Box Score

1971 Oakland 24, 1971 Cleveland 20
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1971 Oakland	3	7	7	7	0	24
1971 Cleveland	7	3	3	7	0	20

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	11:06	1971 Cleveland	F.Pitts 40 yd. pass from B.Nelsen (D.Cockroft kick)	7-0 CLA
1	6:54	1971 Oakland	G.Blanda 15 yd. field goal	7-3 CLA
2	11:24	1971 Cleveland	D.Cockroft 50 yd. field goal	10-3 CLA
2	4:30	1971 Oakland	R.Chester 12 yd. pass from D.Lamonica (G.Blanda kick)	10-10 CLA
3	12:36	1971 Oakland	R.Chester 8 yd. pass from D.Lamonica (G.Blanda kick)	17-10 OAA
3	0:18	1971 Cleveland	D.Cockroft 24 yd. field goal	17-13 OAA
4	12:54	1971 Oakland	C.Davis 9 yd. run (G.Blanda kick)	24-13 OAA
4	5:24	1971 Cleveland	L.Kelly 7 yd. run (D.Cockroft kick)	24-20 OAA

Other Highlights
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Event	Player	Yards
1	0:36	1971 Cleveland	Intercept	Walt Sumner	0
2	7:12	1971 Oakland	Intercept	Jack Tatum	0
2	3:00	1971 Cleveland	Pass	Frank Pitts	30
2	1:22	1971 Oakland	QBSack	Jack Gregory	-5
3	12:54	1971 Oakland	Pass	Rod Sherman	71
3	6:36	1971 Oakland	Missed Field Goal	George Blanda	26
3	2:06	1971 Oakland	Fumble	Clarence Davis
4	9:54	1971 Oakland	QBSack	Walt Sumner	-9

Team Statistics
	1971 Oakland	1971 Cleveland
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	7-9-3-19	6-9-1-16
Third Down Efficiency	2-9-22%	4-14-29%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-0-0%	2-3-67%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	24-42-57%	10-21-48%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	334-53-6.3	281-66-4.3
Total Net Yards Rushing	137	92
Total Rushes	33	33
Average Per Rush	4.2	2.8
Passes Completed/Attempted	10/18 (55.6%)	14/33 (42.4%)
Net Yards Passing	197	189
Avg Yards Per Pass	11.7	5.7
Sacked/Yards Lost	2/14	0/0
Punts/Average	4/41.0	5/41.8
Punts Received/Return Yardage	4/44	2/8
Kickoffs/Returns	4/95	5/107
Interceptions/Returns	1/0	1/0
Penalties/Yards	7/35	8/80
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	2/1	2/0
Time of Possession	30 mins 33 secs	29 mins 27 secs
Average Drive Start	OAA 35	CLA 31

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1971 Oakland
Daryle Lamonica	18	10	211	55.6	11.7	2	11.1	1	5.6	71	2/14	111.1
1971 Cleveland
Bill Nelsen	33	14	189	42.4	5.7	1	3.0	1	3.0	40	0/0	58.8

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1971 Oakland
Marv Hubbard	11	55	5.0	18	0	0	0/0
Pete Banaszak	8	30	3.8	9	0	0	0/0
Clarence Davis	7	25	3.6	16	1	0	2/1
Don Highsmith	6	28	4.7	13	0	0	0/0
Ken "Snake" Stabler	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0/0
1971 Cleveland
Leroy Kelly	25	70	2.8	9	1	0	2/0
Bo Scott	7	23	3.3	7	0	0	0/0
Bill Nelsen	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1971 Oakland
Raymond Chester	7	119	17.0	29	2	0
Fred Biletnikoff	1	8	8.0	8	0	0
Clarence Davis	1	13	13.0	13	0	0
Rod Sherman	1	71	71.0	71	0	0
1971 Cleveland
Milt Morin	6	69	11.5	16	0	0
Frank Pitts	2	70	35.0	40	1	0
Fair Hooker	2	16	8.0	9	0	0
Leroy Kelly	2	11	5.5	6	0	0
Gary Collins	1	15	15.0	15	0	0
Bo Scott	1	8	8.0	8	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1971 Oakland
George Blanda	1/1	0/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/2	50.0
1971 Cleveland
Don Cockroft	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	1/1	2/2	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1971 Oakland
Jerry DePoyster	4	41.0	39.0	0	3	54	0
1971 Cleveland
Don Cockroft	5	41.8	33.0	0	3	46	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1971 Oakland
Don Highsmith	2	37	18.5	25	0
Clarence Davis	2	58	29.0	29	0
1971 Cleveland
Reece Morrison	4	94	23.5	26	0
Ken Brown	1	13	13.0	13	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1971 Oakland
George Atkinson	2	0	22	11.0	11	0
Tom Maxwell	2	1	22	11.0	12	0
1971 Cleveland
Leroy Kelly	2	0	8	4.0	8	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1971 Oakland
Phil Villapiano	7	0	0
Horace Jones	7	0	0
Jimmy Warren	6	0	0
Art Thoms	4	0	0
Nemiah Wilson	4	0	0
George Atkinson	3	0	0
Willie Brown	3	0	0
Jack Tatum	3	0	0
Gus Otto	3	0	0
Ben Davidson	2	0	0
Tom Keating	2	0	0
George Buehler	0	0	1
1971 Cleveland
Dale Lindsey	10	0	1
Walt Sumner	6	1	0
Billy Andrews	5	0	0
Mike Howell	4	0	0
Ben Davis	4	0	0
Walter Johnson	4	0	0
Jack Gregory	3	1	0
Jim Houston	3	0	0
Clarence R. Scott	1	0	0
Jerry Sherk	1	0	0
Bill Nelsen	0	0	1
Doug Dieken	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1971 Oakland
Jack Tatum	1	0	0.0	0	0
1971 Cleveland
Walt Sumner	1	0	0.0	0	0

Game Story
Raymond Chester led the way to victory as the visitors from Oakland beat Cleveland by the score of 24 to 20. Chester gathered in 7 passes for 119 receiving yards scoring 2 times. Daryle Lamonica threw 18 times for 211 yards and 2 touchdowns. The biggest play of the game was a pass to Rod Sherman that went for 71 yards with 12:54 left in the 3rd quarter. The game was tied at the half, 10 to 10.

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