Week 12, 1987

played in Cleveland, OH

47 degrees, rain, 16 mph wind

Los Angeles Rams	0	7	0	14	-	21
Cleveland Browns	10	7	3	14	-	34

Scoring Summary
1Q: 13:26 CLE - Freeman McNeil 2 run (John Smith extra point)
1Q: 06:29 CLE - John Smith 38 field goal
2Q: 08:04 LAS - Jerry Rice 11 pass from Mike Kruczek (Mick Luckhurst extra point)
2Q: 00:38 CLE - Freeman McNeil 1 run (John Smith extra point)
3Q: 05:02 CLE - John Smith 26 field goal
4Q: 09:34 CLE - Andre Reed 15 pass from Jim McMahon (John Smith extra point)
4Q: 08:23 LAS - Gary Wilkins 20 pass from Mike Kruczek (Mick Luckhurst extra point)
4Q: 03:38 CLE - Andre Reed 20 pass from Jim McMahon (John Smith extra point)
4Q: 01:00 LAS - Webster Slaughter 15 pass from Dale Zorn (Mick Luckhurst extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 13:26 CLE - Freeman McNeil 2 run (John Smith extra point)
1Q: 06:29 CLE - John Smith 38 field goal
2Q: 08:04 LAS - Jerry Rice 11 pass from Mike Kruczek (Mick Luckhurst extra point)
2Q: 00:38 CLE - Freeman McNeil 1 run (John Smith extra point)
3Q: 05:02 CLE - John Smith 26 field goal
4Q: 09:34 CLE - Andre Reed 15 pass from Jim McMahon (John Smith extra point)
4Q: 08:23 LAS - Gary Wilkins 20 pass from Mike Kruczek (Mick Luckhurst extra point)
4Q: 03:38 CLE - Andre Reed 20 pass from Jim McMahon (John Smith extra point)
4Q: 01:00 LAS - Webster Slaughter 15 pass from Dale Zorn (Mick Luckhurst extra point)

Team Statistics LAS CLE
Record 5-6 6-5
First Downs 19 24
- by Rushing 2 7
- by Passing 17 14
- by Penalty 0 3
Total Net Yards 326 382
- Offensive Plays 65 71
- Yards per Play 5.02 5.38
Net Rushing Yards 34 138
- Rushing Attempts 9 36
- Yards per Rush 3.78 3.83
Net Passing Yards 292 244
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 54 - 27 - 0 34 - 24 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 306 250
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/14 1/6
- Yards per Pass Play 5.21 6.97
Fumbles/Lost 3/0 3/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/15 10/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.6 6.5
4th Down Conversions 2/3 0/0
Penalties/Yards 8/75 5/40
Punt Returns/Yards 2/7 3/27
Kick Returns/Yards 5/84 2/46
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 3/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 19 OWN 34
Time of Possession 23:59 36:01

Team Statistics	LAS	CLE
Record	5-6	6-5
First Downs	19	24
- by Rushing	2	7
- by Passing	17	14
- by Penalty	0	3
Total Net Yards	326	382
- Offensive Plays	65	71
- Yards per Play	5.02	5.38
Net Rushing Yards	34	138
- Rushing Attempts	9	36
- Yards per Rush	3.78	3.83
Net Passing Yards	292	244
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	54 - 27 - 0	34 - 24 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	306	250
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/14	1/6
- Yards per Pass Play	5.21	6.97
Fumbles/Lost	3/0	3/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/15	10/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.6	6.5
4th Down Conversions	2/3	0/0
Penalties/Yards	8/75	5/40
Punt Returns/Yards	2/7	3/27
Kick Returns/Yards	5/84	2/46
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	3/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 19	OWN 34
Time of Possession	23:59	36:01

Drive Charts

Los Angeles Rams
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	0:53	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
1	13:17	1:16	OWN 28	3	4	Punt
1	6:21	2:50	OWN 22	6	12	Punt
2	14:50	6:53	OWN 25	15	75	Touchdown
2	6:11	2:11	OWN 10	6	13	Punt
2	0:32	0:32	OWN 10	2	1	Half
3	13:01	3:05	OWN 21	8	42	Downs
3	4:54	2:06	OWN 18	3	6	Punt
3	1:56	1:47	OWN 20	4	10	Punt
4	9:24	1:16	OWN 15	3	85	Touchdown
4	3:26	2:37	OWN 27	12	73	Touchdown

