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  FINAL
Cleveland 21, New Orleans 16
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Cleveland 0 7 7 7 21
New Orleans 7 3 3 3 16

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
NOR   TD   KEITH POOLE 5 YD PASS FROM BILLY JOE HOBERT (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 11:01. Drive: 4 plays, 15 yards in 2:08. NEW ORLEANS 7-0
2ND QUARTER
CLE   TD   MARC EDWARDS 27 YD PASS FROM TIM COUCH (PHIL DAWSON KICK), 7:23. Drive: 1 play, 22 yards in 0:06. Key plays: Barker 14-yard interception return to New Orleans 22. CLEVELAND 7, NEW ORLEANS 7
NOR   FG   DOUG BRIEN 49 YD, 14:52. Drive: 9 plays, 42 yards in 0:58. Key plays: Williams 12-yard run on to New Orleans 39; Tolliver 12-yard run on to Cleveland 49; Tolliver 11-yard pass to Poole to Cleveland 38; Tolliver 7-yard pass to Poole to Cleveland 31. NEW ORLEANS 10-7
3RD QUARTER
CLE   TD   KEVIN JOHNSON 24 YD PASS FROM TIM COUCH (PHIL DAWSON KICK), 6:07. Drive: 2 plays, 22 yards in 0:44. Key plays: Holland 14-yard fumble return to New Orleans 22. CLEVELAND 14-10
NOR   FG   DOUG BRIEN 22 YD, 13:45. Drive: 13 plays, 56 yards in 7:38. Key plays: Williams 19-yard run to New Orleans 44; Tolliver 10-yard pass to Kennison on 3rd-and-6 to Cleveland 46; Williams 2-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Cleveland 35; Williams 15-yard run to Cleveland 5. CLEVELAND 14-13
4TH QUARTER
NOR   FG   DOUG BRIEN 46 YD, 14:39. Drive: 8 plays, 35 yards in 3:20. Key plays: Tolliver 9-yard run to New Orleans 46; Williams 7-yard run to Cleveland 44; Williams 9-yard run to Cleveland 35; Smith 8-yard run to Cleveland 28. NEW ORLEANS 16-14
CLE   TD   KEVIN JOHNSON 56 YD PASS FROM TIM COUCH (PHIL DAWSON KICK), 15:00. Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards in 0:21. Key plays: Couch 19-yard pass to Shepherd to Cleveland 44. CLEVELAND 21-16

TEAM STATISTICS
  CLE NOR
FIRST DOWNS
Rushing
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Punts-returns
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
9
2
2-10
0-0
243
42
5.8
62
21
3.0
181
11-19
8.6
2-12
7-43.6
147
2-8
5-123
2-16
8-64
1-1
19:10
25
16
6-13
1-1
351
79
4.4
231
50
4.6
120
13-29
4.1
0-0
2-46.0
80
5-52
2-28
0-0
6-38
3-3
40:50

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
Cleveland (Phil Dawson 46); New Orleans (Doug Brien 47).
Cleveland rushing
Karim Abdul-jabbar 13-39, Terry Kirby 6-18, Tim Couch 2-5.
New Orleans rushing
Ricky Williams 40-179, Billy Joe Tolliver 4-24, Lamar Smith 4-17, Billy Joe Hobert 1-9, Aaron Craver 1-2.
Cleveland passing
Tim Couch 11-19 for 193 yards, 0 INT, 3 TD.
New Orleans passing
Billy Joe Tolliver 9-20 for 92 yards, 1 INT, 0 TD, Billy Joe Hobert 4-9 for 28 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD.
Cleveland receiving
Kevin Johnson 4-96, Leslie Shepherd 4-52, Marc Edwards 2-37, Terry Kirby 1-8.
New Orleans receiving
Keith Poole 3-23, Ricky Williams 3-8, Aaron Craver 2-32, Eddie Kennison 2-27, Lamar Smith 1-11, Lawrence Dawsey 1-11, Cameron Cleeland 1-8.
Cleveland tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Wali Ranier 11-6-0, Rahim Abdullah 8-2-0, Daylon Mccutcheon 8-0-0, James Williams 7-1-0, Ryan Mcneil 3-5-0, Corey Fuller 5-0-0, Marquez Pope 4-1-0, Derrick L Alexander 0-4-0, Darius Holland 3-0-0, Lenoy Jones 2-1-0, John Thierry 2-1-0, Hurvin Mccormack 2-0-0, Marcus Spriggs 2-0-0, Antonio Langham 1-1-0, John Jurkovic 1-1-0, Raymond Jackson 1-0-0, Marquis Smith 0-1-0.
New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Sammy Knight 5-2-0, Keith Mitchell 3-4-0, Chris Bordano 3-3-0, Ink Aleaga 2-3-0, Willie Clay 3-0-0, La'roi Glover 3-0-0, Brady Smith 2-0-0, Wayne Martin 2-0-1, Fred Weary 2-0-0, Troy Wilson 1-1-0, Jared Tomich 1-0-1, Ashley Ambrose 1-0-0, Alex Molden 1-0-0.
Interceptions
Cleveland (Roy Barker 1 for 14 yards, Marquez Pope 1 for 2 yards).
Fumbles lost
Cleveland (David Dunn); New Orleans (Ricky Williams 2, Billy Joe Tolliver).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Cleveland (Darius Holland, James Williams, Corey Fuller); New Orleans (Rob Kelly).
Officials
Referee-M Carey, Umpire-G Defelice, Head linesman-S Semon, Line judge-W Anderson, Field judge-P Morelli, Side judge-T Moore, Back judge-R Spitler.
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