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Record: 11-1-0, Finished 1st in NFL American Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 331 points (27.6/g), 3rd of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 152 points (12.7/g), 1st.
Differential of 179 points (14.9/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 10.4-1.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +15 (1.2/g), 1st.
Coached by Paul Brown (11-1-0)
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1951 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 14 | CLE | Ken Konz | DB | 7 | 1953 | 1959 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 84 | LSU | |||||||||||
| 2 | 26 | CLE | Bucky Curtis | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vanderbilt | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 38 | CLE | Jerry Helluin | DT | 7 | 1952 | 1960 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 80 | Tulane | |||||||||||
| 4 | 41 | CLE | Bob L. Smith | FB | 2 | 1953 | 1954 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | Texas A&M | |||||
| 5 | 62 | CLE | Ace Loomis | DB | 3 | 1951 | 1953 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 9 | 0 | Wisconsin-LaCrosse | ||||||||
| 6 | 74 | CLE | Dan Rogas | G | 2 | 1951 | 1952 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | Tulane | |||||||||||
| 7 | 82 | CLE | lrv Holdash | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | North Carolina | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | 86 | CLE | Walt Michaels | LB | 12 | 1951 | 1963 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 133 | Washington & Lee | |||||||||||
| 8 | 98 | CLE | Max Clark | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Houston | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | 105 | CLE | Burl Toler | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | San Francisco | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | 110 | CLE | Don Shula HOF | DB | 7 | 1951 | 1957 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 73 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | John Carroll | |||||
| 10 | 123 | CLE | Chet Gierula | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | Maryland | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | 135 | CLE | Bernie Custis | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Syracuse | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | 142 | CLE | Milan Sellers | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Florida State | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | 147 | CLE | Stew Kirtley | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | Morehead State | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | 159 | CLE | Bob Voskuhl | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | Georgetown (KY) | |||||||||||||||
| 14 | 171 | CLE | Rudy Cernoch | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Northwestern | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | 183 | CLE | Joe Skibinski | G | 3 | 1952 | 1956 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | Purdue | |||||||||||
| 16 | 195 | CLE | Ed Pasky | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | South Carolina | |||||||||||||||
| 17 | 207 | CLE | Leroy Ka-Ne | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dayton | |||||||||||||||
| 18 | 219 | CLE | Rube DeRoin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | Oklahoma State | |||||||||||||||
| 19 | 231 | CLE | Ray Solari | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | California | |||||||||||||||
| 20 | 243 | CLE | Jack Crocker | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | |||||||||||||||
| 21 | 255 | CLE | Ray Stone | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | Texas | |||||||||||||||
| 22 | 267 | CLE | Carl Taseff | DB | 11 | 1951 | 1962 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 116 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 283 | 3 | 19 | 193 | 1 | John Carroll |
| 23 | 279 | CLE | Johnny Champion | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | SMU | |||||||||||||||
| 24 | 291 | CLE | Wayne Benner | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Florida State | |||||||||||||||
| 25 | 303 | CLE | John Knispel | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wisconsin-LaCrosse | |||||||||||||||
| 26 | 315 | CLE | Fred Williams | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Arkansas | |||||||||||||||
| 27 | 327 | CLE | Jack Jones | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | West Alabama | |||||||||||||||
| 28 | 339 | CLE | Roger Thrift | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | East Carolina | |||||||||||||||
| 29 | 351 | CLE | Bill Driver | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Florida State | |||||||||||||||