Peyton Hillis rushed for a career-high 184 yards and two touchdowns as the Cleveland Browns dominated the New England Patriots en route to a 34-14 victory on Sunday.
Colt McCoy completed 14 of 19 for 174 yards and added a rushing touchdown for Cleveland (3-5), which has beaten the New Orleans Saints and the Patriots in consecutive games.
The Browns made their move early, converting a field goal on the opening possession and then recovering Sammy Morris’ fumble on the ensuing kickoff.
Cleveland took advantage of its good fortune when McCoy completed a 17-yard pass and Hillis busted through for a 2-yard touchdown to give his team a 10-0 lead before the game was even four minutes old.
The Browns’ defense forced three straight punts before the Patriots finally got on the board in the second on Brady’s 2-yard touchdown pass to tight end Aaron Hernandez. But Cleveland bounced right back on the next series with an 11-yard touchdown rush by Chansi Stuckey.
New England (6-2) had a chance at the end of the half but tight end Rob Gronkowski fumbled inside the 10-yard line.
McCoy rushed for his touchdown in the third and Hillis put the nail in it with a 35-yard scoring run with 2:38 left in the game.
New England | Cleveland | |
Danny Woodhead | Player | Peyton Hillis |
9 | Attempts | 29 |
54 | Yards | 184 |
6.0 | Avg Yards | 6.3 |
0 | Touchdowns | 2 |
12 | Long | 35 |
New England | Cleveland | |
Aaron Hernandez | Player | Mohamed Massaquoi |
5 | Receptions | 4 |
48 | Yards | 58 |
9.6 | Avg Yards | 14.5 |
2 | Touchdowns | 0 |
22 | Long | 22 |
Yards | Scoring | Defense | ||||||
Team | Tot | Rus | Pas | TD | FG | INT | Sck | FF |
New England | 283 | 68 | 215 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Cleveland | 404 | 230 | 174 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 |