Conference Semifinals, 2018

played in Cleveland, OH

35 degrees, fair, 7 mph wind

New England Patriots	7	7	10	7	-	31
Cleveland Browns	0	10	7	0	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:53 NED - Tony Lyons 19 pass from Bernard Escalante (Charlie Flannery extra point)
2Q: 12:56 CLE - J.C. Anthony 20 pass from Terrell Betrozoff (Percy Robinson extra point)
2Q: 06:16 NED - Luke Wayne 52 fumble return (Charlie Flannery extra point)
2Q: 01:24 CLE - Percy Robinson 55 field goal
3Q: 11:44 CLE - Mickey Bradford 19 pass from Terrell Betrozoff (Percy Robinson extra point)
3Q: 08:16 NED - Charlie Flannery 40 field goal
3Q: 00:11 NED - Tony Lyons 16 pass from Bernard Escalante (Charlie Flannery extra point)
4Q: 11:02 NED - Mack Prescott 3 pass from Bernard Escalante (Charlie Flannery extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:53 NED - Tony Lyons 19 pass from Bernard Escalante (Charlie Flannery extra point)
2Q: 12:56 CLE - J.C. Anthony 20 pass from Terrell Betrozoff (Percy Robinson extra point)
2Q: 06:16 NED - Luke Wayne 52 fumble return (Charlie Flannery extra point)
2Q: 01:24 CLE - Percy Robinson 55 field goal
3Q: 11:44 CLE - Mickey Bradford 19 pass from Terrell Betrozoff (Percy Robinson extra point)
3Q: 08:16 NED - Charlie Flannery 40 field goal
3Q: 00:11 NED - Tony Lyons 16 pass from Bernard Escalante (Charlie Flannery extra point)
4Q: 11:02 NED - Mack Prescott 3 pass from Bernard Escalante (Charlie Flannery extra point)

Team Statistics NED CLE
Record 12-6 13-4
First Downs 21 22
- by Rushing 7 7
- by Passing 14 14
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 355 396
- Offensive Plays 54 62
- Yards per Play 6.57 6.39
Net Rushing Yards 151 171
- Rushing Attempts 27 29
- Yards per Rush 5.59 5.90
Net Passing Yards 204 225
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 27 - 18 - 0 29 - 22 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 204 255
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 4/30
- Yards per Pass Play 7.56 6.82
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 5/11 7/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.5 7.7
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/60 8/51
Punt Returns/Yards 1/16 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 3/59 4/93
Interception Ret./Yards 2/29 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/0 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 19
Time of Possession 28:39 31:21

Team Statistics	NED	CLE
Record	12-6	13-4
First Downs	21	22
- by Rushing	7	7
- by Passing	14	14
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	355	396
- Offensive Plays	54	62
- Yards per Play	6.57	6.39
Net Rushing Yards	151	171
- Rushing Attempts	27	29
- Yards per Rush	5.59	5.90
Net Passing Yards	204	225
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	27 - 18 - 0	29 - 22 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	204	255
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	4/30
- Yards per Pass Play	7.56	6.82
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	5/11	7/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.5	7.7
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/60	8/51
Punt Returns/Yards	1/16	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	3/59	4/93
Interception Ret./Yards	2/29	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/0	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 33	OWN 19
Time of Possession	28:39	31:21

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:12	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
1	6:19	2:58	OWN 20	7	33	Punt
1	2:11	1:22	OPP 43	3	-1	Punt
2	12:42	3:37	OWN 32	5	14	Punt
2	1:19	1:19	OWN 14	3	14	Half
3	11:35	3:25	OWN 30	7	47	Field Goal
3	4:54	4:50	OWN 20	10	80	Touchdown
4	11:27	0:31	OPP 5	2	5	Touchdown
4	7:07	4:58	OWN 20	6	30	Punt
4	1:23	1:17	OWN 27	4	13	Punt

Cleveland Browns
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:48	5:29	OWN 38	8	21	Punt
1	3:21	1:10	OWN 2	3	4	Punt
1	0:49	3:07	OWN 2	6	98	Touchdown
2	9:05	2:57	OWN 20	6	32	Fumble
2	6:08	4:49	OWN 16	9	46	Field Goal
3	15:00	3:25	OWN 37	8	63	Touchdown
3	8:10	3:16	OWN 20	6	40	Punt
3	0:04	3:37	OWN 8	6	21	Interception
4	10:56	3:49	OWN 41	6	18	Punt
4	2:09	0:46	OWN 20	4	26	Interception
4	0:06	0:06	OWN 7	1	13	Game

