MONDAY NIGHT LETDOWN Browns get the boot

The Vindicator/William D. Lewis
Cleveland coach Butch Davis signals for a timeout during the final moments of the Browns-Rams game. The Browns, playing in their first televised Monday Night Football contest since 1995, lost to St. Louis 26-20 at Cleveland Browns Stadium. The Rams clinched a playoff spot with the victory while the Browns sunk into last place in their division. At right, Rams kicker Jeff Wilkins, a former standout from Youngstown State University and Austintown Fitch High School, boots one of his four field goals. The Browns played in the first "Monday Night Football" game in 1970 when they defeated Joe Namath and the New York Jets 31-21. More on the game and on Wilkins today in Sports, C1.