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Enraged, Browns fans began throwing objects onto the field, mainly plastic beer bottles. Some fans began throwing the stadium's trash cans down to the field as well. After a few minutes, citing safety concerns, the officials announced that the game would end 48 seconds early and the officials and players exited the field.
The most notable game from the 2001 Cleveland Browns season came on a December 16 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in what became known as "Bottlegate". The Browns were driving toward the east end zone for what would have been the winning score. A controversial call on fourth down gave the Jaguars the ball.
At the team's final home game against the Bengals, unruly fans in the Dawg Pound bleachers section rained debris, beer bottles and entire sections of seats onto the field, forcing officials to move play to the opposite end to ensure players' safety. [265] Cleveland won the game, its only victory after the announcement of the move. [266]
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Eric Smith, who the Browns initially blamed for pouring a beer on Titans CB Logan Ryan in Week 1, filed a lawsuit against the organization on Tuesday.
A game that began with a handful of fans tipsy on cheap beer running across the outfield grass — some of them naked — collapsed into chaos. During a scary ninth inning, Texas manager Billy ...
A filled plastic bottle can also be used as a blunt instrument which causes just as much danger and injury as a glassing. This was seen in a riotous incident which took place during a National Football League game in Cleveland, Ohio in 2001 where plastic beer bottles thrown by angry fans became blunt missiles, and which was known as the ...
A fan threw a bottle at Browns owner Jimmy Haslam near the end of their loss to the Jets on Sunday.