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Divisional Round: Kansas City Chiefs at Cleveland Browns

January 03, 1971
28°
Cleveland Browns Stadium (Cleveland, OH) Attendance: 69,641 (93%)
Kansas City Chiefs 0 7 9 7 - 23
Cleveland Browns 10 0 10 10 - 30

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Cleveland Browns: 3-10-CLE 30 (8:34) 15-Norris Coleman pass complete to 81-Brian Armstrong for 70 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Gary Nickell. CLE 7 KC. 0
(Qtr 1) Cleveland Browns: 4-22-KC. 22 (2:37) 12-Gary Nickell 41 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 10 KC. 0
(Qtr 2) Kansas City Chiefs: 3-10-CLE 30 (7:05) 9-Jimmie Chow pass complete to 13-Harvey Saulters for 30 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Steven Bennett. CLE 10 KC. 7
(Qtr 3) Cleveland Browns: 1-10-CLE 36 (14:22) 15-Norris Coleman pass complete to 81-Brian Armstrong for 64 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Gary Nickell. CLE 17 KC. 7
(Qtr 3) Cleveland Browns: 4-14-KC. 31 (11:06) 12-Gary Nickell 49 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 79-James Medrano was injured on the play. CLE 20 KC. 7
(Qtr 3) Kansas City Chiefs: 2-17-CLE 2 (4:13) 15-Norris Coleman sacked at CLE -6 for -8 yards (51-Robert Anderson) SAFETY! (51-Robert Anderson) CLE 20 KC. 9
(Qtr 3) Kansas City Chiefs: (3:54) 12-Gary Nickell kicks 66 yards from CLE 20 to KC. 14. 15-Fletcher Boston for 86yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Steven Bennett. CLE 20 KC. 16
(Qtr 4) Cleveland Browns: 2-10-KC. 10 (7:07) 9-Jimmie Chow sacked at KC. 1 for -9 yards (90-James McDonagh). Sack allowed by 63-Michael Michael. 9-Jimmie Chow FUMBLES (90-James McDonagh) recovered by CLE-97-Michael Roman at KC. 0. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Gary Nickell. CLE 27 KC. 16
(Qtr 4) Cleveland Browns: 4-7-KC. 34 (3:15) 12-Gary Nickell 52 yard field goal is GOOD. PENALTY - Offsides (KC. 97-Keith Smith) (Declined) CLE 30 KC. 16
(Qtr 4) Kansas City Chiefs: 3-2-CLE 24 (1:12) (Hot Read) 9-Jimmie Chow pass complete to 47-Frederick Webb for 24 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Steven Bennett. CLE 30 KC. 23

Team Statistics

Cleveland Browns Kansas City Chiefs
First Downs 12 17
- Rushing 2 3
- Passing 9 14
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 322 357
- Offensive Plays 65 78
- Yards Per Play 4.95 4.58
Net Rushing Yards 67 43
- Rushing Attempts 15 11
- Yards Per Rush 4.47 3.91
Net Passing Yards 255 314
- Att/Comp/Int 43 / 23 / 1 55 / 27 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 306 405
- Sacks/Yards Lost 7 / 51 12 / 91
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.10 4.69
- Yards Per Completion 13.30 15.00
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 5 / 4
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 15 8 / 18
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.7 8.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 15 3 / 35
Punt Returns/Yards 5 / 22 3 / 8
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 110
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 2 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 26
Time of Possession 25:48 33:34

Drive Charts

Cleveland Browns

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:42 1:45 OWN 21 5 37 Punt
1 8:44 0:21 OWN 30 3 70 Touchdown
1 5:22 2:49 OPP 22 5 0 Field Goal
1 1:38 1:44 OWN 27 5 21 Interception
2 11:32 1:33 OWN 6 3 3 Punt
2 7:00 1:41 OWN 25 6 30 Punt
2 3:46 3:16 OWN 37 9 56 Missed FG
3 15:00 0:48 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
3 12:55 1:52 OPP 27 3 -4 Field Goal
3 8:39 2:11 OWN 16 5 11 Punt
3 4:47 0:37 OWN 8 2 -16 Safety
4 11:42 1:26 OWN 20 3 6 Punt
4 8:41 1:29 OWN 48 3 5 Punt
4 7:03 0:57 OPP 17 3 8 Punt
4 6:06 2:55 OWN 47 5 19 Field Goal
4 1:07 0:24 OWN 25 3 5 Punt

