NFL DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF * Playoff * 12-27-2008 Cotton Bowl Temp:55 Wind:0-10 *Internet* Line:Even MVP:Morton 1969 Cleveland (0-1) 0 10 7 7 24 1969 Dallas (1-0) 14 6 7 14 41 1 9:41 Dallas TD Hill 8 run (Clark,Mi) (5-74-1:52) 0-7 1 8:20 Dallas TD Hill 10 run (Clark,Mi) (1-10-0:07) 0-14 2 9:08 Cleveland TD Nelsen 68 pass to Warfield (Cockroft) (2-68-0:20) 7-14 2 1:40 Dallas TD Morton 18 pass to Reeves (fumbled) (2-78-0:37) 7-20 2 0:03 Cleveland FG Cockroft 31 (7-53-1:30) 10-20 3 9:55 Dallas TD Morton 45 pass to Hayes (Clark,Mi) (8-84-4:56) 10-27 3 1:44 Cleveland TD Kellerman 40 interception return (Cockroft) (0-0-0:00) 17-27 4 14:34 Dallas TD Morton 27 pass to Rentzel (Clark,Mi) (1-27-0:15) 17-34 4 8:58 Dallas TD Morton 18 pass to Conrad (Clark,Mi) (4-54-3:13) 17-41 4 2:37 Cleveland TD Kelly 3 run (Cockroft) (14-79-6:07) 24-41 Cle Dal First Downs 16 20 Rushes 25-112 27-214 Passes 40-14-193 26-13-263 Sacked 2-13 7-49 Fumble 1 0 Penalties 6-43 5-26 Turnovers 3 2 Time 29:21 30:33 Third Down 5-15 2-10 Fourth Down 0-0 0-1 Net Offense 292 428 Injuries: Garrison(Dal-1)-ankle, Reeves(Dal-1)-hamstring, *Flowers-knee(Dal-7) * Added to injury list after game. < Cleveland > < Dallas > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Nelsen 40 14 193 2 1 3 1 28.4 Morton 26 13 263 7 3 2 4 93.4 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Kelly 15 69 4.6 6 2 14 1 Hill 11 122 11.1 5 3 60 2 Warfield 1 16 16.0 1 1 16 0 Reeves 6 51 8.5 4 3 12 0 Johnson 4 11 2.8 0 0 6 0 Shy 4 25 6.3 1 1 10 0 Morrison 3 11 3.7 1 0 5 0 Morton 4 11 2.8 0 0 7 0 Scott 1 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 Welch 1 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 Nelsen 1 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 Baynham 1 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 25 112 4.5 8 3 16 1 27 214 7.9 10 7 60 2 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Morin 5 0 49 9.8 3 0 18 0 Rentzel 6 2 103 17.2 6 1 27 1 Johnson 3 0 13 4.3 0 0 9 0 Hayes 2 0 95 47.5 2 2 50 1 Warfield 2 1 76 38.0 1 1 68 1 Hill 1 0 11 11.0 0 0 11 0 Kelly 2 0 22 11.0 1 0 19 0 Ditka 1 0 7 7.0 0 0 7 0 Scott 1 0 12 12.0 1 0 12 0 Reeves 1 0 18 18.0 1 0 18 1 Collins 1 1 21 21.0 1 0 21 0 Conrad 1 0 18 18.0 1 0 18 1 Shy 1 0 11 11.0 0 0 11 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Nelsen 1 0 0 Schafrath 0 1 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Scott 4 97 24.3 30 0 Flowers 3 51 17.0 18 0 Morrison 1 13 13.0 13 0 Hagen 1 0 0.0 0 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Morrison 4 0 17 4.3 5 0 Hayes 4 3 30 7.5 18 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Cockroft 1-1 31 3-3 6 Clark 0-0 0 5-5 5 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Cockroft 9 336 37.3 0 1 0 42 Widby 6 271 45.2 2 0 0 50 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Garlington 8 0 1 1 0 0 1-12 Green 8 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Kellerman 6 0 2 0 0 0 1-40 Jordan 7 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Snidow 6 2 0 0 0 0 0-0 Howley 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Howell 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Andrie 4 1 0 0 0 1 0-0 Barnes 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 East 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Johnson 3 2 1 0 0 0 0-0 Gaechter 