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Game 6 - Jacksonville 24, Cleveland 7
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Sun Oct 17 16:45:04 1999) -- Relative unknown Jay Fiedler baled out the Jacksonville Jaguars and kept them atop the AFC Central Division.
Replacing injured Mark Brunell, Fiedler completed 12-of-14 passes for 113 yards and directed three scoring drives in the second half as the Jaguars survived a scare with a 24-7 victory over the winless Cleveland Browns.
Despite managing little offense against the NFL's top-ranked defense, the Browns (0-6) grabbed a 7-6 lead on Tim Couch's nine-yard touchdown pass to Terry Kirby with 12:21 left in the second quarter.
Brunell left early in the third quarter with a rib injury but the game turned late in the period when linebacker Thomas Hardy recovered Kirby's fumble at the Cleveland 25. Brunell completed 12-of-19 for 109 yards before Fiedler led the Jaguars to 18 unanswered points in the final 16 1/2 minutes.
The fifth-year pro out of Dartmouth tossed the first touchdown pass of his career, a seven-yarder to tight end Kyle Brady with 1:35 remaining in the third period to give the Jaguars the lead for good. He also hit Brady with the two-point conversion pass.
The Jaguars (5-1) marched 70 yards in 11 plays on their next possession, taking a 21-7 lead on James Stewart's two-yard TD run with 5:54 remaining. Mike Hollis tacked on a 24-yard field goal with 44 seconds remaining, his third of the game.
NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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CLEVELAND 0 7 0 0 7
JACKSONVILLE 3 3 8 10 24 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: JAC - FG, MIKE HOLLIS 20 YD, 12:04. Drive:
15 plays, 68
yards in 8:14. Key plays: Brunell 9-yard run on
3rd-and-6 to Cleveland 41; Brunell 12-yard pass
McCardell to Cleveland 29; Brunell 6-yard pass
to McCardell on 3rd-and-5 to Cleveland 18;
Brunell 13-yard pass to Brady to Cleveland 4.
JACKSONVILLE 3-0
2ND QUARTER: CLE - TD, TERRY KIRBY 9 YD PASS FROM TIM COUCH (PHIL
DAWSON KICK), 2:39. Drive: 12 plays, 70 yards
in 5:32. Key plays: Couch 12-yard pass to
Chiaverini on 3rd-and-5 to Cleveland 47; Couch
9-yard run to Jacksonville 39; Couch 13-yard
pass to Smith on 3rd-and-5 to Jacksonville 21;
Kirby 3-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Jacksonville
9. CLEVELAND 7-3
JAC - FG, MIKE HOLLIS 36 YD, 14:09. Drive: 7 plays, 38
yards in 1:43. Key plays: Brunell 14-yard pass
to McCardell to Cleveland 42; Brunell 12-yard
pass to McCardell to Cleveland 25. CLEVELAND 7-6
3RD QUARTER: JAC - TD, KYLE BRADY 7 YD PASS FROM JAY FIEDLER (JAY
FIEDLER PASS TO KYLE BRADY FOR TWO-POINT
CONVERSION), 13:25. Drive: 3 plays, 25 yards in
1:13. Key plays: Fiedler 14-yard pass to Smith
to Cleveland 7. JACKSONVILLE 14-7
4TH QUARTER: JAC - TD, JAMES STEWART 2 YD RUN (MIKE HOLLIS KICK),
9:06. Drive: 12 plays, 70 yards in 6:40. Key
plays: Fiedler 9-yard pass to J Smith on
3rd-and-4 to Jacksonville 45; Fiedler 6-yard
run plus 5-yard facemask penalty on Browns'
Miller to Cleveland 43; Fiedler 18-yard pass to
Banks to Cleveland 8. JACKSONVILLE 21-7
JAC - FG, MIKE HOLLIS 24 YD, 14:16. Drive: 11 plays, 42
yards in 3:57. Key plays: Fiedler 7-yard pass
to J Smith on 3rd-and-6 to Cleveland 37;
Fiedler 8-yard pass to Banks on 3rd-and-8 to
Cleveland 27. JACKSONVILLE 24-7
TEAM STATISTICS
CLE JAC
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FIRST DOWNS 16 21
Rushing 4 4
Passing 10 16
Penalty 2 1
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 7-14 7-14
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 0-0
TOTAL NET YARDS 243 325
Total plays 55 66
Average gain 4.4 4.9
NET YARDS RUSHING 113 103
Rushes 28 33
Average per rush 4.0 3.1
NET YARDS PASSING 130 222
Completed-attempted 18-23 24-33
Yards per pass 4.8 6.7
Sacked-yards lost 4-31 0-0
Had intercepted 0 0
PUNTS-AVERAGE 7-35.4 4-44.0
RETURN YARDAGE 100 33
Punts-returns 4-18 2-21
Kickoffs-returns 4-82 1-12
Interceptions-returns 0-0 0-0
PENALTIES-YARDS 6-55 7-55
FUMBLES-LOST 2-1 0-0
TIME OF POSSESSION 27:36 32:24
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: None.
Cleveland rushing: Terry Kirby 22-71, Tim Couch 2-36,
Marc Edwards
2-5, Rashaan Salaam 1-2, George Jones 1-minus 1.
Jacksonville rushing: James Stewart 23-58, Jay Fiedler
3-27, Mark
Brunell 2-8, Chris Howard 3-7, Daimon Shelton 1-2, Tavian Banks 1-1.
Cleveland passing: Tim Couch 18-23 for 161 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD.
Jacksonville passing: Jay Fiedler 12-14 for 113 yards,
0 INT, 1 TD,
Mark Brunell 12-19 for 109 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Cleveland receiving: Darrin Chiaverini 5-45, Kevin
Johnson 3-38, Marc
Edwards 3-35, Terry Kirby 3-21, Irv Smith 3-18, David Dunn 1-4.
Jacksonville receiving: Keenan Mccardell 7-76, Jimmy
Smith 6-62,
Tavian Banks 5-40, James Stewart 3-12, Kyle Brady 2-21, Daimon
Shelton 1-11.
Cleveland tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Wali
Ranier 8-2-0, Ryan
Mcneil 6-0-0, Daylon Mccutcheon 5-0-0, Marquez Pope 4-1-0, Rahim
Abdullah 3-2-0, Jamir Miller 4-0-0, Derrick L Alexander 3-1-0, Stalin
Colinet 3-0-0, Arnold Miller 3-0-0, Corey Fuller 3-0-0, Darius
Holland 3-0-0, Marquis Smith 2-0-0, Marlon Forbes 1-1-0, John
Jurkovic 1-0-0, John Thierry 1-0-0.
Jacksonville tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Kevin
Hardy 8-1-1,
Donovin Darius 5-2-0, Fernando Bryant 6-0-0, Lonnie Marts 5-0-0,
Larry Smith 3-0-0, Carnell Lake 3-0-0, Aaron Beasley 3-0-0, Tony
Brackens 3-0-0, Joel Smeenge 1-2-1, Bryan Schwartz 2-0-0, Gary Walker
2-0-1, Dave Thomas 1-0-0, Brant Boyer 1-0-0, Bryce Paup 1-0-0, Seth
Payne 0-1-0, James Roberson 1-0-1.
Interceptions: None.
Fumbles lost: Cleveland (Terry Kirby).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Jacksonville (Kevin Hardy).
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: 62,047; T: 2:51.
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