Week 6, 2023

played in Houston, TX

67 degrees, fair, 3 mph wind

Cleveland Browns	3	0	0	0	-	3
Houston Texans	0	17	0	3	-	20

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:39 CLE - Kirk Preston 48 field goal
2Q: 10:14 HOU - Courtney Klosterman 2 run (Preston Kaplan extra point)
2Q: 07:18 HOU - Rod Barlow 22 pass from Andy Dalton (Preston Kaplan extra point)
2Q: 00:03 HOU - Preston Kaplan 21 field goal
4Q: 08:29 HOU - Preston Kaplan 43 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:39 CLE - Kirk Preston 48 field goal
2Q: 10:14 HOU - Courtney Klosterman 2 run (Preston Kaplan extra point)
2Q: 07:18 HOU - Rod Barlow 22 pass from Andy Dalton (Preston Kaplan extra point)
2Q: 00:03 HOU - Preston Kaplan 21 field goal
4Q: 08:29 HOU - Preston Kaplan 43 field goal

Team Statistics CLE HOU
Record 4-2 3-2
First Downs 17 18
- by Rushing 6 5
- by Passing 9 13
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 344 385
- Offensive Plays 73 62
- Yards per Play 4.71 6.21
Net Rushing Yards 88 104
- Rushing Attempts 21 33
- Yards per Rush 4.19 3.15
Net Passing Yards 256 281
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 49 - 24 - 1 29 - 22 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 277 281
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/21 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 4.92 9.69
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/18 3/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.9 9.4
4th Down Conversions 1/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/62 13/82
Punt Returns/Yards 2/3 2/36
Kick Returns/Yards 1/24 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 1/3 1/12
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 2/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 28
Time of Possession 28:54 31:06

Team Statistics	CLE	HOU
Record	4-2	3-2
First Downs	17	18
- by Rushing	6	5
- by Passing	9	13
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	344	385
- Offensive Plays	73	62
- Yards per Play	4.71	6.21
Net Rushing Yards	88	104
- Rushing Attempts	21	33
- Yards per Rush	4.19	3.15
Net Passing Yards	256	281
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	49 - 24 - 1	29 - 22 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	277	281
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/21	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	4.92	9.69
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/18	3/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.9	9.4
4th Down Conversions	1/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/62	13/82
Punt Returns/Yards	2/3	2/36
Kick Returns/Yards	1/24	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	1/3	1/12
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	2/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 22	OWN 28
Time of Possession	28:54	31:06

Drive Charts

Cleveland Browns
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:37	OWN 25	9	25	Punt
1	9:47	3:14	OWN 13	7	56	Field Goal
1	4:29	3:39	OWN 8	5	18	Punt
1	0:03	0:53	OPP 33	3	3	Missed FG
2	10:04	1:25	OWN 10	3	9	Punt
2	7:03	3:32	OWN 25	7	34	Punt
3	11:44	1:21	OWN 23	3	0	Punt
3	9:04	1:49	OWN 10	6	27	Punt
3	6:08	3:42	OWN 31	7	16	Punt
3	0:17	1:43	OWN 31	5	25	Punt
4	8:22	2:27	OWN 25	9	52	Downs
4	2:42	2:16	OWN 3	10	60	Interception

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:23	1:36	OWN 27	3	9	Punt
1	6:33	2:04	OWN 25	4	23	Punt
1	0:50	0:47	OWN 19	2	6	Interception
2	14:10	4:06	OWN 37	8	63	Touchdown
2	8:39	1:36	OPP 37	3	37	Touchdown
2	3:31	3:31	OWN 4	10	92	Field Goal
3	15:00	3:16	OWN 25	5	16	Punt
3	10:23	1:19	OWN 40	3	5	Punt
3	7:15	1:07	OWN 34	3	-4	Punt
3	2:26	2:09	OWN 12	4	8	Punt
4	13:34	5:12	OWN 20	9	54	Field Goal
4	5:55	3:13	OWN 23	5	42	Punt
4	0:26	0:26	OWN 46	3	-3	Game

Game MVP: Gavin Heekin, Houston Texans

Rushing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB DeAndre Nordstrom	10	47	4.70	13	2
RB Frank Schrock	5	4	0.80	6	0
QB Ernie Hawks	4	18	4.50	12	2
WR Demetrius Beekman	1	13	13.00	13	1
RB D.J. Turner	1	6	6.00	6	0

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Courtney Klosterman	17	83	4.88	39	2	1
RB Garrett Vance	11	12	1.09	5	0	0
QB Andy Dalton	5	9	1.80	6	0	0

Passing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ernie Hawks	49	24	277	3/21	0	44	1	57.9

