| Detroit Lions at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: September 28, 1986 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 72029 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 78 F Humidty: 77% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Cleveland Browns | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Brian Brennan EZ own fumble recovery (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Leonard Thompson 3 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns | Gerald McNeil 84 punt return (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | James Jones 6 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Matt Bahr 24 FG | 14 | 17 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Curtis Dickey 1 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 14 | 24 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Carl Bland 3 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 21 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Carl Bland |
| 89 | WR | Jeff Chadwick |
| 75 | LOT | Lomas Brown |
| 53 | LOG | Kevin Glover |
| 52 | C | Steve Mott |
| 73 | ROG | Harvey Salem |
| 71 | ROT | Rich Strenger |
| 87 | TE | David Lewis |
| 17 | QB | Eric Hipple |
| 32 | RB | Garry James |
| 30 | FB | James Jones |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Keith Ferguson |
| 79 | NT | Eric Williams |
| 79 | RDE | William Gay |
| 59 | LOLB | Jimmy Williams |
| 58 | LILB | James Harrell |
| 57 | RILB | Vernon Maxwell |
| 55 | ROLB | Mike Cofer |
| 40 | LCB | Duane Galloway |
| 21 | SS | Demetrious Johnson |
| 31 | FS | Devon Mitchell |
| 29 | RCB | Bruce McNorton |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Reggie Langhorne |
| 84 | WR | Webster Slaughter |
| 77 | LOT | Rickey Bolden |
| 74 | LOG | Paul Farren |
| 61 | C | Mike Baab |
| 69 | ROG | Dan Fike |
| 63 | ROT | Cody Risien |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 19 | QB | Bernie Kosar |
| 44 | RB | Earnest Byner |
| 34 | FB | Kevin Mack |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Reggie Camp |
| 79 | NT | Bob Golic |
| 78 | RDE | Carl Hairston |
| 56 | LOLB | Chip Banks |
| 51 | LILB | Eddie Johnson |
| 53 | RILB | Anthony Griggs |
| 57 | ROLB | Clay Matthews |
| 31 | LCB | Frank Minnifield |
| 24 | SS | Ray Ellis |
| 37 | FS | Chris Rockins |
| 29 | RCB | Hanford Dixon |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Jones | 23 | 68 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Eric Hipple | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Garry James | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Earnest Byner | 12 | 69 | 5.8 | 37 | 0 |
| Kevin Mack | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Herman Fontenot | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Curtis Dickey | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 |
| Bernie Kosar | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Eric Hipple | 48 | 33 | 68.8 | 0 | 251 | 5.2 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 102.0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bernie Kosar | 27 | 17 | 63.0 | 0 | 139 | 5.1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 76.0 |
| Brian Brennan | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Jones | 12 | 85 | 7.1 | 20 | 1 |
| Garry James | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Jeff Chadwick | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Herman Hunter | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 15 | 0 |
| David Lewis | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Pete Mandley | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 1 |
| Carl Bland | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 1 |
| Alvin Moore | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Earnest Byner | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Reggie Langhorne | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Kevin Mack | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Brian Brennan | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Webster Slaughter | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Herman Fontenot | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Clarence Weathers | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mike Black | 6 | 243 | 40.5 | 48 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jeff Gossett | 4 | 185 | 46.3 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Pete Mandley | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Gerald McNeil | 4 | 106 | 26.5 | 84t | 1 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Herman Hunter | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Carl Bland | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Gerald McNeil | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 36 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Keith Ferguson | 1.0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Chip Banks | 1.0 |
| Sam Clancy | 1.0 |
| Carl Hairston | 1.0 |
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