Sunday, December 4, 2016

Patriots continue strong start

Don Meredith sang "The Party's Over" in the final minute of the first half after New England Patriots running back Don Calhoun scored from 6 yards out to put his team up 28-0 over the Cleveland Browns.

With the Monday Night Football crew and America watching, New England won in a blowout for the second straight week, posting a 42-7 thrashing over Cleveland.

Sam Cunningham ran for 98 yards and two scores. New England rolled up 260 yards on the ground.

The Browns turned the ball over six times.


1st
2nd
3rd
4th
OT
Total
1977 New England
14
14
7
7
0
42
1977 Cleveland
0
0
7
0
0
7
Scoring Plays
Qtr Clock Poss Scoring Description(Extra Point) Score
1 2:40 1977 New England S.Cunningham 2 yd. run (J.Smith kick) 7-0 NEA
1 0:03 1977 New England R.Francis 12 yd. pass from S.Grogan (J.Smith kick) 14-0 NEA
2 8:00 1977 New England S.Cunningham 7 yd. run (J.Smith kick) 21-0 NEA
2 0:52 1977 New England D.Calhoun 6 yd. run (J.Smith kick) 28-0 NEA
3 9:19 1977 New England I.Forte 28 yd. run (J.Smith kick) 35-0 NEA
3 4:42 1977 Cleveland P.Warfield 10 yd. pass from D.Mays (D.Cockroft kick) 35-7 NEA
4 9:22 1977 New England S.Grogan 24 yd. run (J.Smith kick) 42-7 NEA
Team Statistics
1977 New England 1977 Cleveland
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 15-8-0-23 4-6-0-10
Third Down Efficiency 8-12-67% 2-10-20%
Fourth Down Efficiency 0-2-0% 0-2-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 28-28-100% 7-7-100%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 375-66-5.7 178-50-3.6
Total Net Yards Rushing 260 96
Total Rushes 50 33
Average Per Rush 5.2 2.9
Passes Completed/Attempted 10/14 (71.4%) 6/15 (40.0%)
Net Yards Passing 115 82
Avg Yards Per Pass 9.4 6.4
Sacked/Yards Lost 2/17 2/14
Punts/Average 2/46.0 3/46.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage 2/34 2/8
Kickoffs/Returns 2/43 7/110
Interceptions/Returns 4/0 1/4
Penalties/Yards 0/0 0/0
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 2/1 2/2
Time of Possession 34 mins 56 secs 25 mins 4 secs
Average Drive Start NEA 38 CLA 35
Passing Stats
Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
1977 New England
Steve Grogan 14 10 132 71.4 9.4 1 7.1 1 7.1 30 2/17 94.9
1977 Cleveland
Terry Luck 8 3 63 37.5 7.9 0 0 3 37.5 30 1/8 26.6
Brian Sipe 5 1 11 20.0 2.2 0 0 1 20.0 11 1/6 0.0
Dave Mays 2 2 22 100.0 11.0 1 50.0 0 0 12 0/0 152.1
Rushing Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
1977 New England
Sam "Bam" Cunningham 23 98 4.3 15 2 0 2/1
Don Calhoun 11 59 5.4 17 1 0 0/0
Ike Forte 10 67 6.7 28 1 0 0/0
Steve Grogan 4 35 8.8 24 1 0 0/0
Jess Phillips 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0/0
Horace Ivory 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 0/0
1977 Cleveland
Cleo Miller 15 51 3.4 13 0 0 0/0
Greg Pruitt 15 33 2.2 9 0 0 1/1
Larry Poole 3 12 4.0 8 0 0 0/0
Receiving Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
1977 New England
Russ Francis 3 29 9.7 12 1 0
Darryl Stingley 3 58 19.3 30 0 0
Don Calhoun 2 19 9.5 10 0 0
Stanley Morgan 2 26 13.0 14 0 0
1977 Cleveland
Cleo Miller 2 34 17.0 23 0 0
Greg Pruitt 1 12 12.0 12 0 0
Larry Poole 1 10 10.0 10 0 0
Paul Warfield 1 10 10.0 10 1 0
Dave Logan 1 30 30.0 30 0 0
Field Goals
1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
1977 New England
1977 Cleveland
Punting
No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
1977 New England
Mike Patrick 2 46.0 42.0 0 1 52 0
1977 Cleveland
Greg Coleman 3 46.0 34.7 0 1 53 0
Kickoff Returns
No Yds Avg Long TD
1977 New England
Raymond Clayborn 2 43 21.5 27 0
1977 Cleveland
Brian Duncan 4 75 18.8 22 0
Lawrence Williams 2 30 15.0 15 0
Gary Parris 1 5 5.0 5 0
Punt Returns
Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
1977 New England
Mike Haynes 1 0 6 6.0 6 0
Stanley Morgan 1 0 28 28.0 28 0
1977 Cleveland
Roland Woolsey 2 0 8 4.0 4 0
Individual Defense
Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
1977 New England
Julius Adams 7 1 0
Steve Nelson 6 0 0
Raymond Clayborn 4 0 0
Steve Zabel 4 1 0
Ray Hamilton 4 0 0
Pete Barnes 3 0 0
Mike Haynes 3 0 0
Tim Fox 3 0 0
Prentice McCray 2 0 0
Sam Hunt 2 0 1
Bob Howard 1 0 0
Tony E. McGee 1 0 0
Steve Grogan 0 0 1
Leon Gray 0 0 1
1977 Cleveland
Dick Ambrose 13 0 0
Clarence R. Scott 7 0 0
Charlie Hall 6 0 0
Tony Peters 5 0 0
Jerry Sherk 5 0 0
Gerald Irons 4 0 0
Oliver Davis 4 0 0
Thom Darden 4 0 0
Earl Edwards 4 2 0
Joe Jones 2 0 1
Mike St. Clair 2 0 0

Interceptions
No Yds Avg Long TD
1977 New England
Prentice McCray 2 0 0.0 0 0
Mike Haynes 1 0 0.0 0 0
Pete Barnes 1 0 0.0 0 0
1977 Cleveland
Oliver Davis 1 4 4.0 4 0

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