Cleveland Browns
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	14:07	0:50	OPP 9	2	9	Touchdown
1	12:01	5:40	OWN 20	11	59	Field Goal
1	3:31	3:41	OWN 13	8	22	Punt
2	7:57	1:46	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
2	4:00	3:28	OWN 45	8	55	Touchdown
3	15:00	1:59	OWN 41	3	2	Punt
3	9:56	5:02	OWN 37	11	54	Field Goal
3	2:48	0:52	OWN 45	4	12	Punt
3	0:09	5:45	OWN 16	11	84	Touchdown
4	8:08	4:42	OWN 20	9	80	Touchdown
4	0:49	0:49	OWN 27	3	1	Punt

Game MVP: Jim McMahon, Cleveland Browns

Rushing Statistics

Los Angeles	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Greg Bell	6	28	4.67	12	2
Johnny Hector	2	7	3.50	5	0
Mike Kruczek	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Freeman McNeil	29	101	3.48	17	3	2
Jimmy Rogers	5	25	5.00	9	0	0
Jim McMahon	2	12	6.00	7	0	0

Passing Statistics

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Mike Kruczek	52	26	291	1/8	2	36	0	79.8
Dale Zorn	2	1	15	1/6	1	15	0	114.6

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jim McMahon	34	24	250	1/6	2	37	0	111.1

Receiving Statistics

Los Angeles	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Jonathan Hayes	4	6	56	14.00	20	31	0
WR Jerry Rice	4	11	25	6.25	4	11	1
WR Webster Slaughter	3	8	54	18.00	10	29	1
WR Robert Clark	3	6	38	12.67	0	19	0
FB Charles Alexander	2	2	9	4.50	6	8	0
WR Jerry Butler	2	3	15	7.50	0	10	0
WR Stephone Paige	2	7	33	16.50	0	20	0
RB Greg Bell	2	2	3	1.50	3	5	0
TE Jay Novacek	2	4	41	20.50	3	36	0
TE Gary Wilkins	2	3	28	14.00	2	20	1
RB Curt Warner	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0
RB Johnny Hector	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Cleveland	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Andre Reed	6	8	99	16.50	34	37	2
RB Freeman McNeil	5	6	25	5.00	0	8	0
TE Bennie Cunningham	4	5	25	6.25	0	9	0
WR Cris Collinsworth	3	5	21	7.00	1	8	0
WR Phil Epps	3	3	41	13.67	2	18	0
WR Walter Stanley	2	5	30	15.00	9	28	0
WR Wayne Capers	1	2	9	9.00	3	9	0

Interception Statistics

Los Angeles	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Cleveland	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Los Angeles	Fumb	Recov	Force
Davlin Mullen	1	0	1
Dale Zorn	1	0	0
Johnny Hector	1	0	0
Mickey Marvin	0	1	0
Melvin Jones	0	1	0
John Harper	0	1	0
Mike Charles	0	0	1
Dennis Gibson	0	0	1

Cleveland	Fumb	Recov	Force
Freeman McNeil	2	0	0
Jimmy Rogers	1	0	0
Jim McMahon	0	2	0
Bennie Cunningham	0	1	0
Byron Darby	0	0	1
Mark Duda	0	0	1
Steve Strachan	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Los Angeles	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
John Kidd	6	265	44.2	36.3	68	2

Cleveland	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Lee Johnson	5	216	43.2	37.8	54	1

Kicking Statistics

Los Angeles	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Mick Luckhurst	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	3/3

Cleveland	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
John Smith	2/2	0/0	0/0	38	4/4

Punt Return Statistics

Los Angeles	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jerry Butler	1	-1	-1.0	0
Deron Cherry	1	8	8.0	0

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Phil Epps	3	27	9.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Los Angeles	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Davlin Mullen	5	84	16.8	0

