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The Cleveland Browns were a charter member club of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) when the league was founded in 1946. From 1946 to 1949, the Browns won each of the league's four championships. The National Football League (NFL) does not recognize the Browns' AAFC championships; however, the Pro Football Hall of Fame does recognize the team's championships, which is reflected in this list. When the AAFC folded in 1949, the Browns were absorbed into the NFL in 1950. The Browns went on to win three NFL championships, nearly dominating the NFL in the 1950s, and won one more NFL championship in 1964. The team has yet to appear in a Super Bowl, however. Overall, the team has won eight championships: four in the AAFC, and four in the NFL.
In 1996, then-Browns owner Art Modell made the decision to move the team from Cleveland, Ohio to Baltimore, Maryland. An agreement between the city of Cleveland and the NFL kept the team's history, name and colors in Cleveland, while Modell's new team would be regarded as an expansion team. The Baltimore Ravens would begin play in 1996, and the Browns would return to the league in 1999. For record-keeping purposes, the Browns are considered to have suspended operations from 1996 to 1998, which is reflected in this list.
Seasons[edit]
For a complete team history, see History of the Cleveland Browns.
The finish, wins, losses and ties columns list regular season results and exclude any post-season results. They are combined only at the bottom of this list.
AAFC champions[1] (1946–1949) NFL champions (1950–1969) Super Bowl champions[2] (1970–present) Conference champions Division champions Wild Card berth
Season
Team
League
Conference
Division
Regular season results
Post-season results
Awards
Finish
Wins
Losses
Ties
All-America Football Conference
1946
1946 AAFC Western 1st 12 2 0 Won AAFC championship (1) (Yankees 14–9)
1947
1947 AAFC Western 1st 12 1 1 Won AAFC championship (2) (Yankees 14–3)
1948
1948 AAFC Western 1st 14 0 0 Won AAFC championship (3) (Bills 49–7)
1949
1949 AAFC 1st 9 1 2 Won AAFC playoff game (Bills 31–21)
Won AAFC championship (4) (49ers 21–7) Paul Brown (COY)
National Football League (1950–1995; 1999–present)
1950
1950 NFL American T-1st[3] 10 2 0 Won Conference Playoffs (Giants 8–3)
Won NFL Championship (5) (L.A. Rams 30–28)
1951
1951 NFL American 1st 11 1 0 Lost NFL Championship (L.A. Rams 17–24) Paul Brown (COY)
Otto Graham (MVP)
1952
1952 NFL American 1st 8 4 0 Lost NFL Championship (Lions 7–17)
1953
1953 NFL Eastern 1st 11 1 0 Lost NFL Championship (Lions 16–17) Paul Brown (COY)
Otto Graham (MVP)
1954
1954 NFL Eastern 1st 9 3 0 Won NFL Championship (6) (Lions 56–10)
1955
1955 NFL Eastern 1st 9 2 1 Won NFL Championship (7) (L.A. Rams 38–14) Otto Graham (MVP)
1956
1956 NFL Eastern T-4th[4] 5 7 0
1957
1957 NFL Eastern 1st 9 2 1 Lost NFL Championship (Lions 14–59) Paul Brown (COY)
Jim Brown (MVP, ROY)
1958
1958 NFL Eastern T-1st[5] 9 3 0 Lost Conference Playoffs (Giants 0–10) Jim Brown (MVP)
1959
1959 NFL Eastern T-2nd[6] 7 5 0
1960
1960 NFL Eastern 2nd 8 3 1
1961
1961 NFL Eastern 3rd 8 5 1
1962
1962 NFL Eastern 3rd 7 6 1
1963
1963 NFL Eastern 2nd 10 4 0 Jim Brown (BBA, MVP)
1964
1964 NFL Eastern 1st 10 3 1 Won NFL Championship (8)[7] (B. Colts 27–0)
1965
1965 NFL Eastern 1st 11 3 0 Lost NFL Championship (Packers 12–23) Jim Brown (MVP, MVP)
1966
1966 NFL Eastern T-2nd[8] 9 5 0
1967
