1970 70 Cleveland (0-2) 0 7 0 21 28 1972 72 Minnesota (1-0) 0 13 7 10 30 2 Min FG Cox 25 (3-8-1:08) 7:50 0-3 2 Cle TD Scott 64 run (Cockroft) (1-64-0:20) 7:14 7-3 2 Min TD Reed 9 run (Cox) (9-81-5:48) 1:21 7-10 2 Min FG Cox 35 (2-10-0:14) 0:02 7-13 3 Min TD Tarkenton 11 pass to Marinaro (Cox) (4-32-2:25) 6:16 7-20 4 Cle TD Nelson 9 pass to Kelly (Cockroft) (6-74-3:23) 9:49 14-20 4 Cle TD Lindsey 20 interception return (Cockroft) (0-0-0:00) 9:35 21-20 4 Cle TD Scott 52 run (Cockroft) (1-52-0:20) 3:22 28-20 4 Min TD Tarkenton 80 pass to Henderson (Cox) (1-80-0:21) 1:55 28-27 4 Min FG Cox 10 (5-48-1:41) 0:14 28-30 Cle Min First Downs 14 20 Rushes 28-204 30-149 Passes 21-12-145 26-15-255 Sacked 0-0 4-24 Fumble 1 1 Penalties 7-47 6-44 Turnovers 3 3 Time 24:11 35:49 Third Down 2-9 4-10 Fourth Down 1-1 0-0 Net Offense 349 380 Injuries: 1970 70 Cleveland 70 Browns Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Scott 15 176 11.7 4 3 64 2 Kelly 5 0 49 9.8 0 4 15 1 Kelly 12 27 2.3 0 1 8 0 Hooker 3 0 56 18.7 1 3 43 0 Nelson 1 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 Scott 2 0 19 9.5 0 1 14 0 28 204 7.3 4 4 64 2 Morin 1 1 8 8.0 0 0 8 0 Collins 1 1 13 13.0 0 1 13 0 12 2 145 12.1 1 9 58 1 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Nelson 21 12 57.1 145 12.1 43 1 1 3 14.3 0 1 4.8 54.8 21 12 57.1 145 12.1 43 1 1 3 14.3 0 1 4.8 54.8 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Cockroft 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 Cockroft 5 185 45 2 0 1 1 0 29.0 37.0 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Brown 1 25 25.0 25 0 Morrison 2 2 30 15.0 21 0 Jones,H 3 55 18.3 26 0 2 2 30 15.0 21 0 Morrison 1 3 3.0 3 0 5 83 16.6 26 0 Fumbles Glass 1 Glass 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Johnson, 2 Sherk 1 Andrews 1 Andrews 1 Howell 1 Morin 1 Snidow 2 Johnson, 1 Barnes 1 Snidow 1 Houston 1 Howell 1 Johnson, 1 Kellerma 1 Tackles Houston 7 Snidow 5 Sherk 4 Howell 3 Lindsey 2 Beutler 1 Barnes 6 Johnson, 4 Gregory 4 Davis 3 Righetti 1 Andrews 5 Kellerma 4 Yanchar 4 Sumner 2 Schoen 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Davis 1 4 4.0 4 0 Houston 1 27 27.0 27 0 Lindsey 1 20 20.0 20 1 3 51 17.0 27 1 1972 72 Minnesota 72 Vikings Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Reed 20 112 5.6 2 6 18 1 Gilliam,J 5 0 70 14.0 0 4 19 0 Osborn 5 33 6.6 1 2 21 0 Reed 3 0 29 9.7 0 3 16 0 Marinaro 2 5 2.5 0 0 3 0 Beasley 2 0 20 10.0 0 1 10 0 Brown,B 1 3 3.0 0 0 3 0 Osborn 2 0 31 15.5 0 1 22 0 Tarkenton 2 -4 -2.0 0 0 0 0 Henderson 2 0 94 47.0 1 2 80 1 30 149 5.0 3 