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jimmy Rogers	2	46	23.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Los Angeles	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Darrol Ray	12	3	0.0	36	32
OLB Mike Singletary	8	1	0.0	31	32
S Deron Cherry	5	2	0.0	32	30
CB Van Jakes	5	1	0.0	29	30
CB Davlin Mullen	4	0	0.0	21	28
CB Terry Taylor	4	0	0.0	22	27
DT Mike Charles	3	0	1.0	28	32
ILB Dennis Gibson	3	1	0.0	13	13
DE Rulon Jones	2	5	0.0	28	23
DE Bob Hamm	2	2	0.0	34	31
DT Bob Clasby	2	0	0.0	22	18
ILB Shane Conlan	1	3	0.0	23	22
DE Sean McNanie	1	1	0.0	29	27
OLB Anthony Dickerson	1	0	0.0	14	5
ILB John Harper	1	0	0.0	4	2
OLB Lamonte Hunley	1	0	0.0	5	3
S Ronnie O'Bard	1	0	0.0	7	13

Cleveland	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Kevin Walker	7	1	0.0	7	45
ILB Jim Fahnhorst	6	2	0.0	7	46
OLB George Andrews	4	1	0.0	7	38
DE Byron Darby	3	0	1.0	7	34
CB Patrick Allen	3	1	0.0	3	34
OLB A.J. Duhe	2	0	1.0	2	18
CB Rick Grimes	2	1	0.0	7	47
DT Mark Duda	2	0	0.0	9	41
DE Greg Johnson	1	1	0.0	2	10
S Roland James	1	1	0.0	9	48
S Bob Jury	1	0	0.0	8	38
OLB Lucius Sanford	1	0	0.0	2	3
DT Donnie Humphrey	1	0	0.0	3	36
DE Tony Woods	0	1	0.0	5	29

Pass Rush Statistics

Los Angeles	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Mike Charles	1.0	0	1	0	32
DE Rulon Jones	0.0	0	2	0	23

Cleveland	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Byron Darby	1.0	1	0	34
OLB A.J. Duhe	1.0	0	0	18
DE Art Still	0.0	1	2	37
DE Tony Woods	0.0	0	2	29
DT Tony Casillas	0.0	0	1	32

Pass Defense Statistics

Los Angeles	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Van Jakes	5	1	30
S Darrol Ray	4	2	32
CB Terry Taylor	4	0	27
OLB Mike Singletary	3	0	32
CB Davlin Mullen	3	0	28
S Ronnie O'Bard	2	0	13
S Deron Cherry	1	1	30
DE Rulon Jones	1	0	23
ILB John Harper	1	0	2
CB Charles Wright	0	1	1

Cleveland	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Jim Fahnhorst	5	0	46
CB Kevin Walker	5	0	45
OLB George Andrews	4	0	38
CB Rick Grimes	3	5	47
CB Patrick Allen	3	2	34
S Bob Jury	2	1	38
DE Greg Johnson	1	0	10
OLB A.J. Duhe	1	0	18
DE Byron Darby	1	0	34
DT Mark Duda	1	0	41
DT Donnie Humphrey	1	0	36
S Roland James	0	2	48

Blocking Statistics

Los Angeles	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Rich Strenger	1	1	9	1	47
Jay Novacek	1	1	4	0	24
Cleveland Green	0	2	7	1	46
Mickey Marvin	0	1	8	0	41
Melvin Jones	0	1	1	0	15
Tyrone McGriff	0	1	7	0	43
Jonathan Hayes	0	1	6	0	30

Cleveland	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Irv Eatman	3	7	24	0	28
Keith Van Horne	3	6	34	1	30
Don Mosebar	1	2	10	0	17
Gene Chilton	1	2	23	0	28
Greg Jarvis	0	7	30	0	28
Jim Ritcher	0	4	32	0	25
Bennie Cunningham	0	3	28	0	25
Joel Patten	0	2	14	0	12
Ted McKnight	0	1	9	0	13

Special Teams Tackles

Los Angeles	Tackles	STPlays
Terry Taylor	4	12
Gary Wilkins	1	16

Cleveland	Tackles	STPlays
Steve Strachan	2	16
Jimmy Rogers	1	23
Cedrick Brown	1	18
Steve Gage	1	16
Kevin Walker	1	12
Ted McKnight	1	5

