Week 8, 2016

played in New England, MA

46 degrees, rain, 4 mph wind

Cleveland Browns	7	3	7	0	-	17
New England Patriots	7	3	14	0	-	24

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:53 CLE - Hugh Nevarez 19 pass from Byron Leftwich (Percy Robinson extra point)
1Q: 02:29 NED - Byron Lewis 1 run (Charlie Flannery extra point)
2Q: 09:28 NED - Charlie Flannery 47 field goal
2Q: 04:33 CLE - Percy Robinson 34 field goal
3Q: 14:51 NED - Nathan Osborne 10 pass from Harvey Swanger (Charlie Flannery extra point)
3Q: 07:18 CLE - Norm Dotson 4 run (Percy Robinson extra point)
3Q: 02:30 NED - Roger Daniels 6 pass from Harvey Swanger (Charlie Flannery extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:53 CLE - Hugh Nevarez 19 pass from Byron Leftwich (Percy Robinson extra point)
1Q: 02:29 NED - Byron Lewis 1 run (Charlie Flannery extra point)
2Q: 09:28 NED - Charlie Flannery 47 field goal
2Q: 04:33 CLE - Percy Robinson 34 field goal
3Q: 14:51 NED - Nathan Osborne 10 pass from Harvey Swanger (Charlie Flannery extra point)
3Q: 07:18 CLE - Norm Dotson 4 run (Percy Robinson extra point)
3Q: 02:30 NED - Roger Daniels 6 pass from Harvey Swanger (Charlie Flannery extra point)

Team Statistics CLE NED
Record 6-2 6-2
First Downs 16 18
- by Rushing 6 5
- by Passing 9 11
- by Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 276 264
- Offensive Plays 53 59
- Yards per Play 5.21 4.47
Net Rushing Yards 92 69
- Rushing Attempts 25 27
- Yards per Rush 3.68 2.56
Net Passing Yards 184 195
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 26 - 17 - 1 27 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 197 222
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/13 5/27
- Yards per Pass Play 6.57 6.09
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/11 5/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 10.9 10.1
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/45 8/72
Punt Returns/Yards 3/30 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 5/125 3/52
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/1 2/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 30
Time of Possession 27:48 32:12

Team Statistics	CLE	NED
Record	6-2	6-2
First Downs	16	18
- by Rushing	6	5
- by Passing	9	11
- by Penalty	1	2
Total Net Yards	276	264
- Offensive Plays	53	59
- Yards per Play	5.21	4.47
Net Rushing Yards	92	69
- Rushing Attempts	25	27
- Yards per Rush	3.68	2.56
Net Passing Yards	184	195
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	26 - 17 - 1	27 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	197	222
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/13	5/27
- Yards per Pass Play	6.57	6.09
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/11	5/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	10.9	10.1
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/45	8/72
Punt Returns/Yards	3/30	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	5/125	3/52
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	2/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 28	OWN 30
Time of Possession	27:48	32:12

Drive Charts

Cleveland Browns
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:54	4:11	OWN 45	7	55	Touchdown
1	2:21	2:31	OWN 35	3	8	Punt
2	9:23	4:55	OWN 30	7	53	Field Goal
2	1:03	0:54	OWN 36	4	11	Punt
3	14:46	7:38	OWN 27	14	73	Touchdown
3	4:04	0:12	OWN 20	1	0	Interception
3	2:21	2:07	OWN 40	3	-6	Punt
4	11:51	1:13	OWN 20	3	-2	Punt
4	8:03	2:41	OWN 7	4	29	Punt
4	2:03	1:21	OWN 28	7	40	Downs

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:06	OWN 20	3	-4	Punt
1	9:43	7:22	OWN 27	11	73	Touchdown
2	14:50	5:27	OWN 25	11	45	Field Goal
2	4:28	3:25	OWN 9	5	17	Punt
2	0:09	0:09	OWN 20	1	-2	Half
3	14:51	0:05	OPP 10	1	10	Touchdown
3	7:08	3:04	OWN 35	5	11	Punt
3	3:52	1:31	OPP 36	3	36	Touchdown
3	0:14	3:23	OWN 22	8	21	Punt
4	10:38	2:35	OWN 18	5	22	Punt
4	5:22	3:19	OWN 5	5	21	Punt
4	0:42	0:42	OWN 32	1	0	Game

