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Browns vs. Steelers named NFL’s top rivalry for 2019

Ask a Cleveland Browns fan what is the team’s biggest rival and the automatic answer is the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Browns and the Steelers first faced each other on Oct. 7, 1950, with Cleveland rolling to a 30-17 victory. It was the first of eight consecutive wins for the Browns against the Steelers, part of a streak that saw the Browns go 31-9 against the Steelers from 1950 through 1969.

All told, the two teams have met 134 times, and the odd part about the rivalry is that it has been rare for both teams to be good at the same time.