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League Championship: New Orleans vs. Cleveland

January 23, 2028
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New Orleans Stadium (New Orleans, LA) Attendance: 76,468 (100%)
New Orleans 7 10 0 14 - 31
Cleveland 7 3 7 7 - 24

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Cleveland: 3-1-NOS 0 (8:54) 45-Nathan Flores ran for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-David Johnson. CLE 7 NOS 0
(Qtr 1) New Orleans: 3-1-CLE 14 (0:23) 7-Darren Frederick pass complete to 18-Guadalupe Edwards for 14 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-William Greeley. CLE 7 NOS 7
(Qtr 2) New Orleans: 3-8-CLE 9 (12:16) 7-Darren Frederick pass complete to 18-Kevin Shimizu for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-William Greeley. CLE 7 NOS 14
(Qtr 2) Cleveland: 4-8-NOS 19 (9:18) 18-David Johnson 37 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 10 NOS 14
(Qtr 2) New Orleans: 4-8-CLE 17 (7:38) 5-William Greeley 34 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 10 NOS 17
(Qtr 3) Cleveland: 2-11-NOS 15 (7:56) 3-William Riggle pass complete to 80-Charles Cates for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-David Johnson. CLE 17 NOS 17
(Qtr 4) New Orleans: 2-1-CLE 0 (4:17) 29-James Leday ran to CLE 0 for a short gain. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-William Greeley. CLE 17 NOS 24
(Qtr 4) New Orleans: 2-1-CLE 0 (2:50) 29-James Leday ran for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-William Greeley. CLE 17 NOS 31
(Qtr 4) Cleveland: 1-2-NOS 2 (2:08) 3-William Riggle pass complete to 83-George Gill for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-David Johnson. CLE 24 NOS 31

Team Statistics

Cleveland New Orleans
First Downs 20 14
- Rushing 4 2
- Passing 15 10
- Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 402 338
- Offensive Plays 86 67
- Yards Per Play 4.67 5.04
Net Rushing Yards 80 56
- Rushing Attempts 16 12
- Yards Per Rush 5.00 4.67
Net Passing Yards 322 282
- Att/Comp/Int 57 / 29 / 1 51 / 24 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 435 314
- Sacks/Yards Lost 13 / 113 4 / 32
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.60 5.13
- Yards Per Completion 15.00 13.08
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 9 / 22 5 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 11.6 9.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 2 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 65 5 / 45
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 10 1 / 1
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 23 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 1 / 2
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 1 4 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 32
Time of Possession 35:49 24:12

Drive Charts

Cleveland

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:57 OWN 25 3 -6 Punt
1 11:50 2:59 OWN 22 7 78 Touchdown
1 7:22 2:51 OWN 20 5 14 Punt
1 0:19 1:42 OWN 25 3 -9 Punt
2 12:11 2:57 OWN 19 6 62 Field Goal
2 7:34 3:05 OWN 25 5 -2 Punt
2 4:25 2:40 OWN 40 5 4 Punt
3 13:45 1:45 OWN 18 4 21 Punt
3 11:41 3:49 OWN 34 7 66 Touchdown
3 6:56 1:26 OWN 29 3 -17 Punt
3 3:35 3:26 OWN 3 6 11 Punt
4 14:03 4:53 OWN 11 10 37 Punt
4 4:15 0:51 OWN 25 4 -20 Downs
4 2:48 0:43 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
4 1:45 1:45 OWN 20 13 66 Interception

New Orleans

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:03 2:13 OWN 31 3 -1 Punt
1 8:51 1:29 OWN 25 4 8 Punt
1 4:31 4:12 OWN 13 9 87 Touchdown
2 13:36 1:25 OWN 38 5 62 Touchdown
2 9:14 1:40 OWN 25 6 58 Field Goal
2 4:29 0:05 OWN 31 1 0 Interception
2 1:45 1:45 OWN 6 3 24 Half
3 15:00 1:15 OWN 25 6 11 Punt
3 12:00 0:19 OWN 13 3 0 Punt
3 7:52 0:56 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 5:30 1:55 OWN 46 5 14 Punt
3 0:10 1:06 OWN 38 3 1 Punt
4 9:11 4:56 OWN 12 11 88 Touchdown
4 3:23 0:36 OPP 5 2 5 Touchdown
4 2:05 0:20 OPP 38 3 3 Punt

Rushing Stats

Cleveland

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Monty Hobbs 10 58 5.80 25 3 0
Nathan Flores 6 22 3.67 11 1 1

New Orleans

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
James Leday 12 56 4.67 16 2 2

Passing Stats

Cleveland

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
William Riggle 57 29 435 13 / 113 2 47 1 80.67

New Orleans

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Darren Frederick 51 24 314 4 / 32 2 50 1 71.85

Receiving Stats

Cleveland

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Charles Cates 6 117 19.50 31 1
Monty Hobbs 6 102 17.00 47 0
Eric Shanahan 7 86 12.29 37 0
James Johansen 5 72 14.40 42 0
George Gill 3 33 11.00 24 1
Nathan Flores 1 32 32.00 32 0
Manuel Ayala 1 -7 -7.00 -7 0

New Orleans

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ronald Rainey 7 113 16.14 50 0
Guadalupe Edwards 6 88 14.67 25 1
Bill Kenny 4 73 18.25 31 0
Kevin Shimizu 2 20 10.00 11 1
James Leday 2 10 5.00 6 0
Robert Diaz 2 8 4.00 12 0
Jean Huffman 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

Cleveland

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Dale Gillan 0 0 4 0
Fredrick Berger 0 0 1 0
Steven Miller 0 0 1 0
Robert Kenney 0 0 1 0
Monty Hobbs 0 0 1 0

New Orleans

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Pete Stanford 0 0 1 0

Interception Stats

Cleveland

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Patrick White 1 0 0.00 0

New Orleans

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Bernard McGrath 1 2 2.00 0

Fumble Stats

Cleveland

New Orleans

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Ronald Rainey 0 1 0 0

Punting

Cleveland

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Lewis Levy 9 420 46.67 46.56 53 1

New Orleans

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Ronald Boyce 8 373 46.63 42.75 53 1

Kicking

Cleveland

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
David Johnson 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 37 3 / 3

New Orleans

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
William Greeley 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 34 4 / 4

Punt Return

Cleveland

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
George Gill 2 10 5.0 6 0

New Orleans

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Timothy Middleton 1 1 1.0 1 0

Kick Return

Cleveland

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
George Gill 1 23 23.0 0

New Orleans

Defensive Stats

Cleveland

Name Tackles Sacks
Patrick White 7 0
Mark Lamb 6 2
Asa Chavez 4 1
Daniel Brown 4 0
Theodore Roberts 4 0
Justin Fisher 3 1
Carlos Keller 3 0
Derek Glenn 2 0
David Tilley 2 0
Jody Conn 1 0
Larry Rowell 1 0
Charles Cates 1 0

New Orleans

Name Tackles Sacks
Ronald Cromer 8 0
Tom Asbury 8 3
Mitchell Lott 5 5
Adam Sneed 5 0
Barry Adams 5 0
Scott Reulet 5 1
Robert Derrick 4 0
Bernard McGrath 4 0
Allen Padgett 3 0
James Craven 3 2
Marc Doyal 2 1
Robert Garden 1 0
Fred Colby 1 0
Guadalupe Edwards 1 0
Glenn Watt 1 0
James Takahashi 1 0
Edward Hargreaves 1 1