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National Football League
Cleveland 26, Carolina 20
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 9, 2018
Where: FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 28°
Head Official: Walt Anderson
Attendance: 59392

Jarvis Landry scored two touchdowns and set up another as the Cleveland Browns defeated the Carolina Panthers 26-20 on Sunday afternoon at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland.

Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield completed 18 of 22 throws for 238 yards and one touchdown as Cleveland (5-7-1) won for the third time in four games.

The Panthers (6-7) have lost five games in a row and are eliminated from NFC South title contention even though two of their three remaining games come against the first-place New Orleans Saints.

Christian McCaffrey scored two rushing touchdowns for the Panthers, who are 1-6 in road games.

Carolina quarterback Cam Newton completed 26 of 42 passes for 265 yards with one interception despite concerns about a sore shoulder that had existed since his four-interception performance a week earlier at Tampa Bay.

The Panthers reached the Cleveland 3-yard line late in the game, but Newton threw incomplete on a fourth-down pass with 2:35 to play.

After a punt, Carolina regained possession at its own 34 with 1:04 remaining and no timeouts left. Damarious Randall intercepted Newton on the next play.

Nick Chubb's 4-yard run early in the fourth quarter gave the Browns a 23-20 lead, with the extra-point kick no good when the ball struck the upright. The touchdown was set up a play earlier by Landry's 54-yard run.

Cleveland extended its lead to 26-20 on Greg Joseph's 41-yard field goal with 8:46 to play.

Chubb finished with 66 rushing yards on 13 carries.

The Browns never led in the first half but they matched each of Carolina's scores in what became a 17-17 deadlock at the half.

McCaffrey had touchdown runs of 4 and 1 yards. Landry rushed for a 3-yard score and caught Mayfield's 51-yard strike.

From there, Chandler Catanzaro drilled a 30-yard field goal in his first game with the Panthers while replacing injured Graham Gano. Joseph made it even with a 49-yarder for Cleveland with 59 seconds left in the first half.

Catanzaro provided the only points of the third quarter with 34-yard field goal.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Rushing
Carolina   Cleveland
Christian McCaffrey Player Nick Chubb
16 Attempts 13
63 Yards 66
3.9 Avg Yards 5.1
2 Touchdowns 1
25 Long 29
Receiving
Carolina   Cleveland
Curtis Samuel Player Breshad Perriman
4 Receptions 2
80 Yards 81
20.0 Avg Yards 40.5
0 Touchdowns 0
33 Long 66
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
Carolina 393 96 297 2 2 0 1.0 2
Cleveland 348 116 232 3 2 1 1.0 0
Upcoming Games
  • Cleveland will play their next game on the road against Denver. The Browns have a W/L % of .250 after a win and .571 after a loss.
  • Carolina will play their next game at home against New Orleans. The Panthers have a W/L % of .500 after a win and .429 after a loss.