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1957 Cleveland Browns

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

Scored 269 points (22.4/g), 3rd of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 172 points (14.3/g), 1st.
 Differential of 97 points (8.1/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 8.9-3.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.6/g), 4th.

Simple Rating System: Total 6.8, Offense: 2.4, Defense: 4.5, SoS: -1.2, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Paul Brown

Training Camp: Hiram College (Hiram, Ohio)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO 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 269 3670 716 5.1 180 108 195 1712 12 14 8.0 76 501 1958 19 3.9 93 24 10 11
Team Defense 172 2802 664 4.2 164 105 242 1300 8 19 4.9 66 396 1502 11 3.8 79 31 12 19
Lg Rank Offense 3 5 8 12 10 6 3 1 1 2 1 6 1 1
Lg Rank Defense 1 2 2 4 1 1 4 2 3 4 4 5 8 9

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 29 boxscore W 1-0 New York Giants 6 3 10 162 40 122 12 194 39 155 2
2 Sat October 5 boxscore W 2-0 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 23 12 12 240 134 106 1 14 236 173 63 4
3 Sun October 13 boxscore W 3-0 Philadelphia Eagles 24 7 11 244 79 165 1 10 107 44 63 3
4 Sun October 20 boxscore L 3-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 7 17 14 285 182 103 6 13 270 84 186 1
5 Sun October 27 boxscore W 4-1 @ Chicago Cardinals 17 7 13 204 42 162 1 7 157 54 103 2
6 Sun November 3 boxscore W 5-1 Washington Redskins 21 17 21 353 122 231 1 12 164 58 106 1
7 Sun November 10 boxscore W 6-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 24 0 11 291 168 123 4 18 276 186 90 4
8 Sun November 17 boxscore T 6-1-1 @ Washington Redskins 30 30 17 425 343 82 1 14 330 177 153 1
9 Sun November 24 boxscore W 7-1-1 Los Angeles Rams 45 31 21 378 48 330 3 16 286 112 174 5
10 Sun December 1 boxscore W 8-1-1 Chicago Cardinals 31 0 15 334 167 167 2 10 166 16 150 4
11 Sun December 8 boxscore L 8-2-1 @ Detroit Lions 7 20 14 266 197 69 2 15 226 75 151 1
12 Sun December 15 boxscore W 9-2-1 @ New York Giants 34 28 21 488 190 298 2 23 390 282 108 3
Playoffs
Championship Sun December 29 boxscore L 9-3-1 @ Detroit Lions 14 59 17 313 95 218 6 22 438 296 142 1

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
15 Tommy O'Connell* 27 QB 11 9 7-1-1 63 110 57.3 1229 9 8.2 8 7.3 65 11.2 9.5 19.5 111.7 93.3
16 Milt Plum 22 qb 9 3 2-1-0 41 76 53.9 590 2 2.6 5 6.6 58 7.8 5.3 14.4 65.6 60.7
10 John Borton 25 5 0 3 6 50.0 22 0 0.0 1 16.7 8 3.7 -3.8 7.3 4.4 19.4 0 0
44 Chet Hanulak 24 RH 12 0 1 2 50.0 32 1 50.0 0 0.0 32 16.0 26.0 32.0 2.7 135.4
48 Milt Campbell 24 KR 9 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 26.2 12 9-2-1 108 195 55.4 1873 12 6.2 14 7.2 65 9.6 7.6 17.3 156.1 78.9 0 0
Opp Total 12 105 242 43.4 1511 8 3.3 19 7.9 6.2 3.37 14.4 125.9 42.6 26 211 4.9 2.3 9.7

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
32 Jim Brown*+ 21 FB 12 12 202 942 9 69 4.7 78.5 16.8 16 55 3.4 1 12 1.3 4.6 997 10 7
44 Chet Hanulak 24 RH 12 0 125 375 3 64 3.0 31.3 10.4 3 38 12.7 0 19 0.3 3.2 413 3 1
30 Lew Carpenter 25 10 0 83 315 4 55 3.8 31.5 8.3 5 65 13.0 0 21 0.5 6.5 380 4 3
46 Billy Reynolds 26 PR 12 0 29 57 1 8 2.0 4.8 2.4 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.1 1.0 69 1 2
16 Milt Plum 22 qb 9 3 26 118 0 30 4.5 13.1 2.9 118 0 1
15 Tommy O'Connell* 27 QB 11 9 14 -5 1 7 -0.4 -0.5 1.3 -5 1 0
36 Ed Modzelewski 28 12 0 10 21 0 5 2.1 1.8 0.8 21 0 0
48 Milt Campbell 24 KR 9 0 7 23 0 14 3.3 2.6 0.8 1 25 25.0 1 25 0.1 2.8 48 1 0
40 Preston Carpenter 23 RE 12 0 3 86 1 39 28.7 7.2 0.3 27 398 14.7 2 33 2.3 33.2 484 3 2
26 Ray Renfro* 28 LH 12 0 2 22 0 16 11.0 1.8 0.2 21 589 28.0 6 65 1.8 49.1 611 6 0
88 Pete Brewster 27 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 30 614 20.5 2 56 2.5 51.2 614 2 0
82 Frank Clarke 23 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 77 19.3 0 43 0.3 6.4 77 0 2
Team Total 26.2 12 501 1958 19 69 3.9 163.2 41.8 108 1873 17.3 12 65 9.0 156.1 3831 31 19
Opp Total 12 396 1502 11 3.8 125.2 33.0 105 1300 12.4 8 8.8 108.3 2802 19 20