8 21 1 Marinaro 1 1 11 11.0 0 1 11 1 15 1 255 17.0 1 12 80 2 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Tarkenton 26 15 57.7 255 17.0 80 3 1 3 11.5 4 2 7.7 77.1 26 15 57.7 255 17.0 80 3 1 3 11.5 4 2 7.7 77.1 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Cox 3 3 100.0 3 3 100.0 0.0 0.0 35 12 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Eischeid 6 244 46 1 0 1 2 30 32.3 40.7 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Gilliam,J 4 98 24.5 32 0 Bryant 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 Jones,C 1 8 8.0 8 0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 5 106 21.2 32 0 Fumbles Osborn 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Page 2 Lurtsema 1 Hilgenbe 3 Eller 1 Beasley 1 Wright,N 2 Winston 1 Bryant 1 Tackles Eller 5 Page 5 Kassulke 3 Krause,P 2 Warwick 2 Demery 1 Hilgenbe 5 Bryant 4 Winston 3 Sharockm 2 Lurtsema 2 Marshall 5 Brown,T 4 Gersbach 2 Siemon 2 West 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Hilgenber 2 23 11.5 18 0 West 1 0 0.0 0 0 3 23 7.7 18 0 1st Quarter KO 15:00 Cle Brown ret of 25 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own38 14:51 Cle Nelson-Kelly 11 B1 S-Flat/MP/Dump B1 Z Key-Scott 1 10 own49 14:01 Cle Kelly 2/ob B1 Sweep-L B1 M Basic 2 8 opp49 13:52 Cle Nelson-Hooker 10 B1 S-Hitch/MP B1 M Basic 1 10 opp39 13:06 Cle Kelly 1 B1 Draw B1 sM Key-Scott 2 9 opp38 12:24 Cle Nelson-Scott 5 B1 S-Flat B1 sZ Pass 3 4 opp33 11:41 Cle Nelson-Scott X B1 Screen/MP Di sZ Pass 4 4 opp33 11:34 Cle Cockroft 33,Bryant 0 -- Pt-side -- Return 1 10 own20 11:29 Min Tarkent-Osborn 9 B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Basic 2 1 own29 10:36 Min Reed 4 B1 Dive B1 Z Pass 1 10 own33 9:33 Min Osborn 5 B1 Trap-R B1 Z Pass 2 5 own38 8:34 Min Reed 9 B1 Sweep-L B1 Z Basic 1 10 own47 7:30 Min Pen5(Johnson,W) B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Basic 1 5 opp48 7:30 Min Reed 17 B1 Trap-R B1 Z Stuff 1 10 opp31 6:22 Min Tarkent-INT-Houston B1 M-Seam B1 Z Pass 1 10 own46 6:10 Cle Kelly 8 B1 Sweep-L B1 M Basic 2 2 opp46 5:18 Cle Nelson-Morin X B1 S-Hitch/MP B1 sZ Key-Kelly 3 2 opp46 5:15 Cle Nelson-Scott 14 B1 S-Flat R1 sM Run-Kelly 1 10 opp32 4:31 Cle Nelson-Collins X B1 L-Out/MP Di Z Pass 2 10 opp32 4:24 Cle Pen10(Taffoni)/ob B1 Pitch-L B1 sM Key-Kelly 2 20 opp42 4:15 Cle Kelly 5 B1 Trap-L Ni dM Pass/C 3 15 opp37 3:29 Cle Kelly 1 B1 Draw Di dZ Pass/C 4 14 opp36 2:44 Cle Cockroft 28,Bryant 0 -- Pt-side -- Return 1 10 own8 2:40 Min Reed 6 B1 Sweep-L B1 Z Basic 2 4 own14 1:39 Min Osborn 5 B1 Dive B1 tZ Basic/Bz1 1 10 own19 