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On November 6, 1995, with the team at 4–5, [16] Modell announced in a press conference at Camden Yards that he had signed a deal to move the Browns to Baltimore for the 1996 season. [7] [17] The team would play at the Colts' former home (Memorial Stadium) while the new stadium was being built.
In a controversial move, Browns owner Art Modell relocated the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore in the 1996 season, where they became the Baltimore Ravens. The Browns returned to the NFL this season. 2000: Ravens 2–0: Ravens 12–0: Ravens 44–7: Ravens 4–0 In Baltimore, Ravens record their largest victory over the Browns with a 37–point ...
The 1996 NFL season was the 77th regular season of the National Football League (NFL) and the season was marked by notable controversies from beginning to end. Most significantly, the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy resulted in a then-unique legal settlement where the Cleveland Browns franchise, history, records, and intellectual property remained in Cleveland (with the Browns ...
The Browns began the 2020 season with a 38–6 blowout loss to the Baltimore Ravens on September 13, their 16th consecutive season without a week 1 victory. [ 399 ] [ 400 ] But the team responded by winning its next four games, the franchise's first four-game winning streak since 2009 .
The Browns' record was 4–5 on November 6, the day that owner Art Modell announced the team would be moving to Baltimore, Maryland for the 1996 season. Cleveland ended the season losing six of their final seven games. The Browns became the first NFL team to be swept by an expansion team, losing twice to the Jacksonville Jaguars. [7]
In 1996, the Browns franchise was moved by owner Art Modell to Baltimore, becoming the Baltimore Ravens. In his first stint as a Raven, Brown who, at 6-foot-7, 360 pounds, was known as an energetic and intimidating player, earned the nickname "Zeus". [2] In his prime he was one of the highest-paid offensive linemen in the NFL. [2]
The Browns shocked the Ravens to end their five-game losing streak and move to 2-6 on the season. ... Cleveland Browns 3, Baltimore Ravens 0 ... the former one which had moved to Baltimore in 1996 ...
Nonetheless, the referendum was passed by a wide margin. Modell was assisted in the move by Alfred Lerner, who would go on to become the new owner of the reactivated Cleveland Browns franchise in 1998. Modell's move returned the NFL to Baltimore for the first time since the Colts left for Indianapolis after the 1983 season. The reaction in ...