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Super Bowl XXXVII: Cleveland Browns vs. Washington Redskins

January 24, 1971
70°
Reliant Stadium (Houston, TX) Attendance: 75,000 (100%)
Cleveland Browns 7 14 0 0 - 21
Washington Redskins 10 3 3 9 - 25

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Washington Redskins: 2-10-CLE 24 (14:43) 1-Henry Smith pass complete to 83-Billy Gray to CLE 0 for 24 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Wilson Bourke. WAS 88-Arthur Franklin was injured on the play. WAS 7 CLE 0
(Qtr 1) Washington Redskins: 4-5-CLE 6 (7:09) 4-Wilson Bourke 25 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 79-Wilfredo Barrie was injured on the play. WAS 10 CLE 0
(Qtr 1) Cleveland Browns: 1-3-WAS 3 (4:28) 15-Norris Coleman pass complete to 81-Brian Armstrong for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Gary Nickell. WAS 10 CLE 7
(Qtr 2) Cleveland Browns: 3-8-WAS 8 (12:48) 32-Peter Herold ran for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Gary Nickell. WAS 10 CLE 14
(Qtr 2) Washington Redskins: 4-3-CLE 18 (9:20) 4-Wilson Bourke 36 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 13 CLE 14
(Qtr 2) Cleveland Browns: 2-1-WAS 1 (5:53) 15-Norris Coleman pass complete to 10-Joseph Neri for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Gary Nickell. WAS 13 CLE 21
(Qtr 3) Washington Redskins: 4-6-CLE 6 (5:44) 4-Wilson Bourke 24 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 16 CLE 21
(Qtr 4) Washington Redskins: 1-1-CLE 1 (11:46) 1-Henry Smith pass complete to 83-Billy Gray for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Washington Redskins: 4-14-CLE 33 (1:51) 4-Wilson Bourke 51 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 25 CLE 21

Team Statistics

Washington Redskins Cleveland Browns
First Downs 13 15
- Rushing 5 8
- Passing 7 7
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 332 379
- Offensive Plays 67 71
- Yards Per Play 4.96 5.34
Net Rushing Yards 120 166
- Rushing Attempts 28 26
- Yards Per Rush 4.29 6.38
Net Passing Yards 212 213
- Att/Comp/Int 36 / 14 / 1 42 / 22 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 232 237
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 20 3 / 24
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.44 4.73
- Yards Per Completion 16.57 10.77
Fumbles/Lost 4 / 0 4 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 13 7 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.4 6.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 4
Penalties/Yards 3 / 18 5 / 45
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 5 3 / 19
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 53 7 / 116
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 5 1 / 1
2pt Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 3 3 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 30
Time of Possession 28:02 31:58

Drive Charts

Washington Redskins

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:22 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
1 13:36 1:45 OWN 17 5 16 Punt
1 9:49 2:43 OPP 26 4 19 Field Goal
1 4:25 1:02 OWN 19 3 -2 Punt
1 3:02 1:04 OWN 13 3 -5 Punt
2 12:44 3:27 OWN 25 7 56 Field Goal
2 5:50 2:15 OWN 23 6 14 Punt
2 1:13 1:13 OWN 20 2 8 Half
3 10:37 4:56 OWN 38 8 57 Field Goal
3 2:39 2:49 OWN 7 4 19 Punt
4 13:12 1:30 OWN 33 4 67 Touchdown
4 10:07 1:27 OWN 28 4 15 Interception
4 4:52 2:08 OWN 14 5 6 Punt
4 2:07 0:20 OPP 29 3 -4 Field Goal
4 1:01 1:01 OPP 28 2 -1 Game

Cleveland Browns

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:38 1:02 OWN 30 3 6 Punt
1 11:50 2:01 OWN 18 4 8 Fumble
1 7:06 2:42 OWN 28 5 72 Touchdown
1 3:23 0:21 OWN 37 3 0 Punt
1 1:58 4:13 OWN 46 10 54 Touchdown
2 9:17 3:27 OWN 33 6 67 Touchdown
2 3:35 2:22 OWN 23 4 66 Missed FG
3 15:00 4:23 OWN 28 8 54 Downs
3 5:41 3:02 OWN 27 6 18 Punt
4 14:50 1:38 OWN 29 3 -6 Punt
4 11:42 1:35 OWN 23 4 3 Punt
4 8:40 3:48 OWN 34 8 38 Interception
4 2:44 0:38 OWN 33 4 30 Downs
4 1:47 0:46 OWN 29 4 -2 Downs

