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Game 15 - Jacksonville 24, Cleveland 14
CLEVELAND (Sun Dec 19 17:00:07 1999) -- One week before playing in their biggest game of the season, the Jacksonville Jaguars were put to the test against the lowly Cleveland Browns before reality set in.
Fred Taylor rushed for 136 yards, including a crucial 41-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter, as Jacksonville extended its franchise-record winning streak to 11 games with a 24-14 victory over Cleveland.
Jacksonville (13-1), which owns the best record in the NFL, was unable to lock up the AFC Central Division title, but maintained a two-game lead over Tennessee, one week before their showdown in Tennessee. Jacksonville suffered its only loss to Tennessee on September 26.
Ty Detmer, who replaced injured rookie quarterback Tim Couch late in the first half, threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Darrin Chiaverini to cut Jacksonville's lead to 17-14 with 1:20 left in the third quarter.
The Jaguars answered by getting down to the Cleveland 1, but the Browns stopped Jacksonville on 4th-and-goal as Mark Brunell threw an incomplete pass.
Jacksonville forced the Browns to punt and got the ball back on the Cleveland 41. On the next play, Taylor ran off left guard for a 41-yard touchdown run to give the Jaguars a 24-14 lead with 10:10 left.
Brunell completed 21-of-33 for 267 yards and a touchdown and added a nine-yard scoring run in the second quarter.
The Jaguars lost linebacker Kevin Hardy to an apparent neck injury in the first quarter after he collided with teammate Tony Brackens helmet-to-helmet making a tackle. He was carted off the field on a stretcher, but X-rays were negative.
Couch, the top overall pick in the draft, suffered a sprained left ankle late in the second quarter after getting sacked by Brackens. He was carted off the field and did not return in the second half, but X-rays were negative. Couch completed 10-of-16 passes for 86 yards before getting knocked out.
Detmer, who was the starter earlier in the season, was 13-of-124 for 153 yards.
Terry Kirby had a one-yard touchdown run in the second quarter for Cleveland (2-13), which dropped to 0-7 at home. The expansion Browns will have a hard time winning its first game at home in four years as they face AFC East champion Indianapolis next week.
NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTALSCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: NONE
2ND QUARTER: JAC - TD, DAMON JONES 3 YD PASS FROM MARK BRUNELL (MIKE
HOLLIS KICK), 1:31. Drive: 3 plays, 6 yards in
1:19. Key plays: Marts 3-yard fumble return to
Cleveland 6. JACKSONVILLE 7-0
JAC - TD, MARK BRUNELL 9 YD RUN (MIKE HOLLIS KICK), 6:47.
Drive: 7 plays, 62 yards in 3:59. Key plays:
Brunell 34-yard pass to Smith to Cleveland 31;
Brunell 10-yard pass to Smith on 3rd-and-4 to
Chicago 15. JACKSONVILLE 14-0
CLE - TD, TERRY KIRBY 1 YD RUN (PHIL DAWSON KICK), 12:51.
Drive: 11 plays, 68 yards in 6:04. Key plays:
Couch 17-yard pass to Johnson to Jacksonville
35; 31-yard pass interference penalty on
Jaguars' Darius to Jacksonville 1. JACKSONVILLE
14-7
3RD QUARTER: JAC - FG, MIKE HOLLIS 41 YD, 5:24. Drive: 11 plays, 50
yards in 5:24. Key plays: Brunell 22-yard pass
to Smith to Cleveland 49; Brunell 9-yard pass
to McCardell on 3rd-and-6 to Cleveland 45;
Brunell 9-yard pass to McCardell to Cleveland
26. JACKSONVILLE 17-7
CLE - TD, DARRIN CHIAVERINI 10 YD PASS FROM TY DETMER
(PHIL DAWSON KICK), 13:40. Drive: 6 plays, 62
yards in 2:29. Key plays: Browns take over
after a missed field goal at Cleveland 38;
Detmer 26-yard pass to Chiaverini to
Jacksonville 21. JACKSONVILLE 17-14
4TH QUARTER: JAC - TD, FRED TAYLOR 41 YD RUN (MIKE HOLLIS KICK), 4:50.