Participation

Los Angeles	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Davlin Mullen	---	---	21	28	28	77
Bob Hamm	---	---	34	31	6	71
Darrol Ray	---	---	36	32	2	70
Deron Cherry	---	---	32	30	4	66
Mike Singletary	---	---	31	32	3	66
Mike Kruczek	9	53	---	---	---	62
Van Jakes	---	---	29	30	3	62
Mike Charles	---	---	28	32	1	61
Terry Taylor	---	---	22	27	12	61
Sean McNanie	---	---	29	27	2	58
Frank Winters	7	44	---	---	6	57
Rulon Jones	---	---	28	23	5	56
Rich Strenger	9	47	---	---	---	56
Jerry Rice	9	44	---	---	1	54
Mickey Marvin	8	41	---	---	4	53
Cleveland Green	7	46	---	---	---	53
Tyrone McGriff	7	43	---	---	---	50
Shane Conlan	---	---	23	22	2	47
Greg Bell	7	36	---	---	---	43
Jonathan Hayes	6	30	---	---	7	43
Roland Mitchell	---	---	15	16	11	42
Bob Clasby	---	---	22	18	---	40
Johnny Hector	2	16	---	---	22	40
Robert Clark	4	34	---	---	---	38
Webster Slaughter	2	22	---	---	11	35
Charles Alexander	3	27	---	---	4	34
Jay Novacek	4	24	---	---	6	34
Stephone Paige	3	19	---	---	11	33
Ronnie O'Bard	---	---	7	13	12	32
Dennis Gibson	---	---	13	13	5	31
Gary Wilkins	2	10	---	---	16	28
Greg Christy	2	19	---	---	6	27
Lamonte Hunley	---	---	5	3	18	26
Jerry Butler	0	8	---	---	15	23
Melvin Jones	1	15	---	---	6	22
David Carter	2	12	---	---	6	20
Anthony Dickerson	---	---	14	5	1	20
Curt Warner	3	10	---	---	6	19
Mark Traynowicz	2	13	---	---	2	17
John Harper	---	---	4	2	8	14
John Kidd	0	0	---	---	6	6
Mick Luckhurst	0	0	---	---	4	4
Charles Wright	---	---	3	1	---	4
Dale Zorn	0	3	---	---	---	3
Ken Kennard	---	---	0	0	2	2
Gary Marangi	0	0	---	---	---	0

