Week 1, 2023

played in Cleveland, OH

74 degrees, fair, 3 mph wind

Cincinnati Bengals	7	7	0	3	0	-	17
Cleveland Browns	0	0	3	14	6	-	23

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:31 CIN - K.C. Carter 6 run (Gary McCarthy extra point)
2Q: 04:40 CIN - Kennedy Hallman 19 pass from Fred Mount (Gary McCarthy extra point)
3Q: 09:19 CLE - Percy Robinson 29 field goal
4Q: 08:00 CIN - Gary McCarthy 19 field goal
4Q: 01:05 CLE - Anthony Galland 12 pass from Terry Sawyer (Percy Robinson extra point)
4Q: 00:31 CLE - Norm Dotson 1 pass from Terry Sawyer (Percy Robinson extra point)
OT: 09:46 CLE - Norm Dotson 2 run

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:31 CIN - K.C. Carter 6 run (Gary McCarthy extra point)
2Q: 04:40 CIN - Kennedy Hallman 19 pass from Fred Mount (Gary McCarthy extra point)
3Q: 09:19 CLE - Percy Robinson 29 field goal
4Q: 08:00 CIN - Gary McCarthy 19 field goal
4Q: 01:05 CLE - Anthony Galland 12 pass from Terry Sawyer (Percy Robinson extra point)
4Q: 00:31 CLE - Norm Dotson 1 pass from Terry Sawyer (Percy Robinson extra point)
OT: 09:46 CLE - Norm Dotson 2 run

Team Statistics CIN CLE
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 21 26
- by Rushing 6 6
- by Passing 13 20
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 373 473
- Offensive Plays 66 76
- Yards per Play 5.65 6.22
Net Rushing Yards 120 109
- Rushing Attempts 32 24
- Yards per Rush 3.75 4.54
Net Passing Yards 253 364
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 32 - 22 - 0 51 - 28 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 264 370
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/11 1/6
- Yards per Pass Play 7.44 7.00
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 4/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/14 8/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.6 7.9
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/1
Penalties/Yards 3/20 7/50
Punt Returns/Yards 4/8 4/49
Kick Returns/Yards 4/55 2/62
Interception Ret./Yards 1/45 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/1 3/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 19 OWN 26
Time of Possession 35:22 30:00

Team Statistics	CIN	CLE
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	21	26
- by Rushing	6	6
- by Passing	13	20
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	373	473
- Offensive Plays	66	76
- Yards per Play	5.65	6.22
Net Rushing Yards	120	109
- Rushing Attempts	32	24
- Yards per Rush	3.75	4.54
Net Passing Yards	253	364
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	32 - 22 - 0	51 - 28 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	264	370
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/11	1/6
- Yards per Pass Play	7.44	7.00
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	4/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/14	8/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.6	7.9
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/1
Penalties/Yards	3/20	7/50
Punt Returns/Yards	4/8	4/49
Kick Returns/Yards	4/55	2/62
Interception Ret./Yards	1/45	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	3/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 19	OWN 26
Time of Possession	35:22	30:00

Drive Charts

Cincinnati Bengals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:42	4:21	OPP 38	9	38	Touchdown
1	3:28	3:18	OWN 3	7	43	Punt
2	13:13	3:46	OWN 18	7	28	Punt
2	7:49	3:20	OWN 21	7	79	Touchdown
2	1:59	1:59	OWN 5	5	18	Half
3	15:00	2:49	OWN 19	4	8	Punt
3	9:14	3:06	OWN 18	4	12	Punt
3	4:43	2:06	OWN 19	3	8	Punt
4	15:00	7:05	OWN 9	12	89	Field Goal
4	6:32	2:27	OWN 24	3	8	Punt
4	0:21	0:21	OWN 19	2	23	Half
OT1	15:00	1:17	OWN 27	3	9	Punt

Cleveland Browns
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:18	OWN 37	9	35	Interception
1	5:21	1:53	OWN 20	6	31	Punt
1	0:10	1:57	OWN 9	4	21	Punt
2	9:27	1:38	OWN 20	4	23	Punt
2	4:29	2:30	OWN 20	7	15	Punt
3	12:11	2:57	OWN 44	7	44	Field Goal
3	6:08	1:25	OWN 27	3	5	Punt
3	2:37	2:37	OWN 38	6	10	Punt
4	7:55	1:23	OWN 33	3	2	Punt
4	4:05	3:07	OWN 6	14	94	Touchdown
4	0:51	0:30	OWN 40	3	60	Touchdown
OT1	13:43	4:05	OWN 2	11	98	Touchdown

