GAME THREAD: NFL: CLEVELAND (7-4) at ARIZONA (5-6)

NFL: CLEVELAND at ARIZONA

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
CLEVELAND 21
ARIZONA 27 FINAL</div>

 

NFL: CLEVELAND at ARIZONA

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CLEVELAND 3 7 8 3 21
ARIZONA 14 0 7 6 27 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

4:15 ARI - TD, RODERICK HOOD 71 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (NEIL RACKERS KICK).
ARIZONA 7-0.
10:01 ARI - TD, LEONARD POPE 5 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (NEIL RACKERS KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 43 yards in 3:38.
Key plays: A Smith recovery of Anderson fumble at Cleveland 43;
5-yard delay of game penalty on Browns' Bodden on 3rd-and-4 to Cleveland
32; Warner 14-yard pass to Bry Johnson to Cleveland 12. ARIZONA 14-0.
13:19 CLE - FG, PHIL DAWSON 37 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 64 yards in 3:18.
Key plays: Anderson 25-yard pass to Vickers to Arizona 46; Anderson
22-yard pass to Edwards to Arizona 24. ARIZONA 14-3.

2ND QUARTER:

13:46 CLE - TD, JAMAL LEWIS 6 YD PASS FROM DEREK ANDERSON (PHIL DAWSON KICK).
Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 6:01.
Key plays: Anderson 13-yard pass to Jurevicius on 3rd-and-2 to
Arizona 18; Anderson 12-yard pass to Heiden to Arizona 6. ARIZONA 14-10.

3RD QUARTER:

14:17 ARI - TD, BRYANT JOHNSON 1 YD PASS FROM MATT WARE (NEIL RACKERS KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 22 yards in 3:03.
Key plays: R Brown recovery of muffed punt at Cleveland 22; Warner
11-yard pass to Morey on 3rd-and-11 to Cleveland 12. ARIZONA 21-10.
15:00 CLE - TD, BRAYLON EDWARDS 64 YD PASS FROM DEREK ANDERSON (JOSH CRIBBS PASS TO KELLEN WINSLOW FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION).
Drive: 2 plays, 66 yards in :43.
ARIZONA 21-18.

4TH QUARTER:

2:48 ARI - FG, NEIL RACKERS 33 YD.
Drive: 6 plays, 25 yards in 2:50.
Key plays: Breaston 59-yard kick return to Cleveland 40; Warner
15-yard pass to Bry Johnson to Cleveland 25; James 12-yard run to
Cleveland 13. ARIZONA 24-18.
8:43 CLE - FG, PHIL DAWSON 22 YD.
Drive: 6 plays, 49 yards in 2:59.
Key plays: Anderson 29-yard pass to Edwards to Arizona 24; Anderson
13-yard pass to Winslow to Arizona 11. ARIZONA 24-21.
13:12 ARI - FG, NEIL RACKERS 19 YD.
Drive: 12 plays, 79 yards in 4:29.
Key plays: James 14-yard run to Arizona 34; Warner 19-yard pass to
Breaston plus 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Browns' Pool to
Cleveland 20. ARIZONA 27-21.

CLEVELAND - ARIZONA Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS CLEVELAND ARIZONA

FIRST DOWNS 19 18
Rushing 6 5
Passing 11 9
Penalty 2 4
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-11-36% 4-12-33%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 352 302
Total offensive plays 60 57
Average gain per play 5.9 5.3
NET YARDS RUSHING 74 133
Rushing attempts 20 27
Average gain per rush 3.7 4.9
Tackles for loss-yards 1-1 0-0
NET YARDS PASSING 278 169
Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-9 0-0
Gross passing yards 287 169
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 39-20-2 30-18-1
Avg gain per pass play 7.0 5.6
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-1-1 6-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 3-44.7 5-40.2
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 34.3 37.2
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 20 112
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-31 2-15
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 6-56 4-117
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1--11 2-97
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 10-77 11-75
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-2 1-0
TOUCHDOWNS 2 3
Rushing 0 0
Passing 2 2
Interceptions 0 1
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 3-3
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 3-3
Passing: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-3-33% 2-4-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-2-50%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 29:57 30:03


