Monday, October 11, 1999

Bengals-Browns summary




        Cincinnati 6 6 0 6—18

        Cleveland 0 14 0 3—17

        SCORING

        First quarter

        Cin—FG Pelfrey 27, 10:57. Drive: 8 plays, 66 yards, 3:55. Key plays: Dillon 27 run; Basnight 23 run. Cincinnati 3, Cleveland 0.

        Cin—FG Pelfrey 26, 1:51. Drive: 15 plays, 90 yards, 6:31. Key plays: 24-yard pass interference penalty on McNeil; illegal use of hands penalty on Abdullah on 3rd-and-8. Cincinnati 6, Second quarter

        Cle—Dawson 4 run (Dawson kick), 13:46. Drive: 9 plays, 63 yards, 3:05. Key plays: Couch 9 pass to Johnson; Dawson scored on fake goal. Cleveland 7, Cincinnati 6.

        Cle—Kirby 1 run (Dawson kick), 12:04. Drive: 3 plays, 52 yards, 1:27. Key plays: Couch 21 pass to Edwards; 29-yard pass interference penalty on Howard. Cleveland 14, Cincinnati 6.

        Cin—Pickens 5 pass from Smith (pass failed), 1:08. Drive: 11 plays, 85 yards, 5:07. Key plays: Smith 19 pass to Scott; Dillon 38 run. Cleveland 14, Cincinnati 12.

        Third quarter

        No scoring.

        Fourth quarter

        Cle—FG Dawson 33, 14:09. Drive 4 plays, 3 yards, 1:39. Key Play: Blocked punt recoverd by J.Williams at Bengals' 19. Cleveland 17, Cincinnati 12.

        Cin—Pickens 2 pass from A.Smith (run failed), :05. Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards, 1:59. Key plays: A.Smith 14 pass to Groce; A.Smith 19 pass to Scott; A.Smith 9 pass to Scott 4th-and-4. Cincinnati 18, Cleveland 17.

        A—73,048.

        TEAM STATISTICS

         Cin Cle

        FIRST DOWNS ....... 24 13

        Rushing ....... 11 6

        Passing ....... 10 6

        Penalty ....... 3 1

        THIRD DOWN EFF ....... 8-19 < 2-13

        FOURTH DOWN EFF ....... 1-2 1-1

        TOTAL NET YARDS ....... 400 224

        Total Plays ....... 81 53

        Avg Gain ....... 4.9 4.2

        NET YARDS RUSHING ....... 212 80

        Rushes ....... 35 23

        Avg per rush ....... 6.1 3.5

        NET YARDS PASSING ....... 188 144

        Sacked-Yds lost ....... 5-33 3-20

        Gross-Yds passing ....... 221 164

        Completed-Att. ....... 25-41 15-27

        Had Intercepted ....... 0 1

        Yards-Pass Play ....... 4.1 4.8

        KICKOFFS-EndZone-TB ....... 5-0-0 4-0-0

        PUNTS-Avg. ....... 7-41.1 8-42.8

        Punts blocked ....... 1 0

        FGs-PATs blocked ....... 0-0 0-0

        TOTAL RETURN YARDS ....... 120 147

        Punts Returns ....... 4-32 4-43

        Kickoffs Returns ....... 4-88 5-104

        Interceptions ....... 1-0 0-0

        PENALTIES-Yds ....... 4-70 8-81

        FUMBLES-Lost ....... 1-1 2-0

        TIME OF POSSESSION ....... 36:49 23:11

        INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

        RUSHING—Cincinnati, Dillon 28-168, Basnight 4-35, A.Smith 3-9. Cleveland, Kirby 15-57, G.Jones 6-14, Couch 1-5, Dawson 1-4.

        PASSING—Cincinnati, A.Smith 25-41-0-221. Cleveland, Couch 15-27-1-164

        RECEIVING—Cincinnati, Scott 8-110, Pickens 7-38, McGee 3-33, Groce 3-25, Griffin 2-10, Bush 1-4, Dillon 1-1. Cleveland, K.Johnson 5-73, Kirby 4-10, Shepherd 3-22, Edwards 2-29, Chiaverini 1-10.

        PUNT RETURNS—Cincinnati, Griffin 4-32. Cleveland, Johnson 4-43.

        KICKOFF RETURNS—Cincinnati, Mack 4-88. Cleveland, Powell 4-104, Dunn 1-0.

        TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS—Cincinnati, Simmons 8-1-1, Howard 5-0-0, Spikes 4-0-0, Hall 3-0-0, Bell 3-0-0, Gibson 3-0-0, Mack 3-0-0, Ross 2-0-0, Wright 2-0-0, Copeland 2-0-1, Bankston 2-0-0, Wilson 2-0-1, Blackmon 1-1-0, Griffin 1-0-0, Van Oelhoffen 1-0-0, Heath 1-1-0, Langford 1-1-0, Myers 1-1-0. Cleveland, Miller 11-2-2, McNeil 9-2-1, Pope 8-2-0, Fuller 7-1-0, Rainer 5-1-0, McCutcheon 5-0-0, Abdullah 3-0-0, Alexander 3-0-0, Barker 2-0-0, Kuehl 2-0-0, Holland 2-0-1, Miller 2-0-1, Forbes 2-0-0, M.Smith 1-0-0, Colinet 1-0-0, Edwards 1-2-0, L.Jones 1-0-0, J.Williams 1-0-0, Spriggs 0-1-0 Powell 1-0-0, Jackson 0-1-0.

        INTERCEPTIONS—Cincinnati, Blackmon 1-0.

        MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

       



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