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‘Battle of Ohio’ tied up in 35-all knot
NFL’S CLOSEST SERIES
The “Battle of Ohio” between the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns stands tied for the most tightly contested of all the NFL’s long-running series.
The Browns tied the rivalry at 35-35 with their 20-12 win Sept. 28 at Paul Brown Stadium, and there are two other tied rivalries of 50 or more games — Patriots-Jets and Eagles-Cardinals.
Here are the five closest NFL series with 50 or more games, based on the leader’s winning percentage (includes postseason):
SERIES … LEADER … WINNING PERCENTAGE
Cardinals vs. Eagles………..Tied, 54-54-5 ………… .500
Jets vs. Patriots…………….Tied, 49-49-1 …………. .500
Bengals vs. Browns………..Tied, 35-35-0 ………….. .500
49ers vs. Bears …………….49ers, 30-29-1 ……….. .508
Browns vs. Steelers……… Steelers, 58-55-0 …….. .513
MORE BENGALS-BROWNS FACTS:
• The first-ever Bengals-Browns meeting of any kind was Aug. 29, 1970. On that Saturday, the Browns were visitors for the second preseason game of Riverfront Stadium’s debut season. The Bengals won 31-24, moving to 2-0 in preseason in their new home.
• The Bengals were 17-10 against the Browns at Riverfront Stadium/Cinergy Field.
• The Browns were 17-8 against the Bengals at the old Cleveland Stadium.
• The Bengals and Browns never played at Nippert Stadium, as Nippert was the Bengals’ American Football League home.
• In 34 previous seasons of playing each other twice in a campaign, both teams have posted eight sweeps. The teams have split the season set 18 times. In 1982, they played only once, with the scheduled contest at Cleveland canceled due to a players’ strike.
• The first Bengals-Browns regular-season game was a 30-27 Browns win at Cleveland on Oct. 11, 1970, and the attendance of 83,520 stood for some 34 years as the largest ever to see a Bengals regular-season game. It was not eclipsed until 2004, when 87,786 saw the Bengals win at Washington.
• The first Bengals-Browns regular-season game at Cincinnati — on Nov. 15, 1970 — drew the first home crowd of 60,000 in Bengals history (60,007 at Riverfront Stadium). The Bengals won 14-10 behind a 110-yard rushing effort from QB Virgil Carter, the only 100-yard rushing game by a QB in Bengals history.
• The Bengals-record crowd in the Riverfront Stadium/Cinergy Field era was 60,284 for a 27-24 Browns victory on Oct. 17, 1971.
• The Bengals and Browns met three times in preseason at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, from 1972-74. All were Sunday afternoon games, and the Browns won two of the three.
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By VoHo
December 19, 2008 9:06 AM | Link to this
Chick — The Bengals are 35-35 against a team call the Browns from Cleveland… but they are 11-8 against this new and different club(only 24 - 27 against the original). This club is not the same franchise famous for Jim Brown, Paul Warfield, Brian Sipe, Leroy Kelly, Earnest Byner, Bernie Kosar, Ozzie Newsome, et al we all knew and loved to hate.By VoHo
December 19, 2008 9:21 AM | Link to this
Chick — yep, the Bengals are 35-35 against a team from Cleveland called the Browns… but they are 11-8 against this new and different franchise. The were only 24 - 27 against the original franchise that brought us Jim Brown, Paul Warfield, Leroy Kelly, Brian Sipe, Earnest Byner, Kevin Mack, Web Slaughter, Ozzie Newsome, Bernie Kosar and many others we just loved to hate. Too bad that club moved east — but maybe not; that club still beats the Bengals.By VoHo
December 19, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this
Chick — yep, the Bengals are 35-35 against a team from Cleveland called the Browns… but they are 11-8 against this new and different franchise. The were only 24 - 27 against the original franchise that brought us Jim Brown, Paul Warfield, Leroy Kelly, Brian Sipe, Earnest Byner, Kevin Mack, Web Slaughter, Ozzie Newsome, Bernie Kosar and many others we just loved to hate. Too bad that club moved east — but maybe not; that club still beats the Bengals.By photoman
December 19, 2008 3:29 PM | Link to this
Good point! Now we have two Browns clubs. One is in Baltimore (Art Modell) and the new one in Cleveland. Looks like AM fired (knifed) PB then a few years later he fired (knifed) Cleveland too.