Written by Jonathan Knight

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Useless nuggets of information from Sunday’s Browns game that you can certainly live without…

NEVERMORE: The Browns have now lost seven straight to Baltimore, not winning since the memorable Phil Dawson crossbar game in November of 2007. Even worse, the Browns have scored 10 points or less in five of the seven losses. The Ravens now lead the series, 18-7.

DIVISIONAL DOLDRUMS: Over the past four seasons, the Browns have a record of just 3-18 within the AFC North, 2-9 at home.

UGLY NUMBERS: For the season, the Browns have nearly 300 more passing yards (2,364) than their opponents (2,080). But there’s a much more dramatic difference between the Browns’ total yardage (1,124) and their opponents’ (1,815).

EMPTY SEATS: Sunday marked the 22nd straight home game in which the Browns have failed to draw 70,000 fans. In their seven homes games this year, the Browns are averaging 65,515 per game. Unless they draw 70,000-plus in the finale against Pittsburgh, they’ll finish with their lowest home attendance total in a season since their return in 1999.

PAINFUL: The whopping 448 total yards the Ravens racked up was easily the most the Browns had allowed in a game this season and the most they’d permitted since giving up 456 to the Jets in the overtime loss last November. The 290 rushing yards Baltimore rolled to was the  most allowed by the Browns since giving up 303 to the Steelers on Dec. 7, 2006.

NOT LOOKING ANY BETTER: The combined record of the four teams the Browns have defeated now stands at 12-36. The best team the Browns have defeated is Seattle, who is 5-7.

MORE MEDIOCRITY: Colt McCoy turned in another disappointing performance, compiling a quarterback rating of just 63, his second-worst of the season. For the year his rating is now 76.9, putting him 23rd in the NFL.

BACK ON TOP: With his 45 yards on Sunday, Peyton Hillis became the Browns’ leading rusher for the season, now with 321 total.

A GROWING FRATERNITY: Ray Rice became the eighth running back to top 100 yards against the Browns this season, though the first to hit 200. The previous high for a Browns’ opponent was Frank Gore’s 134 in San Francisco.

NOTABLE DIFFERENCE: The Browns’ longest running play was nine yards, while the Ravens had seven runs of 10 yards or more.

AN OFFENSIVE OFFENSE: This was the seventh time this season the Browns had been held under 300 yards of offense, plus the 10th time they’d been held under 20 points and the seventh they’d been held to 14 or less.

BIG PLAYS, BIG DIFFERENCE: The Ravens notched five plays of 20 yards or more while the Browns managed just two. For the year the Browns have now collected 29 and have allowed 39.

SWELL D’QWELL: Linebacker D’Qwell Jackson had another nice game, leading both teams with 12 tackles (eight solo), including a tackle for a loss and a quarterback hit. He continues to lead the Browns in tackles for the season with 112 (84 solo).

A NOT-AT-ALL-FUN FACT: The Browns lead the NFL with 10 successful fourth-down conversions. The only team to go for it on more fourth downs than the Browns’ 16 is St. Louis with 17. Buffalo also has 16 attempts, but the Bills have only converted six.

WHERE WE RANK: Averaging 4.5 yards per play, the Browns’ offense ranks 30th in the NFL, while their 14.6 points scored per game is 28th. The Cleveland defense is allowing 5.1 yards per play, putting it eighth in the league, and their 20 points allowed per game also puts the Browns eighth.

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