Game 14 - Cincinnati 44, Cleveland 28

CINCINNATI (Sun Dec 12 17:00:05 1999) -- Corey Dillon ran for 192 yards and three touchdowns as the Cincinnati Bengals continued to roll on offense, pasting the Cleveland Browns 44-28 in the "Battle of Ohio."

Dillon carried just 28 times and sat nearly the entire fourth quarter as Cincinnati won its third straight game. The Bengals have scored 146 points in their last four games and have been extremely efficient under quarterback Jeff Blake.

Dillon's performance comes just two years after he set the NFL single-game rushing record for a rookie with 246 yards against the Oilers. He had four touchdowns in that contest.

Today, Dillon became just the 11th player in NFL history to record 1,000-yard rushing campaigns in each of his first three seasons. He recorded his third straight 100-yard game, 13th of his career and the Bengals improved to 10-2 when he carries 22 times.

NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CLEVELAND 7 8 6 7 28
CINCINNATI 10 20 14 0 44 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: CIN - FG, DOUG PELFREY 28 YD, 7:03. Drive: 11 plays, 57
yards in 5:26. Key plays: Blake 23-yard pass to
Scott on 3rd-and-6 to Cleveland 41; Dillon
16-yard run to Cleveland 25; Dillon 6-yard run
on 3rd-and-3 to Cleveland 12. CINCINNATI 3-0
CIN - TD, CRAIG YEAST 81 YD PUNT RETURN (DOUG PELFREY
KICK), 12:42. CINCINNATI 10-0
CLE - TD, KARIM ABDUL-JABBAR 8 YD PASS FROM TIM COUCH
(PHIL DAWSON KICK), 15:00. Drive: 4 plays, 58
yards in 2:10. Key plays: Couch 45-yard pass to
Powell to Cincinnati 10. CINCINNATI 10-7
2ND QUARTER: CIN - TD, CLIF GROCE 1 YD RUN (DOUG PELFREY KICK), 2:49.
Drive: 7 plays, 64 yards in 2:49. Key plays:
Blake 15-yard run on 3rd-and-4 to Cleveland 46;
Dillon 50-yard run to Cleveland 4. CINCINNATI
17-7
CIN - TD, COREY DILLON 2 YD RUN (TWO-POINT CONVERSION
FAILED), 12:26. Drive: 10 plays, 89 yards in
5:49. Key plays: Blake 35-yard pass to Pickens
to Cleveland 41; Blake 4-yard pass to Pickens
on 3rd-and-3 to Cleveland 30; Blake 12-yard
pass to Dillon to Cleveland 18. CINCINNATI 23-7
CLE - TD, TERRY KIRBY 1 YD RUN (TIM COUCH RUN FOR
TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 14:15. Drive: 5 plays,
58 yards in 1:49. Key plays: Couch 7-yard pass
to K Johnson on 3rd-and-6 to Cincinnati 45;
Couch 44-yard pass to K Johnson to Cincinnati
1. CINCINNATI 23-15
CIN - TD, COREY DILLON 2 YD RUN (DOUG PELFREY KICK),
14:45. Drive: 3 plays, 16 yards in 0:30. Key
plays: Mack 55-yard kickoff return plus 15-yard
facemask penalty on Browns' Powell to Cleveland
16; Dillon 14-yard run to Cleveland 2.
CINCINNATI 30-15
3RD QUARTER: CIN - TD, COREY DILLON 11 YD RUN (DOUG PELFREY KICK),
1:46. Drive: 4 plays, 69 yards in 1:46. Key
plays: Blake 8-yard pass to Dillon on 3rd-and-6
to Cincinnati 43; 46-yard pass interference
penalty on Browns' McNeil at Cincinnati 11.
CINCINNATI 37-15
CLE - TD, IRV SMITH 16 YD PASS FROM TIM COUCH (TWO-POINT
CONVERSION FAILED), 9:58. Drive: 4 plays, 73
yards in 1:40. Key plays: Couch 21-yard pass to
Campbell to midfield; 29-yard pass interference
penalty on Bengals' Hawkins at Cincinnati 21.
CINCINNATI 37-21
CIN - TD, DARNAY SCOTT 52 YD PASS FROM JEFF BLAKE (DOUG
PELFREY KICK), 11:45. Drive: 4 plays, 65 yards
in 1:47. Key plays: Blake 13-yard pass to McGee
to Cincinnati 47. CINCINNATI 44-21
4TH QUARTER: CLE - TD, DARRIN CHIAVERINI 19 YD PASS FROM TY DETMER
(PHIL DAWSON KICK), 14:11. Drive: 15 plays, 93
yards in 4:02. Key plays: Detmer 2-yard run on
4th-and-1 to Cleveland 31; Detmer 14-yard pass
to I Smith to Cleveland 45; Detmer 23-yard pass
to Kirby on 3rd-and-10 ro Cincinnati 32; Detmer
13-yard pass to K Johnson to Cincinnati 19.
CINCINNATI 44-28

