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1959 Cleveland Browns Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-5-0, 2nd in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Paul Brown (7-5-0)

Points For: 270 (22.5/g) 3rd of 12

Points Against: 214 (17.8/g) 3rd of 12

Expected W-L: 7.6-4.4

SRS: 3.02 (5th of 12), SOS: -1.65

Other Notable Asst.: Howard Brinker (Backfield Coach)

Stadium: Cleveland Municipal Stadium

President/Majority Owner: David Jones

Partial Owner: Ellis Ryan

Head Coach/General Manager: Paul Brown

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Hiram College (Hiram, Ohio)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	270	4015	733	5.5	14	5	234	159	276	1866	14	9	6.8	109	457	2149	20	4.7	118	36	329	7
Opp. Stats	214	3764	679	5.5	30	12	205	168	319	2342	17	18	7.3	115	360	1422	9	4.0	75	32	285	15
Lg Rank Offense	3	4			1	1	2		10	7	7	1	6		1	1	1	2
Lg Rank Defense	3	6			8	10	5		7	10	7	6	10		2	2	2	5

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sat	September 26		boxscore	L		0-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	7	17	20	274	135	139	1	18	323	202	121	2
2	Sun	October 4		boxscore	W		1-1	@	Chicago Cardinals	34	7	20	299	139	160		21	273	172	101	5
3	Sun	October 11		boxscore	L		1-2		New York Giants	6	10	23	343	204	139	1	14	250	94	156	1
4	Sun	October 18		boxscore	W		2-2		Chicago Cardinals	17	7	18	295	126	169		13	220	122	98	4
5	Sun	October 25		boxscore	W		3-2		Washington Redskins	34	7	20	412	240	172	1	14	244	91	153	5
6	Sun	November 1		boxscore	W		4-2	@	Baltimore Colts	38	31	22	397	200	197	2	28	426	381	45	3
7	Sun	November 8		boxscore	W		5-2		Philadelphia Eagles	28	7	16	311	128	183		15	314	247	67	3
8	Sun	November 15		boxscore	W		6-2	@	Washington Redskins	31	17	19	430	154	276		15	353	98	255	3
9	Sun	November 22		boxscore	L		6-3		Pittsburgh Steelers	20	21	16	387	261	126		21	338	156	182
10	Sun	November 29		boxscore	L		6-4		San Francisco 49ers	20	21	21	281	99	182	3	9	200	141	59	1
11	Sun	December 6		boxscore	L		6-5	@	New York Giants	7	48	9	136	26	110	5	21	526	401	125	2
12	Sun	December 13		boxscore	W		7-5	@	Philadelphia Eagles	28	21	30	450	154	296	1	16	297	237	60	1

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Milt Plum	24	QB	12	12	7-5-0	156	266	58.6	1992	14	5.3	8	3.0	76	7.5	7.19	12.8	166.0	87.2	157	1	1
2	Jim Ninowski	23	QB	2	0		3	10	30.0	41	0	0.0	1	10.0	20	4.1	-0.40	13.7	20.5	4.6	10	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	7-5-0	159	276	57.6	1866	14	5.1	9	3.3	76	7.4	6.91	12.8	155.5	84.1	167	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Jim Brown	23	FB	12	12	290	1329	14	70	4.6	110.8	24.2	24	190	7.9	0	25	2.0	15.8	314	4.8	1519	14	2	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-3
2	Bobby Mitchell	24	LH	12	12	131	743	5	90	5.7	61.9	10.9	35	351	10.0	4	76	2.9	29.3	166	6.6	1094	9	2
3	Ray Renfro	30	FL	12	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	30	528	17.6	6	70	2.5	44.0	30	17.6	528	6	0
4	Billy Howton	29	RE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	39	510	13.1	1	36	3.3	42.5	39	13.1	510	1	0
5	Preston Carpenter	25	LE	12	12	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.3	0.1	24	372	15.5	2	43	2.0	31.0	25	15.0	376	2	0
6	Frank Clarke	25	E	12	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	44	14.7	0	20	0.3	3.7	3	14.7	44	0	0
7	Milt Plum	24	QB	12	12	21	20	1	17	1.0	1.7	1.8	1	20	20.0	0	20	0.1	1.7	22	1.8	40	1	2
8	Ed Modzelewski	30	FB	12	0	6	18	0	5	3.0	1.5	0.5	3	18	6.0	1	13	0.3	1.5	9	4.0	36	1	0
9	Bob Ptacek	22	QB	12	0	3	13	0	6	4.3	1.1	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	4.3	13	0	0
10	Leroy Bolden	27	HB	12	0	4	11	0	9	2.8	0.9	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	2.8	11	0	1
11	Jim Ninowski	23	QB	2	0	1	11	0	11	11.0	5.5	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	11.0	11	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	457	2149	20	90	4.7	179.1	38.1	159	2033	12.8	14	76	13.3	169.4	616	6.8	4182	34	7

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Jim Brown	23	FB	12	12	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-3
2	Bob Gain	30	LDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
3	Walt Michaels	30	RLB	12	12	1	7	0	7	0	4	12	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
4	Bobby Mitchell	24	LH	12	12	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Bernie Parrish	23	LDH	12	12	5	83	1	37	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Milt Plum	24	QB	12	12	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Jim Shofner	24	RDH	12	12	2	50	0	30	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Paul Wiggin	25	RDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Junior Wren	30	FS	12	12	5	39	0	22	0	1	44	1	0.0	0
10	Sid Youngelman	28	RDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Galen Fiss	28	LLB	12	11	1	9	0	9	0	2	5	0	0.0	0
12	Warren Lahr	36	SS	12	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Ken Konz	31	DB	12	3	1	35	0	21	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Chuck Noll	27	G	12	3	2	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Fran O'Brien	23	T	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Leroy Bolden	27	HB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Dave Lloyd	23	LB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	18	228	1	37	8	15	61	1	0.0	0

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