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New England Patriots at Cleveland Browns

Final · Kickoff

2016 Regular season · Week 5 · FirstEnergy 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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CLECleveland Browns13Home
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Patriots beat Browns 33–13 in 2016 Week 5

The New England Patriots beat the Cleveland Browns 33–13 on the road at FirstEnergy Stadium in Week 5 of the 2016 regular season on October 9, 2016.

No other game of Week 5 was decided by as many points.

The result moved the Patriots to 4–1 and dropped the Browns to 0–5. It was the Browns’ fifth straight loss. The Patriots finished 2016 at 14–2 and won Super Bowl LI. The Browns finished 2016 at 1–15 and missed the playoffs.

In their previous meeting, the New England Patriots won 27–26 on December 8, 2013. When they met again, the New England Patriots won 27–13 on October 27, 2019.

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 Patriots lead the series 7–2 after meeting No. 9 since 1999 Full series history

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