Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Pittsburgh 28, Cleveland 24
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 31, 2017
Where: Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 11°
Head Official: Jerome Boger
Attendance: 50704
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Cleveland 01410024
Pittsburgh 7147028
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:43
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 7 - Cleveland 0
Darrius Heyward-Bey 29 yd. run (Chris Boswell kick)
2nd Quarter - 13:26
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 14 - Cleveland 0
JuJu Smith-Schuster 20 yd. pass from Landry Jones (Chris Boswell kick)
2nd Quarter - 11:46
Cleveland TD Pittsburgh 14 - Cleveland 7
Duke Johnson Jr. 2 yd. run (Zane Gonzalez kick)
2nd Quarter - 7:59
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 21 - Cleveland 7
Stevan Ridley 4 yd. run (Chris Boswell kick)
2nd Quarter - 7:13
Cleveland TD Pittsburgh 21 - Cleveland 14
Rashard Higgins 56 yd. pass from DeShone Kizer (Zane Gonzalez kick)
3rd Quarter - 10:54
Cleveland TD Pittsburgh 21 - Cleveland 21
Rashard Higgins 5 yd. pass from DeShone Kizer (Zane Gonzalez kick)
3rd Quarter - 10:42
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 28 - Cleveland 21
JuJu Smith-Schuster 96 yd. kickoff return (Chris Boswell kick)
3rd Quarter - 2:04
Cleveland FG Pittsburgh 28 - Cleveland 24
Zane Gonzalez 51 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Cleveland Pittsburgh
1st Downs 17 20
Rushing 6 7
Passing 10 9
Penalty 1 4
3rd Down Conversions 7-15 3-10
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-2
Punts-Average 5-41.0 4-36.0
Return Yards 100 168
Punts-Returns 1--2 2-11
Kickoffs-Returns 4-102 4-157
Int - Returns 1-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 9-77 3-15
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 4-1
Time of Possession 30:55 29:05
Total Net Yards 374 348
Total Plays 63 58
Average Gain 5.9 6.0
Net Yards Rushing 102 124
Rushes 27 28
Average/Rush 3.8 4.4
Net Yards Passing 272 224
Comp-Att 16-30 23-27
Yards/Pass 7.6 7.5
Sacked-Yards Lost 6-42 3-15
Had Intercepted 1 1
Touchdowns 3 4
Rushing 1 2
Passing 2 1
Other 0 1
Extra Points 3-3 4-4
Field Goals 1-1 0-0
Red Zone Efficiency 2-2-100% 1-2-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-2-100% 1-2-50%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Cleveland Browns (0-16)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Kizer 16/30 314 2 1
Pittsburgh Steelers (13-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
L. Jones 23/27 239 1 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Kizer 6 61 10.2 0 20
I. Crowell 15 21 1.4 0 7
D. Johnson Jr. 6 20 3.3 1 10
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
S. Ridley 17 80 4.7 1 21
D. Heyward-Bey 1 29 29.0 1 29
F. Toussaint 5 22 4.4 0 7
R. Nix 2 -1 -0.5 0 0
L. Jones 3 -6 -2.0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
J. Gordon 7 4 115 28.8 0 54
D. Johnson Jr. 6 6 75 12.5 0 30
R. Higgins 4 3 68 22.7 2 56
D. Njoku 3 2 38 19.0 0 34
C. Coleman 6 1 18 18.0 0 18
M. Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0
R. Louis 2 0 0 0 0 0
S. DeValve 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
J. Smith-Schuster 10 9 143 15.9 1 46
M. Bryant 7 6 65 10.8 0 17
F. Toussaint 3 2 9 4.5 0 7
J. James 2 2 9 4.5 0 7
R. Nix 1 1 5 5.0 0 5
V. McDonald 2 1 5 5.0 0 5
X. Grimble 1 1 2 2.0 0 2
E. Rogers 1 1 1 1.0 0 1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Peppers 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
S. Davis 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
C. Brantley 1.0 6.0
C. Nassib 1.0 5.0
M. Garrett 1.0 4.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
T. Alualu 2.0 15.0
S. Davis 1.0 12.0
V. Williams 1.0 7.0
L. Fort 1.0 7.0
T. Watt 1.0 1.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
J. Schobert 8 4
J. Taylor 6 0
B. Boddy-Calhoun 5 0
C. Kirksey 5 2
J. McCourty 5 2
J. Peppers 4 0
J. Currie 3 0
M. Garrett 3 0
T. Coley 2 1
K. Nacua 2 2
J. Burgess Jr. 1 0
L. Ogunjobi 1 1
C. Brantley 1 1
C. Nassib 1 1
D. Shelton 0 2
Tackles
  Tk Ast
T. Watt 6 2
T. Alualu 6 2
M. Hilton 3 1
V. Williams 3 1
S. Tuitt 3 2
J. Haden 2 0
A. Burns 2 0
S. Davis 2 1
W. Gay 2 1
S. Spence 2 4
R. Golden 1 0
A. Moats 1 0
L. Walton 1 0
L. Fort 1 0
J. Hargrave 1 0
A. Chickillo 1 0
M. Mitchell 1 0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. McCourty 2.0
T. Coley 1.0
C. Brantley 1.0
J. Peppers 1.0
C. Nassib 1.0
J. Taylor 1.0
J. Currie 1.0
M. Garrett 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
T. Alualu 4.0
T. Watt 2.0
S. Tuitt 1.0
M. Hilton 1.0
S. Davis 1.0
V. Williams 1.0
L. Fort 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Johnson Jr. 1
Fumbles
  NO.
L. Jones 1
C. Hubbard 3