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

CLEVELAND ARIZONA

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J LEWIS 16 62 3.9 12 0 E JAMES 24 114 4.8 16 0
J WRIGHT 1 9 9.0 9 0 J ARRINGTO 2 19 9.5 12 0
L VICKERS 1 2 2.0 2 0 K WARNER 1 0 0.0 0 0
J CRIBBS 1 1 1.0 1 0
D ANDERSON 1 0 0.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D ANDERSON 20-39-287 2 2 67 K WARNER 18-30-169 1 1 19

Sacked-Yards Lost: D ANDERSON 1-9. Sacked-Yards Lost: None

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B EDWARDS 7 149 21.3 67 1 B JOHNSON 6 56 9.3 15 1
K WINSLOW 3 35 11.7 14 0 S MOREY 2 29 14.5 18 0
J JUREVICI 3 27 9.0 13 0 A BOLDIN 2 25 12.5 16 0
J LEWIS 3 24 8.0 10 1 S BREASTON 2 24 12.0 19 0
L VICKERS 2 30 15.0 25 0 J ARRINGTO 2 15 7.5 8 0
S HEIDEN 1 12 12.0 12 0 L POPE 2 14 7.0 9 1
J WRIGHT 1 10 10.0 10 0 B PATRICK 1 5 5.0 5 0
M SHIPP 1 1 1.0 1 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S JONES 1 -11 -11. 0 0 R HOOD 2 97 48.5 71 1

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D ZASTUDIL 3 134 44.7 0 1 49 M BERGER 5 201 40.2 1 1 53

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J CRIBBS 2 31 15.5 31 0 S BREASTON 2 15 7.5 14 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J CRIBBS 3 31 10.3 26 0 S BREASTON 4 117 29.3 59 0
D DINKINS 2 15 7.5 8 0
J WRIGHT 1 10 10.0 10 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
P DAWSON 1/1 2/2 N RACKERS 3/3 2/2
Dist.: 37 22 Dist.: 33 19

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
D ANDERSON 1 1 0 0-0 K WARNER 1 0 0 1-0
R BROWN 0 0 0 0-1
A SMITH 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
D JACKSON 6 6 0 0-0 K DANSBY 8 8 0 0-0
A DAVIS 5 5 0 0-0 A ROLLE 6 5 1 0-0
S JONES 5 4 1 0-0 T HOLT 5 5 0 0-0
S SMITH 5 4 1 0-0 C PACE 4 4 0 0-0
K WIMBLEY 5 3 2 0-0 D DOCKETT 4 2 2 0-0
B POOL 4 4 0 0-0 M WARE 3 3 0 0-0
R SMITH 4 3 1 0-0 A SMITH 3 3 0 0-0
L BODDEN 4 3 1 0-0 G HAYES 3 2 1 0-0
D HOLLY 4 3 1 0-0 J TAFOYA 2 2 0 0-0
B MCDONALD 3 1 2 0-0 D BLACKSTOCK 1 1 0 1-9
W MCGINEST 2 2 0 0-0 R BROWN 1 1 0 0-0
L WILLIAMS 2 2 0 0-0 R HOOD 1 1 0 0-0
M ADAMS 2 2 0 0-0 A BRANCH 1 1 0 0-0
S FRASER 1 1 0 0-0 R BAILEY 1 1 0 0-0
O CELESTIN 1 0 1 0-0
G WATSON 1 0 1 0-0

Att: 64,791</div>

 

GLENDALE, Arizona (Ticker) -- The Arizona Cardinals are adifficult team to figure out.


Roderick Hood's 71-yard interception return for a touchdown fourminutes into the contest set an early tone as the Cardinalsheld on for a 27-21 victory over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.

One week after suffering a crushing overtime loss to the SanFrancisco 49ers, Arizona (6-6) slowed the Browns' playoff pushand climbed back to .500.


Four times Cleveland (7-5) has come from behind to win gamesthis season, and the Browns tried to do it again Sunday afterfalling into a 14-0 hole.


