1959 Cleveland Browns (NFL)

2nd place Eastern Conference 7-5-0 .583

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
Wed	8/12/1959	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	20-34	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	27432
Sat	8/22/1959	H	Detroit Lions	3-9	L	Akron, OH	Rubber Bowl	22654
Sun	8/30/1959	H	San Francisco 49ers	14-17	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	24737
Sat	9/5/1959	A	Los Angeles Rams	27-24	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	55883
Sun	9/13/1959	A	Detroit Lions	28-31	L	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	33435
Sat	9/19/1959	H	Chicago Bears	33-31	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	25316
Sat	9/26/1959	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	7-17	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	33844
Sun	10/4/1959	A	Chicago Cardinals	34-7	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	19935
Sun	10/11/1959	H	New York Giants	6-10	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	65534
Sun	10/18/1959	H	Chicago Cardinals	17-7	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	46422
Sun	10/25/1959	H	Washington Redskins	34-7	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	42732
Sun	11/1/1959	A	Baltimore Colts	38-31	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	57557
Sun	11/8/1959	H	Philadelphia Eagles	28-7	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	58275
Sun	11/15/1959	A	Washington Redskins	31-17	W	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	32266
Sun	11/22/1959	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	20-21	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	68563
Sun	11/29/1959	H	San Francisco 49ers	20-21	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	56854
Sun	12/6/1959	A	New York Giants	7-48	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	68436
Sun	12/13/1959	A	Philadelphia Eagles	28-21	W	Philadelphia, PA	Franklin Field	45952

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
45	LeRoy Bolden	LOH	5-7	175	27	Michigan State	12	0
32	Jim Brown	FB	6-2	228	23	Syracuse	12	12
40	Preston Carpenter	LOE	6-2	197	25	Arkansas	12	12
82	Frank Clarke	ROE-ROH	6-0	211	25	Wisconsin; Trinidad State JC; Colorado	12	1
50	Vince Costello	MLB	6-0	228	27	Ohio University	12	12
77	Willie Davis	ROT-LOT	6-3	243	25	Grambling State	12	2
35	Galen Fiss	LLB	6-0	226	28	Kansas	12	11
79	Bob Gain	LDE	6-3	256	30	Kentucky	12	12
76	Lou Groza	LOT-K	6-3	240	35	Ohio State	12	12
66	Gene Hickerson	ROG	6-3	248	24	Mississippi	12	11
86	Billy Howton	ROE	6-2	191	29	Rice	12	12
56	Art Hunter	C	6-4	243	26	Notre Dame	12	12
22	Kenny Konz	LS	5-10	184	31	Louisiana State	12	3
88	Rich Kreitling	LOE-ROE	6-2	208	23	Auburn; Illinois	12	0
24	Warren Lahr	LS-RS	5-11	189	36	Western Reserve	12	9
53/52	Dave Lloyd	LB-C	6-3	247	23	Texas Tech; Georgia	12	0
78	Willie McClung	LDT	6-2	250	29	Florida A&M	12	12
74	Mike McCormack	ROT	6-4	246	29	Kansas	10	9
34	Walt Michaels	RLB	6-0	231	30	Washington & Lee	12	12
49	Bobby Mitchell	LOH	6-0	192	24	Illinois	12	12
36	Ed Modzelewski	FB	6-0	217	30	Maryland	12	0
15	Jim Ninowski	QB	6-1	206	23	Michigan State	2	0
65	Chuck Noll	LOG-LLB	6-1	218	27	Dayton	12	3
70	Fran O'Brien	ROT-LOT-ROG	6-1	253	23	Michigan State	12	1
30	Bernie Parrish	LDH	5-11	194	23	Florida	12	12
73	Floyd Peters	LDT-RDT	6-3	254	23	San Francisco State	12	0
16	Milt Plum	QB	6-1	205	24	Penn State	12	12
18	Bob Ptacek	LOH	6-1	205	22	Michigan	12	0
26	Ray Renfro	ROH	6-1	190	30	North Texas	12	11
80	Dick Schafrath	RDE-LDE	6-3	253	22	Ohio State	12	1
44	Jim Shofner	RDH-P	6-2	191	24	Texas Christian	12	12
64	Jim Ray Smith	LOG	6-3	241	27	Baylor	12	10
84	Paul Wiggin	RDE	6-3	245	25	Modesto JC; Stanford	12	12
60	John Wooten	ROG	6-2	250	23	Colorado	12	1
42	Junior Wren	RS-P	6-0	192	30	Missouri	12	12
72	Sid Youngelman	RDT	6-3	257	28	Alabama	12	12

