Scott      1   2  2.0   2  0                                                                        
           2  24 12.0  22  0                                                                        
                                                                                                    

1st Quarter KO 15:00 Cle Collins ret of 23 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own25 14:53 Cle Sipe-INT-Federspiel B1 L-Straight/Dump B1 tZ Pass/Li 1 10 opp33 14:42 NO Muncie 4 B1 OffTkl-L B1 tM Key-Muncie 2 6 opp29 14:33 NO Wins Challenge 2 6 opp29 14:33 NO Manning-Galbreat 9 B1 S-Flat B1 Z Basic 1 10 opp20 13:52 NO Muncie 0 B1 Sweep-R B1 tM Key-Muncie 2 10 opp20 13:44 NO Manning-Chandler X B1 S-Slant B1 tM Basic 3 10 opp20 13:41 NO Manning-Muncie 17 B1 S-Slant Ni Z Pass 1 3 opp3 12:58 NO Galbreath 2 B1 OffTkl-L B1 tZ Key-Galbreath 2 1 opp1 12:12 NO Wins Challenge 2 1 opp1 12:12 NO Muncie 1/TD B1 Overtop B1 tM Goalline 3 0 opp0 12:03 Cle Loses Challenge 7-0 KO 12:03 Cle Collins ret of 15 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own21 11:54 Cle Sipe-Pruitt 3 B1 S-Flat B1 tM Basic 2 7 own24 11:14 Cle Pruitt 23 B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Basic/Bz3 1 10 own47 10:22 Cle Pen10(DeLeone) B1 Trap-L B1 M Basic 1 20 own37 10:15 Cle Sipe-Newsome X B1 S-Out Ni M Pass 2 20 own37 10:10 Cle Pruitt 5 B1 Pitch-L Di tZ Pass 3 15 own42 9:11 Cle Sipe-Pruitt X B1 M-Hitch Di M Pass 4 15 own42 9:07 Penalty -- Pt-deep -- Return 4 25 own32 9:02 Cle Evans 48,Mauti 0 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own20 8:56 NO Muncie 19 B1 Trap-L B1 tZ Pass 1 10 own39 8:09 NO Manning 6 B1 S-Slant B1 tZ Basic 2 4 own45 7:30 NO Manning-Childs 5 B1 S-Hitch B1 tM Basic 1 10 50 6:56 NO Manning-Chandler 47 B1 L-Out B1 tM Basic/Lr 1 3 opp3 6:05 NO Muncie 3/TD B2 Dive B1 tZ Basic 14-0 KO 5:56 Cle Collins ret of 17 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own25 5:49 Cle Sk-Moore -5 B1 S-Flat Di Z Basic 2 15 own20 4:58 Cle Pen5(Reese) B1 Sweep-L Ni Z Pass 2 10 own25 4:58 Cle Pruitt 7 B1 Sweep-L Ni M Pass 3 3 own32 4:07 Cle Sk-Reese -6/F B1 S-Hitch B1 tM Basic/A 4 9 own26 3:19 Cle Evans 47,Mauti 0 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own27 3:13 Cle Pen5(Edwards) B1 S-Cross B1 tM Basic/Lr 1 5 own32 3:08 NO Muncie 4 B2 Sweep-R B1 Z Basic 2 1 own36 2:24 NO Manning-Harris 9 B2 S-Slant B1 M Pass 1 10 own45 1:44 NO Strachan 4 B2 Dive B1 tM Basic/Lr 2 6 own49 0:57 NO Muncie -2/F B2 OffTkl-R B1 tZ Basic 3 8 own47 0:20 NO Manning-INT-Scott P1 S-Slant Di Z Pass 1 10 own45 0:08 Cle Sipe-Pruitt 5 B1 L-Hitch/Dump B1 Z Basic 2nd Quarter 2 5 50 15:00 Cle Pruitt -1 B1 OffTkl-L B1 tZ Basic 3 6 own49 14:15 Cle Sipe-Rucker X B1 S-Out B1 sZ Pass 4 6 own49 14:10 Cle Evans 30,Mauti 10 -- Pt-side -- Return 1 10 own31 14:04 NO Manning-INT-Davis B1 M-Seam B1 M Basic 1 10 opp19 13:48 Cle Sipe-Pruitt 12 B1 S-Flat B1 M Run-Pruitt,G 1 7 opp7 13:01 Cle Sipe-Newsome X B1 S-Out B1 tM Goalline 2 7 opp7 12:58 Cle Sipe-Logan 7/TD B1 S-Out B1 tM Goalline/A 14-7 KO 12:53 NO Mauti ret of 18 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own26 12:44 NO Manning-Muncie 16 B1 S-Slant B1 