But they could not overcome four turnovers and lost for just thesecond time in the last seven games.


Still, nothing comes easy for the Cardinals as the Browns nearlytied it on the final play of the game, when Kellen Winslow madea leaping catch on Derek Anderson's desperation fourth-downpass from the Arizona 37.


But Winslow was ruled to have made the catch out of bounds andvideo replay confirmed the decision on the field.


Last week, Arizona suffered a 37-31 defeat, when 49erslinebacker Tully Banta-Cain fell on Kurt Warner's fumble in theend zone.


Anderson, who has keyed the Browns' resurgence this season,completed 21-of-41 passes for 304 yards and two touchdowns withtwo interceptions.


Cleveland's Braylon Edwards caught his 12th touchdown pass ofthe season, tying the Browns' record held by Paul Warfield andGary Collins.


Already without wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, who has a groininjury, the Cardinals lost Anquan Boldin to a foot injury in thethird quarter.


But the Browns had trouble stopping Edgerrin James, who rushedfor 114 yards on 24 carries.


Trailing 24-18, Cleveland reached the Cardinals' 5-yard linebefore settling for Phil Dawson's 22-yard field goal.

On the ensuing possession, Arizona took more than four minutesoff the clock by keeping the ball on the ground during an11-play drive.


The Browns kept the the Cardinals out of the end zone as NeilRackers kicked a 19-yard field goal to make it 27-21 with 1:52remaining.

 

NFL: CLEVELAND at ARIZONA

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CLEVELAND 3 7 8 3 21
ARIZONA 14 0 7 6 27 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

4:15 ARI - TD, RODERICK HOOD 71 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (NEIL RACKERS KICK).
ARIZONA 7-0.
10:01 ARI - TD, LEONARD POPE 5 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (NEIL RACKERS KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 43 yards in 3:38.
Key plays: A Smith recovery of Anderson fumble at Cleveland 43;
5-yard delay of game penalty on Browns' Bodden on 3rd-and-4 to Cleveland
32; Warner 14-yard pass to Bry Johnson to Cleveland 12. ARIZONA 14-0.
13:19 CLE - FG, PHIL DAWSON 37 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 64 yards in 3:18.
Key plays: Anderson 25-yard pass to Vickers to Arizona 46; Anderson
22-yard pass to Edwards to Arizona 24. ARIZONA 14-3.

2ND QUARTER:

13:46 CLE - TD, JAMAL LEWIS 6 YD PASS FROM DEREK ANDERSON (PHIL DAWSON KICK).
Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 6:01.
Key plays: Anderson 13-yard pass to Jurevicius on 3rd-and-2 to
Arizona 18; Anderson 12-yard pass to Heiden to Arizona 6. ARIZONA 14-10.

3RD QUARTER:

14:17 ARI - TD, BRYANT JOHNSON 1 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (NEIL RACKERS KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 22 yards in 3:03.
Key plays: R Brown recovery of muffed punt at Cleveland 22; Warner
11-yard pass to Morey on 3rd-and-11 to Cleveland 12. ARIZONA 21-10.
15:00 CLE - TD, BRAYLON EDWARDS 64 YD PASS FROM DEREK ANDERSON (JOSH CRIBBS PASS TO KELLEN WINSLOW FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION).
Drive: 2 plays, 69 yards in :43.
ARIZONA 21-18.

4TH QUARTER:

2:50 ARI - FG, NEIL RACKERS 33 YD.
Drive: 6 plays, 25 yards in 2:50.
Key plays: Breaston 59-yard kickoff return to Cleveland 40; Warner
15-yard pass to Bry Johnson to Cleveland 25; James 12-yard run to
Cleveland 13. ARIZONA 24-18.
8:43 CLE - FG, PHIL DAWSON 22 YD.
Drive: 6 plays, 49 yards in 2:59.
Key plays: Anderson 29-yard pass to Edwards to Arizona 24; Anderson
13-yard pass to Winslow to Arizona 11. ARIZONA 24-21.
13:12 ARI - FG, NEIL RACKERS 19 YD.
Drive: 11 plays, 79 yards in 4:29.
Key plays: James 14-yard run to Arizona 34; Warner 19-yard pass to
Breaston plus 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Browns' Pool to
Cleveland 20. ARIZONA 27-21.

