National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Cleveland 36, Houston 22
Sunday, December 24, 2023 1:00 PM
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 24, 2023
Where: NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Tra Blake
Attendance: 70831
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Cleveland 7156836
Houston 0701522
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 13:18
Cleveland TD Houston 0 - Cleveland 7
Jerome Ford 4 yd. run (Dustin Hopkins kick)
2nd Quarter - 12:04
Cleveland TD Houston 0 - Cleveland 14
Amari Cooper 75 yd. pass from Joe Flacco (Dustin Hopkins kick)
2nd Quarter - 11:51
Houston TD Houston 7 - Cleveland 14
Dameon Pierce 98 yd. kickoff return (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
2nd Quarter - 4:16
Cleveland TD Houston 7 - Cleveland 22
David Njoku 21 yd. pass from Joe Flacco (Dorian Thompson-Robinson run)
3rd Quarter - 2:35
Cleveland TD Houston 7 - Cleveland 28
Amari Cooper 7 yd. pass from Joe Flacco (run failed)
4th Quarter - 12:31
Cleveland TD Houston 7 - Cleveland 36
Kareem Hunt 1 yd. run (Amari Cooper pass from Joe Flacco)
4th Quarter - 6:08
Houston TD Houston 15 - Cleveland 36
Nico Collins 5 yd. pass from Davis Mills (Nico Collins pass from Davis Mills)
4th Quarter - 4:12
Houston TD Houston 22 - Cleveland 36
Andrew Beck 1 yd. pass from Davis Mills (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Cleveland Houston
1st Downs 26 20
Rushing 4 3
Passing 19 13
Penalty 3 4
3rd Down Conversions 6-16 5-15
4th Down Conversions 4-6 1-3
Punts-Average 3-49.3 6-44.3
Return Yards 62 198
Punts-Returns 2-18 2-15
Kickoffs-Returns 1-36 6-183
Int-Returns 2-8 2-0
Penalties-Yards 9-55 10-76
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Time of Possession 33:34 26:26
Total Net Yards 418 250
Total Plays 75 68
Average Gain 5.6 3.7
Net Yards Rushing 54 72
Rushes 30 16
Average/Rush 1.8 4.5
Net Yards Passing 364 178
Comp-Att 28-44 26-49
Yards/Pass 8.1 3.4
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-10 3-33
Had Intercepted 2 2
Touchdowns 5 3
Rushing 2 0
Passing 3 2
Other 0 1
Extra Points 3-4 3-3
Field Goals 0-0 0-0
Red Zone Efficiency 4-6-67% 2-2-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 3-3-100% 2-2-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Cleveland Browns (10-5)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Flacco 27/42 368 3 2
D. Thompson-Robinson 1/2 6 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
J. Ford 15 25 1.7 1 10
P. Strong Jr. 5 22 4.4 0 8
K. Hunt 7 11 1.6 1 4
J. Flacco 2 1 0.5 0 2
D. Thompson-Robinson 1 -5 -5.0 0 -5
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Cooper 15 11 265 24.1 2 75
D. Njoku 9 6 44 7.3 1 21
E. Moore 4 2 19 9.5 0 18
J. Akins 2 2 18 9.0 0 13
C. Tillman 2 2 13 6.5 0 7
D. Bell 2 1 6 6.0 0 6
H. Bryant 1 1 6 6.0 0 6
K. Hunt 4 2 5 2.5 0 6
P. Strong Jr. 1 0 0 0 0 0
M. Goodwin 1 0 0 0 0 0
J. Ford 2 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Owusu-Koramoah 1 8 0
D. Harmon 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
Z. Smith 2.0 23.0
A. Wright 1.0 10.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
S. Takitaki 6 1
D. Bell 5 0
J. Owusu-Koramoah 5 1
M. Emerson Jr. 3 0
M. Garrett 3 0
D. Harmon 3 0
R. Hickman Jr. 3 3
Z. Smith 2 0
M. Ford 2 1
D. Ward 1 0
C. Mitchell 1 0
D. Tomlinson 1 0
A. Wright 1 0
J. Elliott 1 0
T. McCalister 1 1
G. Newsome II 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Houston Texans (8-7)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Mills 15/32 149 2 0
C. Keenum 11/17 62 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Singletary 9 44 4.9 0 17
D. Mills 2 9 4.5 0 9
R. Woods 1 7 7.0 0 7
D. Ogunbowale 1 6 6.0 0 6
D. Pierce 3 6 2.0 0 4
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Schultz 11 8 61 7.6 0 14
N. Brown 7 3 38 12.7 0 16
B. Jordan 3 2 27 13.5 0 19
D. Singletary 3 3 19 6.3 0 8
N. Collins 6 4 18 4.5 1 7
X. Hutchinson 2 1 18 18.0 0 18
R. Woods 6 2 14 7.0 0 12
D. Pierce 2 1 10 10.0 0 10
A. Beck 2 2 6 3.0 1 5
J. Metchie III 3 0 0 0 0 0
D. Ogunbowale 3 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
D. Stingley Jr. 1 0 0
D. Houston-Carson 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Hughes 1.0 10.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
D. Houston-Carson 6 1
S. Nelson 5 1
D. Perryman 5 1
C. Harris 5 2
M. Sanders 4 2
D. King II 4 7
J. Pitre 3 0
A. Amos 3 1
J. Hughes 3 2
M. Collins 2 1
D. Stingley Jr. 2 1
D. Barnett 2 1
K. Hinish 1 0
H. To'oto'o 1 0
J. Ward 1 0
K. Hollman 1 0
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Singletary 1