Exhibition Week 2, 1975

played in Cleveland, OH

59 degrees, fair, 10 mph wind

Detroit Lions	7	3	0	3	-	13
Cleveland Browns	0	3	0	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:40 DET - Jess Phillips 1 pass from Bill Demory (Mercury Tchaikovski extra point)
2Q: 13:38 DET - Mercury Tchaikovski 42 field goal
2Q: 06:26 CLE - Bruce Gossett 31 field goal
4Q: 01:18 DET - Mercury Tchaikovski 34 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:40 DET - Jess Phillips 1 pass from Bill Demory (Mercury Tchaikovski extra point)
2Q: 13:38 DET - Mercury Tchaikovski 42 field goal
2Q: 06:26 CLE - Bruce Gossett 31 field goal
4Q: 01:18 DET - Mercury Tchaikovski 34 field goal

Team Statistics DET CLE
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 16 9
- by Rushing 5 2
- by Passing 11 6
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 254 142
- Offensive Plays 69 57
- Yards per Play 3.68 2.49
Net Rushing Yards 137 82
- Rushing Attempts 32 27
- Yards per Rush 4.28 3.04
Net Passing Yards 117 60
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 31 - 20 - 1 28 - 14 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 152 80
- Sacks/Yards Lost 6/35 2/20
- Yards per Pass Play 3.16 2.00
Fumbles/Lost 3/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 8/18 2/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.4 7.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/2
Penalties/Yards 3/16 5/35
Punt Returns/Yards 4/34 3/45
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 4/88
Interception Ret./Yards 1/7 1/12
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 32
Time of Possession 34:57 25:03

Team Statistics	DET	CLE
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	16	9
- by Rushing	5	2
- by Passing	11	6
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	254	142
- Offensive Plays	69	57
- Yards per Play	3.68	2.49
Net Rushing Yards	137	82
- Rushing Attempts	32	27
- Yards per Rush	4.28	3.04
Net Passing Yards	117	60
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	31 - 20 - 1	28 - 14 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	152	80
- Sacks/Yards Lost	6/35	2/20
- Yards per Pass Play	3.16	2.00
Fumbles/Lost	3/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	8/18	2/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.4	7.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/2
Penalties/Yards	3/16	5/35
Punt Returns/Yards	4/34	3/45
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	4/88
Interception Ret./Yards	1/7	1/12
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 32
Time of Possession	34:57	25:03

Drive Charts

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:00	8:30	OWN 30	16	70	Touchdown
1	1:16	2:43	OWN 30	6	45	Field Goal
2	6:21	1:50	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
2	2:13	2:13	OWN 10	6	10	Punt
3	15:00	1:48	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
3	12:04	1:34	OPP 49	3	17	Interception
3	8:26	0:52	OWN 13	3	2	Punt
3	5:34	0:50	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
3	3:16	2:03	OWN 1	4	12	Punt
4	14:50	5:34	OWN 14	11	47	Punt
4	7:58	4:52	OWN 45	7	15	Punt
4	1:51	0:39	OPP 25	3	8	Field Goal
4	0:10	0:10	OPP 34	1	-2	Game

Cleveland Browns
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:00	OWN 29	3	-2	Punt
1	4:30	3:14	OWN 33	5	2	Punt
2	13:33	7:12	OWN 42	12	44	Field Goal
2	4:31	2:18	OWN 25	6	27	Punt
3	13:12	1:08	OWN 39	3	10	Fumble
3	10:30	2:04	OWN 41	3	4	Punt
3	7:34	2:00	OWN 42	3	7	Punt
3	4:44	1:28	OWN 46	3	2	Punt
3	1:13	1:23	OWN 49	3	-3	Punt
4	9:16	1:18	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
4	3:06	1:15	OWN 6	6	19	Downs
4	1:12	1:02	OWN 16	7	13	Interception

Game MVP: Jim Mitchell, Cleveland Browns

Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Carlos Spencer	14	81	5.79	24	2
Jess Phillips	9	46	5.11	18	3
Eddie Ray	5	8	1.60	4	0
Charles Swift	4	2	0.50	2	0

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
Greg Pruitt	15	61	4.07	9
Sam Havrilak	10	15	1.50	4
Tony Baker	1	0	0.00	0
Brian Sipe	1	6	6.00	6

Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Charles Swift	22	12	99	5/29	0	20	1	47.4
Bill Demory	9	8	53	1/6	1	12	0	128.2

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Brian Sipe	24	12	72	2/20	0	10	1	38.9
Sam Wyche	4	2	8	0/0	0	9	0	56.3

Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Lamont Marrow	4	5	26	6.50	1	10	0
RB Jess Phillips	3	4	10	3.33	0	7	1
TE Earl Thomas	3	3	31	10.33	0	14	0
WR Jack Dolbin	3	6	40	13.33	7	20	0
WR Wally Francis	2	4	12	6.00	0	8	0
WR Frank Lewis	2	3	20	10.00	9	11	0
RB Carlos Spencer	2	4	5	2.50	0	3	0
TE Charlie Sanders	1	2	8	8.00	1	8	0

Cleveland	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Danny Abramowicz	5	8	31	6.20	7	8
WR Roy Jefferson	2	4	16	8.00	0	9
TE Greg Latta	2	2	1	0.50	0	2
RB Greg Pruitt	2	4	9	4.50	4	6
WR Sam Havrilak	1	1	10	10.00	5	10
WR Charlie Wade	1	3	3	3.00	0	3
WR Paul Warfield	1	4	10	10.00	2	10
TE Jackie Smith	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Charlie West	1	7	7.00	0

Cleveland	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Clarence Scott	1	12	12.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force
Charles Swift	2	0	0
Eddie Ray	1	1	0
Don Morrison	0	1	0
Charlie Weaver	0	1	0
Jack Dolbin	0	1	0
Ed O'Neil	0	0	1
Skip Thomas	0	0	1

Cleveland	Fumb	Recov	Force
Sam Havrilak	1	0	0
Greg Latta	1	0	0
Paul Warfield	0	1	0
Jim Mitchell	0	0	2
John Garlington	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jeff West	8	338	42.3	34.1	52	1

Cleveland	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Robert Walden	8	369	46.1	39.4	53	5

Kicking Statistics

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Mercury Tchaikovski	2/2	1/1	0/0	42	1/1

Cleveland	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Bruce Gossett	1/1	0/0	0/0	31	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Danny Colbert	2	12	6.0	0
Charlie West	2	22	11.0	0

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Roy Jefferson	2	27	13.5	0
Thom Darden	1	18	18.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Doug Winslow	3	68	22.7	0
Clarence Duren	1	20	20.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DT Herb Orvis	5	1	0.0	24	28
OLB Larry Ball	5	0	0.0	14	5
CB Lem Barney	4	1	0.0	25	30
OLB Ed O'Neil	4	1	0.0	23	25
CB Skip Thomas	4	1	0.0	22	30
S Doug Wyatt	4	0	0.0	19	26
DT Mike Tilleman	3	2	1.0	14	11
DE Tim Rossovich	3	0	0.5	22	29
OLB Charlie Weaver	3	1	0.0	23	30
S Mel Phillips	2	3	0.0	26	28
S Chuck Crist	2	2	0.0	6	18
DE Sherman White	1	1	0.5	21	27
S Charlie West	1	1	0.0	13	28
ILB Merv Krakau	1	0	0.0	4	2
DT Bob Pollard	1	0	0.0	11	3
RB Carlos Spencer	1	0	---	---	---
DE Roger Stillwell	0	1	0.0	3	2

Cleveland	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Don Hansen	10	2	0.0	24	34
OLB John Garlington	7	2	1.0	25	33
S Thom Darden	6	2	0.0	26	33
DT Bill Nelson	5	3	1.5	24	28
DE Jim Mitchell	4	1	2.5	26	30
S Clarence Duren	4	1	0.5	21	25
CB Clarence Scott	4	1	0.0	26	32
CB Cornell Green	4	0	0.0	25	31
DT Jerry Sherk	3	2	0.5	24	32
ILB Loren Toews	3	0	0.0	8	3
DT Derrick Holmes	2	0	0.0	14	12
OLB John Bunting	1	2	0.0	17	13
DE Verlon Biggs	1	0	0.0	7	7
OLB Wally Hilgenberg	1	0	0.0	6	6
RB Greg Pruitt	1	0	---	---	---
DE Ed Smith	1	0	0.0	24	35
ILB Tom Graham	0	1	0.0	5	2
CB Donny Gibson	0	1	0.0	6	5
CB Seth Bullock	0	1	0.0	18	26
S Neal Colzie	0	1	0.0	7	11

Pass Rush Statistics

Detroit	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Mike Tilleman	1.0	0	0	11
DE Tim Rossovich	0.5	3	2	29
DE Sherman White	0.5	3	0	27
DT Herb Orvis	0.0	1	0	28

Cleveland	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DE Jim Mitchell	2.5	1	30
DT Bill Nelson	1.5	1	28
OLB John Garlington	1.0	0	33
S Clarence Duren	0.5	0	25
DT Jerry Sherk	0.5	0	32