tM Key-Muncie/Lr 1 10 own42 12:06 NO Muncie 2 B1 OffTkl-L B1 tM Basic 2 8 own44 11:22 NO Muncie 3 B2 Pitch-L B1 Z Pass 3 5 own47 10:39 NO Manning-Harris 8 P1 S-Hitch Ni Z Basic 1 10 opp45 10:04 NO Manning-Strachan 13 B2 S-Flat Ni tM Basic/Lr 1 10 opp32 9:54 NO Strachan 3 B2 OffTkl-R Ni Z Basic 2 7 opp29 9:10 NO Manning-Chandler X B2 S-Slant B1 Z Basic 3 7 opp29 9:07 NO Manning-Chandler X P1 S-Slant Ni Z Pass 4 7 opp29 9:04 NO FG Yepremian 46 no g -- FG -- Block 1 10 own29 8:58 Cle Sipe-Rucker 20 B1 S-Out B1 Z Pass 1 10 own49 8:17 Cle Sipe-Pruitt 26 B1 S-Flat B1 Z Basic/Bz3 1 10 opp25 7:32 Cle Pruitt 3 B1 Trap-L B1 Z Basic 2 7 opp22 6:51 Cle Sipe-Newsome 22/TD B1 S-Out B1 Z Basic 14-13 KO 6:43 NO Mauti ret of 24 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own28 6:32 NO Manning-Chandler X B1 M-Straight B1 M Basic 2 10 own28 6:19 NO Sk-Edwards -5 B1 M-Slant B1 Z Basic 3 15 own23 5:38 NO Manning-Chandler X P1 M-Slant Di Z Pass/Li 4 15 own23 5:29 NO Partridge 48,Wright -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own29 5:25 Cle Pruitt -4 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Basic/Bz3 2 14 own25 4:36 Cle Sk-Reese -4 B1 S-Out Ni M Pass 3 18 own21 3:42 Cle Sipe-Newsome X B1 M-Hitch Di M Pass/Lo 4 18 own21 3:33 Cle Evans 40,Mauti 0 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own39 3:27 NO Muncie 4 B1 OffTkl-R B1 M Basic 2 6 own43 2:39 NO Muncie 3 B1 Sweep-L B1 Z Basic 3 3 own46 2:00 NO Manning-Galbreat 9 B1 S-Flat B1 tM Basic 1 10 opp45 1:40 NO Manning-Childs 11 B1 S-Out/HO B1 Z Basic 1 10 opp34 1:34 NO Pen10(Zanders)/ob B1 Pitch-L B1 tM Pass 1 20 opp44 1:25 NO Manning-Mauti 16 P1 S-Slant Ni M Basic/Lr 2 4 opp28 1:00 NO Pen5(Mitchell) P1 Draw Ni tZ Basic 1 10 opp23 1:00 NO Manning-Owens 13 P1 S-Hitch Ni tM Basic 1 10 opp10 0:52 NO Manning-Harris 10/TD P1 S-Hitch/Dump B1 tM Basic 21-13 KO 0:45 Cle Collins ret of 16 -- KO-deep -- Watch Onside 1 10 own22 0:37 Cle Pruitt 3 P1 Pitch-L Di M Pass 2 7 own25 0:13 Cle Sipe 4 P1 M-Hitch Di M Pass 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 NO Mauti ret of 23 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own29 14:51 NO Muncie 4 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Basic 2 6 own33 14:10 NO Muncie 5 B2 OffTkl-R B1 Z Pass 3 1 own38 13:31 NO Muncie 4 B2 Dive B1 tM Basic 1 10 own42 12:51 NO Muncie 7 B2 Trap-R B1 Z Basic 2 3 own49 12:42 NO Muncie -1 B2 OffTkl-L B1 tM Key-Muncie/Lr 3 4 own48 11:59 NO Manning-Harris 6 B2 S-Hitch B1 tZ Pass 1 10 opp46 11:17 NO Galbreath 7 B2 OffTkl-R B1 M Basic 2 3 opp39 10:32 NO Strachan -1 B2 OffTkl-L B1 tM Key-Muncie 3 4 opp40 9:49 NO Muncie 3 B2 OffTkl-R B1 tZ Pass 4 1 opp37 9:05 NO Muncie 1 B2 Overtop B1 tM Goalline 1 10 own36 8:58 Cle Sk-Grooms -5/F B1 S-Out B1 M Pass 2 15 own31 8:20 Cle Sipe-Pruitt 5 P1 S-Flat Di M Basic/Lo 3 10 own36 7:45 Cle Sipe-Pruitt 20 P1 M-Hitch/Dump Di M Pass 1 10 opp44 7:03 Cle Pruitt 3 P1 OffTkl-L B2 M Basic/Bz3 2 7 opp41 6:18 Cle Sipe-Newsome 12 B1 S-Out B1 M Basic 1 10 opp29 5:34 Cle Pruitt -1 B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Basic 2 11 opp30 4:46 Cle Sipe-Rucker 20 B1 S-Out B1 Z Pass 1 10 opp10 4:00 Cle Sipe-INT-Federspiel