Conference Finals, 2023

played in Cleveland, OH

49 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

Houston Texans	7	7	0	0	-	14
Cleveland Browns	6	14	7	3	-	30

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:30 CLE - Mike Mahoney 34 field goal
1Q: 04:44 CLE - Mike Mahoney 30 field goal
1Q: 02:11 HOU - Preston Beadnell 12 pass from Gene Chandler (Jack Kemnitzer extra point)
2Q: 13:02 CLE - Cornell Upshaw 3 pass from Neil Harvey (Mike Mahoney extra point)
2Q: 05:46 HOU - LeSean McCoy 6 run (Jack Kemnitzer extra point)
2Q: 02:10 CLE - Terrance Tate 6 pass from Neil Harvey (Mike Mahoney extra point)
3Q: 13:01 CLE - Terrance Tate 52 pass from Neil Harvey (Mike Mahoney extra point)
4Q: 02:31 CLE - Mike Mahoney 33 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:30 CLE - Mike Mahoney 34 field goal
1Q: 04:44 CLE - Mike Mahoney 30 field goal
1Q: 02:11 HOU - Preston Beadnell 12 pass from Gene Chandler (Jack Kemnitzer extra point)
2Q: 13:02 CLE - Cornell Upshaw 3 pass from Neil Harvey (Mike Mahoney extra point)
2Q: 05:46 HOU - LeSean McCoy 6 run (Jack Kemnitzer extra point)
2Q: 02:10 CLE - Terrance Tate 6 pass from Neil Harvey (Mike Mahoney extra point)
3Q: 13:01 CLE - Terrance Tate 52 pass from Neil Harvey (Mike Mahoney extra point)
4Q: 02:31 CLE - Mike Mahoney 33 field goal

Team Statistics HOU CLE
Record 10-9 17-1
First Downs 14 19
- by Rushing 2 3
- by Passing 12 13
- by Penalty 0 3
Total Net Yards 269 493
- Offensive Plays 63 65
- Yards per Play 4.27 7.58
Net Rushing Yards 52 97
- Rushing Attempts 14 26
- Yards per Rush 3.71 3.73
Net Passing Yards 217 396
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 45 - 23 - 1 38 - 24 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 242 401
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/25 1/5
- Yards per Pass Play 4.43 10.15
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 1/13 5/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 10.0 9.7
4th Down Conversions 2/3 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/59 13/106
Punt Returns/Yards 1/13 5/23
Kick Returns/Yards 7/140 3/73
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/21
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 2/3
Avg. Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 32
Time of Possession 25:23 34:37

Team Statistics	HOU	CLE
Record	10-9	17-1
First Downs	14	19
- by Rushing	2	3
- by Passing	12	13
- by Penalty	0	3
Total Net Yards	269	493
- Offensive Plays	63	65
- Yards per Play	4.27	7.58
Net Rushing Yards	52	97
- Rushing Attempts	14	26
- Yards per Rush	3.71	3.73
Net Passing Yards	217	396
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	45 - 23 - 1	38 - 24 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	242	401
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/25	1/5
- Yards per Pass Play	4.43	10.15
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	1/13	5/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	10.0	9.7
4th Down Conversions	2/3	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/59	13/106
Punt Returns/Yards	1/13	5/23
Kick Returns/Yards	7/140	3/73
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/21
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	2/3
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 35	OWN 32
Time of Possession	25:23	34:37

Drive Charts

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:37	OWN 35	3	1	Punt
1	8:25	1:11	50	3	-5	Punt
1	4:39	1:53	OWN 36	3	0	Punt
1	2:46	0:41	OPP 9	2	9	Touchdown
2	12:54	1:50	OWN 10	3	4	Punt
2	9:28	3:49	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
2	2:03	2:03	OWN 23	8	36	Half
3	12:46	3:02	OWN 37	4	10	Punt
3	8:13	1:55	OPP 40	3	-3	Punt
3	3:22	1:32	OWN 26	3	-3	Punt
4	12:54	3:24	OWN 39	8	41	Missed FG
4	8:17	0:35	OWN 25	3	0	Punt
4	5:40	1:19	OWN 17	6	32	Interception
4	2:24	1:49	OWN 27	8	32	Downs

