Baltimore 20, Cleveland 14
When: 1:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 24, 2011
Where: M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland
Temperature:
44°
Head Official:
James Coleman
Attendance:
71083
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Ray Rice piled up 135 yards from scrimmage and a receiving touchdown and Joe Flacco threw for a pair of scores as the Baltimore Ravens held off the visiting Cleveland Browns 20-14 on Saturday.
Ed Dickson added a receiving touchdown and Shayne Graham kicked a pair of 40-plus yard field goals for the Ravens (11-4), who remained in first place in the AFC North and kept their inside track toward the No. 2 seed and a first-round bye in the playoffs.
Baltimore owns the tiebreaker over the Pittsburgh Steelers (11-4), who also won Saturday.
The Ravens pulled ahead quickly when Lardarius Webb picked off a pass from Cleveland quarterback Seneca Wallace on the opening possession and Flacco found Dickson for a 5-yard score three plays later.
The Baltimore defense forced six straight punts sandwiched around the end of the first half, and the offense added Graham’s 48-yard field goal and a 42-yard catch and run from Flacco to Rice to push it to 17-0 early in the second quarter.
Graham’s second field goal made it 20-0 before Cleveland got on the board, when Josh Cribbs returned a punt 84 yards for a touchdown.
Wallace drew the Browns within six points with a touchdown pass to Evan Moore, but the Baltimore defense closed it out.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Cleveland |
|
Baltimore |
Peyton Hillis
|
Player |
Ray Rice
|
24 |
Attempts |
23 |
112 |
Yards |
87 |
4.7 |
Avg Yards |
3.8 |
0 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
15 |
Long |
11 |
Receiving
Cleveland |
|
Baltimore |
Greg Little
| Player |
Ray Rice
|
4 |
Receptions |
3 |
40 |
Yards |
48 |
10.0 |
Avg Yards |
16.0 |
0 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
12 |
Long |
42 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Cleveland
|
256 |
117 |
139 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1.0 |
0 |
Baltimore
|
284 |
162 |
122 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2.0 |
0 |
Upcoming Games
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Baltimore will play their next game on the road against Cincinnati.
The Ravens 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 Pittsburgh.
The Browns have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.