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Tough trivia #22

What Browns great played college football and coached a pro team who shared the same nickname? Answer to #21: Remi Watson, with one game as replacement player in 1987, is the only man to wear jersey number 6 in a regular season game for the Browns. Since then, two members of the practice squad have […]

Tough trivia #21

Which Browns jersey number has been worn in only one regular season game? Answer to #20: Tyrone Rogers, with 13.5 sacks, has the most of any Brown since 1999, excluding former first-round draft choices. The undrafted Rogers, whose career spanned 1999 to 2004, trails five former first-rounders on the “new Browns” sack list.

Tough trivia #20

Since 1999, who leads the Browns in quarterbacks sacks, not including players drafted in the first round? Answer to #19: Charles White and Paul McDonald were both drafted by the Browns in 1980 with picks acquired fron the Rams, who shared the Los Angeles Coliseum with USC until moving to Anaheim Stadium for the 1980 […]

Tough trivia #19

What two players did the Browns draft with picks acquired from a team who played in the same stadium as their university? Answer to #18: Willie Miller, who won the Silver Star in Vietnam, accomplished those feats as a 28-year-old rookie in 1975.

Tough trivia #18

What Vietnam vet, as a Browns wide receiver, scored no touchdowns receiving, but did throw a TD pass and score on a fumble return? Answer to #17: Jim Ninowski of Michigan State and Bobby Mitchell of Illinois teamed up for an 84-yard touchdown pass, the longest in the history of the College All-Star Game. It […]

Tough trivia #17

Fifty years ago today, which two future Browns set a football record? Answer to #16: Clarke’s sarcastic riff on the Kardiac Kids-era hit song was written following the Browns’ 28-23 loss to Minnesota on December 14, 1980. Tommy Kramer’s 456 passing yards and Ahmad Rashad’s Hail Mary reception on the game’s last play cost the […]

Tough trivia #16

After which famous game did Plain Dealer columnist Doug Clarke write, “On the 13th day of Christmas Art Modell gave to us / Rutigliano a-chokin’ “? Answer to #15: The late Billy Reynolds survived his ego-bruising stint in Columbus to thrive at the University of Pittsburgh. Paul Brown (who also transferred out of OSU as […]

Tough trivia #15

What Browns back (1,760 all-purpose yards) was a heavily recruited West Virginian who chose Ohio State but was laughed off the campus after just one week “because I was a hillbilly and I wore the flowered feedsacks that were made into shorts by my mother,” according to one interview? Answer to #14: Through 2007, the […]

Tough trivia #14

Which jersey number has been worn by the most Browns? Answer to #13: Nine of the top ten Browns in receiving yards since 1999 were first-day picks. The only exception is undrafted Jamel White, who ranks ninth with 1,273.

Tough trivia #13

How many of the Browns’ top ten players in receiving yards since 1999 were first-day draft picks? Answer to #12: Ralph Brown helped Bishop Amat High School in La Puente, California, win the state title after taking over at tailback for the graduated McCutcheon, who had scored 33 touchdowns as a senior. Brown was also […]