CLEVELAND - ARIZONA Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS CLEVELAND ARIZONA

FIRST DOWNS 21 18
Rushing 7 5
Passing 12 9
Penalty 2 4
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-11-36% 4-12-33%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 379 302
Total offensive plays 63 57
Average gain per play 6.0 5.3
NET YARDS RUSHING 84 133
Rushing attempts 21 27
Average gain per rush 4.0 4.9
Tackles for loss-yards 1-1 0-0
NET YARDS PASSING 295 169
Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-9 0-0
Gross passing yards 304 169
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 41-21-2 30-18-1
Avg gain per pass play 7.0 5.6
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-1-1 6-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 3-44.7 5-40.2
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 34.3 37.2
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 20 112
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-31 2-15
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 6-56 4-117
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1--11 2-97
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 10-77 11-75
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-2 1-0
TOUCHDOWNS 2 3
Rushing 0 0
Passing 2 2
Interceptions 0 1
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 3-3
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 3-3
Passing: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-3-33% 2-4-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-2-50%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 29:57 30:03


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

CLEVELAND ARIZONA

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J LEWIS 16 62 3.9 12 0 E JAMES 24 114 4.8 16 0
D ANDERSON 2 10 5.0 10 0 J ARRINGTO 2 19 9.5 12 0
J WRIGHT 1 9 9.0 9 0 K WARNER 1 0 0.0 0 0
L VICKERS 1 2 2.0 2 0
J CRIBBS 1 1 1.0 1 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D ANDERSON 21-41-304 2 2 67 K WARNER 18-30-169 1 2 19

Sacked-Yards Lost: D ANDERSON 1-9. Sacked-Yards Lost: None

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B EDWARDS 7 149 21.3 67 1 B JOHNSON 6 56 9.3 15 1
J JUREVICI 4 44 11.0 17 0 S MOREY 2 29 14.5 18 0
K WINSLOW 3 35 11.7 14 0 A BOLDIN 2 25 12.5 16 0
J LEWIS 3 24 8.0 10 1 S BREASTON 2 24 12.0 19 0
L VICKERS 2 30 15.0 25 0 J ARRINGTO 2 15 7.5 8 0
S HEIDEN 1 12 12.0 12 0 L POPE 2 14 7.0 9 1
J WRIGHT 1 10 10.0 10 0 B PATRICK 1 5 5.0 5 0
M SHIPP 1 1 1.0 1 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S JONES 1 -11 -11. 0 0 R HOOD 2 97 48.5 71 1

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D ZASTUDIL 3 134 44.7 0 1 49 M BERGER 5 201 40.2 1 1 53

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J CRIBBS 2 31 15.5 31 0 S BREASTON 2 15 7.5 14 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J CRIBBS 3 31 10.3 26 0 S BREASTON 4 117 29.3 59 0
D DINKINS 2 15 7.5 8 0
J WRIGHT 1 10 10.0 10 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
P DAWSON 1/1 2/2 N RACKERS 3/3 2/2
Dist.: 37 22 Dist.: 33 19

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
D ANDERSON 1 1 0 0-0 K WARNER 1 0 0 1-0
J CRIBBS 1 1 0 0-0 R BROWN 0 0 0 0-1
A SMITH 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
D JACKSON 6 6 0 0-0 K DANSBY 8 8 0 0-0
A DAVIS 5 5 0 0-0 A ROLLE 6 5 1 0-0
S JONES 5 4 1 0-0 T HOLT 5 5 0 0-0
S SMITH 5 4 1 0-0 C PACE 5 4 1 0-0
K WIMBLEY 5 3 2 0-0 D DOCKETT 5 3 2 0-0
B POOL 4 4 0 0-0 M WARE 3 3 0 0-0
R SMITH 4 3 1 0-0 A SMITH 3 3 0 0-0
L BODDEN 4 3 1 0-0 G HAYES 3 2 1 0-0
D HOLLY 4 3 1 0-0 J TAFOYA 2 2 0 0-0
B MCDONALD 3 1 2 0-0 D BLACKSTOCK 1 1 0 1-9
W MCGINEST 2 2 0 0-0 R BROWN 1 1 0 0-0
L WILLIAMS 2 2 0 0-0 R HOOD 1 1 0 0-0
M ADAMS 2 2 0 0-0 A BRANCH 1 1 0 0-0
S FRASER 1 1 0 0-0 R BAILEY 1 1 0 0-0
O CELESTIN 1 0 1 0-0
G WATSON 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Jerome Boger, Umpire-Garth Defelice, Head
Linesman-Jerry Bergman, Line Judge-Jeff Bergman, Field Judge-Scott
Steenson, Side Judge-Joe Larrew, Back Judge-Bob Waggoner.