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	11	Rich Kreitling	E	Illinois
2	23	Dick Schafrath	G	Ohio State
3	35	Fran O'Brien	T	Michigan State
4	37	Gary Prahst	E	Michigan
4	47	Dave Lloyd	C	Georgia
5	53	John Wooten	G	Colorado
5	58	Dick LeBeau	B	Ohio State
6	70	Jim Prestel	T	Idaho
6	71	Bob Denton	E	Pacific
7	82	Gene Miller	T	Rice
8	87	Bob Ptacek	QB	Michigan
9	106	Kirk Wilson	B	UCLA
10	119	Bob Zeman	B	Wisconsin
11	130	Jerry King	G	Kent State
12	143	Fran Palandrani	T	North Carolina State
13	154	Ray Reese	B	Bowling Green State
14	167	Elbert Dubenion	B	Bluffton
15	178	Tom Salwocki	C	Pittsburgh
16	191	Jamie Caleb	B	Grambling State
17	202	Homer Schmittan	E	Tennessee Tech
18	215	Eddie Hill	G	Miami (Ohio)
19	226	Joe Schroeder	T	Xavier (Ohio)
20	239	Al McClain	T	Shaw
21	250	Jim Fraser	G	Wisconsin
22	263	Joe Wenzel	E	Lehigh
23	274	Jim Gardner	T	Duke
24	287	Russ Goings	G	Xavier (Ohio)
25	298	Ernie Spychalski	T	Ohio State
26	311	Homer Floyd	B	Kansas
27	322	Larry Baker	T	Bowling Green State
28	335	Pete Abadie	E	Tulane
29	346	Ron Nietupski	T	Illinois
30	359	Carl Ketchie	B	Washington State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	65	72	44	89
Opponents Totals	17	94	65	38

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		234	118	109	7	/ %	/ %	36	329
Opponents Totals		205	75	115	15	/ %	/ %	32	285

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Jim Brown	14	0	0		0	0		84
Bobby Mitchell	10	0	0		0	0		60
Lou Groza	0	33	37	89.2	5	16	31.3	48
Ray Renfro	6	0	0		0	0		36
Preston Carpenter	2	0	0		0	0		12
Billy Howton	1	0	0		0	0		6
Ed Modzelewski	1	0	0		0	0		6
Bernie Parrish	1	0	0		0	0		6
Milt Plum	1	0	0		0	0		6
Junior Wren	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	37	33	37	89.2	5	16	31.3	270
Opponents Totals	28	28	28	100.0	6	13	46.2	214

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Lou Groza	5	16	31.3	2/	0/	2/	1/	0/
Team Totals	5	16	31.3	2/	0/	2/	1/	0/
Opponents Totals	6	13	46.2	1/	3/	1/	1/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim Brown	290	1329	4.6	70t	14
Bobby Mitchell	131	743	5.7	90t	5
Milt Plum	21	20	1.0	17	1
Ed Modzelewski	6	18	3.0	18	0
Bob Ptacek	3	13	4.3	6	0
Jim Ninowski	1	11	11.0	11	0
LeRoy Bolden	4	11	2.8	9	0
Preston Carpenter	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team Totals	457	2149	4.7	90t	20
Opponents Totals	360	1422	4.0	65	9

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	YL	NYP	RTG
Milt Plum	266	156	58.6	102	1992	7.5	12.8	76	14	5.3	8	3.0	157	1835	87.2
Jim Ninowski	10	3	30.0	6	41	4.1	13.7	20	0	0.0	1	10.0	10	31	4.6
Team Totals	276	159	57.6	108	2033	7.4	12.8	76	14	5.1	9	3.3	167	1866	84.1
Opponents Totals	319	168	52.7	133	2457	7.7	14.6	71	17	5.3	18	5.6	115	2342	72.3

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Howton	39	510	13.1	36t	1
Bobby Mitchell	35	351	10.0	76t	4
Ray Renfro	30	528	17.6	70t	6
Preston Carpenter	24	372	15.5	43t	2
Jim Brown	24	190	7.9	25	0
Frank Clarke	3	44	14.7	20	0
Ed Modzelewski	3	18	6.0	13	1
Milt Plum	1	20	20.0	20	0
Team Totals	159	2033	12.8	76t	14
Opponents Totals	168	2457	14.6	71	17

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bernie Parrish	5	83	16.6	37t	1
Junior Wren	5	39	7.8	22	0
Jim Shofner	2	50	25.0	30	0
Chuck Noll	2	5	2.5	5	0
Kenny Konz	1	35	35.0	21	0
Galen Fiss	1	9	9.0	9	0
Walt Michaels	1	7	7.0	7	0
Warren Lahr	1	0	0.0	0	0
Vince Costello	0	14		14L	0
Team Totals	18	242	13.4	37t	1
Opponents Totals	9	139	15.4	32	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Junior Wren	27	996	36.9	55	1
Jim Shofner	23	860	37.4	48	1
Team Totals	50	1856	37.1	55	2	39	1777	35.5
Opponents Totals	50	2121	42.4	62	5	211	1810	36.2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bobby Mitchell	17	177	10.4	78t	1
Kenny Konz	9	34	3.8	11	0
Team Totals	26	211	8.1	78t	1
Opponents Totals	32	39	1.2	11	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Bobby Mitchell	11	236	21.5	31
LeRoy Bolden	9	170	18.9	38
Jim Brown	4	88	22.0	29
Ed Modzelewski	4	37	9.3	19
Chuck Noll	1	20	20.0	20
Team Totals	29	551	19.0	38
Opponents Totals	38	734	19.3	46

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
LeRoy Bolden	1		1	0	1	0	0
Jim Brown	2		1	0	1	0	0
Galen Fiss	0	0	0	2	2	5	0
Bob Gain	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Dave Lloyd	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Walt Michaels	0	0	0	4	4	12	0
Bobby Mitchell	2		1	0	1	0	0
Fran O'Brien	1		0	0	0	0	0
Milt Plum	2		0	0	0	0	0
Paul Wiggin	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Junior Wren	0	0	0	1	1	44	1
Sid Youngelman	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	8	5	3	12	15	61	1
Opponents Totals	20	12	8	5	13		1