1958 Cleveland Browns (NFL) |
| 2nd place Eastern Conference 9-3-0 .750 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Paul Brown |
| Paul Bixler | Ends |
| Howard Brinker | Backfield |
| Dick Gallagher | Assistant Coach |
| Fritz Heisler | Guards |
| Eddie Ulinski | Tackles |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/16/1958 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-0 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 27202 | |
| Fri | 8/22/1958 | A | Detroit Lions | 7-17 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 36662 | |
| Fri | 8/29/1958 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 13-10 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 41387 | |
| Sun | 9/7/1958 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 16-21 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 31339 | |
| Fri | 9/12/1958 | A | Chicago Bears | 31-42 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 52669 | |
| Sat | 9/20/1958 | H | Detroit Lions | 41-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 35543 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1958 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 30-27 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 69993 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1958 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 45-12 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 31130 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1958 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 35-28 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 65403 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1958 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 27-10 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 66852 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1958 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 38-24 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 30933 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1958 | H | New York Giants | 17-21 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 78404 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1958 | H | Detroit Lions | 10-30 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 75563 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1958 | A | Washington Redskins | 20-10 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 32373 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1958 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 28-14 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 51319 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1958 | H | Washington Redskins | 21-14 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 33240 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1958 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-14 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 36773 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1958 | A | New York Giants | 10-13 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 63192 | |
| Eastern Conference Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/21/1958 | A | New York Giants | 0-10 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 61174 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 45 | LeRoy Bolden | LOH-ROH | 5-7 | 175 | 26 | Michigan State | 11 | 1 |
| 88 | Pete Brewster | LOE | 6-3 | 210 | 28 | Purdue | 11 | 11 |
| 32 | Jim Brown | FB | 6-2 | 228 | 22 | Syracuse | 12 | 12 |
| 30 | Lew Carpenter | LOH-ROH | 6-2 | 209 | 26 | Arkansas | 12 | 4 |
| 40 | Preston Carpenter | ROE | 6-2 | 197 | 24 | Arkansas | 12 | 12 |
| 54 | Tom Catlin | MLB | 6-1 | 213 | 27 | Oklahoma | 12 | 0 |
| 82 | Frank Clarke | LOE-ROE | 6-0 | 211 | 24 | Wisconsin; Trinidad State JC; Colorado | 12 | 1 |
| 70 | Don Colo | RDT | 6-3 | 252 | 33 | Brown | 12 | 12 |
| 50 | Vince Costello | MLB | 6-0 | 228 | 26 | Ohio University | 12 | 12 |
| 89 | Willie Davis | LDE-LOT | 6-3 | 243 | 24 | Grambling State | 12 | 6 |
| 28 | Dick Deschaine | P | 6-0 | 206 | 26 | none | 12 | 0 |
| 35 | Galen Fiss | LLB | 6-0 | 226 | 27 | Kansas | 12 | 12 |
| 18 | Bobby Freeman | LCB-LOH | 6-1 | 202 | 26 | Auburn | 12 | 6 |
| 79 | Bob Gain | LDT | 6-3 | 256 | 29 | Kentucky | 12 | 12 |
| 76 | Lou Groza | LOT-K | 6-3 | 240 | 34 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| 66 | Gene Hickerson | ROG | 6-3 | 248 | 23 | Mississippi | 12 | 2 |
