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Cleveland Browns Franchise Encyclopedia

Regular Season Record (all-time) : 480-387-13
Playoff Record (all-time) : 16-20 (Last appearance after 2002 season)
 Super Bowls Won: 0 out of 0 appearances
 Championships Won: 8
Passing Leader (all-time): Brian Sipe - 23,713 yards
Rushing Leader (all-time): Jim Brown - 12,312 yards
Receiving Leader (all-time): Ozzie Newsome - 7,980 yards
Winningest Coach (all-time): Paul Brown - 158 wins

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Team Records, Leaders, and League Ranks

Glossary · * indicate playoff appearances
Top Players Off Rank Def Rank Overall Rank Simple Rating System
Year Lg Tm W L T Pts PtsO PtDif Coaches Passing Rushing Receiving Pts Yds Pts Yds T/G Pts± Yds± out of MoV SoS SRS OSRS DSRS
2009 NFL Cleveland Browns 5 11 0 245 375 -130 Mangini Quinn Harrison Massaquoi 29 32 21 31 29 27 32 32 -8.1 -0.3 -8.4 -6.0 -2.4
2008 NFL Cleveland Browns 4 12 0 232 350 -118 Crennel Anderson Lewis Edwards 30 31 16 26 8 27 31 32 -7.4
2007 NFL Cleveland Browns 10 6 0 402 382 20 Crennel Anderson Lewis Edwards 8 8 21 30 19 14 20 32 1.3
2006 NFL Cleveland Browns 4 12 0 238 356 -118 Crennel Frye Droughns Edwards 30 31 22 27 31 30 32 32 -7.4 1.5 -5.8 -4.5 -1.3
2005 NFL Cleveland Browns 6 10 0 232 301 -69 Crennel Dilfer Droughns Bryant 32 26 11 16 23 22 26 32 -4.3 0.1 -4.2 -6.0 1.7
2004 NFL Cleveland Browns 4 12 0 276 390 -114 Davis,Robiskie Garcia Suggs Northcutt 27 28 24 15 26 30 28 32 -7.1 3.7 -3.4 -1.5 -1.9
2003 NFL Cleveland Browns 5 11 0 254 322 -68 Davis Holcomb Green Northcutt 29 26 12 15 28 24 25 32 -4.3 1.3 -2.9 -5.3 2.4
2002 NFL Cleveland Browns* 9 7 0 344 320 24 Davis Couch Green Morgan 19 23 10 21 18 15 21 32 1.5 -0.3 1.2 -0.4 1.7
2001 NFL Cleveland Browns 7 9 0 285 319 -34 Davis Couch Jackson Johnson 25 31 15 22 7 19 30 31 -2.1 1.3 -0.8 -0.9 0.1
2000 NFL Cleveland Browns 3 13 0 161 419 -258 Palmer Couch Prentice Johnson 31 31 27 26 19 31 31 31 -16.1 1.5 -14.6 -9.1 -5.5
1999 NFL Cleveland Browns 2 14 0 217 437 -220 Palmer Couch Kirby Johnson 31 31 29 31 28 31 31 31 -13.8 -0.3 -14.1 -7.6 -6.5
1995 NFL Cleveland Browns 5 11 0 289 356 -67 Belichick Testaverde Hoard Jackson 25 21 20 24 25 24 24 30 -4.2 0.4 -3.8 -3.2 -0.6
1994 NFL Cleveland Browns* 11 5 0 340 204 136 Belichick Testaverde Hoard Alexander 11 16 1 7 20 3 13 28 8.5 -1.2 7.3 1.2 6.1
1993 NFL Cleveland Browns 7 9 0 304 307 -3 Belichick Testaverde Vardell Jackson 15 20 17 12 25 16 17 28 -0.2 -1.0 -1.2 -0.6 -0.6
