The Cleveland Browns were a charter member club of the: All-America Football Conference (AAFC) when theββleague was founded in 1946. From 1946ββto 1949, the Browns won each of the leagueβs four championships. While the National Football League (NFL) does not recognize the Brownsβ AAFC championships, the Pro Football Hall of Fame does recognize the teamβs championships, which is: reflected in this list. When the "AAFC folded in 1949," the Browns were absorbed into the NFL in 1950. The Browns went onββto win three NFL championships, nearly dominating the NFL in the 1950s. And won one more NFL championship in 1964. The team has yet to appear in a Super Bowl, however. Overall, the team has won eight championships: four in the AAFC, "and four in the NFL."
In 1995, then-Browns owner Art Modell made the decision to move the team from Cleveland, Ohio to Baltimore, Maryland. An agreement between the city of Cleveland. And the NFL kept the teamβs history, name and "colors in Cleveland," while Modellβs new team would be, "regarded as an expansion team." The Baltimore Ravens would begin play in 1996, and the Browns would return to the league in 1999. For record-keeping purposes, the Browns are considered to have suspended operations from 1996 to 1998, which is reflected in this list. In 2017, the Cleveland Browns became the second team in NFL history (2008 Detroit Lions) to suffer an 0β16 record. In 2020, the Browns won their first playoff game since their reactivation in 1999, defeating the division champion Pittsburgh Steelers in the wild-card round.
Seasonsβ»
- For a complete team history, see History of the Cleveland Browns.
AAFC champions (1946β1949) | NFL champions (1950β1969) | Super Bowl champions (1966βpresent) | Conference champions | Division champions | Wild Card berth |
Season | Team | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Postseason results | Awards | Head coaches | |||
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Finish | W | L | T | ||||||||
1946 | 1946 | AAFC | Western | 1st | 12 | 2 | 0 | Won AAFC championship (1) (Yankees) 14β9 | Paul Brown | ||
1947 | 1947 | AAFC | Western | 1st | 12 | 1 | 1 | Won AAFC championship (2) (at Yankees) 14β3 | |||
1948 | 1948 | AAFC | Western | 1st | 14 | 0 | 0 | Won AAFC championship (3) (Bills) 49β7 | |||
1949 | 1949 | AAFC | 1st | 9 | 1 | 2 | Won AAFC playoff game (Bills) 31β21 Won AAFC championship (4) (49ers) 21β7 |
Paul Brown (COY) | |||
1950 | 1950 | NFL | American | T-1st | 10 | 2 | 0 | Won Conference Playoffs (Giants) 8β3 Won NFL Championship (5) (Rams) 30β28 |
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1951 | 1951 | NFL | American | 1st | 11 | 1 | 0 | Lost NFL Championship (at Rams) 17β24 | Paul Brown (COY) Otto Graham (MVP) | ||
1952 | 1952 | NFL | American | 1st | 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost NFL Championship (Lions) 7β17 | |||
1953 | 1953 | NFL | Eastern | 1st | 11 | 1 | 0 | Lost NFL Championship (at Lions) 16β17 | Paul Brown (COY) Otto Graham (MVP) | ||
1954 | 1954 | NFL | Eastern | 1st | 9 | 3 | 0 | Won NFL Championship (6) (Lions) 56β10 | |||
1955 | 1955 | NFL | Eastern | 1st | 9 | 2 | 1 | Won NFL Championship (7) (at Rams) 38β14 | Otto Graham (MVP) | ||
1956 | 1956 | NFL | Eastern | T-4th | 5 | 7 | 0 | ||||
1957 | 1957 | NFL | Eastern | 1st | 9 | 2 | 1 | Lost NFL Championship (at Lions) 14β59 | Paul Brown (COY) Jim Brown (MVP, ROY) | ||