Att: 64,791 Time of Game: 3:11</div>

 

By Bob Huhn
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


GLENDALE, Arizona (Ticker) -- The Arizona Cardinals are adifficult team to figure out.


Roderick Hood's 71-yard interception return for a touchdown fourminutes into the contest set an early tone as the Cardinalsheld on for a 27-21 victory over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.

"We are in the NFL," Hood said. "We are getting paid to do thejob. We had injuries in the secondary but the coach (KenWhisenhunt) said the expectation comes with the position, notthe player."


It was Hood's second interception return for a touchdown thisseason and the fourth for the Cardinals.


"I have been making plays in practice and it is November,December - that is what people remember," Hood added. "When youare playing good ball in November and December, you go to theplayoffs."


Whether the Cardinals can make the playoffs, however, isanybody's guess.


One week after suffering a crushing overtime loss to the SanFrancisco 49ers, Arizona (6-6) slowed the Browns' playoff pushand climbed back to .500.


Last week, Arizona dropped a 37-31 decision, when 49erslinebacker Tully Banta-Cain fell on Kurt Warner's fumble in theend zone.


"Nobody gave us a chance this week," Whisenhunt said. "Nobodythought we could do anything against those guys. They were on aroll. After last week, this was a cleansing win for us. Thiscertainly puts us in the right frame of mind to push forward."

Four times Cleveland (7-5) has come from behind to win gamesthis season, and the Browns tried to do it again Sunday afterfalling into a 14-0 hole. But they could not overcome fourturnovers and lost for just the second time in their last sevengames.


Still, nothing comes easy for the Cardinals, as the Brownsnearly tied it on the final play of the game, when tight endKellen Winslow made a leaping catch on Derek Anderson'sdesperation fourth-down pass from the Arizona 37.


But Winslow was ruled to have made the catch out of bounds, andvideo replay confirmed the decision on the field.


"Any time you let it come down to a final play, you don't haveany room for error," Browns coach Romeo Crennel said. "We can'tblame anyone else but ourselves on that."


Crennel thought Winslow might have been pushed out of bounds,but didn't blame the officials.


"Whether they rule it a force-out or whatever, they looked at itand stayed with the call, so that is the way it goes," Crennelsaid.


Anderson, who has keyed the Browns' resurgence this season,completed 21-of-41 passes for 304 yards and two touchdowns withtwo interceptions.


But Anderson's two early turnovers - the interception to Hoodand a lost fumble - led to 14 points for the Cardinals.

"The early turnovers gave them 14 points," Anderson said. "Ithrew a pick and they took it to the house. Then the fumble,they ended up scoring on that.


"It should have never come down to having to make a 'Hail Mary'that Kellen made an amazing play on. It was a force-out butthere is nothing we can do about it."


Cleveland's Braylon Edwards caught his 12th touchdown pass ofthe season, tying the Browns' record held by Paul Warfield andGary Collins.


Already without wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, who has a groininjury, the Cardinals lost wideout Anquan Boldin to a dislocatedtoe in the third quarter.


But the Browns had trouble stopping Edgerrin James, who rushedfor 114 yards on 24 carries.


"When we talked running the football this year, that is what Ienvisioned our football team would do," Whisenhunt said. "Ouroffensive line answered the call. To be able to take that timeoff the clock at the end really gave us a chance."