Game MVP: Terry Sawyer, Cleveland Browns

Rushing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
K.C. Carter	21	98	4.67	12	1	1
Dominic Henry	7	3	0.43	6	0	0
Fred Mount	1	5	5.00	5	0	0
Kennedy Hallman	1	9	9.00	9	0	0
Kurt Barge	1	4	4.00	4	0	0
Ernest Scott	1	1	1.00	1	0	0

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Norm Dotson	18	75	4.17	13	2	1
Ian Beyer	4	22	5.50	18	1	0
Terry Sawyer	2	12	6.00	8	0	0

Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Fred Mount	32	22	264	2/11	1	39	0	104.1

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Terry Sawyer	51	28	370	1/6	2	39	1	82.9

Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Kennedy Hallman	9	11	145	16.11	43	39	1
TE Aaron Webb	4	5	47	11.75	20	18	0
WR Mercury Dawkins	3	5	33	11.00	15	18	0
WR Kurt Barge	2	4	21	10.50	0	12	0
RB Dominic Henry	1	1	5	5.00	2	5	0
FB Charlie Sanford	1	2	9	9.00	10	9	0
WR D.J. Miklusicak	1	1	8	8.00	0	8	0
RB K.C. Carter	1	2	-4	-4.00	0	-4	0
TE Brant Emerson	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Cleveland	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Ian Hitchcock	8	13	149	18.63	43	39	0
WR Rod McCullough	6	9	80	13.33	12	35	0
RB Norm Dotson	5	5	26	5.20	11	11	1
TE Dana Knoyle	5	9	60	12.00	14	20	0
FB Greg Harper	3	3	43	14.33	32	23	0
WR Anthony Galland	1	4	12	12.00	0	12	1
WR Kendrick Galloway	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Ian Beyer	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Russell Garrison	0	6	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Cincinnati	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Luther McClanahan	1	45	45.00	0

Cleveland	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Cincinnati	Fumb	Recov	Force
Kurt Barge	1	0	0
Marco Keyser	0	1	0
Vernon Douglas	0	0	1
Rondell Marsh	0	0	1
Melvin Light	0	0	1
Tommy Begian	0	0	1

Cleveland	Fumb	Recov	Force
Ian Beyer	2	0	0
Rod McCullough	1	1	0
Ian Hitchcock	1	0	0
Howard Shields	0	1	0
Greg Harper	0	1	0
Kendrick Galloway	0	1	0
Dana Knoyle	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Cincinnati	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bruce Hopper	7	355	50.7	43.7	62	5

Cleveland	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Robbie Burgess	7	335	47.9	46.7	57	5

Kicking Statistics

Cincinnati	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Gary McCarthy	1/1	0/0	0/0	19	2/2

Cleveland	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Percy Robinson	1/1	0/0	0/0	29	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kurt Barge	4	8	2.0	0

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kendrick Galloway	4	49	12.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ronnie Clements	4	55	13.8	0

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ian Beyer	2	62	31.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Cincinnati	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Vernon Douglas	7	1	0.0	20	40
S Bruce Prescott	6	3	0.0	23	50
ILB Tommy Begian	5	1	0.0	17	37
DT Eugene Schwartz	5	1	0.0	16	28
DE Monty Magnone	4	1	0.5	21	44
CB Wally Yancey	4	2	0.0	17	42
CB Randall Henry	4	0	0.0	20	49
S Rondell Marsh	3	1	0.0	12	30
CB Marco Keyser	3	1	0.0	8	22
S Luther McClanahan	3	0	0.0	21	41
OLB Quinn McGregor	2	0	0.0	6	15
CB J.B. Lee	1	1	0.0	16	32
ILB Melvin Light	1	0	0.0	7	15
OLB Terrell Campbell	1	0	0.0	6	7
DE Dixon Bishop	1	0	0.0	13	21
DT Rickey Wolf	0	2	0.5	18	43

Cleveland	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Dan Fuller	9	2	0.0	28	26
OLB Cornelius Navarre	6	2	0.0	21	14
CB Jack Stewart	6	0	0.0	12	20
CB Marshall Ford	5	1	0.0	26	28
S Ted Carlson	5	1	0.0	24	19
DE Howie Barrett	4	0	2.0	22	28
DT Timothy Insley	4	2	0.0	18	15
OLB Alvin Noble	4	0	0.0	22	16
OLB Austin Manuwai	2	0	0.0	13	18
DT Horace McDonald	2	0	0.0	19	24
ILB Pat Gelbart	2	0	0.0	4	8
DT Darrin Grueneich	1	3	0.0	25	22
S Dennis Zawilinski	1	2	0.0	20	23
S Bubba Lane	1	0	0.0	3	9
TE Dana Knoyle	1	0	---	---	---
S Tony Merriman	1	0	0.0	8	17
DE Leo Ervin	1	0	0.0	22	20
CB Mickey Bensen	0	2	0.0	16	19
S Cory Lamar	0	1	0.0	8	15
DE Warren Lynn	0	1	0.0	25	18

