GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: CLEVELAND (7-5) at NY JETS (3-9)

NFL: CLEVELAND at NY JETS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CLEVELAND 0 7 7 10 24
NY JETS 0 3 3 12 18 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: NONE
2ND QUARTER: CLE - TD, JAMAL LEWIS 7 YD PASS FROM DEREK
ANDERSON (PHIL DAWSON KICK), 13:45.
Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 4:54.
Key plays: Anderson 16-yard pass to
Winslow on 3rd-and-10 to Cleveland
36; Anderson 18-yard pass to Cribbs
to New York 46; Anderson 14-yard
pass to Edwards on 4th-and-4 to New
York 26; Anderson 19-yard pass to
Heiden to New York 7. CLEVELAND 7-0
NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 35 YD, 15:00. Drive: 7
plays, 63 yards in 1:15. Key plays:
Clemens 11-yard pass to Washington
to New York 41; Clemens 17-yard
pass to Cotchery to Cleveland 47;
Clemens 19-yard pass to Baker to
Cleveland 28; Clemens 11-yard pass
to Washington to Cleveland 17.
CLEVELAND 7-3
3RD QUARTER: CLE - TD, BRAYLON EDWARDS 4 YD PASS FROM
DEREK ANDERSON (PHIL DAWSON KICK),
2:28. Drive: 5 plays, 61 yards in
2:28. Key plays: Anderson 45-yard
pass to Edwards to New York 5.
CLEVELAND 14-3
NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 41 YD, 12:10. Drive: 11
plays, 43 yards in 4:30. Key plays:
Clemens 13-yard pass to T Jones to
midfield; Clemens 14-yard pass to
Baker to Cleveland 36; Clemens
9-yard pass to Coles on 4th-and-8
to Cleveland 23. CLEVELAND 14-6
4TH QUARTER: CLE - FG, PHIL DAWSON 49 YD, 2:01. Drive: 10
plays, 36 yards in 4:51. Key plays:
Anderson 7-yard pass Jurevicius on
3rd-and-5 to Cleveland 44; Harrison
17-yard run to New York 26.
CLEVELAND 17-6
NYJ - TD, KELLEN CLEMENS 1 YD RUN (TWO-POINT
PASS CONVERSION FAILED), 12:01.
Drive: 9 plays, 69 yards in 2:28.
Key plays: T Jones 11-yard run to
New York 42; Clemens 15-yard pass
to Baker to Cleveland 43; T Jones
13-yard run to Cleveland 27; T
Jones 17-yard run to Cleveland 1.
CLEVELAND 17-12
NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 38 YD, 13:17. Drive: 7
plays, 37 yards in 1:16. Key plays:
Cassell recovery of onside kick at
New York 43; Clemens 26-yard pass
to Cotchery to Cleveland 32; Jones
11-run to Cleveland 20. CLEVELAND
17-15
CLE - TD, JAMAL LEWIS 31 YD RUN (PHIL DAWSON
KICK), 13:38. Drive: 3 plays, 37
yards in 0:21. Key plays:
Jurevicius recovery of onside kick
at New York 37 CLEVELAND 24-15
NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 35 YD, 14:28. Drive: 5
plays, 43 yards in 0:50. Key plays:
Clemens 32-yard pass to Cotchery to
Cleveland 17. CLEVELAND 24-18

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NFL: CLEVELAND at NY JETS

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
CLEVELAND 24
NY JETS 18 FINAL</div>

 

NFL: CLEVELAND at NY JETS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CLEVELAND 0 7 7 10 24
NY JETS 0 3 3 12 18 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

NONE

2ND QUARTER:

13:45 CLE - TD, JAMAL LEWIS 7 YD PASS FROM DEREK ANDERSON (PHIL DAWSON KICK).
Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 4:54.
Key plays: Anderson 16-yard pass to Winslow on 3rd-and-10 to
Cleveland 36; Anderson 18-yard pass to Cribbs to New York 46; Anderson
14-yard pass to Edwards on 4th-and-4 to New York 26; Anderson 19-yard pass
to Heiden to New York 7. CLEVELAND 7-0.
15:00 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 35 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 63 yards in 1:15.
Key plays: Clemens 11-yard pass to Washington to New York 41;
Clemens 17-yard pass to Cotchery to Cleveland 47; Clemens 19-yard pass to
Baker to Cleveland 28; Clemens 11-yard pass to Washington to Cleveland 17.
CLEVELAND 7-3.