Game MVP: Bernard Escalante, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Byron Lewis	13	58	4.46	15	2
Will Cave	9	36	4.00	15	1
Bernard Escalante	5	57	11.40	22	3

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Norm Dotson	17	139	8.18	55	3
Jay Mayers	7	14	2.00	5	0
Gary Pegram	3	7	2.33	6	0
Terrell Betrozoff	1	11	11.00	11	1
Wally Rasmussen	1	0	0.00	0	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bernard Escalante	27	18	204	0/0	3	20	0	126.1

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Terrell Betrozoff	29	22	255	4/30	2	23	2	96.2

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Luke Gross	4	4	67	16.75	18	20	0
WR Tony Lyons	4	7	69	17.25	13	19	2
TE Mack Prescott	4	6	23	5.75	0	11	1
TE Teddy Rottinghaus	2	3	17	8.50	2	11	0
WR Ronnie Wilson	1	1	18	18.00	17	18	0
WR Nathan Osborne	1	3	2	2.00	0	2	0
FB Lewis Gredzinski	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
RB Will Cave	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0
RB Edwin Blair	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Cleveland	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Mickey Bradford	5	7	74	14.80	8	19	1
TE Josh Gerhardt	3	3	20	6.67	5	9	0
WR J.C. Anthony	3	4	46	15.33	0	20	1
WR Ronnie Clements	2	2	26	13.00	0	13	0
FB Wally Rasmussen	2	3	11	5.50	6	6	0
FB Gary Pegram	2	2	8	4.00	1	6	0
TE Dana Knoyle	2	3	29	14.50	19	16	0
WR Martin Orbik	1	2	23	23.00	11	23	0
RB Norm Dotson	1	2	16	16.00	0	16	0
RB Jay Mayers	1	1	2	2.00	0	2	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Louis Downs	1	27	27.00	0
CB Dominic Goodwin	1	2	2.00	0

Cleveland	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Luke Wayne	0	1	0	1
Lee Ayi	0	0	1	0

Cleveland	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Gary Pegram	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Robbie Burgess	5	237	47.4	39.4	54	3

Cleveland	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Eugene Johnson	4	175	43.8	24.8	53	0

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Charlie Flannery	1/1	1/1	0/0	40	4/4

Cleveland	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Percy Robinson	1/1	1/1	1/1	55	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dominic Goodwin	1	16	16.0	0

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Nolan Hampton	2	39	19.5	0
Dominic Goodwin	1	20	20.0	0

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ronnie Clements	4	93	23.3	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Kirk Bobro	7	0	0.0	20	25
CB Gene Levine	6	0	0.0	25	30
CB Cornell Clemons	6	0	0.0	24	27
DE Alan Woodard	4	2	2.5	24	31
ILB Luke Wayne	4	4	0.0	26	31
DT Vernon Garrett	4	0	0.0	28	33
S Heath Hitchcock	3	1	0.0	22	26
S Lee Ayi	3	1	0.0	11	12
DT Colin Bullock	3	0	0.0	21	23
DE Kendrick Fox	2	1	0.5	29	30
S Mo Morton	2	1	0.0	23	28
S Gino Fackleman	2	0	0.0	6	5
CB Dominic Goodwin	2	0	0.0	26	27
CB Kelly Franz	2	0	0.0	3	6
DE Tony Dewacht	1	0	0.5	5	4
ILB Byron Crist	1	0	0.0	4	1
OLB Louis Downs	1	0	0.0	9	13
DT Wally Moore	0	1	0.5	5	6
ILB Quentin Davidson	0	2	0.0	3	2

Cleveland	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Leo Fort	10	1	0.0	24	22
S Christian Shepherd	7	2	0.0	20	19
ILB Perry Lewis	3	1	0.0	12	21
DT Johnny Winters	2	2	0.0	21	15
S Anthony Harmon	2	1	0.0	8	13
OLB Dwight Barnes	2	1	0.0	15	9
DE Randall Spatz	2	1	0.0	24	22
DE Arnold Reid	2	0	0.0	20	24
CB Fred Sica	2	0	0.0	9	13
ILB Rico Barrington	2	0	0.0	15	6
DT Derrick Manula	1	2	0.0	12	15
CB Billy Finch	1	1	0.0	18	19
DT Jon Franklin	1	1	0.0	23	19
S Rob Szumnarski	1	1	0.0	7	17
S Jim Abrams	1	0	0.0	13	9
OLB Alex Shook	1	0	0.0	7	10
FB Wally Rasmussen	1	0	---	---	---
WR J.C. Anthony	1	0	---	---	---
DE Herb Kemp	1	0	0.0	10	9
CB Ike Dillon	0	1	0.0	13	11

