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Game 13 - San Diego 23, Cleveland 10
SAN DIEGO (Sun Dec 5 20:15:06 1999) -- The San Diego Chargers' six-game losing streak is over at the expense of the Cleveland Browns.
Jermaine Fazande and Kenny Bynum scored on short runs, John Carney kicked three field goals and the defense, without injured linebacker Junior Seau, took care of the rest as the Chargers posted a 23-10 victory over Cleveland.
This game had no real playoff implications, although San Diego remains mathematically alive with a 5-7 record. In 1995 the Chargers were 4-7 but won their last five games to make the playoffs. Included in that streak was a win over Cleveland.
The expansion Browns fell to 2-5 on the road and lost their third straight game overall. At 2-11, they have the NFL's worst record, a half-game behind the 2-10 New Orleans Saints.
Jim Harbaugh, who threw for a career-high 404 yards in last week's loss to the Minnesota Vikings, mostly handed off to Bynum and Fazande. Harbaugh completed 16-of-23 passes for 161 yards with no touchdowns or interceptions.
Bynum carried 17 times for 60 yards and Fazande 11 for 42 as the Chargers posted their first win since a 13-10 victory over the Seattle Seahawks. That victory completed a 4-1 start. In the six losses since, San Diego allowed 23 or more points each time and scored more than 20 only once.
Seau, who has strained muscles in his abdomen, missed a start for just the fourth time in his stellar 10-year career. But his teammates limited the Browns to just 202 yards of offense.
Tim Couch was 18-of-29 for 184 yards with one touchdown and one interception for the Browns.
NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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CLEVELAND 3 7 0 0 10
SAN DIEGO 3 10 3 7 23 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: CLE - FG, PHIL DAWSON 33 YD, 5:30. Drive:
12 plays, 45
yards in 5:30. Key plays: Jabbar 5-yard run on
3rd-and-1 to San Diego 36; Couch 18-yard pass
to Chiaverini to San Diego 15. CLEVELAND 3-0
SDG - FG, JOHN CARNEY 44 YD, 13:52. Drive: 6 plays, 27
yards in 2:04. Key plays: Harbaugh 20-yard pass
to F Jones to Cleveland 34. CLEVELAND 3, SAN
DIEGO 3
2ND QUARTER: SDG - FG, JOHN CARNEY 19 YD, 6:59. Drive: 9 plays, 63
yards in 4:48. Key plays: Bynum 16-yard run to
Cleveland 48; 9-yard pass interference penalty
on Browns' McNeil on 3rd-and-7 to Cleveland 36;
Harbaugh 36-yard pass to Graham to Cleveland 1.
SAN DIEGO 6-3
SDG - TD, KENNY BYNUM 1 YD RUN (JOHN CARNEY KICK), 12:49.
Drive: 9 plays, 42 yards in 3:26. Key plays:
Reed 21-yard punt return to Cleveland 42;
Harbaugh 7-yard pass to Graham on 3rd-and-5 to
Cleveland 30; Bynum 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to
Cleveland 17; Fletcher 16-yard run to Cleveland
1. SAN DIEGO 13-3
CLE - TD, KEVIN JOHNSON 19 YD PASS FROM TIM COUCH (PHIL
DAWSON KICK), 14:54. Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards
in 2:05. Key plays: Couch 9-yard pass to
Johnson to Cleveland 39; Couch 8-yard pass to
Kirby to San Diego 45; 5-yard illegal contact
on Chargers' Lewis to San Diego 44; Couch
23-yard pass to Kirby on 3rd-and-8 to San Diego
19. SAN DIEGO 13-10
3RD QUARTER: SDG - FG, JOHN CARNEY 30 YD, 7:19. Drive: 15 plays, 52
yards in 7:19. Key plays: Harbaugh 11-yard run
on 3rd-and-6 plus 5-yard illegal use of hands
on Browns' Fuller to Cleveland 44; Bynum 4-yard
run on 4th-and-1 to Cleveland 31; 5-yard pass
interference on Browns' Jackson to Cleveland
24. SAN DIEGO 16-10
4TH QUARTER: SDG - TD, JERMAINE FAZANDE 2 YD RUN (JOHN CARNEY KICK),
8:32. Drive: 11 plays, 57 yards in 7:15. Key
plays: Spencer interception at San Diego 43;
Harbaugh 10-yard pass to Ricks on 3rd-and-8 to
Cleveland 34; Harbaugh 20-yard pass to Graham
to Cleveland 12; Harbaugh 4-for-4 for 41 yards.
