1955 Cleveland Browns (NFL) |
| 1st place Eastern Conference 9-2-1 .818 |
| 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 | |||
| Fri | 8/12/1955 | A | College All-Stars | 27-30 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 75000 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1955 | H | Green Bay Packers | 13-7 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 22000 | |
| Sun | 8/28/1955 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-17 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 41604 | |
| Fri | 9/2/1955 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 21-38 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 35498 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1955 | H | Detroit Lions | 3-19 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 29581 | |
| Thu | 9/15/1955 | A | Chicago Bears | 21-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 43067 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1955 | H | Washington Redskins | 17-27 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 30041 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1955 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 38-3 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 43595 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1955 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-17 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 43974 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1955 | A | Washington Redskins | 24-14 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 24168 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1955 | H | Green Bay Packers | 41-10 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 51482 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1955 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 26-20 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 29471 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1955 | H | New York Giants | 24-14 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 46524 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1955 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-33 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 39303 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1955 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 41-14 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 54509 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1955 | A | New York Giants | 35-35 | T | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 45699 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1955 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 30-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 31101 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1955 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 35-24 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 25914 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Mon | 12/26/1955 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 38-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 58346 | |
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 |
| 30 | Mo Bassett | FB | 6-1 | 231 | 24 | Langston | 12 | 0 |
| 60 | Hal Bradley | ROG | 6-2 | 230 | 26 | Iowa | 12 | 12 |
| 88 | Pete Brewster | LOE | 6-3 | 210 | 25 | Purdue | 12 | 12 |
| 70 | Don Colo | RDT | 6-3 | 252 | 30 | Brown | 12 | 12 |
| 46 | Henry Ford | DB-LOH | 5-11 | 170 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 0 |
| 80 | Len Ford | RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 29 | Morgan State; Michigan | 12 | 12 |
| 62 | Herschel Forester | ROG-LOG | 6-0 | 230 | 24 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 0 |
| 79 | Bob Gain | MG | 6-3 | 256 | 26 | Kentucky | 12 | 12 |
| 52 | Frank Gatski | C | 6-2 | 233 | 34 | Marshall; Auburn | 12 | 12 |
| 64 | Abe Gibron | LOG | 5-11 | 243 | 30 | Valparaiso; Purdue | 12 | 12 |
| 84 | Horace Gillom | P | 6-1 | 221 | 34 | Ohio State; Nevada-Reno | 12 | 0 |
| 14 | Otto Graham | QB | 6-1 | 196 | 34 | Northwestern | 12 | 12 |
| 76 | Lou Groza | LOT-K | 6-3 | 240 | 31 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| 42 | Tommy James | RS-OHB | 5-10 | 184 | 32 | Ohio State | 8 | 4 |
| 31 | Dub Jones | ROH-FB | 6-3 | 202 | 31 | Louisiana State; Tulane | 12 | 7 |
| 77 | Tom Jones | RDT | 6-5 | 250 | 24 | Kentucky State; Miami (Ohio) | 2 | 0 |
| 72 | John Kissell | LDT | 6-2 | 245 | 32 | Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| 22 | Kenny Konz | LS | 5-10 | 184 | 27 | Louisiana State | 12 | 12 |
| 24 | Warren Lahr | LDH | 5-11 | 189 | 32 | Western Reserve | 12 | 12 |
| 86 | Dante Lavelli | ROE | 6-1 | 191 | 32 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| 82 | Carlton Massey | LDE | 6-4 | 221 | 25 | Southwestern (Texas); Texas | 12 | 12 |
