National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Cleveland 31, Houston 21
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 19, 2021
Where: FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 75°
Head Official: Brad Rogers
Attendance: 67431
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Houston 770721
Cleveland 7710731
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 9:56
Cleveland TD Cleveland 7 - Houston 0
Andy Janovich 1 yd. run (Chase McLaughlin kick)
1st Quarter - 5:18
Houston TD Cleveland 7 - Houston 7
Phillip Lindsay 22 yd. pass from Tyrod Taylor (Joey Slye kick)
2nd Quarter - 7:06
Houston TD Cleveland 7 - Houston 14
Tyrod Taylor 15 yd. run (Joey Slye kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:14
Cleveland TD Cleveland 14 - Houston 14
Baker Mayfield 5 yd. run (Chase McLaughlin kick)
3rd Quarter - 7:50
Cleveland TD Cleveland 21 - Houston 14
Demetric Felton 33 yd. pass from Baker Mayfield (Chase McLaughlin kick)
3rd Quarter - 4:40
Cleveland FG Cleveland 24 - Houston 14
Chase McLaughlin 30 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 11:32
Houston TD Cleveland 24 - Houston 21
Brandin Cooks 2 yd. pass from Davis Mills (Joey Slye kick)
4th Quarter - 5:52
Cleveland TD Cleveland 31 - Houston 21
Nick Chubb 26 yd. run (Chase McLaughlin kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Houston Cleveland
1st Downs 17 22
Rushing 5 11
Passing 10 10
Penalty 2 1
3rd Down Conversions 8-14 4-9
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Punts-Average 4-52.3 2-40.0
Return Yards 105 63
Punts-Returns 1-0 3-22
Kickoffs-Returns 4-81 2-41
Int - Returns 1-24 1-0
Penalties-Yards 9-78 5-62
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-1
Time of Possession 24:55 35:05
Total Net Yards 302 355
Total Plays 58 57
Average Gain 5.2 6.2
Net Yards Rushing 82 156
Rushes 28 34
Average/Rush 2.9 4.6
Net Yards Passing 220 199
Comp-Att 18-29 19-21
Yards/Pass 7.3 8.7
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-7 2-14
Had Intercepted 1 1
Touchdowns 3 4
Rushing 1 3
Passing 2 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-3 4-4
Field Goals 0-1 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 2-2-100% 2-3-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Houston Texans (1-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Taylor 10/11 125 1 0
D. Mills 8/18 102 1 1
Cleveland Browns (1-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Mayfield 19/21 213 1 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Ingram II 14 41 2.9 0 8
D. Johnson 6 25 4.2 0 8
T. Taylor 1 15 15.0 1 15
P. Lindsay 5 2 0.4 0 5
D. Mills 2 -1 -0.5 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
N. Chubb 11 95 8.6 1 26
K. Hunt 13 51 3.9 0 13
B. Mayfield 8 10 1.2 1 5
A. Janovich 2 0 0.0 1 1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
B. Cooks 14 9 78 8.7 1 22
A. Roberts 2 1 35 35.0 0 35
N. Collins 1 1 32 32.0 0 32
D. Johnson 2 2 22 11.0 0 14
P. Lindsay 1 1 22 22.0 1 22
J. Akins 2 1 17 17.0 0 17
C. Conley 2 1 13 13.0 0 13
D. Amendola 1 1 9 9.0 0 9
P. Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0
M. Ingram II 2 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Felton 2 2 51 25.5 1 33
H. Bryant 4 4 49 12.2 0 29
A. Hooper 5 5 40 8.0 0 13
R. Higgins 2 2 27 13.5 0 14
D. Njoku 3 2 18 9.0 0 11
D. Peoples-Jones 1 1 14 14.0 0 14
J. Landry 1 1 9 9.0 0 9
N. Chubb 1 1 3 3.0 0 3
K. Hunt 1 1 2 2.0 0 2
A. Schwartz 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Reid 1 24 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
M. Smith 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Martin 1.0 10.0
K. Grugier-Hill 1.0 4.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
G. Delpit 1.0 7.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
K. Grugier-Hill 6 3
J. Reid 4 0
J. Thomas 4 0
V. Hargreaves III 4 1
C. Kirksey 4 2
C. Omenihu 3 1
E. Murray 3 2
T. Smith 2 2
Z. Cunningham 2 5
M. Collins 1 0
J. Martin 1 0
L. Johnson Jr. 1 0
W. Mercilus 1 1
R. Blacklock 1 1
T. Mitchell 1 1
T. Thomas 0 1
J. Jenkins 0 1
D. King II 0 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
R. Harrison Jr. 5 2
M. Smith 5 3
D. Ward 4 0
G. Delpit 3 3
J. Owusu-Koramoah 2 0
M. Wilson 2 2
J. Johnson III 2 2
J. Jackson 1 0
J. Elliott 1 0
E. Lee 1 0
T. Hill 1 0
M. McDowell 1 0
S. Takitaki 1 1
J. Clowney 1 2
G. Newsome II 1 2
T. McKinley 1 3
M. Garrett 0 3
M. Jackson 0 5
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
K. Grugier-Hill 3.0
W. Mercilus 1.0
M. Collins 1.0
J. Martin 1.0
C. Kirksey 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
G. Delpit 1.0
M. Smith 1.0
R. Harrison Jr. 1.0
J. Clowney 1.0
S. Takitaki 1.0
T. Hill 1.0
T. McKinley 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
A. Roberts 1
D. Mills 1
Fumbles
  NO.
B. Mayfield 1
D. Peoples-Jones 1
D. Felton 1