3RD QUARTER:

2:28 CLE - TD, BRAYLON EDWARDS 4 YD PASS FROM DEREK ANDERSON (PHIL DAWSON KICK).
Drive: 5 plays, 61 yards in 2:28.
Key plays: Anderson 45-yard pass to Edwards to New York 5. CLEVELAND
14-3.
12:10 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 41 YD.
Drive: 11 plays, 43 yards in 4:30.
Key plays: Clemens 13-yard pass to T Jones to midfield; Clemens
14-yard pass to Baker to Cleveland 36; Clemens 9-yard pass to Coles on
4th-and-8 to Cleveland 23. CLEVELAND 14-6.

4TH QUARTER:

2:01 CLE - FG, PHIL DAWSON 49 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 36 yards in 4:51.
Key plays: Anderson 7-yard pass Jurevicius on 3rd-and-5 to Cleveland
44; Harrison 17-yard run to New York 26. CLEVELAND 17-6.
12:01 NYJ - TD, KELLEN CLEMENS 1 YD RUN (TWO-POINT PASS CONVERSION FAILED).
Drive: 9 plays, 69 yards in 2:28.
Key plays: T Jones 11-yard run to New York 42; Clemens 15-yard pass
to Baker to Cleveland 43; T Jones 13-yard run to Cleveland 27; T Jones
17-yard run to Cleveland 1. CLEVELAND 17-12.
13:17 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 38 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 37 yards in 1:16.
Key plays: Cassell recovery of onside kick at New York 43; Clemens
26-yard pass to Cotchery to Cleveland 32; Jones 11-run to Cleveland 20.
CLEVELAND 17-15.
13:38 CLE - TD, JAMAL LEWIS 31 YD RUN (PHIL DAWSON KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 37 yards in 0:21.
Key plays: Jurevicius recovery of onside kick at New York 37
CLEVELAND 24-15.
14:28 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 35 YD.
Drive: 5 plays, 43 yards in 0:50.
Key plays: Clemens 32-yard pass to Cotchery to Cleveland 17.
CLEVELAND 24-18.

CLEVELAND - NY JETS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS CLEVELAND NY JETS

FIRST DOWNS 18 26
Rushing 8 7
Passing 10 18
Penalty 0 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-12-42% 2-12-17%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 2-2-100%
TOTAL NET YARDS 337 387
Total offensive plays 58 75
Average gain per play 5.8 5.2
NET YARDS RUSHING 152 119
Rushing attempts 29 30
Average gain per rush 5.2 4.0
Tackles for loss-yards 3-4 2-4
NET YARDS PASSING 185 268
Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 4-18
Gross passing yards 185 286
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 29-16-1 41-24-2
Avg gain per pass play 6.4 6.0
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-0-0 5-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 5-46.0 5-41.6
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 44.6 31.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) -31 66
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-7 2-53
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-60 5-60
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2--38 1-13
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-29 2-9
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-0 2-0
TOUCHDOWNS 3 1
Rushing 1 1
Passing 2 0
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 3-3 0-1
Kicking: Made-Attempts 3-3 0-0
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-1
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 4-4
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 1-4-25%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 1-2-50%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 27:59 32:01


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

CLEVELAND NY JETS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J LEWIS 21 118 5.6 31 1 T JONES 24 106 4.4 17 0
J HARRISON 2 21 10.5 17 0 K CLEMENS 3 8 2.7 5 1
L VICKERS 2 6 3.0 3 0 L WASHINGT 3 5 1.7 3 0
J CRIBBS 1 4 4.0 4 0
D ANDERSON 3 3 1.0 5 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D ANDERSON 16-29-185 1 2 45 K CLEMENS 24-41-286 2 0 32

Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: K CLEMENS 4-18.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
K WINSLOW 4 34 8.5 16 0 L COLES 7 48 6.9 12 0
B EDWARDS 3 63 21.0 45 1 J COTCHERY 6 119 19.8 32 0
J LEWIS 3 19 6.3 7 1 L WASHINGT 4 31 7.8 11 0
S HEIDEN 2 20 10.0 19 0 C BAKER 3 48 16.0 19 0
J CRIBBS 1 18 18.0 18 0 B SMITH 3 27 9.0 14 0
J WRIGHT 1 14 14.0 14 0 T JONES 1 13 13.0 13 0
L VICKERS 1 10 10.0 10 0
J JUREVICI 1 7 7.0 7 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S JONES 1 0 0.0 0 0 K RHODES 1 13 13.0 13 0
B MCDONALD 1 -38 -38. 0 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D ZASTUDIL 5 230 46.0 2 0 49 B GRAHAM 5 208 41.6 1 2 50

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J CRIBBS 2 7 3.5 7 0 L WASHINGTON 2 53 26.5 33 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J CRIBBS 2 51 25.5 31 0 L WASHINGTON 4 45 11.3 29 0
J JUREVICIUS 2 9 4.5 9 0 B SMITH 1 15 15.0 15 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
P DAWSON 3/3 1/1 M NUGENT 0/0 4/4
Dist.: 49 Dist.: 35 41 38 35

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
B EDWARDS 1 0 0 0-0 K CLEMENS 1 0 0 0-0
K WIMBLEY 0 0 1 0-0 L WASHINGTON 1 0 0 0-0
K RHODES 0 0 1 0-0
B MOORE 0 0 0 1-0
E SMITH 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
D HOLLY 11 10 1 0-0 D HARRIS 9 5 4 0-0
D JACKSON 10 6 4 0-0 A ELAM 8 6 2 0-0
L WILLIAMS 9 4 51.5-7 K COLEMAN 6 4 2 0-0
S JONES 8 7 1 .5-4 B THOMAS 5 4 1 0-0
B POOL 8 5 3 0-0 K RHODES 4 3 1 0-0
R SMITH 7 6 1 0-0 H POTEAT 3 3 0 0-0
L BODDEN 6 4 2 0-0 S POUHA 3 3 0 0-0
K WIMBLEY 4 3 1 1-3 D ROBERTSON 3 2 1 0-0
S SMITH 4 3 1 0-0 D REVIS 3 2 1 0-0
B MCDONALD 4 3 1 0-0 E BARTON 2 1 1 0-0
A DAVIS 3 3 0 0-0 D BOWENS 2 1 1 0-0
A PEEK 2 1 1 .5-0 D BARRETT 2 1 1 0-0
C THOMPSON 2 0 2 .5-4 M CHATHAM 1 1 0 0-0
W MCGINEST 1 1 0 0-0 E COLEMAN 1 1 0 0-0
M ADAMS 1 1 0 0-0 E SMITH 1 1 0 0-0
E KELLEY 1 0 1 0-0 D COLEMAN 1 1 0 0-0
V HOBSON 1 1 0 0-0
S ELLIS 1 0 1 0-0
B KASSELL 1 0 1 0-0

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By Doug Mittler
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


<div class="pre">EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) - Nothing comes easy for</div>the Cleveland Browns.


Derek Anderson threw two touchdowns and Jamal Lewis sealed thegame with a late touchdown run as the Browns posted a 24-18victory over the New York Jets on Sunday.


Anderson completed 16-of-29 for 185 yards and one interceptionand Lewis ran for 118 yards on 21 carries for Cleveland, whichis vying for its first playoff berth since 2002.


The Browns (8-5), who have already won two overtime games thisseason, bounced back from a heartbreaking 27-21 loss to Arizonalast week to move within one game of the Pittsburgh Steelers inthe NFC North.


Cleveland led, 17-6, in the fourth quarter, but New Yorkquarterback Kellen Clemens capped a nine-play 69-yard drive witha sneak to cut the lead to 17-12 with 2:59 to play.

The ensuing two-point conversion failed, but the Jets recoveredthe onside kick as Brad Smith leapt and deflected the ball,allowing linebacker Brad Kassell to wind up with it at thebottom of the pile.