| 74 | Mike McCormack | ROT | 6-4 | 246 | 25 | Kansas | 12 | 12 |
| 34 | Walt Michaels | RLB | 6-0 | 231 | 26 | Washington & Lee | 12 | 12 |
| 36 | Ed Modzelewski | FB | 6-0 | 217 | 26 | Maryland | 12 | 10 |
| 32 | Fred Morrison | ROH-FB | 6-2 | 215 | 29 | Ohio State | 12 | 8 |
| 65 | Chuck Noll | LLB | 6-1 | 218 | 23 | Dayton | 12 | 12 |
| 56/50 | Sam Palumbo | RLB | 6-2 | 226 | 23 | Notre Dame | 8 | 0 |
| 20 | Don Paul | RDH | 6-0 | 187 | 29 | Washington State | 11 | 11 |
| 54 | Pete Perini | LLB-MG | 6-0 | 225 | 27 | Ohio State | 7 | 0 |
| 27 | Johnny Petitbon | RS-ROH | 5-11 | 186 | 24 | Notre Dame | 12 | 8 |
| 16 | George Ratterman | QB | 6-0 | 192 | 29 | Notre Dame | 10 | 0 |
| 26 | Ray Renfro | LOH-RS | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | North Texas | 12 | 11 |
| 78 | John Sandusky | ROT-LOT | 6-1 | 251 | 30 | Villanova | 12 | 0 |
| 45 | Bob Smith | LOH | 5-10 | 195 | 22 | Nebraska | 10 | 0 |
| 83 | Chuck Weber | RDE-LDE | 6-1 | 229 | 25 | West Chester | 12 | 0 |
| 46 | Bobby White | RDH-LDH | 5-11 | 176 | 26 | Glendale CC; Stanford | 8 | 1 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 13 | Kurt Burris | C | Oklahoma |
| 2 | 25 | Dean Renfro | B | North Texas |
| 3 | 35 | John Hall | T | Iowa |
| 3 | 37 | Bobby Freeman | B | Auburn |
| 4 | 41 | Paul Reynolds | B | Notre Dame |
| 4 | 49 | Sam Palumbo | C | Notre Dame |
| 5 | 61 | Aramis Dandoy | B | Southern California |
| 6 | 73 | LeRoy Bolden | B | Michigan State |
| 7 | 85 | Jack Locklear | C | Auburn |
| 9 | 109 | Henry Ford | B | Pittsburgh |
| 10 | 121 | Glen Dillon | E | Pittsburgh |
| 11 | 133 | Eric Knebel | T | Southern Methodist |
| 12 | 145 | Jack Eaton | T | New Mexico |
| 13 | 157 | Johnny Borton | QB | Ohio State |
| 14 | 169 | Fred Robinson | G | Washington |
| 15 | 181 | Bob Smith | B | Nebraska |
| 16 | 193 | Don Suchy | C | Iowa |
| 17 | 205 | Bob Leonard | B | Purdue |
| 18 | 217 | Steve Champlin | T | Oklahoma |
| 19 | 229 | Tom Ebert | E | Kansas State |
| 20 | 241 | Bill Proctor | T | Florida State |
| 21 | 253 | Rick Spinks | B | Texas Tech |
| 22 | 265 | Jerry Stone | T | Southeastern Louisiana |
| 23 | 277 | Jim Greer | E | Elizabeth City State |
| 24 | 289 | John Matsock | B | Michigan State |
| 25 | 301 | Ernie Lindo | B | Pacific |
| 26 | 313 | Don Fife | C | Purdue |
| 27 | 325 | Bobby Baldwin | B | Sam Houston State |
| 28 | 337 | Ed Tokus | E | Georgia |
| 29 | 349 | Tex Robinson | B | Temple |
| 30 | 360 | Lamar Leachman | C | Tennessee |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 72 | 96 | 91 | 90 | |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 67 | 39 | 66 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 224 | 111 | 98 | 15 | / % | / % | 64 | 603 | |
| Opponents Totals | 171 | 65 | 83 | 23 | / % | / % | 58 | 560 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 0 | 44 | 45 | 97.8 | 11 | 22 | 50.0 | 0 | 77 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Ray Renfro | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Pete Brewster | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Otto Graham | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Dante Lavelli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Mo Bassett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Fred Morrison | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Chuck Noll | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Dub Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kenny Konz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Walt Michaels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Paul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| George Ratterman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 45 | 44 | 45 | 97.8 | 11 | 22 | 50.0 | 1 | 349 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 23 | 29 | 79.3 | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 0 | 218 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 11 | 22 | 50.0 | 3 | 44 | 3/5 | 1/5 | 3/6 | 4/6 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 22 | 50.0 | 3 | 44 | 3/5 | 1/5 | 3/6 | 4/6 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 2/ | 3/ | 0/ | 1/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Morrison | 156 | 824 | 5.3 | 56 | 3 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 185 | 619 | 3.3 | 25 | 6 |
| Mo Bassett | 38 | 174 | 4.6 | 30t | 3 |
| Bob Smith | 37 | 142 | 3.8 | 31t | 1 |
| Otto Graham | 68 | 121 | 1.8 | 36 | 6 |
| Ray Renfro | 29 | 90 | 3.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 10 | 44 | 4.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Johnny Petitbon | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| George Ratterman | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 10 | 1 |