Cleveland Browns
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:23	4:58	OWN 5	8	78	Field Goal
1	7:14	2:35	OWN 20	5	67	Field Goal
1	2:05	4:11	OWN 34	9	66	Touchdown
2	11:04	1:36	OWN 49	3	2	Punt
2	5:39	3:36	OWN 41	8	59	Touchdown
3	15:00	2:14	OWN 23	4	77	Touchdown
3	9:44	1:31	OWN 9	3	-5	Punt
3	6:18	2:56	OWN 12	6	19	Punt
3	1:50	3:56	OWN 43	6	33	Missed FG
4	9:30	1:13	OWN 27	3	6	Punt
4	7:42	2:02	OPP 48	3	-7	Punt
4	4:21	1:57	OPP 36	4	20	Field Goal
4	0:35	0:35	OWN 41	3	-4	Game

Game MVP: Neil Harvey, Cleveland Browns

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
LeSean McCoy	7	32	4.57	11	1	1
Brett Murphy	4	6	1.50	3	0	0
Gene Chandler	3	14	4.67	5	0	0

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Jonathan Stewart	13	71	5.46	25	2
Rod Washington	8	23	2.88	8	0
Neil Harvey	4	1	0.25	5	0
Spencer Farley	1	2	2.00	2	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Gene Chandler	45	23	242	4/25	1	34	1	65.2

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Neil Harvey	38	24	401	1/5	3	65	0	125.0

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Preston Beadnell	5	7	62	12.40	13	23	1
FB Darrell Erickson	4	4	30	7.50	4	11	0
TE John Carlson	3	5	27	9.00	5	14	0
WR Dwight Donovan	3	9	51	17.00	0	34	0
TE Jumbo Dolan	2	2	18	9.00	0	18	0
WR Jessie Johannsen	2	3	28	14.00	5	22	0
WR Dean Rivers	2	8	19	9.50	0	14	0
RB Kurt Houston	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0
TE R.J. Cote	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
WR Jamal Gardner	0	5	0	0.00	0	0	0

Cleveland	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Terrance Tate	9	13	203	22.56	99	52	2
WR Cornell Upshaw	7	12	104	14.86	63	65	1
TE Chase Coffman	3	4	25	8.33	8	11	0
RB Jonathan Stewart	2	3	17	8.50	0	11	0
WR Spencer Farley	1	1	32	32.00	15	32	0
WR Austin Collie	1	4	9	9.00	2	9	0
TE Everett Poff	1	1	11	11.00	5	11	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Cleveland	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Sean Weatherspoon	1	21	21.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force
Gene Chandler	1	0	0
Brett Murphy	0	2	1
Dean Rivers	0	0	1

Cleveland	Fumb	Recov	Force
Mitchell Blake	1	0	0
Brandon Carr	1	0	0
Rod Washington	0	1	0
Rusty Kaplan	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Steve Watanabe	8	361	45.1	39.8	59	4

Cleveland	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Les Johnson	5	221	44.2	37.6	55	2

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jack Kemnitzer	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

Cleveland	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Mike Mahoney	3/4	0/1	0/0	34	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dean Rivers	1	13	13.0	0

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mitchell Blake	5	23	4.6	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dean Rivers	7	140	20.0	0

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brandon Carr	3	73	24.3	0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Lawrence Fisk	12	3	0.0	25	35
CB Lawrence Abbey	6	1	0.0	15	28
CB D.J. Moore	4	1	0.0	15	31
OLB Herb Hampton	4	0	0.0	22	34
DT Jermaine Lowe	3	0	1.0	11	21
CB Tyrell Johnson	3	1	0.0	22	30
OLB Peter Heuvicq	3	0	0.0	12	10
DE Carlos Dunlap	2	1	0.0	23	34
S Chad Jones	2	1	0.0	19	25
OLB Marc Poloski	2	0	0.0	5	9
S Luke Hartland	1	2	0.0	18	31
DE Teddy Flannery	1	0	0.0	12	23
CB Casey Donovan	1	0	0.0	11	11
WR Dwight Donovan	1	0	---	---	---
DT Levon Jacobs	1	0	0.0	23	33
S Kent Jarvis	0	2	0.0	15	27
DT Sedrick Harvey	0	2	0.0	15	15

