Cleveland Browns 2011 Schedule: Browns To Open Season Against Cincinnati Bengals

The NFL released the 2011 Cleveland Browns schedule Tuesday night, and one season after playing every game at 1:00pm et, the Browns will return to primetime when they face the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday, December 8 on NFL Network.

Last season, the Browns played all 16 of their regular season games at 1PM et, a scheduling quirk I had never seen before. The Steelers won’t travel to Cleveland until January 1st, when they’ll visit Cleveland Browns Stadium.

The Browns will open the 2011 Regular Season at home against the Cincinnati Bengals on September 11, the 12th time in 13 seasons they Browns will open the season at home.

The rest of September has the Browns traveling to face the Indianapolis Colts on 9/18 and hosting the Miami Dolphins on 9/25.

In October, the Browns host the Tennessee Titans(10/2). The Browns will enjoy their BYE week on October 9, Week 5 in the NFL. The team will then travel to face the Oakland Raiders(10/16) before returning home for the Seattle Seahawks(10/23) before going right back west to face the San Fancisco 49ers(10/30).

November sees the Browns play road games against the Houston Texans(11/6) and Cincinnati(11/27) around home games against the St. Louis Rams(11/13) and the Jacksonville Jaguars(11/20).

December will find the Browns on the road, alot. After a home game against the Baltimore Ravens(12/4), the Browns head out on the road for three straight games – Pittsburgh(12/8), the Arizona Cardinals(12/18) and back to Baltimore(12/24).

The season concludes New Year’s Day 2012 at home against the Steelers.

Peyton Hillis Beats Aaron Rodgers in Madden 12 Cover Vote

2011 Cleveland Browns Schedule To Be Released Tuesday

The National Football League will release the 2011 NFL Regular Season schedule Tuesday, April 19 at 7PM et on NFL Network and NFL.com.  The Browns already know which teams they will face in 2011 - Tuesday will tell us when and where the Browns will be week in and week out in 2011.

The NFL also announced that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Chicago Bears will play in London on October 23rd - the fifth season in a row the NFL has played a regular season game overseas.  It will be the 2nd time the Bucs will play in the game - they were crushed by the New England Patriots in 2009.

The Browns Opponents for 2011 are:

HOME: Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Pittsburgh Steelers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Miami Dolphins, St. Louis Rams, Seattle Seahawks, Tennessee Titans

AWAY: Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Pittsburgh Steelers, Arizona Cardinals, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Oakland Raiders, San Francisco 49ers