Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Pittsburgh 26, Cleveland 22
When: 8:15 PM ET, Monday, September 18, 2023
Where: Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 62°
Head Official: Ron Torbert
Attendance: 67576
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Cleveland 3118022
Pittsburgh 793726
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 14:51
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 7 - Cleveland 0
Alex Highsmith 30 yd. interception return (Chris Boswell kick)
1st Quarter - 8:46
Cleveland FG Pittsburgh 7 - Cleveland 3
Dustin Hopkins 43 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 14:02
Cleveland TD Pittsburgh 7 - Cleveland 11
Jerome Ford 3 yd. pass from Deshaun Watson (Jerome Ford run)
2nd Quarter - 9:11
Pittsburgh FG Pittsburgh 10 - Cleveland 11
Chris Boswell 52 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 6:05
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 16 - Cleveland 11
George Pickens 71 yd. pass from Kenny Pickett (run failed)
2nd Quarter - 0:22
Cleveland FG Pittsburgh 16 - Cleveland 14
Dustin Hopkins 55 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 11:47
Pittsburgh FG Pittsburgh 19 - Cleveland 14
Chris Boswell 50 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 10:01
Cleveland TD Pittsburgh 19 - Cleveland 22
Pierre Strong Jr. 1 yd. run (Deshaun Watson run)
4th Quarter - 6:58
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 26 - Cleveland 22
T.J. Watt 16 yd. fumble recovery (Chris Boswell kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Cleveland Pittsburgh
1st Downs 20 9
Rushing 7 3
Passing 12 6
Penalty 1 0
3rd Down Conversions 5-16 4-14
4th Down Conversions 0-2 0-0
Punts-Average 5-47.6 7-45.7
Return Yards 0 44
Punts-Returns 0-0 1-14
Kickoffs-Returns 0-0 1-0
Int - Returns 1-0 1-30
Penalties-Yards 8-81 5-31
Fumbles-Lost 4-3 1-1
Time of Possession 35:28 24:32
Total Net Yards 408 255
Total Plays 81 53
Average Gain 5.0 4.8
Net Yards Rushing 198 55
Rushes 35 21
Average/Rush 5.7 2.6
Net Yards Passing 210 200
Comp-Att 22-40 15-30
Yards/Pass 4.6 6.2
Sacked-Yards Lost 6-25 2-22
Had Intercepted 1 1
Touchdowns 2 3
Rushing 1 0
Passing 1 1
Other 0 2
Extra Points 2-2 2-3
Field Goals 2-3 2-2
Red Zone Efficiency 2-3-67% 0-0-0%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-2-100% 0-0-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Cleveland Browns (1-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Watson 22/40 235 1 1
Pittsburgh Steelers (1-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
K. Pickett 15/30 222 1 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
J. Ford 16 106 6.6 0 69
N. Chubb 10 64 6.4 0 20
D. Watson 6 22 3.7 0 12
E. Moore 1 5 5.0 0 5
P. Strong Jr. 2 1 0.5 1 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
N. Harris 10 43 4.3 0 21
J. Warren 6 20 3.3 0 8
C. Austin III 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2
K. Pickett 4 -6 -1.5 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Cooper 10 7 90 12.9 0 23
D. Njoku 4 4 48 12.0 0 29
E. Moore 9 3 36 12.0 0 16
D. Bell 3 3 27 9.0 0 14
J. Ford 4 3 25 8.3 1 14
D. Peoples-Jones 4 1 7 7.0 0 7
J. Akins 1 1 2 2.0 0 2
H. Bryant 2 0 0 0 0 0
P. Strong Jr. 1 0 0 0 0 0
M. Goodwin 2 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
G. Pickens 10 4 127 31.8 1 71
J. Warren 6 4 66 16.5 0 30
A. Robinson II 3 2 12 6.0 0 7
C. Austin III 4 1 10 10.0 0 10
M. Boykin 1 1 5 5.0 0 5
P. Freiermuth 1 1 2 2.0 0 2
N. Harris 3 1 0 0.0 0 0
G. Olszewski 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
G. Delpit 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Highsmith 1 30 1
Sacks
  NO. YDS
S. Takitaki 1.0 11.0
S. Harris 0.5 5.5
M. Hurst II 0.5 5.5
Sacks
  NO. YDS
T. Watt 1.0 7.0
L. Ogunjobi 1.0 7.0
A. Highsmith 1.0 4.0
M. Golden 1.0 3.0
D. Leal 1.0 2.0
E. Riley 1.0 2.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
D. Ward 5 0
J. Owusu-Koramoah 4 0
G. Delpit 4 2
G. Newsome II 3 0
A. Walker Jr. 3 1
J. Thornhill 3 1
S. Takitaki 2 0
M. Garrett 1 0
Z. Smith 1 0
M. Ford 1 0
C. Mitchell 1 0
O. Okoronkwo 1 2
S. Harris 1 3
J. Elliott 0 1
A. Wright 0 1
M. Hurst II 0 3
Tackles
  Tk Ast
K. Alexander 8 1
D. Kazee 6 0
L. Wallace 5 0
M. Fitzpatrick 5 1
A. Highsmith 5 2
K. Neal 4 2
L. Ogunjobi 3 1
C. Holcomb 3 5
P. Peterson 2 0
E. Roberts 2 0
A. Watts 2 0
D. Leal 2 1
N. Herbig 2 1
T. Watt 2 2
C. Sullivan 2 2
E. Riley 1 0
M. Golden 1 1
M. Adams 1 2
K. Benton 0 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Owusu-Koramoah 2.0
Z. Smith 1.0
S. Takitaki 1.0
O. Okoronkwo 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
T. Watt 2.0
C. Holcomb 1.0
M. Golden 1.0
L. Ogunjobi 1.0
D. Leal 1.0
E. Riley 1.0
K. Alexander 1.0
A. Highsmith 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Njoku 1
D. Watson 2
G. Delpit 1
Fumbles
  NO.
G. Olszewski 1