[11], On November 14, 2019, Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield notched his first win over the Steelers with a 217 victory, the Browns first win in the series since 2014. And now, like every show I watched as a kid, it's been rebooted -- and might even be better than the original. Browns clinch AFC Central in final game of the season in Pittsburgh. But this rivalry, Bills v. Dolphins, was a highlight of my football-watching youth. The following are my top 10 Browns-Steelers games of all time. And Payton has to ride the Jameis-coaster, at least in this opener. Let's just get to the top rivalries of 2021: This is one of my favorite rivalries in the NFL right now. The Browns won the first meeting on October 7, 1950, 3017 as they forced six Steelers turnovers. The Browns ended a 16-game losing streak at Three Rivers Stadium with a 2724 victory in 1986. "Most definitely," Watson said this week. Like Hanson. AFC Wild Card round: 2002, 2020. Please check your email for a confirmation. Now, Stefon Diggs is a better player than Kenny Golladay, but the latter should give Daniel Jones a huge boost -- and inherently allow the team to fully evaluate whether Danny Dimes is truly a quarterback to build around. Joe Greene (75) puts the stop on Browns running back Leroy Kelly in the first quarter of Pittsburgh's 28-9 win on Nov. 29, 1970. After the NFL merged with the former American Football League (AFL) in 1970, the Browns and Steelers were placed in the Central division of the newly formed American Football Conference (AFC). The Steelers were the main reason why the Browns failed to qualify for the playoffs 1978 and '79. You'll now receive the top Steelers Wire stories each day directly in your inbox. Gregg Rosenthal identifies who's up and who's down after the conclusion of the 2023 NFL Draft. Zero, they prefer the dark after years of living in Baltimore's shadow. Browns win, Steelers nearly come back from down 297 late in the game in Cleveland but fall one point short. Cleveland entered the game heavy favorites but looked sluggish early as the Steelers took advantage of poor field conditions and a young Browns offense. In the second matchup, the Steelers overcame a 20-6 deficit to defeat the visiting Browns in overtime, 33-30. The browser you are using is no longer supported on this site. So, yeah, I don't see this drama ending any time soon. The rivalry was primarily fueled by the close proximity between the two cities, as Cleveland and Pittsburgh are roughly 135 miles apart. The Rams were eliminated by the Packers in last season's playoffs. Not all of the blame could be put on the offenses for the lack of production as the game was played in a torrential downpour. Steelers win, Browns overcome a 2614 fourth-quarter deficit with two late. Both teams have such strong fan bases that neither typically has blackout issues since the current rules were implemented in 1973, although the final two games of the 1995 season were blacked out in Cleveland (the last two prior to the original Browns' move to Baltimore). Browns' 510 win is the largest margin of victory in the rivalry's history, as well as the Steeler's worst loss in franchise history. Sorry for the inconvenience**, No. https://ftw.usatoday.com/2021/01/browns-steelers-fans-had-jokes-about-how-start, Ranking every NFL team's 2023 draft class from 32 (sorry, 49ers) to 1 (whoa, Colts), 13 Winners (Bill Belichick!) Quarterbacks David Woodley (Steelers) and Bernie Kosar (Browns) only managed a combined total of 187 yards through the air while neither threw for a score. I know a lot of you kids have spent the vast majority of your lives with a Patriots-centric AFC East. This included six straight wins from 1993 to 1995 that featured a 299 win in the 1994 divisional playoff game, the first playoff meeting between the two rivals. The Steelers won, 43-0, with Hines Ward's first career touchdown providing the finishing touch. pic.twitter.com/AYbvPNMt2S. Pete Prisco and R.J. White join Will Brinson on the Pick Six Podcast to break it all down. That's like somebody offering to buy you dinner, and you choose Taco Bell. Keep up with the undrafted rookie free-agent signings with a team-by-team list of player acquisitions following the 2023 NFL Draft. Once upon a time, long, long ago there was a season when neither the Browns nor the Steelers made the post season playoffs. Bradshaw suffered a neck injury from the play, and the footage of the sack has since become immortalized in NFL Films as part of the rivalry. Sunday's game will mark the first Steelers-Browns game in nearly 20 years where something significant is on the line for both teams. AFC Wild Card Round, Steelers come back from down 247 in the 3rd quarter. Eric Edholm breaks down Day 3 of the 2023 NFL Draft, providing pick-by-pick analysis for every selection in Rounds 4 and 5. The win meant that the 115 Browns clinched the 6-seed and faced the Steelers in Pittsburgh for a rematch in the Wild Card Round. 0:56. 