BOX SCORE CLEVELAND — At some point, the 49ers were bound to play a stinker — or something in that genus, anyway. The 49ers, so dominant over the first five games of the 2023 NFL season, looked more middle-of-the-pack on Sunday against the Cleveland Browns. Rookie kicker Jake Moody missed a 41-yard field goal attempt wide to the right in the closing seconds and the 49ers fell from the ranks of the unbeaten in completely unexpected fashion. The offense was abysmal and the team's defense failed to stop the P.J. Walker-led Browns when the game was on the line. Cleveland took advantage of some costly 49ers penalties to pull out the 19-17 victory over the 49ers for the biggest upset of the NFL season. Quarterback Brock Purdy played at an absurdly high level in his 13 first games of playing at least half the game after taking over for Jimmy Garoppolo last season. On Sunday, he had his worst game against a Browns defense that entered the day ranked No. 1 in the NFL. Purdy completed 12 of 27 passes for 125 yards with one touchdown pass and one interception thrown. Purdy's streak without an interception ended at 248 consecutive pass attempts in the third quarter when Cleveland...
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By Kirk Larrabee
Oct 15, 2023
After cruising to a 5-0 record to start the season, the San Francisco 49ers ran into a buzzsaw on Sunday in the form of the Cleveland Browns defense, which held a high-powered 49ers offense largely in check on route to a 19-17 upset victory.
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