1967 NFL Eastern Century 1st 9 5 0 Lost Conference Championship (Cowboys 14–52)
1968
1968 NFL Eastern Century 1st 10 4 0 Won Conference Championship (Cowboys 20–31)
Lost NFL Championship (B. Colts 34–0) Leroy Kelly (MVP)
1969
1969 NFL Eastern Century 1st 10 3 1 Won Conference Championship (Cowboys 38–14)
Lost NFL Championship (Vikings 7–27)
1970
1970 NFL AFC Central 2nd 7 7 0
1971
1971 NFL AFC Central 1st 9 5 0 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Colts 3–20)
1972
1972 NFL AFC Central 2nd 10 4 0 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Dolphins 14–20)
1973
1973 NFL AFC Central 3rd 7 5 2
1974
1974 NFL AFC Central 4th 4 10 0
1975
1975 NFL AFC Central 4th 3 11 0
1976
1976 NFL AFC Central 2nd 9 5 0 Forrest Gregg (COY)
1977
1977 NFL AFC Central 4th 6 8 0
1978[9]
1978 NFL AFC Central 3rd 8 8 0
1979
1979 NFL AFC Central 3rd 9 7 0 Sam Rutigliano (COY)
1980
1980 NFL AFC Central 1st 11 5 0 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Raiders 12–14)[10] Sam Rutigliano (COY)
Brian Sipe (MVP, MVP, POY)
1981
1981 NFL AFC Central 4th 5 11 0
1982[11]
1982 NFL AFC 8th 4 5 0 Lost First Round Playoffs (L.A. Raiders 10–27) Chip Banks (Def. ROY)
1983
1983 NFL AFC Central 2nd 9 7 0
1984
1984 NFL AFC Central 3rd 5 11 0
1985
1985 NFL AFC Central 1st 8 8 0 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Dolphins 21–24) Kevin Mack (ROY)
1986
1986 NFL AFC Central 1st 12 4 0 Won Divisional Playoffs (Jets 23–20) (2 OT)
Lost Conference Championship[12] (Broncos 20–23) Marty Schottenheimer (COY)
1987[13]
1987 NFL AFC Central 1st 10 5 0 Won Divisional Playoffs (Colts 38–21)
Lost Conference Championship[14] (Broncos 33–38)
1988
1988 NFL AFC Central 2nd[15] 10 6 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Oilers 23–24)
1989
1989 NFL AFC Central 1st 9 6 1 Won Divisional Playoffs (Bills 34–30)
Lost Conference Championship[16] (Broncos 21–37) Michael Dean Perry (Def. POY)
1990
1990 NFL AFC Central 4th 3 13 0
1991
1991 NFL AFC Central 3rd 6 10 0
1992
1992 NFL AFC Central 3rd 7 9 0
1993
1993 NFL AFC Central 3rd 7 9 0
1994
1994 NFL AFC Central 2nd 11 5 0 Won Wild Card Playoffs (Patriots 20–13)
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Steelers 9–29)
1995
1995 NFL AFC Central 4th 5 11 0
1996
Inactive from 1996–1998
1997
1998
1999
1999 NFL AFC Central 6th 2 14 0
2000
2000 NFL AFC Central 6th 3 13 0
2001
2001 NFL AFC Central 3rd[17] 7 9 0
2002
2002 NFL AFC North 2nd 9 7 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Steelers 33–36)
2003
2003 NFL AFC North 4th 5 11 0
2004
2004 NFL AFC North 4th 4 12 0
2005
2005 NFL AFC North 4th[18] 6 10 0
2006
2006 NFL AFC North 4th 4 12 0
2007
2007 NFL AFC North 2nd[19] 10 6 0
2008
2008 NFL AFC North 4th 4 12 0
2009
2009 NFL AFC North 4th 5 11 0
2010
2010 NFL AFC North 3rd 5 11 0
2011
2011 NFL AFC North 4th 4 12 0
2012
2012 NFL AFC North 4th 5 11 0
2013
2013 NFL AFC North 4th 4 12 0
2014
2014 NFL AFC North 4th 7 9 0
2015
2015 NFL AFC North 4th 3 13 0
2016
2016 NFL AFC North 4th 1 15 0
Totals
4 AAFC Championships
4 NFL Championships
12 Conference Titles
9 NFL Division Titles
47 4 3 All-America Football Conference regular season results[20]
5 0 0 AAFC post-season results
462 466 10 National Football League regular season results[20]
11 20 0 NFL post-season results[20]
525
490
13
AAFC and NFL regular and post-season results
Footnotes[edit]
Jump up ^ The NFL does not recognize the Browns' AAFC championships. For the purposes of this list, however, they are included in final totals.
