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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.

Coached by Paul Brown (9-2-1)

1957 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 29 W 1-0 New York Giants 6 3 10 162 40 122 12 194 39 155 2
2 Sat October 5 W 2-0 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 23 12 12 240 134 106 1 14 236 173 63 4
3 Sun October 13 W 3-0 Philadelphia Eagles 24 7 11 244 79 165 1 10 107 44 63 3
4 Sun October 20 L 3-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 7 17 14 285 182 103 6 13 270 84 186 1
5 Sun October 27 W 4-1 @ Chicago Cardinals 17 7 13 204 42 162 1 7 157 54 103 2
6 Sun November 3 W 5-1 Washington Redskins 21 17 21 353 122 231 1 12 164 58 106 1
7 Sun November 10 W 6-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 24 0 11 291 168 123 4 18 276 186 90 4
8 Sun November 17 T 6-1-1 @ Washington Redskins 30 30 17 425 343 82 1 14 330 177 153 1
9 Sun November 24 W 7-1-1 Los Angeles Rams 45 31 21 378 48 330 3 16 286 112 174 5
10 Sun December 1 W 8-1-1 Chicago Cardinals 31 0 15 334 167 167 2 10 166 16 150 4
11 Sun December 8 L 8-2-1 @ Detroit Lions 7 20 14 266 197 69 2 15 226 75 151 1
12 Sun December 15 W 9-2-1 @ New York Giants 34 28 21 488 190 298 2 23 390 282 108 3
Playoffs
Championship December 29 L 9-3-1 @ Detroit Lions 14 59

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 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 4.2 249 105 242 1300 8 19 4.9 66 396 1502 11 3.8 164 31 12 19
Lg Rank Offense 3 5 8 12 10 6 3 2 1 2 1 6 1 1
Lg Rank Defense 1 2 2 4 1 1 4 2 3 4 4 5 8 9

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%
Tommy O'Connell* 27 QB 11 9 63 110 57.3 1229 9 8.2 8 7.3 65 11.2 8.7 19.5 111.7 93.3
Milt Plum 22 qb 9 3 41 76 53.9 590 2 2.6 5 6.6 58 7.8 5.1 14.4 65.6 60.7
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
Chet Hanulak 24 RH 12 0 1 2 50.0 32 1 50.0 0 0.0 32 16.0 21.0 32.0 2.7 135.4
Milt Campbell 24 RET 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 12 108 195 55.4 1873 12 6.2 14 7.2 65 9.6 7.0 17.3 156.1 78.9
Opp Total 12 105 242 43.4 1300 8 3.3 19 7.9 5.4 2.2 12.4 108.3 38.9 26 211 4.9 1.2

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
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
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
Lew Carpenter 25 lh 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
Billy Reynolds 26 lh 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
Milt Plum 22 qb 9 3 26 118 0 30 4.5 13.1 2.9 118 0 1
Tommy O'Connell* 27 QB 11 9 14 -5 1 7 -0.4 -0.5 1.3 -5 1 0
Ed Modzelewski 28 12 0 10 21 0 5 2.1 1.8 0.8 21 0 0
Milt Campbell 24 RET 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
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
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
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
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

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
Billy Reynolds 26 lh 12 0 24 114 0 23 4.8 7 152 0 29 21.7 335
Milt Campbell 24 RET 9 0 11 263 0 36 23.9 311
Chet Hanulak 24 RH 12 0 11 29 0 11 2.6 442
Don R. Paul* 31 RDH 12 0 9 75 0 32 8.3 75
Jim Brown*+ 21 FB 12 12 6 136 0 29 22.7 1133
Ed Modzelewski 28 12 0 5 74 0 18 14.8 95
Ken Konz 29 LS 12 0 3 13 0 7 4.3 13
Frank Clarke 23 12 0 2 22 0 13 11.0 99
Lew Carpenter 25 lh 10 0 1 24 0 24 24.0 404
Bobby Freeman 25 ls 9 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Kicking Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Ken Konz 29 LS 12 0 61 2396 63 1 39.3
Lou Groza*+ 33 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

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
Pete Brewster 27 LE 12 0 0 1 1 0
Jim Brown*+ 21 FB 12 12 7 1 0 0
Lew Carpenter 25 lh 10 0 3 0 0 0
Preston Carpenter 23 RE 12 0 2 1 13 0
Frank Clarke 23 12 0 2 0 0 0
Don Colo 32 RDT 12 0 0 2 0 0
Vince Costello 25 MLB 12 0 2 19 0 12
Galen Fiss 26 LLB 12 0 1 15 0 15
Len Ford 31 RDE 11 0 0 1 4 0
Herschel Forester 26 LG 12 0 0 1 0 0
Bobby Freeman 25 ls 9 0 3 46 0 25
Bob Gain* 28 LDT 12 0 0 4 0 0
Chet Hanulak 24 RH 12 0 1 0 0 0
Art Hunter 24 C 12 0 0 1 0 0
Ken Konz 29 LS 12 0 4 20 0 16 1 1 0 0
Warren Lahr 34 LDH 11 0 2 12 0 10 0 1 0 0
Mike McCormack* 27 RT 12 0 0 2 5 0
Walt Michaels* 28 RLB 12 0 1 10 0 10 0 1 0 0
Don R. Paul* 31 RDH 12 0 4 28 0 12 0 1 89 1
Milt Plum 22 qb 9 3 1 0 0 0
Billy Reynolds 26 lh 12 0 2 1 0 0
Fred Robinson 27 RG 12 0 0 1 0 0
Paul Wiggin 23 lde 12 0 0 1 0 0
Junior Wren 28 RS 12 0 2 73 0 43
Team Total 26.2 12 19 223 0 43 19 21 112 1
Opp Total 12 20 20 8

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*+ 33 LT 12 0 32 15 77
Jim Brown*+ 21 FB 12 12 9 1 60
Ray Renfro* 28 LH 12 0 6 36
Lew Carpenter 25 lh 10 0 4 24
Preston Carpenter 23 RE 12 0 1 2 18
Chet Hanulak 24 RH 12 0 3 18
Pete Brewster 27 LE 12 0 2 12
Milt Campbell 24 RET 9 0 1 6
Tommy O'Connell* 27 QB 11 9 1 6
Don R. Paul* 31 RDH 12 0 1 6
Billy Reynolds 26 lh 12 0 1 6
Team Total 26.2 12 19 12 1 32 15 269
Opp Total 12 11 8 1 19 7 172