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Browns 5 Most All-Time Memorable Wins Against the Rams

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5. Browns 30, Rams 19, Nov. 26, 1978 at Cleveland

Brian Sipe completed 15 of 23 passes for 246 yards as the Browns earned the upset win.

A 41-yard Don Cockroft field goal, rookie tight end Ozzie Newsome’s 9-yard touchdown run on an end-around and Mike Pruitt’s 1-yard touchdown plunge game the Browns a 17-9 halftime lead. Sipe’s 31-yard touchdown pass to Reggie Rucker put the Browns up 24-9 in the third quarter and Greg Pruitt dashed 57 yards for a score and a 30-12 fourth-quarter advantage.
Newsome, who would make the Hall of Fame, and wide receivers Rucker and Dave Logan each had three receptions: Newsome for 73 yards; Rucker for 71; Logan for 70. Greg Pruitt gained 74 yards on nine carries.
The Browns intercepted four passes as they improved to 7-6 and maintained their slight wild card hopes. They finished 8-8 and out of the playoffs.
Los Angeles became 10-3 with the loss. The Rams won the NFC West with a 12-4 record, then defeated the Minnesota Vikings in a playoff game before losing the National Football Conference championship game to the Dallas Cowboys.

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Mike Peticca covered the Indians and Cavaliers for The Associated Press from 1976 to 1998 and the Browns from 1976 to 1995. The Akron native doubled as a Plain Dealer sports writer for several years, and then covered high school, college and professional teams for The PD until 2013. He is a longtime baseball Hall of Fame voter.

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