NFL: CLEVELAND at CHICAGO <div class="pre">NFL CLEVELAND 19 CHICAGO 0 9:39 LEFT, 3RD QTR CHI BALL ON CLE 40 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: CLEVELAND at CHICAGO <div class="pre">NFL CLEVELAND 19 CHICAGO 6 5:47 LEFT, 3RD QTR CLE BALL ON CLE 22 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: CLEVELAND at CHICAGO <div class="pre">NFL FG CHI ROBBIE GOULD 21 YD CLEVELAND 19 CHICAGO 9 5:54 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>
NFL: CLEVELAND at CHICAGO <div class="pre">NFL CLEVELAND 19 CHICAGO 9 2:13 LEFT, 3RD QTR CHI BALL ON CHI 1 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: CLEVELAND at CHICAGO <div class="pre">NFL END, 3RD QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- CLEVELAND 5 14 0 19 CHICAGO 0 3 6 9 END, 3RD QTR SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: CLE - SAFETY, BALL THROUGH END ZONE 14:58. CLEVELAND 2-0 CLE - FG, PHIL DAWSON 26 YD, 14:50. CLEVELAND 5-0 2ND QUARTER: CLE - TD, JOSH CRIBBS 70 YD PUNT RETURN (PHIL DAWSON KICK), 3:12. CLEVELAND 12-0 CLE - TD, JEROME HARRISON 1 YD RUN (PHIL DAWSON KICK), 12:39. CLEVELAND 19-0 CHI - FG, ROBBIE GOULD 21 YD, 14:56. CLEVELAND 19-9 3RD QUARTER: CHI - TD, MIKE HASS 9 YD PASS FROM CHRIS LEAK (TWO-POINT PASS CONVERSION FAILED), 9:06. CLEVELAND 19-6</div>
NFL: CLEVELAND at CHICAGO <div class="pre">NFL CLEVELAND 19 CHICAGO 9 14:55 LEFT, 4TH QTR CHI BALL ON CHI 15 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: CLEVELAND at CHICAGO <div class="pre">NFL CLEVELAND 19 CHICAGO 9 10:42 LEFT, 4TH QTR CHI BALL ON CLE 15 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: CLEVELAND at CHICAGO <div class="pre">CORRECTION NFL CLEVELAND 19 CHICAGO 9 10:42 LEFT, 4TH QTR CLE BALL ON CLE 22 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: CLEVELAND at CHICAGO <div class="pre">NFL CLEVELAND 19 CHICAGO 9 7:52 LEFT, 4TH QTR CHI BALL ON CHI 10 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: CLEVELAND at CHICAGO <div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 2ND HALF CLEVELAND 19 CHICAGO 9 CHI BALL ON CHI 41 YD LINE 2ND AND 8</div>
NFL: CLEVELAND at CHICAGO <div class="pre">NFL CLEVELAND 19 CHICAGO 9 1:30 LEFT, 4TH QTR CLE BALL ON CLE 28 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: CLEVELAND at CHICAGO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- CLEVELAND 5 14 0 0 19 CHICAGO 0 3 6 0 9 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: CLE - SAFETY, BALL THROUGH END ZONE 14:58. CLEVELAND 2-0 CLE - FG, PHIL DAWSON 26 YD, 14:50. CLEVELAND 5-0 2ND QUARTER: CLE - TD, JOSH CRIBBS 70 YD PUNT RETURN (PHIL DAWSON KICK), 3:12. CLEVELAND 12-0 CLE - TD, JEROME HARRISON 1 YD RUN (PHIL DAWSON KICK), 12:39. CLEVELAND 19-0 CHI - FG, ROBBIE GOULD 21 YD, 14:56. CLEVELAND 19-9 3RD QUARTER: CHI - TD, MIKE HASS 9 YD PASS FROM CHRIS LEAK (TWO-POINT PASS CONVERSION FAILED), 9:06. CLEVELAND 19-6 4TH QUARTER: NONE ATT:</div>
By Dennis Sheehan and Bill Marquard PA SportsTicker Contributing Writers CHICAGO (Ticker) - Joshua Cribbs returned a punt 70 yards for atouchdown to spark the Cleveland Browns to a 19-9 victory overthe Chicago Bears on Thursday night in the preseason finale forboth teams. The Browns and Bears plumbed their depth charts at SoldierField, with starters from both squads seeing limited action. Cleveland coach Romeo Crennel slotted Charlie Frye and DerekAnderson into two possessions each in the first quarter. Bearsstarter Rex Grossman saw 2:01 of action on the first series ofthe game, giving way to Brian Griese for two series. Grossman was surprised by his limited stint at quarterback. "Ithought I was