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Cleveland Browns
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Information
League NFL
Conference AFC
Division AFC North
Established 1946 (joined NFL in 1950)
Home field Huntington Bank Field
City Cleveland, Ohio
Uniforms
Color White Alternate
Home Field
Championships
League
4

4
1946 • 1947
1948 • 1949
1950 • 1954
1955 • 1964
Super Bowls
0
None
Conference
11
1950 • 1951 • 1952
1953 • 1954 • 1955
1957 • 1964 • 1965
1968 • 1969
Division
13
1946 • 1947 • 1948
1949 • 1967 • 1968
1969 • 1971 • 1980
1985 • 1986 • 1987
1989

The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The team began play in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and joined the NFL in 1950 after the AAFC folded.

Cleveland has won a total of eight league championships. They won all four AAFC titles (including a 15-0 undefeated season in 1948), and after joining the NFL won four additional championships prior to the league's merger with the American Football League (AFL) in 1970. Following the merger, the Browns were one of three NFL teams which joined the ten former AFL teams to form the new American Football Conference. Despite having the sixth-highest winning percentage of all NFL franchises, the Browns have not played in a league championship game since the merger. However, they have competed for the AFC Championship three times having lost all three games, along with two NFL Championship Games of the Super Bowl era prior to the merger (in 1968 and 1969). The 2017 team became the second team to go winless in a 16 game season.

Team history[]

Founding[]

The Cleveland Browns were founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), under businessman Arthur "Mickey" McBride. Not long after gaining the franchise, McBride named Ohio State Buckeyes coach Paul Brown as vice president, general manager and head coach. The franchise conducted a team naming contest in 1945. The most popular submission was "Browns" in recognition of Paul Brown, already an established and popular figure in Ohio sports. Brown at first objected to the name and the team selected the name "Panthers". However, after an area businessman informed the team that he owned the rights to the name Cleveland Panthers from an earlier failed football team, Brown rescinded his objection and agreed to the use of his name.

The Browns dominated the AAFC, winning all four of its championships from 1946 to 1950. The AAFC dissolved after the 1949 season, and the NFL agreed to take in three of the AAFC's teams for the 1950 season, including the Browns.

During the Browns first year in the NFL, they would go on to win the 1950 NFL Championship.

Membership[]

League affiliations
All-America Football Conference (1946-1949)
  • Western Division (1946-1948)
National Football League (1950–1995; 1999–present)

Achievements[]

Achievements
AP Most Valuable Player Offensive Player of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Super Bowl MVP
1957 Jim Brown
1958 Jim Brown
1965 Jim Brown
1980 Brian Sipe

Rivalry[]

Green Bay Packers vs. Cleveland Browns
Packers lead series 14–7
Season Date Winning team Score Stadium Series Box
1953 Sep. 27 Cleveland Browns L 0–27 Milwaukee County Stadium 0–1
1955 Oct. 23 Cleveland Browns L 10–41 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 0–2
1956 Nov. 4 Cleveland Browns L 7–24 Milwaukee County Stadium 0–3
1961 Oct. 15 Green Bay Packers W 49–17 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 1–3
1964 Nov. 4 Green Bay Packers W 28–21 Milwaukee County Stadium 2–3
1965 Green Bay Packers W 23–12 Lambeau Field 3–3
1966 Sept. 18 Green Bay Packers W 21–20 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 4–3
1967 Nov. 12 Green Bay Packers W 55–7 Milwaukee County Stadium 5–3
1969 Dec. 7 Cleveland Browns L 7–20 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 5–4
1972 Sept. 17 Green Bay Packers W 26–10 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 6–4
1980 Oct. 19 Cleveland Browns L 21–26 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 6–5
1983 Nov. 6 Green Bay Packers W 35–21 Milwaukee County Stadium 7–5
1986 Oct. 19 Green Bay Packers W 17–14 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 8–5
1992 Oct. 19 Cleveland Browns L 6–17 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 8–6
1995 Nov. 19 Green Bay Packers W 17–14 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 9–6
2001 Dec. 23 Green Bay Packers W 30–7 Lambeau Field 10–6
2005 Sep. 18 Cleveland Browns L 24–26 Lambeau Field 10–7
2009 Oct. 25 Green Bay Packers W 31–3 Cleveland Browns Stadium 11–7
2013 Oct. 25 Green Bay Packers W 31–13 Lambeau Field 12–7
2017 Dec. 10 Green Bay Packers W 27–21 (OT) FirstEnergy Stadium 13–7
2021 Dec. 25 Green Bay Packers W 24–22 Lambeau Field 14–7
Note: The Browns current stadium (Huntington Bank Field) was previously known as Cleveland Browns Stadium from 1999-2012 and 2023, and FirstEnergy Stadium from 2013-2022.

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