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Houston Texans at Cleveland Browns

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2002 Regular season · Week 7 · Cleveland Browns Stadium

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Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

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HOUHouston Texans17Away
CLECleveland Browns34Home
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Browns beat Texans 34–17 in 2002 Week 7

The Cleveland Browns beat the Houston Texans 34–17 at home at Cleveland Browns Stadium in Week 7 of the 2002 regular season on October 20, 2002.

The result moved the Browns to 3–4 and dropped the Texans to 1–5. It was the Texans’ fifth straight loss. The Texans finished 2002 at 4–12 and missed the playoffs. The Browns finished 2002 at 9–7 and lost in the Wild Card round.

WHYNFL’s results archive begins with the 1999 season, and this was the franchises’ first meeting in it. When they met again, the Cleveland Browns won 22–14 on January 2, 2005.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Browns lead the series 1–0 after meeting No. 1 since 2002 Full series history

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