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Block	Knock	PPlay
DE Alan Woodard	2.5	0	0	31
DE Kendrick Fox	0.5	1	2	30
DT Wally Moore	0.5	0	0	6
DE Tony Dewacht	0.5	0	0	4

Cleveland	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Jon Franklin	1	1	1	19
DE Arnold Reid	0	1	0	24
DT Johnny Winters	0	1	0	15
DE Randall Spatz	0	1	0	22
DE Herb Kemp	0	0	1	9

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Kirk Bobro	5	0	25
CB Gene Levine	5	0	30
CB Dominic Goodwin	2	1	27
S Heath Hitchcock	2	0	26
ILB Luke Wayne	2	0	31
CB Kelly Franz	2	0	6
CB Cornell Clemons	2	0	27
S Lee Ayi	1	0	12
S Mo Morton	1	0	28
OLB Louis Downs	0	1	13

Cleveland	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Leo Fort	3	0	22
CB Fred Sica	2	0	13
ILB Rico Barrington	2	0	6
OLB Alex Shook	2	0	10
ILB Perry Lewis	1	1	21
CB Billy Finch	1	0	19
DT Derrick Manula	1	0	15
S Christian Shepherd	1	0	19
CB Derek Koss	1	0	23
S Jim Abrams	1	0	9
DT Johnny Winters	1	0	15
S Rob Szumnarski	1	0	17
OLB Dwight Barnes	1	0	9
S Anthony Harmon	0	1	13
CB Ike Dillon	0	1	11

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Leonard Lytle	4	4	0	21	23
Van Perry	1	7	0	27	27
Lewis Gredzinski	1	3	0	21	17
Lee Attico	1	2	0	16	9
Teddy Rottinghaus	1	1	0	10	12
Courtney Henson	1	1	0	26	24
Billy Ah Yat	0	2	1	21	19
Jesse O'Neill	0	2	0	11	18
Mack Prescott	0	1	0	25	24

Cleveland	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Shaun Bell	2	5	19	1	27
Moe Adderly	2	5	25	0	29
Lester Poston	1	6	19	0	18
Daryl Meynardie	1	3	20	2	24
Josh Gerhardt	1	1	7	0	11
Leon Tate	1	1	20	0	23
Graham Rosow	1	1	16	0	16
Brady Scanlon	0	5	26	1	28
Wally Rasmussen	0	1	9	0	19

Special Teams Statistics

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Will Cave	2	16
Darryl Harts	1	22
Kelly Franz	1	13
Edwin Blair	0	17
Teddy Rottinghaus	0	15
Nolan Hampton	0	13
Lewis Gredzinski	0	12
Byron Crist	0	10
Ronnie Wilson	0	9
Nathan Osborne	0	9
Dominic Goodwin	0	9
Lee Ayi	0	8
Lee Attico	0	6
Otis Porter	0	6
Mo George	0	6
Billy Ah Yat	0	5
Jeremy Hibdon	0	5
Robbie Burgess	0	5
Mack Prescott	0	5
Louis Downs	0	4
Tony Dewacht	0	4
Jesse O'Neill	0	4
Quentin Davidson	0	4
Heath Hitchcock	0	3
Wally Moore	0	3
Gene Levine	0	3
Rex Diaz	0	3
Colin Bullock	0	2
Juan Getson	0	1
Luke Gross	0	1
Charlie Flannery	0	1
Vernon Garrett	0	1
Kendrick Fox	0	1
Luke Wayne	0	1
Kirk Bobro	0	1
Alan Woodard	0	1
Mo Morton	0	1
Cornell Clemons	0	1