| Tommy James | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Henry Ford | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Horace Gillom | 1 | -15 | -15.0 | -15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 536 | 2020 | 3.8 | 56 | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 351 | 1189 | 3.4 | 38 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Graham | 185 | 98 | 98 | 79 | 1721 | 9.3 | 17.6 | 61t | 15 | 8.1 | 8 | 4.3 | 241 | 1480 | 94.0 | |
| George Ratterman | 47 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 504 | 10.7 | 15.8 | 35 | 6 | 12.8 | 3 | 6.4 | 34 | 470 | 116.5 | |
| Ray Renfro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 234 | 130 | 130 | 93 | 2225 | 9.5 | 17.1 | 61t | 21 | 9.0 | 11 | 4.7 | 275 | 1950 | 98.3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 323 | 126 | 126 | 172 | 1775 | 5.5 | 14.1 | 71t | 15 | 4.6 | 25 | 7.7 | 123 | 1652 | 40.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Brewster | 34 | 622 | 18.3 | 41t | 6 |
| Dante Lavelli | 31 | 492 | 15.9 | 49 | 4 |
| Ray Renfro | 29 | 603 | 20.8 | 61t | 8 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 13 | 113 | 8.7 | 28 | 2 |
| Fred Morrison | 9 | 185 | 20.6 | 49 | 0 |
| Mo Bassett | 9 | 83 | 9.2 | 25 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | 46 | 1 |
| Bob Smith | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 130 | 2225 | 17.1 | 61t | 21 |
| Opponents Totals | 126 | 1775 | 14.1 | 71t | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Noll | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 24 | 1 |
| Warren Lahr | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Kenny Konz | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 15t | 1 |
| Don Paul | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Tommy James | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Johnny Petitbon | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Walt Michaels | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25t | 1 |
| Carlton Massey | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 287 | 11.5 | 25t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 181 | 16.5 | 40t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Gillom | 58 | 2389 | 41.2 | 56 | 3 | 6 | 186 | 2083 | 35.9 | |
| Team Totals | 58 | 2389 | 41.2 | 56 | 3 | 6 | 186 | 2083 | 37.9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 2737 | 39.1 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 337 | 2360 | 34.2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Konz | 17 | 138 | 8.1 | 42 | 0 | |
| Don Paul | 19 | 148 | 7.8 | 60t | 1 | |
| Len Ford | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 7 | 0 | |
| Bobby White | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Bob Smith | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 44 | 337 | 7.7 | 60t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 186 | 5.0 | 78t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Smith | 13 | 320 | 24.6 | 47 | 0 | |
| Bobby White | 10 | 258 | 25.8 | 44 | 0 | |
| Mo Bassett | 7 | 151 | 21.6 | 31 | 0 | |
| Don Paul | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 26 | 0 | |
| Kenny Konz | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Walt Michaels | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 41 | 949 | 23.1 | 47 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 1220 | 24.4 | 100t | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mo Bassett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harold Bradley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Brewster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Colo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 |
| Henry Ford | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Len Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 0 |
| Bob Gain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Gatski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dub Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kenny Konz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Lahr | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike McCormack | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Morrison | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Paul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 0 |
| Pete Perini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Petitbon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Ratterman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Smith | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 93 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 1 |
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