Week 1, 1986

played in Cleveland, OH

79 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Memphis Ravens	0	0	7	7	-	14
Cleveland Browns	0	3	10	6	-	19

Scoring Summary
2Q: 03:10 CLE - John Smith 23 field goal
3Q: 09:01 MEM - Billy Johnson 9 pass from Steve Fuller (Fuad Reveiz extra point)
3Q: 03:28 CLE - John Smith 31 field goal
3Q: 02:03 CLE - Steve Strachan 6 run (John Smith extra point)
4Q: 13:55 MEM - Keith Byars 11 pass from Steve Fuller (Fuad Reveiz extra point)
4Q: 09:19 CLE - John Smith 55 field goal
4Q: 02:11 CLE - John Smith 18 field goal

Scoring Summary
2Q: 03:10 CLE - John Smith 23 field goal
3Q: 09:01 MEM - Billy Johnson 9 pass from Steve Fuller (Fuad Reveiz extra point)
3Q: 03:28 CLE - John Smith 31 field goal
3Q: 02:03 CLE - Steve Strachan 6 run (John Smith extra point)
4Q: 13:55 MEM - Keith Byars 11 pass from Steve Fuller (Fuad Reveiz extra point)
4Q: 09:19 CLE - John Smith 55 field goal
4Q: 02:11 CLE - John Smith 18 field goal

Team Statistics MEM CLE
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 19 19
- by Rushing 2 7
- by Passing 15 10
- by Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 346 372
- Offensive Plays 59 70
- Yards per Play 5.86 5.31
Net Rushing Yards 78 156
- Rushing Attempts 20 35
- Yards per Rush 3.90 4.46
Net Passing Yards 268 216
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 37 - 22 - 0 35 - 17 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 280 216
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/12 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 6.87 6.17
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 2/12 9/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.3 7.1
4th Down Conversions 1/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/35 6/50
Punt Returns/Yards 1/9 3/32
Kick Returns/Yards 4/97 3/62
Interception Ret./Yards 2/41 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 1/3
Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 33
Time of Possession 25:25 34:36

Team Statistics	MEM	CLE
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	19	19
- by Rushing	2	7
- by Passing	15	10
- by Penalty	2	2
Total Net Yards	346	372
- Offensive Plays	59	70
- Yards per Play	5.86	5.31
Net Rushing Yards	78	156
- Rushing Attempts	20	35
- Yards per Rush	3.90	4.46
Net Passing Yards	268	216
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	37 - 22 - 0	35 - 17 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	280	216
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/12	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	6.87	6.17
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	2/12	9/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.3	7.1
4th Down Conversions	1/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/35	6/50
Punt Returns/Yards	1/9	3/32
Kick Returns/Yards	4/97	3/62
Interception Ret./Yards	2/41	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	1/3
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 27	OWN 33
Time of Possession	25:25	34:36

Drive Charts

Memphis Ravens
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:59	1:41	OWN 42	3	9	Punt
1	4:07	1:27	OWN 38	3	-3	Punt
1	0:26	3:39	OWN 5	6	41	Punt
2	11:18	1:19	OWN 40	3	9	Punt
2	7:49	1:26	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
2	3:02	2:08	OWN 33	8	47	Missed FG
2	0:05	0:05	OWN 29	1	16	Half
3	15:00	6:08	OWN 20	12	80	Touchdown
3	1:53	3:08	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
4	9:14	2:03	OWN 39	3	4	Punt
4	2:03	2:03	OWN 16	10	56	Downs

Cleveland Browns
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:01	OWN 37	7	37	Interception
1	9:18	5:11	OWN 16	10	47	Interception
1	2:40	2:14	OWN 36	5	14	Punt
2	11:47	0:29	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
2	9:59	2:10	OWN 24	6	27	Punt
2	6:23	3:21	OWN 33	7	61	Field Goal
2	0:54	0:49	OWN 31	3	5	Punt
3	8:52	5:31	OWN 39	11	47	Field Goal
3	3:16	1:23	OPP 12	3	12	Touchdown
4	13:45	4:31	OWN 26	7	36	Field Goal
4	7:11	5:08	OWN 18	8	81	Field Goal

Game MVP: Steve Fuller, Memphis Ravens

Rushing Statistics

Memphis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Stump Mitchell	10	43	4.30	10	1
Charles Crawford	9	34	3.78	12	1
Keith Byars	1	1	1.00	1	0

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Freeman McNeil	20	114	5.70	42	3	0
Steve Strachan	11	30	2.73	6	0	1
Bennie Cunningham	1	5	5.00	5	0	0
Ted McKnight	1	5	5.00	5	0	0
Cris Collinsworth	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
Jim McMahon	1	2	2.00	2	0	0

