CLEVELAND BROWNS WEEKLY GAME RELEASE Regular Season Week 3, Game 3 Cleveland Browns (1-1) vs. Oakland Raiders (1-1) DATE: Sept. 27, 2015 SITE: FirstEnergy Stadium KICKOFF: 1:00 p.m. CAPACITY: 67,431 SURFACE: Grass NOTABLE STORYLINES SETTING THE STAGE Television The Browns host the Oakland Raiders at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, CBS, Channel 19, Cleveland Sept. 27. The Raiders own an 11-10 advantage in the season series. Play-by-play: Carter Blackburn The Browns have won the last two meetings, including a 23-13 Analyst: Chris Simms victory at FirstEnergy Stadium last year on Oct. 26. Cleveland picked up its fi rst win of the year after topping Ten- Radio nessee, 28-14, at FirstEnergy Stadium on Sunday. All three phases PNC Bank Cleveland Browns Radio Network of the game played a pivotal part in the victory. The offense com- Flagship stations: 92.3 The Fan (WKRK-FM), ESPN 850 WKNR, pleted two passes of 50+ yards for touchdowns, the defense forced WNCX (98.5 FM) three turnovers and the special teams unit returned a punt for a Play-by-play: Jim Donovan touchdown. The Browns have won consecutive home openers for Analyst: Doug Dieken the fi rst time since 1989-90. Sideline reporter: Nathan Zegura WR Travis Benjamin recorded touchdown receptions of 50 and 60 yards and added a 78-yard punt return touchdown against 2015 SCHEDULE PRESEASON (1-3) Tennessee (9/20). He is the fi rst player in Browns history to re- DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT NETWORK cord two receiving scores and a punt return touchdown in the same THURS., AUG. 13 WASHINGTON REDSKINS L, 17-20 WEWS game and the fi rst NFL player to do so since St. Louis’ Tavon Aus- THURS., AUG. 20 BUFFALO BILLS L, 10-11 ESPN tin on Nov. 10, 2013. Benjamin fi nished with a career-high 115 Sat., Aug. 29 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W, 31-7 WEWS receiving yards, surpassing his previous mark of 89, set last week Thurs., Sept. 3 at Chicago Bears L, 0-24 WEWS at the New York Jets (9/13). With a 54-yard touchdown catch last REGULAR SEASON (1-1) week, Benjamin is the fi rst NFL player with four 50+ yard touch- DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT NETWORK downs in the fi rst two games of a season since Hall of Famer Jim Sun., Sept. 13 at New York Jets L, 10-31 CBS Brown in 1963. Benjamin added 154 punt return yards, the third- SUN., SEPT. 20 TENNESSEE TITANS W, 28-14 CBS most in a single-game in Browns history. SUN., SEPT. 27 OAKLAND RAIDERS 1:00 P.M. CBS Sun., Oct. 4 at San Diego Chargers 4:05 p.m. CBS Sun., Oct. 11 at Baltimore Ravens #1:00 p.m. CBS Benjamin is tied for the NFL lead with four touchdowns this SUN., OCT. 18 DENVER BRONCOS #1:00 P.M. CBS season. He is also tied for second in receiving touchdowns (three) Sun., Oct. 25 at St. Louis Rams #1:00 p.m. CBS and fourth in receiving yards (204). He has the longest punt return SUN., NOV. 1 ARIZONA CARDINALS #1:00 P.M. FOX in the NFL this year (78 yards vs. Tennessee on Sept. 20) and is Thurs., Nov. 5 at Cincinnati Bengals 8:25 p.m. NFLN Sun., Nov. 15 at Pittsburgh Steelers #1:00 p.m. CBS fi rst in the league with an average of 23.4 yards per punt return. Sun., Nov. 22 Bye Week MON., NOV. 30 BALTIMORE RAVENS 8:30 P.M. ESPN The Browns, who fi nished 27th in sacks last season with 31, SUN., DEC. 6 CINCINNATI BENGALS #1:00 P.M. CBS are currently tied for fourth in the NFL this year. The team recorded SUN., DEC. 13 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS #1:00 P.M. FOX seven sacks against Tennessee (9/20), the team’s highest sack total Sun., Dec. 20 at Seattle Seahawks #4:05 p.m. FOX Sun., Dec. 27 at Kansas City Chiefs #1:00 p.m. CBS since registering seven at Dallas on Nov. 18, 2012. The seven sacks SUN., JAN. 3 PITTSBURGH STEELERS #1:00 P.M. CBS are the second-most by any team in a game this season. LB Ar- monty Bryant led the Browns with a career-high 2.5 sacks, tied All times Eastern #Due to NFL flexible scheduling, game times are subject to change for sixth in the NFL. INSIDE THIS WEEK’S RELEASE The Browns defense recorded three takeaways against the Ti- How they compare ......................2 Rosters.........................................15-18 Series history ...............................3 How the Browns were built ........19 tans (9/20) to increase their season total to four, tied for the fi fth- Connections .................................3 Depth chart ..................................20 Last time they played ..................4 Pronunciation guide ....................20 most in the league. What to look for this week ..........4 Transactions ................................21-22 Probable