Amari Cooper sets Browns' receiving record with 265 yards - ESPN

HOUSTON — All fourth quarter, Amari Cooper was campaigning to get back in the game. It wasn't to break the Cleveland Browns' franchise record, but rather to top 300 receiving yards in a game.

He didn't quite reach 300. Instead, Cooper had to settle for 265 yards — a new Browns single-game record.

«It was a lot of time left, man. A lot of food on the plate there,» said Cooper, who sat most of the fourth quarter with 252 receiving yards and a 36-7 lead. «So yeah, I was anxious a little bit, for sure.»

Fittingly, Cooper came up with the catch that all but sealed the win as the Browns took another big step toward securing their first playoff appearance since 2020.

After the Texans scored two late touchdowns — including one after an onside kick — to bring Sunday's outcome back into doubt, Cooper got his wish, re-entered the game and, just as he had done all afternoon, he delivered.

On fourth-and-7, Cooper hauled in a 13-yard reception to break the team record previously held by Josh Gordon (261 in 2013) and help Cleveland fend off Houston's late rally to win 36-22.

«He's a savant out there.… A consummate pro,» Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said of Cooper, who finished with a game-high 11 catches. "… Pretty special. He's a good one."

Amari Cooper is the sixth player in NFL history with four career 200-yard receiving games.

Cooper now has four 200-yard receiving games in his career — one off the NFL record shared by Calvin Johnson and Lance Alworth — and he became just the second NFL player to reach the milestone with three different franchises. Cooper also achieved the feat for the Raiders and Cowboys, joining Terrell Owens (49ers, Cowboys and Bengals) as the only other player to do it.

«The rhythm of the game, the way it was