Who succeeded Daylon McCutcheon as a star high school tailback and as a Browns’ cornerback? Answer to #11: Joe Thomas, no relation to the Browns’ current left tackle, was the Dolphins executive who made the fateful move, which, besides greatly facilitating the team’s great run in the early ’70s, bore multiple coincidences to the first […]

What familiar name executed the infamous 1970 deal for Miami that gave the Dolphins a former Buckeye wide receiver and the Browns the third overall pick, used on a quarterback who played for an Indiana university? Answer to #10: Linebacker Galen Fiss, a longtime team captain, and Alex Agase, a key component of the strong […]

Within 13 months of the Browns drafting Jerome “The Ghost” Harrison, which two former Browns who had also worn jersey number 35 passed away? Answer to #9: In 1983, Larrye Weaver, coordinator of the high-flying “Air Coryell” offense in San Diego, was hired to run the Browns’ offense. He quit after just one season.

Prior to Rob Chudzinski, who was the last Browns offensive coordinator to be hired immediately after coaching for the San Diego Chargers? Answer to #8: On this date a quarter century ago, Browns owner Art Modell missed his first game since purchasing the team in 1961, as he was convalescing from a heart attack and […]

Whose 441-game streak ended 25 years ago today? Answer to #7: Most career receptions. Ozzie Newsome’s 662 is double Gary Collins’ 331.

For which Browns career record does the leader have exactly twice the total of the runner-up? Answer to #6: Travis Prentice had all seven rushing touchdowns in 2000. Nonetheless, he was traded to the Vikings the next summer.

Who is the only player to score all of the Browns’ rushing touchdowns in a season? Answer to #5:1980 first-round selections Charles White, Vegas Ferguson, and Curtis Dickey all spent time as Browns, while Billy Sims and Earl Cooper did not.

In which year’s draft did the majority of the running backs chosen in the first round eventually play for the Browns? Answer to #4: Joe Amstutz, whose younger brother, “Toledo Tom,” has been the Rockets’ head coach since 2001.

After the 1957 College All-Star Game, four members of that squad reported directly to their first Browns training camp. Jim Brown, Henry Jordan, and Paul Wiggin were three. Which Toledo native was the other? Answer to #3: San Diego’s Wes Chandler, now the Browns’ receivers coach, helped the Chargers get into overtime in a memorable […]

Which opposing receiver once sustained a chipped tooth and lacerated lip on a hard Browns tackle, but came back to catch two touchdown passes in the game?Answer to #2: Despite those commonalities, the careers of Calvin Hill, the reliable veteran third-down back, and Madre Hill, a late-round pick in 1999, could not have been more […]