0:36 Min Tarkent-Gilliam, X B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Pass 2 10 own19 0:32 Min Reed 7 B1 Sweep-L B1 Z Pass 2nd Quarter 3 3 own26 15:00 Min Tarkent-Reed 5 B1 S-Hitch B1 tZ Basic 1 10 own31 14:24 Min Osborn 0 B1 Trap-R B1 tZ Basic 2 10 own31 13:41 Min Reed 8 B1 Sweep-R Ni Z Basic 3 2 own39 12:53 Min Pen10(White) B1 Draw B1 Z Run-Tarkenton 3 12 own29 12:45 Min Tarkent-Gilliam, X P1 L-Hitch Ni tZ Pass 4 12 own29 12:38 Min Eischeid 45,Morrison -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own26 12:33 Cle Kelly 5 B1 Trap-L B1 sZ Pass 2 5 own31 11:48 Cle Nelson-Scott X B1 S-Hitch/MP/Dump B1 M Basic 3 5 own31 11:44 Cle Kelly 0/ob B1 Pitch-L B1 M Key-Kelly 4 5 own31 11:36 Cle Cockroft 40,Bryant 0 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own29 11:31 Min Tarkent-Gilliam, 14 B1 M-Hitch B1 Z Basic 1 10 own43 11:18 Min Reed 0 B1 Dive B1 tZ Basic 2 10 own43 10:20 Min Tarkenton -3 B1 Bootleg B1 Z Basic 3 13 own40 9:22 Min Eischeid 46,Morrison -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own35 9:16 Cle Nelson-Collins X B1 M-Seam/MP B1 sM Key-Kelly 2 10 own35 9:08 Cle Nelson-INT-Hilgenber B1 M-Seam/MP/Dump B1 sM Key-Kelly 1 10 opp26 8:58 Min Reed 4 B1 Sweep-R B1 Z Basic 2 6 opp22 8:01 Min Tarkent-Beasley X B1 S-Hitch B1 tZ Basic 3 6 opp22 7:57 Min Reed 4/ob B1 Sweep-L B1 tZ Pass 4 2 opp18 7:50 Min FG Cox 25 good -- FG -- Block 0-3 KO 7:45 Cle Jones,H ret of 26 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own36 7:34 Cle Scott 64/TD B1 OffTkl-R B1 sM Key-Kelly 7-3 KO 7:14 Min Gilliam,J ret of 9 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own19 7:09 Min Tarkent-Gilliam, 15 B1 M-Hitch B1 Z Basic 1 10 own34 6:12 Min Pen5(Johnson,W) B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Basic 1 5 own39 6:12 Min Osborn 21 B1 Trap-R B1 Z Basic 1 10 opp40 5:08 Min Sk-Johnson,W -4 B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Basic 2 14 opp44 4:13 Min Reed 7 B1 Trap-L B1 Z Basic 3 7 opp37 3:16 Min Reed 7/ob B1 Sweep-R Di tZ Pass 1 10 opp30 3:07 Min Brown,B 3 B1 Trap-L B1 Z Basic/Bz1 2 7 opp27 2:12 Min Tarkent-Reed 8 B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Basic 1 10 opp19 2:00 Min Tarkent-Beasley 10 B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Basic 1 9 opp9 1:28 Min Reed 9/TD B1 Trap-R B1 tZ Basic 7-10 KO 1:21 Cle Jones,H ret of 3 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own7 1:16 Cle Nelson-Kelly 15/ob P1 S-Flat/MP B1 M Key-Kelly 1 10 own22 1:05 Cle Scott 3 P1 Draw B1 M Pass 2 7 own25 0:57 Cle Nelson-Kelly 4 P1 Screen B1 M Pass 