Cleveland Browns head coach Mike Pettine must have the mother of all half-time pep talks; the way his team stormed back against the Steelers in week 1 (in Pittsburgh) after erasing a 27-3 half-time deficit, only to lose on a last second field goal; and then today (at Tennessee), down 28-3 in the 2nd quarter, to roar back with a vengeance to stun the Titans, 29-28.
A mighty impressive comeback.
-Bill Lucey
October 5, 2014
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Cleveland Browns: Week 5: Facts and Stats
- Sunday's game marked the largest come-from-behind win in Browns history. The 25-point comeback is the largest by a road team in NFL history.
- Sunday was the Browns’ first road victory since Week 3 last year at Minnesota on Sept. 22.
- Head Coach Mike Pettine threw the challenge flag for the first time in his career and won.
- The Browns have scored at least 21 points in all four games this season.
- The last time the Browns scored at least 21 points in the first four games of a season was 1969, when the team accomplished the feat in each of the first seven games.
- Field General Brian Hoyer completed 21 of 37 passes for 292 yards with three touchdowns, one interception and a 98.0 rating, improving to 5-2 as a starter for the Browns, including three two-minute game-winning drives.
- In the fourth quarter, Hoyer threw his first interception of the season, snapping a streak of 189 consecutive attempts without an interception, the third-longest streak in Browns history.
- In his first action since suffering a knee injury in Week 1, Running Back Ben Tate rushed for a career-high 123 yards.
- WR Travis Benjamin recorded four receptions for 48 yards and a career-high two touchdowns, including the game-winning 6-yard score with 1:09 remaining.
- Browns LB Tank Carder blocked a fourth quarter punt that resulted in a safety, making it the Browns’ first blocked punt since Nov. 30, 2003 (at Seattle) and first safety since Nov. 22, 2009 (at Detroit).
- Browns TE Jim Dray had three receptions for 25 yards, including a 1-yard touchdown, his third of his career and first as a member of the Browns.
- Browns LB Jabaal Sheard recorded his second sack of the season. Sheard has led the teams in sacks the past three seasons; with 23 career sacks, moving him into ninth place on the Browns all-time sacks list.
- C Alex Mack has started and played in each of the first 84 games of his career. He hasn’t missed an offensive snap during his career, a stretch of 5,263 plays.
- Rookie WR Taylor Gabriel recorded career highs in receptions (4) and receiving yards (95).
- K Billy Cundiff converted on field goals of 38 and 42 yards, making him 6 of 8 on the season.
–Compiled by Bill Lucey
Source: The Cleveland Browns
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