| Cleveland Browns at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: December 22, 1985 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 59073 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 25 F Humidty: 40% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 37 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 46 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Brian Brennan 37 punt return (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Kurt Sohn 39 pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Matt Bahr 32 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Johnny Hector 5 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Johnny Hector 1 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 35 FG | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 32 FG | 10 | 30 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Tony Paige 1 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 10 | 37 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Fred Banks |
| 86 | WR | Brian Brennan |
| 77 | LOT | Rickey Bolden |
| 62 | LOG | George Lilja |
| 61 | C | Mike Baab |
| 69 | ROG | Dan Fike |
| 63 | ROT | Cody Risien |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 19 | QB | Bernie Kosar |
| 44 | RB | Earnest Byner |
| 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 |
| 55 | ROLB | Curtis Weathers |
| 31 | LCB | Frank Minnifield |
| 27 | SS | Al Gross |
| 20 | FS | Don Rogers |
| 29 | RCB | Hanford Dixon |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Al Toon |
| 63 | LOT | Ted Banker |
| 53 | LOG | Jim Sweeney |
| 65 | C | Joe Fields |
| 60 | ROG | Dan Alexander |
| 79 | ROT | Marvin Powell |
| 89 | TE | Rocky Klever |
| 82 | TE | Mickey Shuler |
| 7 | QB | Ken O'Brien |
| 24 | RB | Freeman McNeil |
| 49 | FB | Tony Paige |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Mark Gastineau |
| 93 | LDT | Marty Lyons |
| 73 | RDT | Joe Klecko |
| 78 | RDE | Barry Bennett |
| 59 | LLB | Kyle Clifton |
| 56 | MLB | Lance Mehl |
| 50 | RLB | Bob Crable |
| 29 | LCB | Johnny Lynn |
| 21 | SS | Kirk Springs |
| 39 | FS | Harry Hamilton |
| 35 | RCB | Kerry Glenn |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Earnest Byner | 15 | 101 | 6.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Kevin Mack | 12 | 30 | 2.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Herman Fontenot | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bernie Kosar | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Freeman McNeil | 26 | 74 | 2.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Tony Paige | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 30 | 1 |
| Johnny Hector | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 8 | 2 |
| Ken O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bernie Kosar | 23 | 10 | 43.5 | 1 | 121 | 5.3 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 42.1 |
| Jeff Gossett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Ken O'Brien | 34 | 21 | 61.8 | 1 | 251 | 7.4 | 39t | 1 | 3 | 25 | 81.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Brian Brennan | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Herman Fontenot | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Earnest Byner | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Mickey Shuler | 6 | 83 | 13.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Freeman McNeil | 6 | 53 | 8.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Al Toon | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Kurt Sohn | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 39t | 1 |
| Johnny Hector | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Wesley Walker | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Rocky Klever | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Hanford Dixon | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Harry Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jeff Gossett | 4 | 177 | 44.3 | 46 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Brian Brennan | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 37t | 1 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Kurt Sohn | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Herman Fontenot | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 42 | 0 | |
| Reggie Langhorne | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Boyce Green | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Dave Puzzuoli | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bobby Humphery | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 36 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Reggie Camp | 1.0 |
| Carl Hairston | 1.0 |
| Curtis Weathers | 1.0 |
| New York Jets | |
| Mark Gastineau | 1.0 |
| Marty Lyons | 1.0 |
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