Pass Rush Statistics

Cincinnati	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Monty Magnone	0.5	1	3	0	44
DT Rickey Wolf	0.5	0	1	1	43
DE Marcus Quigley	0.0	1	1	0	22
DE Dixon Bishop	0.0	1	0	0	21
DT Eugene Schwartz	0.0	0	1	0	28
OLB Quinn McGregor	0.0	0	1	0	15
DE Donovan Harding	0.0	0	1	0	17

Cleveland	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Howie Barrett	2.0	0	3	28
DE Leo Ervin	0.0	2	3	20
DT Horace McDonald	0.0	1	0	24
DE Warren Lynn	0.0	0	1	18

Pass Defense Statistics

Cincinnati	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Vernon Douglas	5	1	0	40
CB Randall Henry	4	1	0	49
CB Wally Yancey	4	0	0	42
S Bruce Prescott	4	0	0	50
CB Marco Keyser	2	1	0	22
S Luther McClanahan	2	0	1	41
S Rondell Marsh	2	0	0	30
ILB Tommy Begian	2	0	0	37
OLB Quinn McGregor	1	1	0	15
CB J.B. Lee	1	1	0	32
OLB Terrell Campbell	1	0	0	7
ILB Melvin Light	0	1	0	15

Cleveland	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Jack Stewart	7	0	20
CB Marshall Ford	5	1	28
ILB Dan Fuller	3	1	26
S Ted Carlson	2	1	19
ILB Pat Gelbart	2	0	8
S Bubba Lane	1	0	9
OLB Alvin Noble	1	0	16
DE Howie Barrett	1	0	28
S Dennis Zawilinski	0	3	23
CB Mickey Bensen	0	1	19

Blocking Statistics

Cincinnati	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Mickey Edwards	6	9	1	30	0	33
Gus Murphy	3	4	0	32	1	33
Patrick Wrighster	2	6	0	32	0	34
J.T. Bussey	1	6	0	27	0	22
Daniel Harding	1	1	0	25	1	30
Aaron Webb	1	1	0	26	0	26
Charlie Sanford	0	2	0	19	0	23
Carl Frankel	0	1	0	9	0	5
Christian Roosenraad	0	1	0	5	0	12

Cleveland	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Deon Springer	3	5	21	0	45
Conrad Chandler	1	5	14	0	34
Jason Weber	1	4	18	0	36
Jamie Hoffman	1	3	17	1	40
Glen Hickey	1	1	7	0	20
Greg Harper	0	3	13	0	24
Howard Shields	0	1	20	0	34

Special Teams Statistics

Cincinnati	Tackles	STPlays
Quinn McGregor	2	25
Ronnie Clements	1	17
Rondell Marsh	1	16
Charlie Sanford	1	9
Darrell Thingvold	1	8
Ernest Scott	0	24
Brant Emerson	0	17
Kurt Barge	0	16
Lionel Boult	0	16
Kirk Kerr	0	15
Marco Keyser	0	14
Wally Yancey	0	10
Vernon Douglas	0	9
J.T. Bussey	0	8
Carl Frankel	0	8
Christian Roosenraad	0	8
Bruce Hopper	0	7
Aaron Webb	0	7
Eugene Schwartz	0	6
Gary McCarthy	0	5
D.J. Miklusicak	0	5
Dixon Bishop	0	4
Donovan Harding	0	4
Rickey Wolf	0	3
Victor Borders	0	3
Monty Magnone	0	2
Marcus Quigley	0	2
Tommy Begian	0	1
Luther McClanahan	0	1
Bruce Prescott	0	1
Patrick Wrighster	0	1
Raymond Poole	0	1
J.B. Lee	0	1
Randall Henry	0	1

