BEREA - The last time Cleveland played Baltimore, Ravens running back Jamal Lewis broke the NFL rushing record and in the process humiliated the Browns.

Browns coach Butch Davis has the tape to prove it.

''We should watch it once during the week. Then we should watch it again the night before the game,'' Davis said Wednesday. ''That way, the memories of that game will be on the guys' minds when they go bed. They'll remember how the Ravens embarrassed us that day.''

The Browns allowed Lewis to run 30 times for an NFL record 295 yards and gave up 343 to the Ravens, who pounded Cleveland 33-13.

The 4-10 Browns vow there won't be a repeat when the teams meet again Sunday in Cleveland.

''It's going to be different this time,'' said Browns defensive end Kenard Lang. ''Last time, we didn't stay in our gaps, and he took advantage of it. This time, we're going to have better gap control.''

Ravens coach Brian Billick sees a different Cleveland defense now than the one his team faced in late summer.

''They were a young defense then and they were trying to learn how to play together,'' Billick said.

Lewis said he's moved on since the record-breaking game.

''That happened then,'' Lewis said. ''To get ready for this game, I won't even look at that game.''

But not everyone has been able to forget, making Lewis the focus of the game that has playoff implications for the 8-6 Ravens, who are tied with Cincinnati for first place in the AFC North with only two games to play.

Lewis' record-breaking day affected the Browns' entire season, Davis said.

''Everybody in the whole league has watched the film of that game. This is a copycat league, so they were looking to see what kind of plays to run against us. We've seen those plays every week,'' Davis said.

San Diego's LaDainian Tomlinson ran some of those plays en route to 200 yards against the Browns back on Oct. 19. So did Denver's Clinton Portis (139 yards last Sunday), Seattle's Shaun Alexander (127 on Nov. 30), New England's Kevin Faulk and Pittsburgh's Jerome Bettis (93 each on Oct. 26 and Nov. 23, respectively) and Kansas City's Priest Holmes (92 on Nov. 9).

But no one came close to Lewis, who told reporters Wednesday that friend and Browns middle linebacker Andra Davis said before the September game that he hoped Lewis would get the ball 30 times.

''I told him that if I got the ball 30 times, I would have a career day,'' Lewis said.

Davis remembered the telephone conversation differently.

''He said if he carried the ball 30 times, he was going to have a good day. He didn't say a record-setting or career day. He just said a good day,'' Davis said.

Lewis, the league's leading rusher with 1,747 yards, said reaching 2,000 yards this season may be possible. ''But I really don't think about it that much. Our offensive line thinks about me getting it more than I do.''