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Game 10 - Cleveland 16, Pittsburgh 15
PITTSBURGH (Sun Nov 14 16:30:19 1999) -- It's a rivalry again.Rookie Phil Dawson booted a 40-yard field goal as time expired, giving the new Cleveland Browns a stunning 16-15 upset of their longtime and suddenly current rivals, the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Pittsburgh, which slaughtered Cleveland in the season opener to spoil its return to the NFL after a three-year absence, held what appeared to be a comfortable 15-7 lead after rookie Kris Brown kicked his third field goal with 9:10 to play.
The Browns (2-8) had scored on their opening possession but did not seriously threaten again until receiving a gift when Kordell Stewart threw his second interception of the game with 6:26 to play. Stewart, who had a dreadful game, inexplicably fired a third-down pass right into the midsection of linebacker John Thierry, setting up the Browns at the Pittsburgh 15.
Three plays later, Tim Couch fired his second touchdown pass of the game to fullback Marc Edwards, breaking the Browns' rookie record with his ninth scoring strike of the season and pulling Cleveland within 15-13 with 5:12 remaining.
Pittsburgh linebacker Earl Holmes and safety Travis Davis combined to stuff running back Karim Abdul-Jabbar just shy of the goal line on the ensuing two-point conversion attempt, but the Browns would not go away.
After taking over on downs deep in their own territory with less than two minutes to play, the Browns used a long completion from Couch to rookie Darrin Chiaverini and a 15-yard personal foul on linebacker Mike Vrabel to set Dawson up for the winning kick.
The Steelers (5-4) pounded Cleveland, 43-0, on opening night at the new Browns Stadium on September 2. The Browns, who last visited Pittsburgh on November 13, 1995, snapped a six-game losing streak to their rivals and increased their lead in the all-time series to 53-42.
NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTALSCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: CLE - TD, KEVIN JOHNSON 35 YD PASS FROM
TIM COUCH (PHIL
DAWSON KICK), 2:35. Drive: 5 plays, 80 yards in
2:35. Key plays: Couch 21-yard pass to Shepherd
to Pittsburgh 48; Couch 10-yard pass to
Shepherd to Pittsburgh 38. CLEVELAND 7-0
PIT - FG, KRIS BROWN 41 YD, 7:26. Drive: 10 plays, 47
yards in 4:51. Key plays: Stewart 11-yard pass
to Hawkins to Pittsburgh 45; Stewart 12-yard
pass to Ward to Cleveland 43; Huntley 5-yard
run on 3rd-and-2 to Cleveland 30. CLEVELAND 7-3
2ND QUARTER: NONE
3RD QUARTER: PIT - FG, KRIS BROWN 32 YD, 5:03. Drive: 10 plays, 51
yards in 5:03. Key plays: Stewart 13-yard pass
to Ward to Pittsburgh 49; Stewart 8-yard run to
Cleveland 43; Stewart 21-yard run to Cleveland
15. CLEVELAND 7-6
PIT - TD, RICHARD HUNTLEY 5 YD RUN (TWO-POINT CONVERSION
FAILED), 6:42. Drive: 3 plays, 8 yards in 0:41.
Key plays: Roye recovery of Couch fumble at
Cleveland 8. PITTSBURGH 12-7
4TH QUARTER: PIT - FG, KRIS BROWN 47 YD, 4:50. Drive: 10 plays, 51
yards in 4:50. Key plays: Bettis 8-yard run to
Pittsburgh 37; Stewart 12-yard run to
Pittsburgh 42; Stewart 15-yard pass to Edwards
to Cleveland 36. PITTSBURGH 15-7
CLE - TD, MARC EDWARDS 5 YD PASS FROM TIM COUCH
(TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 9:48. Drive: 3
plays, 15 yards in 1:14. Key plays: Thierrey
8-yard interception return to Pittsburgh 15;
Abdul-Jabbar 10-yard run to Pittsburgh 5.