Clemens then drove the Jets to the Cleveland 20-yard line, butcoach Eric Mangini made a curious call on 4th-and-10 with 1:43left. Mangini chose to take the points and Mike Nugentconverted a 38-yard field goal to cut the deficit to 17-15.

The following onside kick was recovered by Browns receiver JoeJurevicius at the 37-yard line. Lewis then sealed the outcomeby dragging several tacklers en route to a 19-yard TD run with1:22 to play.


New York drove to the 18-yard line and opted for a 35-yard fieldgoal by Nugent in order to preserve time with 32 seconds left.

However, the strange sequence of events continued as the Jetslined up for yet another onside kick, but instead kicked it deepand watched the ball go out of bounds.


An offside penalty on the kickoff forced a third onside kickattempt and the Browns recovered to finally end it.

Cleveland was in control for most of the game, save for the latecomeback attempt.


With the Browns ahead, 7-0, and the ball at midfield, BraylonEdwards made a great leaping catch and outran the New Yorkdefense before fumbling the ball out of bounds at the Jets'5-yard line.


Edwards capped the drive by pulling down a fade pass for a4-yard score to stretch the lead to 14-3 with 12:32 left in thethird.


New York pulled with 14-6 on a 41-yard field goal from Nugent,but Phil Dawson drilled a 49-yarder to put Cleveland up 17-6with 12:59 left in the fourth.


Clemens, who played against Anderson in college and in highschool, was 24-of-41 for 286 yards with two interceptions.

Clemens went to Oregon while Anderson attended Oregon State.

 

NFL: CLEVELAND at NY JETS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CLEVELAND 0 7 7 10 24
NY JETS 0 3 3 12 18 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

NONE

2ND QUARTER:

13:45 CLE - TD, JAMAL LEWIS 7 YD PASS FROM DEREK ANDERSON (PHIL DAWSON KICK).
Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 4:54.
Key plays: Anderson 16-yard pass to Winslow on 3rd-and-10 to
Cleveland 36; Anderson 18-yard pass to Cribbs to New York 46; Anderson
14-yard pass to Edwards on 4th-and-4 to New York 26; Anderson 19-yard pass
to Heiden to New York 7. CLEVELAND 7-0.
15:00 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 35 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 63 yards in 1:15.
Key plays: Clemens 11-yard pass to Washington to New York 41;
Clemens 17-yard pass to Cotchery to Cleveland 47; Clemens 19-yard pass to
Baker to Cleveland 28; Clemens 11-yard pass to Washington to Cleveland 17.
CLEVELAND 7-3.

3RD QUARTER:

2:28 CLE - TD, BRAYLON EDWARDS 4 YD PASS FROM DEREK ANDERSON (PHIL DAWSON KICK).
Drive: 5 plays, 61 yards in 2:28.
Key plays: Anderson 45-yard pass to Edwards to New York 5. CLEVELAND
14-3.
12:10 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 41 YD.
Drive: 11 plays, 43 yards in 4:30.
Key plays: Clemens 13-yard pass to T Jones to midfield; Clemens
14-yard pass to Baker to Cleveland 36; Clemens 9-yard pass to Coles on
4th-and-8 to Cleveland 23. CLEVELAND 14-6.

4TH QUARTER:

2:01 CLE - FG, PHIL DAWSON 49 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 36 yards in 4:51.
Key plays: Anderson 7-yard pass Jurevicius on 3rd-and-5 to Cleveland
44; Harrison 17-yard run to New York 26. CLEVELAND 17-6.
12:01 NYJ - TD, KELLEN CLEMENS 1 YD RUN (TWO-POINT PASS CONVERSION FAILED).
Drive: 9 plays, 69 yards in 2:28.
Key plays: T Jones 11-yard run to New York 42; Clemens 15-yard pass
to Baker to Cleveland 43; T Jones 13-yard run to Cleveland 27; T Jones
17-yard run to Cleveland 1. CLEVELAND 17-12.
13:17 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 38 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 37 yards in 1:16.
Key plays: Cassell recovery of onside kick at New York 43; Clemens
26-yard pass to Cotchery to Cleveland 32; Jones 11-run to Cleveland 20.
CLEVELAND 17-15.
13:38 CLE - TD, JAMAL LEWIS 31 YD RUN (PHIL DAWSON KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 37 yards in 0:21.
Key plays: Jurevicius recovery of onside kick at New York 37
CLEVELAND 24-15.
14:28 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 35 YD.
Drive: 5 plays, 43 yards in 0:50.
Key plays: Clemens 32-yard pass to Cotchery to Cleveland 17.
CLEVELAND 24-18.

