Cleveland Browns quarterback Brian Hoyer passes against the Tennessee Titans in their game Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014, in Nashville.NASHVILLE – The Cleveland Browns shook off a sluggish start with a finish for the NFL record book.
Brian Hoyer threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Travis Benjamin with 1:09 left, and the Browns rallied from a 25-point deficit to beat the Tennessee Titans 29-28 on Sunday. It was the largest comeback in league history by a road team.
Only two other clubs have come back from bigger deficits in the regular season. San Francisco rallied from 28 down in beating New Orleans on Dec. 7, 1980, and Buffalo trailed 26-0 before beating Indianapolis 37-35 on Sept. 21, 1997.
Every Browns game this season has been decided by three points or fewer.
“I did tell them after the game they got to stop doing it,” first-year Cleveland coach Mike Pettine said. “I have an EKG scheduled for tomorrow because my heart can’t take many more of these.”