Cleveland 27, Indianapolis 19
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 18, 2011
Where: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana
Temperature:
Dome
Head Official:
Gene Steratore
Attendance:
65035
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Peyton Hillis ran for two touchdowns and the visiting Cleveland Browns sent the Peyton Manning-less Indianapolis Colts to their first 0-2 start in 13 years with a 27-19 victory on Sunday.
The Browns also gave head coach Pat Shurmur his first career win and ended a five-game losing streak to the Colts.
Indianapolis lost its home opener for the first time since 2002 and is 0-2 for the first time since Manning’s rookie season of 1998.
The Colts’ NFL-record tying streak of nine straight playoff appearances is in serious jeopardy. Since 1990, only 12 percent of teams that started 0-2 have reached the postseason.
Indianapolis looked lost without Manning (neck surgery) in a 34-7 loss to Houston – its worst season-opening defeat in 25 years – and the Kerry Collins-led offense wasn’t much better against Cleveland. The Colts managed just four field goals from Adam Vinatieri until Collins threw a late touchdown to Dallas Clark.
Cleveland, meanwhile, earned its first win over Indianapolis since 1994 – the year before the original Browns left for Baltimore.
Hillis’ 1-yard touchdown just before halftime gave Cleveland a 14-12 lead, and Usama Young’s fourth-quarter interception of Collins set up a 20-yard field goal from Phil Dawson.
Hillis’ 24-yard touchdown run after 43-yard punt return from Josh Cribbs sealed the win.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
| Cleveland |
|
Indianapolis |
|
Peyton Hillis
|
Player |
Joseph Addai
|
|
27 |
Attempts |
14 |
|
94 |
Yards |
64 |
|
3.5 |
Avg Yards |
4.6 |
|
2 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
|
24 |
Long |
15 |
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Cleveland
|
303 |
106 |
197 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2.0 |
1 |
| Indianapolis
|
285 |
109 |
176 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
1.0 |
4 |
Upcoming Games
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Indianapolis will play their next game at home against Pittsburgh.
The Colts have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.
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Cleveland will play their next game at home against Miami.
The Browns have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.
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