CLEVELAND -- Travis Benjamin provided the spark Cleveland needed by returning a punt 93 yards for a touchdown on the first play of the second quarter Sunday. That put the Browns ahead to stay, and they went on to beat the Kansas City Chiefs 30-7. The victory was the third straight for the Browns, and it is their longest winning streak since they won the last four games in 2009. They are 5-8 and have won one more game than all of last season, when they lost nine of their last 10 games. The Chiefs (2-11) suffered a severe loss in the first quarter when leading receiver Dwayne Bowe was knocked out of the game with a rib injury. The Chiefs led 7-0 at the time, and they did not recover. "In my mind, the second half was the turning point," Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel said. "We couldn't produce on either side of the ball." Benjamin's return, the longest in Browns history, involved a bit of trickery. He was near the line of scrimmage as the teams were ...
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Travis Benjamin,
Dwayne Bowe,
Romeo Crennel,
Josh Cribbs,
Trent Richardson,
Jamaal Charles,
T.J. Ward,
Ryan Succop,
Brady Quinn,
Phil Dawson,
Dimitri Patterson,
Kendrick Lewis
TEAMS: Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs
TEAMS: Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs
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