49ers @ Browns 1993

The 49ers look to keep their 9 game regular season winning streak and try to improve to 12-1 in 13 MNF games against the underdog Browns.

[@bobwhite2]

Never forget; Art Modell fired Bill Belichick, Paul Brown and Marty Schottenheimer. Vision.

[@americansaxon2101]

and Jim Brown, and Bernie Kosar

[@Chris-ze4sq]

My favorite MNF crew-Al Michaels, Frank Gifford, and Dan Dierdorf.

[@teddyjun1]

Not really. My fave one is Al Michaels and John Maddon. I miss the MNF days of 2002-05 and SNF days of 06-08.

[@christiancharles2866]

​@@teddyjun1 Dierdorf was ok, Michaels and Gifford were great

[@patrick19761976ify]

@@christiancharles2866 you're right. Dierdorf was average at best. Pat Summeral and John Madden for me

[@joeydurborow5670]

The best MNF crew.

[@beeemm2578]

Yeah this one ranked very high for sure.

[@andrewmangaming7022]

Its crazy Al Michaels is still commenting Im happy he is

[@JDavis-tj8vp]

What a gem of a game. How ironic that Bernie would be playing with Emmitt against the 49ers at the end of the 93 season

[@thefrase7884]

Ironic? No…..Coincidental? Yes

[@JDavis-tj8vp]

@@thefrase7884 🫡

[@brianwaas9085]

That run by James Jones from the 1-yard line was a GREAT play-call there!!! San Francisco was not expecting that!!

[@LogoAttitude]

Incidentally I was binge watching the original Fugitive series as the Cavaliers were bringing Cleveland its first major league title in 52 years. After I finished watching the show for the day, I turned on ABC to see it all unfold. I finished the series on June 22. After hearing William Conrad say "Tuesday September 5th the day the running stopped" I commented "more like Wednesday June 22nd" which in fact was the day I finished The Fugitive, watching all 120 episodes over a 15 day span, 8 per day. I then had a conversation with my father on the finale's significance.

[@kghouse24]

The best innovation in the past 30 years...having the score on the screen at all times! This is so annoying to not see the score haha

[@23000tc]

So true...best invention

[@23000tc]

So true...best invention

[@bigtimer6074]

You didn’t have internet so you waited for the “10 minute ticket” to flash the scores around the league haha. And most games were at 1pm est

[@gluserty]

Certainly makes it easier to keep up with the game when unable to continuously follow along.

[@johnre5342]

Not really. When you don’t know the score or down it makes you focus more if your a real student of the game. The score,down,yardline and time clock are more embedded in your brain when you have to pay attention to every play instead of seeing it all the time. It’s like driving with a GPS all the time. You never really learn the roads as good is when your relying on your brain to remember everything. I can put on a game from the 80s and remember it much better than I can a modern game because I watched the game much more focused then. No talking in the room and no answering phone calls.

[@chilobronzo1163]

Browns were on their way until the disaster of '95 happened. A number of national pundits thought the Browns had an excellent chance to reach the SB in '95 and the team started out strong. Belichick was already proving himself to be a great HC in '93. The Browns could've added Ogden and Ray Lewis in '96 if Modell's financial recklessness could've been controlled. The Ravens quickly benefited from the move.

[@colorman4490]

Nice job of including who the 49ers were playing in the Intro. Loved seeing the Browns kick their ass!

[@thefrase7884]

Meaningless non conference game. Remind me again which team finished 7-9?

[@DreamChaser1252]

​@@thefrase7884awwwwe a butthurt Niners fan, how cute

[@astrostar49]

​​@@DreamChaser1252 I mean he's just telling it like it is. Even if the 49ers had won this game, it wouldn't change their fate as the 2nd seed in the NFC. Meanwhile this was basically the Browns Super Bowl for them that year during another crummy season.

[@stellertonybeller1972]

i loved watching Bernie throw a football

[@scoot1105]

This game aired the same day i flew to Germany on my first Army duty station! I probably was still on the plane when this game was being played!

[@richardswartz296]

I was @ this game i had just moved to Cleveland from Pittsburgh PA. I was in the cheap seats.

[@MrJsfingers]

The booth talked about Terry Metcalf Eric’s father. I think Dierdorf played with him in St Louis. Also Don Griffin would play well for the Browns following season. The 93 and 94 Browns are my two favorite Brown teams.

[@kenp7814]

5 weeks later ... Bernie was gone

[@shonmoody1706]

I'm a Brown's fan and I still think the 94 Niners would challenge any other all time SB teams. They we're simply nothing short of phenomenal that year. Lastly I would just like to say I'm loving watching the Browns 23 dominating defense. Hopefully we make the playoffs if Watson can get into form again in.

