The Browns of the early 1980s had the best tight end in the game at the time in Pro Football Hall of Famer Ozzie Newsome.
 
But his backup did some good things, too.
 
And perhaps the highlight of Harry Holt’s four-year (193-86) career in Cleveland occurred 32 years ago today, on Sept. 25, 1983.
 
Holt caught a pass from Brian Sipe, broke a couple of tackles and rumbled 48 yards for a touchdown to lead the Browns past the San Diego Chargers 30-24 in overtime at Jack Murphy Stadium. It was their third straight win and improved their record to 3-1, good enough for sole possession of first place in the AFC Central.
 
Sipe and the Chargers’ Dan Fouts put on a dazzling aerial display, with Sipe passing for 327 yards while Fouts threw for 351. Both had had three TDs with no inteceptions.
 
The Browns led 14-10 at halftime on Mike Pruitt’s one-yard run TD run and Sipe’s 11-yard scoring pass to Newsome.
 
Sipe’s 27-yard TD pass to wide receiver Bobby Jones, from Brookfield, Ohio, near Warren, provided the Browns’ only third-quarter points as they trailed 24-21.
 
Sipe led the Browns to the San Diego 1 late in the game, but they could not get into the end zone for the game-winning points and had to settle for Bahr’s 18-yard chip-shot field goal that tied the score at 24-24 with 18 seconds remaining and forced OT.
 
The Browns got the ball first and, because of Holt’s big catch-and-run, never relinquished it.
 
Holt had just one other five-yard catch on the day, but it didn’t matter.
 
Wide receiver Dave Logan led the Browns with eight receptions for 121 yards, while Newsome added seven catches for 65 yards as, for perhaps the only time in his 13-year NFL career, all of which was spent with the Browns, he was only the second-most important tight end on the team.