going to play on two or three series, so I waskind of surprised I only go three plays." Both teams went to their No. 3 quarterback s by the start of thesecond quarter. Browns rookie Brady Quinn finished the first half with 5-for-7passing for 32 yards. He engineered a nine-play, 50-yard TDdrive on the final possession of the second quarter, completing4-of-4 passes for 27 yards. Chicago's Kyle Orton threw for 102 yards on 12-for-19 passing inhis second-quarter appearance. The Browns scored first, cappingan eight-play, 47-yard drive with Phil Dawson's 24-yard fieldgoal with 10 seconds left in the first quarter. The Browns struck again 8 seconds later when Chicago's DaniealManning muffed the ensuing kickoff and batted it out of the endzone for a safety. Return specialist Cribbs made a strong case to be the team's topreturn man, returning four punts for a total of 111 yards inthe first half, including the 70-yd TD burst. The Bears scored on Robbie Gould's 21-yard field goal on thelast play of the first half, capping a 12-play, 73-yardall-passing drive that featured seven straight completions byOrton. Fourth-string Bears signal-caller Chris Leak connected with MikeHass for a 9-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter, but wasintercepted on the attempted two-point conversion. Tight Greg Olsen, the Bears' first-round draft pick, left thegame in the first half with a knee bruise.
By Dennis Sheehan and Bill Marquard PA SportsTicker Contributing Writers CHICAGO (Ticker) - Joshua Cribbs returned a punt 70 yards for atouchdown to spark the Cleveland Browns to a 19-9 victory overthe Chicago Bears on Thursday night in the preseason finale forboth teams. The Browns and Bears plumbed their depth charts at SoldierField, with starters from both squads seeing limited action. Cleveland coach Romeo Crennel slotted Charlie Frye and DerekAnderson into two possessions each in the first quarter. Bearsstarter Rex Grossman saw 2:01 of action on the first series ofthe game, giving way to Brian Griese for two series. Rookie tight Greg Olsen, the Bears' first-round draft pick, leftthe game in the first half with a knee sprain, according tocoach Lovie Smith. Olsen is schedule to undergo an MRI exam on Friday. Grossman was surprised by his limited stint at quarterback. "Ithought I was going to play on two or three series, so I waskind of surprised I only go three plays." Both teams went to their No. 3 quarterback s by the start of thesecond quarter. Browns rookie Brady Quinn finished the first half with 5-for-7passing for 32 yards. He engineered a nine-play, 50-yard TDdrive on the final possession of the second quarter, completing4-of-4 passes for 27 yards. Chicago's Kyle Orton threw for 102 yards on 12-for-19 passing inhis second-quarter appearance. The Browns scored first, cappingan eight-play, 47-yard drive with Phil Dawson's 24-yard fieldgoal with 10 seconds left in the first quarter. The Browns struck again 8 seconds later when Chicago's DaniealManning muffed the ensuing kickoff and batted it out of the endzone for a safety. Return specialist Cribbs made a strong case to be the team's topreturn man, returning four punts for a total of 111 yards inthe first half, including the 70-yd TD burst. The Bears scored on Robbie Gould's 21-yard field goal on thelast play of the first half, capping a 12-play, 73-yardall-passing drive that featured seven straight completions byOrton. Fourth-string Bears signal-caller Chris Leak connected with MikeHass for a 9-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter, but wasintercepted on the attempted two-point conversion.