8: November 3, 1985 Steelers Win 10-9. Fearing a problem and not wanting it to get worse, she decided to take him to a child psychologist. https://steelerswire.usatoday.com/lists/steelers-browns-nfl-rivalry-history/, 4 roster needs the Steelers still must address, Grading the Steelers picks from the 2023 NFL draft, Check out the RAS for the Steelers 2023 NFL draft class, Steelers suddenly have crowded cornerback depth chart, Steelers UDFA Tanner Morgan talented enough be No. Browns: Back to Pittsburgh, where they lost 38-7 in October and have dropped 17 in a row at Heinz Field. I didn't know the browns were playing tonight. Even though Cleveland would end up losing a heartbreaker, Kelly Holcomb would steal the show and collect many headlines as the Browns quarterback threw for 429 yards and three touchdowns in the loss. In the game in Pittsburgh, Browns come back from down 273 in the 3rd quarter to tie the game at 27, but the Steelers kick a game winning field goal. William Green got the load of the offensive work for the Browns as his 115 yards on the ground as well as Daylon McCutcheons 75-yard interception return nailed down a victory for Cleveland that would be remembered as the Browns would not be victorious against Pittsburgh again until 2009. From quips about referees, players, and the teams themselves, these jokes make for perfect light hearted banter between the most devoted fans. The Browns and Steelers would split their first four games in Cleveland's return to the NFL, as Pittsburgh struggled through three consecutive non-playoff seasons during that span. Cleveland entered the game in the midst of another terrible season while Pittsburgh was in the hunt for yet another postseason. Pittsburgh would then lose by a point in the AFC divisional round to the eventual AFC champion Broncos, who would then defeat the Browns in the AFC title game for a third time in a four-year span. Now, the Browns and the Steelers are on equal footing. The success of the '94 Browns was tempered by their inability to beat the Steelers, who beat the Browns twice in the regular season before defeating them in their first-ever playoff showdown. The teams have traded wins in the past two postseasons. The first day after 8 hours of fishing the Browns had caught 0 fish and the Steelers had 100. Three Sipe interceptions were the difference, Wagner collecting two picks and Shell coming up with another pick of Cleveland's quarterback. This week the rivalry is renewed with their first showdown of the 2021 NFL season. Big Blue took a page out of the Bills' playbook by snagging a big-time receiver. That's not what I'm doing here. The Browns opened the scoring by returning a fumble 2 yards for a TD on the Steelers first play of the game then added three more over the next 15 minutes. This page was last edited on 5 April 2023, at 07:51. While Pittsburgh struggled through a 6-10 season, the Browns raced to the AFC title game before falling in epic fashion to John Elway and theBroncos. Former Browns head coach Marty Schottenheimer is a native of Pittsburgh area suburb Canonsburg, along with his brother Kurt Schottenheimer, who was the Browns special teams coach from 1987 to 1988. This site uses cookies to personalize ads and to analyse web traffic, for more info please review our Privacy Policy, Cleveland Browns Rush Rebuild, Detonate Super Bowl Window. 1. Steelers Hall of Famer Jack Lambert is a native Ohioan and attended Kent State University, as did Akron, Ohio native James Harrison. Garrett then ripped off Rudolph's helmet and used it to hit Rudolph in the head while being restrained by Steelers C Maurkice Pouncey and Steelers G David DeCastro. We had to fight. The major turning point was in the 1970s when Cleveland native and Browns' linebacker Chuck Noll coached the Steelers. And it's something that's been of particular interest to this Chicago Bears fan. Like 1994, the 2002 Steelers won both of their games against the Browns leading up to their playoff showdown. Brady Quinn solidified himself in Cleveland legacy (if only for a short while) as he made his first and got his only significant win in a Browns uniform. No disrespect to Doritos Locos Tacos, but you might want to set your sights a bit higher. Like every other NFL team this week, the Browns talked a lot about Bills safety Damar Hamlin, but they also weighed in on the Steelers, including talking about Kenny Pickett, T.J. Watt and the spoiler role. The Rams could have been content to just continue riding with Jared Goff. The Steelers opened Three Rivers Stadium in 1970 and won their first sixteen meetings with the Browns at that venue. But I love that the Chargers put a priority on the offensive line in free agency, with the banner acquisition being first-team All-Pro center Corey Linsley. When I performed this same exercise last March, you all yelled at me for having Saints-Bucs as a top rivalry. But man, some of the other actions seem quite aggressive. The Chiefs were supposed to be the chosen ones. 6-keys: media/spln/nfl/reg/free/stories, By pressing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the. The consistently poor Browns' teams since their expansion in 1999, along with the one-sidedness of the rivalry since then is also a factor in the rivalry having diminished in the views of football fans. Steelers vs Browns goes all the way back to 1950 and the two teams have squared off a total of 139 career meetings. This game is believed to be the coldest game in the history of the rivalry with a wind chill around 10F (23C).