Anderson Breaks Out With Five Touchdowns

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer (9) fires a 16-yard touchdown pass to running back Rudi Johnson in the first quarter of an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) (Tony Dejak - AP)

Cleveland's Braylon Edwards had eight catches for 146 yards and two touchdowns. Joe Jurevicius had two TD catches and Kellen Winslow had the other from Anderson, who got his first win as an NFL starter.

Lewis, signed by the Browns as a free agent this winter, averaged 8.0 yards per carry thanks to a 66-yard TD burst in the third quarter and 47-yard run in the fourth that set up Phil Dawson's 18-yard field goal that put the Browns up 51-38 with 5:44 left.

Palmer, though, brought the Bengals right back and hit Glenn Holt from 7 yards to make it 51-45 with 3:39 left.

The Browns were able to use up some clock, picking up a crucial first down when Edwards caught a pass over the middle and pushed his way past the markers despite being hit by several Bengals.

Cleveland, though, had to punt it away and Dave Zastudil, who missed last week's game with a bad back, dropped a pooch kick inside the 10 to make it tough on the Bengals.

Cincinnati's Rudi Johnson had 118 yards on 23 carries.

Chad Johnson's second TD catch pulled the Bengals within 34-31 in the third, and as the NFL's most eccentric showman promised, he jumped headfirst into the Dawg Pound, where he was baptized in a shower of beer by Cleveland's rowdiest fans.

Johnson climbed down and blew kisses to crowd. Seconds later, Lewis blew by the Bengals.

On first down at the 34, Lewis broke free at the line and down the left side on a run similar to a few he made in 2003 when he scorched the Browns for a single-game record 295 yards.

Palmer's fifth TD pass _ a 5-yarder to T.J. Houshmandzadeh _ got the Bengals within three, but Anderson countered with a 37-yard strike to Edward, who made a diving catch near the 5 and rolled into the end zone.