Passing Statistics

Memphis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Steve Fuller	37	22	280	2/12	2	47	0	101.1

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jim McMahon	35	17	216	0/0	0	40	2	44.5

Receiving Statistics

Memphis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Billy Johnson	7	9	77	11.00	16	19	1
FB Keith Byars	5	7	50	10.00	31	27	1
WR Stacey Bailey	3	4	33	11.00	6	18	0
WR Charlie Brown	2	5	62	31.00	7	47	0
RB Stump Mitchell	2	4	12	6.00	2	8	0
WR Clarence Verdin	2	3	41	20.50	17	27	0
TE David Lewis	1	4	5	5.00	0	5	0

Cleveland	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Walter Stanley	6	12	69	11.50	9	18
WR Cris Collinsworth	3	5	20	6.67	6	19
WR Andre Reed	3	7	55	18.33	0	40
WR Phil Epps	2	4	37	18.50	9	21
TE Calvin Magee	2	2	31	15.50	8	21
RB Freeman McNeil	1	2	4	4.00	0	4
TE Bennie Cunningham	0	2	0	0.00	0	0
WR Kenny Jackson	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Memphis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Vann McElroy	2	41	20.50	0

Cleveland	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Memphis	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Billy Johnson	1	0	0	0

Cleveland	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Johnnie Poe	0	1	0	0
Bob Jury	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Memphis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Craig Colquitt	6	245	40.8	32.2	54	3

Cleveland	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Lee Johnson	4	178	44.5	37.3	49	1

Kicking Statistics

Memphis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Fuad Reveiz	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

Cleveland	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
John Smith	4/4	1/1	1/1	55	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Memphis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Billy Johnson	1	9	9.0	0

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Walter Stanley	3	32	10.7	0

Kick Return Statistics

Memphis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Billy Johnson	3	78	26.0	0
Dennis Gentry	1	19	19.0	0

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Walter Stanley	3	62	20.7	0

Defensive Statistics

Memphis	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Buddy Curry	6	0	22	18
CB Don Anderson	6	0	28	24
S Tiger Greene	6	0	17	23
OLB Jesse Solomon	5	2	21	25
DT Bob Baumhower	4	1	20	20
S Larry Griffin	3	5	32	33
CB John Turner	3	3	23	25
DE Andre Townsend	3	1	21	17
S Vann McElroy	2	1	28	23
OLB Scott McLean	2	1	25	22
S Maurice Harvey	2	0	12	18
CB Gerald Small	2	0	20	23
DE Tim Green	1	2	23	18
OLB Woodrow Lowe	1	1	13	14
DT Marty Lyons	1	1	25	29
DT Blacke Whitlatch	1	0	16	14
OLB Andrew Melontree	1	0	3	2
DT Michael Carter	1	0	12	12
ILB Dwayne Jiles	1	0	9	6

Cleveland	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB A.J. Duhe	7	1	0.5	16	28
S Roland James	5	0	0.0	15	27
OLB George Andrews	4	0	0.0	18	30
CB Patrick Allen	4	0	0.0	9	26
CB Johnnie Poe	3	1	0.0	5	21
CB Rick Grimes	3	1	0.0	16	28
DE Byron Darby	3	0	0.0	16	22
OLB Lucius Sanford	2	2	1.0	12	7
CB Terry Lewis	2	3	0.0	15	33
ILB Roosevelt Barnes	2	0	0.0	4	11
WR Andre Reed	2	0	---	---	---
DE Art Still	1	1	0.5	4	17
DT Carl Barisich	1	1	0.0	9	12
S Bob Jury	1	1	0.0	5	16
S Todd Bell	1	1	0.0	5	14
DE Frank Warren	1	0	0.0	12	26
DE William Fuller	1	0	0.0	8	13
DT Donnie Humphrey	1	0	0.0	11	27
DT Mark Duda	0	3	0.0	11	15

Pass Rush Statistics

Memphis	Hurry	PPlay
DT Bob Baumhower	1	20
DT Blacke Whitlatch	1	14
DT Marty Lyons	1	29
DT Michael Carter	1	12

Cleveland	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Lucius Sanford	1.0	0	0	0	7
OLB A.J. Duhe	0.5	0	1	0	28
DE Art Still	0.5	0	0	0	17
DT Donnie Humphrey	0.0	1	1	0	27
DE William Fuller	0.0	0	2	0	13
DE Byron Darby	0.0	0	1	1	22
DT Carl Barisich	0.0	0	1	0	12

Pass Defense Statistics

Memphis	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Tiger Greene	4	1	0	23
OLB Jesse Solomon	4	1	0	25
CB Don Anderson	2	1	0	24
S Larry Griffin	2	0	0	33
S Vann McElroy	1	2	2	23
CB Gerald Small	1	1	0	23
OLB Woodrow Lowe	1	0	0	14
S Maurice Harvey	1	0	0	18
CB John Turner	1	0	0	25
ILB Buddy Curry	0	1	0	18
OLB Scott McLean	0	1	0	22