Game MVP: Harvey Swanger, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Norm Dotson	16	62	3.88	17	4	1
Sammie May	7	32	4.57	28	1	0
Gary Pegram	2	-2	-1.00	0	0	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Byron Lewis	15	27	1.80	11	1	1
Kendall Flickinger	8	36	4.50	12	1	0
Harvey Swanger	4	6	1.50	5	0	0

Passing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Byron Leftwich	26	17	197	2/13	1	32	1	84.9

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Harvey Swanger	27	19	222	5/27	2	27	0	119.6

Receiving Statistics

Cleveland	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Donnell Babka	3	5	43	14.33	3	30	0
WR Brock Robbins	3	6	29	9.67	5	14	0
RB Sammie May	2	2	7	3.50	0	6	0
WR Ronnie Clements	2	2	26	13.00	13	23	0
TE Mercury Kemp	1	1	32	32.00	1	32	0
WR Howie Hoffman	1	1	8	8.00	1	8	0
TE Tito Benson	1	1	8	8.00	0	8	0
WR Hugh Nevarez	1	1	19	19.00	0	19	1
WR J.C. Anthony	1	3	16	16.00	2	16	0
RB Norm Dotson	1	2	2	2.00	1	2	0
FB Gary Pegram	1	2	7	7.00	1	7	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Roger Daniels	6	7	76	12.67	22	27	1
WR Nathan Osborne	4	7	46	11.50	7	21	1
WR Luke Gross	3	3	54	18.00	12	23	0
TE Teddy Rottinghaus	1	2	12	12.00	0	12	0
WR Darren McKnight	1	2	7	7.00	0	7	0
RB Byron Lewis	1	2	9	9.00	6	9	0
RB Kendall Flickinger	1	2	11	11.00	0	11	0
TE Elton Kinney	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
FB Lewis Gredzinski	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	0

Interception Statistics

Cleveland	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Heath Hitchcock	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Cleveland	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Hugh Nevarez	1	0	0	0
Chad Lavalais	0	0	1	0

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
Harvey Swanger	1	0	0
Dan Koppen	0	1	0
Trent Huffman	0	1	0
Elton Kinney	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Cleveland	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Andy Groom	5	234	46.8	42.8	59	1

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Robbie Burgess	6	292	48.7	40.3	57	2

Kicking Statistics

Cleveland	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Percy Robinson	1/1	0/0	0/0	34	2/2

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Charlie Flannery	1/1	1/1	0/0	47	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ronnie Clements	2	23	11.5	0
Ricardo Colclough	1	7	7.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg
Hugh Nevarez	3	75	25.0
Howie Hoffman	1	20	20.0
Ronnie Clements	1	30	30.0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dominic Goodwin	2	36	18.0	0
Freddie Robak	1	16	16.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Cleveland	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Leo Fort	8	1	2.0	25	29
DT Chad Lavalais	5	0	1.0	21	28
DT Derrick Manula	4	1	1.0	19	23
OLB Vernon Lockard	4	2	0.0	18	17
CB Fred Sica	4	0	0.0	8	13
DE Bernard Hayes	3	0	1.0	21	25
ILB Rico Barrington	3	0	0.0	13	16
S Christian Shepherd	2	2	0.0	18	28
S Tito Mayes	2	1	0.0	18	15
CB Ricardo Pourdanesh	2	1	0.0	11	12
ILB Perry Lewis	2	1	0.0	14	16
S Doug Wallace	2	0	0.0	15	14
S Leslie Franz	2	0	0.0	3	10
CB Calvin Bauer	1	1	0.0	8	13
DE Herb Kemp	1	1	0.0	13	18
WR J.C. Anthony	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Dwight Barnes	1	0	0.0	3	5
CB Ricardo Colclough	0	1	0.0	16	11
CB Terrell Hartnett	0	1	0.0	8	13
DE Arnold Reid	0	1	0.0	19	18

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DT Vernon Garrett	6	0	1.0	25	28
OLB Brad Dunham	6	2	0.0	25	26
DE Kelvin Harbert	4	1	1.0	25	27
S Trent Huffman	4	2	0.0	11	13
CB Dominic Goodwin	4	1	0.0	16	24
CB Brant Norton	4	0	0.0	25	27
S Sean Taylor	3	5	0.0	19	28
DT Colin Bullock	3	2	0.0	18	15
ILB Luke Wayne	3	0	0.0	22	26
ILB Sedrick Davison	1	1	0.0	3	2
S Heath Hitchcock	1	0	0.0	20	27
OLB Christian Howe	1	0	0.0	9	3
ILB Byron Crist	1	0	0.0	2	1
DE Kendrick Fox	1	0	0.0	23	27
CB Fernando Gildon	0	3	0.0	23	28