Cleveland	Tackles	STPlays
Alvin Noble	2	16
Greg Harper	1	24
Don Delgado	1	17
Russell Garrison	1	16
Dana Knoyle	1	11
Ted Carlson	1	9
Shane Robinson	1	5
Austin Manuwai	0	20
Doug Warren	0	17
Brian Lee	0	12
Mickey Bensen	0	11
Anthony Galland	0	10
Kendrick Galloway	0	10
Bubba Lane	0	9
Howard Shields	0	8
Glen Hickey	0	8
Robbie Burgess	0	7
Deon Springer	0	7
Leo Ervin	0	7
Percy Robinson	0	6
Jason Weber	0	5
Darrin Grueneich	0	4
Ian Beyer	0	4
Timothy Insley	0	3
Cory Lamar	0	3
Horace McDonald	0	3
Tony Merriman	0	3
Jamie Hoffman	0	3
Pat Gelbart	0	3
Dennis Zawilinski	0	3
Cornelius Navarre	0	2
Dan Fuller	0	2
Jack Stewart	0	2
Terry Sawyer	0	1
Marshall Ford	0	1
Howie Barrett	0	1
Warren Lynn	0	1
Steve Joseph	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	36	4.5
Middle	20	65	3.3
Right	4	19	4.8
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	43	8.6
Middle	14	49	3.5
Right	5	17	3.4
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Fred Mount	32	22	3	0	0	7	3	7	0

Cleveland	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Terry Sawyer	51	28	7	3	2	6	8	1	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	3	23	4.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	10	107	7.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	7	95	13.6
Long (19+ Yds)	5	2	39	7.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	3	30	6.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	13	98	4.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	9	142	8.9
Long (19+ Yds)	8	3	100	12.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Kennedy Hallman	11	9	145	3	32
TE Aaron Webb	5	4	47	0	26
WR Mercury Dawkins	5	3	33	0	25
WR Kurt Barge	4	2	21	0	15
FB Charlie Sanford	2	1	9	0	23
RB K.C. Carter	2	1	-4	0	27
TE Brant Emerson	1	0	0	0	3
RB Dominic Henry	1	1	5	0	7
WR D.J. Miklusicak	1	1	8	0	2

Cleveland	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Ian Hitchcock	13	8	1	149	4	30
TE Dana Knoyle	9	5	0	60	1	39
WR Rod McCullough	9	6	0	80	1	33
WR Russell Garrison	6	0	1	0	0	26
RB Norm Dotson	5	5	0	26	0	36
WR Anthony Galland	4	1	0	12	0	18
FB Greg Harper	3	3	0	43	1	24
WR Kendrick Galloway	1	0	0	0	0	3
RB Ian Beyer	1	0	0	0	0	16

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Dominic Henry	3	-3	-1.00	0.43
K.C. Carter	2	14	7.00	4.67
Kennedy Hallman	1	9	9.00	9.00

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Norm Dotson	2	3	1.50	4.17

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Fred Mount	3	1	19	6.33	8.25

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Terry Sawyer	6	3	26	4.33	7.25

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Kennedy Hallman	1	1	19	19.00	13.18
FB Charlie Sanford	1	0	0	0.00	4.50
TE Aaron Webb	1	0	0	0.00	9.40

Cleveland	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Russell Garrison	2	0	0	0.00	0.00
RB Norm Dotson	1	1	1	1.00	5.20
WR Ian Hitchcock	1	0	0	0.00	11.46
FB Greg Harper	1	1	13	13.00	14.33
WR Anthony Galland	1	1	12	12.00	3.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Cincinnati	Rushes	Conversions
Dominic Henry	3	0
K.C. Carter	2	1
Fred Mount	1	1

Cleveland	Rushes	Conversions
Norm Dotson	4	2
Ian Beyer	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Conversions
Fred Mount	8	7	4

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Conversions
Terry Sawyer	12	5	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Kennedy Hallman	4	4	2
WR Kurt Barge	1	1	1
TE Aaron Webb	1	1	1
WR D.J. Miklusicak	1	1	0
RB K.C. Carter	1	0	0

Cleveland	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Ian Hitchcock	4	2	2
WR Rod McCullough	3	2	2
TE Dana Knoyle	1	0	0
FB Greg Harper	1	1	1
WR Anthony Galland	1	0	0
WR Kendrick Galloway	1	0	0
WR Russell Garrison	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 72,300 (73,200 capacity)
Upper Deck 22,000 (22,000)
End Zone 15,800 (15,800)
Mezzanine 8,900 (9,100)
Sideline Seats 13,700 (14,000)
Club Seats 8,600 (8,600)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,700)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	72,300 (73,200 capacity)
Upper Deck	22,000 (22,000)
End Zone	15,800 (15,800)
Mezzanine	8,900 (9,100)
Sideline Seats	13,700 (14,000)
Club Seats	8,600 (8,600)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,700)