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Game 5, Year 3: Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns
10 -- 3-2
6 -- 2-3
Outside linebackers Vernon Gholston (LEFT) and Manny Lawson (RIGHT) each registered 2 sacks as the Bengals defense tormented Browns QB Brady Quinn throughout the day to the tune of 6 total sacks. Gholston's first quarter sack (shown above) on third down thwarted an early Browns scoring opportunity in which they had to settle for a field goal after reaching the Bengals 2-yard line with a full set of downs.
It wasn't pretty but the Cincinnati Bengals will take it, defeating the Cleveland Browns 10-6 Sunday afternoon on the road. Cincinnati QB Carson Palmer's 10-yard touchdown pass over the middle to WR Chad Ochocinco with 6:50 to go in the second quarter made the score 7-3 and was enough points for Cincinnati to come out of Cleveland with a "W."
Palmer completed 19 of his 28 passes for 228 yards on the day. His top target was dynamic RB C.J. Spiller, who hauled in 6 receptions for 101 yards and finished with 157 all-purpose yards.
The story of the game however was the play of the Cincinnati defense. Off to a somewhat slow start this season, Bengals defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel's group woke up and held Cleveland to just 233 total yards of offense and just 3 of 13 on third down conversions.
Bengals linebackers Vernon Gholston and Manny Lawson both notched 2 sacks on the day. LB Keith Rivers and CB Zackary Bowman also contributed to the sack part with take-downs of their own of Browns QB Brady Quinn.
"We knew that we could pressure Brady and confuse their line calls with our zone blitz schemes," said Crennel, who was the Browns' head coach from 2005 through 2008.
"Our defense really seems to be coming into their own and with guys like Lawson and Gholston starting to excel, the skies the limit for our unit."
The Browns final scoring opportunity came late in the fourth quarter with just over three minutes to play. They converted two first downs however they were stuffed on a 3rd and 2 rushing attempt by RB Jamal Lewis and were forced to put with 2:12 remaining in the game from their own 40-yard line, deciding to put the game into the hands of their defense.
The Bengals offense got the ball back and converted two first downs while forcing Cleveland (2-3) to exhaust all of their timeouts. They were stopped on a 3rd and 15 late in the drive and had to punt from their own 42-yard line with less than 0:20 remaining. Bengals P Ken Huber, who had a remarkable 6 of 6 punts land inside the 20 during the contest, pinned Cleveland deep at their own 8-yard line with a 50-yard boot with just 0:03 to go in the game.
"This was a game of field position and with the great job Huber did today, we won that battle in a rout," said Bengals special teams coach Bobby April.
On the Browns' final desperation heave, Quinn hit WR Chansi Stuckey on a deep post pattern but Cincinnati SS Craig Steltz laid a vicious hit on the former Jets receiver and jarred the ball loose to preserve the Bengals' big win.
Cincinnati (3-2) will have a BYE in week 6 before facing undefeated Tennessee on the road in week 7. New Titans QB Trent Edwards (82) is off to the best start of his career, posting a career-best 99.1 passer rating thus far this season while RB Chris Johnson (94) is the NFL's third leading rusher with 498 yards.
2011 Cincinnati Bengals Schedule/Results
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10 -- 3-2 6 -- 2-3 Outside linebackers Vernon Gholston (LEFT) and Manny Lawson (RIGHT) each registered 2 sacks as the Bengals defense tormented Browns QB Brady Quinn throughout the day to the tune of 6 total sacks. Gholston's first quarter sack (shown above) on third down thwarted an early Browns scoring opportunity in which they had to settle for a field goal after reaching the Bengals 2-yard line with a full set of downs.
BENGALS DEFENSE STYMIES BROWNS IN 10-6 DEFENSIVE MASTERPIECE
Second quarter touchdown pass from Palmer to Ochocinco enough for Cincinnati to top in-state rivals and pick up 3rd straight victory | LBs Lawson and Gholston dominate Cleveland's highly-touted offensive line, collect two sacks apiece | Browns QB Quinn dropped six times in defeat
It wasn't pretty but the Cincinnati Bengals will take it, defeating the Cleveland Browns 10-6 Sunday afternoon on the road. Cincinnati QB Carson Palmer's 10-yard touchdown pass over the middle to WR Chad Ochocinco with 6:50 to go in the second quarter made the score 7-3 and was enough points for Cincinnati to come out of Cleveland with a "W."