Cleveland	Tackles	STPlays
Wally Rasmussen	1	15
Elton Kinney	1	14
Tito Mayes	1	14
Alvin Noble	1	8
Gary Pegram	0	17
Alex Shook	0	16
J.C. Anthony	0	14
Josh Gerhardt	0	13
Ronnie Clements	0	12
George Osborne	0	11
Fred Sica	0	10
Perry Lewis	0	7
Billy Finch	0	6
Rob Szumnarski	0	6
Daryl Meynardie	0	5
Leon Tate	0	5
Lester Poston	0	5
Eugene Johnson	0	5
Jim Abrams	0	5
Rico Barrington	0	5
Martin Orbik	0	5
Graham Rosow	0	5
Percy Robinson	0	5
Randall Spatz	0	5
Dwight Barnes	0	4
Ricardo Pourdanesh	0	3
Jon Franklin	0	2
Arnold Reid	0	1
Mickey Bradford	0	1
Anthony Harmon	0	1
Derrick Manula	0	1
Christian Shepherd	0	1
Derek Koss	0	1
Herb Kemp	0	1
Ike Dillon	0	1
Dana Knoyle	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	32	8.0
Middle	15	71	4.7
Right	7	49	7.0
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	48	6.0
Middle	18	118	6.6
Right	3	5	1.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bernard Escalante	27	18	1	1	0	3	4	2	0

Cleveland	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Terrell Betrozoff	29	22	2	3	1	0	0	2	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	9	9.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	11	84	7.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	5	94	10.4
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	17	2.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	18	9.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	8	47	4.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	11	170	13.1
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	20	6.7

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Tony Lyons	7	4	69	0	21
TE Mack Prescott	6	4	23	0	24
WR Luke Gross	4	4	67	1	13
TE Teddy Rottinghaus	3	2	17	0	12
WR Nathan Osborne	3	1	2	0	8
WR Ronnie Wilson	1	1	18	0	6
FB Lewis Gredzinski	1	1	3	0	17
RB Will Cave	1	1	5	0	9
RB Edwin Blair	1	0	0	0	3

Cleveland	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Mickey Bradford	7	5	1	74	0	25
WR J.C. Anthony	4	3	0	46	1	13
TE Josh Gerhardt	3	3	0	20	0	11
FB Wally Rasmussen	3	2	0	11	0	19
TE Dana Knoyle	3	2	0	29	0	27
WR Ronnie Clements	2	2	0	26	0	13
WR Martin Orbik	2	1	0	23	1	13
RB Norm Dotson	2	1	0	16	0	23
FB Gary Pegram	2	2	0	8	0	11
RB Jay Mayers	1	1	0	2	0	8

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Byron Lewis	1	2	2.00	4.46

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Norm Dotson	1	1	1.00	8.18

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bernard Escalante	4	4	40	10.00	7.56

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Terrell Betrozoff	3	2	39	13.00	8.79

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Tony Lyons	2	2	35	17.50	9.86
WR Nathan Osborne	1	1	2	2.00	0.67
TE Mack Prescott	1	1	3	3.00	3.83

Cleveland	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Mickey Bradford	1	1	19	19.00	10.57
WR J.C. Anthony	1	1	20	20.00	11.50
RB Norm Dotson	1	0	0	0.00	8.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Byron Lewis	1	0
Bernard Escalante	1	0

Cleveland	Rushes	Conversions
Norm Dotson	2	1
Gary Pegram	1	1
Jay Mayers	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bernard Escalante	9	6	5

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Conversions
Terrell Betrozoff	7	5	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Mack Prescott	3	2	2
WR Nathan Osborne	2	1	1
TE Teddy Rottinghaus	1	1	1
WR Luke Gross	1	1	1
WR Tony Lyons	1	0	0
RB Will Cave	1	1	0

Cleveland	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Mickey Bradford	2	2	2
WR Martin Orbik	2	1	1
TE Josh Gerhardt	1	1	1
WR J.C. Anthony	1	1	1
TE Dana Knoyle	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 71,700 (73,200 capacity)
Upper Deck 21,700 (22,000)
End Zone 15,800 (15,800)
Mezzanine 8,700 (9,100)
Sideline Seats 13,700 (14,000)
Club Seats 8,600 (8,600)
Luxury Boxes 3,200 (3,700)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	71,700 (73,200 capacity)
Upper Deck	21,700 (22,000)
End Zone	15,800 (15,800)
Mezzanine	8,700 (9,100)
Sideline Seats	13,700 (14,000)
Club Seats	8,600 (8,600)
Luxury Boxes	3,200 (3,700)