B1 S-Out/Dump B1 tM Basic/Lo/A 1 10 own5 3:49 NO Manning-Chandler 10 B1 S-Slant B1 Z Basic 1 10 own15 3:09 Cle Loses Challenge 1 10 own15 3:09 NO Muncie -3 B1 Sweep-L B1 tM Basic 2 13 own12 2:21 NO Manning-Harris 10 B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Basic 3 3 own22 1:40 NO Manning-Chandler X B1 S-Hitch B1 tM Dbl-Chandler 4 3 own22 1:35 NO Partridge 44,Wright- -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own32 1:31 Cle Pen10(Sheppard) B1 S-Out B1 Z Basic 1 20 own22 1:25 Cle Sipe-Pruitt X P1 S-Flat B1 Z Pass 2 20 own22 1:21 Cle Pen5(Federspiel) P1 Sweep-L B1 Z Pass 2 15 own27 1:21 Cle Pen5(Team) P1 Sweep-L Di Z Pass 2 20 own22 1:21 Cle Pruitt 10 P1 Sweep-L Ni Z Pass 3 10 own32 0:34 NO Pen5(Chapman) P1 S-Out Ni M Pass 1 10 own37 0:26 Cle Sipe-Pruitt X P1 S-Out/Dump B1 M Basic 2 10 own37 0:19 Cle Pruitt 4 P1 Sweep-L B1 M Pass 4th Quarter 3 6 own41 15:00 Cle Sipe-Newsome 14 P1 M-Hitch B1 tMi Pass 1 10 opp45 14:14 Cle Sipe 6 B1 S-Flat B1 M Pass 2 4 opp39 13:32 Cle Pruitt 3 B1 Trap-L B1 M Basic 3 1 opp36 12:45 Cle Sipe-Rucker 23 B1 S-Out B1 tM Basic/Bz3 1 10 opp13 12:05 Cle Sipe-Logan 10 B1 S-Slant B1 M Basic 1 3 opp3 11:24 Cle Sipe-Logan X B1 S-Out B1 tM Goalline/A 2 3 opp3 11:20 Cle Pruitt 3/TD B1 Trap-L B1 tM Goalline/A 21-20 KO 11:12 NO Mauti ret of 15 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own25 11:03 NO Manning-Muncie 11 B1 S-Slant B1 Z Basic 1 10 own36 10:24 NO Muncie 3 B1 Dive B1 tM Key-Muncie 2 7 own39 9:45 NO Muncie -4 B1 Sweep-R B1 Z Basic 3 11 own35 9:00 Pen/Offset B1 M-Isolate Di Z Pass 3 11 own35 8:53 NO Manning-Childs X P1 M-Seam Di Z Pass 4 11 own35 8:44 NO Partridge 46,Wright -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own32 8:40 Cle Sipe-INT-Brown B1 S-Out B1 tZ Basic 1 10 opp33 8:35 NO Manning-Chandler 9 B1 S-Slant B1 M Basic 2 1 opp24 7:47 NO Muncie 4 B1 OffTkl-R B1 M Pass 1 10 opp20 6:50 NO Muncie 3 B1 Trap-L B1 Z Basic 2 7 opp17 5:52 Cle Pen5(Scott) B1 S-Hitch B1 tZ Basic 1 10 opp12 5:44 NO Galbreath 12/TD B1 OffTkl-R B1 tM Basic 28-20 KO 5:32 Cle Collins ret of 26 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own28 5:23 Cle Sipe-Pruitt 5/F B1 M-Straight/Dump B1 Z Pass 2 5 own33 4:39 Cle Pruitt 5 B1 Sweep-L Ni Z Pass 1 10 own38 4:31 Cle Sk-Grooms -3 B1 S-Flat Ni Z Pass 2 13 own35 3:49 Cle Pruitt 7 P1 Pitch-L Ni M Pass 3 6 own42 3:41 Cle Sipe-Newsome 26 P1 M-Hitch Ni M Basic 1 10 opp32 2:57 Cle Sipe-Rucker 10 P1 S-Out B1 tM Basic 1 10 opp22 2:53 Cle Sipe-Logan X P1 S-Out B1 tM Key-Pruitt,G/A 2 10 opp22 2:49 Cle Pruitt 2 P1 Sweep-L B1 sM Pass 3 8 opp20 2:41 Cle Sipe-Rucker 12 P1 M-Seam Di sM Pass 1 8 opp8 2:05 Cle Sipe-Newsome X P1 S-Out B1 tM Goalline/Lo/A 2 8 opp8 2:01 Cle Sipe-Newsome X P1 S-Hitch B1 tM Basic/A 3 8 opp8 2:00 Cle Sipe 1 P1 S-Slant B1 tM Basic/A 4 7 opp7 1:28 Cle Sipe-Logan X P1 S-Out Ni M Dbl-Logan 1 10 own7 1:25 NO Muncie 6 B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Basic/A 2 4 own13 1:17 NO Strachan 0 B2 OffTkl-R R1 tM Run 3 4 own13 1:08 NO Manning-Galbreat 12 B1 S-Hitch R1 tZ Basic 1 10 own25 0:18 NO Manning -1 B1 QbKneel B1 Z Basic GAME

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