The bitter rivalry between these Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers began in 1950 when the All-American Football Conference folded and three of the AAFC teams entered the NFL. The 49ers and Colts were joined by a Browns’ team that had won all four of the AAFC championships under head coach Paul Brown.
The Browns dominated the early years while the Same Old Steelers struggled to put up any resistance as Cleveland rolled over them eight straight times. The super seventies saw the Steelers take over supremacy. The eighties and nineties were evenly balanced and then Ben Roethlisberger arrived and he owns the Browns.