CLEVELAND - NY JETS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS CLEVELAND NY JETS

FIRST DOWNS 18 26
Rushing 8 7
Passing 10 18
Penalty 0 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-12-42% 2-12-17%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 2-2-100%
TOTAL NET YARDS 337 387
Total offensive plays 58 75
Average gain per play 5.8 5.2
NET YARDS RUSHING 152 119
Rushing attempts 29 30
Average gain per rush 5.2 4.0
Tackles for loss-yards 3-4 2-4
NET YARDS PASSING 185 268
Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 4-18
Gross passing yards 185 286
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 29-16-1 41-24-2
Avg gain per pass play 6.4 6.0
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-0-0 5-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 5-46.0 5-41.6
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 44.6 31.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) -31 66
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-7 2-53
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-60 5-60
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2--38 1-13
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-29 2-9
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-0 2-0
TOUCHDOWNS 3 1
Rushing 1 1
Passing 2 0
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 3-3 0-1
Kicking: Made-Attempts 3-3 0-0
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-1
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 4-4
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 1-4-25%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 1-2-50%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 27:59 32:01


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

CLEVELAND NY JETS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J LEWIS 21 118 5.6 31 1 T JONES 24 106 4.4 17 0
J HARRISON 2 21 10.5 17 0 K CLEMENS 3 8 2.7 5 1
L VICKERS 2 6 3.0 3 0 L WASHINGT 3 5 1.7 3 0
J CRIBBS 1 4 4.0 4 0
D ANDERSON 3 3 1.0 5 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D ANDERSON 16-29-185 1 2 45 K CLEMENS 24-41-286 2 0 32

Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: K CLEMENS 4-18.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
K WINSLOW 4 34 8.5 16 0 L COLES 7 48 6.9 12 0
B EDWARDS 3 63 21.0 45 1 J COTCHERY 6 119 19.8 32 0
J LEWIS 3 19 6.3 7 1 L WASHINGT 4 31 7.8 11 0
S HEIDEN 2 20 10.0 19 0 C BAKER 3 48 16.0 19 0
J CRIBBS 1 18 18.0 18 0 B SMITH 3 27 9.0 14 0
J WRIGHT 1 14 14.0 14 0 T JONES 1 13 13.0 13 0
L VICKERS 1 10 10.0 10 0
J JUREVICI 1 7 7.0 7 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S JONES 1 0 0.0 0 0 K RHODES 1 13 13.0 13 0
B MCDONALD 1 -38 -38. 0 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D ZASTUDIL 5 230 46.0 2 0 49 B GRAHAM 5 208 41.6 1 2 50

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J CRIBBS 2 7 3.5 7 0 L WASHINGTON 2 53 26.5 33 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J CRIBBS 2 51 25.5 31 0 L WASHINGTON 4 45 11.3 29 0
J JUREVICIUS 2 9 4.5 9 0 B SMITH 1 15 15.0 15 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
P DAWSON 3/3 1/1 M NUGENT 0/0 4/4
Dist.: 49 Dist.: 35 41 38 35

