| Cleveland Browns at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: December 1, 1985 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 66482 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 42 F Humidty: 100% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 33 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Morris 3 run (Eric Schubert kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Kevin Mack 42 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Earnest Byner 2 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Al Gross 37 interception return (Matt Bahr kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Morris 58 run (Eric Schubert kick failed) | 21 | 13 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Bobby Johnson 29 pass from Phil Simms (Eric Schubert kick) | 21 | 20 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Eric Schubert 35 FG | 21 | 23 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Morris 5 run (Eric Schubert kick) | 21 | 30 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Eric Schubert 40 FG | 21 | 33 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Clarence Weathers 25 pass from Gary Danielson (Matt Bahr kick) | 28 | 33 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Earnest Byner 9 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 35 | 33 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Reggie Langhorne |
| 84 | WR | Glen Young |
| 74 | LOT | Paul Farren |
| 62 | LOG | George Lilja |
| 61 | C | Mike Baab |
| 77 | ROG | Rickey Bolden |
| 63 | ROT | Cody Risien |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 87 | TE | Travis Tucker |
| 19 | QB | Bernie Kosar |
| 34 | FB | Kevin Mack |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Reggie Camp |
| 79 | NT | Bob Golic |
| 78 | RDE | Carl Hairston |
| 56 | LOLB | Chip Banks |
| 51 | LILB | Eddie Johnson |
| 50 | RILB | Tom Cousineau |
| 57 | ROLB | Clay Matthews |
| 31 | LCB | Frank Minnifield |
| 27 | SS | Al Gross |
| 20 | FS | Don Rogers |
| 29 | RCB | Hanford Dixon |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Bobby Johnson |
| 87 | WR | Byron Williams |
| 60 | LOT | Brad Benson |
| 67 | LOG | Billy Ard |
| 65 | C | Bart Oates |
| 61 | ROG | Chris Godfrey |
| 63 | ROT | Karl Nelson |
| 89 | TE | Mark Bavaro |
| 11 | QB | Phil Simms |
| 26 | RB | Rob Carpenter |
| 20 | RB | Joe Morris |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Curtis McGriff |
| 64 | NT | Jim Burt |
| 70 | RDE | Leonard Marshall |
| 57 | LOLB | Byron Hunt |
| 55 | LILB | Gary Reasons |
| 53 | RILB | Harry Carson |
| 56 | ROLB | Lawrence Taylor |
| 34 | LCB | Elvis Patterson |
| 48 | SS | Kenny Hill |
| 43 | FS | Terry Kinard |
| 23 | RCB | Perry Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Kevin Mack | 14 | 66 | 4.7 | 42t | 1 |
| Earnest Byner | 14 | 44 | 3.1 | 9t | 2 |
| Bernie Kosar | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Joe Morris | 22 | 131 | 6.0 | 58t | 3 |
| George Adams | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 39 | 0 |
| Phil Simms | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Rob Carpenter | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Maurice Carthon | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | 17 | 8 | 47.1 | 1 | 135 | 7.9 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 69.5 |
| Bernie Kosar | 16 | 6 | 37.5 | 0 | 86 | 5.4 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 55.7 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Phil Simms | 37 | 23 | 62.2 | 2 | 289 | 7.8 | 29t | 1 | 4 | 22 | 72.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Clarence Weathers | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 26 | 1 |
| Earnest Byner | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Brian Brennan | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Kevin Mack | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Glen Young | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| George Adams | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Mark Bavaro | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Phil McConkey | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Rob Carpenter | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Bobby Johnson | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Byron Williams | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Maurice Carthon | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Al Gross | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37t | 1 |
| Hanford Dixon | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Terry Kinard | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jeff Gossett | 7 | 275 | 39.3 | 47 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Sean Landeta | 6 | 267 | 44.5 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Brian Brennan | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Phil McConkey | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Glen Young | 5 | 157 | 31.4 | 51 | 0 | |
| Herman Fontenot | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Dave Puzzuoli | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Kenny Hill | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| George Adams | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Jerome Sally | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Clay Matthews | 2.0 |
| Bob Golic | 1.0 |
| Carl Hairston | 1.0 |
| New York Giants | |
| Jim Burt | 1.0 |
| Lawrence Taylor | 1.0 |
| Perry Williams | 1.0 |
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