York's 58-yard FG lifts Browns over Panthers

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Cleveland Browns are 1-0 for the first time since 2004.

Winning at the expense of former quarterback Baker Mayfield only made it a little sweeter.

Cade York kicked a 58-yard field goal with 8 seconds left in his NFL debut, lifting the the Browns to a 26-24 win over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday that spoiled Mayfield's bid for vengeance after weeks of build-up and supposed barbs.

“The tone was set with the attitude of some of the guys on the other side," said Browns defensive lineman Myles Garrett, who had two sacks. “We were just ready to get out there and put things to bed.

“It had us a bit off the leash,” he added, a reference to T-shirts that Mayfield's camp had produced earlier in the week.

Nick Chubb ran for 141 yards and Kareem Hunt had 70 total yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns as the Browns won their first road season opener in 28 years.

Mayfield, who spent four seasons with Cleveland prior to being traded in July, finished 16 of 27 for 235 yards with two touchdowns.

“We would love to have the bragging rights against those guys, but we didn’t finish — mostly because we didn’t start (the game) fast enough,” Mayfield said.

Mayfield nearly pulled it off anyway.

He led the Panthers back from a 13-point fourth quarter deficit with a 7-yard touchdown run, a 75-yard TD strike to Robbie Anderson and by moving his team 64 yards in seven plays to set up Eddy Pineiro’s go-ahead field goal with 1:13 remaining.

But the Panthers left too much time on the clock.

Jacoby Brissett, filling in for suspended Browns star Deshaun Watson, completed passes for 13 yards to Donovan Peoples-Jones and 9 yards to Amari Cooper to set up York’s winning kick, the longest for the franchise since 1984.

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