Rushing Stats

Washington Redskins

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
George Harris 19 55 2.89 17 3 0
Joe Rider 5 55 11.00 48 1 0
Stephen McClain 1 9 9.00 9 0 0
Sean Mattox 1 1 1.00 1 0 0
Henry Smith 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Cleveland Browns

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Peter Herold 19 111 5.84 13 3 1
Jerome Gray 7 55 7.86 22 2 0

Passing Stats

Washington Redskins

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Henry Smith 36 14 232 3 / 20 2 36 1 68.29

Cleveland Browns

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Norris Coleman 42 22 237 3 / 24 2 61 1 75.20

Receiving Stats

Washington Redskins

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
George Harris 3 49 16.33 28 0
Arthur Franklin 1 36 36.00 36 0
Geoffrey Gritton 1 32 32.00 32 0
Richard Hall 1 30 30.00 30 0
Joe Rider 3 29 9.67 14 0
Stephen McClain 2 26 13.00 18 0
Billy Gray 2 25 12.50 24 2
Sean Mattox 1 5 5.00 5 0

Cleveland Browns

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Diggs 5 76 15.20 61 0
Joseph Neri 3 57 19.00 52 1
Isaac Gordon 3 42 14.00 36 0
Brian Armstrong 5 26 5.20 12 1
Kenneth Lopez 2 24 12.00 23 0
Peter Herold 3 16 5.33 8 0
Charles Jackson 1 -4 -4.00 -4 0

Blocking Stats

Washington Redskins

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Arthur Franklin 0 0 1 0
Charles Watson 0 0 1 0

Cleveland Browns

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Freddie Shaw 0 0 2 0
William Foster 0 0 1 0
Walter Shand 0 0 1 0

Interception Stats

Washington Redskins

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Vaughn Butcher 1 5 5.00 0

Cleveland Browns

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Benjamin Brand 1 1 1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Washington Redskins

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
George Harris 2 1 0 0
Henry Smith 1 1 0 0
Sean Mattox 1 0 0 0
Elmer Mazzella 0 1 1 0
Charles Watson 0 1 0 0
Paul Johnson 0 0 1 0
Edward Miller 0 1 0 0
Robert Morrow 0 0 1 0

Cleveland Browns

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Joseph Neri 2 0 0 0
Peter Herold 1 0 0 0
Norris Coleman 1 1 0 0
Bennett Moore 0 0 1 0
Doug Jameson 0 0 1 0
Maynard Joseph 0 1 0 0
Dustin Rosamond 0 0 2 0
Tyler Fitzsimmons 0 1 0 0

Punting

Washington Redskins

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Raphael Finkle 6 292 48.67 45.83 55 0

Cleveland Browns

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Terrance Whitford 5 241 48.20 47.20 53 0

Kicking

Washington Redskins

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Wilson Bourke 4 / 4 1 / 1 1 / 1 51 1 / 1

Cleveland Browns

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Gary Nickell 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 3 / 3

Punt Return

Washington Redskins

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joe Rider 1 5 5.0 5 0

Cleveland Browns

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joseph Neri 3 19 6.3 9 0

Kick Return

Washington Redskins

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Joe Rider 2 53 26.5 0

Cleveland Browns

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Christopher Carman 7 116 16.6 0

Defensive Stats

Washington Redskins

Name Tackles Sacks
Rodney Hillenbrand 11 0
John Levy 8 0
Robert Morrow 5 0
Paul Johnson 5 0
William Goldman 5 0
Glenn Brown 4 1
Ruben Newton 3 0
Mark Rose 3 0
George Servantes 3 0
Richard Carstarphen 2 0
Ernest Wagner 2 0
Elmer Mazzella 2 2
Geoffrey Gritton 1 0
George Rickey 1 0
Timothy Savory 1 1
Sean Mattox 1 0
Kenneth McDermott 1 0

Cleveland Browns

Name Tackles Sacks
Benjamin Brand 7 0
Bennett Moore 6 1
Melvin Jean 4 0
Doug Jameson 4 1
Michael Roman 3 0
Maynard Joseph 3 0
Richard Rodriguez 2 0
Edward Willis 2 0
Dustin Rosamond 2 1
James McDonagh 2 1
James Tyler 2 0
John Dillon 2 0
Allen Stamey 2 0
Gordon Keffer 1 0
Jared Espinosa 1 0
Freddie Shaw 1 0
Christopher Carman 1 0
Jerome Gray 1 0