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Super Bowl XXXVII: Washington Redskins vs. Cleveland Browns

January 23, 1972
68°
Raymond Stadium (Tampa, FL) Attendance: 75,000 (100%)
Washington Redskins 7 0 0 6 - 13
Cleveland Browns 3 6 6 7 - 22

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Cleveland Browns: 4-4-WAS 4 (5:38) 12-Gary Nickell 22 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 3 WAS 0
(Qtr 1) Washington Redskins: 1-5-CLE 5 (2:11) 81-Geoffrey Gritton ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Wilson Bourke. CLE 3 WAS 7
(Qtr 2) Cleveland Browns: 4-7-WAS 17 (12:14) 12-Gary Nickell 35 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 6 WAS 7
(Qtr 2) Cleveland Browns: 4-9-WAS 22 (3:57) 12-Gary Nickell 40 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 9 WAS 7
(Qtr 3) Cleveland Browns: 4-18-WAS 31 (11:29) 12-Gary Nickell 49 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 12 WAS 7
(Qtr 3) Cleveland Browns: 4-5-WAS 37 (5:03) 12-Gary Nickell 56 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 15 WAS 7
(Qtr 4) Cleveland Browns: 2-2-WAS 2 (11:31) 15-Norris Coleman pass complete to 81-Brian Armstrong for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Gary Nickell. CLE 22 WAS 7
(Qtr 4) Washington Redskins: 1-10-CLE 22 (8:35) 1-Henry Smith pass complete to 82-Mark Glick for 22 yards. TOUCHDOWN!

Team Statistics

Cleveland Browns Washington Redskins
First Downs 19 17
- Rushing 4 0
- Passing 15 15
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 379 360
- Offensive Plays 75 64
- Yards Per Play 5.05 5.63
Net Rushing Yards 50 38
- Rushing Attempts 27 13
- Yards Per Rush 1.85 2.92
Net Passing Yards 329 322
- Att/Comp/Int 47 / 27 / 1 43 / 20 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 337 382
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 8 8 / 60
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.85 6.31
- Yards Per Completion 12.48 19.10
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 4 / 4
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 18 4 / 10
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.7 10.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 6 / 55 6 / 44
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 22 3 / 80
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 1 / 1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 3 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 23
Time of Possession 37:22 22:40

Drive Charts

Cleveland Browns

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:54 OWN 20 4 21 Punt
1 10:40 5:05 OWN 43 8 53 Field Goal
1 2:08 4:57 OWN 25 9 58 Field Goal
2 9:59 6:06 OWN 10 11 68 Field Goal
2 2:32 1:16 OPP 41 3 6 Missed FG
3 14:07 0:54 OWN 27 3 5 Punt
3 13:04 1:39 OPP 33 5 2 Field Goal
3 9:11 4:12 OWN 23 7 39 Field Goal
3 3:57 1:27 OWN 36 3 6 Punt
3 1:10 4:43 OWN 36 10 64 Touchdown
4 8:30 1:01 OWN 25 4 5 Punt
4 5:13 2:46 OWN 45 6 21 Interception
4 1:04 0:22 OPP 50 3 7 Punt

Washington Redskins

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:06 1:26 OWN 13 3 -6 Punt
1 5:35 3:27 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
2 12:11 2:12 OWN 15 5 33 Interception
2 3:54 1:21 OWN 20 3 28 Fumble
2 1:17 1:17 OWN 42 2 -10 Half
3 15:00 0:53 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
3 13:13 0:09 OWN 25 2 0 Fumble
3 11:25 2:15 OWN 25 5 23 Fumble
3 4:58 1:01 OWN 25 3 -7 Punt
3 2:30 1:21 OWN 9 5 14 Punt
4 11:27 2:57 OWN 29 6 71 Touchdown
4 7:29 2:16 OWN 22 5 43 Fumble
4 2:27 1:23 OWN 28 8 33 Downs
4 0:42 0:42 OWN 13 4 41 Game

Rushing Stats

Cleveland Browns

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jerome Gray 18 43 2.39 11 2 0
Rodney Green 7 10 1.43 12 1 0
Charles Jackson 2 -3 -1.50 1 0 0

Washington Redskins

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Geoffrey Gritton 9 24 2.67 9 0 1
Joe Rider 3 13 4.33 14 1 0
Stephen McClain 1 1 1.00 1 0 0

Passing Stats

Cleveland Browns

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Norris Coleman 47 27 337 1 / 8 1 33 1 78.06

Washington Redskins

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Henry Smith 43 20 382 8 / 60 1 31 1 75.92

Receiving Stats

Cleveland Browns

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Alex Bishop 13 198 15.23 33 0
Brian Armstrong 7 53 7.57 16 1
William Diggs 4 53 13.25 22 0
Joseph Neri 1 21 21.00 21 0
Isaac Gordon 2 12 6.00 8 0

