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Super Bowl XXXVII: Atlanta Falcons vs. Cleveland Browns

January 21, 1990
70°
Texas Stadium (Dallas, TX) Attendance: 75,000 (100%)
Atlanta Falcons 14 0 0 16 - 30
Cleveland Browns 7 9 0 0 - 16

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Atlanta Falcons: 3-11-CLE 27 (10:05) 13-Kenneth Bonilla pass complete to 88-Ramon Shackelford for 27 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Loyd Charney. CLE 0 ATL 7
(Qtr 1) Cleveland Browns: 3-3-ATL 3 (3:05) 11-Calvin Lopez pass complete to 84-Alfred Tucker for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Lawrence Jowett. CLE 7 ATL 7
(Qtr 1) Atlanta Falcons: 2-10-ATL 40 (1:44) 13-Kenneth Bonilla pass complete to 87-Matthew Scheffler for 60 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Loyd Charney. CLE 7 ATL 14
(Qtr 2) Cleveland Browns: 4-2-ATL 8 (10:37) 9-Lawrence Jowett 25 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 10 ATL 14
(Qtr 2) Cleveland Browns: 4-7-ATL 31 (5:29) 9-Lawrence Jowett 48 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 13 ATL 14
(Qtr 2) Cleveland Browns: 4-3-ATL 7 (0:11) 9-Lawrence Jowett 24 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 16 ATL 14
(Qtr 4) Atlanta Falcons: 4-6-CLE 22 (15:00) 9-Loyd Charney 41 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 16 ATL 17
(Qtr 4) Atlanta Falcons: 4-2-CLE 22 (6:20) 9-Loyd Charney 40 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 16 ATL 20
(Qtr 4) Atlanta Falcons: 3-1-CLE 4 (3:14) 22-David Edwards ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Loyd Charney. CLE 16 ATL 27
(Qtr 4) Atlanta Falcons: 4-1-CLE 16 (1:54) 9-Loyd Charney 35 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 16 ATL 30

Team Statistics

Cleveland Browns Atlanta Falcons
First Downs 19 14
- Rushing 8 5
- Passing 10 8
- Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 344 420
- Offensive Plays 66 55
- Yards Per Play 5.21 7.64
Net Rushing Yards 181 99
- Rushing Attempts 35 25
- Yards Per Rush 5.17 3.96
Net Passing Yards 163 321
- Att/Comp/Int 28 / 18 / 2 29 / 21 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 190 330
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 27 1 / 9
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.26 10.70
- Yards Per Completion 10.56 15.71
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 12 4 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.8 8.1
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 20 3 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 34 1 / 23
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 2 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 32
Time of Possession 32:38 27:21

Drive Charts

Cleveland Browns

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:26 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
1 9:59 6:56 OWN 25 12 75 Touchdown
1 1:34 6:00 OWN 25 10 67 Field Goal
2 9:06 3:41 OWN 30 7 39 Field Goal
2 3:21 3:12 OWN 22 8 71 Field Goal
3 7:47 1:36 OWN 22 3 8 Punt
3 4:42 3:31 OWN 11 6 33 Fumble
4 14:57 3:22 OWN 25 6 10 Punt
4 6:17 1:00 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
4 3:11 0:25 OWN 25 2 -10 Interception
4 1:51 1:29 OWN 27 6 34 Interception

Atlanta Falcons

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:34 3:35 OWN 27 7 73 Touchdown
1 3:03 1:29 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
2 10:34 1:28 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
2 5:24 2:04 OWN 25 3 10 Punt
2 0:09 0:09 OWN 25 1 7 Half
3 15:00 7:13 OWN 26 11 59 Missed FG
3 6:10 1:28 OWN 22 4 29 Punt
3 1:12 1:15 OPP 26 3 4 Field Goal
4 11:35 5:18 OWN 14 10 64 Field Goal
4 5:16 2:05 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
4 2:46 0:55 OPP 38 4 22 Field Goal
4 0:22 0:22 OWN 38 1 0 Game

Rushing Stats

Cleveland Browns

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Tim Farrelly 20 110 5.50 23 3 0
Jeffrey Vannatter 14 63 4.50 12 2 0
Merlin Fitzpatrick 1 8 8.00 8 0 0

Atlanta Falcons

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
David Edwards 12 45 3.75 16 1 1
David Brown 6 36 6.00 13 2 0
Joseph Coons 5 17 3.40 7 0 0
Greg Renteria 1 1 1.00 1 0 0
Kenneth Bonilla 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Cleveland Browns

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Calvin Lopez 28 18 190 3 / 27 1 40 2 66.07

Atlanta Falcons

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Kenneth Bonilla 29 21 330 1 / 9 2 62 0 132.83

Receiving Stats

Cleveland Browns

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Thomas Kirk 1 40 40.00 40 0
Tim Farrelly 2 34 17.00 25 0
Jeffrey Vannatter 2 21 10.50 14 0
Carl Rowell 3 20 6.67 8 0
Robert Cantu 2 18 9.00 10 0
Edward Feldman 2 15 7.50 8 0
Timothy Herrera 2 13 6.50 8 0
Phillip Campbell 1 12 12.00 12 0
Clyde Irwin 1 9 9.00 9 0
Alfred Tucker 2 8 4.00 5 1

