BEREA, Ohio — Like black-and-gold Grinches, the Pittsburgh Steelers stormed into Cleveland last Christmas Eve and stole much more than a football game. They left town with a 41-0 victory — and the Browns' dignity.

"It was the most embarrassing thing football-wise that I've been a part of," Browns safety Brian Russell said Wednesday. "It ruined my holiday. But it wasn't just a loss. It wasn't just a case where we didn't get the job done.

"I was humiliated. We were humiliated."

By the closing seconds of Pittsburgh's Dec. 24 demolition, Terrible Towel-waving Steelers fans easily outnumbered the few Cleveland diehards who stayed until the end of a miserable afternoon.

Leigh Bodden only stuck it out only because he had to.

"That's the most lopsided game I've ever played in," the Cleveland cornerback said. "It was unbelievable. In the third quarter, I don't even remember what the score was, but I was like, 'Man, we've still got two quarters left?' It's kind of hard to play hard when the score's like that."

The Browns (3-6) trailed 20-0 at halftime and 34-0 after three quarters. They were outgained 457-186 and rookie quarterback Charlie Frye was sacked eight times and flattened numerous others.

However, even Frye wasn't treated as rudely as one upset and intoxicated Cleveland fan who stupidly ran onto the field and got body slammed to the turf by Steelers linebacker James Harrison.

The Browns get their first chance at some revenge on Sunday when they host the defending Super Bowl champion Steelers (3-6), their bitter rivals who haven't been themselves all season.

The Browns didn't spend much time extra time celebrating last Sunday's 17-13 win in Atlanta.

Before he was even dressed in the locker room, wide receiver Braylon Edwards was thinking ahead to this week's game. Edwards didn't dress for last season's debacle as his rookie year was ended by a torn knee ligament three weeks earlier. But he watched as his teammates were overrun, overpowered and overmatched.

"It was embarrassing," Edwards said. "Anytime you lose like that especially in a rivalry game, it was terrible. ... We definitely will not lose like that again."