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1955 Cleveland Browns

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Record: 9-2-1, Finished 1st in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

1955 NFL Champions

Scored 349 points (29.1/g), 1st of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 218 points (18.2/g), 1st.
 Differential of 131 points (10.9/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 9.0-3.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +11 (0.9/g), 2nd.

Coached by Paul Brown (9-2-1)

1955 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 25 box L 0-1 Washington Redskins 17 27 23 399 178 221 3 13 260 165 95 1
2 Sun October 2 box W 1-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 38 3 21 357 147 210 8 139 72 67 2
3 Sun October 9 box W 2-1 Philadelphia Eagles 21 17 21 372 207 165 3 14 179 136 43
4 Sun October 16 box W 3-1 @ Washington Redskins 24 14 14 210 118 92 2 16 182 51 131 5
5 Sun October 23 box W 4-1 Green Bay Packers 41 10 21 454 250 204 9 161 22 139 3
6 Sun October 30 box W 5-1 @ Chicago Cardinals 26 20 15 258 62 196 3 16 282 148 134 5
7 Sun November 6 box W 6-1 New York Giants 24 14 17 317 195 122 4 17 332 222 110 4
8 Sun November 13 box L 6-2 @ Philadelphia Eagles 17 33 12 272 131 141 7 18 331 183 148 3
9 Sun November 20 box W 7-2 Pittsburgh Steelers 41 14 18 267 68 199 2 16 238 173 65 5
10 Sun November 27 box T 7-2-1 @ New York Giants 35 35 25 395 289 106 1 21 375 228 147 4
11 Sun December 4 box W 8-2-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 30 7 19 343 70 273 1 8 123 97 26 5
12 Sun December 11 box W 9-2-1 Chicago Cardinals 35 24 18 326 235 91 3 15 239 155 84 3
Playoffs
Championship December 26 box W 10-2-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 38 14

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 349 3970 804 4.9 224 130 234 1950 21 11 7.3 98 536 2020 20 3.8 111 29 18 15
Team Defense 218 2841 689 4.1 277 126 323 1652 15 25 4.9 83 351 1189 11 3.4 171 40 15 23
Lg Rank Offense 1 3 3 12 5 1 1 1 1 2 1 8 2 5
Lg Rank Defense 1 1 4 7 3 6 4 4 1 1 4 2 5 8

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Otto Graham+ 34 QB 12 12 98 185 53.0 1721 15 8.1 8 4.3 61 9.3 8.2 17.6 143.4 94.0
George Ratterman 29 10 0 32 47 68.1 504 6 12.8 3 6.4 35 10.7 9.1 15.8 50.4 116.5
Ray Renfro 26 LH 12 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 27.6 12 130 234 55.6 2225 21 9.0 11 4.7 61 9.5 8.3 17.1 185.4 98.3
Opp Total 12 126 323 39.0 1652 15 4.6 25 7.7 5.1 2.1 13.1 137.7 39.1 15 123 4.9 1.6

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Ed Modzelewski 26 FB 12 0 185 619 6 25 3.3 51.6 15.4 13 113 8.7 2 28 1.1 9.4 732 8 3
Fred Morrison* 29 RH 12 0 156 824 3 56 5.3 68.7 13.0 9 185 20.6 0 49 0.8 15.4 1009 3 5
Otto Graham+ 34 QB 12 12 68 121 6 36 1.8 10.1 5.7 121 6 7
Maurice Bassett 24 fb 12 0 38 174 3 30 4.6 14.5 3.2 9 83 9.2 0 25 0.8 6.9 257 3 3
Bob G. Smith 22 RET 10 0 37 142 1 31 3.8 14.2 3.7 2 12 6.0 0 10 0.2 1.2 154 1 1
Ray Renfro 26 LH 12 0 29 90 0 14 3.1 7.5 2.4 29 603 20.8 8 61 2.4 50.3 693 8 1
Dub Jones 31 rh 12 0 10 44 0 13 4.4 3.7 0.8 3 115 38.3 1 46 0.3 9.6 159 1 1
George Ratterman 29 10 0 6 8 1 10 1.3 0.8 0.6 8 1 2
Johnny Petitbon 24 RS 12 0 3 10 0 7 3.3 0.8 0.3 10 0 0
Henry Ford 24 RDE 2 0 2 1 0 1 0.5 0.5 1.0 1 0 1
Horace Gillom 34 P 12 0 1 -15 0 -15 -15.0 -1.3 0.1 -15 0 0
Tommy James 32 rs 8 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.3 0.1 2 0 0
Pete Brewster* 25 LE 12 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 34 622 18.3 6 41 2.8 51.8 622 6 1
Dante Lavelli 32 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 31 492 15.9 4 49 2.6 41.0 492 4 0
Team Total 27.6 12 536 2020 20 56 3.8 168.3 44.7 130 2225 17.1 21 61 10.8 185.4 4245 41 27
Opp Total 12 351 1189 11 3.4 99.1 29.3 126 1652 13.1 15 10.5 137.7 2841 26 21

