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Browns 5 Most All-Time Memorable Wins Against the 49ers

The Browns host the 49ers on Sunday in a resumption of a rather unique series.

Cleveland and San Francisco joined the NFL in 1950, after both teams had played in the All-America Football Conference in all of that league’s four seasons. In fact, the Browns defeated the 49ers 21-7 in the AAFC’s final game — the championship contest at Cleveland on Dec. 11, 1949. Cleveland won all four AAFC championships.

Including that title game, the Browns won seven of nine AAFC games between the teams. They are 11-7 against San Francisco in NFL games, including two wins in three games since Cleveland rejoined the league as a franchise in 1999. The teams have never met in an NFL postseason game.

The five most memorable wins for the Browns over the 49ers:

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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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