1960 Cleveland Browns (NFL) |
| 2nd place Eastern Conference 8-3-1 .727 |
| Head Coach: Paul Brown |
| Paul Bixler | Ends |
| Howard Brinker | Backfield |
| Dick Evans | Defensive Line |
| Fritz Heisler | Guards |
| Eddie Ulinski | Tackles |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/14/1960 | A | Detroit Lions | 28-14 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 24620 | |
| Thu | 8/18/1960 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 27-24 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 16380 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1960 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 17-22 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 48175 | |
| Sat | 9/3/1960 | N | San Francisco 49ers | 26-24 | W | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 25898 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1960 | H | Chicago Bears | 16-10 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 21568 | |
| Sat | 9/17/1960 | H | Detroit Lions | 14-10 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 25911 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1960 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 41-24 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 56303 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1960 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 28-20 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 67692 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1960 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 48-7 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 28500 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1960 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 29-31 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 64850 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1960 | A | Washington Redskins | 31-10 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 32086 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1960 | H | New York Giants | 13-17 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 49192 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1960 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 28-27 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 49192 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1960 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-14 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 35215 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1960 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 17-17 | T | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 26146 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1960 | H | Washington Redskins | 27-16 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 35211 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1960 | H | Chicago Bears | 42-0 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 38155 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1960 | A | New York Giants | 48-34 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 56517 | |
| Sat | 1/7/1961 | N | Detroit Lions | 16-17 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 34981 | |
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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| Schedule Notes |
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 38 | Sam Baker | K-P | 6-2 | 217 | 31 | Oregon State | 12 | 0 |
| 32 | Jim Brown | FB | 6-2 | 228 | 24 | Syracuse | 12 | 12 |
| 36 | Jamie Caleb | FB | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | Grambling State | 12 | 0 |
| 81 | Leon Clarke | FL-TE | 6-4 | 232 | 27 | Southern California | 12 | 3 |
| 50 | Vince Costello | MLB | 6-0 | 228 | 28 | Ohio University | 12 | 12 |
| 18 | Len Dawson | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Purdue | 5 | 0 |
| 54 | Bob Denton | LB-OT | 6-4 | 241 | 26 | Stockton JC; Pacific | 12 | 0 |
| 20 | Ross Fichtner | LS-FL | 6-0 | 186 | 22 | Purdue | 12 | 0 |
| 35 | Galen Fiss | LLB | 6-0 | 226 | 29 | Kansas | 12 | 12 |
| 45 | Don Fleming | LS | 6-0 | 188 | 23 | Florida | 12 | 12 |
| 24 | Bobby Franklin | RS | 5-11 | 182 | 24 | Mississippi | 12 | 10 |
| 79 | Bob Gain | LDT | 6-3 | 256 | 31 | Kentucky | 12 | 12 |
| 40 | Prentice Gautt | HB | 6-0 | 204 | 22 | Oklahoma | 12 | 1 |
| 66 | Gene Hickerson | ROG | 6-3 | 248 | 25 | Mississippi | 12 | 12 |
| 82 | Jim Houston | LDE | 6-3 | 239 | 23 | Ohio State | 12 | 8 |
| 88 | Rich Kreitling | SE | 6-2 | 208 | 24 | Auburn; Illinois | 12 | 12 |
| 52 | Dave Lloyd | RLB | 6-3 | 247 | 24 | Texas Tech; Georgia | 12 | 1 |
