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1960 Cleveland Browns
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Record: 8-3-1, Finished 2nd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 362 points (30.2/g), 1st of 13 in the NFL.
Allowed 217 points (18.1/g), 4th.
Differential of 145 points (12.1/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 9.2-2.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +28 (2.3/g), 1st.
Coached by Paul Brown (8-3-1)
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1960 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Milt Plum* | 25 | 3 | 12 | 151 for 250, 2,297 yards, 21 td, 5 int, & 17 rushes for -24 yards and 2 td | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 17th pick / 1957 |
| HB | Bobby Mitchell* | 25 | 2 | 0 | 111 rushes for 506 yards, 5 td, & 45 catches for 612 yards and 6 td | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 84th pick / 1958 |
| FB | Jim Brown*+ | 24 | 3 | 12 | 215 rushes for 1,257 yards, 9 td, & 19 catches for 204 yards and 2 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 6th pick / 1957 |
| FL | Ray Renfro* | 31 | 8 | 0 | 24 catches for 378 yards, 4 td | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 48th pick / 1952 |
| FL | Leon Clarke | 27 | 4 | 0 | 11 catches for 184 yards, 4 td | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 14th pick / 1956 |
| SE | Rich Kreitling | 24 | 1 | 0 | 16 catches for 316 yards, 3 td, & 2 rushes for -17 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 11th pick / 1959 |
| SE | Fred Murphy | 22 | Rook | 0 | 2 catches for 36 yards, 0 td | |
| TE | Gern Nagler | 28 | 7 | 0 | 36 catches for 616 yards, 3 td | Cleveland Browns / 14th / 167th pick / 1953 |
| TE | Rich Kreitling | 24 | 1 | 0 | 16 catches for 316 yards, 3 td, & 2 rushes for -17 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 11th pick / 1959 |
| LT | Dick Schafrath | 23 | 1 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1959 |
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| LG | Jim Ray Smith*+ | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 64th pick / 1954 |
| C | John Morrow | 27 | 4 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 28th / 336th pick / 1956 |
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| RG | Gene Hickerson | 25 | 2 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 78th pick / 1957 |
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| RT | Mike McCormack* | 30 | 9 | 0 | New York Yanks / 3rd / 34th pick / 1951 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Paul Wiggin | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 73rd pick / 1956 |
| LDE | Jim Houston | 23 | Rook | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 8th pick / 1960 |
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| LDT | Bob Gain | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 5th pick / 1951 |
| RDT | Floyd Peters | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 93rd pick / 1958 |
| RDE | Jim Marshall | 23 | Rook | 12 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 44th pick / 1960 |
| RDE | Paul Wiggin | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 73rd pick / 1956 |
| LLB | Galen Fiss | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 interception, 4 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 155th pick / 1953 |
| MLB | Vince Costello | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RLB | Walt Michaels | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 86th pick / 1951 |
| LCB | Bernie Parrish* | 24 | 1 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 108th pick / 1958 |
| RCB | Jim Shofner | 25 | 2 | 0 | 8 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1958 |
| LS | Don Fleming | 23 | Rook | 0 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 28th / 327th pick / 1959 |
| RS | Rich Mostardo | 22 | Rook | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 12th / 141st pick / 1960 |
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| RS | Bobby Franklin | 24 | Rook | 0 | 8 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 11th / 127th pick / 1960 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Sam Baker | 31 | 7 | 0 | 12 of 20 field goals & 44 of 46 extra points | Los Angeles Rams / 11th / 133rd pick / 1952 |
| P | Sam Baker | 31 | 7 | 0 | 55 punts for a 42.0 average, 0 blocked | Los Angeles Rams / 11th / 133rd pick / 1952 |
| PR | Jim Shofner | 25 | 2 | 0 | 11 punt returns for a 9.5 average and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1958 |
| KR | Bobby Mitchell* | 25 | 2 | 0 | 17 kick returns for a 25.4 average and 1 td | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 84th pick / 1958 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Sam Baker | 31 | K-FB | 12 | 0 | 217 | 6-2 | Oregon State | 11/12/1929 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 11th / 133rd pick / 1952 |
| Jim Brown*+ | 24 | FB | 12 | 12 | 232 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 2/17/1936 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 6th pick / 1957 |
| Jamie Caleb | 24 | HB-FB | 12 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Grambling State | 10/29/1936 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 16th / 191st pick / 1959 |