Trailing 24-18, Cleveland reached the Cardinals' 5-yard linebefore settling for Phil Dawson's 22-yard field goal.

On the ensuing possession, Arizona took more than four minutesoff the clock by keeping the ball on the ground during an11-play drive.


The Browns kept the the Cardinals out of the end zone as NeilRackers kicked a 19-yard field goal to make it 27-21 with 1:52remaining.


"We have some big games coming up here but we gave ourselves achance," said Warner, who completed 18-of-30 passes for 169yards and two touchdowns. "It has been a rollercoaster year."

 

By Bob Huhn
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


GLENDALE, Arizona (Ticker) -- The Arizona Cardinals are adifficult team to figure out.


Roderick Hood's 71-yard interception return for a touchdown fourminutes into the contest set an early tone as the Cardinalsheld on for a 27-21 victory over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.

"We are in the NFL," Hood said. "We are getting paid to do thejob. We had injuries in the secondary but the coach (KenWhisenhunt) said the expectation comes with the position, notthe player."


It was Hood's second interception return for a touchdown thisseason and the fourth for the Cardinals.


"I have been making plays in practice and it is November,December - that is what people remember," Hood added. "When youare playing good ball in November and December, you go to theplayoffs."


Whether the Cardinals can make the playoffs, however, isanybody's guess.


One week after suffering a crushing overtime loss to the SanFrancisco 49ers, Arizona (6-6) slowed the Browns' playoff pushand climbed back to .500.


Last week, Arizona dropped a 37-31 decision, when 49erslinebacker Tully Banta-Cain fell on Kurt Warner's fumble in theend zone.


"Nobody gave us a chance this week," Whisenhunt said. "Nobodythought we could do anything against those guys. They were on aroll. After last week, this was a cleansing win for us. Thiscertainly puts us in the right frame of mind to push forward."

Four times Cleveland (7-5) has come from behind to win gamesthis season, and the Browns tried to do it again Sunday afterfalling into a 14-0 hole. But they could not overcome fourturnovers and lost for just the second time in their last sevengames.


Still, nothing comes easy for the Cardinals, as the Brownsnearly tied it on the final play of the game, when tight endKellen Winslow made a leaping catch on Derek Anderson'sdesperation fourth-down pass from the Arizona 37.


But Winslow was ruled to have made the catch out of bounds, andvideo replay confirmed the decision on the field.


"Any time you let it come down to a final play, you don't haveany room for error," Browns coach Romeo Crennel said. "We can'tblame anyone else but ourselves on that."


Crennel thought Winslow might have been pushed out of bounds,but didn't blame the officials.


"Whether they rule it a force-out or whatever, they looked at itand stayed with the call, so that is the way it goes," Crennelsaid.


Anderson, who has keyed the Browns' resurgence this season,completed 21-of-41 passes for 304 yards and two touchdowns withtwo interceptions.


But Anderson's two early turnovers - the interception to Hoodand a lost fumble - led to 14 points for the Cardinals.

"The early turnovers gave them 14 points," Anderson said. "Ithrew a pick and they took it to the house. Then the fumble,they ended up scoring on that.


"It should have never come down to having to make a 'Hail Mary'that Kellen made an amazing play on. It was a force-out butthere is nothing we can do about it."


Cleveland's Braylon Edwards caught his 12th touchdown pass ofthe season, tying the Browns' record held by Paul Warfield andGary Collins.


Already without wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, who has a groininjury, the Cardinals lost wideout Anquan Boldin to a dislocatedtoe in the third quarter.


But the Browns had trouble stopping Edgerrin James, who rushedfor 114 yards on 24 carries.


"When we talked running the football this year, that is what Ienvisioned our football team would do," Whisenhunt said. "Ouroffensive line answered the call. To be able to take that timeoff the clock at the end really gave us a chance."

Trailing 24-18, Cleveland reached the Cardinals' 5-yard linebefore settling for Phil Dawson's 22-yard field goal.