PITTSBURGH 15-13
CLE - FG, PHIL DAWSON 39 YD, 15:00. Drive: 5 plays, 58
yards in 1:51. Key plays: Couch 23-yard pass to
Chiaverini plus 15-yard roughing the passer on
Steelers' Vrabel to Pittsburgh 37; Couch 7-yard
pass to Kirby to Pittsburgh 30; Abdul-Jabbar
5-yard run to Pittsburgh 25. CLEVELAND 16-15
TEAM STATISTICS
CLE PIT
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FIRST DOWNS 14 17
Rushing 4 8
Passing 8 9
Penalty 2 0
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-12 5-15
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 0-0
TOTAL NET YARDS 235 298
Total plays 55 70
Average gain 4.3 4.3
NET YARDS RUSHING 74 168
Rushes 21 37
Average per rush 3.5 4.5
NET YARDS PASSING 161 130
Completed-attempted 18-28 15-32
Yards per pass 4.7 3.9
Sacked-yards lost 6-38 1-7
Had intercepted 1 2
PUNTS-AVERAGE 8-43.4 6-40.0
RETURN YARDAGE 117 145
Punts-returns 1-5 6-87
Kickoffs-returns 5-91 3-43
Interceptions-returns 2-21 1-15
PENALTIES-YARDS 6-64 9-95
FUMBLES-LOST 1-1 0-0
TIME OF POSSESSION 26:45 33:15
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: None.
Cleveland rushing: Karim Abdul-jabbar 18-56, Tim Couch
2-15, Terry
Kirby 1-3.
Pittsburgh rushing: Jerome Bettis 26-99, Kordell Stewart
6-52,
Richard Huntley 4-12, Jon Witman 1-5.
Cleveland passing: Tim Couch 18-28 for 199 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD.
Pittsburgh passing: Kordell Stewart 15-32 for 137 yards, 2 INT, 0 TD.
Cleveland receiving: Kevin Johnson 5-73, Marc Edwards
4-22, Darrin
Chiaverini 3-44, Leslie Shepherd 2-31, Terry Kirby 2-10, Mark
Campbell 1-12, Karim Abdul-jabbar 1-7.
Pittsburgh receiving: Hines Ward 4-39, Courtney Hawkins
3-29, Troy
Edwards 2-29, Mark Bruener 2-20, Jerome Bettis 1-7, Richard Huntley
1-7, Will Blackwell 1-4, Jon Witman 1-2.
Cleveland tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Jamir
Miller 9-3-1,
Wali Ranier 6-3-0, Rahim Abdullah 6-1-0, Corey Fuller 3-4-0, Daylon
Mccutcheon 6-0-0, Marquis Smith 5-1-0, Derrick L Alexander 1-4-0,
Ryan Mcneil 4-0-0, John Jurkovic 1-2-0, Hurvin Mccormack 2-0-0, James
Williams 1-1-0, Marlon Forbes 0-2-0, Arnold Miller 1-0-0, Marquez
Pope 1-0-0, John Thierry 1-0-0, Stalin Colinet 0-1-0.
Pittsburgh tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Lethon
Flowers 9-0-1,
Levon Kirkland 5-2-0, Jason Gildon 5-1-2, Dewayne Washington 5-1-0,
Carlos Emmons 2-3-1, Earl Holmes 3-1-0, Kevin Henry 2-2-0, Travis
Davis 1-2-0, Joel Steed 0-3-0, Deshea Townsend 2-0-0, Lance Brown
1-0-0, Chris Oldham 1-0-0, Orpheus Roye 1-0-1, Jason Simmons 1-0-0,
Chad Scott 1-0-0, Mike Vrabel 1-0-1.
Interceptions: Cleveland (Marquez Pope 1 for 13 yards,
John Thierry 1
for 8 yards); Pittsburgh (Scott Shields 1 for 15 yards).
Fumbles lost: Cleveland (Tim Couch).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Pittsburgh (Orpheus Roye).
Officials: Referee-Johnny Grier, Umpire-Brian Balliet,
Head
linesman-Tom Stabile, Line judge-Dave Anderson, Field judge-Duke
Carroll, Side judge-Dean Look, Back judge-Scott Green.
A: 58,213; T: 3:01.
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