TEAM STATISTICS

CLE CIN
-------- --------
FIRST DOWNS 19 25
Rushing 2 15
Passing 14 9
Penalty 3 1
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-11 11-17
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1 0-2
TOTAL NET YARDS 323 459
Total plays 55 76
Average gain 5.9 6.0
NET YARDS RUSHING 11 279
Rushes 11 53
Average per rush 1.0 5.3
NET YARDS PASSING 312 180
Completed-attempted 22-41 12-23
Yards per pass 7.1 7.8
Sacked-yards lost 3-16 0-0
Had intercepted 2 0
PUNTS-AVERAGE 5-44.6 3-35.7
RETURN YARDAGE 128 186
Punts-returns 0-0 3-91
Kickoffs-returns 8-128 5-91
Interceptions-returns 0-0 2-4
PENALTIES-YARDS 7-79 9-84
FUMBLES-LOST 2-2 5-1
TIME OF POSSESSION 22:41 37:19


PLAYER STATISTICS

Missed field goals: None.

Cleveland rushing: Karim Abdul-jabbar 5-10, Terry Kirby 3-5, Ty
Detmer 1-2, Marc Edwards 1-0, Kevin Johnson 1-minus 6.

Cincinnati rushing: Corey Dillon 28-192, Michael Basnight 12-44, Jeff
Blake 4-28, Clif Groce 3-14, Nick Williams 3-8, Craig Yeast 1-minus
3, Scott Covington 2-minus 4.

Cleveland passing: Tim Couch 16-28 for 239 yards, 2 INT, 2 TD, Ty
Detmer 6-13 for 89 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD.

Cincinnati passing: Jeff Blake 11-22 for 176 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD,
Scott Covington 1-1 for 4 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.

Cleveland receiving: Kevin Johnson 7-135, Darrin Chiaverini 4-48, Irv
Smith 3-33, Mark Campbell 2-33, Terry Kirby 2-24, Karim Abdul-jabbar
2-7, Ronnie Powell 1-45, Marc Edwards 1-3.

Cincinnati receiving: Carl Pickens 3-46, Tony Mcgee 3-27, Darnay
Scott 2-75, Corey Dillon 2-20, Damon Griffin 1-8, Michael Basnight
1-4.

Cleveland tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Wali Rainer 9-2-0,
Corey Fuller 6-0-0, Ryan Mcneil 6-0-0, Rahim Abdullah 6-0-0, Jamir
Miller 5-1-0, Marquez Pope 4-0-0, Derrick L Alexander 3-0-0, Darius
Holland 3-0-0, Hurvin Mccormack 2-0-0, Daylon Mccutcheon 2-0-0, Mike
Thompson 2-0-0, Earl Little 1-0-0, John Thierry 1-0-0, Antonio
Langham 1-0-0, Roy Barker 0-1-0.

Cincinnati tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Takeo Spikes 5-0-1,
Brian Simmons 4-1-0, Rodney Heath 4-0-0, Kimo Von Oelhoffen 3-1-1.5,
Tremain Mack 3-0-0, Oliver Gibson 2-1-0, Artrell Hawkins 2-1-0, Greg
Myers 2-0-0, Myron Bell 2-0-0, Cory Hall 1-0-0, John Copeland 1-0-0,
Canute Curtis 1-0-0, Reinard Wilson 0-1-0, Michael Bankston 0-1-0.5.

Interceptions: Cincinnati (John Copeland 1 for 4 yards, Greg Myers 1
for 0 yards).

Fumbles lost: Cleveland (Ronnie Powell, Marc Edwards); Cincinnati
(Corey Dillon).

Opponent's fumbles recovered: Cleveland (Mike Thompson); Cincinnati
(Rodney Heath, Kimo Von Oelhoffen).

Officials: Referee-Ron Winter, Umpire-Ed Coukart, Head
linesman-Sanford Rivers, Line judge-Bruce Maurer, Field judge-Steven
Zimmer, Side judge-Tom Hill, Back judge-Billy Smith.

A: 59,972; T: 3:29.

 
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