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By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief

CLEVELAND, Ohio- After a 36-6 loss for the season opener on Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens, the Cleveland Browns won their home opener Thursday night at FirstEnergy Stadium, beating the Cincinnati Bengals 35-30 and giving Browns Head Coach Kevin Stefanski his first win of the regular season and his first NFL victory.

Due to coronavirus restrictions fans in the stands were limited to a capacity of 6,000, a departure from Sunday's game in Baltimore that was virtually played behind closed doors, and without fans in the stadium, a lackluster NFL season opener at best.

At halftime Thursday night the Browns were winning 21-13.

Browns Quarterback Baker Mayfield, who had a splendid game against Cincinnati, threw for 219 yards and completed 16-of-23 passes, including a 43 yard touchdown pass  to Odel Beckham, and one to Kareem Hunt.

Those 16 completions by Mayfield were to eight different receivers.

Mayfield now has 24 touchdown passes since entering the NFL in 2018

Hunt and Nick Chubb were both on the running attack.

A 2018 second round draft pick for the Browns, Chubb ran for two scores and 124 yards.

Both teams had a turnover.

Joe Burrow, the first year rookie quarterback out of Louisiana  State University who won the Heisman Trophy in 2019, was no pushover, bringing his team within five points of a win, though Cincinnati and its head coach, Zac Taylor, still lost in the end.

An impressive Burrow threw three touchdown passes and  for 316 yards, and completed 37-of-61 passes, an average of just over five yards.

The Browns are now 1-1 for the regular season, and the Bengals, following their loss Sunday to the Los Angeles Chargers, are 0-2.

The Browns' next regular season game is a Sunday afternoon home game on Sept 27. against the Washington Redskins.

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