Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Cleveland 36, Houston 22
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 24, 2023
Where: NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Tra Blake
Attendance: 70831
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Cleveland 7156836
Houston 0701522
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 13:18
Cleveland TD Houston 0 - Cleveland 7
Jerome Ford 4 yd. run (Dustin Hopkins kick)
2nd Quarter - 12:04
Cleveland TD Houston 0 - Cleveland 14
Amari Cooper 75 yd. pass from Joe Flacco (Dustin Hopkins kick)
2nd Quarter - 11:51
Houston TD Houston 7 - Cleveland 14
Dameon Pierce 98 yd. kickoff return (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
2nd Quarter - 4:16
Cleveland TD Houston 7 - Cleveland 22
David Njoku 21 yd. pass from Joe Flacco (Dorian Thompson-Robinson run)
3rd Quarter - 2:35
Cleveland TD Houston 7 - Cleveland 28
Amari Cooper 7 yd. pass from Joe Flacco (run failed)
4th Quarter - 12:31
Cleveland TD Houston 7 - Cleveland 36
Kareem Hunt 1 yd. run (Amari Cooper pass from Joe Flacco)
4th Quarter - 6:08
Houston TD Houston 15 - Cleveland 36
Nico Collins 5 yd. pass from Davis Mills (Nico Collins pass from Davis Mills)
4th Quarter - 4:12
Houston TD Houston 22 - Cleveland 36
Andrew Beck 1 yd. pass from Davis Mills (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Cleveland Houston
1st Downs 26 20
Rushing 4 3
Passing 19 13
Penalty 3 4
3rd Down Conversions 6-16 5-15
4th Down Conversions 4-6 1-3
Punts-Average 3-49.3 6-44.3
Return Yards 62 198
Punts-Returns 2-18 2-15
Kickoffs-Returns 1-36 6-183
Int - Returns 2-8 2-0
Penalties-Yards 9-55 10-76
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Time of Possession 33:34 26:26
Total Net Yards 418 250
Total Plays 75 68
Average Gain 5.6 3.7
Net Yards Rushing 54 72
Rushes 30 16
Average/Rush 1.8 4.5
Net Yards Passing 364 178
Comp-Att 28-44 26-49
Yards/Pass 8.1 3.4
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-10 3-33
Had Intercepted 2 2
Touchdowns 5 3
Rushing 2 0
Passing 3 2
Other 0 1
Extra Points 3-4 3-3
Field Goals 0-0 0-0
Red Zone Efficiency 4-6-67% 2-2-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 3-3-100% 2-2-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Cleveland Browns (10-5)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Flacco 27/42 368 3 2
D. Thompson-Robinson 1/2 6 0 0
Houston Texans (8-7)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Mills 15/32 149 2 0
C. Keenum 11/17 62 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
J. Ford 15 25 1.7 1 10
P. Strong Jr. 5 22 4.4 0 8
K. Hunt 7 11 1.6 1 4
J. Flacco 2 1 0.5 0 2
D. Thompson-Robinson 1 -5 -5.0 0 -5
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Singletary 9 44 4.9 0 17
D. Mills 2 9 4.5 0 9
R. Woods 1 7 7.0 0 7
D. Ogunbowale 1 6 6.0 0 6
D. Pierce 3 6 2.0 0 4
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Cooper 15 11 265 24.1 2 75
D. Njoku 9 6 44 7.3 1 21
E. Moore 4 2 19 9.5 0 18
J. Akins 2 2 18 9.0 0 13
C. Tillman 2 2 13 6.5 0 7
D. Bell 2 1 6 6.0 0 6
H. Bryant 1 1 6 6.0 0 6
K. Hunt 4 2 5 2.5 0 6
P. Strong Jr. 1 0 0 0 0 0
M. Goodwin 1 0 0 0 0 0
J. Ford 2 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Schultz 11 8 61 7.6 0 14
N. Brown 7 3 38 12.7 0 16
B. Jordan 3 2 27 13.5 0 19
D. Singletary 3 3 19 6.3 0 8
N. Collins 6 4 18 4.5 1 7
X. Hutchinson 2 1 18 18.0 0 18
R. Woods 6 2 14 7.0 0 12
D. Pierce 2 1 10 10.0 0 10
A. Beck 2 2 6 3.0 1 5
J. Metchie III 3 0 0 0 0 0
D. Ogunbowale 3 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Owusu-Koramoah 1 8 0
D. Harmon 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
D. Stingley Jr. 1 0 0
D. Houston-Carson 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
Z. Smith 2.0 23.0
A. Wright 1.0 10.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Hughes 1.0 10.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
S. Takitaki 6 1
D. Bell 5 0
J. Owusu-Koramoah 5 1
M. Emerson Jr. 3 0
M. Garrett 3 0
D. Harmon 3 0
R. Hickman Jr. 3 3
Z. Smith 2 0
M. Ford 2 1
D. Ward 1 0
C. Mitchell 1 0
D. Tomlinson 1 0
A. Wright 1 0
J. Elliott 1 0
T. McCalister 1 1
G. Newsome II 1 1
T. Fields II 0 2
Tackles
  Tk Ast
D. Houston-Carson 6 1
S. Nelson 5 1
D. Perryman 5 1
C. Harris 5 2
M. Sanders 4 2
D. King II 4 7
J. Pitre 3 0
A. Amos 3 1
J. Hughes 3 2
M. Collins 2 1
D. Stingley Jr. 2 1
D. Barnett 2 1
K. Hinish 1 0
H. To'oto'o 1 0
J. Ward 1 0
K. Hollman 1 0
K. Davis 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
Z. Smith 2.0
M. Garrett 2.0
A. Wright 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
D. Barnett 2.0
D. King II 2.0
M. Collins 1.0
M. Sanders 1.0
D. Houston-Carson 1.0
J. Hughes 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Singletary 1