Browns Move To Baltimore

On Nov. 6, 1995, Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell officially announced that the Cleveland Browns would be moving to Baltimore after the season. 

The lame duck Browns struggled the rest of that season. Eventually a deal was reached in which the name, logos, and history of the franchise would remain in Cleveland. A new version of the Browns returned to the field in 1999.

Modell's Baltimore franchise became known as the Baltimore Ravens and was essentially an expansion team.

Despite the Browns being a losing franchise, the Ravens didn’t take much time to become an elite franchise. The Ravens would visit the playoffs for the first time in 2000. 

That year would be a magical year for the Ravens as they traveled all the way to the Super Bowl and eventually beat the New York Giants 34-7 in Super Bowl XXXV (35).

The Ravens would continue to excel in the AFC North and would make the playoffs in 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013.

The Ravens would again win the Super Bowl XLVII (47) in 2013 against the San Francisco 49ers as head coaches Jim and Job Harbaugh faced off in the first Super Bowl to be coached by brothers.

Nothing Goes Right For San Francisco In 27-7 Loss

SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco 49ers were the talk of the NFL coming into the 2013 season, but have begin to show signs for concern in the last two weeks, losing to the Seattle Seahawks and the Indianapolis Colts back-to-back.

Sunday’s loss to the Colts was more surprising then the lost to the Seahawks, who were thought to be the 49ers biggest competition going into the year.

It wasn’t just the offense that played poor against the Colts, but the defense as well. The 49ers allowed a season high in points to the Colts who only managed 21 in a win against the Oakland Raiders in week one, and 20 in a loss to the Miami Dolphins in week two.

Sure the addition of Trent Richardson aided the Colts former No. 1 overall draft selection and former Stanford-Harbaugh product Andrew Luck to beat his former coach, but Luck played better than Kaepernick. He didn’t turn the ball over, and scored one on his feet.

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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick wasn’t able to manage much of a game against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. Kaepernick was 13-27 passing for 150 yards with an interception. He rushed for 20-yards.

"I know he's grinning from ear to ear," said Indianapolis Colts Head Coach Chuck Pagano. "I've never seen him smile the way he was smiling after this one."

"I wasn't caught up in, Oh my gosh, I'm going up against Coach(es) Harbaugh, Roman and Fangio," said Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck. "I figured any time you play this sport, coaches and players come and go so much that you always end up going against someone that you played for or played with or had a good relationship with."

But it was just as much the lack of play by the 49ers that saw them fail to reach double digits in scoring for the second straight week.

"There's no one thing, we just didn't execute this offense," said 49ers starting quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

The 49ers now 1-2, will have to get ready to face another divisional opponent as the go on the road to face the St. Louis Rams (1-2), and another former No. 1 overall pick, in Sam Bradford.

The 49ers need to have an impressive performance to reassure their fans that all of the off-season hype and off the field problems with players like Aldon Smith are not going to deter this team from at least making their third consecutive appearance in the NFC Championship game come January.