Saints Edge Browns 23-22 in Overtime for First Home Win as Cleveland's Two-Point Try Fails
The New Orleans Saints beat the Cleveland Browns 23-22 in overtime on Sunday at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, earning their first home win of the season to improve to 3-5, while Cleveland lost its second straight game and fell to 5-4 in a Week 9 NFL matchup.
The teams were tied 6-6 after three quarters, with Irish kicker Charlie Smyth, who took over the Saints' kicking job this week, making field goals of 30 and 48 yards. In the fourth quarter, Browns backup quarterback Shedeur Sanders, on in relief of Deshaun Watson, hit KC Concepcion for a 64-yard touchdown and a 13-9 Cleveland lead. Audric Estime's 2-yard touchdown run put New Orleans ahead 16-13, but Andre Szmyt's 51-yard field goal, his third of the game, tied it with eight seconds left and forced overtime.
In the extra period, Tyler Shough threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to tight end Juwan Johnson with 4:17 left for a 23-16 lead, with Alvin Kamara carrying six times for 32 yards in overtime. Sanders answered with a 39-yard touchdown pass to Harold Fannin Jr. with one minute left, but Cleveland's two-point conversion attempt for the win failed on an incomplete pass.
Shough finished 21-of-35 for 265 yards and one touchdown with no interceptions, adding 51 rushing yards. Sanders was 19-of-31 for 297 yards and two touchdowns, with 272 of those yards coming after halftime. Saints pass rusher Carl Granderson became the first player in franchise history with multiple sacks in four consecutive games. It was New Orleans' second overtime game of the season after a 31-30 opening loss to Detroit. The Saints host Carolina on November 15.
Source: New Orleans Saints
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Photo: 图：路易斯安那州 New Orleans 的 Caesars Superdome（圣徒主场）。Glimmergloss 摄，CC0，经 Wikimedia Commons。/ The Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, home of the Saints. Photo by Glimmergloss, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
