GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: BALTIMORE (2-1) at CLEVELAND (1-2)

NFL: BALTIMORE at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
BALTIMORE 13
CLEVELAND 27 FINAL</div>

 

NFL: BALTIMORE at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
BALTIMORE 0 6 0 7 13
CLEVELAND 14 10 3 0 27 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

5:14 CLE - TD, JOE JUREVICIUS 2 YD PASS FROM DEREK ANDERSON (PHIL DAWSON KICK).
Drive: 9 plays, 55 yards in 5:14.
Key plays: 41-yard kickoff return by Cribbs to Cleveland 45; Vickers
6-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Baltimore 40; Anderson 25-yard pass to Winslow
on 3rd-and-3 to Baltimore 8. CLEVELAND 7-0.
9:14 CLE - TD, BRAYLON EDWARDS 78 YD PASS FROM DEREK ANDERSON (PHIL DAWSON KICK).
Drive: 1 plays, 78 yards in 0:09.
CLEVELAND 14-0.

2ND QUARTER:

2:15 BAL - FG, MATT STOVER 21 YD.
Drive: 6 plays, 21 yards in 2:27.
Key plays: Reed 20-yard interception return to Cleveland 24.
CLEVELAND 14-3.
5:43 CLE - FG, PHIL DAWSON 41 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 49 yards in 3:28.
Key plays: Lewis 28-yard run to Baltimore 41; J Wright 15-yard run
to Baltimore 24. CLEVELAND 17-3.
10:08 CLE - TD, JAMAL LEWIS 1 YD RUN (PHIL DAWSON KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 31 yards in 4:18.
Key plays: Neutral zone penalty on Ravens' McAlister on 4th-and-4 to
Baltimore 20; Anderson 11-yard pass to Winslow to Baltimore 13; Wright
12-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to Baltimore 1. CLEVELAND 24-3.
14:08 BAL - FG, MATT STOVER 29 YD.
Drive: 11 plays, 68 yards in 4:00.
Key plays: McGahee 28-yard run to Baltimore 49; 15-yard facemask
penalty on Browns' Wimbley to Cleveland 36; McNair 15-yard pass to Heap on
3rd-and-10 to Cleveland 21. CLEVELAND 24-6.

3RD QUARTER:

10:48 CLE - FG, PHIL DAWSON 20 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 66 yards in 4:37.
Key plays: Anderson 13-yard pass to Edwards to Cleveland 46;
Anderson 49-yard pass to Winslow on 3rd-and-7 to Baltimore 2. CLEVELAND
27-6.

4TH QUARTER:

7:46 BAL - TD, QUINN SYPNIEWSKI 4 YD PASS FROM STEVE MCNAIR (MATT STOVER KICK).
Drive: 13 plays, 85 yards in 6:27.
Key plays: McNair 11-yard pass to Mason to Baltimore 28; McGahee
19-yard run to Baltimore 47; McNair 10-yard pass to Mason to Cleveland 38;
McNair 8-yard pass to D Williams on 3rd-and-6 to Cleveland 26; McNair
10-yard pass to Clayton on 3rd-and-3 to Cleveland 9. CLEVELAND 27-13.

BALTIMORE - CLEVELAND Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS BALTIMORE CLEVELAND

FIRST DOWNS 26 12
Rushing 5 5
Passing 19 6
Penalty 2 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 7-14-50% 5-12-42%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-3-33% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 418 303
Total offensive plays 73 48
Average gain per play 5.7 6.3
NET YARDS RUSHING 111 99
Rushing attempts 20 30
Average gain per rush 5.6 3.3
Tackles for loss-yards 0-0 2-5
NET YARDS PASSING 307 204
Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 0-0
Gross passing yards 307 204
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 53-34-1 18-10-1
Avg gain per pass play 5.8 11.3
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-0-0 6-3-2
PUNTS: Number and Average 0-0.0 3-42.7
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 0.0 42.7
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 28 7
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-8 0-0
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-94 4-114
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-20 1-7
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 7-41 6-41
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 1-0
TOUCHDOWNS 1 3
Rushing 0 1
Passing 1 2
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 3-3
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 3-3
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-4 2-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-4-25% 2-3-67%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 2-3-67%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 34:29 25:31


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

BALTIMORE CLEVELAND

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
W MCGAHEE 14 104 7.4 28 0 J LEWIS 23 64 2.8 28 1
M SMITH 5 5 1.0 3 0 J WRIGHT 2 27 13.5 15 0
S MCNAIR 1 2 2.0 2 0 L VICKERS 1 6 6.0 6 0
J CRIBBS 1 2 2.0 2 0
D ANDERSON 3 0 0.0 2 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S MCNAIR 34-53-307 1 1 30 D ANDERSON 10-18-204 1 2 78

Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: None

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D MASON 10 78 7.8 11 0 K WINSLOW 4 96 24.0 49 0
Q SYPNIEWS 6 34 5.7 9 1 B EDWARDS 3 97 32.3 78 1
D WILLIAMS 5 63 12.6 17 0 J JUREVICI 2 10 5.0 8 1
T HEAP 4 36 9.0 15 0 S HEIDEN 1 1 1.0 1 0
M CLAYTON 3 43 14.3 19 0
M SMITH 3 19 6.3 10 0
W MCGAHEE 2 32 16.0 30 0
D WILCOX 1 2 2.0 2 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
E REED 1 20 20.0 20 0 L BODDEN 1 7 7.0 7 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S PLAYER 3 128 42.7 0 3 53

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
Y FIGURS 1 8 8.0 8 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
Y FIGURS 4 94 23.5 27 0 J CRIBBS 3 94 31.3 41 0
J WRIGHT 1 20 20.0 20 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
M STOVER 1/1 2/4 P DAWSON 3/3 2/2
Dist.: (46) 21 29 (41) Dist.: 41 20

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
Y FIGURS 1 1 0 0-0 L BODDEN 1 0 0 0-0
D MCMILLAN 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
B SCOTT 8 6 2 0-0 E WRIGHT 9 9 0 0-0
D LANDRY 7 6 1 0-0 D HOLLY 8 8 0 0-0
R LEWIS 6 4 2 0-0 L BODDEN 7 7 0 0-0
K GREGG 5 4 1 0-0 D JACKSON 7 7 0 0-0
J JOHNSON 4 3 1 0-0 A DAVIS 5 4 1 0-0
T SUGGS 4 2 2 0-0 L WILLIAMS 5 4 1 0-0
E REED 3 3 0 0-0 S SMITH 5 3 2 0-0
C IVY 2 2 0 0-0 B POOL 3 2 1 0-0
M FLYNN 1 1 0 0-0 S JONES 2 2 0 0-0
J BANNAN 1 1 0 0-0 K WIMBLEY 2 2 0 0-0
D MARTIN 1 1 0 0-0 R SMITH 1 1 0 0-0
H NGATA 1 1 0 0-0 M ADAMS 1 1 0 0-0
D EDWARDS 1 1 0 0-0 E KELLEY 1 1 0 0-0
C THOMPSON 1 1 0 0-0
W MCGINEST 1 0 1 0-0
A PEEK 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Ron Winter, Umpire-Roy Ellison, Head Linesman-Tom
Stabile, Line Judge-Tom Stephan, Field Judge-Mike Weir, Side Judge-Tom
Hill, Back Judge-Jim Howey.

Att: 73,024 Time of Game: 2:57</div>

 

NFL: BALTIMORE at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
BALTIMORE 0 6 0 7 13
CLEVELAND 14 10 3 0 27 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: CLE - TD, JOE JUREVICIUS 2 YD PASS FROM DEREK
ANDERSON (PHIL DAWSON KICK), 5:14.
Drive: 9 plays, 55 yards in 5:14.
Key plays: 41-yard kickoff return
by Cribbs to Cleveland 45; Vickers
6-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to
Baltimore 40; Anderson 25-yard pass
to Winslow on 3rd-and-3 to
Baltimore 8. CLEVELAND 7-0
CLE - TD, BRAYLON EDWARDS 78 YD PASS FROM
DEREK ANDERSON (PHIL DAWSON KICK),
9:14. Drive: 1 plays, 78 yards in
0:09. CLEVELAND 14-0
2ND QUARTER: BAL - FG, MATT STOVER 21 YD, 2:15. Drive: 6
plays, 21 yards in 2:27. Key plays:
Reed 20-yard interception return to
Cleveland 24. CLEVELAND 14-3
CLE - FG, PHIL DAWSON 41 YD, 5:43. Drive: 8
plays, 49 yards in 3:28. Key plays:
Lewis 28-yard run to Baltimore 41;
J Wright 15-yard run to Baltimore
24. CLEVELAND 17-3
CLE - TD, JAMAL LEWIS 1 YD RUN (PHIL DAWSON
KICK), 10:08. Drive: 8 plays, 31
yards in 4:18. Key plays: Neutral
zone penalty on Ravens' McAlister
on 4th-and-4 to Baltimore 20;
Anderson 11-yard pass to Winslow to
Baltimore 13; Wright 12-yard run on
3rd-and-3 to Baltimore 1. CLEVELAND
24-3
BAL - FG, MATT STOVER 29 YD, 14:08. Drive: 11
plays, 68 yards in 4:00. Key plays:
McGahee 28-yard run to Baltimore
49; 15-yard facemask penalty on
Browns' Wimbley to Cleveland 36;
McNair 15-yard pass to Heap on
3rd-and-10 to Cleveland 21.
CLEVELAND 24-6
3RD QUARTER: CLE - FG, PHIL DAWSON 20 YD, 10:48. Drive: 9
plays, 66 yards in 4:37. Key plays:
Anderson 13-yard pass to Edwards to
Cleveland 46; Anderson 49-yard pass
to Winslow on 3rd-and-7 to
Baltimore 2. CLEVELAND 27-6
4TH QUARTER: BAL - TD, QUINN SYPNIEWSKI 4 YD PASS FROM
STEVE MCNAIR (MATT STOVER KICK),
7:46. Drive: 13 plays, 85 yards in
6:27. Key plays: McNair 11-yard
pass to Mason to Baltimore 28;
McGahee 19-yard run to Baltimore
47; McNair 10-yard pass to Mason to
Cleveland 38; McNair 8-yard pass to
D Williams on 3rd-and-6 to
Cleveland 26; McNair 10-yard pass
to Clayton on 3rd-and-3 to
Cleveland 9. CLEVELAND 27-13