On the ensuing possession, Arizona took more than four minutesoff the clock by keeping the ball on the ground during an11-play drive.


The Browns kept the the Cardinals out of the end zone as NeilRackers kicked a 19-yard field goal to make it 27-21 with 1:52remaining.


"We have some big games coming up here but we gave ourselves achance," said Warner, who completed 18-of-30 passes for 169yards and two touchdowns. "It has been a rollercoaster year."

 

NFL: CLEVELAND at ARIZONA

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
CLEVELAND 21
ARIZONA 27 FINAL</div>

 

NFL: CLEVELAND at ARIZONA

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CLEVELAND 3 7 8 3 21
ARIZONA 14 0 7 6 27 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

4:15 ARI - TD, RODERICK HOOD 71 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (NEIL RACKERS KICK).
ARIZONA 7-0.
10:01 ARI - TD, LEONARD POPE 5 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (NEIL RACKERS KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 43 yards in 3:38.
Key plays: A Smith recovery of Anderson fumble at Cleveland 43;
5-yard delay of game penalty on Browns' Bodden on 3rd-and-4 to Cleveland
32; Warner 14-yard pass to Bry Johnson to Cleveland 12. ARIZONA 14-0.
13:19 CLE - FG, PHIL DAWSON 37 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 64 yards in 3:18.
Key plays: Anderson 25-yard pass to Vickers to Arizona 46; Anderson
22-yard pass to Edwards to Arizona 24. ARIZONA 14-3.

2ND QUARTER:

13:46 CLE - TD, JAMAL LEWIS 6 YD PASS FROM DEREK ANDERSON (PHIL DAWSON KICK).
Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 6:01.
Key plays: Anderson 13-yard pass to Jurevicius on 3rd-and-2 to
Arizona 18; Anderson 12-yard pass to Heiden to Arizona 6. ARIZONA 14-10.

3RD QUARTER:

14:17 ARI - TD, BRYANT JOHNSON 1 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (NEIL RACKERS KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 22 yards in 3:03.
Key plays: R Brown recovery of muffed punt at Cleveland 22; Warner
11-yard pass to Morey on 3rd-and-11 to Cleveland 12. ARIZONA 21-10.
15:00 CLE - TD, BRAYLON EDWARDS 64 YD PASS FROM DEREK ANDERSON (JOSH CRIBBS PASS TO KELLEN WINSLOW FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION).
Drive: 2 plays, 69 yards in :43.
ARIZONA 21-18.

4TH QUARTER:

2:50 ARI - FG, NEIL RACKERS 33 YD.
Drive: 6 plays, 25 yards in 2:50.
Key plays: Breaston 59-yard kickoff return to Cleveland 40; Warner
15-yard pass to Bry Johnson to Cleveland 25; James 12-yard run to
Cleveland 13. ARIZONA 24-18.
8:43 CLE - FG, PHIL DAWSON 22 YD.
Drive: 6 plays, 49 yards in 2:59.
Key plays: Anderson 29-yard pass to Edwards to Arizona 24; Anderson
13-yard pass to Winslow to Arizona 11. ARIZONA 24-21.
13:12 ARI - FG, NEIL RACKERS 19 YD.
Drive: 11 plays, 79 yards in 4:29.
Key plays: James 14-yard run to Arizona 34; Warner 19-yard pass to
Breaston plus 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Browns' Pool to
Cleveland 20. ARIZONA 27-21.

CLEVELAND - ARIZONA Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS CLEVELAND ARIZONA

FIRST DOWNS 21 18
Rushing 7 5
Passing 12 9
Penalty 2 4
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-11-36% 4-12-33%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 379 302
Total offensive plays 63 57
Average gain per play 6.0 5.3
NET YARDS RUSHING 84 133
Rushing attempts 21 27
Average gain per rush 4.0 4.9
Tackles for loss-yards 1-1 0-0
NET YARDS PASSING 295 169
Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-9 0-0
Gross passing yards 304 169
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 41-21-2 30-18-1
Avg gain per pass play 7.0 5.6
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-1-1 6-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 3-44.7 5-40.2
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 34.3 37.2
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 31 112
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-31 2-15
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 6-56 4-117
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-0 2-97
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 10-77 11-75
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-2 1-0
TOUCHDOWNS 2 3
Rushing 0 0
Passing 2 2
Interceptions 0 1
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 3-3
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 3-3
Passing: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-3-33% 2-4-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-2-50%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 29:57 30:03