[8]. The Steelers dominated the game 430 in a game in which the new Browns could only gain two first downs. Eric Edholm breaks down Day 2 of the 2023 NFL Draft, providing pick-by-pick analysis for every selection in Rounds 2 and 3. With 138 meetings it is the oldest rivalry and the most storied in the American Football Conference. You might ask where Rams vs. Seahawks ranks, but Wilson vs. Seahawks is going to be much more interesting. This game is so bad, I may have to watch Wonder Woman 84 as a pick me up. The following browsers are supported: Chrome, Edge (v80 and later), Firefox and Safari. On your way home from my office stop at the grocery store and buy some grapes and some doughnuts." The biggest statistic of the game was the fact that Cleveland managed to sack Steeler quarterback Ben Roethlisberger a total of eight times and pushed him to his first career loss against the Browns. In 1980, Cleveland staggered out to a 4-3 start before hosting the also-struggling Steelers in Week 8. Browns win. In what was considered by most to be one of the biggest upsets of the 1999 season, the newly rebuilt Cleveland Browns came into Pittsburgh in Week 9 with a 1-8 overall record and nearly a zero percent chance of beating the 5-3 Steelers. It's been 52 years and nobody's taken the Browns to the super bowl. Football has the Browns. Those players are going to be going into the game thinking if we play our best game, even if Pittsburgh plays its best game, it could be a . OTD 1980: For the 2nd week in a row, the @Browns pull off a 2nd half comeback, this time when down 20-7 in the 3rd vs the Steelers! The Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers have one of the most storied rivalries in all of the NFL. [3] The Youngstown area fan base remains roughly split 50/50 between the Steelers and Browns. The first occurred in 1976 when Joe "Turkey" Jones spiked Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw on his head during Cleveland's Week 5 . The Steelers rested a few of their starters, with Rudolph starting as quarterback. The team that catches the most fish at the end of the week wins.So on a cold freezing day on Lake Erie they began their contest.The first day after 8 hours of fishing the Browns had caught 0 fish and the Steelers had 100. When the league was voting on the Browns relocation, Steelers owner Dan Rooney was one of only two owners to vote against the move. The two teams would meet in a 2002 wild card playoff game. The Browns and the Bengals began their rivalry officially in 1970 when the teams met for the first time on the field, but their roots go back further than that. The Saints and Bucs battled for the top spot in not only the division, but in the entire NFC. When the 2003 season came around, the Browns were finally entering a time period in which rebuilding should have no longer been a factor. Some jokes are funny, but use them with caution in real life. 3:48 Thursday night's rivalry game between the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers has the look of an early "must-win" by both teams after disappointing losses in Week 2 of the NFL season. In recent times, Pittsburgh-area businesses have entered the Cleveland market by buying out local Cleveland-area competitors such as Giant Eagle, Dollar Bank, Howard Hanna Realty, and PNC Financial Services acquisition of National City Corp. This kinda puts the Bears in a weird spot, too, where you almost don't want to be too good and consequently get a later first-round draft pick. I mean, I never would have deluded myself into thinking he would want to come to Chicago until it was reported that the Bears were on his wish list. Happy Birthday, Hines Ward!Heres his 1st NFL TDThe Steelers happily welcomed the Browns back to the NFL with a 43-0 opening day thrashing in 1999@miketomczak18 tossed to @mvp86hinesward late in the game for his 1st of what would be 95 TD receptions (including post-season) pic.twitter.com/8SsUY4jLUJ. The Steelers won the division thanks to an 11-0 start to the season. That's right, I demand it! Maddox would do it again in that year's wild card round, throwing for 367 yards and three touchdowns while helping the Steelers turn a 24-7 deficit into a 36-33 victory. 4: December 10, 2009, Browns Win 13-6. On your way home from my office stop at the grocery store and buy some grapes and some doughnuts." 'It was one of the most physical games I've played in the 11 years I've played football. Two young stud quarterbacks forging a rivalry for the foreseeable future? The Browns and Steelers would again split the series in 2000, with each team winning in their home stadium. I mean, I suppose the Eagles do figure into this, in a way. And I'll say it: Justin Herbert just feels different. And who ended up being right? CLEVELAND (AP) For the first time since 2004, Ben Roethlisberger isn't part of the Steelers-Browns rivalry, a matchup the Ohio-born-and-bred quarterback dominated for 18 seasons and will. The BrownsSteelers rivalry is a National Football League (NFL) rivalry between the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Roethlisberger became the Steelers' starting quarterback in his rookie year and led the Steelers to three Super Bowl appearances, including wins in Super Bowls XL and XLIII. In a game that would have been more suited for polar bears, Cleveland finally pulled the monkey of their backs with a huge win against the Steelers in 2009. The Browns came to see the doctor. Ravens-Titans is one of those rare occasions where it feels like a big-time rivalry, even though the teams don't play in the same division. A year after needing a trick play to defeat the Browns in overtime, 15-9, the Steelers didn't have any issues scoring points against the Browns in their two meetings with Cleveland the following season. This was the Browns' first win at Heinz Field since 2003 and their first ever playoff win against the Steelers.