The game will end the season for the Browns, who are 4-11. The Steelers, 11-4 and playoff-bound, defeated the Browns, 14-3, in Pittsburgh on Dec. 8.
Jerricho Cotchery scores Pittsburgh's first touchdown on an 11-yard pass from Ben Roethlisberger during the Steelers' 14-3 win over the Browns on Dec. 8 in Pittsburgh. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cleveland Browns will finish their 2011 season on Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Browns Stadium.
The Browns are 4-11, in fourth and last place in the AFC North, five games behind the third-place Cincinnati Bengals (9-6) and seven games behind the Steelers and Baltimore Ravens (both 11-4).
For the Browns, it will be the finish to their 11th losing season in 13 campaigns since returning to the NFL as a franchise in 1999.
For the Steelers, who have clinched a playoff berth, it's a must-win game if they hope to win the division. Baltimore, also guaranteed a playoff spot, owns the tie-breaker over Pittsburgh, and would clinch the division title with a win at Cincinnati on Sunday. The Bengals, meanwhile, would lock up a wild card playoff spot with a win or tie against the Ravens.
The Steelers defeated the Browns, 14-3, in Pittsburgh on Dec. 8 -- the game during which Steelers linebacker James Harrison landed his infamous helmet-to-helmet hit on Browns quarterback Colt McCoy, who suffered a concussion on the play. Tony Grossi wrote the game story for The Plain Dealer.
Cleveland.com's Browns history database includes Plain Dealer stories on every regular season and playoff game in Browns history, through the 2010 season. Click here for the first of five cleveland.com pages that link to Plain Dealer game stories on every Browns vs. Steelers game in the history of the series.
The usual one-sided nature of the rivalry has been well-documented in recent years.
A short summary:
The Browns have won 56 regular season games against the Steelers and lost 61. Pittsburgh has won both playoff meetings, defeating Cleveland in a 1994 season second-round playoff game and in a 2002 season wild card game.
After joining the NFL in 1950, the Browns won their first eight games against Pittsburgh and 16 of the first 18. The Browns led the series, 32 wins to nine for the Steelers, until Pittsburgh dominated the rivalry from the mid-1970s into the early 1980s, winning 14 of 16 games during one strech.
When the Browns left Cleveland for Baltimore -- becoming the Ravens -- following the 1995 season, they had won 52 regular season games against Pittsburgh and lost 40.
Since the series resumed with the Browns' return in 1999, Pittsburgh has won 21 of the 25 regular season meetings with Cleveland, including 15 of the last 16.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/ohio-sports-blog/index.ssf/2011/12/cleveland_browns_vs_pittsburgh_2.html
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