Pass Defense Statistics

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Lem Barney	4	0	0	30
CB Skip Thomas	4	0	0	30
OLB Ed O'Neil	2	0	0	25
S Doug Wyatt	2	0	0	26
S Mel Phillips	1	1	0	28
OLB Larry Ball	1	0	0	5
S Chuck Crist	0	1	0	18
S Charlie West	0	0	1	28

Cleveland	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Cornell Green	4	0	0	31
ILB Don Hansen	3	1	0	34
CB Clarence Scott	3	0	1	32
OLB John Garlington	3	0	0	33
S Thom Darden	2	0	0	33
S Clarence Duren	1	0	0	25
OLB Wally Hilgenberg	1	0	0	6
DT Bill Nelson	1	0	0	28
ILB Loren Toews	1	0	0	3
DT Derrick Holmes	1	0	0	12

Blocking Statistics

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Don Morrison	2	6	21	1	28
Sam Adams	2	2	18	0	17
John Didion	1	6	20	0	25
Emmanuel Zanders	1	5	19	0	24
Tom Luken	1	2	14	0	20
Dan Neal	1	1	12	1	12
Paul Howard	0	3	13	0	13
Eddie Ray	0	2	16	0	18
Ronnie Carroll	0	1	24	2	24
Paul Fersen	0	1	11	0	9
Earl Thomas	0	1	9	0	17
Pat Donovan	0	0	8	2	13

Cleveland	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Bob Brooks	2	6	1	17	0	21
Fred Hoaglin	1	3	0	15	0	20
Roger Finnie	1	2	0	15	1	19
Wade Key	1	1	0	12	0	21
Kent Uribe	1	1	0	21	0	18
Steve Sylvester	1	1	0	17	0	15
Norm Evans	0	4	0	16	0	18
Dean Barker	0	4	0	15	0	10
Tony Baker	0	3	0	12	0	10
Alan Willis	0	1	0	7	1	8

Special Teams Tackles

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Bruce Coslet	3	15
Chuck Crist	2	11
Earl Thomas	1	18
Eddie Ray	1	15

Cleveland	Tackles	STPlays
Sam Havrilak	1	23
Wally Hilgenberg	1	13
Paul Warfield	1	9
Thom Darden	1	7

Participation

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Doug Wyatt	---	---	19	26	24	69
Lem Barney	---	---	25	30	2	57
Wally Francis	19	24	---	---	14	57
Mel Phillips	---	---	26	28	1	55
Charlie Weaver	---	---	23	30	1	54
Jack Dolbin	24	22	---	---	8	54
Herb Orvis	---	---	24	28	1	53
Charlie Sanders	23	17	---	---	13	53
Skip Thomas	---	---	22	30	1	53
Tim Rossovich	---	---	22	29	1	52
Emmanuel Zanders	19	24	---	---	8	51
Charles Swift	23	27	---	---	---	50
John Didion	20	25	---	---	4	49
Don Morrison	21	28	---	---	---	49
Ed O'Neil	---	---	23	25	1	49
Eddie Ray	16	18	---	---	15	49
Sherman White	---	---	21	27	1	49
Ronnie Carroll	24	24	---	---	---	48
Charlie West	---	---	13	28	5	46
Lamont Marrow	16	27	---	---	2	45
Frank Lewis	16	15	---	---	13	44
Tom Luken	14	20	---	---	10	44
Earl Thomas	9	17	---	---	18	44
Larry Ball	---	---	14	5	22	41
Bruce Coslet	11	12	---	---	15	38
Jess Phillips	10	16	---	---	12	38
Paul Howard	13	13	---	---	10	36
Carlos Spencer	16	17	---	---	3	36
Sam Adams	18	17	---	---	---	35
Chuck Crist	---	---	6	18	11	35
Paul Fersen	11	9	---	---	10	30
Mike Tilleman	---	---	14	11	1	26
Dan Neal	12	12	---	---	1	25
Pat Donovan	8	13	---	---	2	23
Greg Wojcik	---	---	12	2	7	21
Bill Demory	9	10	---	---	---	19
Danny Colbert	---	---	1	3	11	15
Bob Pollard	---	---	11	3	---	14
Roger Stillwell	---	---	3	2	7	12
Bill Gergory	---	---	6	3	1	10
Mike Varty	---	---	8	0	1	9
Merv Krakau	---	---	4	2	2	8
Jeff West	0	0	---	---	8	8
Mercury Tchaikovski	0	0	---	---	6	6
Gary Marangi	0	0	---	---	2	2
Johnnie Gray	---	---	0	0	---	0