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
46 Billy Reynolds 26 PR 12 0 24 114 0 23 4.8 7 152 0 29 21.7 335
48 Milt Campbell 24 KR 9 0 11 263 0 36 23.9 311
44 Chet Hanulak 24 RH 12 0 11 29 0 11 2.6 442
20 Don R. Paul* 31 RDH 12 0 9 75 0 32 8.3 75
32 Jim Brown*+ 21 FB 12 12 6 136 0 29 22.7 1133
36 Ed Modzelewski 28 12 0 5 74 0 18 14.8 95
22 Ken Konz 29 LS/P 12 0 3 13 0 7 4.3 13
82 Frank Clarke 23 12 0 2 22 0 13 11.0 99
30 Lew Carpenter 25 10 0 1 24 0 24 24.0 404
18 Bobby Freeman 25 9 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
63 Fred Robinson 27 RG 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.2 12 48 231 0 32 4.8 33 686 0 36 20.8 4748
Opp Total 12 47 1 42 917 0 21.8

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
22 Ken Konz 29 LS/P 12 0 61 2396 63 1 39.3
76 Lou Groza* 33 K/LT 12 0 22 15 68.2% 32 32 100.0%
Team Total 26.2 12 22 15 68.2% 32 32 100.0% 61 2396 63 1 39.3
Opp Total 12 14 7 50.0% 22 19 86.4% 72 3010 41.8

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
32 Jim Brown*+ 21 FB 12 12 0 7 1 0 0
22 Ken Konz 29 LS/P 12 0 4 20 0 16 0 0 1 1 0 0
20 Don R. Paul* 31 RDH 12 0 4 28 0 12 0 0 0 1 89 1
79 Bob Gain* 28 LDT 12 0 0 0 4 0 0
30 Lew Carpenter 25 10 0 0 3 0 0 0
40 Preston Carpenter 23 RE 12 0 0 2 1 13 0
18 Bobby Freeman 25 9 0 3 46 0 25 0
24 Warren Lahr 34 LDH 11 0 2 12 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 0
46 Billy Reynolds 26 PR 12 0 0 2 1 0 0
82 Frank Clarke 23 12 0 0 2 0 0 0
70 Don Colo 32 RDT 12 0 0 0 2 0 0
50 Vince Costello 25 MLB 12 0 2 19 0 12 0
74 Mike McCormack* 27 RT 12 0 0 0 2 5 0
34 Walt Michaels* 28 RLB 12 0 1 10 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 0
42 Junior Wren 28 RS 12 0 2 73 0 43 0
88 Pete Brewster 27 LE 12 0 0 0 1 1 0
35 Galen Fiss 26 LLB 12 0 1 15 0 15 0
80 Len Ford 31 RDE 11 0 0 0 1 4 0
62 Herschel Forester 26 LG 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
44 Chet Hanulak 24 RH 12 0 0 1 0 0 0
56 Art Hunter 24 C 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
16 Milt Plum 22 qb 9 3 0 1 0 0 0
63 Fred Robinson 27 RG 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
86 Paul Wiggin 23 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.2 12 19 223 0 43 0 0 19 21 112 1
Opp Total 12 20 20 8

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
76 Lou Groza* 33 K/LT 12 0 32 15 77
32 Jim Brown*+ 21 FB 12 12 9 1 10 60
26 Ray Renfro* 28 LH 12 0 6 6 36
30 Lew Carpenter 25 10 0 4 4 24
40 Preston Carpenter 23 RE 12 0 1 2 3 18
44 Chet Hanulak 24 RH 12 0 3 3 18
88 Pete Brewster 27 LE 12 0 2 2 12
48 Milt Campbell 24 KR 9 0 1 1 6
15 Tommy O'Connell* 27 QB 11 9 1 1 6
20 Don R. Paul* 31 RDH 12 0 1 1 6
46 Billy Reynolds 26 PR 12 0 1 1 6
Team Total 26.2 12 19 12 1 32 32 15 269
Opp Total 12 11 8 1 19 7 172