Mine is still Red Right 88. I was 10 and I cried after the game.

Question:
Which Loss was the most painful to you as a Browns Fan?

Choices:
1965 vs. Packers
Red Right 88
The Drive
The Fumble
89 Loss to Broncos
All of the losses at Three Rivers in the 70's and early 80's
Any Regular Season Pittsburgh Loss
Any Loss to Cincinnati
Any Loss to Baltimore
Pittsburgh Playoff Loss in 03
All home losses are the most painful to me because I pay so much for tickets

 

The drive was an excellent example of why the prevent defense is horrible.

I remember the 03 loss ot Pitt the best. I said that one, bc I was too young for the other ones.

It was a toss up for me between Red Right 88 and The Drive, because in 1980 I believe we were on the 16 yd line down 2 points an we could have ran 3 running plays (using our timeouts) to get closer for Cockroft (who was an excellent kicker (even in bad weather) and Oakland went on to destroy Phildelpia in the Super Bowl. The Drive is what it is, 5:29 on the Clock, we pin them at the 2 yd. line we are on our way to pasadena, but, on one series with less than 2 minutes they had 4th and 20 and got 21 yds. I cried that day and the day of Red Right 88 and I never cried

You know Pastor, I had to choose between the 2 also. The thing about Red Right was I felt shock. It was over so quick. Bang! It was definitely painful, but the drive was like sitting in the dentist's chair and when he's done he's drilled the wrong tooth.

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but the drive was like sitting in the dentist's chair and when he's done he's drilled the wrong tooth.

I agree, and the clock wouldn't move fast enough.

The Drive was more painfull to me because I had season tickets with a friend of mine and both of us are afraid of heights. We were trying to figure out how we were going to survive a 3 hour flight to San Diego for the Super Bowl but alas Elway took care of that. It also was tougher because we were there to see it in section 50 in the old Dawg Pound at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium. I never noticed how cold it was till we lost. We lived over 3 hours from Cleveland and it seemed like an eight hour drive home. Even though we lost that game is one of the greatest playoff games ever in the NFL!

The Drive

The drive without question. The other contenders were when we controlled the ball. Watching the drive I felt hopeless and the Browns looked helpless as it seems destiny was taking place.

im 36yrs old i have been a big browns fan ever since i was a little kid.i would say the drive game is the most painful loss for me.because i can remember thinking after brian brennan caught that one touchdown pass where the denver corner back fell down on the play that browns were going too the superbowl that yr i thought destiny was with them.and when that denver guy muffed the kick off and they were 92yrds away.i really felt good then.but then schotenhemier had too play that prevent defense if we would have played a tighter defense none of that should have took place.but i can remember after denver made that field goal too win the game i threw my remote too the ground and cried for a bit.

I choose the Drive cause you didnt put on there the day the Browns stoped playing football in 1996.

That was the most painfull day for me as a Browns fan.

i chose the fumble because for like half a second i was celebrating the super bowl and in the next second it was all gone. i did cry that day and was shocked for years after that play. i was like ten years old and i knew that oppurtunity was so very hard to come by. plus byner was a real pro and i didnt like the blame he took for it. it was a fluke strip.

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That was the most painfull day for me as a Browns fan.

I agree, same with me. It wasn't a play but the event was very very sad for me. After that I was more into OSU and college football than NFL until we came back.

Had to go with the fumble. It was the chance at revenge, the chance to correct what went wrong the year before, and it looked like it was going to happen.

I was pretty young at the time, the Jets game before "the drive" is one of my earliest football memories.

As bad as they both were, they got me hooked on the Browns, for that they still hold some good.

What about when the faiders intercepted Sipe in the end zone in 1980? Hate the faiders seems like most of my friends are faider fans

thankfully too young to remember any else, but the stoolers loss in 03 was brutal, the sheer fact we led by 17 at halftime and then we blew it! We couldnt have just lost, but we had to give it away, just like the 07 World Series...

They were all painful, but I had to go with Red Right 88 because I broke my TV after the interception.

The Fumble really hurt. I was convinced that we had taken the lead, but that Castillo guy ruined it for us. He wasn't even a good player.

The drive, for some reason I can forgive the fumble, but letting Elway go all the way down field was just heart breaking. I was just a kid and I remember my fathers eyes welling up.

Still hurts to think of a grown man crying about a football game....

The Drive.That is etched in my brain.I hate it when they replay it on NFL Network.I hate it when it's brought up period.I remember Brian Brennan catching that TD pass to put them in the lead and practically tearing the place up because I couldn't believe we were going to the superbowl.Then.....man going from pure elation to utter disappointment.Talk about a buzz killer.

Who could forget "The Drive" but what stings the most recent (not on the list) is the second game against Cincy in 07.

They all hurt... but for some reason the fumble hit me like a ton of bricks. I just couldn't believe the fates had dealt us another cruel blow like that. Two years in a row? It just didn't seem fair.

But you learn over the years. It wasn't fate... It was our defense.