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
B EDWARDS 1 0 0 0-0 K CLEMENS 1 0 0 0-0
K WIMBLEY 0 0 1 0-0 L WASHINGTON 1 0 0 0-0
K RHODES 0 0 1 0-0
B MOORE 0 0 0 1-0
E SMITH 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
D HOLLY 11 10 1 0-0 D HARRIS 9 5 4 0-0
D JACKSON 10 6 4 0-0 A ELAM 8 6 2 0-0
L WILLIAMS 9 4 51.5-7 K COLEMAN 6 4 2 0-0
S JONES 8 7 1 .5-4 B THOMAS 5 4 1 0-0
B POOL 8 5 3 0-0 K RHODES 4 3 1 0-0
R SMITH 7 6 1 0-0 H POTEAT 3 3 0 0-0
L BODDEN 6 4 2 0-0 S POUHA 3 3 0 0-0
K WIMBLEY 4 3 1 1-3 D ROBERTSON 3 2 1 0-0
S SMITH 4 3 1 0-0 D REVIS 3 2 1 0-0
B MCDONALD 4 3 1 0-0 E BARTON 2 1 1 0-0
A DAVIS 3 3 0 0-0 D BOWENS 2 1 1 0-0
A PEEK 2 1 1 .5-0 D BARRETT 2 1 1 0-0
C THOMPSON 2 0 2 .5-4 M CHATHAM 1 1 0 0-0
W MCGINEST 1 1 0 0-0 E COLEMAN 1 1 0 0-0
M ADAMS 1 1 0 0-0 E SMITH 1 1 0 0-0
E KELLEY 1 0 1 0-0 D COLEMAN 1 1 0 0-0
V HOBSON 1 1 0 0-0
S ELLIS 1 0 1 0-0
B KASSELL 1 0 1 0-0

Att: 76,822 Time of Game: 3:04</div>

 

By Doug Mittler
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


<div class="pre">EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) - Nothing comes easy for</div>the Cleveland Browns.


Derek Anderson threw two touchdowns and Jamal Lewis sealed thegame with a late touchdown run as the Browns posted a 24-18victory over the New York Jets on Sunday.


Anderson completed 16-of-29 for 185 yards and one interceptionand Lewis ran for 118 yards on 21 carries for Cleveland, whichis vying for its first playoff berth since 2002.


"It came down to the wire. We seem to do that quite a bit,"Browns coach Romeo Crennel said. "We feel fortunate to win thegame. Nothing is ever guaranteed in the NFL."


The Browns (8-5), who already have won two overtime games thisseason, bounced back from a heartbreaking 27-21 loss to Arizonalast week to move within one game of the Pittsburgh Steelers inthe NFC North.


Cleveland led, 17-6, in the fourth quarter, but New Yorkquarterback Kellen Clemens capped a nine-play 69-yard drive witha sneak to cut the lead to 17-12 with 2:59 to play.

The ensuing two-point conversion failed, but the Jets recoveredthe onside kick as Brad Smith leapt and deflected the ball,allowing linebacker Brad Kassell to wind up with it at thebottom of the pile.


Clemens then drove the Jets to the Cleveland 20-yard line, butcoach Eric Mangini made a curious call on 4th-and-10 with 1:43left. Mangini chose to take the points and Mike Nugentconverted a 38-yard field goal to cut the deficit to 17-15.

The following onside kick was recovered by Browns receiver JoeJurevicius at the 37-yard line. Lewis then sealed the outcomeby dragging several tacklers en route to a 31-yard TD run with1:22 to play.


"That kind of finished things off," Lewis said. "We couldn'tget things going like we normally did, but we stuck with it."

New York drove to the 18-yard line and opted for a 35-yard fieldgoal by Nugent in order to preserve time with 32 seconds left.

However, the strange sequence of events continued as the Jetslined up for yet another onside kick, but instead kicked it deepand watched the ball go out of bounds.


An offside penalty on the kickoff forced a third onside kickattempt and Jurevicius recovered again to finally end it.

"They just made more plays at the end than we did," said Jetssafety Kerry Rhodes, who had an interception for the fourthstraight game.


Cleveland was in control for most of the game, save for the latecomeback attempt.


With the Browns ahead, 7-0, and the ball at midfield, BraylonEdwards made a great leaping catch and outran the New Yorkdefense before fumbling the ball out of bounds at the Jets'5-yard line.


Edwards capped the drive by pulling down a fade pass for a4-yard score to stretch the lead to 14-3 with 12:32 left in thethird. It was the 13th TD catch of the season for Edwards, whotied the club record set by Gary Collins in 1963.


New York pulled with 14-6 on a 41-yard field goal from Nugent,but Phil Dawson drilled a 49-yarder to put Cleveland up 17-6with 12:59 left in the fourth.