ATT: 73,024</div>

 

NFL: BALTIMORE at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
BALTIMORE 13
CLEVELAND 27 FINAL</div>

 

CLEVELAND (Ticker) -- Jamal Lewis showed the Baltimore Ravens thathe has something left.


Lewis rushed for a touchdown and Derek Anderson was efficient atquarterback as the Cleveland Browns posted a 27-13 victory overthe Ravens on Sunday.


Lewis spent his first seven seasons with the Ravens, rushing for2,066 yards in 2003. But Lewis has battled an ankle injurysince his record season, which led the Ravens to look for moreproduction at running back.


After the Ravens (2-2) acquired Willis McGahee in the offseasonfrom Buffalo, Lewis was left without a job. He jumped to theAFC North rival Browns, signing a one-year contract in March.

"They left me out there, and Cleveland picked me up," Lewissaid. "They felt like I was washed up and didn't have that burstanymore. And here I am, being successful running the footballover here.


"I told the team before the game, 'These guys don't think we canbeat them.' I know that just from playing there. Coming in, weknew the Browns couldn't beat us."


In his first game against his old team, Lewis picked up the hardyards on the ground, including a 1-yard TD run with 4:18 leftin the first half which gave the Browns a 24-3 lead. He rushedfor 64 yards on 23 carries.


Making his third start since Charlie Frye was traded to Seattle,Anderson hardly was intimidated by one of the NFL's bestdefenses as he consistently moved the Browns' offense.

Anderson threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Joe Jurevicius and a78-yard scoring strike to Braylon Edwards in the first quarter,giving the Browns a 14-0 advantage.


Overall, Anderson completed 10-of-18 passes for 204 yardswithout a turnover.


Anderson pointed to the Browns' first drive of the game, anine-play, 55-yard march as a key.


"Our first drive set the tempo for the whole game," he said. "Wecame out there and caught them off guard a few times and madesome plays. It got them on their heels a little bit. We letthem know we're going to be physical. We got in a rhythm andgot guys going."


Edwards finished with three catches for 97 yards. Playing with apartially dislocated shoulder, tight end Kellen Winslow addedfour receptions for 96 yards.


Cleveland improved to 2-1 in the AFC North Division.

"I don't think a lot of people would think we would be 2-1 inthe division and 2-2 in September," said Browns coach RomeoCrennel, who was under pressure entering this season. "We feelgood about where we are."


It was a frustrating afternoon for the Ravens, who moved intoBrowns territory on their first six drives but managed just sixpoints.


"We didn't capitalize when we had the opportunities," Ravenstight end Todd Heap said. "That is how the ballgame is going togo when you move the ball between the 20's and don'tcapitalize."


"It is a low point for us. Thinking about how the game went, nota whole lot went our way. We turned the ball over and gave theBrowns opportunities. When you don't put yourself in aposition to win, those are the most frustrating games."

Steve McNair took to the air often, completing 34-of-53 passesfor 307 yards and a touchdown with an interception. Hisfavorite target was Derrick Mason, who had 10 catches for 78yards.


McGahee rushed for 104 yards on 14 carries.


"We just got our butts beat, plain and simple," Ravens coachBrian Billick said. "What you do when you get your butt whippedlike that is come back, try to correct it, and move on to thenext game."