Cleveland 7, San Diego 6
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, October 28, 2012
Where: FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature:
44°
Head Official:
Jerome Boger
Attendance:
65337
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Browns 7, Chargers 6: Rookie Trent Richardson scored a touchdown and recorded his first 100-yard game as host Cleveland survived rainy conditions to snap a four-game losing streak to San Diego.
Richardson finished with 122 yards, including a 26-yard score on the Browns' first drive. Rookie quarterback Brandon Weeden was 11-of-27 for 129 yards for Cleveland (2-6), which has won two of its last three games.
Ryan Mathews rushed for 95 yards for the Chargers (3-4), who have lost three straight and haven't scored a touchdown in six quarters. San Diego began its final possession at its 12-yard line with 2:36 to go, but turned it over on downs on the Cleveland 44 with 1:20 remaining after four straight incompletions.
Cleveland took a 7-0 lead on its opening possession when Richardson's score capped a 12-play, 70-yard drive. San Diego, which registered only 80 yards in its first five possessions, went 55 yards on 10 plays on its sixth to make it 7-3 at the half on Nick Novak's 43-yard field goal with three seconds left.
The Chargers closed to 7-6 when Novak slid a 31-yard inside the right upright with 2:36 remaining in the third quarter. Philip Rivers was 18-of-34 for 154 yards for San Diego.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Browns DL Emmanual Stevens left the game in the first half after suffering a neck injury and did not return. ... Chargers WR Robert Meachem dropped a would-be 51-yard touchdown pass while wide open over the middle with 8:52 to go in the third quarter. ... The teams combined for 15 punts, nine by Cleveland.
Top Game Performances
Receiving
San Diego |
|
Cleveland |
Ronnie Brown
| Player |
Josh Gordon
|
7 |
Receptions |
3 |
85 |
Yards |
46 |
12.1 |
Avg Yards |
15.3 |
0 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
25 |
Long |
26 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
San Diego
|
265 |
117 |
148 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2.0 |
1 |
Cleveland
|
250 |
133 |
117 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.0 |
1 |
Upcoming Games
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Cleveland will play their next game at home against Baltimore.
The Browns have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.
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San Diego will play their next game at home against Kansas City.
The Chargers have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.