Visitor:  Cleveland Browns

Home:  Kansas City Chiefs

Date:  September 9, 1979

 

Scoring:

Team                1          2          3          4          Final

CLE                 10        7          3          7            27

KC                  0          0          7          17          24

 

Visitor playmakers:

WR Reggie Rucker, TE Ozzie Newsome, S Clarence Scott

 

Home playmakers:

WR J.T. Smith, HB Tony Reed, RB Ted McKnight, CB Tim Collier

 

Network:  NBC (WKYC Cleveland)

Announcers:  Stu Nahan, Paul Maguire

 

Pregame:  No

Halftime:  No

Postgame:  No

Commercials:  Yes

 

Grade:  Very Good.  A lot of ghosting (better in the second half), but vivid color and no static.  One of the best games you’ll find from the 70’s.

 

Notes:  Brian Sipe’s third touchdown pass of the game, a 21-yarder to Reggie Rucker with 52 seconds remaining, led the Browns to their second victory of the season.  Cleveland built a 20-0 third quarter lead on two field goals by Don Cockroft and Sipe’s touchdown passes of 17 yards to Rucker and 20 yards to Ozzie Newsome.  Kansas City rookie quarterback Steve Fuller led a rally that put the Chiefs ahead 24-20 in the fourth quarter.  Fuller (14 of 25 for 148) completed a 17-yard touchdown pass to J. T. Smith and directed an 85-yard drive that was capped by Tony Reed’s nine-yard run.  Moments after Reed’s touchdown, the Chiefs’ Gary Barbaro recovered a Browns fumble to set up a one-yard touchdown by Ted McKnight.  Jan Stenerud added a 30-yard field goal before Sipe engineered the winning touchdown drive.

Thanks Axl!

 

Running time: 2:35 (2 discs)