Pass Rush Statistics

Cleveland	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Leo Fort	2.0	0	0	0	29
DT Chad Lavalais	1.0	1	0	1	28
DE Bernard Hayes	1.0	0	3	3	25
DT Derrick Manula	1.0	0	0	0	23
DE Herb Kemp	0.0	0	2	0	18
CB Terrell Hartnett	0.0	0	1	0	13

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Kelvin Harbert	1.0	1	0	0	27
DT Vernon Garrett	1.0	0	0	0	28
DE Kendrick Fox	0.0	1	1	2	27
S Sean Taylor	0.0	0	1	0	28

Pass Defense Statistics

Cleveland	Caught	PPlay
OLB Leo Fort	3	29
CB Fred Sica	3	13
S Christian Shepherd	3	28
OLB Vernon Lockard	2	17
S Leslie Franz	2	10
CB Calvin Bauer	1	13
DE Bernard Hayes	1	25
S Doug Wallace	1	14
ILB Rico Barrington	1	16
CB Ricardo Pourdanesh	1	12
OLB Dwight Barnes	1	5

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Brad Dunham	4	0	0	26
S Sean Taylor	3	0	0	28
CB Dominic Goodwin	3	0	0	24
CB Brant Norton	2	1	0	27
S Trent Huffman	2	0	0	13
CB Fernando Gildon	1	2	0	28
S Heath Hitchcock	1	1	1	27
DE Kelvin Harbert	1	0	0	27

Blocking Statistics

Cleveland	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Leon Tate	3	4	0	18	0	25
Shaun Bell	2	4	1	18	1	21
Antoine Bensen	1	2	0	17	0	16
Ken Givens	1	2	0	19	0	21
Gary Pegram	1	1	0	10	0	13
Dwayne Moline	0	6	1	23	0	21
Mercury Kemp	0	3	0	20	0	14
Daryl Meynardie	0	1	0	19	1	22
Tito Benson	0	1	0	10	0	11
Skip Long	0	1	0	11	0	14

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Leonard Lytle	1	8	25	2	30
Van Perry	1	4	25	1	30
Lenny Spindler	1	3	21	0	24
Dan Koppen	1	2	22	0	24
Lewis Gredzinski	1	2	13	0	16
Elton Kinney	1	1	11	0	12
Mo Rodriguez	0	2	19	2	27
Gerald VanEck	0	1	9	0	5
Wade Robbins	0	1	2	0	2

Special Teams Statistics

Cleveland	Tackles	STPlays
Perry Lewis	2	15
Hugh Nevarez	1	15
Donnell Babka	1	6
Gary Pegram	0	20
Dwight Barnes	0	17
Josh Gerhardt	0	15
Tito Benson	0	15
Howie Hoffman	0	13
Ike Dillon	0	13
Rob Szumnarski	0	9
Mercury Kemp	0	7
Ricardo Colclough	0	6
Leon Tate	0	6
Antoine Bensen	0	6
Skip Long	0	6
Herb Kemp	0	6
Andy Groom	0	5
Daryl Meynardie	0	5
Ricardo Pourdanesh	0	5
J.C. Anthony	0	5
Percy Robinson	0	5
Christian Shepherd	0	4
Tito Mayes	0	4
Ronnie Clements	0	4
Rico Barrington	0	4
Chad Lavalais	0	3
Sammie May	0	3
Derrick Manula	0	3
Brock Robbins	0	3
Shaun Bell	0	2
Ken Givens	0	2
Fred Sica	0	2
Bernard Hayes	0	1
Terrell Hartnett	0	1
Vernon Lockard	0	1
Doug Wallace	0	1
Arnold Reid	0	1
Leo Fort	0	1
Leslie Franz	0	1
Trent Cedeno	0	1