3 3 own29 0:37 Cle Scott 7 P1 OffTkl-R B1 sZ Pass/Li/C 1 10 own36 0:26 Cle Nelson-INT-Hilgenber P1 M-Out/MP/Dump Di Z Pass 1 10 opp38 0:16 Min Tarkent-Gilliam, X P1 M-Seam/HO B1 Z Pass 2 10 opp38 0:08 Min Tarkent-Beasley 10/o P1 M-Out/HO Di Z Pass 3 0 opp28 0:02 Min FG Cox 35 good -- FG -- Block 7-13 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 Min Gilliam,J ret of 30 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own38 14:49 Min Reed 2 B1 Trap-L B1 Z Stuff 2 8 own40 13:50 Min Tarkent-Osborn 22/F B1 S-Hitch B1 tZ Basic/Bz3 1 10 opp38 12:49 Min Sk-Snidow -9 B1 M-Hitch B1 tZ Basic/Bz4 2 19 opp47 11:51 Min Tarkenton -1 B1 Draw Ni Z Pass 3 20 opp48 10:50 Min Tarkent-Gilliam, 11 P1 M-Seam/MP Ni tZ Basic 4 9 opp37 9:51 Min Eischeid 37,Morrison -- Pt-side -- faircatch 1 10 own20 9:46 Cle Scott -2 B1 OffTkl-L B1 sM Key-Kelly 2 12 own18 8:58 Cle Scott 7 B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Basic 3 5 own25 8:49 Cle Pen5(Eller) B1 OffTkl-L Di Z Pass/Li/C 1 10 own30 8:49 Cle Nelson-INT-West B1 S-Out Di Z Pass 1 10 opp32 8:41 Min Tarkent-Henderso 14 B1 M-Hitch B1 Z Basic/Bz1 1 10 opp18 7:38 Min Osborn 2 B1 Trap-R B1 Z Basic/Bz1 2 8 opp16 6:37 Min Reed 5/ob B1 Sweep-L Ni Z Basic 3 3 opp11 6:29 Min Tarkent-Marinaro 11/ B2 S-Hitch/MP B1 M Dbl-Beasley 7-20 KO 6:16 Cle Jones,H ret of 26 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own35 6:07 Cle Scott 7 B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Key-Kelly 2 3 own42 5:19 Cle Pen10(Hoaglin) B1 S-Flat Di sZ Pass 2 13 own32 5:09 Cle Scott 1 B1 Pitch-L B1 M Key-Scott 3 12 own33 4:26 Cle Scott 11 B1 Pitch-L Di Z Pass 4 1 own44 3:35 Cle Nelson-Hooker 3 B1 S-Slant/MP B1 sM Pass/Li 1 10 own47 2:56 Cle Kelly 2 B1 OffTkl-R B1 M Key-Scott 2 8 own49 2:08 Cle Nelson-Kelly 10 B1 S-Flat/MP B1 sM Key-Scott 1 10 opp41 1:22 Cle Kelly 2 B1 Trap-L B1 M Basic 2 8 opp39 0:32 Cle Scott 7/ob B1 Pitch-L B1 M Basic 3 1 opp32 0:25 Cle Scott 0 B1 OffTkl-L B1 sZi Run 4th Quarter 4 1 opp32 15:00 Cle FG Cockroft 39 no go -- FG -- Block 1 10 own32 14:56 Min Marinaro 3 B2 Trap-R B1 Z Basic 2 7 own35 14:11 Min Marinaro 2 B2 Sweep-R B1 Z Stuff 3 5 own37 13:21 Min Tarkent-Marinaro X B2 S-Hitch Ni tZ Pass 4 5 own37 13:16 Min Eischeid 46,Morrison -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own26 13:12 Cle Pen5(Team) B1 B-Post/MP B1 M Pass 1 15 own21 13:12 Cle Nelson-Hooker 43/ob B1 B-Post/MP B1 M Pass 1 10 opp36 12:58 Cle Nelson-Collins 13 B1 M-Slant/MP B1 M Key-Scott 1 10 opp23 12:14 Cle Scott 10/F B1 Pitch-L B1 Z Pass 2 0 opp13 11:31 Cle Kelly 1 B1 Dive B1 sM