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.

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.

Who had the highest percentage of Browns rushing yards in any of the team’s winning NFL championship games? Answer to #37: Former and current Steeler Orpheus Roye, playing for Cleveland, tackled Jerome Bettis in the end zone on Veterans Day 2001, the last time an individual was credited with a safety in a Browns game.

Who was the last player to score a safety either for or against the Browns? Answer to #36: Marty Schottenheimer’s Kansas City Chiefs, on September 30, 1990, embarrassed the Browns, 34-0, a score which included two touchdowns on blocked punt returns. Amazingly, the Browns would be shut out by worse margins twice more that season.

Which team blocked two punts and returned them for touchdowns in one game against the Browns? Answer to #35: Quarterback Dan Simrell, drafted in the 14th round in 1965, later returned to his alma mater, Toledo, and by 1989 had won more games than any other Rockets head coach.

Which Browns draft pick later became the winningest head coach in the history of his Ohio university? Answer to #34: Gary Danielson and Greg Landry, former teammates in Detroit, came to the Browns in 1985 as the starting QB and QB coach, respectively.

Which former teammates came to the Browns the same year as quarterback and quarterback coach? Answer to #33: Former offensive coordinator Lindy Infante, widely credited with opening up the Browns’ offense for their great run in the late 1980s, was drafted by the Browns in the 12th round in 1963, but he never signed. The […]

Which Browns offensive coordinator was once drafted by the team?Answer to #32: One of the Browns’ team buses got into a serious collision on the way to Texas Stadium on December 10, 1994. Some players and coaches were rattled, yet the Browns still managed to hold off the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Cowboys in […]