Got a football from the game sunday

[beef]

I was at the Browns/Bills game sunday (don't laugh). One of the special teams assistants tossed a ball to my girlfriend and said Merry Christmas. I'd like to identify if/when it was used. It has markings which I assume are from referees but have no experience with footballs. Don't worry I'm not selling it, just researching. Thanks in advance.
-Ryan

[camarokids]

Doesn't the ball belong to the cutie?

[finfanrb23]

If you look at Josh McCown photos from zimbio.com you can see a couple shots that show a 99 on the end of a couple balls from the Nov game against the Giants. The ones on that site don't show an 8 under the Browns logo but I think the 99 is the ref marking and the teams typically supply 10-15 balls a game? A couple of the other photos even show some white specks of paint similar to your ball. Hopefully that gives you a start as to where to look. Very nice pickup!!

[beef]

Doesn't the ball belong to the cutie?

I told her if we ever break up that I would keep the ball and she could have a couch lol she's actually a vikings fan but suffered through a browns game with me.

[Preston]

From my understanding there's 12 balls issued per game, and some balls that aren't given out are re-used as practice balls so that looks like it was used in a different game per another poster's picture they located but it's definitely one that was used in a game as it's marked correctly which is awesome. And I'd check Getty images from this season especially from the Browns/Giants game to see if you can find any more definitive pictures of the ball being used in that game, and go from there. Awesome pick up by the way!

[camarokids]

I told her if we ever break up that I would keep the ball and she could have a couch lol she's actually a vikings fan but suffered through a browns game with me.

Couch for a game ball , helluva trade!!!

[yanks12025]

I'm guessing the number is 66. 99 is tony Corrente and he didn't was the head ref or any ref during browns vs giants. But 66 Walt Anderson was.

[beef]

Thanks for the info guys. So the 7 written by the browns logo is probably just the 7th ball destined for a game (1-12). I'll have to dig into the Getty images this weekend. Any idea who marked the laces? It was given pre-game so the Giants or Bengals game make sense.

The couch was in the house when I bought it