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Will Jessup	3	25
Mercury Legay	3	15
Elton Kinney	2	16
Dominic Goodwin	0	19
Kendall Flickinger	0	16
Darren McKnight	0	14
Wesley Walker	0	11
Amos Duncan	0	10
Freddie Robak	0	10
Trent Huffman	0	9
Byron Crist	0	9
Gerald VanEck	0	7
Lee Attico	0	7
Wade Robbins	0	7
Damon Beede	0	7
Robbie Burgess	0	6
Kendrick Fox	0	6
Lenny Spindler	0	6
Lewis Gredzinski	0	6
Teddy Rottinghaus	0	5
Mark Badalyan	0	5
Mo George	0	5
Fernando Gildon	0	4
Sean Taylor	0	3
Sedrick Davison	0	3
Colin Bullock	0	2
Tyrone Carlson	0	1
Brad Dunham	0	1
Mo Rodriguez	0	1
Charlie Flannery	0	1
Brant Norton	0	1
Heath Hitchcock	0	1
Christian Howe	0	1
Luke Wayne	0	1
Kelvin Harbert	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	14	46	3.3
Middle	10	46	4.6
Right	1	0	0.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	33	3.3
Middle	12	35	2.9
Right	3	3	1.0
None	2	-2	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Byron Leftwich	26	17	3	0	0	4	2	2	1

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Harvey Swanger	27	19	3	1	0	0	6	4	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	7	3.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	9	56	5.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	3	53	7.6
Long (19+ Yds)	7	3	81	11.6

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	10	94	7.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	7	84	8.4
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	44	11.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Cleveland	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Brock Robbins	6	3	29	0	24
WR Donnell Babka	5	3	43	1	14
WR J.C. Anthony	3	1	16	0	17
RB Sammie May	2	2	7	0	12
WR Ronnie Clements	2	2	26	1	4
RB Norm Dotson	2	1	2	0	11
FB Gary Pegram	2	1	7	0	13
TE Mercury Kemp	1	1	32	1	14
WR Howie Hoffman	1	1	8	0	6
TE Tito Benson	1	1	8	0	11
WR Hugh Nevarez	1	1	19	0	2

New England	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Roger Daniels	7	6	76	1	17
WR Nathan Osborne	7	4	46	1	24
WR Luke Gross	3	3	54	1	24
TE Teddy Rottinghaus	2	1	12	0	18
WR Darren McKnight	2	1	7	0	11
RB Byron Lewis	2	1	9	0	21
RB Kendall Flickinger	2	1	11	0	11
TE Elton Kinney	1	1	6	0	12
FB Lewis Gredzinski	1	1	1	0	16

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Sammie May	2	0	0.00	4.57
Norm Dotson	2	3	1.50	3.88

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Kendall Flickinger	3	8	2.67	4.50
Byron Lewis	2	4	2.00	1.80
Harvey Swanger	1	3	3.00	1.50

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Byron Leftwich	2	2	21	10.50	7.58

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Harvey Swanger	4	4	29	7.25	8.22

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Cleveland	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Hugh Nevarez	1	1	19	19.00	19.00
RB Norm Dotson	1	1	2	2.00	1.00

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Darren McKnight	1	1	7	7.00	3.50
WR Roger Daniels	1	1	6	6.00	10.86
TE Elton Kinney	1	1	6	6.00	6.00
WR Nathan Osborne	1	1	10	10.00	6.57

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Cleveland	Rushes	Conversions
Norm Dotson	2	0

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Byron Lewis	3	2
Kendall Flickinger	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Conversions
Byron Leftwich	9	6	4

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Harvey Swanger	6	4	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Cleveland	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR J.C. Anthony	2	1	1
RB Norm Dotson	2	1	0
WR Donnell Babka	1	1	1
WR Howie Hoffman	1	1	0
RB Sammie May	1	1	1
WR Hugh Nevarez	1	1	1
WR Brock Robbins	1	0	0

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Roger Daniels	2	2	2
RB Kendall Flickinger	2	1	1
TE Teddy Rottinghaus	1	0	0
WR Nathan Osborne	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 58,000 (68,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,900 (21,600)
End Zone 13,700 (15,600)
Mezzanine 8,300 (9,000)
Sideline Seats 13,100 (13,800)
Club Seats 6,000 (6,000)
Luxury Boxes 2,000 (2,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	58,000 (68,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,900 (21,600)
End Zone	13,700 (15,600)
Mezzanine	8,300 (9,000)
Sideline Seats	13,100 (13,800)
Club Seats	6,000 (6,000)
Luxury Boxes	2,000 (2,000)