What conclusions can be drawn about a football team, and its coach, by analyzing its scoring pattern? Quite a bit, if the team scores and allows points throughout the four quarters in an uneven distribution. Let’s start with the following assumptions: A high net point margin in the first quarter reflects especially well on the […]
No team in the NFL has committed more penalties. Only one other team besides the Browns has yet to go for it on fourth down. (The league-wide success rate is 52%) The Browns are one of just five teams that have yet to recover an opponent’s fumble. The Browns are the only team who has […]
So my four-year-old son, wiped out from an afternoon frolicking at a birthday party, settles onto his dad’s lap during the third quarter of yesterday’s Browns game. He knows I like the Browns. He wants them to do well. He’s even a member of their Kids Club. But of course he doesn’t understand the game […]
What was the name of the Browns mascot who greeted players during introductions from 1982-1988? Answer to #43: The Browns under Crennel are just 1-8 1-9 in games decided by 15 or more points. Cleveland’s last win by such a margin came on November 20, 2005, a 22-0 home victory over Miami.
In what games do Romeo Crennel’s Browns have a record of just 1-8? Answer to #42: Four different Browns had 100-yard rushing games for the 1951 Browns (Dub Jones, Ken Carpenter, Emerson Cole, and Marion Motley). In only four other seasons have the Browns had as many as three different players rush for 100 yards […]
What rushing feat accomplished by the 1951 Browns is unmatched in team history? Answer to #41: It wasn’t until Paul McDonald in 1984, the team’s 39th year of play, that the Browns’ passing leader would claim that title for only one season. By contrast, the Browns have had six different passing leaders in the past […]
Who was the first quarterback to lead the Browns in passing yards in a season only once? Answer to #40: Cleveland’s 18th-round pick in 1966, Charley Harraway, was primarily a blocking back who had his greatest success as a Washington Redskin.
It must be acknowledged that, whatever his virtues, Derek Anderson is not a top-notch intellect. Not that it’s required for success as an NFL quarterback (right, Marino and Bradshaw?), but it is a factor to consider. Intelligence being such an elusive concept, comprising a variety of skills and aptitudes, I hesitate to open the topic […]
Which Browns running back, who ended his career with 4,323 yards from scrimmage, was essentially discarded by the Browns, picked up by Vince Lombardi, and played in a Super Bowl? Answer to #39: Legendary fullback Marion Motley gave the Eagles great field position by fumbling in Browns’ territory in their 1950 NFL debut. When Philadelphia […]
Which Brown once atoned for his fumble by making tackles on three consecutive plays? Answer to #38: QB Otto Graham, in 1950, had over 85% of the Browns’ rushing yards in the thrilling 30-28 win over the Rams, gaining 99 yards on 12 carries.
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