1977 Broncos 25 - 1957 Browns 22

Tough one for the good guys. In a back-and-forth game that featured a fourth quarter comeback Denver defeated Cleveland by the score of 25 to 22. Craig Morton passed 40 times for 305 yards adding a touchdown.. The game saw 6 lead changes before Denver finally prevailed. The Orange Crush did a great job stifling the Browns offense, but a couple of breakdowns led to a couple of long completions by Cleveland QB Tommy O'Connell including a 72 yard strike to Darrell Brewster

1957 Cleveland 22, 1977 Denver 25
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1957 Cleveland	7	0	7	8	0	22
1977 Denver	0	10	3	9	3	25

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	1:43	1957 Cleveland	D.Brewster 72 yd. pass from T.O'Connell (L.Groza kick)	7-0 CLN
2	9:20	1977 Denver	J.Turner 48 yd. field goal	7-3 CLN
2	0:45	1977 Denver	L.Perrin 2 yd. run (J.Turner kick)	10-7 DEA
3	3:40	1957 Cleveland	J.Brown 11 yd. run (L.Groza kick)	14-10 CLN
3	0:36	1977 Denver	J.Turner 27 yd. field goal	14-13 CLN
4	6:39	1977 Denver	R.Odoms 9 yd. pass from C.Morton (kick blocked)	19-14 DEA
4	1:30	1957 Cleveland	C.Hanulak 1 yd. run (J.Brown Run)	22-19 CLN
4	0:01	1977 Denver	J.Turner 21 yd. field goal	22-22 DEA
5	9:39	1977 Denver	J.Turner 45 yd. field goal	25-22 DEA

Team Statistics
	1957 Cleveland	1977 Denver
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	4-7-0-11	5-17-2-24
Third Down Efficiency	3-12-25%	8-21-38%
Fourth Down Efficiency	1-1-100%	3-3-100%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	14-14-100%	20-42-48%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	281-52-5.4	359-84-4.3
Total Net Yards Rushing	91	87
Total Rushes	38	38
Average Per Rush	2.4	2.3
Passes Completed/Attempted	9/13 (69.2%)	21/40 (52.5%)
Net Yards Passing	190	272
Avg Yards Per Pass	15.2	7.6
Sacked/Yards Lost	1/7	6/33
Punts/Average	7/34.4	5/41.2
Punts Received/Return Yardage	4/10	3/5
Kickoffs/Returns	7/129	3/69
Interceptions/Returns	0/0	1/0
Penalties/Yards	7/58	1/5
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	2/0	2/0
Time of Possession	28 mins 52 secs	36 mins 12 secs
Average Drive Start	CLN 27	DEA 35

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1957 Cleveland
Tommy O'Connell	13	9	197	69.2	15.2	1	7.7	1	7.7	72	1/7	105.4
1977 Denver
Craig Morton	40	21	305	52.5	7.6	1	2.5	0	0	40	6/33	85.9

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1957 Cleveland
Jim Brown	16	49	3.1	16	1	1	0/0
Chet Hanulak	16	31	1.9	9	1	0	0/0
Lew Carpenter	4	4	1.0	5	0	0	0/0
Tommy O'Connell	1	2	2.0	2	0	0	0/0
Billy Reynolds	1	5	5.0	5	0	0	0/0
1977 Denver
Rob Lytle	12	49	4.1	6	0	0	1/0
Otis Armstrong	10	13	1.3	7	0	0	0/0
Jon Keyworth	7	11	1.6	3	0	0	1/0
Lonnie Perrin	6	9	1.5	6	1	0	0/0
Jim D. Jensen	2	2	1.0	3	0	0	0/0
Craig Morton	1	3	3.0	3	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1957 Cleveland
Preston Carpenter	4	50	12.5	18	0	0
Ray Renfro	3	69	23.0	34	0	0
Jim Brown	1	6	6.0	6	0	0
Darrell Brewster	1	72	72.0	72	1	0
1977 Denver
Rick Upchurch	6	95	15.8	40	0	0
Riley Odoms	5	41	8.2	15	1	0
Haven Moses	5	79	15.8	29	0	0
Jack Dolbin	4	78	19.5	32	0	0
Rob Lytle	1	12	12.0	12	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1957 Cleveland
Lou Groza	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/1	0/1	0.0
1977 Denver
Jim Turner	0/0	2/2	0/1	2/3	0/0	4/6	66.7

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1957 Cleveland
Ken Konz	6	40.2	39.3	0	2	45	1
1977 Denver
Bucky Dilts	5	41.2	39.2	0	1	48	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1957 Cleveland
Milt Campbell	4	83	20.8	26	0
Billy Reynolds	3	46	15.3	19	0
1977 Denver
Rick Upchurch	3	69	23.0	27	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1957 Cleveland
Billy Reynolds	2	0	5	2.5	3	0
Chet Hanulak	2	0	5	2.5	3	0
1977 Denver
Rick Upchurch	3	2	5	1.7	7	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1957 Cleveland
Vince Costello	12	0	0
Ken Konz	8	0	0
Bob Gain	8	1	0
Galen Fiss	6	0	0
Bill Quinlan	6	0	0
Warren Lahr	5	0	0
Walt Michaels	4	4	0
Junior Wren	4	0	0
Don R. Paul	3	0	0
Don Colo	3	0	0
Len Ford	2	0	0
Paul Wiggin	1	1	0
Bobby Freeman	1	0	0
Jim Brown	0	0	1
Billy Reynolds	0	0	1
1977 Denver
Bob Swenson	13	0	0
Randy Gradishar	6	0	0
Lyle Alzado	5	1	0
Joe Rizzo	4	0	0
Bill Thompson	3	0	0
Louis Wright	3	0	0
Steve J. Foley	3	0	0
Rubin Carter	3	0	0
Barney Chavous	2	0	0
Bernard Jackson	2	0	0
Chris Pane	1	0	0
Claudie Minor	0	0	1
Andy Maurer	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1957 Cleveland
1977 Denver
Bernard Jackson	1	0	0.0	0	0

Game Story

In a back-and-forth game that featured a crowd-pleasing fourth quarter comeback Denver defeated Cleveland by the score of 25 to 22. Craig Morton passed 40 times for 305 yards adding a touchdown. Denver won the air battle out-passing Cleveland 305 to 197 yards. They had the advantage in time of possession, having the ball for 36:12. The game saw 6 lead changes before Denver finally prevailed. Denver was ahead at halftime 10 to 7. Cleveland led after three quarters 14 to 13. A bright spot for Cleveland was a touchdown pass to Darrell Brewster that went for 72 yards with 1:43 left in the 1st quarter. But it was not enough to bring his team a victory..

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