1992 NFL Cleveland Browns 7 9 0 272 275 -3 Belichick Tomczak Mack Jackson 20 18 10 14 10 13 15 28 -0.2 -0.8 -1.0 -2.0 1.0
1991 NFL Cleveland Browns 6 10 0 293 298 -5 Belichick Kosar Mack Slaughter 16 19 14 18 3 16 19 28 -0.3 -0.0 -0.4 -0.7 0.4
1990 NFL Cleveland Browns 3 13 0 228 462 -234 Carson,Shofner Kosar Mack Slaughter 27 25 28 17 28 27 25 28 -14.6 1.7 -13.0 -5.2 -7.8
1989 NFL Cleveland Browns* 9 6 1 334 254 80 Carson Kosar Metcalf Slaughter 14 16 4 7 7 8 13 28 5.0 -0.6 4.4 -0.2 4.6
1988 NFL Cleveland Browns* 10 6 0 304 288 16 Schottenheimer Kosar Byner Langhorne 20 18 6 6 17 13 10 28 1.0 -0.5 0.5 -3.5 4.0
1987 NFL Cleveland Browns* 10 5 0 390 239 151 Schottenheimer Kosar Mack Slaughter 3 9 2 3 8 2 2 28 10.1 0.6 10.6 5.2 5.4
1986 NFL Cleveland Browns* 12 4 0 391 310 81 Schottenheimer Kosar Mack Brennan 5 9 11 19 4 6 13 28 5.1 -1.4 3.6 2.9 0.7
1985 NFL Cleveland Browns* 8 8 0 287 294 -7 Schottenheimer Kosar Mack Newsome 23 21 7 9 27 15 16 28 -0.4 -0.8 -1.3 -4.7 3.4
1984 NFL Cleveland Browns 5 11 0 250 297 -47 Schottenheimer,Rutigliano McDonald Green Newsome 25 24 6 2 18 21 10 28 -2.9 -0.8 -3.8 -6.1 2.3
1983 NFL Cleveland Browns 9 7 0 356 342 14 Rutigliano Sipe Pruitt Newsome 13 10 14 9 19 11 7 28 0.9 -3.1 -2.2 -0.9 -1.3
1982 NFL Cleveland Browns* 4 5 0 140 182 -42 Rutigliano Sipe Pruitt Newsome 23 17 17 23 7 24 26 28 -4.7 1.0 -3.7 -5.1 1.4
1981 NFL Cleveland Browns 5 11 0 276 375 -99 Rutigliano Sipe Pruitt Newsome 24 4 23 16 28 26 7 28 -6.2 -0.3 -6.5 -4.1 -2.4
1980 NFL Cleveland Browns* 11 5 0 357 310 47 Rutigliano Sipe Pruitt Logan 8 5 12 23 10 10 14 28 2.9 -1.1 1.8 1.7 0.1
1979 NFL Cleveland Browns 9 7 0 359 352 7 Rutigliano Sipe Pruitt Logan 9 3 20 24 26 15 12 28 0.4 2.6 3.0 2.9 0.1
1978 NFL Cleveland Browns 8 8 0 334 356 -22 Rutigliano Sipe Pruitt Rucker 8 5 25 25 22 20 12 28 -1.4 -0.6 -2.0 2.5 -4.5
1977 NFL Cleveland Browns 6 8 0 269 267 2 Gregg,Modzelewski Sipe Pruitt Rucker 12 9 22 20 27 16 11 28 0.1 2.4 2.5 2.4 0.1
1976 NFL Cleveland Browns 9 5 0 267 287 -20 Gregg Sipe Pruitt Rucker 14 10 20 9 20 16 9 28 -1.4 -0.3 -1.7 0.7 -2.4
1975 NFL Cleveland Browns 3 11 0 218 372 -154 Gregg Phipps Pruitt Rucker 22 21 24 19 19 22 18 26 -11.0 4.2 -6.8 -2.6 -4.2
1974 NFL Cleveland Browns 4 10 0 251 344 -93 Skorich Phipps Pruitt Holden 15 20 26 23 14 21 24 26 -6.6 2.4 -4.2 0.5 -4.7
1973 NFL Cleveland Browns 7 5 2 234 255 -21 Skorich Phipps Brown Morin 18 23 13 11 24 14 19 26 -1.5 0.4 -1.1 -2.6 1.5
1972 NFL Cleveland Browns* 10 4 0 268 249 19 Skorich Phipps Kelly Pitts 17 19 9 16 11 14 19 26 1.4 -1.1 0.3 -1.6 1.9
