6/20/2023 0 Comments Current browns score![]() ![]() The Browns defense allowed 222 rushing yards, and the Minnesota rushing attack was so dominant that quarterback Joe Kapp only threw 13 passes on the day. It was more of the same in the title game, as Minnesota put up a pair of touchdowns in the game’s opening eight minutes and built a 24-0 lead by halftime. The two teams had played in November in the same stadium and the Vikings rolled over the Browns, 51-3. The Browns made it back to the league title game the following season after once again taking down the Dallas Cowboys in the Eastern Conference Playoffs.Ĭleveland traveled to Metropolitan Stadium on January 4, 1970, to take on the Minnesota Vikings in what would be the final NFL Championship game played under that title. The Colts would go on to lose to the New York Jets in Super Bowl III in one of the game’s biggest upsets. ![]() The Cleveland defense gave up 184 total rushing yards and Tom Matte had three rushing touchdowns for the Colts, while the Browns offense managed juste 173 total yards, turned the ball over three times and allowed four sacks. The Browns had beaten the Colts in October - the only loss for Baltimore during the regular season - and the Colts took their revenge on Cleveland in a 34-0 beating. The Browns were not really expected to make an appearance in the title game following the 1968 season, but a big win over the 12-2 Dallas Cowboys in the Eastern Conference Playoff set up a meeting on December 29 against the Baltimore Colts at Cleveland Stadium. (Big shoutout to Jonathan Knight’s invaluable The Browns Bible as a resource.) Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images 1968 NFL Championship Game That is not for lack of trying of course, as the Browns have come oh so close on five occasions since the first Super Bowl was played on January 15, 1967.Īs we wait for tonight’s kick off, let’s take a look at those games. (The others: the Jacksonville Jaguars, Detroit Lions and Houston Texans.) The NFL will close out its 100th season on Sunday evening when the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers meet in Super Bowl LIV.ĭespite boasting eight professional championships - four in the All-America Football Conference and four in the NFL - the Cleveland Browns remain just one of four current teams to never make an appearance in the title game in the Super Bowl era. ![]()
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