Cleveland	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Chuck Hoyler	5	1	0.0	9	37
CB Blake Reynolds	4	3	0.0	13	44
S Dominic Tirtha	4	2	0.0	14	43
ILB Dan Conner	3	1	1.0	8	38
OLB Clay Matthews	3	1	0.0	13	41
S Dusty Cook	3	0	0.0	12	45
S Kam Chancellor	3	0	0.0	4	28
DE Rusty Kaplan	2	2	2.0	8	37
DE Trent Hudgins	2	0	1.0	9	27
CB Brenden Anderson	2	0	0.0	4	23
DT Jon Dupre	2	0	0.0	7	21
CB Harry Foreman	1	3	0.0	10	27
OLB Scottie Hollier	1	0	0.0	1	8
DT Terrance Knighton	1	0	0.0	5	4
DE Brett Harmon	1	0	0.0	8	31
OLB Sean Weatherspoon	1	0	0.0	1	7

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Jermaine Lowe	1.0	0	0	0	21
DT Sedrick Harvey	0.0	1	1	0	15
DE Carlos Dunlap	0.0	0	2	1	34
DT Levon Jacobs	0.0	0	1	0	33
DE Teddy Flannery	0.0	0	0	1	23
DE Joey Sims	0.0	0	0	1	23

Cleveland	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Rusty Kaplan	2.0	1	2	5	37
ILB Dan Conner	1.0	0	0	0	38
DE Trent Hudgins	1.0	0	0	0	27
DT Jarron Gilbert	0.0	1	2	0	30
DE Brian Orakpo	0.0	0	1	0	29
DE Brett Harmon	0.0	0	0	1	31

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Lawrence Abbey	6	0	28
ILB Lawrence Fisk	4	1	35
CB D.J. Moore	3	0	31
S Chad Jones	3	0	25
CB Tyrell Johnson	2	4	30
OLB Herb Hampton	2	1	34
CB Casey Donovan	2	0	11
OLB Peter Heuvicq	1	0	10
DE Carlos Dunlap	1	0	34
S Luke Hartland	0	1	31

Cleveland	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Dusty Cook	3	1	0	45
CB Blake Reynolds	3	1	0	44
OLB Clay Matthews	3	1	0	41
S Dominic Tirtha	3	1	0	43
CB Chuck Hoyler	2	2	0	37
OLB Scottie Hollier	2	0	0	8
CB Brenden Anderson	2	0	0	23
S Kam Chancellor	2	0	0	28
ILB Dan Conner	1	1	0	38
OLB Sean Weatherspoon	1	0	1	7
DE Brett Harmon	1	0	0	31
ILB Phillip Wheeler	0	1	0	4
DE Trent Hudgins	0	1	0	27

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Herb Bradford	2	5	14	2	49
Matt Slauson	1	1	12	0	41
Mitch Petrus	1	1	2	0	8
Mickey Brandon	0	2	5	0	15
Kurt Ingram	0	1	13	1	37
John Carlson	0	1	10	0	16
Jimmy Fulcher	0	0	12	1	38

Cleveland	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Clifton Mills	1	4	0	21	0	33
Corwin Cunningham	1	3	0	16	0	32
Deon Shepardson	1	2	1	4	0	3
Chase Coffman	1	2	0	24	0	30
Louis Farrell	0	3	0	24	1	37
Luke Meek	0	3	0	14	0	14
Walt Donaldson	0	3	0	20	0	32
Scottie Hudson	0	1	0	8	0	6
Isaac Knispel	0	1	0	6	0	12

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Kent Jarvis	2	20
Dean Rivers	2	20
Brett Murphy	2	19
Darrell Erickson	1	13
Jumbo Wheeler	1	11

Cleveland	Tackles	STPlays
Terrance Tate	4	8
Mitchell Blake	1	22
Dusty Cook	1	16
Courtney Reardon	1	10
Scottie Hudson	1	8

