Oakland Raiders vs Cleveland Browns Match Player Stats On Sep 27, 2015

The Sports Xchange
Sep 27, 2015

CLEVELAND – The Oakland Raiders snapped an 11-game road losing streak on Sunday behind two touchdown passes by quarterback Derek Carr to beat the Cleveland Browns, 27-20.

The Browns, down 27-10 in the fourth quarter, rallied to cut the Raiders lead to a touchdown with 6:26 left and forced the Raiders to punt, but Travis Benjamin mishandled the punt with 4:01 left and the Raiders recovered.

A final drive starting at the Browns' 2 ended with quarterback Josh McCown being intercepted by Raiders safety Charles Woodson deep in Oakland territory.

Carr threw the ball quickly to neutralize the Browns pass rush and spread it around after focusing on rookie wide receiver Amari Cooper on the opening drive that ended with a 23-yard field goal by Sebastian Janikowski.

The Browns got their only points of the first half on a 24-yard field goal by Travis Coons with 1:44 left in the second quarter, but the points seemed like a consolation prize because the Browns had the ball first-and-goal on the Oakland 1 but could not punch it in.

The Raiders got the ball back after a touchback and needed just five plays and 1:26 to march down the field for a touchdown to increase their lead to 17-3 on a 13-yard touchdown pass from Carr to Seth Roberts.

Earlier in the second quarter the Raiders finished off an 11-play, 80-yard drive with a three-yard pass from Carr to wide receiver Andre Holmes.

McCown missed the game last week because he was concussed in the season opener. Johnny Manziel threw two long touchdown passes to help beat the Titans, 28-14, but Browns head coach Mike Pettine decided to go with McCown against the Raiders.

McCown got into a rhythm in the third quarter and completed a key fourth-down pass to tight end Gary Barnidge. He finished the drive by rolling right and completing a 28-yard touchdown pass to Barnidge with 3:32 left in the period to cut Oakland's advantage to 20-10.

The Raiders responded with an 80-yard touchdown drive ending running back Latavius Murray's 6-yard romp with 14:30 to play to kick Oakland's lead back to 17 points.

A 41-yard field goal by Coons and a 4-yard touchdown pass from McCown to wide receiver Travis Benjamin, his fourth this season, finished the scoring for the Browns.

NOTES: CB David Anderson, claimed on waivers from Washington on Tuesday, was active for the Raiders. … Browns CB Justin Gilbert was on the active list for the first time this season. … John Hughes started at left end for the Browns for Desmond Bryant, who was inactive with a shoulder injury.