Clemens, who played against Anderson in college and in highschool, was 24-of-41 for 286 yards with two interceptions.

Clemens went to Oregon while Anderson attended Oregon State.

"It was great to see him before the game," Anderson said. "Itseemed like I was watching more of him than I wanted to."

After a scoreless first quarter Anderson engineered a 10-play,80-yard drive that ended with a 7-yard touchdown pass to Lewiswith 1:15 left in the half.


Nugent kicked a 35-yard field goal as time expired to make thescore 7-3 at halftime.

 

By Doug Mittler
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


<div class="pre">EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) - Nothing comes easy for</div>the Cleveland Browns.


Derek Anderson threw two touchdowns and Jamal Lewis sealed thegame with a late touchdown run as the Browns posted a 24-18victory over the New York Jets on Sunday.


Anderson completed 16-of-29 for 185 yards and one interceptionand Lewis ran for 118 yards on 21 carries for Cleveland, whichis vying for its first playoff berth since 2002.


"It came down to the wire. We seem to do that quite a bit,"Browns coach Romeo Crennel said. "We feel fortunate to win thegame. Nothing is ever guaranteed in the NFL."


The Browns (8-5), who already have won two overtime games thisseason, bounced back from a heartbreaking 27-21 loss to Arizonalast week to move within one game of the Pittsburgh Steelers inthe NFC North.


Cleveland led, 17-6, in the fourth quarter, but New Yorkquarterback Kellen Clemens capped a nine-play 69-yard drive witha sneak to cut the lead to 17-12 with 2:59 to play.

The ensuing two-point conversion failed, but the Jets recoveredthe onside kick as Brad Smith leapt and deflected the ball,allowing linebacker Brad Kassell to wind up with it at thebottom of the pile.


Clemens then drove the Jets to the Cleveland 20-yard line, butcoach Eric Mangini made a curious call on 4th-and-10 with 1:43left. Mangini chose to take the points and Mike Nugentconverted a 38-yard field goal to cut the deficit to 17-15.

"I just felt at that point we had a real opportunity to get theball back with the timeouts and I wanted to take thatopportunity," Mangini said. "I felt Nugent was doing a realnice job of kicking it. It was risk reward at that point."

The following onside kick was recovered by Browns receiver JoeJurevicius at the 37-yard line. Lewis then sealed the outcomeby dragging several tacklers en route to a 31-yard TD run with1:22 to play.


"That kind of finished things off," Lewis said. "We couldn'tget things going like we normally did, but we stuck with it."

New York drove to the 18-yard line and opted for a 35-yard fieldgoal by Nugent in order to preserve time with 32 seconds left.

However, the strange sequence of events continued as the Jetslined up for yet another onside kick, but instead kicked it deepand watched the ball go out of bounds.


An offside penalty on the kickoff forced a third onside kickattempt and Jurevicius recovered again to finally end it.

"They just made more plays at the end than we did," said Jetssafety Kerry Rhodes, who had an interception for the fourthstraight game.


Cleveland was in control for most of the game, save for the latecomeback attempt.


With the Browns ahead, 7-0, and the ball at midfield, BraylonEdwards made a great leaping catch and outran the New Yorkdefense before fumbling the ball out of bounds at the Jets'5-yard line.


Edwards capped the drive by pulling down a fade pass for a4-yard score to stretch the lead to 14-3 with 12:32 left in thethird. It was the 13th TD catch of the season for Edwards, whotied the club record set by Gary Collins in 1963.


New York pulled with 14-6 on a 41-yard field goal from Nugent,but Phil Dawson drilled a 49-yarder to put Cleveland up 17-6with 12:59 left in the fourth.


Clemens, who played against Anderson in college and in highschool, was 24-of-41 for 286 yards with two interceptions.

Clemens went to Oregon while Anderson attended Oregon State.

"It was great to see him before the game," Anderson said. "Itseemed like I was watching more of him than I wanted to."

After a scoreless first quarter Anderson engineered a 10-play,80-yard drive that ended with a 7-yard touchdown pass to Lewiswith 1:15 left in the half.


Nugent kicked a 35-yard field goal as time expired to make thescore 7-3 at halftime.