Team Mistaken For Browns Defeat Steelers 13 - 6
In an embarrassing scheduling mixup a team that has the same uniforms as the Cleveland Browns defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 13 - 6 in Cleveland Browns Stadium Thursday night. The NFL had billed the game as Browns vs Steelers but it was actually a local high school team, the Midpark Meteors that defeated the reigning World Champions.
Fans seemed perplexed at the scheduling mishap, "Obviously that wasn't the Browns playing tonight, no turnovers, minimal penalties, control of the clock. I'm just confused about how the NFL could have let the wrong team on the field." said super fan John 'Big Dawg' Thompson. Pat McGinty of Lakewood added "Sure it's great to see the Steelers lose, I just wish we had a team that played like that and could give Sucksburg that loss. But give those kids from Midpark credit, they played really well."
When asked for an explanation about why the Browns were not playing an official from the NFL office was vague "We're in the business of putting a great product on the field. If there was confusion about who was playing that's regrettable, but there was a competitive game tonight which is what's important."
The Browns are scheduled to play Kansas City on December 20th. It is not clear what team will show up for that game but in a related note the St. James Warriors junior high football team of Lakewood (a suburb of Cleveland) has a flight booked for Kansas City on December 19th.