Kansas City Chiefs

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:18 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
1 10:57 2:13 OWN 7 5 33 Fumble
1 8:23 3:00 OWN 25 6 16 Fumble
1 2:34 0:55 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
2 14:55 3:23 OWN 22 5 27 Punt
2 9:59 2:59 OWN 48 8 52 Touchdown
2 5:19 1:33 OWN 20 3 7 Punt
2 0:30 0:30 OWN 20 2 -7 Half
3 14:12 1:17 OWN 25 4 12 Fumble
3 11:02 2:23 OWN 25 5 13 Punt
3 6:28 1:41 OWN 25 4 27 Punt
3 3:33 2:16 OPP 25 3 -6 Punt
3 1:17 4:34 OWN 23 14 70 Interception
4 10:16 1:36 OWN 23 3 -15 Punt
4 7:12 0:09 OWN 10 2 0 Punt
4 3:11 2:04 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
4 0:43 0:43 OWN 24 3 28 Game

Rushing Stats

Cleveland Browns

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Peter Herold 15 67 4.47 25 3 0

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
John McMahon 7 26 3.71 13 1 0
Frederick Webb 4 17 4.25 12 1 0

Passing Stats

Cleveland Browns

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Norris Coleman 43 23 306 7 / 51 2 70 1 82.12

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jimmie Chow 55 27 405 12 / 91 2 30 1 78.22

Receiving Stats

Cleveland Browns

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Brian Armstrong 11 231 21.00 70 2
William Diggs 6 40 6.67 19 0
Peter Herold 2 19 9.50 11 0
Isaac Gordon 1 14 14.00 14 0
Joseph Neri 2 6 3.00 4 0
Charles Jackson 1 -4 -4.00 -4 0

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Urias 6 104 17.33 30 0
John McMahon 4 69 17.25 28 0
Frank Bell 3 66 22.00 26 0
Harvey Saulters 2 59 29.50 30 1
Richard Brown 5 38 7.60 13 0
Frederick Webb 3 36 12.00 24 1
George Hathaway 2 20 10.00 11 0
Michael Green 2 13 6.50 8 0

Blocking Stats

Cleveland Browns

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
William Foster 0 0 4 0
Freddie Shaw 0 0 1 0

Kansas City Chiefs

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Gary Smith 0 0 4 0
Michael Michael 0 0 3 0
Paul Dickerson 0 0 1 0
Richard Ellis 0 0 1 0

Interception Stats

Cleveland Browns

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Benjamin Brand 1 2 2.00 0

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Justin Simmons 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Cleveland Browns

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Edward Willis 0 1 1 0
Bennett Moore 0 1 2 0
James McDonagh 0 1 1 0
Dustin Rosamond 0 0 1 0
Michael Roman 0 1 0 1

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jimmie Chow 4 1 0 0
John McMahon 1 0 0 0

Punting

Cleveland Browns

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Terrance Whitford 8 360 45.00 41.75 52 1

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Reginald Ratliff 8 370 46.25 43.75 53 1

Kicking

Cleveland Browns

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Gary Nickell 3 / 4 3 / 3 1 / 1 52 3 / 3

Kansas City Chiefs

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Steven Bennett 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 3 / 3

Punt Return

Cleveland Browns

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joseph Neri 5 22 4.4 8 0

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Fletcher Boston 3 8 2.7 6 0

Kick Return

Cleveland Browns

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Fletcher Boston 2 110 55.0 1

Defensive Stats