NFL: CLEVELAND at CHICAGO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- CLEVELAND 5 14 0 0 19 CHICAGO 0 3 6 0 9 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 14:58 CLE - SAFETY, BALL THROUGH END ZONE . CLEVELAND 2-0. 14:50 CLE - FG, PHIL DAWSON 24 YD. CLEVELAND 5-0. 2ND QUARTER: 3:12 CLE - TD, JOSH CRIBBS 70 YD PUNT RETURN (PHIL DAWSON KICK). CLEVELAND 12-0. 12:39 CLE - TD, JEROME HARRISON 1 YD RUN (PHIL DAWSON KICK). CLEVELAND 19-0. 15:00 . CLEVELAND 19-9. 3RD QUARTER: 9:06 CHI - TD, MIKE HASS 9 YD PASS FROM CHRIS LEAK (TWO-POINT PASS CONVERSION FAILED). CLEVELAND 19-6. 4TH QUARTER: NONE CLEVELAND - CHICAGO Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS CLEVELAND CHICAGO FIRST DOWNS 15 20 Rushing 7 2 Passing 7 14 Penalty 1 4 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-11-36% 12-18-67% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 228 257 Total offensive plays 51 70 Average gain per play 4.5 3.7 NET YARDS RUSHING 95 74 Rushing attempts 22 28 Average gain per rush 4.3 2.6 Tackles for loss-yards 0-0 2-5 NET YARDS PASSING 133 183 Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-3 3-19 Gross passing yards 136 202 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 28-17-1 39-25-2 Avg gain per pass play 4.6 4.4 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-0-0 3-1-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 6-39.5 5-46.0 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 21.0 46.0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 130 22 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-111 0-0 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-72 4-82 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-19 1-22 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 6-57 4-36 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 1-0 TOUCHDOWNS 2 1 Rushing 1 0 Passing 0 1 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 1 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 0-1 Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 0-0 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-1 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-2 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 1-2-50% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-2-50% SAFETIES 1 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 27:06 32:54 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS CLEVELAND CHICAGO RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C BARCLAY 5 34 6.8 14 0 J ALLEN 13 43 3.3 5 0 J HARRISON 8 31 3.9 7 1 G WOLFE 11 20 1.8 5 0 J WRIGHT 3 15 5.0 10 0 A PETERSON 3 9 3.0 6 0 J LEWIS 4 13 3.3 6 0 C BENSON 1 2 2.0 2 0 C ALI 1 4 4.0 4 0 K DORSEY 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- B QUINN 9-14- 64 1 0 15 K ORTON 12-19-102 1 0 20 D ANDERSON 6- 9- 53 0 0 21 C LEAK 11-16- 88 1 1 17 C FRYE 2- 5- 19 0 0 16 B GRIESE 1- 3- 12 0 0 12 R GROSSMAN 1- 1- 0 0 0 0 Sacked-Yards Lost: K DORSEY 1-3. Sacked-Yards Lost: C LEAK 2-14, B GRIESE 1-5. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T WILSON 4 34 8.5 15 0 G WOLFE 6 53 8.8 14 0 R KRAUSE 3 21 7.0 14 0 D BALL 4 40 10.0 13 0 B EDWARDS 2 22 11.0 16 0 R DAVIS 3 33 11.0 20 0 J HARRISON 2 17 8.5 9 0 G OLSEN 3 7 2.3 4 0 D DINKINS 2 10 5.0 5 0 D JAMES 2 21 10.5 17 0 K WINSLOW 2 8 4.0 5 0 J ALLEN 2 11 5.5 6 0 J CRIBBS 1 21 21.0 21 0 B AYANBADE 1 12 12.0 12 0 C BARCLAY 1 3 3.0 3 0 M HASS 1 9 9.0 9 1 J GILMORE 1 9 9.0 9 0 J ALLEN 1 4 4.0 4 0 F MINES 1 3 3.0 3 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C SMITH 1 19 19.0 19 0 B AYANBADEJO 1 22 22.0 22 0 B MCDONALD 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D ZASTUDIL 6 237 39.5 1 5 51 B MAYNARD 5 230 46.0 0 0 56 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J CRIBBS 4 111 27.8 70 1 