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League Championship: Cleveland vs. New Orleans

January 24, 2027
70°
Dallas Stadium (Dallas, TX) Attendance: 79,213 (99%)
Cleveland 7 10 7 6 - 30
New Orleans 7 3 0 3 - 13

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Cleveland: 1-1-NOS 1 (10:50) 3-William Riggle pass complete to 81-James Johansen for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Marcel Walsh. NOS 0 CLE 7
(Qtr 1) New Orleans: 2-17-NOS 18 (10:08) 7-Darren Frederick pass complete to 18-Guadalupe Edwards for 82 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-William Greeley. NOS 7 CLE 7
(Qtr 2) New Orleans: 4-4-CLE 8 (14:25) 5-William Greeley 26 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 69-Richard Boyd was injured on the play. NOS 10 CLE 7
(Qtr 2) Cleveland: 4-10-NOS 23 (13:25) 12-Marcel Walsh 41 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 10 CLE 10
(Qtr 2) Cleveland: 1-1-NOS 1 (0:54) 3-William Riggle pass complete to 80-Charles Cates for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Marcel Walsh. NOS 10 CLE 17
(Qtr 3) Cleveland: 1-10-NOS 21 (7:57) 19-Matthew Simmons ran for 21 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Marcel Walsh. NOS 10 CLE 24
(Qtr 4) New Orleans: 4-1-CLE 14 (10:46) 5-William Greeley 31 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 13 CLE 24
(Qtr 4) Cleveland: 4-11-NOS 27 (7:43) 12-Marcel Walsh 46 yard field goal is GOOD. PENALTY - Offsides (NOS 52-Tom Asbury) (Declined) NOS 13 CLE 27
(Qtr 4) Cleveland: 4-8-NOS 8 (1:53) 12-Marcel Walsh 26 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 13 CLE 30

Team Statistics

New Orleans Cleveland
First Downs 8 22
- Rushing 1 5
- Passing 6 15
- Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 226 403
- Offensive Plays 57 72
- Yards Per Play 3.96 5.60
Net Rushing Yards 51 132
- Rushing Attempts 23 23
- Yards Per Rush 2.22 5.74
Net Passing Yards 175 271
- Att/Comp/Int 27 / 16 / 2 44 / 24 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 234 307
- Sacks/Yards Lost 7 / 59 5 / 36
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.15 5.53
- Yards Per Completion 14.63 12.79
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 3 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 14 6 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 12.1 9.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 56 3 / 14
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 40 1 / 7
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 2 / 15
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 2 2 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 32
Time of Possession 26:10 33:53

Drive Charts

New Orleans

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:47 0:54 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
1 8:04 0:59 OWN 19 3 -7 Punt
1 5:02 5:40 OWN 8 10 84 Field Goal
2 13:22 3:22 OWN 25 5 24 Punt
2 8:55 1:34 OWN 38 3 5 Punt
2 2:43 0:47 OWN 24 3 16 Interception
2 0:50 0:50 OWN 25 2 2 Half
3 15:00 1:25 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
3 12:31 2:04 OWN 26 3 -5 Punt
3 7:51 1:33 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
3 5:38 1:45 OPP 38 3 -28 Punt
3 1:42 2:29 OWN 40 5 14 Interception
4 7:40 1:54 OWN 25 4 13 Downs
4 1:50 0:54 OWN 25 3 -16 Punt

Cleveland

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:13 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
1 9:53 1:49 OWN 25 7 22 Punt
1 7:06 2:04 OWN 43 6 36 Interception
2 14:22 1:00 OWN 25 5 52 Field Goal
2 10:00 1:05 OWN 20 3 4 Punt
2 7:21 4:38 OWN 12 8 32 Punt
2 1:57 1:07 OWN 46 6 54 Touchdown
3 13:35 1:04 OWN 27 3 6 Punt
3 10:28 2:37 OWN 30 5 70 Touchdown
3 6:18 0:40 OWN 22 2 5 Interception
3 3:53 2:11 OWN 19 3 -10 Punt
4 14:13 3:31 OWN 44 5 -30 Field Goal
4 10:42 3:03 OWN 25 5 48 Field Goal
4 5:46 3:55 OPP 33 8 25 Field Goal
4 0:56 0:56 OWN 47 4 13 Game

Rushing Stats

New Orleans

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
James Leday 16 36 2.25 15 1 0
Troy Files 7 15 2.14 4 0 0

Cleveland

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Monty Hobbs 13 100 7.69 26 4 0
Matthew Simmons 9 32 3.56 21 1 1
William Riggle 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

New Orleans

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Darren Frederick 27 16 234 7 / 59 1 82 2 69.06

Cleveland

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
William Riggle 44 24 307 5 / 36 2 26 2 72.82

Receiving Stats

New Orleans

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Guadalupe Edwards 5 117 23.40 82 1
Kevin Shimizu 5 55 11.00 18 0
John Donovan 2 32 16.00 19 0
James Leday 1 19 19.00 19 0
Steven Lindsey 1 6 6.00 6 0
Ronald Rainey 1 5 5.00 5 0
Troy Files 1 0 0.00 0 0

Cleveland

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Enrique Kulik 8 137 17.13 26 0
George Gill 7 87 12.43 24 0
James Johansen 3 33 11.00 20 1
Monty Hobbs 3 30 10.00 20 0
Charles Cates 3 20 6.67 15 1

Blocking Stats

New Orleans

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Donald Wright 0 0 2 0
Danial Thompson 0 0 1 0
Alva Montgomery 0 0 1 0

Cleveland

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Mark Lloyd 0 0 3 0

Interception Stats

New Orleans

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
James Takahashi 2 0 0.00 0

Cleveland

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Theodore Roberts 1 15 15.00 0
Derek Glenn 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

New Orleans

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Fred Colby 0 0 1 0
Alva Montgomery 0 1 0 0
John Donovan 0 0 1 0

Cleveland

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Monty Hobbs 1 1 0 0
William Riggle 1 0 0 0
Theodore Roberts 1 0 0 0
Samuel Parker 0 1 0 0

Punting

New Orleans

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Ronald Boyce 8 391 48.88 44.75 58 0

Cleveland

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Henry Nance 5 233 46.60 39.00 51 0

Kicking

New Orleans

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
William Greeley 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 31 1 / 1

Cleveland

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Marcel Walsh 3 / 3 2 / 2 0 / 0 46 3 / 3

Punt Return

New Orleans

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Guadalupe Edwards 4 40 10.0 14 0

Cleveland

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
George Gill 1 7 7.0 7 0

Kick Return

New Orleans

Cleveland

Defensive Stats

New Orleans

Name Tackles Sacks
Fred Colby 7 0
Ronald Cromer 6 0
Scott Reulet 6 0
James Takahashi 5 0
Tom Asbury 5 1
Jerome Larson 4 0
Adam Sneed 3 0
James Deangelo 2 0
James Craven 2 3
Philip Daugherty 1 0
Daniel Coleman 1 0
Guadalupe Edwards 1 0
Bernard McGrath 1 0
Herbert Wright 1 0
Marc Doyal 0 1

Cleveland

Name Tackles Sacks
Theodore Roberts 8 0
David Hutchins 6 1
Jody Conn 5 0
Derek Glenn 4 0
Patrick White 4 0
Carlos Keller 3 0
Justin Fisher 3 1
Jaime Bunch 2 1
Richard Clifford 2 0
Asa Chavez 2 1
James Johansen 1 0
Thomas Ross 1 0
Bernard Carr 1 1
Enrique Kulik 1 0
Philip Hobson 1 0
Larry Rowell 0 2