1987 New Orleans 24, 1987 Cleveland 0

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total

1987 New Orleans

14

3

0

7

0

24

1987 Cleveland

0

0

0

0

0

0

Scoring Plays
Qtr Clock Team Scoring Description(Extra Point) Score
1 7:12 1987 New Orleans M.Jones 10 yd. pass from B.Hebert (M.Andersen kick) 7-0 NON
1 0:18 1987 New Orleans H.Brenner 3 yd. pass from B.Hebert (M.Andersen kick) 14-0 NON
2 3:00 1987 New Orleans M.Andersen 39 yd. field goal 17-0 NON
4 13:12 1987 New Orleans B.Jordan 1 yd. run (M.Andersen kick) 24-0 NON
Other Highlights
Qtr Clock Team Event Player Yards
1 2:24 1987 New Orleans QBSack Ray Ellis -5
2 11:24 1987 New Orleans Intercept Brett Maxie 12
2 5:06 1987 New Orleans Intercept Milton Mack 17
3 4:30 1987 New Orleans Intercept Brett Maxie 9
4 11:06 1987 New Orleans Intercept Brett Maxie 0

Team Statistics

1987 New Orleans 1987 Cleveland
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 4-11-3-18 2-10-2-14
Third Down Efficiency 4-10-40% 4-15-27%
Fourth Down Efficiency 0-0-0% 1-2-50%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 21-21-100% 0-0-0%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 248-57-4.4 230-61-3.8
Total Net Yards Rushing 91 52
Total Rushes 38 21
Average Per Rush 2.4 2.5
Passes Completed/Attempted 16/18 (88.9%) 17/40 (42.5%)
Net Yards Passing 157 178
Avg Yards Per Pass 9.0 4.4
Sacked/Yards Lost 1/5 0/0
Punts/Average 6/43.8 6/42.2
Punts Received/Return Yardage 3/37 3/26
Kickoffs/Returns 1/19 3/61
Interceptions/Returns 4/38 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/47 8/87
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 0/0 1/0
Time of Possession 31 mins 47 secs 28 mins 13 secs
Average Drive Start NON 30 CLA 25

Passing Stats

Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
1987 New Orleans
Bobby Hebert 18 16 162 88.9 9.0 2 11.1 0 0 29 1/5 141.2
1987 Cleveland
Bernie Kosar 37 16 166 43.2 4.5 0 0 4 10.8 17 0/0 17.2
Gary Danielson 3 1 12 33.3 4.0 0 0 0 0 12 0/0 46.5

Rushing Stats

No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
1987 New Orleans
Rueben Mayes 22 50 2.3 18 0 0 0/0
Dalton Hilliard 12 43 3.6 13 0 0 0/0
Bobby Hebert 3 -3 -1.0 -1 0 0 0/0
Buford Jordan 1 1 1.0 1 1 0 0/0
1987 Cleveland
Earnest Byner 9 21 2.3 7 0 0 1/0
Kevin Mack 8 18 2.3 6 0 0 0/0
Tim Manoa 2 5 2.5 6 0 0 0/0
Herman Fontenot 1 8 8.0 8 0 0 0/0
Bernie Kosar 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0/0

Receiving Stats

No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
1987 New Orleans
Hoby Brenner 6 72 12.0 29 1 0
Eric Martin 4 27 6.8 11 0 0
Mike Jones 3 41 13.7 17 1 0
John Tice 3 22 7.3 11 0 0
1987 Cleveland
Earnest Byner 6 55 9.2 13 0 0
Clarence Weathers 3 31 10.3 12 0 0
Ozzie Newsome 3 29 9.7 13 0 0
Kevin Mack 2 24 12.0 17 0 0
Reggie Langhorne 1 16 16.0 16 0 0
Brian Brennan 1 12 12.0 12 0 0
Webster Slaughter 1 11 11.0 11 0 0

Field Goals and Extra Points

1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made XPs
1987 New Orleans
Morten Andersen 0/0 0/0 1/1 0/0 0/0 1/1 100 3/3
1987 Cleveland

Punting

No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
1987 New Orleans
Brian Hansen 6 43.8 39.5 0 3 54 0
1987 Cleveland
Lee Johnson 6 42.2 36.0 0 2 52 0

Kickoff Returns

No Yds Avg Long TD
1987 New Orleans
Dalton Hilliard 1 19 19.0 19 0
1987 Cleveland
Gerald McNeil 2 37 18.5 21 0
Glen Young 1 24 24.0 24 0

Punt Returns

Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
1987 New Orleans
Mel Gray 3 1 37 12.3 17 0
1987 Cleveland
Gerald McNeil 3 2 26 8.7 22 0

Individual Defense

Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
1987 New Orleans
Gene Atkins 6 0 0
Vaughan Johnson 6 0 0
Pat Swilling 5 0 0
Tony Elliott 5 0 0
Dave Waymer 4 0 0
Rickey Jackson 3 0 0
Bruce Clark 3 0 0
Sam Mills 2 0 0
Van Jakes 2 0 0
Jim Wilks 1 0 0
Brett Maxie 1 0 0
1987 Cleveland
Eddie J. Johnson 8 0 0
Ray Ellis 7 1 0
Lucius Sanford 5 0 0
Clay Matthews 5 0 0
Bob Golic 4 0 0
Mike C. Johnson 4 0 0
Carl Hairston 4 0 0
Hanford Dixon 3 0 0
Felix Wright 2 0 0
Frank Minnifield 2 0 0
Sam Clancy 2 0 0
Mark Harper 2 0 0
Al Baker 1 0 0
Paul Farren 0 0 1

Interceptions

No Yds Avg Long TD
1987 New Orleans
Brett Maxie 3 21 7.0 12 0
Milton Mack 1 17 17.0 17 0
1987 Cleveland

Game Story

In an easy win the visitors from New Orleans pounded Cleveland by the score of 24 to 0. Rueben Mayes rushed the ball 22 times for 50 yards. It was a magnificent day for the New Orleans defense, as they completely stifled the Cleveland offense. New Orleans got out to an early lead outscoring Cleveland 14 to 0 in the first quarter.