| 56 | Art Hunter | C | 6-4 | 243 | 25 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| 72 | Henry Jordan | LDT-RDT-RDE | 6-3 | 249 | 23 | Virginia | 12 | 0 |
| 22 | Kenny Konz | LS | 5-10 | 184 | 30 | Louisiana State | 12 | 12 |
| 24 | Warren Lahr | LCB | 5-11 | 189 | 35 | Western Reserve | 7 | 6 |
| 78 | Willie McClung | ROT-LDT-RDT | 6-2 | 250 | 28 | Florida A&M | 12 | 5 |
| 74 | Mike McCormack | ROT | 6-4 | 246 | 28 | Kansas | 9 | 9 |
| 34 | Walt Michaels | RLB | 6-0 | 231 | 29 | Washington & Lee | 12 | 12 |
| 49 | Bobby Mitchell | LOH-ROH | 6-0 | 192 | 23 | Illinois | 12 | 7 |
| 36 | Ed Modzelewski | FB | 6-0 | 217 | 29 | Maryland | 12 | 0 |
| 15 | Jim Ninowski | QB | 6-1 | 206 | 22 | Michigan State | 4 | 0 |
| 65 | Chuck Noll | ROG | 6-1 | 218 | 26 | Dayton | 12 | 10 |
| 20 | Don Paul | RCB | 6-0 | 187 | 32 | Washington State | 12 | 12 |
| 16 | Milt Plum | QB-K | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | Penn State | 12 | 12 |
| 84 | Bill Quinlan | RDE | 6-3 | 248 | 26 | Michigan State | 10 | 10 |
| 26 | Ray Renfro | ROH-LOH | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | North Texas | 12 | 12 |
| 44 | Jim Shofner | RCB | 6-2 | 191 | 23 | Texas Christian | 12 | 0 |
| 64 | Jim Ray Smith | LOG | 6-3 | 241 | 26 | Baylor | 12 | 12 |
| 86 | Paul Wiggin | LDE-RDE-LDT-RDT | 6-3 | 245 | 24 | Modesto JC; Stanford | 12 | 6 |
| 42 | Junior Wren | RS | 6-0 | 192 | 29 | Missouri | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 13 | Jim Shofner | B | Texas Christian |
| 2 | 25 | Charley Mitchell | G | Florida |
| 3 | 34 | Buzz Guy | T | Duke |
| 4 | 49 | Jim Ninowski | QB | Michigan State |
| 5 | 60 | Farrell Funston | E | Pacific |
| 5 | 61 | Jim Gibbons | E | Iowa |
| 6 | 72 | Jim Wulff | B | Michigan State |
| 7 | 84 | Bobby Mitchell | B | Illinois |
| 8 | 96 | Bert Lattimore | E | Duke |
| 9 | 108 | Bernie Parrish | B | Florida |
| 10 | 120 | Leo Russavage | T | North Carolina |
| 11 | 132 | Russ Bowermaster | E | Ohio State |
| 12 | 144 | Bob Brodhead | B | Duke |
| 13 | 156 | Hal Williams | B | Miami (Ohio) |
| 14 | 168 | Ken Miller | T | Texas Christian |
| 15 | 180 | Howard Hoelscher | B | Rice |
| 16 | 192 | Jerry Cornelison | T | Southern Methodist |
| 17 | 204 | Roddy Osborne | B | Texas A&M |
| 18 | 216 | Alvin Johnson | T | Idaho |
| 19 | 228 | Ed Brown | G | Arizona |
| 20 | 240 | Ed Serieka | B | Xavier (Ohio) |
| 21 | 252 | Bill Martin | E | Iowa State |
| 22 | 264 | Bobby Renn | B | Florida State |
| 23 | 276 | Dan Verhey | T | Washington State |
| 24 | 289 | Jim O'Conner | T | Marshall |
| 25 | 300 | Bobby Peters | B | Baylor |
| 26 | 312 | Frank Thompson | T | Wake Forest |
| 27 | 324 | Dave Thelen | B | Miami (Ohio) |
| 28 | 336 | Willie Boykin | T | Michigan State |
| 29 | 348 | Frank Czapla | T | Southeast Missouri State |
| 30 | 359 | Mike Svendsen | C | Minnesota |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 90 | 82 | 49 | 81 | |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 89 | 48 | 39 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 206 | 127 | 71 | 8 | / % | / % | 59 | 554 | |
| Opponents Totals | 201 | 82 | 104 | 15 | / % | / % | 37 | 347 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Brown | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | ||
| Lou Groza | 0 | 36 | 38 | 94.7 | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 0 | 60 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Ray Renfro | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Milt Plum | 4 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | |
| Lew Carpenter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| LeRoy Bolden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pete Brewster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Preston Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kenny Konz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 40 | 38 | 40 | 95.0 | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 0 | 302 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 26 | 26 | 100.0 | 11 | 23 | 47.8 | 1 | 217 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 1 | 41 | 4/6 | 2/2 | 1/4 | 1/6 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 1 | 41 | 4/6 | 2/2 | 1/4 | 1/6 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 23 | 47.8 | 1/ | 0/ | 4/ | 6/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Brown | 257 | 1527 | 5.9 | 65t | 17 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 80 | 500 | 6.3 | 63t | 1 |
| Lew Carpenter | 73 | 308 | 4.2 | 30 | 2 |