3 0 0 0 0 0 1-16 Gregory 3 2 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lilly 3 1 1 0 0 0 0-0 Houston 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Renfro 3 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 Sumner 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Johnson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Davis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Edwards 2 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 Upshaw 1 1 1 0 0 0 0-0 Flowers 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Andrews 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Whittingham 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Matheson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Pugh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Mitchell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Stincic 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Kanicki 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Walker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Righetti 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-13 Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Cockroft 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lindsey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Jenkins 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Meylan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Play-By-Play 1st Quarter KO 14:46 Cle Scott ret of 24 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own23 14:41 Cle Nelsen-Collins X Bas M-Slant/PBK 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 own23 13:59 Cle Johnson 6 Bas Trap-R 4-3 sZ Basic/Lo 3 4 own29 13:20 Cle Nelsen-Morin 4 Bas S-Hitch/PBK 4-3 tM Basic/Lo 1 10 own33 12:23 Cle Kelly 4 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic/Li 2 6 own37 11:44 Cle Kelly 3 Bas Trap-L 4-3 sZ Basic 3 3 own40 11:39 Cle Nelsen-Morin X Bas M-Hitch/PBK 4-3 tM Basic/Li 4 3 own40 11:33 Cle Cockroft 38,Hayes 4 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own26 10:53 Dal Hill 8 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 M Run 2 2 own34 10:45 Dal Morton-Hayes X Bas M-Fly 4-3 sZ Basic 3 2 own34 10:30 Dal Morton-Hayes 50 Bas L-Fly 5-2 tM Run 1 10 opp16 9:47 Dal Hill 8 Bas Sweep-L 5-2 M Run 2 2 opp8 9:41 Dal Hill 8/TD Bas Sweep-L 5-3 tM Goalline 0-7 KO 9:35 Cle Scott ret of 19 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own16 9:27 Cle Cle Pen8(Schafrath) Bas S-Hitch/PBK 4-3 Z Basic/Bz1 1 18 own8 8:47 Cle Johnson 0 Bas Trap-R 4-3 sZ Basic 2 18 own8 8:40 Cle Nelsen-Warfield X Bas M-Hitch/PBK 4-3 sZ Pass/Lo 3 18 own8 8:27 Cle Nelsen-INT-Brown Bas M-Cross/PBK 4-2 M Pass-Dbl-Warfield/Mo 1 10 opp10 8:20 Dal Hill 10/TD Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Pass-Dbl-Hayes 0-14 KO 8:05 Cle Scott ret of 30 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own29 7:59 Cle Nelsen-Morin X Bas M-Hitch/PBK 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 own29 7:59 Cle Pen5(Lilly) Bas M-Seam/PBK 4-3 Z Basic 2 5 own34 7:19 Cle Nelsen-Morin 18 Bas M-Seam/PBK 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp48 6:35 Cle Kelly 10 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp38 6:26 Cle Cle Pen15(Clark) Bas Trap-L 4-3 tM Basic 1 25 own47 5:46 Cle Sk-Andrie -9/F Bas M-Hitch/PBK 4-3 M Pass 2 34 own38 5:05 Cle Kelly 4 Bas Draw 4-3 M Pass 3 30 own42 4:56 Cle Nelsen-Collins X Bas L-Fly/NS/PBK 4-2 dZ Pass 4 30 own42 4:49 Cle Cockroft 37,Hayes 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own21 4:11 Dal Sk-Johnson -9 Bas M-Out 4-3 dZ Basic 2 19 own12 3:25 Dal Hill 1 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 Z Key-Hill/Lo 3 18 own13 3:22 Dal Morton-Hill X Bas M-Isolate/RBw/sec 3-3 dZ Prevent 4 18 own13 3:15 Dal Widby 50,Morrison 4 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own41 3:11 Cle Nelsen-Morin X Bas M-Seam/PBK 4-3 M Basic 2 10 own41 2:29 Cle Kelly 0 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Basic 3 10 own41 1:42 Cle Nelsen-Johnson 1 Bas Screen 4-3 tM Pass 4 9 own42 1:36 Cle Pen5(Johnson) --- Pt-deep --- Return 4 14 own37 1:29 Cle Cockroft 40,Hayes 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own23 1:23 Dal Morton-Ditka 7 Bas M-Out/sec 4-3 Z Key-Hill 2 3 own30 0:44 Dal Reeves 8 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 tM Key-Hill 1 10 own38 0:44 Dal Pen5(Wilbur) Bas L-Slant 4-3 M Key-Hill 1 15 own33 0:36 Dal Morton-Reeves X Bas M-Out 4-3 sZ Basic/Lo 2 15 own33 0:26 Dal Morton-Rentzel 18 Bas M-Out 4-3 Z Pass/Lo 1 10 opp49 0:13 Dal Morton-Rentzel X Bas L-Fly 4-3 sZ Key-Hill 2 10 opp49 0:07 Dal Morton-Reeves X Bas M-Hitch 4-3 tM Basic 3 10 opp49 0:00 Dal Morton-Rentzel X Bas M-Fly/RBw 4-3 tM Pass/Lo/A 2nd Quarter 4 10 opp49 14:53 Dal Widby 49,Morrison 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 14:11 Cle Kelly 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Basic 2 7 own23 13:29 Cle Nelsen 1 Bas S-Out/PBK 4-3 sZ Basic 3 6 own24 12:47 Cle Kelly 1 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 tM Pass/Lo 4 5 own25 12:42 Cle Cockroft 42,Hayes 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own33 11:51 Dal Reeves 12 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Pass/Bz2 1 10 own45 11:06 Dal Hill 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Key-Hill 2 7 own48 11:06 Dal Pen5(Liscio) Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Key-Hill 2 12 own43 10:27 Dal Sk-Johnson -5 Bas S-Flat 4-3 tM Pass 3 17 own38 9:36 Dal Sk-Gregory -5 Bas M-Fly/RBw 4-3 dZoPass/Lo 4 22 own33 9:28 Dal Widby 40,Morrison 5 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own32 9:21 Cle Nelsen-Warfield X Bas M-Fly/PBK 4-3 Z Pass 2 10 own32 9:08 Cle Nelsen-Warfield 68/T Bas M-Cross/PBK 4-3 sZ Key-Kelly 7-14 KO 9:02 Dal Flowers ret of 16 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own16 8:58 Dal Morton-Reeves X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Pass-Dbl-Hill 2 10 own16 8:06 Dal Morton-Rentzel 17 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 tM Key-Hill 1 10 own33 7:22 Dal Hill 5 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 sZ Key-Hill 2 5 own38 6:33 Dal Reeves 11 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 tM Pass/Bz1 1 10 own49 5:50 Dal Morton-Rentzel 15 Bas M-Slant 4-3 M Basic 1 10 opp36 5:03 Dal Sk-Snidow -7 Bas M-Fly 4-3 Z Key-Hill 2 17 opp43 4:20 Dal Morton-Hill 11 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 ZoPass/Lo 3 6 opp32 4:13 Dal Morton-Hayes X Bas L-Hitch 4-3 tM Key-Hill/Lo 4 6 opp32 4:06 Dal Sk-Snidow -6 Bas S-Flat 4-3 tM Key-Hill/Lo 1 10 own38 3:59 Cle Nelsen-Warfield X Bas M-Cross/PBK 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 own38 3:13 Cle Kelly 5 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Pass/Lo 3 5 own43 2:22 Cle Nelsen-Kelly 3 Bas S-Hitch/PBK 4-3 tM Pass 4 2 own46 2:17 Cle Cockroft 32,Hayes 0 --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own22 1:55 Dal Hill 60 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Pass/Lo 1 10 opp18 1:40 Dal Morton-Reeves 18/TD Bas S-Hitch 4-3 tM Pass/Bz2/A 7-20 KO 1:33 Cle Morrison ret of 13 --- KO-angle --- Return 1 10 own23 1:11 Cle Nelsen-Morin 7 Bas S- 4-2 Z Pass 2 3 own30 1:00 Cle Kelly 5 Bas Trap-R 4-2 Z Pass 1 10 own35 0:54 Cle Nelsen-Morin 7 Bas S-Out/HO 4-2 Z Pass 2 3 own42 0:32 Cle Morrison 5 Bas OffTkl-R/HO 4-2 M Pass 1 10 own47 0:22 Cle Nelsen-Kelly 19 Bas M-Out/HO/PBK 4-2 Z Pass 1 10 opp34 0:15 Cle Nelsen-Warfield 8 Bas S-Out/HO/PBK/sec 4-2 M Pass 2 2 opp26 0:03 Cle Kelly 2 Bas OffTkl-R/HO 4-2 Z Pass 1 10 opp24 0:00 Cle FG Cockroft 31/G --- FG --- Block 10-20 3rd Quarter KO 14:51 Dal Flowers ret of 18 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own16 14:05 Dal Reeves 4 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 dZ Pass 2 6 own20 13:17 Dal Reeves 12 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Key-Hill 1 10 own32 12:31 Dal Hill 1 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 dZ Pass 2 9 own33 11:39 Dal Hill 12 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Pass/Bz1 1 10 own45 10:57 Dal Morton 4 Bas L-Fly 4-3 M Run 2 6 own49 10:16 Dal Hill 6 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 tM Key-Hill 1 10 opp45 10:11 Dal Morton-Reeves X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Key-Hill 2 10 opp45 9:55 Dal Morton-Hayes 45/TD Bas L-Hitch 4-3 sZ Key-Hill 10-27 KO 9:55 Cle kick downed --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 9:51 Cle Nelsen-Johnson X Bas S-Hitch/PBK 4-3 M Basic 2 10 own20 9:07 Cle Nelsen-Johnson 3 Bas Screen 4-3 M Pass 3 7 own23 9:01 Cle Nelsen-Collins X Bas M-Out/PBK 4-3 M Pass 4 7 own23 8:52 Cle Cockroft 41,Hayes 8 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own44 8:08 Dal Reeves 4 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 tM Basic 2 6 own48 8:01 Dal Morton-Hayes X Bas M-Fly 4-3 Z Pass 3 6 own48 7:48 Dal Morton-INT-Garlingto Bas M-Slant 3-3 M Pass-Dbl-Hayes/Rentz 1 10 own49 7:07 Cle Johnson 2 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 8 opp49 6:58 Cle Nelsen-Warfield X Bas L-Out/PBK 4-3 Z Pass 3 8 opp49 6:53 Cle Nelsen-Collins X Bas M-Out/PBK/sec 4-3 sZ Pass 4 8 opp49 6:49 Cle Cockroft 36,Hayes 0 --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own13 6:04 Dal Shy 4 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 tM Pass/Bz1 2 6 own17 5:19 Dal Sk-Gregory -11 Bas L-Hitch 4-3 M Basic 3 17 own6 4:34 Dal Morton-Shy 11 Bas Screen 3-3 dZ Pass 4 6 own17 4:27 Dal Widby 40,Morrison 5 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own48 3:45 Cle Kelly 4 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Pass 2 6 opp48 3:45 Cle Pen5(Clark) Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Basic 2 11 own47 3:36 Cle Nelsen-Warfield X Bas Screen/PBK 4-3 M Pass 3 11 own47 3:30 Cle Nelsen-Morin X Bas M-Seam/PBK 4-2 M Pass 4 11 own47 3:24 Cle Cockroft 38,Hayes 18 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own33 2:39 Dal Sk-Upshaw -6 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Basic 2 16 own27 1:57 Dal Morton 7 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 tM Basic 3 9 own34 1:44 Dal Morton-INT-Kellerman Bas S-Hitch 3-3 M Pass/Bz2 17-27 KO 1:39 Dal Flowers ret of 17 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own17 1:29 Dal Morton-Hayes X Bas L-Hitch 4-3 Z Pass 2 10 own17 0:43 Dal Morton 1 Bas Draw 4-3 sZ Pass 3 9 own18 0:02 Dal Shy 7 3W1 Draw 3-3 M Pass-Dbl-Rentzel/Bz1 4 2 own25 0:00 Dal Widby 43,Morrison 3 --- Pt-deep --- Return 4th Quarter 1 10 own35 14:49 Cle Nelsen-INT-Gaechter Bas M-Out/PBK 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp27 14:34 Dal Morton-Rentzel 27/TD Bas M-Hitch 4-3 tM Pass 17-34 KO 14:34 Cle kick downed --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 13:51 Cle Kelly 3 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Pass 2 7 own23 13:07 Cle Johnson 3 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Pass 3 4 own26 12:17 Cle Sk-Lilly -4 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Pass 4 8 own22 12:11 Cle Cockroft 32,Hayes 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own46 11:13 Dal Shy 10 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Pass/Bz1 1 10 opp44 10:11 Dal Morton-Rentzel 10 Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-3 sZ Pass 1 10 opp34 9:09 Dal Morton-Rentzel 16 Bas M-Hitch 4-3 tM Basic 1 10 opp18 8:58 Dal Morton-Conrad 18/TD Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-3 tM Pass/Bz2 17-41 KO 8:44 Cle Scott ret of 24 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own21 8:02 Cle Scott 4 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Pass 2 6 own25 8:02 Cle Pen5(Hoaglin) Bas S-Slant 4-3 Z Pass 2 11 own20 7:57 Cle Nelsen-Warfield X Bas S-Cross/PBK 4-3 Z Pass/Lo 3 11 own20 7:35 Cle Nelsen-Scott 12 Bas S- 4-3 Z Pass/Lo/C 1 10 own32 7:35 Cle Pen5(Kelly) Bas M-Out/PBK 4-3 Z Pass 1 15 own27 7:26 Cle Nelsen-Warfield X Bas M-Out 4-3 Z Pass 2 15 own27 6:44 Cle Nelsen-Collins 21 Bas M-Slant 4-3 Z Pass/C 1 10 own48 6:34 Cle Nelsen-Warfield X Bas M-Out 4-3 Z Pass 2 10 own48 5:55 Cle Nelsen-Morin 13 Bas S-Cross/sec 4-3 Z Pass/C 1 10 opp39 5:50 Cle Nelsen-Morin X Bas M-Cross/sec 4-3 Z Pass 2 10 opp39 5:00 Cle Kelly 14 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp25 4:54 Cle Nelsen-Warfield X Bas M-Hitch 4-3 Z Pass 2 10 opp25 4:06 Cle Warfield 16 Bas Reverse 4-3 Z Pass 1 9 opp9 3:13 Cle Morrison 5 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 sZ Pass 2 4 opp4 2:47 Cle Morrison 1 Bas Trap-R 4-3 tM Goalline 3 3 opp3 2:37 Cle Kelly 3/TD Bas Trap-L 4-3 tM Goalline 24-41 KO 2:31 Dal Hagen ret of 0 --- KO-onside --- Return 1 10 own44 2:23 Dal Shy 4 Bas Dive 4-3 M Basic 2 6 own48 2:14 Dal Welch 4 Bas Dive 4-3 M Run 3 2 opp48 2:00 Dal Morton -1 Bas QbKneel 4-3 M Run/Bz3/Li 4 3 opp49 1:51 Dal Widby 49,Morrison 0 --- Pt-deep --- Block 1 10 own20 1:46 Cle Nelsen-Johnson X Bas M-Out/SG/NS/HO/RBw 4-3 Z Pass 2 10 own20 1:22 Cle Nelsen-Johnson 9 Bas M-Hitch/NS/HO/RBw 4-3 M Pass 3 1 own29 1:22 Cle Kelly 8 Bas Trap-R/HO/RBw 4-3 M Pass 1 10 own29 1:05 Cle Spiked Ball Bas Spiked Ball 4-3 M 2 10 own37 0:53 Cle Dal Pen5(Clark) Bas M-Fly/NS/HO/RBw 4-3 M Pass 1 10 own42 0:47 Cle Nelsen-Warfield X Bas L-Fly/NS/HO/RBw 4-3 M Pass 2 10 own42 0:37 Cle Nelsen-Collins X Bas L-/NS/HO/PBK/RBw 4-3 M Pass 3 10 own42 0:23 Cle Nelsen-INT-Brown Bas L-Cross/SG/NS/HO/PBK 4-3 M Pass 1 10 own37 0:00 Dal Baynham 1 Bas Dive 4-3 M Basic