Palmer completed 19 of his 28 passes for 228 yards on the day. His top target was dynamic RB C.J. Spiller, who hauled in 6 receptions for 101 yards and finished with 157 all-purpose yards.
The story of the game however was the play of the Cincinnati defense. Off to a somewhat slow start this season, Bengals defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel's group woke up and held Cleveland to just 233 total yards of offense and just 3 of 13 on third down conversions.
Bengals linebackers Vernon Gholston and Manny Lawson both notched 2 sacks on the day. LB Keith Rivers and CB Zackary Bowman also contributed to the sack part with take-downs of their own of Browns QB Brady Quinn.
"We knew that we could pressure Brady and confuse their line calls with our zone blitz schemes," said Crennel, who was the Browns' head coach from 2005 through 2008.
"Our defense really seems to be coming into their own and with guys like Lawson and Gholston starting to excel, the skies the limit for our unit."
The Browns final scoring opportunity came late in the fourth quarter with just over three minutes to play. They converted two first downs however they were stuffed on a 3rd and 2 rushing attempt by RB Jamal Lewis and were forced to put with 2:12 remaining in the game from their own 40-yard line, deciding to put the game into the hands of their defense.
The Bengals offense got the ball back and converted two first downs while forcing Cleveland (2-3) to exhaust all of their timeouts. They were stopped on a 3rd and 15 late in the drive and had to punt from their own 42-yard line with less than 0:20 remaining. Bengals P Ken Huber, who had a remarkable 6 of 6 punts land inside the 20 during the contest, pinned Cleveland deep at their own 8-yard line with a 50-yard boot with just 0:03 to go in the game.
"This was a game of field position and with the great job Huber did today, we won that battle in a rout," said Bengals special teams coach Bobby April.
On the Browns' final desperation heave, Quinn hit WR Chansi Stuckey on a deep post pattern but Cincinnati SS Craig Steltz laid a vicious hit on the former Jets receiver and jarred the ball loose to preserve the Bengals' big win.
Cincinnati (3-2) will have a BYE in week 6 before facing undefeated Tennessee on the road in week 7. New Titans QB Trent Edwards (82) is off to the best start of his career, posting a career-best 99.1 passer rating thus far this season while RB Chris Johnson (94) is the NFL's third leading rusher with 498 yards.
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[b][u]Box Score[/u][/b][u][/u]
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final[/b]
[IMG]http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/images/football/nfl/logos/bengals_30.gif[/IMG] Cincinnati 3-2 -- 0 7 3 0 10
[IMG]http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/images/football/nfl/logos/browns_30.gif[/IMG] Cleveland 2-3 -- 3 3 0 0 6
[U][b]1st[/b][/U]
[IMG]http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/images/football/nfl/logos/browns_30.gif[/IMG]: 27 yd FG by Dawson 5:06 -- 0-3
[U][b]2nd[/b][/U]
[IMG]http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/images/football/nfl/logos/bengals_30.gif[/IMG]: 10 yd TD pass from Palmer to Ochocinco (Graham kick) 6:50 -- 7-3
[IMG]http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/images/football/nfl/logos/browns_30.gif[/IMG]: 42 yd FG by Dawson 4:31 -- 7-6
[U][b]3rd[/b][/U]
[IMG]http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/images/football/nfl/logos/bengals_30.gif[/IMG]: 43 yd FG by Graham 8:39 -- 10-6
[U][b]4th[/b][/U]
[I]No Scoring[/I]
[b][u]Notable Statistics[/u][/b][u][/u]
[IMG]http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/images/football/nfl/logos/bengals_30.gif[/IMG] [b]Cincinnati [/b]