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Andy Dalton	29	22	281	0/0	1	30	1	102.8

Receiving Statistics

Cleveland	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR James Pointer	10	14	120	12.00	38	37
WR Demetrius Beekman	4	10	35	8.75	7	20
RB DeAndre Nordstrom	3	7	39	13.00	26	23
TE Ramon Maticic	3	4	27	9.00	16	14
TE Alex Bontrager	2	3	7	3.50	0	11
WR Hector Lockard	1	1	44	44.00	18	44
RB Frank Schrock	1	3	5	5.00	0	5
WR Wade Cichanski	0	6	0	0.00	0	0
RB D.J. Turner	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Gary Burgess	6	9	78	13.00	38	25	0
WR Rod Barlow	4	6	64	16.00	16	22	1
TE Cary Williams	4	4	65	16.25	21	24	0
TE Tyler Eifert	3	5	39	13.00	12	30	0
FB Cedric Nyland	3	3	29	9.67	26	27	0
WR DeAndre Hopkins	1	1	5	5.00	4	5	0
RB Garrett Vance	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	0

Interception Statistics

Cleveland	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Antonio Azumah	1	3	3.00	0

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Brody Fisher	1	12	12.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Cleveland	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Cleveland	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rabble Brush	8	321	40.1	33.1	50	2

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Roderick Bownes	7	291	41.6	41.1	52	4

Kicking Statistics

Cleveland	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Kirk Preston	1/2	1/2	0/0	48	0/0

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Preston Kaplan	2/2	1/1	0/0	43	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
D.J. Turner	2	3	1.5	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rod Barlow	2	36	18.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Nickolas Meier	1	24	24.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

Cleveland	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Antonio Azumah	7	4	0.0	33	28
CB Andrew Simmons	6	2	0.0	30	29
OLB Clayton St. Clair	6	1	0.0	32	29
CB Nickolas Meier	6	1	0.0	33	29
ILB Alvin Cassidy	5	2	0.0	32	25
CB Jordan Richards	3	1	0.0	17	16
S Darrell Boyd	3	0	0.0	20	17
DT DeAndre Porter	2	3	0.0	32	27
S Ethan Kucharski	2	1	0.0	32	29
DE Fernando Stephens	2	0	0.0	23	21
ILB Sedrick Embry	2	0	0.0	18	13
S Russell Bates	2	0	0.0	13	12
DE Hunter Fisk	1	1	0.0	10	13
DT Corbin Tarplin	1	0	0.0	3	2
DT Kenny Batchelder	1	0	0.0	19	13
WR James Pointer	1	0	---	---	---
DE Darryl Sherman	1	0	0.0	13	11

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DE Gavin Heekin	7	0	2.5	20	41
OLB Luke Kuechly	7	3	0.0	21	45
CB Drake Richard	7	0	0.0	21	45
S Elias Campbell	5	0	0.0	19	41
OLB Markus Golden	4	3	0.5	12	13
CB Roberto Glaros	4	3	0.0	19	52
OLB Deron Collette	3	3	0.0	19	52
S Xavier Rhodes	3	1	0.0	21	35
DT Noah Garrison	3	0	0.0	17	30
TE Tyler Eifert	1	0	---	---	---
DT Matthew Griffin	1	0	0.0	20	36
CB Jimmy Burnett	1	0	0.0	2	23
DE Gustavo Vanderpool	1	0	0.0	3	14
CB Brody Fisher	1	0	0.0	9	36
S Cody Fields	1	0	0.0	0	10
ILB Akeem Dent	0	1	0.0	2	0
DE Alexander Boyer	0	1	0.0	1	13

Pass Rush Statistics

Cleveland	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Antonio Azumah	1	1	28
DT DeAndre Porter	1	0	27
OLB Clayton St. Clair	0	1	29

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Gavin Heekin	2.5	0	1	1	41
OLB Markus Golden	0.5	0	0	0	13
DT Matthew Griffin	0.0	1	1	0	36
DE Ike Baumgardner	0.0	0	4	3	40
OLB Luke Kuechly	0.0	0	2	1	45
OLB Derek Salari	0.0	0	2	0	10
OLB Deron Collette	0.0	0	1	0	52
DE Gustavo Vanderpool	0.0	0	1	0	14
OLB Jesse Barnes	0.0	0	1	0	7

Pass Defense Statistics

Cleveland	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Andrew Simmons	4	1	0	29
S Ethan Kucharski	3	1	0	29
OLB Antonio Azumah	3	0	1	28
CB Jordan Richards	3	0	0	16
CB Nickolas Meier	3	0	0	29
DE Hunter Fisk	1	0	0	13
ILB Sedrick Embry	1	0	0	13
OLB Clayton St. Clair	1	0	0	29
ILB Alvin Cassidy	1	0	0	25
S Darrell Boyd	1	0	0	17
S Russell Bates	1	0	0	12