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- S STEPTOE 2 47 23.5 32 0 D MANNING 2 36 18.0 38 0 J CRIBBS 1 25 25.0 25 0 R DAVIS 1 24 24.0 24 0 J ALLEN 1 22 22.0 22 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- P DAWSON 2/2 1/1 Dist.: 24 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ D MANNING 1 0 0 0-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ C SMITH 10 9 1 0-0 T MCBRIDE 8 8 0 0-0 M ADAMS 9 9 0 0-0 J WILLIAMS 5 4 1 0-0 M PURCELL 9 9 0 0-0 A GARAY 3 3 0 0-0 B OSHINOWO 6 4 2 1-2 B AYANBADEJO 3 2 1 0-0 E KELLEY 5 3 2 0-0 A SHANLE 3 2 1 0-0 B MCDONALD 4 3 1 0-0 C GRAHAM 3 2 1 0-0 K GRIFFIN 4 2 2 0-0 D VERDUN WHEELER 2 2 0 0-0 J PERRY 3 3 0 1-12 D MANNING 2 2 0 0-0 K WRIGHT 3 3 0 0-0 A ADAMS 2 1 1 0-0 D MCMILLAN 3 2 1 0-0 D MCCLOVER 2 1 1 0-0 C THOMPSON 2 2 0 1-5 D BAZUIN 2 1 1 0-0 R SMITH 2 2 0 0-0 C FROME 1 1 0 1-3 A PEEK 1 1 0 0-0 M BROWN 1 1 0 0-0 D MINTER 1 1 0 0-0 D DVORACEK 1 1 0 0-0 L WILLIAMS 1 1 0 0-0 T EVERETT 1 1 0 0-0 T COLLINS 1 1 0 0-0 T MIXON 1 1 0 0-0 B MCGOWAN 1 1 0 0-0 C BRYAN 1 1 0 0-0 L BRIGGS 1 1 0 0-0 N VASHER 1 1 0 0-0 B URLACHER 1 0 1 0-0 M OKWO 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-Terry Mcaulay, Umpire-Bruce Stritesky, Head Linesman-Jim Mello, Line Judge-Mark Steinkerchner, Field Judge-Greg Gautreaux, Side Judge-Michael Banks, Back Judge-Steve Freeman. Att: 61,917 Time of Game: 2:47</div>
Re: NFL: CLEVELAND at CHICAGO http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=29000&src=148</p><p class="News"><font color="#0000ff">Evidently Bears coaches believe the offense is ready for the regular-season opener Sept. 9, since it played just three snaps in the preseason finale, a mostly meaningless 19-9 loss at Soldier Field to the Cleveland Browns.</font></p> <p class="News"><font color="#0000ff">Although the first team offense didn't do much Thursday night to impress anyone, generating just 4 yards in its cameo appearance, it's a confident group heading into the regular season.</font></p> <p class="News"><font color="#0000ff">"We're ready," said quarterback Rex Grossman, who completed his only pass but for no gain. "We've got the season opener against a very good (San Diego Chargers) team. But we feel like we're a very good team ourselves. We're ready for the challenge."</font></p> <p class="News"><font color="#0000ff">Even though the Bears again failed to generate much of a running game (74 yards on 28 attempts), coach Lovie Smith isn't backing down from earlier claims.</font></p> <p class="News"><font color="#0000ff">"I've said I think this team can be stronger than last year," Smith said, "and I still feel the same way. We have guys who can make plays."</font></p> <p class="News"><font color="#0000ff">The first-team defense got twice as much action, allowing 27 yards on seven plays over two series against the Browns' first-team offense. The most encouraging note was the 2007 debut of Pro Bowl defensive tackle Tommie Harris, allaying fears that he wouldn't be ready for the regular-season opener because of lingering effects from last season's torn hamstring.</font></p> <p class="News"><font color="#0000ff">"It finally feels like I'm back as part of the family," Harris said. "The hamstring feels good. It feels regular."</font></p> <p class="News"><font color="#0000ff">In addition to the physical rehab, Harris said he also had to overcome the mental aspect of the injury.</font></p> <p class="News"><font color="#0000ff">"It was both," he said. "I had surgery."</font></p> <p class="News"><font color="#0000ff">The Bears hope rookie tight end Greg Olsen will avoid that fate. He limped off the field late in the first half with what the Bears were calling a sprained left knee, although tests on Monday could reveal more damage.</font></p> </p>
