2021 · Week 7
Denver Broncos at Cleveland Browns
Oct 21, 2021 · Cleveland Browns Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
Cleveland Browns held off Denver Broncos 17–14. ScoutIndex had favored Browns (63%) going in. Browns improve to 4-3; Broncos fall to 3-4. D'Ernest Johnson paced the offense with 146 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD; 2 catches for 22 yards. Browns out-gained the opponent 381–228 in total yards.
Team stats
| DEN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | First downs | 23 |
| 228 | Total yards | 381 |
| 187 | Passing yards | 199 |
| 41 | Rushing yards | 182 |
| 23/33 | Comp / Att | 21/33 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
- Q1(12:29) 30-D.Johnson left tackle for 4 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q13-C.McLaughlin extra point is GOOD, Center-47-C.Hughlett, Holder-7-J.Gillan.
- Q1(3:14) 3-C.McLaughlin 52 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-47-C.Hughlett, Holder-7-J.Gillan.
- Q2(1:56) 3-C.McLaughlin 41 yard field goal is BLOCKED (96-S.Harris), Center-47-C.Hughlett, Holder-7-J.Gillan.
- Q3(7:53) (Shotgun) 5-T.Bridgewater pass short left to 25-M.Gordon for 8 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q38-B.McManus extra point is GOOD, Center-46-J.Bobenmoyer, Holder-6-S.Martin.
- Q3(:31) 5-C.Keenum pass short left to 40-J.Stanton for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q33-C.McLaughlin extra point is GOOD, Center-47-C.Hughlett, Holder-7-J.Gillan.
- Q4(5:23) (Shotgun) 5-T.Bridgewater pass short left to 33-J.Williams for 10 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q48-B.McManus extra point is GOOD, Center-46-J.Bobenmoyer, Holder-6-S.Martin.
Box score
DEN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teddy Bridgewater | 23/33 | 187 | 2 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teddy Bridgewater | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Javonte Williams | 4 | 20 | 0 |
| Melvin Gordon | 8 | 18 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courtland Sutton | 5 | 5 | 68 | 0 |
| Noah Fant | 5 | 7 | 39 | 0 |
| Javonte Williams | 6 | 7 | 32 | 1 |
| Melvin Gordon | 2 | 3 | 14 | 1 |
| Tim Patrick | 2 | 5 | 16 | 0 |
| Kendall Hinton | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| Eric Saubert | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Tyrie Cleveland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
CLE
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case Keenum | 21/33 | 199 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case Keenum | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| D'Ernest Johnson | 22 | 146 | 1 |
| Anthony Schwartz | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| Demetric Felton | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| John Kelly | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| Johnny Stanton | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D'Ernest Johnson | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Austin Hooper | 2 | 3 | 42 | 0 |
| Jarvis Landry | 5 | 8 | 37 | 0 |
| Odell Beckham Jr. | 2 | 6 | 23 | 0 |
| Anthony Schwartz | 2 | 3 | 22 | 0 |
| Demetric Felton | 3 | 3 | 21 | 0 |
| David Njoku | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| Harrison Bryant | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| Johnny Stanton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rashard Higgins | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |