2004 Week 6 · Sun, Oct 17, 2004 · Cleveland Browns Stadium
Final
Cincinnati Bengals 17 at Cleveland Browns 34. Final.
Cleveland Browns 34–17 — never really in doubt late. Played in 19.5 mph wind — weigh that when reading the passing lines.
The Game Day Roster
Who was out, who dressed and never took a snap, and who was on the field how much. Snap counts begin in 2013. For this season the feed gives the game-day list and who was inactive, but not how many snaps each man took.
Cincinnati Bengals
46 dressed
Snap counts do not go back to this season — the game-day list below is what the feed carries.
Cleveland Browns
42 dressed
Snap counts do not go back to this season — the game-day list below is what the feed carries.
Who moved the needle
Top performers
No opportunity read for this era
Snap, route and expected-points data starts in 2021. This game is older than the usage record, so there is no opportunity read for it — the box score above is the complete picture we hold.
Full stat lines
Box score
Cincinnati Bengals
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Palmer | 20/36 | 148 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −9.3 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudi Johnson | 16 | 57 | 3.6 | 0 | −1.9 |
| Chris Perry | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | −1.2 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Herring | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Kaesviharn | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Miller | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Hardy | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deltha O'Neal | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Smith | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Thornton | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Williams | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Wilkins | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Landon Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Cleveland Browns
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Garcia | 16/23 | 310 | 4 | 2 | 1 | +15.7 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Green | 25 | 115 | 4.6 | 0 | −1.0 |
| Lee Suggs | 13 | 19 | 1.5 | 0 | −13.0 |
| Dennis Northcutt | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | −0.3 |
| Terrelle Smith | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | +0.5 |
| Jeff Garcia | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | −3.4 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Bentley | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Crocker | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daylon McCutcheon | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alvin McKinley | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andra Davis | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chaun Thompson | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kenard Lang | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Griffith | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warrick Holdman | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Little | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- Browns -3
- Closing total
- 40
- Bengals moneyline
- —
- Browns moneyline
- —
Browns closed -3 and covered, winning by 17.
Total closed 40; the game landed 51 — over by 11.0.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Cleveland Browns Stadium
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · grass
- Kickoff weather
- Cool, 46°F at kickoff; windy at 20 mph out of the west; overcast.
- Referee
- Bill Carollo
- Rest
- Bengals 14 days · Browns 7 days
- Coaches
- Marvin Lewis vs Butch Davis
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
Wind at 19.5 mph is the kind that drags passing depth and kicking range — weigh it when reading the splits.