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CLEVELAND (5-10) At PITTSBURGH (7-8) Sunday, 1 p.m., CBS OPENING LINE - OFF RECORD VS. SPREAD - Cleveland 8-6-1; Pittsburgh 6-9 SERIES RECORD - Steelers lead 62-57 AP PRO32 RANKING - Browns No. 23; Steelers No. 17 LAST MEETING - Browns beat Steelers 20-14, Nov. 25 LAST WEEK - Browns lost to Broncos 34-12; Steelers lost to Bengals 13-10 BROWNS OFFENSE - OVERALL (27), RUSH (25), PASS (20) BROWNS DEFENSE - OVERALL (24), RUSH (19), PASS (27) STEELERS OFFENSE - OVERALL (21), RUSH (26), PASS (11) STEELERS DEFENSE - OVERALL (1), RUSH (2), PASS (1) STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Steelers eliminated from playoff contention last week. ... Browns last swept Steelers in 1988. ... Pittsburgh TE Heath Miller out with right knee injury. ... Cleveland's last win in Pittsburgh came in 2003. ... Browns forced eight Pittsburgh turnovers in previous meeting. ... Cleveland QB Brandon Weeden nursing right shoulder injury and may not play. ... Steelers haven't finished with losing record since 2003. ... Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger has touchdown pass in all 12 games he's played. ... Pittsburgh DB Cortez Allen had two interceptions and forced fumble last week. ... Steelers have third-highest home winning percentage (.732) since Heinz Field opened in 2001 ... Cleveland K Phil Dawson has converted 28 of 29 field goals ... Weeden's five wins are most by rookie Browns QB in team history. ... Steelers average time of possession (32:14) second in NFL ... Pittsburgh 1-5 since 6-3 start ... Cleveland RB Trent Richardson's 12 touchdowns leads NFL rookies ... Cleveland's 82 combined rookie starts most in league ... Each of Cleveland WR Josh Gordon's five touchdown receptions have been longer than 20 yards ... Steelers recorded season-high six sacks last week against Cincinnati. --- Online: http://pro32.ap.org/poll and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL
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