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

CLEVELAND ARIZONA

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J LEWIS 16 62 3.9 12 0 E JAMES 24 114 4.8 16 0
D ANDERSON 2 10 5.0 10 0 J ARRINGTO 2 19 9.5 12 0
J WRIGHT 1 9 9.0 9 0 K WARNER 1 0 0.0 0 0
L VICKERS 1 2 2.0 2 0
J CRIBBS 1 1 1.0 1 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D ANDERSON 21-41-304 2 2 67 K WARNER 18-30-169 1 2 19

Sacked-Yards Lost: D ANDERSON 1-9. Sacked-Yards Lost: None

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B EDWARDS 7 149 21.3 67 1 B JOHNSON 6 56 9.3 15 1
J JUREVICI 4 44 11.0 17 0 S MOREY 2 29 14.5 18 0
K WINSLOW 3 35 11.7 14 0 A BOLDIN 2 25 12.5 16 0
J LEWIS 3 24 8.0 10 1 S BREASTON 2 24 12.0 19 0
L VICKERS 2 30 15.0 25 0 J ARRINGTO 2 15 7.5 8 0
S HEIDEN 1 12 12.0 12 0 L POPE 2 14 7.0 9 1
J WRIGHT 1 10 10.0 10 0 B PATRICK 1 5 5.0 5 0
M SHIPP 1 1 1.0 1 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S JONES 1 0 0.0 0 0 R HOOD 2 97 48.5 71 1

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D ZASTUDIL 3 134 44.7 0 1 49 M BERGER 5 201 40.2 1 1 53

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J CRIBBS 2 31 15.5 31 0 S BREASTON 2 15 7.5 14 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J CRIBBS 3 31 10.3 26 0 S BREASTON 4 117 29.3 59 0
D DINKINS 2 15 7.5 8 0
J WRIGHT 1 10 10.0 10 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
P DAWSON 1/1 2/2 N RACKERS 3/3 2/2
Dist.: 37 22 Dist.: 33 19

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
D ANDERSON 1 1 0 0-0 K WARNER 1 0 0 1-0
J CRIBBS 1 1 0 0-0 R BROWN 0 0 0 0-1
A SMITH 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
D JACKSON 6 6 0 0-0 K DANSBY 8 8 0 0-0
A DAVIS 5 5 0 0-0 A ROLLE 6 5 1 0-0
S JONES 5 4 1 0-0 T HOLT 5 5 0 0-0
S SMITH 5 4 1 0-0 C PACE 5 4 1 0-0
K WIMBLEY 5 3 2 0-0 D DOCKETT 5 3 2 0-0
B POOL 4 4 0 0-0 M WARE 3 3 0 0-0
R SMITH 4 3 1 0-0 A SMITH 3 3 0 0-0
L BODDEN 4 3 1 0-0 G HAYES 3 2 1 0-0
D HOLLY 4 3 1 0-0 J TAFOYA 2 2 0 0-0
B MCDONALD 3 1 2 0-0 D BLACKSTOCK 1 1 0 1-9
W MCGINEST 2 2 0 0-0 R BROWN 1 1 0 0-0
L WILLIAMS 2 2 0 0-0 R HOOD 1 1 0 0-0
M ADAMS 2 2 0 0-0 A BRANCH 1 1 0 0-0
S FRASER 1 1 0 0-0 R BAILEY 1 1 0 0-0
O CELESTIN 1 0 1 0-0
G WATSON 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Jerome Boger, Umpire-Garth Defelice, Head
Linesman-Jerry Bergman, Line Judge-Jeff Bergman, Field Judge-Scott
Steenson, Side Judge-Joe Larrew, Back Judge-Bob Waggoner.

Att: 64,791 Time of Game: 3:11</div>

 

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