The last time the Browns won in the Pacific time zone, Josh Gordon caught a TD from Brandon Weeden

Billy Heyen

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The last time the Browns won in the Pacific time zone, Josh Gordon caught a TD from Brandon Weeden image

The Cleveland Browns haven't won in the Pacific Standard Time Zone in a long time.

Usually, it's only one or two games that far west a year, but still: It hasn't happened since 2012.

On Sunday, the Browns can change that. They play in Las Vegas against the Raiders, and Shedeur Sanders is making his first NFL start.

He'll be trying to upend history that has stood for 13 years.

As a user noted on Reddit, the last time the Browns won a game with a local kickoff time of three hours earlier than Cleveland was on Dec. 2, 2012, and it was against the Raiders, who were still in Oakland.

Cleveland won a narrow decision, 20-17, to improve to 4-8 under head coach Pat Shurmur that season, dropping the Dennis Allen-coached Raiders to 3-9.

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The Browns' first touchdown that day was a 44-yard pass from Brandon Weeden to Josh Gordon.

Cleveland's second score came on a three-yard rush by Trent Richardson.

Phil Dawson added a pair of field goals for Cleveland.

On the other side, Carson Palmer threw a pair of TDs for the Raiders.

Weeden had a big stats day, throwing for 364 yards. Gordon had 116 of those, with Ben Watson adding 80, Mahomaed Massaquoi 60, Greg Little 48 and Jordan Cameron 30.

Palmer threw for 351 yards for the Raiders, with 14 catches and 130 yards for Brandon Myers.

Sheldon Brown had an interception for the Browns, and Juqua Parker had a sack.

So, anyways, that's how long it has been.

The Browns' closest chance at a win out west since then came a few years later in a 45-42 overtime loss to the Raiders, still in Oakland.

Now in Vegas, the Raiders are standing in the way of the Browns ending quite a long drought.

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