Week 6, 1987

played in Birmingham, AL

74 degrees, fair, 12 mph wind

Cleveland Browns	3	3	10	10	-	26
Birmingham Texans	0	7	7	0	-	14

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:40 CLE - John Smith 19 field goal
2Q: 01:07 BIR - Len Bias 20 pass from Bernie Kosar (Ali Haji-Sheikh extra point)
2Q: 00:04 CLE - John Smith 40 field goal
3Q: 11:05 CLE - John Smith 43 field goal
3Q: 07:37 BIR - Bo Jackson 36 run (Ali Haji-Sheikh extra point)
3Q: 06:22 CLE - Andre Reed 55 pass from Jim McMahon (John Smith extra point)
4Q: 05:01 CLE - Andre Reed 3 pass from Jim McMahon (John Smith extra point)
4Q: 02:13 CLE - John Smith 29 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:40 CLE - John Smith 19 field goal
2Q: 01:07 BIR - Len Bias 20 pass from Bernie Kosar (Ali Haji-Sheikh extra point)
2Q: 00:04 CLE - John Smith 40 field goal
3Q: 11:05 CLE - John Smith 43 field goal
3Q: 07:37 BIR - Bo Jackson 36 run (Ali Haji-Sheikh extra point)
3Q: 06:22 CLE - Andre Reed 55 pass from Jim McMahon (John Smith extra point)
4Q: 05:01 CLE - Andre Reed 3 pass from Jim McMahon (John Smith extra point)
4Q: 02:13 CLE - John Smith 29 field goal

Team Statistics CLE BIR
Record 3-3 0-5
First Downs 18 14
- by Rushing 6 4
- by Passing 11 9
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 358 317
- Offensive Plays 67 57
- Yards per Play 5.34 5.56
Net Rushing Yards 110 119
- Rushing Attempts 36 25
- Yards per Rush 3.06 4.76
Net Passing Yards 248 198
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 30 - 19 - 0 31 - 18 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 254 203
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 1/5
- Yards per Pass Play 8.00 6.19
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/12 4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 4.4 5.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/3
Penalties/Yards 3/35 6/35
Punt Returns/Yards 3/24 2/7
Kick Returns/Yards 3/95 5/97
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/2 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 23
Time of Possession 34:52 25:08

Team Statistics	CLE	BIR
Record	3-3	0-5
First Downs	18	14
- by Rushing	6	4
- by Passing	11	9
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	358	317
- Offensive Plays	67	57
- Yards per Play	5.34	5.56
Net Rushing Yards	110	119
- Rushing Attempts	36	25
- Yards per Rush	3.06	4.76
Net Passing Yards	248	198
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	30 - 19 - 0	31 - 18 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	254	203
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	1/5
- Yards per Pass Play	8.00	6.19
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/12	4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	4.4	5.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/3
Penalties/Yards	3/35	6/35
Punt Returns/Yards	3/24	2/7
Kick Returns/Yards	3/95	5/97
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/2	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 34	OWN 23
Time of Possession	34:52	25:08

Drive Charts

Cleveland Browns
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	8:27	OWN 28	15	70	Field Goal
1	2:23	1:36	OWN 36	3	-4	Punt
2	14:46	4:12	OWN 15	7	32	Punt
2	8:21	4:12	OWN 45	7	35	Missed FG
2	0:55	0:55	OWN 40	5	37	Field Goal
3	13:22	2:23	OPP 48	5	22	Field Goal
3	7:20	1:17	OWN 42	2	58	Touchdown
3	2:52	2:29	OWN 26	6	31	Punt
4	13:21	2:45	OWN 15	5	15	Punt
4	8:54	4:01	OWN 28	7	72	Touchdown
4	3:17	1:12	OPP 19	3	7	Field Goal
4	0:37	0:37	OWN 11	2	-2	Game

Birmingham Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	6:33	4:10	OWN 24	9	40	Downs
1	0:47	1:01	OWN 36	3	8	Punt
2	10:34	2:13	OWN 6	4	21	Punt
2	4:09	3:14	OWN 31	9	69	Touchdown
3	15:00	1:38	OWN 20	3	-3	Punt
3	10:59	3:39	OWN 23	6	77	Touchdown
3	6:03	3:11	OWN 21	6	18	Punt
3	0:23	2:02	OWN 20	4	19	Punt
4	10:36	1:42	OWN 30	3	5	Punt
4	4:53	1:36	OWN 17	4	2	Downs
4	2:05	1:28	OWN 33	7	56	Downs

Game MVP: Jim McMahon, Cleveland Browns

Rushing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Freeman McNeil	19	55	2.89	10	1
Steve Strachan	14	54	3.86	12	1
Jim McMahon	3	1	0.33	3	0

Birmingham	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Bo Jackson	20	91	4.55	36	3	1
Paul Palmer	5	28	5.60	10	1	0