Drive: 1 play, 41 yards in 0:08. Key plays:
McCardell 19-yard punt return to Cleveland 41.
JACKSONVILLE 24-14
TEAM STATISTICS
JAC CLE
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FIRST DOWNS 20 19
Rushing 7 5
Passing 13 12
Penalty 0 2
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-14 7-16
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1 0-0
TOTAL NET YARDS 442 269
Total plays 67 67
Average gain 6.6 4.0
NET YARDS RUSHING 181 72
Rushes 33 20
Average per rush 5.5 3.6
NET YARDS PASSING 261 197
Completed-attempted 21-33 24-41
Yards per pass 7.7 4.2
Sacked-yards lost 1-6 6-44
Had intercepted 1 0
PUNTS-AVERAGE 3-43.0 8-42.5
RETURN YARDAGE 62 86
Punts-returns 3-43 1-4
Kickoffs-returns 2-19 4-82
Interceptions-returns 0-0 1-0
PENALTIES-YARDS 4-57 5-40
FUMBLES-LOST 1-1 1-1
TIME OF POSSESSION 31:44 28:16
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: Jacksonville (Mike Hollis 49, 48).
Jacksonville rushing: Fred Taylor 26-136, Chris Howard
4-29, Mark
Brunell 3-16.
Cleveland rushing: Karim Abdul-jabbar 13-36, Ty Detmer
2-22, Terry
Kirby 4-14, Tim Couch 1-0.
Jacksonville passing: Mark Brunell 21-33 for 267 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD.
Cleveland passing: Ty Detmer 13-24 for 153 yards, 0
INT, 1 TD, Tim
Couch 10-16 for 86 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD, Terry Kirby 1-1 for 2 yards, 0
INT, 0 TD.
Jacksonville receiving: Jimmy Smith 8-134, Keenan Mccardell
8-96,
Damon Jones 2-16, Fred Taylor 2-13, Daimon Shelton 1-8.
Cleveland receiving: Kevin Johnson 4-54, Irv Smith
4-36, Marc Edwards
2-10, Terry Kirby 2-4, Zola Davis 1-25, Karim Abdul-jabbar 1-4,
Darrin Chiaverini 10-108.
Jacksonville tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Lonnie
Marts 7-1-1,
Carnell Lake 6-0-1, Brant Boyer 5-0-1, Gary Walker 5-0-1, Tony
Brackens 4-1-1, Donovin Darius 3-0-0, Joel Smeenge 3-0-1, Kevin Hardy
3-0-0, Aaron Beasley 3-0-0, Renaldo Wynn 2-0-0, Fernando Bryant
1-0-0, Jason Craft 1-0-0, Seth Payne 1-0-0, Rayna Stewart 0-1-0.
Cleveland tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Jamir
Miller 9-2-0,
Daylon Mccutcheon 6-0-0, Corey Fuller 4-0-0, Marquez Pope 4-0-0, Wali
Rainer 4-0-0, Ryan Mcneil 3-1-0, Marlon Forbes 3-1-0, Rahim Abdullah
3-1-0, Marquis Smith 3-0-0, Derrick L Alexander 3-0-0, Mike Thompson
3-0-0, James Williams 1-0-0, Hurvin Mccormack 1-0-0, Tyrone Rogers
1-0-0, John Thierry 1-0-1, Antonio Langham 1-0-0, Stalin Colinet
0-1-0.
Interceptions: Cleveland (Earl Little 1 for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost: Jacksonville (Jimmy Smith); Cleveland (Tim Couch).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Jacksonville (Lonnie
Marts); Cleveland
(Corey Fuller).
Officials: Referee-Jeff Triplette, Umpire-Jim Daopoulos,
Head
linesman-Earnie Frantz, Line judge-Gary Arthur, Field judge-Boris
Cheek, Side judge-Terry Mcauley, Back judge-Bobby Skelton.
A: 72,038; T: 3:14.
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