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Super Bowl XXXVII: Cleveland Browns vs. Atlanta Falcons

January 22, 1989
70°
Hoosier Dome (Indianapolis, IN) Attendance: 75,000 (100%)
Cleveland Browns 7 3 0 3 - 13
Atlanta Falcons 7 10 21 10 - 48

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Cleveland Browns: 3-5-ATL 5 (8:18) 44-Jeffrey Vannatter ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Lawrence Jowett. ATL 0 CLE 7
(Qtr 1) Atlanta Falcons: 2-2-CLE 2 (4:33) 22-David Edwards ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Loyd Charney. ATL 52-Edward Hampton was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. ATL 7 CLE 7
(Qtr 2) Atlanta Falcons: 4-6-CLE 18 (9:02) 9-Loyd Charney 36 yard field goal is GOOD. PENALTY - Offsides (CLE 54-Derek Waldman) (Declined) ATL 10 CLE 7
(Qtr 2) Atlanta Falcons: 3-1-CLE 13 (2:05) 5-Miguel Davis pass complete to 88-Michael Paschal for 13 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Loyd Charney. ATL 17 CLE 7
(Qtr 2) Cleveland Browns: 4-11-ATL 31 (0:13) 9-Lawrence Jowett 49 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 17 CLE 10
(Qtr 3) Atlanta Falcons: 1-10-CLE 34 (13:02) 5-Miguel Davis pass complete to 14-David Brown for 34 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Loyd Charney. CLE 93-David Morris was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. ATL 24 CLE 10
(Qtr 3) Atlanta Falcons: 3-2-CLE 3 (9:10) 5-Miguel Davis pass complete to 88-Michael Paschal for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Loyd Charney. ATL 31 CLE 10
(Qtr 3) Atlanta Falcons: 2-9-CLE 26 (8:24) 11-Calvin Lopez sacked at CLE 17 for -9 yards (90-Raymond Murphy). Sack allowed by 50-Stephen Franklin. 11-Calvin Lopez FUMBLES (90-Raymond Murphy) recovered by ATL-79-Craig Luna for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Loyd Charney. ATL 38 CLE 10
(Qtr 4) Cleveland Browns: 4-10-ATL 34 (14:51) 9-Lawrence Jowett 53 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 38 CLE 13
(Qtr 4) Atlanta Falcons: 1-1-CLE 1 (3:50) 14-David Brown ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Loyd Charney. ATL 45 CLE 13
(Qtr 4) Atlanta Falcons: 4-1-CLE 34 (0:05) 9-Loyd Charney 53 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 48 CLE 13

Team Statistics

Atlanta Falcons Cleveland Browns
First Downs 16 18
- Rushing 6 7
- Passing 10 10
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 453 262
- Offensive Plays 56 73
- Yards Per Play 8.09 3.59
Net Rushing Yards 132 124
- Rushing Attempts 32 23
- Yards Per Rush 4.13 5.39
Net Passing Yards 321 138
- Att/Comp/Int 24 / 20 / 0 46 / 26 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 321 177
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 4 / 39
- Yards Per Pass Play 13.38 2.76
- Yards Per Completion 16.05 6.81
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 11 6 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.4 7.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 2 / 4
Penalties/Yards 1 / 6 1 / 10
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 3 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 18 1 / 31
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 4 / 1 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 25
Time of Possession 32:48 27:11

Drive Charts

Atlanta Falcons

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 8:15 3:45 OWN 19 7 81 Touchdown
1 1:43 1:20 OWN 12 3 2 Punt
2 14:02 5:04 OWN 8 9 75 Field Goal
2 6:07 4:06 OWN 17 7 83 Touchdown
2 0:09 0:09 OWN 25 1 -1 Half
3 15:00 2:05 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
3 11:58 2:51 OPP 29 5 29 Touchdown
3 8:18 0:56 OPP 25 3 -6 Punt
3 7:22 2:44 OWN 18 4 31 Punt
4 14:47 2:05 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
4 9:35 5:48 OWN 39 10 61 Touchdown
4 1:56 1:55 OPP 44 3 9 Field Goal

Cleveland Browns

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 6:45 OWN 25 11 75 Touchdown
1 4:30 2:47 OWN 25 6 14 Punt
1 0:24 1:21 OWN 37 4 12 Punt
2 8:58 2:52 OWN 25 6 7 Punt
2 2:01 1:52 OWN 25 9 44 Field Goal
3 12:55 0:57 OWN 25 3 -3 Interception
3 9:07 0:48 OWN 25 2 1 Punt
3 4:38 4:52 OWN 20 12 46 Field Goal
4 12:42 3:06 OWN 19 9 48 Downs
4 3:47 1:51 OWN 25 8 19 Downs

Rushing Stats

Atlanta Falcons

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Clifford Kuntz 9 54 6.00 13 2 0
David Edwards 11 34 3.09 13 1 1
David Brown 6 31 5.17 15 1 1
Joseph Coons 2 5 2.50 7 0 0
Carmine Byler 1 5 5.00 5 0 0
Raymond McManus 3 3 1.00 5 0 0

Cleveland Browns

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jeffrey Vannatter 15 74 4.93 15 5 1
Larry Boyd 4 35 8.75 11 2 0
Bo Fisher 4 15 3.75 12 1 0

Passing Stats

Atlanta Falcons

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Miguel Davis 24 20 321 0 / 0 3 59 0 158.33

