It was an unlikely ending, but Cleveland Browns tight end Mark Campbell said after yesterday's game that he had foreseen himself being the man whose hands would ultimately beat the Ravens in Baltimore.

"I had visions," said Campbell, a 6-foot-6, 260-pound fourth-year player out of Michigan. "I go through a game before it happens. I always picture one sort of touchdown or one big play or something.

"And the way it happened -- that's actually the touchdown I pictured in my head."

Campbell's 1-yard touchdown catch from Tim Couch with 29 seconds to play ended an eight-play, 92-yard drive that took only 1 minute, 49 seconds. His catch, along with Phil Dawson's extra-point kick, gave the Browns a 14-13 victory, raising their record to 8-7 and keeping alive their postseason hopes.

It also ended an otherwise frustrating day for the Browns, who played miserably after Jamel White's 3-yard scoring run capped a nearly eight-minute, game-opening 15-play, 82-yard drive for a 7-0 lead.

While allowing the Ravens to score the game's next 13 points, the Browns were penalized seven times for 70 yards. Campbell received a taunting penalty, which both he and coach Butch Davis say is "uncharacteristic" of him.

"We killed ourselves with penalties all day long, backed ourselves up," Couch said. "We weren't keeping ourselves in manageable situations where we could get the third-and-fives, third-and-fours and could stay on the field. But we knew in the huddle that our season was riding on that drive -- you go down and you score or you go home.

"We're still playing next week and we're still alive."

The Browns often have rolled the dice in big games. Before yesterday, 17 Cleveland games over the past two seasons were decided in the final two minutes. In the previous 10 down-to-the wire games this season, Cleveland was 4-6.

Nevertheless, the players said they were confident yesterday after Andre King's receptions of 11 and 9 yards preceded the two-minute warning with the Browns facing first-and-10 at their 29-yard line.

"We went out there with like 2:20 or 2:15 on the clock, and I called a couple of plays knowing that I wanted to get them in before the two-minute [warning] so I could use that [two minutes] as a timeout," said Couch, who was 6-for-7 for 78 yards in the final march with the Browns out of timeouts.

"Andre King made two big catches and we got the two minutes to stop the clock and we came out and went down the field on them."

Quincy Morgan, whose 17-yard reception on the third play of the decisive drive put the Browns at their 45-yard line, added: "We know with two minutes left, needing only seven points, our chances are better than yours. We know have a chance to win the game."

White followed Morgan's effort by turning a short pass into a long gain. He ran out of bounds after covering 28 yards, then was hit out of bounds by the Ravens' Chris McAlister. McAlister was penalized for unnecessary roughness, tacking 14 more yards onto the play and putting the Browns at the Ravens' 13-yard line with 1:05 left.

A 12-yard pass to Kevin Johnson set up first-and-goal at the Ravens' 1. But the drama wouldn't end on the next play, as running back William Green -- held to 56 yards after having gained nearly 500 in his previous five games -- failed to leap over a scrum and was ruled not to have crossed the goal line.

Campbell clinched things on the next play, even though he wasn't the intended receiver.

"Campbell was the second read," Couch said. "Steve Heiden was the first read out in the flat." But as Couch dropped back, Heiden was covered. The quarterback said only Campbell, who "ran a corner route behind" Heiden, was available.

Touchdown, and ballgame.

"We were 92 yards away with no timeouts and it just had to be done," Couch said. "We went out there and did it."