The Cleveland Browns and New York Jets final score of the game was 26-20, in favor of New York. This was possibly the game of the season as both teams battled it out to the final play of overtime. Here is a quick scoring summary of the game.
The Cleveland Browns got on the board first, when Phil Dawson kicked a 34 yard field goal to give the Browns the early lead. The Jets came back to tie the score on a Nick Folk 27 Yard Field Goal. Peyton Hillis continued his hot streak running the ball when he ran in from 12 Yards for the touchdown to give the Browns a 10-7 lead.
Jerricho Cotchery tied it back up when he caught a 25 Yard TD Pass From Mark Sanchez and after the extra point kick evened up the score. Phil Dawson hit a 23 Yard Field Goal for the Browns, but the New York Jets answered that with a 1 yard TD run to give the Jets the lead before halftime.
Nick Folk hit a 25 yard field goal as the game was entering the final minutes of the 4th quarter to give the Jets a late 20-13 lead. The Browns battled back with less than a minute on the clock when Colt McCoy did his best John Elway impression and drove Cleveland down the field to tie the game. After completing a couple of passes to get them to the 3 yard, Colt tossed a 3 yard TD to Mohamed Massaquoi to even up the score.
Denver had a chance to put the game away in overtime, but Nick Folk pulled a 47 yard field goal attempt wide to the right and gave Cleveland another chance to score with just over 5 minutes remaining in overtime.
Cleveland had a chance to win it in overtime when McCoy hit Chansi Stuckey with a pass that put the Browns within reach of a game winning field, but Stuckey fumbled the ball while fighting for extra yardage and the Jets recovered.
As the clock was winding down Mark Sanchez threw a deep pass that was picked off by Joe Haden. The Browns were pinned deep and couldn't move the ball and were forced to punt. The Jets had one last chance to score. With only 16 seconds left in overtime, Mark Sanchez hit Santonio Holmes, who broke away and streaked 37 yards into the endzone for the touchdown to give the Jets the win!
Key Statistics for the game:
Cleveland Browns
Colt McCoy completed 18 of 31 passes for 205 yards and 1 TD
Peyton Hillis ran 19 times for 82 yards and 1 TD
Ben Watson caught 5 passes for 74 yards
Mohamed Massaquoi caught 2 passes for 8 yards and 1 TD
New York Jets
Mark Sanchez completed 27 of 44 passes for 299 yards and 2 TD & 1 INT
Shonn Green ran 20 times for 72 yards
LaDainian Tomlinson ran 18 times for 57 yards
Santonio Holmes caught 5 passes for 76 yards and 1 TD
Jerricho Cotchery caught 3 passes for 43 yards and 1 TD
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