[@DawgPound86]

Browns, not “brown’s”

[@LogoAttitude]

The Fugitive, the original version aired on ABC. That year, the first and last episodes aired on NBC to celebrate the movie's release. NBC was later the first non-premium network to air the movie, doing so in 1996. On football-related notes, the 49ers and Browns are the only two surviving AAFC teams. This game was the last time the Browns won on ABC (at least until it starts airing NFL regularly again), last MNF win until 2008, last primetime win on a broadcast network until 2019, and last win on the NFL's flagship primetime package until 2020

[@jackkitchen737]

Great research on your part

[@DASCO2136]

Another interesting fact about the Fugitive: The TV series was loosely based on the story of Sam Shepard, a doctor accused of murdering his wife & unborn son. The entire incident took place in Bay Village, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland

[@brianbachmeier34]

Michael Dean Perry #92 of the Cleveland Browns Career Accomplishments Cleveland Browns (1988-1994) Denver Broncos (1995-1997) Kansas City Chiefs (1997) 6x Pro Bowl selection 4x All-Pro selection 1989 AFC Defensive Player of the Year

[@GenXJay670]

He was a great player! What a Dline Cleveland had back then.

[@afridgetoofar1818]

He also had a McDonalds sandwich named after him lol

[@Charlie-fo5ds]

Still trying to figure out the correlation between Steve Young and Dr. Richard Kimble after 28 years..check with me again in 2049. 🥴

[@afridgetoofar1818]

"I didn't kill my old starting QB." -Steve Young

[@patrickmahon5501]

What a wonderful upload! Thanks!

[@beeemm2578]

Frank saying "Mondeeeee Night Football!"

[@damonmcmann5293]

Ye. He's definitely a legend n still one of the best that's still going.

[@JCory22]

"Metcalf up the middle."

[@whataboutrob442]

Stupid Browns fan. ☝️

[@JCory22]

@@whataboutrob442 What?

[@whataboutrob442]

@@JCory22 I have family in Cleveland and I remember my cousin always saying "Metcalf up the middle" thinking Belichick was a stupid coach. Well, he definitely proved everyone wrong.

[@Hotspur77]

@@whataboutrob442 Yeah, I think Browns fans know a thing or two about Belichick...the Browns D in 93-94 was at least as good as any BB has had in New England...but Bill was still - and is still - reliant on good QB play to win. This game - the defense played great, but Kosar provided the big play spark. As he always did, even at this stage of his career, when he was practically a cripple...in no small part thanks to Belichick's horrible offensive scheme and inability to draft properly. Belichick is a great coach, but that genius is flawed. Brownstown knows this well. What about Rob? Not so much.

[@LogoAttitude]

This was the only interconference home game between 1990-95 to sell out. Because it was on MNF, WJW didn't televise this game, but rather WEWS, one of two flagship stations of Scripps, did. WJW was not able to air any of the interconference home games played on Sunday afternoon due to the NFL blackout rules. It wouldn't be until 1999 that WJW televised a Browns game for the first time since 1989, the first ever Browns game against the Panthers, who launched in 1995. In 1994, WJW, at the behest of their owners at the time, moved from CBS to Fox, which was a byproduct of the NFC package making the same move that season.

[@Synchotron]

Belichick thought Vinny would get him a ring that season, but Bernie got his instead.

[@JosePerez-vz1qq]

Bernie always got the rings that Vinny expected to get

[@williamstocker584]

Yea as Troy’s backup…he could never lead a team to the super bowl

[@amcynic]

The Cleveland d-line was massive.

[@TheChrisminator19]

At the 1:13:18 mark, Michael Jackson makes an outstanding catch! He had 5 catches and 105 receiving yards in this game! #GOCLEVELAND #GOBROWNS

[@catlifewithbabykitten]

I remember when Michael Jackson was #1. The receiver AND the singer.

[@TheChrisminator19]

@@catlifewithbabykitten It is funny that he has the same name. Fun fact: They show footage where they were making a new stadium for the Cleveland Indians for the 1994 MLB season

[@astrostar49]

Heeee Heeee!!!

[@JosePerez-vz1qq]

I love seeing the AAFC's only surviving rivalry renewed.

[@jimmieperry3418]

I can ONLY imagine what might have been. Seeing the next great Head Coach Bill Belichick hug Nick Saban on the sidelines and Art Modell celebrate in his skybox, what if my Cleveland Browns STAYED in Cleveland? The Stinking Ravens NEVER would've come into fruition,and Bill Belichick NEVER would've arrived on New England's doorstep. The only question remains is how many Super Bowls Bernie Kosar and Bill Belichick would've won together? I guess I can wake up now,but it was fun living in my "alternate" dimension for a while. #GOBROWNS!!!!!! #SUPERBOWLWINORBUSTFORTHECLEVELANDBROWNS2024!!!!!!

[@TeddyBelcher4kultrawide]

Even better the 49ers would not beat the Browns for 14 years until 2007

[@Wingman-yl3qq]

I’m with you. All these years later and still can’t help but wonder what would have been. I think about it WAY too often.

[@paulalstrom4144]

Yeah, Belichick was beginning to build a culture there. Not sure Kosar would have been a part of it though. I remember that season it seemed like Belichick was determined to send Kosar packing one way or the other. Bernie will always be my favorite QB. Belichick and the Browns did him wrong. But it did lead to Bernie getting a Super Bowl ring so that was cool.

[@JerseyGuys75]

"We're on to Cincinnati."