Atlanta Falcons

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ramon Shackelford 5 75 15.00 27 1
Carmine Byler 2 71 35.50 62 0
Matthew Scheffler 1 60 60.00 60 1
David Edwards 4 38 9.50 23 0
Raymond McManus 2 35 17.50 24 0
Greg Renteria 2 25 12.50 18 0
David Brown 2 16 8.00 8 0
Joseph Coons 3 10 3.33 7 0

Blocking Stats

Cleveland Browns

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Stephen Franklin 37 41 1 1
Jack Austin 38 41 1 4
Delbert Velez 36 29 1 3
Timothy Herrera 4 9 0 0
Alvin Jimenez 0 1 0 0
Lawrence Vargas 0 1 0 0
Samuel Petro 0 1 0 0
Juan Schuler 0 1 0 0
Andrew Gartner 0 1 0 0
Joseph Stang 0 1 0 0
Jeffrey Copeland 0 1 0 0
Ronald Grossi 0 1 0 0
Joseph Harris 1 1 0 0
Merlin Fitzpatrick 1 0 0 0
Jeffrey Vannatter 7 3 0 0
Clyde Irwin 0 2 0 0
Marquis Castillo 2 1 0 0
Robert Cantu 13 14 0 3
Carl Rowell 0 19 0 1
Dennis Ngo 7 2 0 0
Alfred Tucker 0 19 0 0
Tim Farrelly 11 5 0 0
Thomas Kirk 12 19 0 0
Harold Engle 38 30 0 1
Robert Pylant 39 42 0 1
Edward Feldman 0 25 0 1
Garrett Bowerman 0 1 0 1

Atlanta Falcons

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Carlos Davis 28 23 1 1
Ronald Geiger 15 12 0 0
Sean Degree 1 3 0 2
Chris Clayton 0 2 0 1
Kenneth Hawes 0 2 0 0
Donald Higgins 0 2 0 0
Alfred Wanner 0 1 0 0
Rashad Jones 0 2 0 0
John Minter 0 5 0 0
James Berg 0 1 0 0
Charles Hendricks 0 1 0 0
Craig Luna 0 2 0 0
Robert Deloach 0 1 0 0
Jeffry Harrison 0 1 0 0
Jamie Estep 0 3 0 0
Roderick Layman 0 2 0 0
Edward Melton 0 1 0 0
Elvin Gilbert 3 0 0 0
David Edwards 4 2 0 0
Bobby Bell 3 0 0 0
Peter Melton 2 13 0 1
Gordon Smith 30 23 0 1
Joseph Coons 16 13 0 0
John Ellis 3 6 0 0
Michael Fleming 38 28 0 1
Matthew Scheffler 0 19 0 1
Edward Hampton 33 28 0 0
Keith Lindberg 32 23 0 1
Raymond McManus 0 9 0 1
Carmine Byler 0 13 0 1
David Brown 1 3 0 0
Marco Johnston 6 5 0 0
Ramon Shackelford 3 20 0 2
Greg Renteria 0 7 0 0
Willie Harris 11 3 0 0
Fernando Ford 10 2 0 0
Collin Smith 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Cleveland Browns

Atlanta Falcons

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Roderick Layman 1 0 0.00 0
Ruben Hilton 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Cleveland Browns

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jeffrey Vannatter 1 0 0 0

Atlanta Falcons

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Donald Higgins 0 1 1 0

Punting

Cleveland Browns

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Spencer Hawkins 4 188 47.00 47.00 50 1

Atlanta Falcons

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Gerard Rogue 3 127 42.33 42.33 46 1

Kicking

Cleveland Browns

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lawrence Jowett 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 48 1 / 1

Atlanta Falcons

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Loyd Charney 3 / 4 2 / 2 0 / 0 41 3 / 3

Punt Return

Cleveland Browns

Atlanta Falcons

Kick Return

Cleveland Browns

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Merlin Fitzpatrick 1 34 34.0 0

Atlanta Falcons

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Carmine Byler 1 23 23.0 0

Defensive Stats

Cleveland Browns

Name Tackles Sacks
Kenneth Mayle 8 0
Robert Emmons 7 0
Derek Waldman 6 0
Moses Gordillo 5 0
Anthony Irwin 3 0
William Courtney 3 0
Ronald Grossi 3 0
Juan Schuler 2 0
Michael Riddle 2 0
Antonio Risch 1 0
Andrew Munson 1 1
Garrett Bowerman 1 0
Andrew Gartner 1 0
Carl Rowell 1 0
Jeffrey Vannatter 1 0

Atlanta Falcons

Name Tackles Sacks
Edward Melton 9 0
Jose Evans 6 0
Jeffry Harrison 5 0
Robert Deloach 4 0
Rashad Jones 4 0
Craig Luna 3 1
Bobby Bell 3 0
Sean Degree 2 0
Collin Smith 2 0
Donald Higgins 2 0
Roderick Layman 2 0
Ruben Hilton 2 0
Elvin Gilbert 2 0
Alfred Wanner 2 0
David Herrera 2 0
Jamie Estep 1 1
Chris Clayton 1 0
Charles Hendricks 1 1
James Moreno 1 0