"As relentlessly inept as the Cleveland Browns football franchise has been since its return in 1999, your San Francisco 49ers had actually not won a game in Cleveland since 1984, the days of Joe Montana and Dwight Clark (back then, Jerry Rice was still just a senior at Mississippi Valley State). Granted, the Niners don't play very often at a Cleveland Stadium that locals have taken to call the Factory of Sadness because of how frequently the Browns lose there."
"This game looked like it might be a one-sided affair pretty early on, as emerging 49ers kick returner Skyy Moore took an early first quarter punt return 66 yards, all the way down to the Cleveland 16-yard line. Christian McCaffrey would score on a one-yard touchdown run five plays later to give the 49ers a 7-0 lead. But these Browns would fight back."
"The Browns also scored a controversial two-point conversion where it did not appear their running back Quinshon Judkins actually made it into the end zone, but still put the Browns up by an odd score of 8-7. Though armed with just 39 seconds left before halftime, the 49ers drove the length of the field in a drive highlighted by this bonkers George Kittle catch that made you wonder how on earth he caught that thing."
San Francisco 49ers defeated the Cleveland Browns 26-8, earning their third straight victory and tightening their hold on a playoff spot and NFC West contention. The win marked the 49ers' first victory in Cleveland since 1984. Skyy Moore returned a punt 66 yards to set up Christian McCaffrey's one-yard touchdown. The Browns answered with Shadeur Sanders' 34-yard touchdown pass to Harold Fannin and a controversial two-point conversion by Quinshon Judkins for an 8-7 lead. A remarkable George Kittle catch and a Matt Gay field goal gave San Francisco a 10-8 halftime lead en route to the final score.
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