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Lawrence Fisk	---	---	25	35	14	74
Herb Bradford	14	49	---	---	9	72
Gene Chandler	14	49	---	---	---	63
Kent Jarvis	---	---	15	27	20	62
Tyrell Johnson	---	---	22	30	8	60
Levon Jacobs	---	---	23	33	4	60
D.J. Moore	---	---	15	31	14	60
Carlos Dunlap	---	---	23	34	3	60
Herb Hampton	---	---	22	34	3	59
Dean Rivers	5	32	---	---	20	57
Lawrence Abbey	---	---	15	28	14	57
Luke Hartland	---	---	18	31	7	56
Jamal Gardner	10	37	---	---	7	54
Matt Slauson	12	41	---	---	---	53
Kurt Ingram	13	37	---	---	---	50
Jimmy Fulcher	12	38	---	---	---	50
Dwight Donovan	5	27	---	---	15	47
Chad Jones	---	---	19	25	3	47
Joey Sims	---	---	17	23	5	45
Preston Beadnell	13	32	---	---	---	45
Darrell Erickson	11	21	---	---	13	45
Gosder Cherilus	9	34	---	---	---	43
LeSean McCoy	9	30	---	---	---	39
Teddy Flannery	---	---	12	23	2	37
Brett Murphy	4	12	---	---	19	35
Jermaine Lowe	---	---	11	21	3	35
Sedrick Harvey	---	---	15	15	3	33
Jessie Johannsen	3	15	---	---	14	32
Mickey Brandon	5	15	---	---	9	29
John Carlson	10	16	---	---	---	26
Marc Poloski	---	---	5	9	11	25
R.J. Cote	0	4	---	---	19	23
Casey Donovan	---	---	11	11	---	22
Dennis Hannam	2	11	---	---	9	22
Peter Heuvicq	---	---	12	10	---	22
Lawrence Berry	1	12	---	---	9	22
Mitch Petrus	2	8	---	---	9	19
Jumbo Dolan	0	13	---	---	5	18
Jumbo Wheeler	0	4	---	---	11	15
Terry Densmore	---	---	3	5	6	14
Ralph Livanis	---	---	3	4	7	14
Steve Watanabe	0	0	---	---	8	8
Jack Kemnitzer	0	0	---	---	4	4
Kurt Houston	0	2	---	---	---	2
Charles Stephens	0	0	---	---	1	1
Julio McElroy	0	0	---	---	---	0

Cleveland	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Dusty Cook	---	---	12	45	16	73
Dominic Tirtha	---	---	14	43	12	69
Blake Reynolds	---	---	13	44	11	68
Neil Harvey	26	39	---	---	---	65
Chase Coffman	24	30	---	---	9	63
Clifton Mills	21	33	---	---	9	63
Everett Poff	16	28	---	---	19	63
Terrance Tate	22	33	---	---	8	63
Louis Farrell	24	37	---	---	---	61
Jonathan Stewart	17	27	---	---	11	55
Clay Matthews	---	---	13	41	1	55
Julio Elliott	21	29	---	---	5	55
Walt Donaldson	20	32	---	---	1	53
Corwin Cunningham	16	32	---	---	4	52
Cornell Upshaw	17	23	---	---	9	49
Rusty Kaplan	---	---	8	37	2	47
Chuck Hoyler	---	---	9	37	1	47
Dan Conner	---	---	8	38	---	46
Harry Foreman	---	---	10	27	9	46
Brett Harmon	---	---	8	31	6	45
Rod Washington	9	11	---	---	25	45
Jarron Gilbert	---	---	9	30	3	42
Spencer Farley	9	18	---	---	11	38
Brian Orakpo	---	---	8	29	1	38
Trent Hudgins	---	---	9	27	2	38
Luke Meek	14	14	---	---	9	37
Jon Dupre	---	---	7	21	5	33
Kam Chancellor	---	---	4	28	1	33
Mitchell Blake	3	3	---	---	22	28
Austin Collie	9	19	---	---	---	28
Brenden Anderson	---	---	4	23	---	27
Isaac Knispel	6	12	---	---	9	27
Scottie Hollier	---	---	1	8	15	24
Scottie Hudson	8	6	---	---	8	22
Bernard Otto	---	---	6	11	4	21
Phillip Wheeler	---	---	4	4	8	16
Sean Weatherspoon	---	---	1	7	8	16
Deon Shepardson	4	3	---	---	7	14
Mike Mahoney	0	0	---	---	11	11
Courtney Reardon	---	---	0	0	10	10
Terrance Knighton	---	---	5	4	1	10
Brandon Carr	---	---	1	4	3	8
Les Johnson	0	0	---	---	5	5
Keith Null	0	0	---	---	4	4
Sherman Abrams	0	0	---	---	3	3
Lamar Giles	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	0	0	0.0
Middle	9	28	3.1
Right	5	24	4.8
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	36	4.5
Middle	9	52	5.8
Right	6	13	2.2
None	3	-4	-1.3