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Drake Richard	6	3	0	45
CB Roberto Glaros	4	1	0	52
OLB Luke Kuechly	3	1	0	45
OLB Markus Golden	2	0	0	13
S Elias Campbell	2	0	0	41
CB Jimmy Burnett	1	1	0	23
S Cody Fields	1	1	0	10
CB Brody Fisher	1	0	1	36
S Xavier Rhodes	1	0	0	35
OLB Deron Collette	1	0	0	52
DT Noah Garrison	1	0	0	30
DE Gustavo Vanderpool	1	0	0	14

Blocking Statistics

Cleveland	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Ken Phillips	3	5	0	21	0	52
C Zachary Schroeder	2	5	0	21	0	52
T Scottie Mazurek	2	3	1	21	0	52
G Jeremy Schultz	1	2	0	21	0	52
TE Alex Bontrager	1	1	0	8	0	8
T Jaylen Lowe	0	1	0	21	3	52

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
G Tristan Liening	4	9	0	33	29
G Billy Clemons	3	4	0	33	29
C Chuck Farrell	2	7	0	33	29
T Alexis Pettway	1	4	1	33	29
T C.J. Riemersma	0	4	0	33	29

Special Teams Tackles

Cleveland	Tackles	STPlays
DeAndre Nordstrom	1	11
Jeremy Schultz	1	10

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
A.J. Green	2	23
Rod Barlow	1	14

Participation

Cleveland	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Jeremy Schultz	21	52	---	---	10	83
G Ken Phillips	21	52	---	---	10	83
T Jaylen Lowe	21	52	---	---	10	83
T Scottie Mazurek	21	52	---	---	10	83
QB Ernie Hawks	21	52	---	---	---	73
C Zachary Schroeder	21	52	---	---	---	73
WR James Pointer	21	52	---	---	---	73
S Ethan Kucharski	---	---	32	29	12	73
WR Demetrius Beekman	20	52	---	---	---	72
CB Nickolas Meier	---	---	33	29	6	68
TE Ramon Maticic	20	46	---	---	---	66
CB Andrew Simmons	---	---	30	29	5	64
OLB Antonio Azumah	---	---	33	28	2	63
OLB Clayton St. Clair	---	---	32	29	2	63
DT DeAndre Porter	---	---	32	27	1	60
RB DeAndre Nordstrom	14	34	---	---	11	59
ILB Alvin Cassidy	---	---	32	25	2	59
WR Wade Cichanski	9	31	---	---	15	55
CB Jordan Richards	---	---	17	16	15	48
DE Fernando Stephens	---	---	23	21	2	46
RB Frank Schrock	7	16	---	---	23	46
ILB Sedrick Embry	---	---	18	13	12	43
S Darrell Boyd	---	---	20	17	2	39
S Russell Bates	---	---	13	12	13	38
DT Kenny Batchelder	---	---	19	13	1	33
DE Hunter Fisk	---	---	10	13	8	31
RB D.J. Turner	5	11	---	---	14	30
OLB Junior Ellison	---	---	3	4	21	28
DE Darryl Sherman	---	---	13	11	1	25
TE Will Tye	0	0	---	---	23	23
TE Alex Bontrager	8	8	---	---	---	16
WR Hector Lockard	1	7	---	---	6	14
DT Corbin Tarplin	---	---	3	2	7	12
P Rabble Brush	0	0	---	---	10	10
C Garrett Drake	0	0	---	---	10	10
CB Artie Curran	---	---	0	1	7	8
K Kirk Preston	0	0	---	---	4	4
WR Howard Grant	0	3	---	---	---	3
QB Burt Sperry	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Bo Cooley	0	0	---	---	---	0
TE Kevin Neumeyer	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Douglas Davis	0	0	---	---	---	0
OLB Kevin Fletcher	---	---	0	0	---	0
G Carpet Tack Spencer	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Les Garner	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Demetrius Arledge	0	0	---	---	---	0