Cleveland Browns

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Calvin Lopez 46 26 177 4 / 39 0 14 1 56.16

Receiving Stats

Atlanta Falcons

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Brown 3 115 38.33 44 1
Clifford Kuntz 3 67 22.33 59 0
David Edwards 4 65 16.25 30 0
Raymond McManus 3 44 14.67 22 0
Michael Paschal 2 16 8.00 13 2
Carmine Byler 1 10 10.00 10 0
Kenneth Hawes 1 2 2.00 2 0
Joseph Coons 3 2 0.67 1 0

Cleveland Browns

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Edward Feldman 7 45 6.43 14 0
Carl Rowell 4 38 9.50 14 0
Jeffrey Vannatter 5 26 5.20 14 0
Alfred Tucker 4 26 6.50 11 0
Timothy Herrera 3 19 6.33 11 0
Bo Fisher 2 17 8.50 14 0
Larry Boyd 1 6 6.00 6 0

Blocking Stats

Atlanta Falcons

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Willie Harris 18 13 0 0
Michael Fleming 23 18 0 1
Jamie Estep 0 1 0 0
James Berg 0 1 0 0
Raymond Murphy 0 2 0 0
Michael Paschal 1 1 0 0
Greg Renteria 0 9 0 1
Elvin Gilbert 3 2 0 0
Bobby Bell 3 2 0 0
Marco Johnston 6 4 0 0
Chris Hudspeth 3 23 0 0
Edward Hampton 14 12 0 0
David Edwards 3 1 0 0
John Ellis 17 12 0 1
Joseph Coons 12 18 0 2
Carmine Byler 0 8 0 0
Robert Fewell 1 2 0 0
Raymond McManus 0 12 0 0
William Money 9 31 0 0
Carlos Davis 21 22 0 2
Willis Woolsey 18 28 0 2
Ronald Geiger 15 14 0 0
Sean Degree 1 1 0 0
David McNeal 0 3 0 0
Keith Lindberg 22 32 0 0
David Brown 0 2 0 0
Fernando Ford 14 6 0 0
Donald Higgins 0 2 0 1
Clifford Kuntz 5 5 0 0
Kenneth Hawes 0 8 0 1
James Willman 1 1 0 0

Cleveland Browns

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Marquis Castillo 54 29 1 4
Jack Austin 43 24 1 1
Stephen Franklin 54 30 1 2
Levi Russell 56 37 1 1
Kevin Cooper 50 32 0 1
Gordon Smith 16 7 0 0
Joseph Stang 0 1 0 0
Curtis McCauley 0 1 0 0
Ronald Grossi 0 1 0 0
Michael Merle 0 1 0 0
Walter Sparrow 0 1 0 1
Robert Pylant 7 2 0 0
Dennis Ngo 3 0 0 0
Timothy Herrera 12 10 0 0
John Larson 5 4 0 1
Bo Fisher 7 2 0 0
Nicholas Barger 24 15 0 0
Jeffrey Vannatter 9 3 0 0
Merlin Fitzpatrick 0 9 0 2
Alfred Tucker 0 9 0 0
Larry Boyd 7 3 0 0
Edward Feldman 0 13 0 0
Carl Rowell 0 15 0 0
Samuel Petro 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Atlanta Falcons

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Sean Degree 1 0 0.00 0

Cleveland Browns

Fumble Stats

Atlanta Falcons

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Raymond Murphy 0 0 1 0
Craig Luna 0 1 0 1

Cleveland Browns

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Calvin Lopez 1 0 0 0

Punting

Atlanta Falcons

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Gerard Rogue 3 150 50.00 43.00 52 1

Cleveland Browns

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Raymond McDonald 4 196 49.00 48.25 54 4

Kicking

Atlanta Falcons

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Loyd Charney 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 53 6 / 6

Cleveland Browns

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lawrence Jowett 2 / 2 2 / 2 1 / 1 53 1 / 1

Punt Return

Atlanta Falcons

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Carmine Byler 1 3 3.0 3 0

Cleveland Browns

Kick Return

Atlanta Falcons

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
David Edwards 1 18 18.0 0

Cleveland Browns

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Chad Kreger 1 31 31.0 0

Defensive Stats

Atlanta Falcons

Name Tackles Sacks
Robert Deloach 7 0
Donald Higgins 6 0
Jose Evans 4 0
James Willman 3 0
Alfred Wanner 3 0
Robert Fewell 3 0
David Herrera 3 0
Bobby Bell 3 0
Jamie Estep 3 1
James Moreno 3 0
Elvin Gilbert 2 0
Rashad Jones 2 0
Craig Luna 2 1
Raymond Murphy 2 2
Ruben Hilton 1 0
James Berg 1 0
Stephen Wellman 1 0
Sean Degree 1 0
David McNeal 1 0

Cleveland Browns

Name Tackles Sacks
Juan Schuler 9 0
Moses Gordillo 6 0
Andrew Gartner 5 0
Derek Waldman 5 0
David Morris 4 0
Joseph Long 4 0
Michael Riddle 3 0
Andrew Munson 3 0
Corey Cortez 2 0
Robert Emmons 2 0
Merlin Fitzpatrick 1 0
Michael Merle 1 0
Samuel Petro 1 0
Timothy Herrera 1 0
Joseph Stang 1 0
Kenneth Green 1 0