Passing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jim McMahon	30	19	254	1/6	2	55	0	112.3

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bernie Kosar	31	18	203	1/5	1	30	0	88.5

Receiving Statistics

Cleveland	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Andre Reed	6	9	98	16.33	56	55	2
RB Freeman McNeil	3	4	27	9.00	2	11	0
TE Bennie Cunningham	2	5	12	6.00	0	8	0
WR Cris Collinsworth	2	5	12	6.00	0	6	0
TE Calvin Magee	2	2	14	7.00	4	9	0
WR Walter Stanley	2	3	34	17.00	18	29	0
WR Wayne Capers	1	1	48	48.00	38	48	0
RB Steve Strachan	1	1	9	9.00	9	9	0

Birmingham	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Cris Carter	6	11	82	13.67	25	30	0
WR Doug Donley	3	5	44	14.67	11	21	0
RB Bo Jackson	3	3	27	9.00	18	17	0
WR Gerald Carter	2	6	18	9.00	0	15	0
TE Len Bias	2	2	28	14.00	17	20	1
WR Rickey Young	1	3	4	4.00	4	4	0
RB Paul Palmer	1	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Cleveland	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Birmingham	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Cleveland	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Birmingham	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Cleveland	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Lee Johnson	4	169	42.3	35.5	47	1

Birmingham	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jim Arnold	6	237	39.5	35.5	44	1

Kicking Statistics

Cleveland	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
John Smith	4/5	2/2	0/0	43	2/2

Birmingham	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ali Haji-Sheikh	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Phil Epps	3	24	8.0	0

Birmingham	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brian Davis	1	6	6.0	0
Paul Palmer	1	1	1.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jimmy Rogers	3	95	31.7	0

Birmingham	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Paul Palmer	4	78	19.5	0
James Pruitt	1	19	19.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Cleveland	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Roland James	5	1	0.0	22	27
CB Rick Grimes	5	1	0.0	20	27
DT Mark Duda	4	0	0.5	19	25
S Clinton Burrell	4	1	0.0	9	10
ILB Eugene Seale	3	2	0.0	14	16
OLB George Andrews	3	1	0.0	18	23
CB Kevin Walker	3	0	0.0	15	21
DE Tony Woods	2	1	0.5	16	12
S Bob Jury	2	0	0.0	16	22
ILB Jim Fahnhorst	2	0	0.0	11	16
DE William Fuller	2	0	0.0	9	20
DT Tony Casillas	2	0	0.0	12	17
DT Donnie Humphrey	1	2	0.0	19	20
DE Byron Darby	1	1	0.0	14	25
CB Patrick Allen	1	1	0.0	16	24
DE Art Still	1	0	0.0	11	7
OLB Rick Graf	1	0	0.0	7	8
OLB A.J. Duhe	0	2	0.0	7	9
OLB Lucius Sanford	0	1	0.0	4	1

Birmingham	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Otis Wilson	9	1	0.0	28	21
S Todd Bell	8	1	0.0	23	22
ILB Dan Bunz	7	0	0.0	29	24
OLB Jack Del Rio	5	1	1.0	29	27
CB J.C. Pearson	3	1	0.0	24	21
S Mike Burns	3	0	0.0	13	9
ILB Mike Hunt	3	0	0.0	15	8
CB Tom Morris	3	0	0.0	27	23
S Darryl Holmes	2	4	0.0	29	23
OLB Kevin Murphy	2	1	0.0	13	8
OLB Linden King	2	0	0.0	9	8
DT Gerald Williams	2	0	0.0	20	15
CB Brian Davis	1	1	0.0	24	24
DE John Goodman	1	0	0.0	16	16
DT Pat Ogrin	1	0	0.0	7	6
DE Larry Roberts	0	3	0.0	20	17
DE Skip McClendon	0	3	0.0	19	18
DE Fletcher Jenkins	0	1	0.0	26	21
CB Steve Haworth	0	1	0.0	6	8

Pass Rush Statistics

Cleveland	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Mark Duda	0.5	0	1	25
DE Tony Woods	0.5	0	0	12
DE William Fuller	0.0	2	1	20
ILB Jim Fahnhorst	0.0	1	0	16
DT Donnie Humphrey	0.0	1	0	20

Birmingham	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Jack Del Rio	1.0	0	0	27
DE Fletcher Jenkins	0.0	1	0	21
OLB Linden King	0.0	0	2	8
DT Pat Ogrin	0.0	0	1	6

Pass Defense Statistics

Cleveland	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Rick Grimes	3	0	27
S Clinton Burrell	2	1	10
CB Kevin Walker	2	1	21
OLB George Andrews	2	0	23
ILB Jim Fahnhorst	2	0	16
ILB Eugene Seale	2	0	16
S Bob Jury	1	0	22
DE Art Still	1	0	7
S Roland James	1	0	27
CB Patrick Allen	1	0	24
DE William Fuller	1	0	20
OLB Rick Graf	0	1	8