Jump up ^ The Browns are one of only four teams to have never appeared in a Super Bowl. The other three teams are the Detroit Lions, the Houston Texans, and the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 1950 NFL season, the Browns and Giants had identical 10–2–0 records. To determine the team that would play in the NFL Championship Game, the NFL held a one-game conference playoff. The Browns won, 8–3.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 1956 season, the Browns and the Steelers ended the season with identical 5–7 records. There were no tie-breaking procedures, so the teams ended the season tied.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 1958 NFL season, the Browns and Giants had identical 9–3–0 records. To determine the team that would play in the NFL Championship Game, the NFL held a one-game conference playoff. The Giants shut the Browns out 10–0.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 1959 season, the Browns and the Eagles ended the season with identical 5–7 records. There were no tie-breaking procedures, so the teams ended the season tied.
Jump up ^ The Browns' championship win in 1964 is the second most recent championship won by any sports team from the Cleveland area. The most recent being the Cleveland Cavaliers Championship win over the Golden State Warriors in 2016.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 1966 season, the Browns and the Eagles ended the season with identical 9–5 records. There were no tie-breaking procedures, so the teams ended the season tied.
Jump up ^ For the 1978 season, the NFL expanded from a 14-game season to a 16-game season.
Jump up ^ This game involved the play Red Right 88 in its final minutes.
Jump up ^ The 1982 NFL season was shortened from 16 games per team to 9 games because of a players' strike. The NFL adopted a special 16-team playoff tournament; eight teams from each conference were seeded 1–8, and division standings were ignored.
Jump up ^ The 1987 Conference Championship game between the Browns and the Broncos is best remembered for The Drive, in which quarterback John Elway, over the span of 5 minutes and 2 seconds, lead the Broncos on a 98-yard drive to tie the game with 37 seconds remaining in regulation. The Broncos won the game in overtime with a field goal, 23–20.
Jump up ^ The 1987 NFL season was shortened from 16 games per team to 15 games because of a players' strike. Games to be played during the third week of the season were canceled, and replacement players were used to play games from weeks 4 through 6.
Jump up ^ The 1988 Conference Championship game between the Browns and the Broncos is best remembered for The Fumble, in which, while on a potentially game-winning drive, the Browns' running back Ernest Byner fumbled the ball at the Broncos 3-yard line with 65 seconds remaining on the clock. The Broncos recovered the ball, allowed the Browns to get an intentional safety, and won the game, 38–33.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 1988 season, the Browns and the Oilers ended the season with identical 10–6 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, Cleveland finished ahead of Houston based on a better division record.
Jump up ^ The 1990 Conference Championship game between the Browns and the Broncos marked the third time in four years that John Elway defeated Bernie Kosar and the Browns in the AFC championship game.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 2001 season, the Browns and the Titans ended the season with identical 7–9 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, Cleveland finished ahead of Tennessee based on a better division record.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 2005 season, the Browns and the Ravens ended the season with identical 6–10 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, Baltimore finished ahead of Cleveland based on a better division record.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 2007 season, the Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers ended the season with identical 10–6 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, the Steelers finished ahead of the Browns based on winning both games against the Browns during the season.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Cleveland Browns Team Encyclopedia - Pro-Football-Reference.com". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
References[edit]
"Year By Year Season Results". Cleveland Browns official Web site. Archived from the original on 2006-12-02. Retrieved 2007-04-12.
"Cleveland Browns (1950 – )". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on 2007-04-08. Retrieved 2007-04-12.
"Cleveland Browns History". JT-SW.com. Retrieved 2007-04-13.
"NFL History – Past Standings". National Football League official Web site. Retrieved 2007-04-12.
"Franchise History – Cleveland Browns". Pro Football Hall of Fame official Web site. Retrieved 2007-04-12.
"Cleveland Browns (1946–1995; 1999–Present)". Sports E-Cyclopedia. Retrieved 2007-04-12.
"Cleveland Browns Franchise Encyclopedia". Pro Football Reference.com. Retrieved April 2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
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1946
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