| Leon Clarke | 27 | E-FL | 9 | 0 | 232 | 6-4 | USC | 1/10/1933 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 14th pick / 1956 |
| Vince Costello | 28 | LB | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Ohio | 8/4/1932 | 3 | |
| Len Dawson | 25 | QB | 2 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Purdue | 6/20/1935 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 5th pick / 1957 |
| Bob Denton | 26 | DE-T | 12 | 0 | 244 | 6-3 | Pacific | 7/24/1934 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 71st pick / 1959 |
| Ross Fichtner | 22 | DB | 12 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Purdue | 10/26/1938 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 33rd pick / 1960 |
| Galen Fiss | 29 | LB | 12 | 0 | 227 | 6-0 | Kansas | 7/10/1931 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 155th pick / 1953 |
| Don Fleming | 23 | DB | 12 | 0 | 188 | 6-0 | Florida | 6/11/1937 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 28th / 327th pick / 1959 |
| Bobby Franklin | 24 | DB | 12 | 0 | 182 | 5-11 | Mississippi | 10/5/1936 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 11th / 127th pick / 1960 |
| Bob Gain | 31 | DT-DE-MG-T | 12 | 0 | 256 | 6-3 | Kentucky | 6/21/1929 | 8 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 5th pick / 1951 |
| Prentice Gautt | 22 | HB-FB | 12 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 2/8/1938 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 19th pick / 1960 |
| Gene Hickerson | 25 | G | 12 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 2/15/1935 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 78th pick / 1957 |
| Jim Houston | 23 | LB-DE | 12 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 11/3/1937 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 8th pick / 1960 |
| Rich Kreitling | 24 | E | 12 | 0 | 208 | 6-2 | Auburn,Illinois | 3/13/1936 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 11th pick / 1959 |
| Dave Lloyd | 24 | LB-C | 12 | 0 | 247 | 6-3 | Georgia,Texas Tech | 11/9/1936 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 47th pick / 1959 |
| Jim Marshall | 23 | DE | 12 | 12 | 248 | 6-4 | Ohio State | 12/30/1937 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 44th pick / 1960 |
| Mike McCormack* | 30 | T-DG-DT | 12 | 0 | 246 | 6-4 | Kansas | 6/21/1930 | 9 | New York Yanks / 3rd / 34th pick / 1951 |
| Walt Michaels | 31 | LB | 11 | 0 | 231 | 6-0 | Washington & Lee | 10/16/1929 | 9 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 86th pick / 1951 |
| Bobby Mitchell* | 25 | FL-HB-WR | 12 | 0 | 192 | 6-0 | Illinois | 6/6/1935 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 84th pick / 1958 |
| John Morrow | 27 | C-G | 12 | 0 | 244 | 6-3 | Michigan | 4/27/1933 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 28th / 336th pick / 1956 |
| Rich Mostardo | 22 | DB | 10 | 0 | 188 | 5-11 | Charleston (WV),Kent State | 7/1/1938 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 12th / 141st pick / 1960 |
| Fred Murphy | 22 | E | 9 | 0 | 205 | 6-3 | Georgia Tech | 2/20/1938 | Rook | |
| Gern Nagler | 28 | E | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Santa Clara | 2/23/1932 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 14th / 167th pick / 1953 |
| Bernie Parrish* | 24 | DB | 12 | 0 | 194 | 5-11 | Florida | 4/29/1936 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 108th pick / 1958 |
| Floyd Peters | 24 | DT | 12 | 0 | 254 | 6-4 | San Francisco State | 5/21/1936 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 93rd pick / 1958 |
| Milt Plum* | 25 | QB | 12 | 12 | 205 | 6-1 | Penn State | 1/20/1935 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 17th pick / 1957 |
| Jim Prestel | 23 | DT | 6 | 0 | 275 | 6-5 | Idaho | 6/28/1937 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 70th pick / 1959 |
| Ray Renfro* | 31 | HB-FL | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | North Texas | 11/7/1929 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 48th pick / 1952 |
| Dick Schafrath | 23 | T-G-DE | 12 | 0 | 253 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 3/21/1937 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1959 |
| Gene Selawski | 25 | T-G | 12 | 0 | 252 | 6-4 | Purdue | 11/28/1935 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 9th / 104th pick / 1958 |
| Jim Shofner | 25 | DB | 12 | 0 | 191 | 6-2 | TCU | 12/18/1935 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1958 |
| Jim Ray Smith*+ | 28 | G-T-DE | 12 | 0 | 241 | 6-3 | Baylor | 2/27/1932 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 64th pick / 1954 |
| Larry Stephens | 22 | DE-DT | 12 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Texas | 9/24/1938 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 18th pick / 1960 |
| Paul Wiggin | 26 | DE | 12 | 0 | 242 | 6-3 | Stanford | 11/18/1934 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 73rd pick / 1956 |
| A.D. Williams | 27 | E-FL | 12 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Pacific | 11/21/1933 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 32nd pick / 1956 |
| John Wooten | 24 | G | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Colorado | 12/5/1936 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 53rd pick / 1959 |
| Team Total | 25.4 | 12 | 223.2 | 6-1.9 | 2.4 |