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 The Browns (3-2), who had dropped four straight and 26 of their
last 29 meetings with their AFC North rivals, kept the Steelers
(3-3) out of the end zone until just before the two-minute warning
in the second half. Ben Tate rushed for 78 yards and a pair of
touchdowns while Isaiah Crowell added 77 yards and a score as
Cleveland avoided a letdown after recording the largest comeback win
by a road team in NFL history last Sunday at Tennessee.
Ben Roethlisberger was 21-of-42 for 228 yards with a touchdown and
an interception for Pittsburgh, which posted its lowest scoring
total in the rivalry since a 13-6 loss at Cleveland on Dec. 10,
2009. Le'Veon Bell gained 82 yards on the ground and Lance Moore
hauled in Roethlisberger's late TD pass as the Steelers fell into
the basement in the division.
The Steelers struck first with a 10-play drive that resulted in a
20-yard field goal by Shaun Suisham with just over five minutes left
in the first quarter, but the second period belonged to the Browns.
A botched field-goal attempt by Pittsburgh and Hoyer's 42-yard pass
to Jordan Cameron set up a 5-yard TD run by Crowell to give
Cleveland a 7-3 lead.
Just over two minutes later, Cameron hauled in a 51-yard TD toss,
and Tate's 8-yard scoring run with 2:27 left in the first half made
it 21-3. The only points in the third came in the form of Billy
Cundiff's 40-yard field goal for the Browns, and Roethlisberger's
one interception was turned into another short TD by Tate early in
the fourth as the Browns went up 31-3 en route to their biggest win
over the Steelers since 1989.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Browns C Alex Mack was carted off with a leg
injury in the second quarter and did not return. ... Steelers WR
Antonio Brown (seven catches, 118 yards) extended his NFL record of
consecutive games with at least five receptions and 50 yards to 22.
... Cameron made three catches for 102 yards. ... Bell added 23
receiving yards, making him the first player in Steelers history to
gain 100 yards from scrimmage in each of the first six games of a
season.
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