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Gene Chandler	45	23	4	3	2	9	5	6	1

Cleveland	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Neil Harvey	38	24	6	1	1	7	4	3	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	3	3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	12	68	3.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	8	119	7.0
Long (19+ Yds)	8	2	52	6.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	23	16	231	10.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	7	118	9.1
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	52	26.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Dwight Donovan	9	3	0	51	1	27
WR Dean Rivers	8	2	1	19	0	32
WR Preston Beadnell	7	5	0	62	2	32
TE John Carlson	5	3	0	27	0	16
WR Jamal Gardner	5	0	0	0	0	37
FB Darrell Erickson	4	4	0	30	0	21
WR Jessie Johannsen	3	2	1	28	1	15
TE Jumbo Dolan	2	2	0	18	0	13
RB Kurt Houston	1	1	0	4	0	2
TE R.J. Cote	1	1	0	3	0	4

Cleveland	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Terrance Tate	13	9	0	203	4	33
WR Cornell Upshaw	12	7	0	104	1	23
TE Chase Coffman	4	3	0	25	0	30
WR Austin Collie	4	1	1	9	0	19
RB Jonathan Stewart	3	2	0	17	0	27
WR Spencer Farley	1	1	0	32	1	18
TE Everett Poff	1	1	0	11	0	28

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
LeSean McCoy	2	3	1.50	4.57

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Jonathan Stewart	2	2	1.00	5.46
Rod Washington	1	2	2.00	2.88

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Gene Chandler	2	2	19	9.50	5.38

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Neil Harvey	9	4	23	2.56	10.55

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Preston Beadnell	2	2	19	9.50	8.86

Cleveland	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Cornell Upshaw	4	2	7	1.75	8.67
WR Terrance Tate	3	1	6	2.00	15.62
TE Chase Coffman	1	1	10	10.00	6.25
WR Austin Collie	1	0	0	0.00	2.25

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions

Cleveland	Rushes	Conversions
Jonathan Stewart	2	1
Neil Harvey	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Gene Chandler	11	4	1

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Conversions
Neil Harvey	11	6	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Dwight Donovan	4	1	0
WR Dean Rivers	3	0	0
TE Jumbo Dolan	1	1	0
WR Jessie Johannsen	1	1	1
FB Darrell Erickson	1	1	0
WR Jamal Gardner	1	0	0

Cleveland	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Cornell Upshaw	4	2	1
RB Jonathan Stewart	2	1	0
WR Austin Collie	2	0	0
WR Terrance Tate	2	2	2
TE Chase Coffman	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 72,300 (72,300 capacity)
Upper Deck 21,600 (21,600)
End Zone 15,600 (15,600)
Mezzanine 9,000 (9,000)
Sideline Seats 13,800 (13,800)
Club Seats 8,600 (8,600)
Luxury Boxes 3,700 (3,700)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	72,300 (72,300 capacity)
Upper Deck	21,600 (21,600)
End Zone	15,600 (15,600)
Mezzanine	9,000 (9,000)
Sideline Seats	13,800 (13,800)
Club Seats	8,600 (8,600)
Luxury Boxes	3,700 (3,700)