[@kevinyost5635]

what could have ben if the browns would of stayed

[@bryanburrage9041]

Art Modell MOVED and established a new franchise in Baltimore with the players who had FORMERLY played for the Cleveland Browns. THAT was the agreement which the NFL was forced to comply with by intense pressure from the city of Cleveland, Mayor Michael White and a Congressional hearing on the matter! The city of Cleveland FOUGHT HARD for their team and was rewarded with their proud franchise, the team's history, traditions, colors and logo. ALL of it REMAINED in and with the city of Cleveland. It DID NOT move, it was placed on a 3 year hiatus and resumed in 1999, AND CONTINUES to this day! The Cleveland BROWNS of 1999-2020 are the same CLEVELAND Browns of 1945-95. GO BROWNS!

[@whataboutrob442]

@@bryanburrage9041 Umm, but they suck! Definitely not the Superbowl grade team that moved to Baltimore.

[@christiancharles2866]

@@whataboutrob442 Browns at least beat baltimore 24-22 last time they played

[@christiancharles2866]

@@whataboutrob442 Fuck the Ravens

[@christiancharles2866]

@@whataboutrob442 Browns have had bad seasons but 11-5 in 2020 and beating the steelers 24-22 and 48-37 in playoffs and 8-9 in 2021 doesnt suck.

[@joshuaecht]

Interesting how the Browns played a 3-4 instead of their base 4-3. Giants principles against the 49ers, and a cover-2 shell.

[@LaMostraVia]

Dan Dierdorf canton Ohio native legend and HOF’r

[@crgray1979]

Is the this the last game with the baseball dirt at Cleveland

[@isaacgreen3273]

Yes

[@MaximusWolfe]

Wow, that fugitive metaphor at the beginning was pretty weak to say the least. Steve Young is the fugitive because he runs a lot? You gotta wonder what was going on at that MNF meetings that week to come up with such an asinine, apples to oranges opening bit.

[@thefrase7884]

Have you ever considered suicide?

[@walterlv01]

The '93 49ers were kind of an aberration during their two decades of dominance - they weren't good on the road and didn't win the close games. They were actually 1-6 in games decided by 10 points or less and counting playoffs only 4-5 on the road, completely the opposite of what that era's San Francisco teams were known for.

[@docgeri]

defense was really suspect

[@gluserty]

@@docgeri Below average by 49ers standards. Also, Steve Young had a career-high 16 interceptions, and the team really needed to replace Mike Cofer at kicker. Amazing offense though; no other team in 1993 was on the same level offensively.

[@jamiesonmathias7859]

FINALLY FINALLY Found first older game on here without old heads complaining, whining , comparing to now etc ! Let everyone enjoy there era without putting it down ! And what gets me the most is the so called great football they brag about ! But yet there whining & crying about current football. If that old football was so great it would keep your attention & the new current game could not get your attention if the old football is so great !

[@chriscampbell3817]

Neville brothers. awesome. rock n roll Hall of famers. thanks. go fucking browns!!!

[@binks2413]

Were should pads bigger back then? The players heads looks so small

[@rovolutionary]

Mike Shanahan offense vs Bill Belichick defense! always a classic

[@binks2413]

Nick Saban was the Browns DC I believe

[@rovolutionary]

@@binks2413 yea I know but Coach Belichick always has a lot of input into defensive game plans

[@jackkitchen737]

What a terrible lead in song for this game lol

[@alexcasterr]

When Belichick still used to take showers daily

[@LogoAttitude]

I put my last comment on here while I was on moblie since it was too difficult to edit on moblie I had to go on my PC

[@TicklerDude]

I predict that Montana beats Elway next week.....

[@chipamnathphonthip3873]

Imlikebrowns

Go Browns

[@r3mdh]

Cleveland went from one of the best pair of corners in the league to one of the worst here. Shame.

[@StrivingTowardsWhatIsAhead]

Mondee Night Football.

[@joshuaecht]

BB really made the Browns into an NFC East team in the AFC Central. We would beat the NFC elite but struggle with HOU and PIT. I think it is how the team was built. ('92 GB, '93 SF, '94 DAL, for instance).

[@jamesgurksnis4392]

Green Bay was a rising star in 1992 though. San Francisco and Dallas were on top of the league on those respective years. If they played Washington in 1992 I think they’d beat them then.

[@christiancharles2866]

Browns still beat Pittsburgh and houston during Belichick years. Unlike now where wins against the steelers are every 3-4 years.

[@beaubear623]

@38:46 bulldozer

[@MaximusWolfe]

Back when the NFL was still great. It is a pitiful joke nowadays. HAIL TO THE REDSKINS!!!!

[@dalebechtel8904]

It’s amazing how nonchalantly they viewed head injuries then. Smelling salts? Ugh

[@justinnardine8564]

Eric Metcalf wooooooo

[@kevin2400]

Real football..... no woke messages on the endzones

[@dsc5754]

Micheal Jackson, hehe 🔥😁

Browns 23 49ers 13

[@lordcolinb]

😁🇺🇸👍👍

[@MrLee23]

And after that season... 💩 for 30yrs!

[@RichV20]

Well they would make it to the Divisional Round the following year