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1959 Cleveland Browns

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Record: 7-5-0, Finished 2nd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 270 points (22.5/g), 3rd of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 214 points (17.8/g), 3rd.
 Differential of 56 points (4.7/g), 3rd.
 Expected W-L: 7.6-4.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +16 (1.3/g), 2nd.

Simple Rating System: Total 3.0, Offense: -0.2, Defense: 3.3, SoS: -1.6, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Paul Brown

Training Camp: Hiram College (Hiram, Ohio)

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Drafted Players

Draft Index · Full 1959 Draft Results
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos Yrs From To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD College/Univ
1 11 CLE Rich Kreitling E 6 1959 1964 0 0 5 23 79 2 -13 0 123 1775 17 Illinois
2 23 CLE Dick Schafrath T 13 1959 1971 4 6 12 91 176 Ohio St.
3 35 CLE Fran O'Brien T 10 1959 1968 0 0 7 36 124 Michigan St.
4 37 CLE Gary Prahst E 0 0 0 Michigan
4 47 CLE Dave Lloyd LB 12 1959 1970 0 1 8 55 157 Georgia
5 53 CLE John Wooten G 10 1959 1968 0 2 8 50 136 Colorado
5 58 CLE Dick LeBeau HOF DB 14 1959 1972 0 3 12 87 185 Ohio St.
6 70 CLE Jim Prestel DT 8 1960 1967 0 0 5 30 96 Idaho
6 71 CLE Bob Denton DE 5 1960 1964 0 0 0 4 68 Pacific
7 82 CLE Gene Miller T 0 0 0 Rice
8 87 CLE Bob Ptacek QB 1 1959 1959 0 0 0 2 12 3 13 0 Michigan
9 106 CLE Kirk Wilson B 0 0 0 UCLA
10 119 CLE Bob Zeman DB 6 1960 1966 0 1 4 29 82 Wisconsin
11 130 CLE Jerry King G 0 0 0 Kent St.
12 143 CLE Frank Palandrani T 0 0 0 North Carolina St.
13 154 CLE Ray Reese B 0 0 0 Bowling Green
14 167 CLE Elbert Dubenion FL 9 1960 1968 0 1 7 49 103 46 326 3 294 5294 35 Bluffton
15 178 CLE Tom Salwocki C 0 0 0 Pittsburgh
16 191 CLE Jamie Caleb HB 3 1960 1965 0 0 0 0 27 0 1 0 0 0 11 71 1 7 -26 0 Grambling St.
17 202 CLE Homer Schmittan E 0 0 0 Tennessee Tech
18 215 CLE Ed Hill G 0 0 0
19 226 CLE Joe Schroeder T 0 0 0
20 239 CLE Al McClain T 0 0 0 Shaw
21 250 CLE Jim Fraser LB 6 1962 1968 0 3 7 23 72 Wisconsin
22 263 CLE Joe Wenzel E 0 0 0 Lehigh
23 274 CLE Jim Gardner T 0 0 0 Duke
24 287 CLE Russ Goings G 0 0 0
25 298 CLE Ernie Spychalski T 0 0 0 Ohio St.
26 311 CLE Homer Floyd B 0 0 0 Kansas
27 322 CLE Larry Baker T 1 1960 1960 0 0 0 0 2 Bowling Green
28 335 CLE Pete Abadie E 0 0 0 Tulane
29 346 CLE Ron Nietupski T 0 0 0 Illinois
30 359 CLE Carl Ketchie B 0 0 0 Washington St.