Key-Scott 1 10 opp12 10:45 Cle Scott 3 B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Basic 2 7 opp9 9:56 Cle Nelson-Kelly 9/TD B1 S-Flat/MP B1 M Key-Kelly 14-20 KO 9:49 Min Jones,C ret of 8 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own10 9:44 Min Tarkent-INT-Lindsey/ B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Basic 21-20 KO 9:35 Min Gilliam,J ret of 27 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own31 9:27 Min Reed 3 B1 Sweep-R B1 Z Basic 2 7 own34 8:49 Min Reed 18 B1 Trap-L B1 Z Pass 1 10 opp48 8:07 Min Tarkent-Gilliam, X B1 M-Hitch B1 tZ Basic/Bz1 2 10 opp48 7:58 Min Reed 3 B1 Sweep-L B1 Z Basic 3 7 opp45 7:22 Min Reed -3 P1 Sweep-R Di tM Dbl-Demery/A 4 10 opp48 6:46 Min Eischeid 31,Morrison -- Pt-side -- Return 1 10 own17 6:42 Cle Nelson-Morin 8 B1 S-Hitch B1 M Pass 2 2 own25 6:01 Cle Nelson 1 B1 S-Hitch B1 sM Key-Scott 3 1 own26 5:14 Cle Kelly 0 B1 OffTkl-R B1 sMi Key-Scott/Li 4 1 own26 4:25 Cle Cockroft 45,Bryant 0 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own29 4:20 Min Pen5(Sunde) B1 M-Hitch B1 Z Basic 1 15 own24 4:20 Min Sk-Snidow -4 B1 M-Hitch Ni Z Basic/Bz1 2 19 own20 4:12 Min Sk-Johnson,W -7 B1 M-Seam/HO Ni Z Basic 3 26 own13 3:54 Min Tarkent-Gilliam, X B1 B-Post/MP Ni Z Pass 4 26 own13 3:46 Min Eischeid 39,Morrison -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own48 3:42 Cle Scott 52/TD B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Run 28-20 KO 3:22 Min Gilliam,J ret of 32 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own40 3:10 Min Pen5(Osborn) B1 S-Out Ni tZ Pass 1 15 own35 3:02 Min Tarkent-INT-Davis B1 M-Out/HO/Dump Ni Z Pass 1 10 opp40 2:52 Cle Pen5(Taffoni) B1 Dive B1 M Key-Scott 1 15 opp45 2:43 Cle Kelly 0 B1 Dive R1 M Run 2 15 opp45 2:38 Cle Scott 6 B1 OffTkl-L B1 sM Key-Scott 3 9 opp39 2:28 Cle Scott 0 B1 Dive/RS R1 sM Run 4 9 opp39 2:22 Cle Cockroft 39,Bryant 0 -- Pt-side -- Block 1 10 own20 2:16 Min Tarkent-Henderso 80/ B1 M-Out Di tZ Pass 28-27 KO 2:00 Min Sunde ret of 0 -- KO-onside -- Watch Onside 1 10 own49 1:55 Min Reed 1 B1 Sweep-R/HO B1 tZ Basic/Bz1 2 9 50 1:29 Min Tarkent-Reed 16 B1 Screen/HO B1 Z Basic/Bz1 1 10 opp34 1:05 Min Tarkent-Gilliam, 11 B1 S-Out/HO B1 tZ Basic/Bz1 1 10 opp23 0:56 Min Reed 1 B1 Draw/HO B1 Z Stuff 2 9 opp22 0:33 Min Tarkent-Gilliam, 19 B1 M-Hitch/HO/MP B1 tZ Basic 2 3 opp22 0:14 Min Tarkenton spikes the B1 Spike Ball B1 tZ 2 3 opp3 0:14 Min FG Cox 10 good -- FG -- Block 28-30 KO 0:10 Cle Morrison ret of 3 -- KO-squib -- Return 1 10 own33 0:06 Cle Nelson-Morin X B1 Hail/SG/MP Di vZ Pass/C GAME