Browns Wait Until End to Finish Patriots, 19-17 : AFC: Cleveland scores touchdown with 31 seconds to play to keep New England winless.

Give the Cleveland Browns’ punchless offense enough chances, and eventually it will find a way to score.

The Browns needed 59 1/2 minutes and four fumbles to find the end zone Sunday, and they got there just in time to defeat the Patriots, 19-17, and send winless New England to its seventh consecutive loss.

After recovering the Patriots’ fourth fumble in New England territory in the second half, the Browns (4-3) marched 40 yards and won the game on a six-yard pass from Mike Tomczak to Scott Galbraith with 31 seconds to play.

“This is our toughest loss,” said Patriot quarterback Hugh Millen, who passed for two touchdowns but fumbled with 3:54 to play when he was sacked by linebacker Mike Johnson at the New England 40. Johnson also recovered the fumble.

Tomczak passed to a diving Galbraith in the corner of the end zone on a fourth-and-two play for the winning score. Cleveland’s other points came on field goals of 29, 28, 21 and 32 yards by Matt Stover.

“It shows you that in the NFL, it doesn’t take 59 minutes to win a game. It takes 60,” said Tomczak, who completed 14 of 29 passes for 186 yards.

Millen had touchdown passes of 22 yards to Ben Coates and 19 yards to Kevin Turner, and Charlie Baumann kicked a 30-yard field goal for the Patriots--who matched their 0-7 start in 1969 as the worst in team history.

The game was played before the second-smallest crowd in the NFL this season--32,219.

The Browns, who led, 9-0, early in the second quarter, saw their streak of three consecutive games without allowing a touchdown end in the second quarter.

The Patriots, who entered the game with only 13 first-half points, completed five passes during a 10-play drive that ended with Millen’s scoring pass to Turner, who carried Cleveland safety Eric Turner the final three yards into the end zone.