| Milt Plum | 37 | 107 | 2.9 | 22 | 4 |
| LeRoy Bolden | 15 | 55 | 3.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Bobby Freeman | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Ninowski | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 475 | 2526 | 5.3 | 65t | 24 |
| Opponents Totals | 369 | 1148 | 3.1 | 40 | 6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milt Plum | 189 | 102 | 54.0 | 76 | 1619 | 8.6 | 15.9 | 74 | 11 | 5.8 | 11 | 5.8 | 145 | 1474 | 77.9 | |
| Jim Ninowski | 17 | 8 | 47.1 | 6 | 139 | 8.2 | 17.4 | 34 | 1 | 5.9 | 3 | 17.6 | 32 | 107 | 55.4 | |
| Team Totals | 206 | 110 | 53.4 | 82 | 1758 | 8.5 | 16.0 | 74 | 12 | 5.8 | 14 | 6.8 | 177 | 1581 | 73.2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 312 | 162 | 51.9 | 134 | 2387 | 7.7 | 14.7 | 91t | 20 | 6.4 | 16 | 5.1 | 175 | 2212 | 77.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Carpenter | 29 | 474 | 16.3 | 74 | 1 |
| Ray Renfro | 24 | 573 | 23.9 | 52 | 6 |
| Pete Brewster | 16 | 294 | 18.4 | 38 | 1 |
| Jim Brown | 16 | 138 | 8.6 | 46 | 1 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 16 | 131 | 8.2 | 25 | 3 |
| Lew Carpenter | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Frank Clarke | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 110 | 1758 | 16.0 | 74 | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 162 | 2387 | 14.7 | 91t | 20 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Konz | 4 | 123 | 30.8 | 46t | 1 |
| Don Paul | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Junior Wren | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Bobby Freeman | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Warren Lahr | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Jim Shofner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 285 | 17.8 | 46t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 134 | 9.6 | 31 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Deschaine | 50 | 2063 | 41.3 | 63 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Junior Wren | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 51 | 2101 | 41.2 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 1986 | 38.9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 2349 | 42.7 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 318 | 2011 | 36.6 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Mitchell | 14 | 165 | 11.8 | 68t | 1 | |
| Kenny Konz | 18 | 143 | 7.9 | 38 | 0 | |
| Jim Shofner | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 10 | 0 | |
| Don Paul | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Junior Wren | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 318 | 8.2 | 68t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 95 | 2.5 | 23 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeRoy Bolden | 14 | 362 | 25.9 | 102t | 1 | |
| Bobby Mitchell | 18 | 454 | 25.2 | 98t | 1 | |
| Jim Brown | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 35 | 0 | |
| Lew Carpenter | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Willie McClung | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Paul | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 38 | 908 | 23.9 | 102t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 1045 | 21.8 | 50 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Brewster | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Brown | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lew Carpenter | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Colo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Costello | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Galen Fiss | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 0 |
| Bobby Freeman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Gain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Groza | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Konz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 0 |
| Mike McCormack | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Milt Plum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Shofner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Ray Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Paul Wiggin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lowe Wren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 64 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 125 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 0 |
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