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Don R. Paul 29 RDH 11 0 19 148 1 60 7.8 5 109 0 26 21.8 257
Ken Konz* 27 LS 12 0 17 138 0 42 8.1 3 66 0 23 22.0 204
Bob G. Smith 22 RET 10 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 13 320 0 47 24.6 479
Bob White 26 8 0 2 28 0 28 14.0 10 258 0 42 25.8 286
Maurice Bassett 24 fb 12 0 7 151 0 31 21.6 408
Henry Ford 24 RDE 2 0 4 15 0 7 3.8 16
Walt Michaels* 26 RLB 12 0 3 45 0 27 15.0 45
Ray Renfro 26 LH 12 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 696
Team Total 27.6 12 44 337 1 60 7.7 41 949 0 47 23.1 5531
Opp Total 12 37 1 50 1220 1 24.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Lou Groza*+ 31 LT 12 0 22 11 50.0% 45 44 97.8%
Horace Gillom 34 P 12 0 58 2389 56 3 41.2
Team Total 27.6 12 22 11 50.0% 45 44 97.8% 58 2389 56 3 41.2
Opp Total 12 15 7 46.7% 29 23 79.3% 70 2737 39.1

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Maurice Bassett 24 fb 12 0 3 0 0 0
Harold Bradley 26 RG 11 0 0 1 0 0
Pete Brewster* 25 LE 12 12 1 0 0 0
Don Colo* 30 RDT 12 0 0 2 20 0
Henry Ford 24 RDE 2 0 1 2 0 0
Len Ford 29 12 0 0 1 54 0
Bob Gain 26 MG 11 0 0 2 2 0
Frank Gatski+ 33 C 12 0 0 1 0 0
Otto Graham+ 34 QB 12 12 7 3 0 0
Tommy James 32 rs 8 0 2 20 0 16
Dub Jones 31 rh 12 0 1 0 0 0
Ken Konz* 27 LS 12 0 5 32 1 15 0 3 0 0
Warren Lahr 32 LDH 12 0 5 52 0 24 1 1 0 0
Carlton Massey* 25 LDE 12 0 1 24 0 24
Mike McCormack 25 RT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Walt Michaels* 26 RLB 12 0 1 25 1 25
Ed Modzelewski 26 FB 12 0 3 0 0 0
Fred Morrison* 29 RH 12 0 5 0 0 0
Chuck Noll 23 LLB 12 0 5 74 1 24 1
Don R. Paul 29 RDH 11 0 4 49 0 19 0 3 17 0
Johnny Petitbon 24 RS 12 0 2 11 0 7 0 1 0 0
George Ratterman 29 10 0 2 0 0 0
Ray Renfro 26 LH 12 0 1 0 0 0
Bob G. Smith 22 RET 10 0 1 2 0 0
Bob White 26 8 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 27.6 12 25 287 3 25 27 23 93 0 1
Opp Total 12 34 21 6

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Lou Groza*+ 31 LT 12 0 44 11 77
Ed Modzelewski 26 FB 12 0 6 2 48
Ray Renfro 26 LH 12 0 8 48
Pete Brewster* 25 LE 12 12 6 36
Otto Graham+ 34 QB 12 12 6 36
Dante Lavelli 32 RE 12 0 4 24
Maurice Bassett 24 fb 12 0 3 18
Fred Morrison* 29 RH 12 0 3 18
Chuck Noll 23 LLB 12 0 1 1 8
Dub Jones 31 rh 12 0 1 6
Ken Konz* 27 LS 12 0 1 6
Walt Michaels* 26 RLB 12 0 1 6
Don R. Paul 29 RDH 11 0 1 6
George Ratterman 29 10 0 1 6
Bob G. Smith 22 RET 10 0 1 6
Team Total 27.6 12 20 21 1 3 44 11 1 349
Opp Total 12 11 15 1 1 23 7 218