1971 NFL Cleveland Browns* 9 5 0 285 273 12 Skorich Nelsen Kelly Hooker 10 18 10 17 18 12 18 26 0.9 -0.6 0.3 1.1 -0.8
1970 NFL Cleveland Browns 7 7 0 286 265 21 Collier Nelsen Kelly Morin 13 7 13 22 20 12 15 26 1.5 -0.9 0.6 0.5 0.1
1969 NFL Cleveland Browns* 10 3 1 351 300 51 Collier Nelsen Kelly Warfield 3 5 9 11 6 5 7 16 3.6
1968 NFL Cleveland Browns* 10 4 0 394 273 121 Collier Nelsen Kelly Warfield 3 2 7 8 1 3 4 16 8.6
1967 NFL Cleveland Browns* 9 5 0 334 297 37 Collier Ryan Kelly Warfield 7 10 8 12 8 5 13 16 2.6
1966 NFL Cleveland Browns 9 5 0 403 259 144 Collier Ryan Kelly Collins 2 2 5 9 1 3 2 15 10.3
1965 NFL Cleveland Browns* 11 3 0 363 325 38 Collier Ryan Brown Collins 5 7 8 13 3 5 11 14 2.7
1964 NFL Cleveland Browns* 10 3 1 415 293 122 Collier Ryan Brown Warfield 2 3 5 14 4 2 9 14 8.7
1963 NFL Cleveland Browns 10 4 0 343 262 81 Collier Ryan Brown Collins 3 5 3 7 9 4 6 14 5.8
1962 NFL Cleveland Browns 7 6 1 291 257 34 Brown Ryan Brown Kreitling 9 11 3 3 3 4 6 14 2.4
1961 NFL Cleveland Browns 8 5 1 319 270 49 Brown Plum Brown Renfro 6 7 5 7 4 5 6 14 3.5
1960 NFL Cleveland Browns 8 3 1 362 217 145 Brown Plum Brown Nagler 1 5 4 8 1 1 6 13 12.1
1959 NFL Cleveland Browns 7 5 0 270 214 56 Brown Plum Brown Renfro 3 4 3 6 2 3 5 12 4.7
1958 NFL Cleveland Browns* 9 3 0 302 217 85 Brown Plum Brown Renfro 3 5 3 5 3 2 5 12 7.1
1957 NFL Cleveland Browns* 9 2 1 269 172 97 Brown O'Connell Brown Brewster 3 5 1 2 4 1 1 12 8.1
1956 NFL Cleveland Browns 5 7 0 167 177 -10 Brown O'Connell Carpenter Brewster 11 9 1 2 9 5 6 12 -0.8
1955 NFL Cleveland Browns* 9 2 1 349 218 131 Brown Graham Morrison Brewster 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 12 10.9
1954 NFL Cleveland Browns* 9 3 0 336 162 174 Brown Graham Bassett Lavelli 2 5 1 1 5 1 1 12 14.5
1953 NFL Cleveland Browns* 11 1 0 348 162 186 Brown Graham Renfro Lavelli 4 4 1 6 1 1 4 12 15.5
1952 NFL Cleveland Browns* 8 4 0 310 213 97 Brown Graham Motley Speedie 3 1 2 1 5 3 1 12 8.1
1951 NFL Cleveland Browns* 11 1 0 331 152 179 Brown Graham Jones Speedie 3 8 1 2 1 1 2 12 14.9
1950 NFL Cleveland Browns* 10 2 0 310 144 166 Brown Graham Motley Lavelli 4 6 2 1 2 1 3 13 13.8
1949 AAFC Cleveland Browns* 9 1 2 339 171 168 Brown Graham Motley Speedie 2 2 1 3 1 2 2 7 14.0
1948 AAFC Cleveland Browns* 14 0 0 389 190 199 Brown Graham Motley Speedie 2 3 1 1 2 2 1 8 14.2
1947 AAFC Cleveland Browns* 12 1 1 410 185 225 Brown Graham Motley Speedie 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 8 16.1
1946 AAFC Cleveland Browns* 12 2 0 423 137 286 Brown Graham Motley Lavelli 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 9 20.4