| 80 | Jim Marshall | RDE | 6-3 | 239 | 23 | Ohio State | 12 | 4 |
| 74 | Mike McCormack | ROT | 6-4 | 246 | 30 | Kansas | 12 | 12 |
| 34 | Walt Michaels | RLB | 6-0 | 231 | 31 | Washington & Lee | 11 | 11 |
| 49 | Bobby Mitchell | HB | 6-0 | 192 | 25 | Illinois | 12 | 11 |
| 56 | John Morrow | C | 6-3 | 244 | 27 | Michigan | 12 | 12 |
| 21 | Rich Mostardi | RS | 5-11 | 188 | 22 | Charleston; Kent State | 12 | 2 |
| 87 | Fred Murphy | SE | 6-3 | 205 | 22 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 0 |
| 86 | Gern Nagler | TE | 6-2 | 190 | 28 | Santa Clara | 12? | 11 |
| 30 | Bernie Parrish | LCB | 5-11 | 194 | 24 | Florida | 12 | 12 |
| 72 | Floyd Peters | RDT | 6-3 | 254 | 24 | San Francisco State | 12 | 11 |
| 16 | Milt Plum | QB | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | Penn State | 12 | 12 |
| 70 | Jim Prestel | RDT | 6-5 | 264 | 23 | Idaho | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | Ray Renfro | FL | 6-1 | 190 | 31 | North Texas | 12 | 10 |
| 77 | Dick Schafrath | LOT | 6-3 | 253 | 23 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| 78 | Gene Selawski | LOT-ROT | 6-4 | 252 | 25 | Purdue | 12 | 0 |
| 44 | Jim Shofner | RCB | 6-2 | 191 | 25 | Texas Christian | 12 | 12 |
| 64 | Jim Ray Smith | LOG | 6-3 | 241 | 28 | Baylor | 12 | 12 |
| 68 | Larry Stephens | RDT-LDT | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | Texas | 12 | 1 |
| 84 | Paul Wiggin | RDE-LDE | 6-3 | 245 | 26 | Modesto JC; Stanford | 12 | 11 |
| 83 | A.D. Williams | TE-FL-SE | 6-2 | 210 | 27 | Santa Monica JC; Pacific | 12 | 0 |
| 60 | John Wooten | ROG-LOG | 6-2 | 250 | 24 | Colorado | 12 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | Jim Houston | E | Ohio State |
| 2 | 18 | Larry Stephens | T | Texas |
| 2 | 19 | Prentice Gautt | FB | Oklahoma |
| 3 | 33 | Ross Fichtner | B | Purdue |
| 4 | 41 | Johnny Brewer | E | Mississippi |
| 4 | 44 | Jim Marshall | T | Ohio State |
| 5 | 53 | Bob Jarus | FB | Purdue |
| 6 | 69 | Bob Khayat | G | Mississippi |
| 7 | 80 | Taz Anderson | FB | Georgia Tech |
| 8 | 91 | Bob White | B | Ohio State |
| 9 | 105 | Chris Burford | E | Stanford |
| 10 | 116 | Clyde Washington | HB | Purdue |
| 11 | 127 | Bobby Franklin | B | Mississippi |
| 12 | 141 | Rich Mostardi | B | Kent State |
| 13 | 152 | Dick Grecni | C | Ohio University |
| 14 | 163 | Bill Dumbauld | T | West Virginia |
| 15 | 177 | Tommy Watkins | HB | Iowa State |
| 16 | 188 | Jimmy Walden | QB | Wyoming |
| 17 | 199 | Lovell Coleman | B | Western Michigan |
| 18 | 213 | Jack Hanlon | B | Pennsylvania |
| 19 | 224 | Jack Campbell | E | Toledo |
| 20 | 235 | Bob Nelson | C | Wisconsin |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 59 | 160 | 55 | 88 | |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 50 | 51 | 75 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 219 | 107 | 96 | 16 | / % | / % | 49 | 534 | |
| Opponents Totals | 208 | 92 | 102 | 14 | / % | / % | 48 | 526 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Baker | 0 | 44 | 46 | 95.7 | 12 | 20 | 60.0 | 0 | 80 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Jim Brown | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Leon Clarke | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ray Renfro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Rich Kreitling | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Gern Nagler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bobby Franklin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Milt Plum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jamie Caleb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Gain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Prentice Gautt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bernie Parrish | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Stephens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paul Wiggin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 47 | 44 | 47 | 93.6 | 12 | 20 | 60.0 | 0 | 362 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 25 | 26 | 96.2 | 12 | 21 | 57.1 | 0 | 217 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Baker | 12 | 20 | 60.0 | 0 | 44 | 5/9 | 4/4 | 1/1 | 2/6 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 20 | 60.0 | 0 | 44 | 5/9 | 4/4 | 1/1 | 2/6 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 21 | 57.1 | 3/ | 3/ | 5/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Brown | 215 | 1257 | 5.8 | 71t | 9 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 111 | 506 | 4.6 | 50 | 5 |
| Prentice Gautt | 28 | 159 | 5.7 | 23 | 1 |
| Jamie Caleb | 8 | 60 | 7.5 | 30 | 1 |