SAN DIEGO 23-10
TEAM STATISTICS
CLE SDG
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FIRST DOWNS 13 20
Rushing 3 10
Passing 8 7
Penalty 2 3
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-13 7-16
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 1-1
TOTAL NET YARDS 202 277
Total plays 52 71
Average gain 3.9 3.9
NET YARDS RUSHING 55 145
Rushes 16 44
Average per rush 3.4 3.3
NET YARDS PASSING 147 132
Completed-attempted 18-30 16-23
Yards per pass 4.1 4.9
Sacked-yards lost 6-37 4-29
Had intercepted 2 0
PUNTS-AVERAGE 5-44.6 3-36.3
RETURN YARDAGE 124 108
Punts-returns 1-7 4-60
Kickoffs-returns 6-117 3-43
Interceptions-returns 0-0 2-5
PENALTIES-YARDS 13-94 7-56
FUMBLES-LOST 1-0 2-1
TIME OF POSSESSION 23:20 36:40
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: Cleveland (Phil Dawson 45).
Cleveland rushing: Karim Abdul-jabbar 10-29, Terry
Kirby 4-21, Tim
Couch 1-4, Marc Edwards 1-1.
San Diego rushing: Kenny Bynum 17-60, Jermane Fazande
12-42, Terrell
Fletcher 9-28, Jim Harbaugh 6-15.
Cleveland passing: Tim Couch 18-29 for 184 yards, 2
INT, 1 TD, Kevin
Johnson 0-1 for 0 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
San Diego passing: Jim Harbaugh 16-23 for 161 yards,
0 INT, 0 TD,
Robert Reed 0-0 for 0 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Cleveland receiving: Terry Kirby 5-43, Kevin Johnson
5-41, Darrin
Chiaverini 4-46, Karim Abdul-jabbar 1-21, Irv Smith 1-16, Mark
Campbell 1-12, Marc Edwards 1-5.
San Diego receiving: Jeff Graham 5-82, Freddie Jones
4-42, Fred
Mccrary 4-18, Mikhael Ricks 2-18, Robert Reed 1-1.
Cleveland tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Wali
Rainer 13-0-1,
John Thierry 7-1-3, Antonio Langham 5-1-0, Jamir Miller 3-3-0, Daylon
Mccutcheon 5-0-0, Marquis Smith 4-0-0, Ryan Mcneil 2-2-0, Derrick L
Alexander 3-0-0, Corey Fuller 3-0-0, Marquez Pope 1-2-0, Marlon
Forbes 2-0-0, Hurvin Mccormack 2-0-0, Darius Holland 1-1-0, James
Williams 1-0-0, Raymond Jackson 1-0-0, Rahim Abdullah 1-0-0, Mike
Thompson 1-0-0.
San Diego tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Fakhir
Brown 6-0-0,
Raylee Johnson 5-0-3, Albert Fontenot 4-1-1, Michael Hamilton 3-2-0,
Michael Dumas 3-1-0, Greg Jackson 3-1-0, Lewis Bush 3-0-1, Gerald
Dixon 2-1-0, Eric Hill 1-2-0, Jason Perry 2-0-0, Darryll Lewis 2-0-0,
John Parrella 1-1-0, Mike Mohring 1-0-1, Jimmy Spencer 1-0-0, Jamal
Williams 1-0-0.
Interceptions: San Diego (Darryll Lewis 1 for 5 yards,
Jimmy Spencer
1 for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost: San Diego (Robert Reed).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Cleveland (Ryan Mcneil).
Officials: Referee-Tony Corrente, Umpire-Ron Botchan,
Head
linesman-Terry Gierke, Line judge-Tom Barnes, Field judge-Tom
Sifferman, Side judge-Doug Toole, Back judge-Buddy Horton.
A: 53,147; T: 3:07.
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