Birmingham	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Otis Wilson	3	1	21
S Darryl Holmes	3	1	23
ILB Dan Bunz	3	0	24
CB Tom Morris	2	0	23
OLB Jack Del Rio	2	0	27
CB J.C. Pearson	2	0	21
S Mike Burns	1	1	9
OLB Kevin Murphy	1	0	8
DT Gerald Williams	1	0	15
CB Brian Davis	1	0	24
CB Dennis Thurman	0	1	14

Blocking Statistics

Cleveland	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jim Ritcher	4	7	31	0	26
John Ayers	2	9	33	0	28
Keith Van Horne	2	6	34	0	29
Greg Jarvis	2	4	28	0	28
Max Montoya	0	4	13	0	8
Bennie Cunningham	0	1	13	0	11
Irv Eatman	0	1	25	0	23
Gene Chilton	0	1	3	0	3
Joel Patten	0	0	13	1	10

Birmingham	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Doug Dumler	2	9	24	1	30
Eric Moran	1	1	2	0	3
John Gesek	1	1	11	0	13
Todd Peat	1	1	21	0	26
Paul Oswald	0	5	19	0	27
Steve Wilson	0	3	20	0	24
Jim Dombrowski	0	3	19	0	25
Tim Wilson	0	2	14	0	8

Special Teams Tackles

Cleveland	Tackles	STPlays
A.J. Duhe	1	14
Steve Strachan	1	14
Steve Gage	1	12
Wayne Capers	1	10
Max Montoya	1	9
Jim Ritcher	1	9
Kevin Walker	1	5

Birmingham	Tackles	STPlays
Brian Davis	2	14
Steve Haworth	2	10
Mike Burns	1	10
John Gesek	1	6

Participation

Cleveland	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Andre Reed	34	29	---	---	5	68
John Ayers	33	28	---	---	6	67
Jim McMahon	36	31	---	---	---	67
Jim Ritcher	31	26	---	---	9	66
Keith Van Horne	34	29	---	---	---	63
Greg Jarvis	28	28	---	---	---	56
Roland James	---	---	22	27	1	50
Irv Eatman	25	23	---	---	---	48
Calvin Magee	22	17	---	---	9	48
Jimmy Rogers	15	8	---	---	24	47
Rick Grimes	---	---	20	27	---	47
Mark Duda	---	---	19	25	1	45
Freeman McNeil	21	22	---	---	1	44
George Andrews	---	---	18	23	2	43
Bob Jury	---	---	16	22	4	42
Patrick Allen	---	---	16	24	2	42
Donnie Humphrey	---	---	19	20	2	41
Terry Lewis	---	---	13	14	14	41
Kevin Walker	---	---	15	21	5	41
Bennie Cunningham	13	11	---	---	16	40
Byron Darby	---	---	14	25	1	40
Walter Stanley	18	20	---	---	---	38
Steve Strachan	15	9	---	---	14	38
Ted McKnight	8	12	---	---	17	37
Wayne Capers	12	12	---	---	10	34
Joel Patten	13	10	---	---	9	32
Eugene Seale	---	---	14	16	2	32
Tony Woods	---	---	16	12	3	31
A.J. Duhe	---	---	7	9	14	30
Max Montoya	13	8	---	---	9	30
Cris Collinsworth	15	13	---	---	1	29
Phil Epps	7	2	---	---	20	29
William Fuller	---	---	9	20	---	29
Tony Casillas	---	---	12	17	---	29
Jim Fahnhorst	---	---	11	16	1	28
Art Still	---	---	11	7	6	24
Steve Gage	---	---	3	8	12	23
Clinton Burrell	---	---	9	10	1	20
Rick Graf	---	---	7	8	5	20
Gene Chilton	3	3	---	---	9	15
John Smith	0	0	---	---	11	11
Lucius Sanford	---	---	4	1	3	8
Greg Johnson	---	---	0	0	6	6
Dave Wilson	0	0	---	---	5	5
Lee Johnson	0	0	---	---	4	4
Jeff Komlo	0	0	---	---	---	0