Washington Redskins

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Stephen McClain 6 128 21.33 30 0
Geoffrey Gritton 3 58 19.33 31 0
Allen Vincent 3 55 18.33 29 0
Arthur Franklin 2 52 26.00 27 0
Mark Glick 2 49 24.50 27 1
Joe Rider 2 26 13.00 16 0
Richard Whitaker 1 9 9.00 9 0
Billy Gray 1 5 5.00 5 0

Blocking Stats

Cleveland Browns

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jacob Tong 47 38 1 5
Quentin Laliberte 7 1 0 0
Gordon Keffer 5 1 0 0
Benjamin Brand 0 1 0 0
Melvin Jean 0 2 0 0
Seth Reeves 0 3 0 0
Dustin Rosamond 0 3 0 0
James McDonagh 0 3 0 0
Alex Bishop 0 6 0 0
John Duncan 7 1 0 0
James Medrano 8 0 0 0
Rodney Green 2 1 0 0
Joseph Neri 0 3 0 0
William Diggs 0 8 0 0
Jerome Gray 6 5 0 0
Michael Roman 5 0 0 0
Bennett Moore 5 3 0 0
Benjamin Driver 8 1 0 0
Isaac Gordon 5 26 0 4
Brian Armstrong 0 15 0 0
James Lindsay 44 30 0 2
Walter Shand 59 32 0 2
Charles Jackson 30 23 0 1
Freddie Shaw 53 40 0 0
Charles Tilman 53 30 0 0
Robert Taylor 11 4 0 0
William Foster 10 1 0 0
John Mefford 0 3 0 1
Juan Hurst 8 3 0 1
Raymond Wing 7 1 0 0
Maynard Joseph 0 3 0 0
Richard Rodriguez 0 1 0 0

Washington Redskins

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Wilfredo Barrie 51 18 1 2
Sean Mattox 11 9 1 1
Charles Watson 56 22 1 2
Geoffrey Gritton 4 4 1 1
David Houle 48 17 1 2
Rafael Dilley 0 1 0 0
Kenneth McDermott 0 1 0 0
Ernest Wagner 0 3 0 0
Terry Cady 0 3 0 0
John Levy 0 3 0 0
Rodney Hillenbrand 0 3 0 1
Richard Carstarphen 0 4 0 0
Henry Smith 0 3 0 0
George Servantes 0 3 0 0
Robert Morrow 1 3 0 0
Stephen McClain 0 10 0 0
Mark Glick 0 12 0 0
Arthur Franklin 7 3 0 0
Burt Sykes 8 0 0 0
Allen Vincent 6 9 0 1
Paul Johnson 4 3 0 0
Billy Gray 2 9 0 1
Mike Klatt 48 23 0 0
Joe Rider 7 2 0 0
Edward Miller 4 2 0 0
Anthony Morales 51 24 0 1
Thomas Grossman 5 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Cleveland Browns

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Maynard Joseph 1 0 0.00 0

Washington Redskins

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Paul Johnson 1 1 1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Cleveland Browns

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Richard Rodriguez 0 1 1 0
Benjamin Brand 0 1 0 0
Melvin Jean 0 0 1 0
Maynard Joseph 0 0 1 0
Edward Willis 0 1 0 0
Bennett Moore 0 1 1 0

Washington Redskins

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Henry Smith 2 0 0 0
Geoffrey Gritton 1 0 0 0
Allen Vincent 1 0 0 0

Punting

Cleveland Browns

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Terrance Whitford 5 217 43.40 43.60 49 1

Washington Redskins

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Raphael Finkle 4 181 45.25 45.25 50 0

Kicking

Cleveland Browns

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Gary Nickell 5 / 6 2 / 3 1 / 2 56 1 / 1

Washington Redskins

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Wilson Bourke 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 1 / 1

Punt Return

Cleveland Browns

Washington Redskins

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joe Rider 1 0 0.0 0 0

Kick Return

Cleveland Browns

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Joseph Neri 1 22 22.0 0

Washington Redskins

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Mark Glick 3 80 26.7 0

Defensive Stats

Cleveland Browns

Name Tackles Sacks
Benjamin Brand 7 0
Seth Reeves 5 2
Maynard Joseph 5 0
Richard Rodriguez 4 2
Dustin Rosamond 3 1
Melvin Jean 3 0
Michael Roman 3 1
Bennett Moore 2 1
James McDonagh 2 1
James Tyler 2 0
Edward Willis 1 0
Maynard Oliver 1 0
Alex Bishop 1 0

Washington Redskins

Name Tackles Sacks
Richard Carstarphen 12 0
Paul Johnson 7 0
Stephen Goodall 6 1
George Servantes 6 0
John Levy 4 0
Robert Morrow 3 0
Terry Cady 3 0
David Maxwell 3 0
Glenn Brown 3 0
Ernest Wagner 2 0
Henry Smith 2 0
Rodney Hillenbrand 2 0
Mark Glick 2 0
William Goldman 2 0
Billy Gray 1 0
Mark Gooden 1 0
Ronald Reed 1 0