Steelers at
Browns
Pittsburgh Steelers (0-0) at
Cleveland Browns
(0-0)
Date: Sunday, Sept. 9,
2007
Kickoff: 1
p.m.,
ET
Site:
Cleveland Browns Stadium
(73,300) • Cleveland,
Ohio
Playing
Surface:
Grass
TV
Coverage: CBS-TV (locally
KDKA-TV, channel 2)
Announcers: Kevin Harlan
(play-by-play) Rich Gannon (color
analyst)
Local
Radio: Steelers Radio
Network WDVE-FM
(102.5)/WBGG-AM (970)
Announcers: Bill Hillgrove
(play-by-play) Tunch Ilkin (color
analyst) Craig Wolfley (sideline)
A Look at the
Coaches:
Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach
Mike Tomlin
Overall
Regular-season Record: 0-0 (.000)/First season
Regular-season
Record at Pittsburgh: 0-0 (.000)/First
season
Playoff Record/Years: n/a
Cleveland Browns Head Coach
Romeo Crennel
Overall
Regular-season Record: 10-22 (.313)/third season
Regular-season
Record at Cleveland: 10-22 (.313)/third
season
Playoff
Record/Years: n/a
Series
History
Series
History: Series began in
1950
Overall:
Cleveland leads
55-53
At
Pittsburgh:
Pittsburgh leads
33-21
At
Cleveland:
Cleveland leads
34-20
Neutral
Sites:
n/a
Last
Meeting: Dec. 7,
2006 (in
Pittsburgh)
Pittsburgh 27,
Cleveland
7
Postseason
Series:
Pittsburgh leads
2-0
(postseason record
not included in overall series record)
Pittsburgh trails the all-time
series 53-55 (regular-season only)...the Steelers are 46-24 against the Browns
since 1970, including a 30-6 record (including two playoff victories) in Pittsburgh and
a 15-18 mark on the road...the Steelers are 6-1 (including postseason) against
the Browns at Heinz Field...in last year’s game at Cleveland Browns Stadium,
Pittsburgh capped a come-from-behind, fourth-quarter victory with three
touchdowns in the final period for a 24-20 win...the Steelers are 7-1 against
the Browns at Cleveland Browns Stadium, which opened in 1999...the Steelers
defeated the Browns, 43-0, in the first game at Cleveland’s new stadium on Sept.
12,
1999...Pittsburgh is 2-0 versus
Cleveland in the postseason, defeating the Browns, 36-33, in the 2002
AFC Wild Card playoffs, and 29-9 in the
AFC Divisional Playoffs at Three Rivers
Stadium (Jan. 7, 1995)...Pittsburgh has played more games against Cleveland than
against any other team in the NFL...the 110 games played between the Steelers
and the Browns are the most between any two AFC teams...the Steelers have won 13 of
their last 14 games against the Browns, and 20 of the last 23
contests...Pittsburgh’s loss to the Browns Oct. 5, 2003,
ended a six-game Steelers’ winning streak...the Steelers have not been swept by
the Browns since 1988 but have swept Cleveland four of the past five
years...Pittsburgh has shut out the Browns five times in the series, including a
41-0 blanking last year on Dec. 24 in Cleveland.
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