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Passing RATING COMP ATT YDS TD INT [/U]
9-QB Carson Palmer 86.6 19 28 228 1 1
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Rushing ATT YDS TD [/U]
28-RB C.J. Spiller 21 56 0
21-FB Jacob Hester 7 14 0
35-RB Jerome Harrison 2 -2 0
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Receiving REC YDS TD[/U]
28-RB C.J. Spiller 6 101 0
85-WR Chad Ochocinco 5 49 1
84-WR Shaun McDonald 3 34 0
80-TE Chase Coffman 2 17 0
83-WR Kevin Curtis 1 14 0
87-WR Michael Floyd(R) 1 10 0
26-FB Anthony Elzy(R) 1 3 0
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Defensive SOLO AST TFL SCK INT[/U]
55-MLB Keith Rivers 6 0 2 1 0
91-OLB Manny Lawson 5 1 2 2 0
26-SS Craig Steltz 5 1 0 0 0
42-FS Taylor Mays 4 1 0 0 0
56-OLB Vernon Gholston 4 0 3 2 0
58-MLB Rey Maualuga 3 1 0 0 0
34-CB Zackary Bowman 2 0 0 1 0
24-CB Joe Haden 1 0 0 0 1
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Kicking FG MADE FG ATT LONG MISSED XP MADE XP ATT [/U]
17-PK Shayne Graham 1 1 43 n/a 1 1
[B][U]Bengals Key Team Stats: [/U][/B]
Total Offensive Yards: 276
Rushing Yards: 66
Sacks Allowed: 2
3rd down conversions: 7-15 (46%)
Offensive Turnovers: 1
Penalties: 2 for 20 yards
Time of Possession: 32:48
[IMG]http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/images/football/nfl/logos/browns_30.gif[/IMG] [b]Cleveland [/b]
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Passing RATING COMP ATT YDS TD INT [/U]
10-QB Brady Quinn 80.5 19 26 209 0 1
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Rushing ATT YDS TD [/U]
31-RB Jamal Lewis 14 46 0
43-RB Darren Sproles* 4 8 0
* - injured in first quarter (pinched nerve) | did not return
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Receiving REC YDS TD[/U]
31-RB Jamal Lewis 5 91 0
83-WR Chansi Stuckey 4 32 0
11-WR Mohamed Massaqoui 2 26 0
28-RB James Davis 2 7 0
47-FB Lawrence Vickers 2 13 0
88-TE Jeremy Shockey 2 32 0
80-WR Brian Robiske 1 6 0
87-TE Jermichael Finley 1 2 0
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Defensive SOLO AST TFL SCK INT[/U]
27-FS Deunta Williams(R) 5 4 1 0 0
24-CB Eric Wright 4 1 3 1 0
53-OLB Reshad Jeanty 3 3 0 0 0
26-CB Josh Wilson 3 5 0 0 1
92-DT Shaun Rogers 2 3 2 1 0
21-SS Brodney Poole 2 7 1 0 0
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Kicking FG MADE FG ATT LONG MISSED XP MADE XP ATT [/U]
4-PK Phil Dawson 2 2 42 n/a 0 0
[B][U]Opponent Key Team Stats:[/U][/B]
Total Offensive Yards: 233
Rushing Yards: 54
Sacks Allowed: 6
3rd down conversions: 3-13 (23%)
Offensive Turnovers: 1
Penalties: 1 for 5 yards
Time of Possession: 27:12
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2011 Cincinnati Bengals Schedule/ResultsCode:
Opponent (record) Result Bengals Player of the Game -Record-
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vs Pittsburgh (1-0) L 17-38 RB Harrison 159 total yds 1 td 0-1
at San Francisco (1-1) L 33-36 OT RB Spiller 14 rec 219 yds 2 tds 0-2
at Houston (1-2) W 48-21 QB Hill 17-26 302 yds 2 tds 1-2
vs Jacksonville (1-3) W 24-17 WR McDonald 4 rec 110 yds 1 td 2-2
at Cleveland (2-3) W 10-06 LB Lawson 6 tk 2 tfl 2 sk 3-2
at Tennessee
vs Indianapolis
at Pittsburgh
vs Buffalo
vs Arizona
at Seattle
vs Baltimore
at Kansas City
vs Cleveland
vs St. Louis
at Baltimore
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AFC North Standings - through week 6 (following Bengals BYE week)
Pittsburgh 4-1
Cincinnati 3-2
Cleveland 2-4
Baltimore 1-5
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Next Game:
Sunday, October 23, 2011 @ 1:00pm
AFC North Standings - through week 6 (following Bengals BYE week)
Pittsburgh 4-1 Cincinnati 3-2 Cleveland 2-4 Baltimore 1-5----------------------------------
Next Game:
Sunday, October 23, 2011 @ 1:00pm
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