| AFC Divisional Playoff - Cleveland Browns at Miami Dolphins Game Statistics |
| Date: January 4, 1986 Location: Miami, FL |
| Venue: Orange Bowl Attendance: 75128 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 77 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Miami DolphinsMIA | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | MIA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Fuad Reveiz 51 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ozzie Newsome 16 pass from Bernie Kosar (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Earnest Byner 21 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Earnest Byner 66 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 21 | 3 |
| 3 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Nat Moore 6 pass from Dan Marino (Fuad Reveiz kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 3 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Ron Davenport 31 run (Fuad Reveiz kick) | 21 | 17 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Ron Davenport 1 run (Fuad Reveiz kick) | 21 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Brian Brennan |
| 85 | WR | Clarence Weathers |
| 77 | LOT | Rickey Bolden |
| 62 | LOG | George Lilja |
| 61 | C | Mike Baab |
| 69 | ROG | Dan Fike |
| 63 | ROT | Cody Risien |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 19 | QB | Bernie Kosar |
| 44 | RB | Earnest Byner |
| 34 | FB | Kevin Mack |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Reggie Camp |
| 79 | NT | Bob Golic |
| 78 | RDE | Carl Hairston |
| 56 | LOLB | Chip Banks |
| 51 | LILB | Eddie Johnson |
| 58 | RILB | Scott Nicolas |
| 57 | ROLB | Clay Matthews |
| 31 | LCB | Frank Minnifield |
| 27 | SS | Al Gross |
| 20 | FS | Don Rogers |
| 29 | RCB | Hanford Dixon |
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Mark Clayton |
| 85 | WR | Mark Duper |
| 79 | LOT | Jon Giesler |
| 61 | LOG | Roy Foster |
| 57 | C | Dwight Stephenson |
| 76 | ROG | Steve Clark |
| 72 | ROT | Ronnie Lee |
| 84 | TE | Bruce Hardy |
| 13 | QB | Dan Marino |
| 22 | RB | Tony Nathan |
| 34 | FB | Woody Bennett |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Doug Betters |
| 71 | NT | Mike Charles |
| 59 | RDE | Kim Bokamper |
| 59 | LOLB | Bob Brudzinski |
| 53 | LILB | Jay Brophy |
| 50 | RILB | Jackie Shipp |
| 55 | ROLB | Hugh Green |
| 44 | LCB | Paul Lankford |
| 47 | SS | Glenn Blackwood |
| 43 | FS | Bud Brown |
| 49 | RCB | William Judson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Earnest Byner | 16 | 161 | 10.1 | 66t | 2 |
| Kevin Mack | 13 | 56 | 4.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Curtis Dickey | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Bernie Kosar | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Ron Davenport | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 31t | 2 |
| Tony Nathan | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Woody Bennett | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Joe Carter | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bernie Kosar | 19 | 10 | 52.6 | 1 | 66 | 3.5 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 56.0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Dan Marino | 45 | 25 | 55.6 | 1 | 238 | 5.3 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Earnest Byner | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 16t | 1 |
| Harry Holt | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Clarence Weathers | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Herman Fontenot | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Tony Nathan | 10 | 101 | 10.1 | 39 | 0 |
| Bruce Hardy | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Nat Moore | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 10 | 1 |
| Dan Johnson | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Rose | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Mark Clayton | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Woody Bennett | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Carter | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Rogers | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Paul Lankford | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jeff Gossett | 6 | 223 | 37.2 | 57 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Reggie Roby | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 62 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Brian Brennan | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Clarence Weathers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Tommy Vigorito | 3 | 0 | 23 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Kozlowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lyle Blackwood | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Glen Young | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Lorenzo Hampton | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 29 | 0 | |
| Tommy Vigorito | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Mack Moore | 1.0 | 4.0 |
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