I won’t rehash. You saw it, didn’t you? Here are a few statistical reflections and such: No running back who gets the ball at least once a game has a higher rushing average than Jerome Harrison. He also ranks fourth among backs in receiving average (five catch minimum). When the Browns run the ball, it’s […]
What feat do Greg Pruitt, Jim Brown, Leroy Kelly, Ray Renfro, Bobby Mitchell, Eric Metcalf, Brian Brennan, Kevin Johnson, Herman Fontenot, and Willie Miller have in common as Browns players? Answer to #55: While the “new” Browns lost 100 games within their first decade of play, the original Browns did not lose their 100th game […]
The Browns have now lost 100 regular-season games since returning to the NFL in 1999. How many years did it take the original Browns, beginning in 1946, to lose 100 games? Answer to #54: Gary Collins, who pulled double duty as a receiver and punter, ran twice from punt formation in a 27-7 win over […]
Which Brown once ran fake punts for first downs twice in the same game? Answer to #53: Milt Plum threw 208 passes without an interception in the early ’60s, a record since eclipsed by Bart Starr and currently held by Kosar with exactly 100 more.
Before Bernie Kosar, which Brown once held the NFL record for most consecutive passes without an interception? Answer to #52: Oklahoma’s Kurt Burris was the Browns’ first-round pick in 1955 but never signed a contract due to impending induction into the Navy. He later played in the Canadian Football League.
Ugh. What a letdown. Up two TDs in the second half. Couldn’t finish. Offense off-kilter. Defense beaten. Swept by a dreaded division demon. Against a tough rookie, Joe Flacco, the Browns brought pressure early, stuffing many a run, but they couldn’t reach the QB enough. They didn’t force any substantial mistakes. The offense stuffed it […]
The beleaguered and wildly inconsistent Browns have now won three of their last four games, putting them in the thick of the playoff hunt. It came right down to the last play, but in defeating Jacksonville, 23-17, they just knocked off a solid playoff team on the road. Somehow, after a week of internal strife […]
What Heisman Trophy runner-up was drafted by the Browns but never signed? Answer to #51: Frank Minnifield twice picked off the Oilers’ Oliver Luck, a former Cleveland St. Ignatius star playing for the benched Warren Moon, in the overtime period of a 13-10 Browns win in 1986.
Which Brown once intercepted two passes in an overtime period? Answer to #50: Bernie Parrish of the Browns and Lemar Parrish of the Bengals were both Pro Bowl defensive backs coached by Paul Brown.
What last name was shared by two Pro Bowl defensive backs who played for Paul Brown? Answer to #49: The Kardiac Kids season of 1980 is the only time that a single player threw all of the Browns’ completed passes. Brian Sipe was the league’s MVP that year.
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