Cleveland	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Thom Darden	---	---	26	33	7	66
John Garlington	---	---	25	33	3	61
Ed Smith	---	---	24	35	2	61
Don Hansen	---	---	24	34	2	60
Clarence Scott	---	---	26	32	2	60
Cornell Green	---	---	25	31	3	59
Jim Mitchell	---	---	26	30	2	58
Jerry Sherk	---	---	24	32	2	58
Seth Bullock	---	---	18	26	14	58
Sam Havrilak	20	14	---	---	23	57
Bill Nelson	---	---	24	28	3	55
Clarence Duren	---	---	21	25	8	54
John Bunting	---	---	17	13	22	52
Greg Latta	18	17	---	---	14	49
Charlie Wade	14	22	---	---	13	49
Kent Uribe	21	18	---	---	9	48
Bob Brooks	17	21	---	---	9	47
Brian Sipe	20	26	---	---	---	46
Greg Pruitt	16	20	---	---	6	42
Paul Warfield	12	21	---	---	9	42
Jackie Smith	15	15	---	---	10	40
Fred Hoaglin	15	20	---	---	2	37
Danny Abramowicz	17	18	---	---	1	36
Tony Baker	12	10	---	---	14	36
Norm Evans	16	18	---	---	---	34
Roger Finnie	15	19	---	---	---	34
Dean Barker	15	10	---	---	9	34
Wade Key	12	21	---	---	---	33
Steve Sylvester	17	15	---	---	1	33
Roy Jefferson	11	10	---	---	6	27
Derrick Holmes	---	---	14	12	1	27
Wally Hilgenberg	---	---	6	6	13	25
Alan Willis	7	8	---	---	9	24
John Banaszak	---	---	8	3	12	23
Loren Toews	---	---	8	3	8	19
Neal Colzie	---	---	7	11	1	19
Monty Provine	---	---	6	4	8	18
Donny Gibson	---	---	6	5	5	16
Verlon Biggs	---	---	7	7	---	14
Sam Wyche	7	4	---	---	---	11
Tom Graham	---	---	5	2	3	10
Doug Winslow	0	3	---	---	7	10
Robert Walden	0	0	---	---	9	9
Unknown	5	2	---	---	---	7
Bruce Gossett	0	0	---	---	3	3
Bobby Douglass	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	24	6.0
Middle	18	66	3.7
Right	9	49	5.4
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	7	2.3
Middle	17	51	3.0
Right	7	24	3.4
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Charles Swift	22	12	1	2	4	1	2	0	1
Bill Demory	9	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

Cleveland	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Brian Sipe	24	12	0	2	1	2	5	2	1
Sam Wyche	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	5	2.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	12	74	3.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	5	53	6.6
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	20	10.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	8	2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	10	65	5.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	1	7	1.0
Long (19+ Yds)	4	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jack Dolbin	6	3	1	40	1	22
WR Lamont Marrow	5	4	0	26	0	27
WR Wally Francis	4	2	1	12	0	24
RB Jess Phillips	4	3	1	10	0	16
RB Carlos Spencer	4	2	0	5	0	17
WR Frank Lewis	3	2	1	20	0	15
TE Earl Thomas	3	3	0	31	0	17
TE Charlie Sanders	2	1	1	8	0	17

Cleveland	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Danny Abramowicz	8	5	0	31	18
WR Roy Jefferson	4	2	0	16	10
RB Greg Pruitt	4	2	0	9	20
WR Paul Warfield	4	1	1	10	21
WR Charlie Wade	3	1	0	3	22
TE Greg Latta	2	2	0	1	17
WR Sam Havrilak	1	1	0	10	14
TE Jackie Smith	1	0	0	0	15

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Jess Phillips	1	1	1.00	5.11

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Greg Pruitt	3	16	5.33	4.07

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bill Demory	3	3	16	5.33	5.89

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Brian Sipe	1	0	0	0.00	3.00

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Jess Phillips	1	1	1	1.00	2.50
RB Carlos Spencer	1	1	3	3.00	1.25
WR Jack Dolbin	1	1	12	12.00	6.67

Cleveland	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Jackie Smith	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Jess Phillips	1	0
Eddie Ray	1	0

Cleveland	Rushes	Conversions
Sam Havrilak	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Charles Swift	9	6	4
Bill Demory	4	4	4

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Conversions
Brian Sipe	8	4	1
Sam Wyche	3	1	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jack Dolbin	4	2	2
WR Lamont Marrow	3	2	2
WR Wally Francis	2	2	1
TE Earl Thomas	2	2	1
WR Frank Lewis	1	1	1
RB Jess Phillips	1	1	1

Cleveland	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Danny Abramowicz	3	2	1
WR Charlie Wade	3	1	0
WR Roy Jefferson	2	1	1
RB Greg Pruitt	1	1	0
WR Paul Warfield	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 51,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,000 (21,400)
End Zone 11,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 9,500 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,100 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	51,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,000 (21,400)
End Zone	11,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	9,500 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,100 (3,300)