| Len Dawson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Baker | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | -11 | 0 |
| Rich Kreitling | 2 | -17 | -8.5 | -2 | 0 |
| Milt Plum | 17 | -24 | -1.4 | 7 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 383 | 1930 | 5.0 | 71t | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 405 | 1643 | 4.1 | 57 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milt Plum | 250 | 151 | 151 | 94 | 2297 | 9.2 | 15.2 | 86t | 21 | 8.4 | 5 | 2.0 | 275 | 2022 | 110.4 | |
| Len Dawson | 13 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | -1 | 65.9 | |
| Bobby Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 23 | 158.3 | |
| Team Totals | 264 | 160 | 160 | 99 | 2343 | 8.9 | 14.6 | 86t | 22 | 8.3 | 5 | 1.9 | 299 | 2044 | 109.5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 319 | 163 | 163 | 125 | 2370 | 7.4 | 14.5 | 70t | 15 | 4.7 | 31 | 9.7 | 207 | 2163 | 51.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Mitchell | 45 | 612 | 13.6 | 69t | 6 |
| Gern Nagler | 36 | 616 | 17.1 | 53t | 3 |
| Ray Renfro | 24 | 378 | 15.8 | 66t | 4 |
| Jim Brown | 19 | 204 | 10.7 | 37t | 2 |
| Rich Kreitling | 16 | 316 | 19.8 | 69t | 3 |
| Leon Clarke | 11 | 184 | 16.7 | 86t | 4 |
| Jamie Caleb | 5 | -18 | -3.6 | 2 | 0 |
| Fred Murphy | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Prentice Gautt | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| A.D. Williams | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 160 | 2343 | 14.6 | 86t | 22 |
| Opponents Totals | 163 | 2370 | 14.5 | 70t | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Franklin | 8 | 131 | 16.4 | 37t | 2 |
| Jim Shofner | 8 | 75 | 9.4 | 23 | 0 |
| Bernie Parrish | 6 | 238 | 39.7 | 92t | 1 |
| Don Fleming | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Larry Stephens | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34t | 1 |
| Bob Gain | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22t | 1 |
| Paul Wiggin | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Galen Fiss | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 624 | 20.1 | 92t | 6 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 30 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Baker | 55 | 2309 | 42.0 | 64 | 0 | 2 | 168 | 2101 | 38.2 | |
| Team Totals | 55 | 2309 | 42.0 | 64 | 0 | 2 | 168 | 2101 | 38.2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 2092 | 45.5 | 75 | 0 | 8 | 208 | 1724 | 37.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Shofner | 11 | 105 | 9.5 | 36 | 0 | |
| Bobby Mitchell | 9 | 101 | 11.2 | 34 | 0 | |
| Bobby Franklin | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 21 | 208 | 9.9 | 36 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 168 | 7.0 | 46 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Mitchell | 17 | 432 | 25.4 | 90t | 1 | |
| Jim Brown | 14 | 300 | 21.4 | 33 | 0 | |
| Jamie Caleb | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Prentice Gautt | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 19 | 0 | |
| Bernie Parrish | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Franklin | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Don Fleming | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Ross Fichtner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Stephens | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 45 | 900 | 20.0 | 90t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 1177 | 19.0 | 55 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Brown | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamie Caleb | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vince Costello | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Len Dawson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Galen Fiss | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Don Fleming | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| Bobby Franklin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Michaels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gern Nagler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bernie Parrish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Floyd Peters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Milt Plum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Shofner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Ray Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Wooten | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 25 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 0 |
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