starters ..........................5-6 The last time ................................23 Notes ...........................................7-11 Participation chart .......................24 The Browns registered 116 rushing yards against the Titans Mike Pettine bio ..........................12 Game summaries .........................25 Stadium Renovations ..................13 2015 stats ....................................26-28 (9/20). The team has rushed for more than 100 yards in consecu- Browns in the community ...........14 tive games for the fi rst time since Weeks 4-5 in 2014. Cleveland to- taled 104 rushing yards in the opener against the Jets. The Browns BROWNS COMMUNICATIONS STAFF are 16th in the league with an average of 110.0 rushing yards per Peter John-Baptiste, [email protected], 440/891-5015 Dan Murphy, [email protected], 440/824-3659 game this season. Rob McBurnett, [email protected], 440/824-6175 Nate Horgan, [email protected], 440/891-5156 Cleveland Browns vs. Oakland Raiders Regular Season Week 3, Game 3 -1- A LOOK AT THIS WEEK’S GAME HOW THEY COMPARE UPCOMING MEDIA SCHEDULE Cleveland Browns Record: 1-1 Tuesday, September 22 2015 leaders: Players off – no availability Rushing: Isaiah Crowell (27-92, 3.4, 1 TD) Wednesday, September 23 Passing: Johnny Manziel (21-39, 354, 3 TD) 12:25 p.m. – Coach Pettine available in the media center Receiving: Travis Benjamin (6-204 34.0, 3 TD) 1:30 p.m. – Raiders Head Coach Jack Del Rio conference call 1:35-3:10 p.m. – Practice 3:15 p.m. – Open locker room Oakland Raiders TBD – Raiders player conference call Record: 1-1 Thursday, September 24 2015 leaders: 12:25 p.m. – Coach Pettine available in the media center Rushing: Latavius Murray (26-109, 4.2, 1 TD) 12:40 p.m. – Special teams coordinator Chris Tabor available in media center Passing: Derek Carr (37-58, 412, 3 TD) 12:55 p.m. – Defensive coordinator Jim O’Neil available in media center 1:10 p.m. – Offensive coordinator John DeFilippo available in media center Receiving: Amari Cooper (12-156, 13.0, 1 TD) 1:35-3:10 p.m. – Practice 3:15 p.m. – Open locker room Coaching capsules: Friday, September 25 Cleveland -- Mike Pettine: 8-10, second season as head coach. 11:30 a.m. – 12:55 p.m. – Practice Mike Pettine was named the 15th full-time head coach in Cleve- Immediately after practice – Head Coach Mike Pettine available on the fi eld land Browns history on Jan. 23, 2014. In his fi rst season as head 1:10 p.m. – Open locker room coach, Pettine led the Browns to the team’s most victories since Saturday, September 26 2007 and tied for the third-most wins since the club returned in No availability 1999. Pettine joined the Browns after spending 2013 as the defen- Sunday, September 27 sive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills and the 2009-12 seasons as 1:00 p.m. – Browns vs. Oakland Raiders the defensive coordinator for the New York Jets. Pettine has helped his units to a top-10 fi nish in fewest yards allowed in all fi ve of his Monday, September 28 Approximately 2:15 p.m. – Open locker room seasons as a defensive coordinator. Prior to joining the Jets, Pettine Approximately 3:45 p.m. – Coach Pettine available in the media center spent seven years (2002-08) with the Baltimore Ravens. He also spent 12 years coaching on the high school level and two on the #Practice sessions are open to local media through the individual period of prac- tice (approximately 30 minutes). college level. *All times and availability are Eastern, approximate and subject to change. Oakland -- Jack Del Rio: 69-72, 10th season as head coach, fi rst Please feel free to confi rm times with the Browns communications staff. with Oakland. **All credential requests need to be submitted via www.clevelandbrowns.com/ Jack Del Rio was named the 19th head coach in Raiders history on mediacredentials by noon, six days before each home game and 10 days for Jan. 15, 2015. He joins the team after spending the previous three each away game. seasons (2011-14) as the Broncos’ defensive coordinator. While with the Broncos, the team won three straight AFC West division titles and appeared in Super Bowl XLVIII. Del Rio is entering his 30th season in the NFL and 19th season in coaching. He was previ- 2015 AFC NORTH STANDINGS ously the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars (2003-11), where the team was ranked sixth in yards allowed per game (317.3) and Team W L T Pct. PF PA eighth in points allowed (20.3). Del Rio played 11 seasons in the Cincinnati 2 0 0 1.000 57 32 NFL as a linebacker with the Saints (1985-86), Chiefs (1987-88), Cleveland 1 1 0 .500 38 45 Cowboys (1989-91) and the Vikings (1992-1995).