2012 Media Guide_PROOF.P - ClevelandBrowns.com

Dec. 2, 1984 – Cincinnati 20, Cleveland 17, at Cleveland; Browns won toss. Browns failed to get first down and Steve Cox punted 41 yards.John Simmons returned the punt 30 yards to the Browns’ 35. Jim Breech kicked a 35-yard field goal at 4:34.Sept. 8, 1985 – St. Louis 27, Cleveland 24, at Cleveland; Cardinals won toss. Ron Wolfley returned the kickoff 24 yards to the St. Louis 36.The Cardinals gained 46 yards in nine plays before Neil O’Donoghue kicked a 35-yard field goal at 5:27.Nov. 23, 1986 – Cleveland 37, Pittsburgh 31, at Cleveland; Browns won toss. Following an exchange of possessions, Bernie Kosar threwa 36-yard touchdown pass to Webster Slaughter at 6:37.Nov. 30, 1986 – Cleveland 13, Houston 10, at Cleveland; Houston won toss and elected to kickoff. The Browns’ drive was stalled. FrankMinnifield intercepted Oliver Luck. The Browns’ drive halted. Minnifield intercepted Luck again. Mark Moseley kicked a 29-yard field goal at 14:44.Jan. 3, 1987 – Cleveland 23, N.Y. Jets 20 (2 OT), at Cleveland (AFC Divisional Playoffs); Jets won coin toss in first overtime. Dave Jenningspunted to Browns’ 26. Browns drove to Jets 5. Mark Moseley missed 23-yard field goal (wide right). Jennings punted to Browns 38. Jeff Gossett puntedto Jets 19. Jennings punted to Browns 31. Moseley kicked 27-yard field goal following a 60-yard drive at 2:02 (2nd OT).Jan. 11, 1987 – Denver 23, Cleveland 20, at Cleveland (AFC Championship); Browns won toss. Jeff Gossett punted to Gerald Willhite, whoreturned the ball to the Denver 25. Rich Karlis kicked a 33-yard field goal at 5:48.Nov. 1, 1987 – San Diego 27, Cleveland 24, at San Diego; Browns won toss. Bernie Kosar’s pass intended for Ernest Byner wasintercepted by Vencie Glenn. Vince Abbott kicked 33-yard field goal at 2:16.Oct. 8, 1989 – Miami 13, Cleveland 10, at Miami; Browns won toss. Matt Bahr missed a 44-yard field goal wide left. Pete Stoyanovichkicked a 35-yard field goal at 8:37.Nov. 19, 1989 – Cleveland 10, Kansas City 10, at Cleveland; Browns won toss. Each team had three possessions. Nick Lowery was shorton a 47-yard field goal attempt at :17.Dec. 10, 1989 – Indianapolis 23, Cleveland 17, at Indianapolis; Browns won toss. Matt Bahr missed a 35-yard field goal wide left. The Coltspunted. Bernie Kosar’s pass was intercepted by Mike Prior, who returns 58 yards for a TD at 4:06.Dec. 17, 1989 – Cleveland 23, Minnesota 17, at Cleveland; Browns won toss. After both teams punted, Mike Pagel threw a 14-yard pass toVan Waiters on a fake 31-yard field goal attempt at 5:30.Oct. 20, 1991 – Cleveland 30, San Diego 24, at San Diego; Chargers won toss. The teams exchanged possessions. David Brandon scoredon a 30-yard interception of John Friesz at 9:02.Oct. 29, 1995 – Cleveland 29, Cincinnati 26, at Cincinnati; Browns won toss. On the Bengals’ second possession, Carl Banks tipped a JeffBlake pass into the hands of Dana Hall, who returned the ball to the Cincinnati 45. Earnest Byner raced 23 yards on a draw to set up Matt Stover’s28-yard field goal with 8:30 left in overtime.Nov. 4, 2001 – Chicago 27, Cleveland 21, at Chicago; Bears won toss. The Browns shut down Chicago on the first series of overtime, forcinga Chicago punt. On the third play of Cleveland’s first possession in overtime, Brian Robinson tipped a pass from Tim Couch and the ball was interceptedby Mike Brown, who returned it for the winning touchdown with 12:10 left in overtime.Nov. 11, 2001 – Pittsburgh 15, Cleveland 12, at Cleveland; Steelers won toss. The Steelers took the opening kickoff and ran eight times for58 yards, including 48 yards by Jerome Bettis, to set up a 32-yard field goal by Kris Brown with 9:38 remaining in overtime.Sept. 22, 2002 – Cleveland 31, Tennessee 28, at Tennessee; Browns won the toss. Cleveland overcame a 14-point fourth quarter deficit toforce overtime. The Browns took the opening kickoff and drove 65 yards on eight plays to set up a 33-yard field goal by Phil Dawson.Sept 29, 2002 – Pittsburgh 16, Cleveland 13, at Pittsburgh; Steelers won toss. Cleveland rookie LB Andra Davis intercepted Steelers’ QBTommy Maddox on Pittsburgh’s first possession, but Browns K Phil Dawson missed a 45-yard field goal attempt. Pittsburgh answered with an 11-play,52-yard drive, capped by a 31-yard field goal by K Todd Peterson. Peterson’s first attempt at the game-winner on third down was blocked by the Brownsbut recovered by Pittsburgh behind the line of scrimmage to set up another fourth down kick.Dec. 14, 2003 – Denver 23, Cleveland 20, at Denver; Browns won toss. Cleveland overcame an early 10-0 deficit in the 1st quarter asBrowns’ QB Tim Couch threw for 2 TDs in regulation. Denver stopped Cleveland in OT and orchestrated an 8-play, 46-yard drive as Broncos K JasonElam connected on a 25-yard field goal.Oct. 24, 2004 – Philadelphia 34, Cleveland 31, at Cleveland; Eagles won toss. QB Jeff Garcia sent the game to overtime with a 4-yard runwith :30 left in the fourth quarter. The Browns forced a punt on the Eagles first possession of overtime but couldn’t cross mid-field and gave the ballback to Philadelphia. Eagles K David Akers made a 50-yard field goal with 5:02 left in overtime.Dec. 3, 2006 – Cleveland 31, Kansas City 28, at Cleveland; Kansas City won toss. The Browns scored two touchdowns in the final nineminutes of regulation to bring the game into overtime. Cleveland’s defense held the Chiefs to a punt on their first overtime possession. The Brownsdrove 63 yards on their ensuing drive, which included a 33-yard run by quarterback Derek Anderson to set up Phil Dawson’s game-winning 33-yardfield goal at the 5:38 mark.Nov. 4, 2007 – Cleveland 33, Seattle 30, at Cleveland; Seattle won toss. The Browns stopped Seahawks RB Maurice Morris for no gain ona fourth and one play from the Cleveland 44-yard line. After taking possession, the Browns moved the ball 49 yards in five plays and K Phil Dawsonnailed a 25-yard game-winning field goal at the 9:19 mark.Nov. 18, 2007 – Cleveland 33, Baltimore 30, at Baltimore; Cleveland won toss. Browns K Phil Dawson tied the game at the end of regulationon a 51-yard field goal that hit the back of the cross bar and bounced out. After consultation, the officials ruled the 51-yard field goal good, whichsent the game to overtime. After winning the coin toss, the Browns moved the ball in nine plays and Dawson nailed a game-winning 33-yard field goalat the 9:10 mark.Oct. 4, 2009 – Cincinnati 23, Cleveland 20, at Cleveland; Cincinnati won toss. The Browns eliminated a 14-0 second quarter deficit, butCincinnati K Shayne Graham connected on a 31-yard game-winning field goal with seven seconds left in overtime.Nov. 14, 2010 – New York Jets 26, Cleveland 20, at Cleveland; N.Y. Jets won toss. Browns QB Colt McCoy completed 5 of 9 passes for 58yards, during a 10-play drive capped off by a 3-yard touchdown pass to WR Mohamed Massaquoi to tie the game at 20-20 with 44 seconds remainingin regulation. After three unsuccessful series for both teams, the Jets closed the game on the first play of their next series with a 37-yard touchdownpass to WR Santonio Holmes with 24 seconds remaining in overtime.Dec. 18, 2011 – Arizona Cardinals 20, Cleveland 17, at Arizona; Cleveland won toss. Arizona scored 10 unanswered fourth quarter points,including a 33-yard field goal by Jay Feely to tie the game with 5:40 remaining in regulation. The Browns punted on their opening possession in overtimeand DB Patrick Peterson returned it 32 yards to the Cleveland 40. Three plays later QB John Skelton connected with WR Larry Fitzgerald for a 32-yardreception. Feely converted on a 22-yard game-winning field goal.NOTE: Cleveland’s overtime record is 16-16-1 (17-17-1 including postseason). The Browns set a team record with four overtime games in 1989,tying for second most in NFL history. The Browns are 1-1 in postseason overtime games. Coin toss results (includes post-season): Browns won toss(10-9-1); Browns lost toss (7-7).BROWNS IN OVERTIME 187