Cleveland	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Patrick Allen	4	0	26
CB Johnnie Poe	3	0	21
CB Terry Lewis	3	0	33
CB Rick Grimes	3	0	28
S Roland James	2	0	27
ILB Roosevelt Barnes	2	0	11
OLB A.J. Duhe	1	1	28
S Bob Jury	1	0	16
DE Frank Warren	1	0	26
DE Byron Darby	1	0	22
DE William Fuller	1	0	13
OLB George Andrews	0	1	30
DT Donnie Humphrey	0	1	27

Blocking Statistics

Memphis	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Robert Pratt	2	5	0	15	0	29
Tunch Ilkin	1	6	1	19	0	32
Kirk Lowdermilk	1	2	0	18	0	35
Keith Byars	1	2	0	13	0	22
David Lewis	1	1	0	16	0	32
Kent Hill	0	2	0	19	0	32
Alan Veingard	0	1	0	7	1	13
Mark Tuinei	0	1	0	14	0	31
Chuck Brown	0	0	0	6	1	16

Cleveland	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Irv Eatman	3	10	33	33
Jim Ritcher	3	6	31	32
John Ayers	2	6	34	31
Greg Jarvis	2	5	33	29
Alan Willis	2	2	7	13
Keith Van Horne	1	3	30	31
Calvin Magee	1	1	8	18
Ted McKnight	0	1	20	16

Special Teams Tackles

Memphis	Tackles	STPlays
Maurice Harvey	4	16
Dennis Gentry	1	16
David Lewis	1	16
Harry Holt	1	10

Cleveland	Tackles	STPlays
Bob Jury	2	10
Phil Epps	1	17
Terry Lewis	1	17
Steve Towle	1	9

Participation

Memphis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Larry Griffin	---	---	32	33	4	69
David Lewis	16	32	---	---	16	64
Don Anderson	---	---	28	24	12	64
John Turner	---	---	23	25	11	59
Steve Fuller	20	39	---	---	---	59
Marty Lyons	---	---	25	29	5	59
Kent Hill	19	32	---	---	6	57
Vann McElroy	---	---	28	23	3	54
Kirk Lowdermilk	18	35	---	---	---	53
Billy Johnson	11	27	---	---	13	51
Tunch Ilkin	19	32	---	---	---	51
Scott McLean	---	---	25	22	2	49
Tiger Greene	---	---	17	23	8	48
Jesse Solomon	---	---	21	25	2	48
Keith Byars	13	22	---	---	12	47
Maurice Harvey	---	---	12	18	16	46
Gerald Small	---	---	20	23	3	46
Robert Pratt	15	29	---	---	1	45
Buddy Curry	---	---	22	18	5	45
Mark Tuinei	14	31	---	---	---	45
Bob Baumhower	---	---	20	20	3	43
Charlie Brown	17	26	---	---	---	43
Tim Green	---	---	23	18	2	43
Andre Townsend	---	---	21	17	4	42
Charles Crawford	9	14	---	---	18	41
Steve Parker	---	---	15	19	5	39
Woodrow Lowe	---	---	13	14	9	36
Clarence Verdin	6	20	---	---	10	36
Stump Mitchell	11	23	---	---	---	34
Blacke Whitlatch	---	---	16	14	3	33
Stacey Bailey	11	20	---	---	---	31
Chuck Brown	6	16	---	---	7	29
Alan Veingard	7	13	---	---	7	27
Michael Carter	---	---	12	12	2	26
Dwayne Jiles	---	---	9	6	7	22
Tony Davis	5	8	---	---	8	21
Dennis Gentry	0	0	---	---	16	16
Andrew Melontree	---	---	3	2	9	14
Harry Holt	1	3	---	---	10	14
Chris Threats	2	4	---	---	7	13
Glen Howe	0	3	---	---	7	10
Craig Colquitt	0	0	---	---	6	6
Jim Gallery	0	0	---	---	3	3
Will Cureton	0	0	---	---	1	1
Fuad Reveiz	0	0	---	---	1	1
Bobby Hebert	0	0	---	---	---	0

Cleveland	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
John Ayers	34	31	---	---	7	72
Irv Eatman	33	33	---	---	6	72
Jim Ritcher	31	32	---	---	8	71
Jim McMahon	35	35	---	---	---	70
Keith Van Horne	30	31	---	---	8	69
Terry Lewis	---	---	15	33	17	65
Greg Jarvis	33	29	---	---	---	62
Andre Reed	31	29	---	---	---	60
Bennie Cunningham	27	12	---	---	17	56
Walter Stanley	20	27	---	---	9	56
Freeman McNeil	24	28	---	---	1	53
Clinton Burrell	---	---	16	34	1	51
A.J. Duhe	---	---	16	28	5	49
George Andrews	---	---	18	30	1	49
Ted McKnight	20	16	---	---	12	48
Rick Grimes	---	---	16	28	4	48
Roland James	---	---	15	27	1	43
Frank Warren	---	---	12	26	2	40
Byron Darby	---	---	16	22	2	40
Donnie Humphrey	---	---	11	27	2	40
Steve Strachan	11	7	---	---	22	40
Cris Collinsworth	22	16	---	---	---	38
Patrick Allen	---	---	9	26	3	38
Johnnie Poe	---	---	5	21	9	35
Calvin Magee	8	18	---	---	9	35
Bob Jury	---	---	5	16	10	31
Phil Epps	3	10	---	---	17	30
Mark Duda	---	---	11	15	2	28
Kenny Jackson	4	7	---	---	15	26
Carl Barisich	---	---	9	12	4	25
William Fuller	---	---	8	13	4	25
Lucius Sanford	---	---	12	7	5	24
Alan Willis	7	13	---	---	2	22
Art Still	---	---	4	17	1	22
Joel Patten	7	6	---	---	8	21
Todd Bell	---	---	5	14	2	21
Jim Ryan	---	---	2	9	8	19
Tony Casillas	---	---	8	11	---	19
Reggie Dupard	5	5	---	---	9	19
Roosevelt Barnes	---	---	4	11	3	18
Steve Towle	---	---	2	0	9	11
John Smith	0	0	---	---	10	10
Dave Wilson	0	0	---	---	4	4
Lee Johnson	0	0	---	---	4	4
Chris Sheffield	---	---	1	2	1	4
Gary Huff	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	34	4.9
Middle	13	44	3.4
Right	0	0	0.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	19	115	6.1
Middle	1	2	2.0
Right	15	39	2.6
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Memphis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Steve Fuller	37	22	3	2	2	3	6	1	0

Cleveland	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jim McMahon	35	17	3	1	3	8	4	0	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	1	5	1.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	12	98	5.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	8	130	10.0
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	47	23.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	6	18	1.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	21	11	198	9.4
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Memphis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Billy Johnson	9	7	1	77	0	27
FB Keith Byars	7	5	0	50	1	22
WR Charlie Brown	5	2	0	62	1	26
RB Stump Mitchell	4	2	0	12	0	23
WR Stacey Bailey	4	3	1	33	0	20
TE David Lewis	4	1	0	5	0	32
WR Clarence Verdin	3	2	0	41	1	20

Cleveland	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Walter Stanley	12	6	0	69	0	27
WR Andre Reed	7	3	1	55	1	29
WR Cris Collinsworth	5	3	0	20	0	16
WR Phil Epps	4	2	1	37	1	10
TE Bennie Cunningham	2	0	1	0	0	12
RB Freeman McNeil	2	1	0	4	0	28
TE Calvin Magee	2	2	0	31	1	18
WR Kenny Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	7

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Memphis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Freeman McNeil	4	4	1.00	5.70
Steve Strachan	4	17	4.25	2.73
Cris Collinsworth	1	0	0.00	0.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Memphis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Steve Fuller	6	3	29	4.83	7.57

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jim McMahon	5	1	4	0.80	6.17

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Memphis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Billy Johnson	2	2	18	9.00	8.56
TE David Lewis	2	0	0	0.00	1.25
WR Clarence Verdin	1	0	0	0.00	13.67
FB Keith Byars	1	1	11	11.00	7.14

Cleveland	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Bennie Cunningham	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
RB Freeman McNeil	1	1	4	4.00	2.00
WR Kenny Jackson	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Andre Reed	1	0	0	0.00	7.86
WR Walter Stanley	1	0	0	0.00	5.75

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Memphis	Rushes	Conversions
Charles Crawford	2	0

Cleveland	Rushes	Conversions
Freeman McNeil	2	1
Steve Strachan	2	2

Third Down Passing Statistics

Memphis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Steve Fuller	10	7	2

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jim McMahon	14	7	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Memphis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
FB Keith Byars	3	3	1
WR Billy Johnson	2	1	1
WR Stacey Bailey	2	1	0
TE David Lewis	2	1	0
RB Stump Mitchell	1	1	0

Cleveland	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Walter Stanley	5	1	1
WR Andre Reed	4	2	2
TE Calvin Magee	2	2	1
WR Cris Collinsworth	1	1	1
RB Freeman McNeil	1	0	0
WR Phil Epps	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 56,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,300 (21,400)
End Zone 12,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 11,000 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,000 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	56,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,300 (21,400)
End Zone	12,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	11,000 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,000 (3,300)