Cleveland Browns: Stats & Facts from Week 4
By Thomas Moore
Oct 4, 2015; San Diego, CA, USA; Cleveland Browns running back Duke Johnson (29) celebrates their 34-yard second quarter touchdown with quarterback Josh McCown (13) against the San Diego Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports
The Cleveland Browns suffered yet another disappointing loss on Sunday against the San Diego Chargers.
While the loss was another in a long line of frustrating defeats, there were still some highlights to come out of the game, starting with rookie running back Duke Johnson.
Johnson scored his first NFL touchdown on a 34-yard pass from Josh McCown in the second quarter, one of nine receptions Johnson had on the day. Those nine catches are tied for the fifth-most by a Cleveland running back in franchise history and are the most by a running back since 2002.
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The five players ahead of Johnson on the list (all with 10 receptions), according to the team’s website, are Earnest Byner (against Cincinnati in 1986), Leroy Hoard (twice against Houston in 1991), Greg Pruitt (against the New York Jets in 1980) and Jamel White (against Tampa Bay in 2002).
“That’s one of the reasons why I’m here,” Johnson said after the game. “To help them in the passing game and helping out when we get in trouble and have to dink and dunk to be able to get yards.”
Here are some other stats and facts from Sunday’s game:
- Isaiah Crowell led the team with 63 rushing yards. He added a career-high 62 receiving yards, including a career-long 53-yard catch. His 125 total yards marked a career high.
- With Crowell (125) and Johnson (116), this marked the first time the Browns had two running backs each record more than 100 scrimmage yards in the same game since Nov. 17, 2004, when Lee Suggs (119) and William Green (115) accomplished the feat against Cincinnati.
- Travis Benjamin recorded a career-high six receptions for 79 yards. His 328 yards on the season are a career-high, surpassing his previous best of 314 set in 2014.
- Josh McCown completed 32 of 41 passes for 356 yards with two touchdowns, zero interceptions and a 119.1 rating. McCown joins Otto Graham (1953), Brian Sipe (1980) and Brian Hoyer (2014) as the only Browns quarterbacks to throw for 300 yards in consecutive games.
- Gary Barnidge tied a career-high with six receptions for 75 yards with a touchdown. On the season, he is tied for the team lead with 16 receptions and second with 235 receiving yards with two touchdowns.
- McCown connected with Taylor Gabriel for a two-point conversion to tie the game with 2:09 remaining. It was the Browns’ first successful two-point conversion since Brandon Weeden connected with Davone Bess against Pittsburgh on Nov. 24, 2013.
- Christian Kirksey recorded his first sack of the season and third of his career.
- Rookie Xavier Cooper recorded his first career sack.
- Pierre Desir set a career-high with three passes defensed. He entered the game with three career passes defensed.
- Travis Coons converted field goals from 28, 33, 36 and 40 yards, while adding one extra point. He is 7-for-7 on field goal attempts this season and 8-of-8 on PATs.