Monday, December 13, 1999
Bengals-Browns statistics
Cleveland 7 8 6 7—28
Cincinnati 10 20 14 0—44
First Quarter
Cin—FG Pelfrey 28, 7:57. Drive: 11 plays, 57 yards, 5:26. Key plays: Blake 23 pass to Scott on 3rd-and-6; Dillon 6 run on 3rd-and-2. Cincinnati 3, Cleveland 0.
Cin—Yeast 81 punt return (Pelfrey kick), 2:18. Cincinnati 10, Cleveland 0.
Cle—Abdul-Jabbar 8 pass from Couch (Dawson kick), :00. Drive: 4 plays, 58 yards, 2:18. Key plays: Couch 45 pass to Powell. Cincinnati 10, Cleveland 7.
Second Quarter
Cin—Groce 1 run (Pelfrey kick), 12:11. Drive: 7 plays, 64 yards, 2:49. Key plays: Blake 15 run; Dillon 50 run. Cincinnati 17, Cleveland 7.
Cin—Dillon 2 run (pass failed), 2:34. Drive: 10 plays, 89 yards, 5:49. Key plays: Blake 35 pass to Pickens; Blake 4 pass to Pickens on 3rd-and-3. Cincinnati 23, Cleveland 7.
Cle—Kirby 1 run (Couch run), :45. Drive: 5 plays, 58 yards, 1:49. Key plays: Couch 44 pass to Johnson. Cincinnati 23, Cleveland 15.
Cin—Dillon 2 run (Pelfrey kick), :15. Drive: 3 plays, 16 yards, :30. Key play: Mack 55 kickoff return to Browns 31 plus 15-yard facemask penalty Powell. Cincinnati 30, Cleveland 15.
Third Quarter
Cin—Dillon 11 run (Pelfrey kick), 13:14. Drive: 4 plays, 69 yards, 1:46. Key play: 46-yard pass intference penalty on McNeil. Cincinnati 37, Cleveland 15.
Cle—I.Smith 16 pass from Couch (pass failed), 5:02. Drive: 4 plays, 73 yards, 1:40. Key plays: Couch 21 pass to Campbell; 29-yard pass interference penalty on Hawkins. Cincinnati 37, Cleveland 21.
Cin—Scott 52 pass from Blake (Pelfrey kick), 3:15. Drive: 5 plays, 65 yards, 1:47. Key play: Blake 13 pass to McGee. Cincinnati 44, Cleveland 21.
Fourth Quarter
Cle—Chiaverini 19 pass from Detmer (Dawson kick), :49. Drive: 15 plays, 93 yards, 4:02. Key plays: Detmer 11 pass to Chiaverini on 3rd-and-8; Detmer 2 run on 4th-and 1; Detmer 23 pass to Kirby on 3rd-and-10. Cincinnati 44, Cleveland 28.
A—59,972.
Cle Cin
FIRST DOWNS 19 25
Rushing 2 15
Passing 14 9
Penalty 3 1
THIRD DOWN EFF 3-11 11-17
FOURTH DOWN EFF 1-1 0-2
TOTAL NET YARDS 323 459
Total Plays 55 76
Avg Gain 5.9 6.0
NET YARDS RUSHING 11 279
Rushes 11 53
Avg per rush 1.0 5.3
NET YARDS PASSING 312 180
Sacked-Yds lost 3-16 0-0
Gross-Yds passing 328 180
Completed-Att. 22-41 12-23
Had Intercepted 2 0
Yards-Pass Play 7.1 7.8
KICKOFFS-EndZone-TB 5-0-0 8-0-0
PUNTS-Avg. 5-44.6 3-35.7
Punts blocked 0 0
FGs-PATs blocked 0-0 0-0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE 128 186
Punts Returns 0-0 3-91
Kickoffs Returns 8-128 5-91
Interceptions 0-0 2-4
PENALTIES-Yds 7-79 9-84
FUMBLES-Lost 2-2 5-1
TIME OF POSSESSION 22:41 37:19
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Cleveland, Abdul-Jabbar 5-10, Kirby 3-5, Detmer 1-2, Edwards 1-0, Johnson 1-(minus 6). Cincinnati, Dillon 28-192, Basnight 12-44, Blake 4-28, Groce 3-14, Williams 3-8, Yeast 1-(minus 3), Covington 2-(minus 4).
PASSING—Cleveland, Couch 16-28-2-239, Detmer 6-13-0-89. Cincinnati, Blake 11-22-0-176, Covington 1-1-0-4.
RECEIVING—Cleveland, Johnson 7-135, Chiaverini 4-48, Smith 3-33, Campbell 2-33, Kirby 2-24, Abdul-Jabbar 2-7, Powell 1-45, Edwards 1-3. Cincinnati, Pickens 3-46, McGee 3-27, Scott 2-75, Dillon 2-20, Griffin 1-8, Basnight 1-4.
PUNT RETURNS—Cleveland, None. Cincinnati, Yeast 3-91.
KICKOFF RETURNS—Cleveland, Powell 3-69, Hill 2-28, Saleh 1-11, Campbell 1-10, Smith 1-10. Cincinnati, Williams 3-32, Mack 1-55, Dillon 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS—Cleveland, None. Cincinnati, Copeland 1-4, Myers 1-0.
TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS—Cleveland, Rainer 9-2-0, Abdullah 6-0-0, Fuller 6-0-0, McNeil 6-0-0, Miller 5-1-0, Pope 4-0-0, Alexander 3-0-0, Holland 3-0-0, McCormack 2-0-0, McCutcheon 2-0-0, Rogers 2-0-0, Thompson 2-0-0, Langham 2-0-0, Little 1-0-0, Thierry 1-0-0, Hill 1-0-0, Jackson 1-0-0, Jones 1-0-0, Powell 1-0-0, Williams 1-0-0, Barker 0-1-0. Cincinnati, Spikes 5-0-1, Simmons 4-1-0, Heath 4-0-0, von Oelhoffen 3-1-11/2, Mack 3-0-0, Myers 3-0-0, Gibson 2-1-0, Hawkins 2-1-0, Bell 2-0-0, Curtis 2-0-0, Hall 2-0-0, Basnight 2-0-0, Copeland 1-0-0, Costello 1-0-0, Granville 1-0-0, Ross 1-0-0, Bankston 0-1-1/2, Wilson 0-1-0.
MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.
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