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Record: 7-7-0, Finished 2nd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 283 points (20.2/g), 10th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 259 points (18.5/g), 13th.
Differential of 24 points (1.7/g), 11th.
Expected W-L: 7.7-6.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -11 (-0.8/g), 23rd.
Simple Rating System: Total 2.2, Offense: 1.9, Defense: 0.2, SoS: 0.5, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Paul Brown
Training Camp: Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)
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| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 15 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | Cleveland Browns | 33 | 7 | 18 | 342 | 176 | 166 | 2 | 15 | 203 | 3 | 200 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 22 | boxscore | L | 1-1 | San Diego Chargers | 17 | 20 | 23 | 373 | 163 | 210 | 2 | 20 | 303 | 173 | 130 | |||
| 3 | Sun | September 29 | boxscore | W | 2-1 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 21 | 3 | 19 | 373 | 168 | 205 | 2 | 14 | 226 | 55 | 171 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 6 | boxscore | W | 3-1 | Washington Redskins | 28 | 17 | 14 | 231 | 132 | 99 | 1 | 24 | 337 | 227 | 110 | 1 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 13 | boxscore | W | 4-1 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 34 | 24 | 26 | 452 | 263 | 189 | 1 | 19 | 350 | 87 | 263 | 2 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 20 | boxscore | L | 4-2 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 27 | 30 | 17 | 287 | 166 | 121 | 2 | 28 | 359 | 221 | 138 | 2 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 27 | boxscore | L | 4-3 | Houston Oilers | 21 | 34 | 26 | 415 | 330 | 85 | 6 | 12 | 254 | 142 | 112 | |||
| 8 | Sun | November 3 | boxscore | W | 5-3 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 24 | 14 | 17 | 404 | 279 | 125 | 1 | 24 | 310 | 157 | 153 | 4 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 10 | boxscore | W | 6-3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17 | 10 | 22 | 329 | 193 | 136 | 3 | 20 | 289 | 128 | 161 | 1 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 17 | boxscore | L | 6-4 | @ | Houston Oilers | 3 | 20 | 16 | 238 | 149 | 89 | 2 | 14 | 214 | 90 | 124 | 1 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 24 | boxscore | W | 7-4 | Kansas City Chiefs | 33 | 6 | 28 | 438 | 268 | 170 | 1 | 9 | 174 | 140 | 34 | |||
| 12 | Mon | December 2 | boxscore | L | 7-5 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 3 | 24 | 8 | 162 | 96 | 66 | 3 | 19 | 310 | 114 | 196 | 1 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 8 | boxscore | L | 7-6 | Detroit Lions | 19 | 23 | 15 | 252 | 105 | 147 | 3 | 17 | 259 | 70 | 189 | 2 | ||
| 14 | Sat | December 14 | boxscore | L | 7-7 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 27 | 11 | 193 | 23 | 170 | 2 | 21 | 354 | 183 | 171 | 2 | |