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
OLB Deron Collette	---	---	19	52	12	83
OLB Luke Kuechly	---	---	21	45	13	79
CB Drake Richard	---	---	21	45	9	75
CB Roberto Glaros	---	---	19	52	2	73
G Tristan Liening	33	29	---	---	9	71
T Alexis Pettway	33	29	---	---	9	71
G Billy Clemons	33	29	---	---	9	71
T C.J. Riemersma	33	29	---	---	9	71
WR Rod Barlow	30	25	---	---	14	69
QB Andy Dalton	33	29	---	---	---	62
TE Tyler Eifert	33	27	---	---	2	62
C Chuck Farrell	33	29	---	---	---	62
DE Gavin Heekin	---	---	20	41	1	62
S Elias Campbell	---	---	19	41	2	62
DE Ike Baumgardner	---	---	20	40	2	62
CB Brody Fisher	---	---	9	36	15	60
S Xavier Rhodes	---	---	21	35	1	57
WR Gary Burgess	27	24	---	---	6	57
DT Matthew Griffin	---	---	20	36	---	56
WR DeAndre Hopkins	15	15	---	---	23	53
DT Noah Garrison	---	---	17	30	---	47
TE Cary Williams	12	7	---	---	23	42
RB Courtney Klosterman	21	16	---	---	---	37
FB Cedric Nyland	10	12	---	---	6	28
RB Garrett Vance	13	14	---	---	---	27
CB Jimmy Burnett	---	---	2	23	2	27
OLB Jesse Barnes	---	---	0	7	20	27
OLB Markus Golden	---	---	12	13	1	26
DE Gustavo Vanderpool	---	---	3	14	9	26
DE Josh Matthews	---	---	1	14	10	25
WR A.J. Green	0	1	---	---	23	24
S Cody Fields	---	---	0	10	13	23
CB Lester Reese	---	---	2	15	2	19
DE Alexander Boyer	---	---	1	13	2	16
OLB Derek Salari	---	---	2	10	---	12
P Roderick Bownes	0	0	---	---	9	9
C Lenny Fogg	0	0	---	---	9	9
TE Donald Moss	4	4	---	---	---	8
K Preston Kaplan	0	0	---	---	6	6
ILB Akeem Dent	---	---	2	0	---	2
WR Don White	0	0	---	---	2	2
QB Riley Grinnell	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Kaleb Bidwell	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Lewis Turnbull	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Steven Kirk	0	0	---	---	---	0
OLB Edgar Stecker	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	7	3.5
Middle	13	45	3.5
Right	6	36	6.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	5	1.3
Middle	16	39	2.4
Right	10	63	6.3
None	3	-3	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ernie Hawks	49	24	5	1	2	7	13	5	1

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Andy Dalton	29	22	6	0	2	2	2	2	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	5	31	3.9
Short (0-8 Yds)	21	12	109	5.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	5	63	3.9
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	74	18.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	27	6.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	9	101	8.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	7	101	10.1
Long (19+ Yds)	3	2	52	17.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Cleveland	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR James Pointer	14	10	0	120	2	52
WR Demetrius Beekman	10	4	0	35	1	52
RB DeAndre Nordstrom	7	3	1	39	1	34
WR Wade Cichanski	6	0	0	0	0	31
TE Ramon Maticic	4	3	1	27	0	46
RB Frank Schrock	3	1	0	5	0	16
TE Alex Bontrager	3	2	0	7	0	8
WR Hector Lockard	1	1	0	44	1	7
RB D.J. Turner	1	0	0	0	0	11

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Gary Burgess	9	6	1	78	2	24
WR Rod Barlow	6	4	0	64	1	25
TE Tyler Eifert	5	3	1	39	1	27
TE Cary Williams	4	4	0	65	1	7
FB Cedric Nyland	3	3	0	29	1	12
WR DeAndre Hopkins	1	1	0	5	0	15
RB Garrett Vance	1	1	0	1	0	14

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Courtney Klosterman	4	8	2.00	4.88

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ernie Hawks	2	0	0	0.00	5.65

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Andy Dalton	1	1	10	10.00	9.69

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Cleveland	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Wade Cichanski	2	0	0	0.00	0.00

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Gary Burgess	1	1	10	10.00	8.67

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Cleveland	Rushes	Conversions
QB Ernie Hawks	1	1
RB Frank Schrock	1	1
RB DeAndre Nordstrom	1	1

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
QB Andy Dalton	2	0
RB Garrett Vance	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ernie Hawks	14	5	2

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Andy Dalton	9	7	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Cleveland	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Demetrius Beekman	3	1	0
TE Ramon Maticic	3	2	0
WR Wade Cichanski	2	0	0
WR James Pointer	2	1	1
RB DeAndre Nordstrom	2	1	1
TE Alex Bontrager	1	0	0
RB D.J. Turner	1	0	0

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Tyler Eifert	3	2	2
WR Gary Burgess	2	1	0
TE Cary Williams	2	2	1
FB Cedric Nyland	1	1	0
WR Rod Barlow	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 55,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 10,400 (21,400)
End Zone 11,500 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	55,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	10,400 (21,400)
End Zone	11,500 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)