Dawgs By Nature
Cleveland and Baltimore have been playing each other since 1999. Here are 5 memorable games from the series.
The Cleveland Browns will make their first road trip of the 2025 NFL season when they take on the Baltimore Ravens in Week 2, before hosting the Ravens in Week 11.
The two teams first met in 1999, and the Ravens lead the all-time series, 37-15. After a stretch from 2008 to 2021 that saw the Browns win just four games against the Ravens, Cleveland has regained its footing in recent years, as it is 4-3 against Baltimore in its past seven meetings.
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Let’s take a look at five of the most memorable games between the Browns and Ravens.
Cleveland picked up its first victory over Baltimore, and its third consecutive home win of the season, in a game that the Browns dominated. Led by a defense that had seven sacks and forced three turnovers, Cleveland broke the game open in the third quarter as Tim Couch first hit Kevin Johnson with a 28-yard touchdown pass and then, after the Browns recovered a Baltimore fumble, the offense struck again as Couch hit Quincy Morgan with a 36-yard touchdown to give the Browns a 24-6 lead.
The win pushed the Browns record to 4-2 on the season, and while they would beat the Ravens a month later in Baltimore, Cleveland finished the season at just 7-9.
Cleveland’s wild ride in 2007 continued in Baltimore as Phil Dawson’s 51-yard field goal, first ruled no good, sent the game into overtime. The Browns had the ball first in overtime, and a 41-yard kickoff return by Josh Cribbs set up what would eventually be a game-winning 33-yard field goal by Dawson.
It wasn’t easy to get there, however, as the Browns blew a 27-14 lead in the fourth quarter by allowing the Ravens to score 16 consecutive points to take a three-point lead with 26 seconds remaining in the game. But Cribbs returned the kickoff 39 yards, Derek Anderson hit Braylon Edwards with an 18-yard pass, and Dawson did the rest.
Cribbs had a team-record 245 returning yards in the game, Cleveland’s defense sacked Baltimore quarterback Kyle Boller six times and forced four turnovers, and the Browns swept the season series with the Ravens for the first time since 2001.
Cleveland broke an 11-game losing streak to Baltimore as Jason Campbell threw three touchdown passes to take down the defending Super Bowl champions.
Campbell finished the day 23-of-35 for 262 yards, with a pair of touchdown passes to Davone Bess and one to Gary Barnidge (ah, the memories!) to outduel Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco, who took five sacks but did lead the Ravens in rushing with 25 yards.
The Ravens had cut Cleveland’s lead to just three points in the...
