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  FINAL
Cincinnati 18, Cleveland 17
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Cincinnati 6 6 0 6 18
Cleveland 0 14 0 3 17

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
CIN   FG   DOUG PELFREY 27 YD, 4:03. Drive: 8 plays, 66 yards in 3:55. Key plays: Dillon 27-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Cleveland 39; Basnight 23-yard run to Cleveland 16. CINCINNATI 3-0
CIN   FG   DOUG PELFREY 26 YD, 13:09. Drive: 15 plays, 90 yards in 6:31. Key plays: 24-yard pass interference penalty on Browns' McNeil to Cincinnati 38; Dillon 7-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Cleveland 17; 4-yard illegal use of hands penalty on Browns' Abdullah on 3rd-and-8 to Cleveland 11. CINCINNATI 6-0
2ND QUARTER
CLE   TD   PHIL DAWSON 4 YD RUN (PHIL DAWSON KICK), 1:14. Drive: 9 plays, 63 yards in 3:05. Key plays: Couch 24-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and-17 to Cincinnati 46; Couch 21-yard pass to Johnson to Cincinnati 25; Kirby 11-yard run plus Johnson fumble recovery at Cincinnati 8. CLEVELAND 7-6
CLE   TD   TERRY KIRBY 1 YD RUN (PHIL DAWSON KICK), 2:56. Drive: 3 plays, 52 yards in 1:27. Key plays: Couch 21-yard pass to Edwards to Cincinnati 31; 29-yard pass interference on Bengals' Howard to Cincinnati 2. CLEVELAND 14-6
CIN   TD   CARL PICKENS 5 YD PASS FROM AKILI SMITH (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 13:52. Drive: 11 plays, 85 yards in 5:07. Key plays: Smith 19-yard pass to Scott on 3rd-and-12 to Cincinnati 32; Smith 13-yard pass to Dillon on 3rd-and-3 to Cleveland 48; Dillon 38-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Cleveland 1. CLEVELAND 14-12
4TH QUARTER
CLE   FG   PHIL DAWSON 33 YD, 0:51. Drive: 4 plays, 3 yards in 1:39. Key plays: Brice recovery of Williams blocked punt at Cincinnati 19. CLEVELAND 17-12
CIN   TD   CARL PICKENS 2 YD PASS FROM AKILI SMITH (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 14:55. Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 1:59. Key plays: Smith 14-yard pass to Groce to Cleveland 46; Smith 19-yard pass to Scott to Cleveland 35; 18-yard pass interference penalty on Browns' Fuller on 4th-and-4 to Cleveland 2. CINCINNATI 18-17

TEAM STATISTICS
  CIN CLE
FIRST DOWNS
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Punts-returns
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
24
8-19
1-2
400
81
4.9
212
35
6.1
188
25-41
4.1
5-33
7-41.1
120
4-32
4-88
1-0
4-70
1-1
36:49
13
2-13
1-1
224
53
4.2
80
23
3.5
144
15-27
4.8
3-20
8-42.8
147
4-43
5-104
0-0
8-81
2-0
23:11

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
Cincinnati rushing
Corey Dillon 28-168, Michael Basnight 4-35, Akili Smith 3-9.
Cleveland rushing
Terry Kirby 15-57, George Jones 6-14, Tim Couch 1-5, Phil Dawson 1-4.
Cincinnati passing
Akili Smith 25-41 for 221 yards, 0 INT, 2 TD.
Cleveland passing
Tim Couch 15-27 for 164 yards, 1 INT, 0 TD.
Cincinnati receiving
Darnay Scott 8-110, Carl Pickens 7-38, Tony Mcgee 3-33, Clif Groce 3-25, Damon Griffin 2-10, Steve Bush 1-4, Corey Dillon 1-1.
Cleveland receiving
Kevin Johnson 5-73, Terry Kirby 4-30, Leslie Shepherd 3-22, Marc Edwards 2-29, Darrin Chiaverini 1-10.
Cincinnati tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Brian Simmons 8-1-1, Ty Howard 4-0-0, Takeo Spikes 4-0-0, Myron Bell 3-0-0, Oliver Gibson 3-0-0, Cory Hall 3-0-0, Michael Bankston 2-0-0, Reinard Wilson 2-0-1, Adrian Ross 2-0-0, John Copeland 2-0-1, Roosevelt Blackmon 1-1-0, Jevon Langford 1-1-0, Rodney Heath 1-1-0, Greg Myers 1-0-0, Kimo Von Oelhoffen 1-0-0.
Cleveland tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Jamir Miller 11-2-2, Ryan Mcneil 9-2-1, Marquez Pope 8-2-0, Corey Fuller 7-1-0, Wali Ranier 5-1-0, Daylon Mccutcheon 5-0-0, Rahim Abdullah 3-0-0, Derrick L Alexander 3-0-0, Roy Barker 2-0-0, Darius Holland 2-0-1, Arnold Miller 2-0-1, Marlon Forbes 1-0-0, Stalin Colinet 1-0-0, Marquis Smith 1-0-0, Marcus Spriggs 0-1-0.
Interceptions
Cincinnati (Roosevelt Blackmon 1 for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost
Cincinnati (Tremain Mack).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Cleveland (Tarek Saleh).
Officials
Referee-Ron Winter, Umpire-Neil Gereb, Head linesman-Dale Williams, Line judge-Charles Stuart, Back judge-Bill Schmitz, Side judge-Tom Fincken, Field judge-Tom Sifferman.
A: 73,048; T: 3:07.

 


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Cincinnati Clubhouse

Cleveland Clubhouse