Birmingham	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Brian Davis	---	---	24	24	14	62
Doug Dumler	24	30	---	---	6	60
Jack Del Rio	---	---	29	27	4	60
Darryl Holmes	---	---	29	23	7	59
Dan Bunz	---	---	29	24	4	57
Bernie Kosar	25	32	---	---	---	57
Otis Wilson	---	---	28	21	7	56
Tom Morris	---	---	27	23	6	56
Fletcher Jenkins	---	---	26	21	5	52
Todd Bell	---	---	23	22	5	50
Cris Carter	19	31	---	---	---	50
J.C. Pearson	---	---	24	21	3	48
Paul Oswald	19	27	---	---	2	48
Todd Peat	21	26	---	---	---	47
Bo Jackson	20	19	---	---	7	46
Jim Dombrowski	19	25	---	---	1	45
Steve Wilson	20	24	---	---	---	44
Skip McClendon	---	---	19	18	7	44
Larry Roberts	---	---	20	17	6	43
Len Bias	17	22	---	---	4	43
Dennis Thurman	---	---	12	14	14	40
Gerald Carter	12	16	---	---	12	40
Gerald Williams	---	---	20	15	4	39
Rickey Young	12	17	---	---	7	36
Tim Wilson	14	8	---	---	13	35
Linden King	---	---	9	8	17	34
John Goodman	---	---	16	16	1	33
Mike Burns	---	---	13	9	10	32
Doug Donley	13	19	---	---	---	32
Paul Palmer	5	10	---	---	17	32
Harper LeBel	9	13	---	---	9	31
John Gesek	11	13	---	---	6	30
Kevin Murphy	---	---	13	8	7	28
Mike Hunt	---	---	15	8	2	25
Steve Haworth	---	---	6	8	10	24
Tom Mullady	3	4	---	---	15	22
Jeff Sevy	9	12	---	---	---	21
Tim Gordon	---	---	7	8	2	17
Pat Ogrin	---	---	7	6	---	13
Eric Moran	2	3	---	---	6	11
James Pruitt	1	1	---	---	9	11
Jim Arnold	0	0	---	---	6	6
Dennis Fisher	0	0	---	---	6	6
Ali Haji-Sheikh	0	0	---	---	3	3
Glenn Carano	0	0	---	---	---	0
Unknown	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	29	2.9
Middle	13	38	2.9
Right	11	45	4.1
None	2	-2	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	9	2.3
Middle	13	77	5.9
Right	8	33	4.1
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jim McMahon	30	19	3	1	2	4	3	0	0

Birmingham	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bernie Kosar	31	18	4	3	3	3	4	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	21	17	217	10.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	2	37	5.3
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	11	3.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	8	74	8.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	5	67	5.2
Long (19+ Yds)	6	2	51	8.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Cleveland	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Andre Reed	9	6	0	98	1	29
TE Bennie Cunningham	5	2	1	12	0	11
WR Cris Collinsworth	5	2	1	12	0	13
RB Freeman McNeil	4	3	0	27	0	22
WR Walter Stanley	3	2	0	34	1	20
TE Calvin Magee	2	2	0	14	0	17
WR Wayne Capers	1	1	0	48	1	12
RB Steve Strachan	1	1	0	9	0	9

Birmingham	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Cris Carter	11	6	1	82	2	31
WR Gerald Carter	6	2	1	18	0	16
WR Doug Donley	5	3	0	44	1	19
WR Rickey Young	3	1	1	4	0	17
RB Bo Jackson	3	3	0	27	0	19
TE Len Bias	2	2	0	28	1	22
RB Paul Palmer	1	1	0	0	0	10

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Freeman McNeil	4	-1	-0.25	2.89
Steve Strachan	2	5	2.50	3.86

Birmingham	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jim McMahon	6	4	21	3.50	8.47

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bernie Kosar	7	3	27	3.86	6.55

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Cleveland	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Andre Reed	4	2	9	2.25	10.89
TE Bennie Cunningham	1	1	4	4.00	2.40
RB Freeman McNeil	1	1	8	8.00	6.75

Birmingham	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Gerald Carter	2	0	0	0.00	3.00
WR Cris Carter	2	2	7	3.50	7.45
WR Rickey Young	1	0	0	0.00	1.33
WR Doug Donley	1	0	0	0.00	8.80
TE Len Bias	1	1	20	20.00	14.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Cleveland	Rushes	Conversions
Freeman McNeil	3	1
Steve Strachan	1	0

Birmingham	Rushes	Conversions
Bo Jackson	2	0
Paul Palmer	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jim McMahon	7	3	2

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bernie Kosar	10	5	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Cleveland	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Bennie Cunningham	2	0	0
WR Cris Collinsworth	1	0	0
RB Freeman McNeil	1	0	0
WR Andre Reed	1	1	1
WR Walter Stanley	1	1	0
RB Steve Strachan	1	1	1

Birmingham	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Cris Carter	7	3	1
WR Doug Donley	1	0	0
RB Bo Jackson	1	1	1
TE Len Bias	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 42,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 12,800 (21,400)
End Zone 9,200 (15,400)
Mezzanine 5,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 8,100 (13,600)
Club Seats 4,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,500 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	42,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	12,800 (21,400)
End Zone	9,200 (15,400)
Mezzanine	5,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	8,100 (13,600)
Club Seats	4,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,500 (3,300)