Cleveland	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jim McMahon	36	35	---	---	---	71
Keith Van Horne	34	30	---	---	4	68
Jim Ritcher	32	25	---	---	7	64
Andre Reed	30	31	---	---	3	64
Kevin Walker	---	---	7	45	12	64
Freeman McNeil	31	29	---	---	---	60
Phil Epps	23	20	---	---	17	60
Bennie Cunningham	28	25	---	---	6	59
Gene Chilton	23	28	---	---	7	58
Greg Jarvis	30	28	---	---	---	58
Roland James	---	---	9	48	---	57
Cedrick Brown	---	---	6	31	18	55
Rick Grimes	---	---	7	47	---	54
Jim Fahnhorst	---	---	7	46	---	53
Irv Eatman	24	28	---	---	1	53
Mark Duda	---	---	9	41	2	52
Bob Jury	---	---	8	38	5	51
Art Still	---	---	6	37	6	49
Steve Gage	---	---	3	27	16	46
George Andrews	---	---	7	38	---	45
Cris Collinsworth	24	19	---	---	---	43
Byron Darby	---	---	7	34	---	41
Donnie Humphrey	---	---	3	36	2	41
Patrick Allen	---	---	3	34	1	38
A.J. Duhe	---	---	2	18	17	37
Tony Casillas	---	---	5	32	---	37
Tony Woods	---	---	5	29	1	35
Jimmy Rogers	5	6	---	---	23	34
Joel Patten	14	12	---	---	7	33
Steve Strachan	10	6	---	---	16	32
Don Mosebar	10	17	---	---	4	31
Ted McKnight	9	13	---	---	5	27
Wayne Capers	5	8	---	---	13	26
Walter Stanley	7	15	---	---	4	26
John Ayers	13	7	---	---	5	25
Clint Didier	8	3	---	---	11	22
Greg Johnson	---	---	2	10	6	18
Calvin Magee	0	0	---	---	18	18
William Fuller	---	---	0	12	1	13
Rick Graf	---	---	1	10	---	11
John Smith	0	0	---	---	9	9
Lucius Sanford	---	---	2	3	4	9
Mike Curico	---	---	0	0	6	6
Lee Johnson	0	0	---	---	5	5
Dave Wilson	0	0	---	---	2	2
Jeff Komlo	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	33	6.6
Middle	0	0	0.0
Right	3	2	0.7
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	16	50	3.1
Middle	13	62	4.8
Right	7	26	3.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Los Angeles	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Mike Kruczek	52	26	5	4	6	9	5	0	0
Dale Zorn	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Cleveland	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jim McMahon	34	24	3	1	1	5	3	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	6	17	2.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	8	75	4.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	15	8	97	6.5
Long (19+ Yds)	15	5	117	7.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	20	16	127	6.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	6	75	7.5
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	48	12.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Los Angeles	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jerry Rice	11	4	3	25	0	44
WR Webster Slaughter	8	3	1	54	1	22
WR Stephone Paige	7	2	1	33	1	19
TE Jonathan Hayes	6	4	0	56	1	30
WR Robert Clark	6	3	0	38	0	34
TE Jay Novacek	4	2	0	41	1	24
WR Jerry Butler	3	2	0	15	0	8
TE Gary Wilkins	3	2	0	28	1	10
FB Charles Alexander	2	2	0	9	0	27
RB Greg Bell	2	2	0	3	0	36
RB Johnny Hector	1	0	1	0	0	16
RB Curt Warner	1	1	0	4	0	10

Cleveland	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Andre Reed	8	6	0	99	2	31
RB Freeman McNeil	6	5	0	25	0	29
TE Bennie Cunningham	5	4	1	25	0	25
WR Cris Collinsworth	5	3	0	21	0	19
WR Walter Stanley	5	2	0	30	1	15
WR Phil Epps	3	3	0	41	0	20
WR Wayne Capers	2	1	0	9	0	8

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Los Angeles	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Greg Bell	1	-3	-3.00	4.67

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Freeman McNeil	3	5	1.67	3.48
Jimmy Rogers	1	3	3.00	5.00
Jim McMahon	1	7	7.00	6.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Mike Kruczek	5	3	41	8.20	5.60
Dale Zorn	2	1	15	7.50	7.50

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jim McMahon	6	4	54	9.00	7.35

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Los Angeles	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Jerry Butler	2	1	10	5.00	5.00
WR Jerry Rice	2	1	11	5.50	2.27
WR Stephone Paige	1	0	0	0.00	4.71
WR Webster Slaughter	1	1	15	15.00	6.75
TE Gary Wilkins	1	1	20	20.00	9.33

Cleveland	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Andre Reed	3	3	46	15.33	12.38
WR Cris Collinsworth	1	1	8	8.00	4.20
RB Freeman McNeil	1	0	0	0.00	4.17
WR Walter Stanley	1	0	0	0.00	6.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Los Angeles	Rushes	Conversions
Greg Bell	2	1

Cleveland	Rushes	Conversions
Freeman McNeil	4	2

Third Down Passing Statistics

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Conversions
Mike Kruczek	12	6	5

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jim McMahon	13	8	8

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Los Angeles	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jerry Rice	4	2	1
WR Webster Slaughter	3	1	1
WR Stephone Paige	2	1	1
TE Jonathan Hayes	2	2	2
WR Robert Clark	1	0	0

Cleveland	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Cris Collinsworth	3	1	1
RB Freeman McNeil	3	2	2
WR Walter Stanley	3	1	1
WR Phil Epps	2	2	2
TE Bennie Cunningham	1	1	1
WR Andre Reed	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 61,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,600 (21,400)
End Zone 13,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 11,800 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,200 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	61,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,600 (21,400)
End Zone	13,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	11,800 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,200 (3,300)