Browns-Steelers rivalry

Browns–Steelers

Cleveland Browns Pittsburgh Steelers
First meeting	October 7, 1950
Latest meeting	November 20, 2016 Steelers 24, Browns 9
Next meeting	January 1, 2017
Statistics
Meetings total	128
All-time series	PIT: 71–58 CLE, 37–27 @ Cleveland PIT, 44–21 @ Pittsburgh
Regular season series	PIT: 69–58 CLE, 37–27 @ Cleveland PIT, 42–21 @ Pittsburgh
Postseason results	PIT: 2–0 January 7, 1995, Steelers won 29–9 January 5, 2003, Steelers won 36–33
Largest victory	CLE: 51–0 (September 10, 1989)
Longest win streak	CLE: 8 (October 7, 1950 – November 22, 1953) PIT: 12 (November 23, 2003 – October 10, 2009)
Current win streak	PIT: 3 wins
Championship success
NFL Championships (10) PIT (6) – 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 2005, 2008 CLE (4) – 1950, 1954, 1955, 1964 NFL Conference Championships (19) PIT (8) – 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1995, 2005, 2008, 2010 CLE (11) – 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969 NFL Divisional Championships (29) PIT (20) – 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014 CLE (9) – 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989

PIT: 71–58
CLE, 37–27 @ Cleveland

PIT: 69–58
CLE, 37–27 @ Cleveland

PIT: 2–0

CLE: 8 (October 7, 1950 – November 22, 1953)

NFL Championships (10)

NFL Conference Championships (19)

NFL Divisional Championships (29)

The Browns–Steelers rivalry is a National Football League rivalry between the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers. With 128 meetings and counting, it is the oldest rivalry and the most storied in the American Football Conference, surpassing any other rivalry in the conference by at least 5 games. The two divisional foes have a natural rivalry due to the commonalities between the cities, proximity, etc. It is sometimes called the Turnpike Rivalry or Turnpike War because the majority of the driving route between the two cities are via the Pennsylvania and Ohio Turnpikes.

The rivalry was primarily fueled by the close proximity between the two cities, as Cleveland and Pittsburgh are roughly 135 miles apart. Many fans make the two-hour drive by car to road games. Also, the city of Youngstown, Ohio is roughly located at the halfway mark between the two cities and is within the 75-mile blackout radius for both teams. The Youngstown television market has dual rights to both teams. Both teams have such strong fan bases that neither typically has blackout issues since the current rules were implemented in 1973, although the final two games of the 1995 season were blacked out in Cleveland (the last two prior to the move to Baltimore); one of these games was against their in-state rivals, the Cincinnati Bengals. The Youngstown area fan base remains roughly split 50/50 between the Steelers and Browns.

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