G.B. offense 6th 63.0 rush - [23rd] / 242.0 pass - [3rd]
defense 5th 46.8 rush - [3rd] / 181.6 pass - [12th]
scoring 22.2 for - [6th] / 14.2 against - [9th]
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Clev offense 24th 69.0 rush - [22nd] / 174.0 pass - [22nd]
defense 10th 117.6 rush - [22nd] / 151.2 pass - [4th]
scoring 9.6 for - [25th] / 19.4 against - [22nd]
key matchups:
QB Lynn Dickey (6 TDs/1335 yds) vs. Cleveland pass D
HB David Overstreet (265 yds/4 TDs) vs. LB Gary Gorrell (37 Tackles)
DT Dan Hampton (11 sacks) vs. G Doug Kleber
WR Ollie Smith (20 rec/385 yds/3 TDs) vs. CB Luther Philyaw (1 INT/1 TDs)
prediction:
Green Bay 21, Cleveland 15
defense 5th 46.8 rush - [3rd] / 181.6 pass - [12th]
scoring 22.2 for - [6th] / 14.2 against - [9th]
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Clev offense 24th 69.0 rush - [22nd] / 174.0 pass - [22nd]
defense 10th 117.6 rush - [22nd] / 151.2 pass - [4th]
scoring 9.6 for - [25th] / 19.4 against - [22nd]
key matchups:
QB Lynn Dickey (6 TDs/1335 yds) vs. Cleveland pass D
HB David Overstreet (265 yds/4 TDs) vs. LB Gary Gorrell (37 Tackles)
DT Dan Hampton (11 sacks) vs. G Doug Kleber
WR Ollie Smith (20 rec/385 yds/3 TDs) vs. CB Luther Philyaw (1 INT/1 TDs)
prediction:
Green Bay 21, Cleveland 15
Green Bay's ball on their 32 yard line. First and 10 to go. 6:52 left in the fourth quarter. The score is Green Bay 9, Cleveland 14.
ReplyDeleteGreen Bay's QB1 #4 Lynn Dickey is sacked by Cleveland's DT1 #92 Jerry Sherk for a loss of just over 9 yards. Second and just over 19 to go. That was GPP3L024 (90) against DCPS273 (86).
Green Bay's ball on their 23 yard line. Second and just over 19 to go. 6:22 left in the fourth quarter. The score is Green Bay 9, Cleveland 14.
Green Bay's QB1 #4 Lynn Dickey is sacked by Cleveland's DE2 #98 Mike St Clair for a loss of just over 4 yards. Third and less than 24 to go. That was GPP2M022 (244) against DCPM271 (240).
The Browns miss a golden opportunity to definitively knock out the Packers ...
ReplyDeleteGreen Bay's P1 #2 Dave Beverly punts 54 yards to Cleveland's WR4 #82 Dave Logan. Logan returns the kick for 31 yards. Net punt yardage was 23 yards. Logan is tackled by WR1 #82 Ollie Smith. First down, Cleveland! First and 10 to go. That was PUNT (496) against PUNTRET (492).
Cleveland's ball on Green Bay's 42 yard line. First and 10 to go. 5:04 left in the fourth quarter. The score is Green Bay 9, Cleveland 14.
The pass from Cleveland's QB1 #2 Dave Mays was knocked down by Green Bay's LB1 #52 Dan Bunz. The pass was intended for TE1 #81 Gary Parris. Second and 10 to go. That was DCP3M211 (79) against ORPMX09 (83).
Cleveland's ball on Green Bay's 42 yard line. Second and 10 to go. 4:57 left in the fourth quarter. The score is Green Bay 9, Cleveland 14.
Cleveland's QB1 #2 Dave Mays gives to HB1 #34 Greg Pruitt. Pruitt runs for a loss of almost 1 yard. Pruitt is tackled by Green Bay's DE2 #65 Curtis Green. Third and less than 11 to go. That was DCRMX01 (709) against ORRMX04L (713).
Cleveland's ball on Green Bay's 43 yard line. Third and less than 11 to go. 4:26 left in the fourth quarter. The score is Green Bay 9, Cleveland 14.
Cleveland's QB1 #2 Dave Mays fumbles the ball. The ball is recovered by Mays. Mays runs for a loss of almost 2 yards. Mays is tackled by Green Bay's DT1 #60 Dan Hampton. Fourth and just over 12 to go. That was DCP2L082 (863) against ORPL291 (867).
With Ken Payne , Lynn Dickey and his new WR1, Ollie Smith, start to get something going ...
ReplyDeleteGreen Bay's ball on their 29 yard line. Third and less than 1 to go. 3:00 left in the fourth quarter. The score is Green Bay 9, Cleveland 14.
The pass from Green Bay's QB1 #4 Lynn Dickey is caught by WR1 #82 Ollie Smith for a gain of almost 6 yards. Smith is tackled by Cleveland's LB1 #50 Gary Gorrell. First down, Green Bay! First and 10 to go. That was GPP3S403 (783) against DCPGX05 (779).
... Green Bay's ball on their 41 yard line. Third and less than 4 to go. 2:10 left in the fourth quarter. The score is Green Bay 9, Cleveland 14.
The pass from Green Bay's QB1 #4 Lynn Dickey is caught by WR1 #82 Ollie Smith for a gain of almost 7 yards. Smith is tackled by Cleveland's CB1 #25 Luther Philyaw. First down, Green Bay! First and 10 to go. That was GPP2S347 (811) against DCPM372 (807).
Apparently, the Browns don't want Art Schlister either.
ReplyDeleteSome interesting roster notes about this game:
-- The Packers rested All-Pro Ken Payne in this game, though team doctors had deemed him fully recovered from a knee injury. No Green Bay pass in this game went for more more than 13 yards, and Payne is averaging 15.2 yards per reception on the season. "A good runner after making the catch, he owns 4.6 speed in 40 and has been clocked at 9.4 in the 100," says Payne's 1976 card.
-- Keeping Payne shelved precipitated Rickey Watts's being shifted up from WR4 to WR3. This made the speedster more involved in the offense but also pulled the NFC's Pro Bowl returner of NFL80 off Green Bay's punt-return team. Jessie Green, moving up from WR5 to WR4, caught the Cleveland punts instead. He had one fair catch, one return for five yards and one for six.
-- Cleveland's mostly anonymous offensive line did a fantastic job of neutralizing the Packers' heralded pass rush. C1 Tom DeLeone "has the quickness and strength necessary for the difficult job of handling the nose man across the line," says his 1976 card, and, in this game, that was Green Bay DT1 Dan Hampton, who had zero sacks. The blocker most frequently assigned DE1 Mark Gastineau, who also had no sacks, was T1 Doug Dieken. "Possessed with fine ability and maturity, Doug is rapidly becoming one of the league's outstanding tackles," Dieken's 1975 card says. "He was a tight end during his college career at Illinois but switched to tackle upon joining Browns."
Great stuff!!
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