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[1] [2] With an attendance of 79,544, [3] [4] it was the first NFL title game to be televised by CBS. The game marked the last championship won by a major-league professional sports team from Cleveland until 2016, when the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Finals. Through 2023, this is the Browns' most recent league title.
Until 2006, this was the last time that major professional teams from Michigan and Ohio met in a postseason game (or series) in any sport. This was the last NFL playoff game played in the city of Detroit other than Super Bowl XL until 2024 as the Lions' other two home playoff games prior (1992 and 1994) were at the Silverdome in suburban Pontiac.
The Browns tied a playoff record by recording nine sacks in the game, three by defensive tackle Carl Hairston. Cleveland finished the game with 558 yards of total offense. 45 of the Browns' 75 rushing yards in the game were gained on their final drive. [6] The game was featured as one of the NFL's Greatest Games as the Marathon by the Lake.
In a marathon game that lasted over four hours, the Browns won their first playoff game in 18 years, 23–20, on a 27-yard Mark Moseley field goal in double overtime. Eight days later, the Browns hosted the Denver Broncos to determine the AFC Championship and a trip to Pasadena, California to face the New York Giants in the Super Bowl. In a ...
A ticket for the AFC Championship Game between the Browns and the Broncos. One year earlier, the Browns and Broncos faced off for the conference championship at Cleveland Municipal Stadium . Broncos quarterback John Elway led a game-tying, 98-yard touchdown drive that became known as simply The Drive , which sent the game into overtime where ...
Browns 20, Bears 17 − Final score Bears player stats, game leaders. According to NFL.com:. Justin Fields: 19-of-40 passing for 166 yards, a touchdown and 2 interceptions; 7 carries for 30 yards ...
Browns football games on the radio air live on 850 ESPN Cleveland, 92.3 The Fan WKRK, 98.5 WNCX and 89.1 FM La Mega (Spanish). On the call: Jim Donovan (play-by-play)
Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields (1) runs the ball in the second half of an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns in Cleveland, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023.