Baltimore 20, Cleveland 14
Saturday, December 24, 2011 1:00 PM
WHEN: 1:00 PM EST, Saturday, December 24, 2011
WHERE: M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland
TEMPERATURE:
44°
HEAD OFFICIAL:
James Coleman
ATTENDANCE:
71083
Final Scoring Summary
Team Records
Recap
Ray Rice piled up 135 yards from scrimmage and a receiving touchdown and Joe Flacco threw for a pair of scores as the Baltimore Ravens held off the visiting Cleveland Browns 20-14 on Saturday.
Ed Dickson added a receiving touchdown and Shayne Graham kicked a pair of 40-plus yard field goals for the Ravens (11-4), who remained in first place in the AFC North and kept their inside track toward the No. 2 seed and a first-round bye in the playoffs.
Baltimore owns the tiebreaker over the Pittsburgh Steelers (11-4), who also won Saturday.
The Ravens pulled ahead quickly when Lardarius Webb picked off a pass from Cleveland quarterback Seneca Wallace on the opening possession and Flacco found Dickson for a 5-yard score three plays later.
The Baltimore defense forced six straight punts sandwiched around the end of the first half, and the offense added Graham’s 48-yard field goal and a 42-yard catch and run from Flacco to Rice to push it to 17-0 early in the second quarter.
Graham’s second field goal made it 20-0 before Cleveland got on the board, when Josh Cribbs returned a punt 84 yards for a touchdown.
Wallace drew the Browns within six points with a touchdown pass to Evan Moore, but the Baltimore defense closed it out.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
| Cleveland |
|
Baltimore |
|
Peyton Hillis
|
Player |
Ray Rice
|
|
24 |
Attempts |
23 |
|
112 |
Yards |
87 |
|
4.7 |
Avg Yards |
3.8 |
|
0 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
|
15 |
Long |
11 |
Receiving
| Cleveland |
|
Baltimore |
|
Greg Little
| Player |
Ray Rice
|
|
4 |
Receptions |
3 |
|
40 |
Yards |
48 |
|
10.0 |
Avg Yards |
16.0 |
|
0 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
|
12 |
Long |
42 |
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sacks |
FF |
| Cleveland
|
256 |
117 |
139 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1.0 |
0 |
| Baltimore
|
284 |
162 |
122 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2.0 |
0 |
Upcoming Games
-
Baltimore
will play their next game on the road against
Cincinnati.
The
Ravens
have a W/L % of
.733
after a win and
.733
after a loss.
-
Cleveland
will play their next game at home against
Pittsburgh.
The
Browns
have a W/L % of
.267
after a win and
.267
after a loss.