Bo Scott was, in many ways, like Ed Modzelewski, the Browns running back we wrote about yesterday.

Modzelewski was one of the guys who helped carry the rushing load in the mid-1950s after the career of one Pro Football Hall of Famer in Marion Motley, and before that of another in Jim Brown.

As such, Modzelewski’s career has, sadly so, been mostly forgotten through the decades.

The same can be said for Scott.

After playing for head coach Woody Hayes at Ohio State, he went to the Canadian Football League for a while.

Scott got his start in the NFL when he came to the Browns in 1969. After not doing much that first season, he had three extremely good years in a row, rushing for 625 yards and seven touchdowns in 1970, 606 yards and nine scores in ’71 and then 571 yards and two TDs in ’72.

In his six-year NFL career, all with Cleveland, he rushed for 2,124 yards and 18 touchdowns, which puts him into eighth place in team history.

But not enough has ever been made of Scott’s career because he played alongside Hall of Famer Leroy Kelly. He was overshadowed – and then some.

Oh, well. Unfortunately, that’s just how it happens sometimes.

Scott had one of his best games ever on this date 44 years ago, Oct. 17, 1971, against the Cincinnati Bengals at Riverfront Stadium.

He scored all three of the Browns’ touchdowns, including two in the decisive fourth quarter, as they rallied from an 11-point third-quarter deficit and won 27-24. It was their second straight victory and helped them improve their record to 4-1.

Don Cockroft’s two field goals, from 35 and 22 field goals, accounted for all of the Browns’ points as they trailed 17-6 in the third quarter.

The Browns needed somebody to take over the game, and that somebody was Scott. He scored on a three-yard run then, following a Bengals TD, he caught a seven-yard scoring pass from Bill Nelsen and tallied the winning touchdown on a four-yard run.

Scott’s efforts saved the Browns, who gave up a whopping 232 yards rushing.

Tight end Milt Morin caught eight passes for 97 yards, while a wide receiver with one of the most notable names in Browns history, Fair Hooker, added three receptions for 73 yards.

Nelsen threw for 213 yards and the TD, but he was also intercepted twice.

It wasn’t pretty, but at the same time, any win in the division – the Browns were members of the AFC Central then – is a good win, especially when it comes on the road.