[15]. The Browns, who would eventually be referred to that season as the Cardiac Kids, would score 20 of the game's final 26 points while pulling off a dramatic one-point win. However, injuries and rookie QB Johnny Manziel's poor play would doom the Browns season, where they would finish with a 79 record while the Steelers won the division. I mean, I'm sure a lot of Patriots fans were happy for Brady to win. The Browns continued their dominance throughout the late 1950s and 1960s, marked by several strong rushing performances by Browns Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown. We love being in hotly contested AFC North games. So on a cold freezing day on Lake Erie they began their contest. But this matchup screams announcer clich: "These teams don't like each other." #OTD in 1995, we defeated the Browns 29-9 in the 1994 AFC Divisional Round at Three Rivers Stadium.#SteelersHistory pic.twitter.com/2rIW5T6Cwj. His successor as head coach, Bill Cowher, also played linebacker and special teams for the Browns, and was an assistant coach for the Browns from 1985 to 1988. The Browns, however, would not sustain their early season success, winning just two more games while missing the playoffs for a third time under Belichick. The Browns dominated the series 31-9 until the AFL/NFL merger in 1970. The Browns fell behind again before Earnest Byner's four-yard touchdown run gave Cleveland a 27-24 win. The Browns didn't spend much time. AFC Divisional round: 1994. Baseball has the Reds. The Browns, however, foreshadowed the winds of change that would take place within the rivalry during the 1980s. Oh, and it should be noted that Golden Tate could be headed to Green Bay. A doctor had the reputation of helping couples increase the joy in their sex life, but always promised not to take a case if he felt he could not help them. Joe "Turkey" Jones' violent hit of Pittsburgh's Hall of Fame quarterback summed up the violent nature of the Steelers-Browns games during the first 30 years of the rivalry. Wilson's dead-money number is gargantuan this offseason, but it drops significantly in 2022. The Steelers committed 6 turnovers against a strong Browns defense, and Browns DE Myles Garrett was able to sack Roethlisberger three times in their first meeting. To date, this is the Browns only regular season win at, Steelers win in Cleveland on a last minute. On that day 31 years later, the Patriots hired Bill Belichick to help deliver a championship to a New England franchise that had yet to win one. Like, don't be the guy who shows up back at the gym for the first time in a year and tries to get it all back in one day. Both teams missed field goals in the final two minutes of overtime that would have won the game. Only this year, I hope both teams at least reach .500 -- and we don't have to worry about the Eagles giving a full effort or whatnot. The teams exchanged victories throughout the 1980s. Had they not been protected by the windshield, the shit most definitely would have hit the fans. During his weekly press conference, Tomlin said Sunday's game against Cleveland has a different feel, similar to the one his team has recently had in matchups against fellow AFC North foes Baltimore and Cincinnati. Two touchdowns by running back Greg Pruitt got the Browns to within six points of Pittsburgh, while Sipe's 18-yard touchdown pass to Newsome capped off Cleveland's improbable comeback. What happens when the Browns score a touchdown?" The Browns-Steelers rivalry is a National Football League (NFL) rivalry between the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers won the head-to-head tiebreaker, while the Browns failed to earn a wild card spot after losing a tiebreaker to the Tennessee Titans. Kind of like Cobra Kai. Where do the Broncos stand after all the picks in the Russell Wilson trade were made? AP photo. The psychologist delicately went to work. Could the Seahawks have done any better to set Geno Smith up for success? Remarkably, the Steelers, who would fall to 0-2 after a 41-10 drubbing at the hands of theBengalsthe following week, would make the playoffs that season before shocking division rival Houston in the wild card round. After a decade-plus lull, the Steelers-Browns rivalry is back.. "It was so sad to see all the pain and hurt in their eyes." Prior to the playoff game, Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster was quoted as saying "The Browns is [sic] the Browns," implying they were the "same old Browns" and calling them "nameless grey faces." The Browns beat the Steelers just once from 2013-2019 but have appeared to even the rivalry with their playoff win and Week 17 playoff-clinching win from 2020. Then, like a lioness, you must crawl to him and consume the doughnut." On December 10, 2009, the Browns defeated the Steelers 136, ending a 12-game winning streak for the Steelers. "Go home, take off your clothes, and you, sir, roll the grapes across the floor until you make a bulls eye in your wife's 'love canal'.