Playoff Game Log

Score
Week Opp Tm Opp
2002 Playoffs
WildCard L @ Pittsburgh Steelers 33 36
1994 Playoffs
WildCard W New England Patriots 20 13
Division L @ Pittsburgh Steelers 9 29
1989 Playoffs
Division W Buffalo Bills 34 30
ConfChamp L @ Denver Broncos 21 37
1988 Playoffs
WildCard L Houston Oilers 23 24
1987 Playoffs
Division W Indianapolis Colts 38 21
ConfChamp L @ Denver Broncos 33 38
1986 Playoffs
Division W New York Jets 23 20
ConfChamp L Denver Broncos 20 23
1985 Playoffs
Division L @ Miami Dolphins 21 24
1982 Playoffs
WildCard L @ Los Angeles Raiders 10 27
1980 Playoffs
Division L Oakland Raiders 12 14
1972 Playoffs
Division L @ Miami Dolphins 14 20
1971 Playoffs
Division L Baltimore Colts 3 20
1969 Playoffs
Division W @ Dallas Cowboys 38 14
ConfChamp L @ Minnesota Vikings 7 27
1968 Playoffs
Division W Dallas Cowboys 31 20
ConfChamp L Baltimore Colts 0 34
1967 Playoffs
Division L @ Dallas Cowboys 14 52
1965 Playoffs
Championship L @ Green Bay Packers 12 23
1964 Playoffs
Championship W Baltimore Colts 27 0
1958 Playoffs
Division L @ New York Giants 0 10
1957 Playoffs
Championship L @ Detroit Lions 14 59
1955 Playoffs
Championship W @ Los Angeles Rams 38 14
1954 Playoffs
Championship W Detroit Lions 56 10
1953 Playoffs
Championship L @ Detroit Lions 16 17
1952 Playoffs
Championship L Detroit Lions 7 17
1951 Playoffs
Championship L @ Los Angeles Rams 17 24
1950 Playoffs
Division W New York Giants 8 3
Championship W Los Angeles Rams 30 28
1949 Playoffs
Division W Buffalo Bills 31 21
Championship W San Francisco 49ers 21 7
1948 Playoffs
Championship W Buffalo Bills 49 7
1947 Playoffs
Championship W @ New York Yankees 14 3
1946 Playoffs
Championship W New York Yankees 14 9

Head-to-Head Franchise Records

Score
Opponent W L T W-L% Tm Opp
Arizona Cardinals 33 12 3 .733 1227 859
Atlanta Falcons 10 2 0 .833 294 171
Baltimore Ravens 7 15 0 .318 312 514
Buffalo Bills 10 5 0 .667 265 269
Carolina Panthers 0 3 0 .000 35 64
Chicago Bears 9 5 0 .643 348 239
Cincinnati Bengals 35 38 0 .479 1483 1538
Dallas Cowboys 15 11 0 .577 565 502
Denver Broncos 5 18 0 .217 329 554
Detroit Lions 4 14 0 .222 319 448
Green Bay Packers 7 10 0 .412 321 398
Houston Texans 3 3 0 .500 111 97
Indianapolis Colts 13 12 0 .520 508 466
Jacksonville Jaguars 4 8 0 .333 178 273
Kansas City Chiefs 10 9 2 .524 423 437
Miami Dolphins 6 7 0 .462 271 243
Minnesota Vikings 3 10 0 .231 193 350
New England Patriots 11 9 0 .550 355 338
New Orleans Saints 11 4 0 .733 341 249
New York Giants 26 19 2 .578 1048 873
New York Jets 12 7 0 .632 405 357
Oakland Raiders 8 10 0 .444 320 386
Philadelphia Eagles 31 15 1 .674 1185 884
Pittsburgh Steelers 56 58 0 .491 2268 2287
San Diego Chargers 7 14 1 .341 434 540
San Francisco 49ers 17 8 0 .680 540 479
Seattle Seahawks 5 11 0 .313 271 363
St. Louis Rams 9 9 0 .500 408 414
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5 2 0 .714 152 110
Tennessee Titans 33 27 0 .550 1182 1153
Washington Redskins 33 10 1 .767 1101 694
Defunct Franchises
Baltimore Colts 7 0 0 1.000 192 37
Brooklyn Dodgers 6 0 0 1.000 221 78
Buffalo Bills 6 0 2 1.000 236 100
Chicago Hornets 8 0 0 1.000 241 94
Los Angeles Dons 6 2 0 .750 237 110
Miami Seahawks 2 0 0 1.000 78 0
New York Yankees 7 0 1 1.000 199 83