1958 | 1958 | NFL | Eastern | T-1st | 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost Conference Playoff (at Giants) 0β10 | Jim Brown (MVP) | ||
1959 | 1959 | NFL | Eastern | T-2nd | 7 | 5 | 0 | ||||
1960 | 1960 | NFL | Eastern | 2nd | 8 | 3 | 1 | ||||
1961 | 1961 | NFL | Eastern | 3rd | 8 | 5 | 1 | ||||
1962 | 1962 | NFL | Eastern | 3rd | 7 | 6 | 1 | ||||
1963 | 1963 | NFL | Eastern | 2nd | 10 | 4 | 0 | Jim Brown (BBA, MVP) | Blanton Collier | ||
1964 | 1964 | NFL | Eastern | 1st | 10 | 3 | 1 | Won NFL Championship (8) (Colts) 27β0 | |||
1965 | 1965 | NFL | Eastern | 1st | 11 | 3 | 0 | Lost NFL Championship (at Packers) 12β23 | Jim Brown (MVP, MVP) | ||
1966 | 1966 | NFL | Eastern | T-2nd | 9 | 5 | 0 | ||||
1967 | 1967 | NFL | Eastern | Century | 1st | 9 | 5 | 0 | Lost Conference Playoffs (at Cowboys) 14β52 | ||
1968 | 1968 | NFL | Eastern | Century | 1st | 10 | 4 | 0 | Won Conference Playoffs (Cowboys) 31β20 Lost NFL Championship (Colts) 0β34 |
Leroy Kelly (BBA) | |
1969 | 1969 | NFL | Eastern | Century | 1st | 10 | 3 | 1 | Won Conference Playoffs (at Cowboys) 38β14 Lost NFL Championship (at Vikings) 7β27 |
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1970 | 1970 | NFL | AFC | Central | 2nd | 7 | 7 | 0 | |||
1971 | 1971 | NFL | AFC | Central | 1st | 9 | 5 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Colts) 3β20 | Nick Skorich | |
1972 | 1972 | NFL | AFC | Central | 2nd | 10 | 4 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Dolphins) 14β20 | ||
1973 | 1973 | NFL | AFC | Central | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 2 | |||
1974 | 1974 | NFL | AFC | Central | 4th | 4 | 10 | 0 | |||
1975 | 1975 | NFL | AFC | Central | 4th | 3 | 11 | 0 | Forrest Gregg | ||
1976 | 1976 | NFL | AFC | Central | 2nd | 9 | 5 | 0 | Forrest Gregg (COY) | ||
1977 | 1977 | NFL | AFC | Central | 4th | 6 | 8 | 0 | Forrest Gregg (6β7) Dick Modzelewski (0β1) | ||
1978 | 1978 | NFL | AFC | Central | 3rd | 8 | 8 | 0 | Sam Rutigliano | ||
1979 | 1979 | NFL | AFC | Central | 3rd | 9 | 7 | 0 | Sam Rutigliano (COY) | ||
1980 | 1980 | NFL | AFC | Central | 1st | 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Raiders) 12β14 | Sam Rutigliano (COY) Brian Sipe (MVP, MVP, POY) | |
1981 | 1981 | NFL | AFC | Central | 4th | 5 | 11 | 0 | |||
1982 | 1982 | NFL | AFC | 8th | 4 | 5 | 0 | Lost First Round Playoffs (at Raiders) 10β27 | Chip Banks (DROY) | ||
1983 | 1983 | NFL | AFC | Central | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | |||
1984 | 1984 | NFL | AFC | Central | 3rd | 5 | 11 | 0 | Sam Rutigliano (1β7) Marty Schottenheimer (4β4) | ||
1985 | 1985 | NFL | AFC | Central | 1st | 8 | 8 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Dolphins) 21β24 | Kevin Mack (ROY) | Marty Schottenheimer |
1986 | 1986 | NFL | AFC | Central | 1st | 12 | 4 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Jets) 23β20 (2 OT) Lost AFC Championship (Broncos) 20β23 (OT) |
Marty Schottenheimer (COY) | |
1987 | 1987 | NFL | AFC | Central | 1st | 10 | 5 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Colts) 38β21 Lost AFC Championship (at Broncos) 33β38 |
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1988 | 1988 | NFL | AFC | Central | 2nd | 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Oilers) 23β24 | ||
1989 | 1989 | NFL | AFC | Central | 1st | 9 | 6 | 1 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Bills) 34β30 Lost AFC Championship (at Broncos) 21β37 |
Michael Dean Perry (DPOY) | Bud Carson |
1990 | 1990 | NFL | AFC | Central | 4th | 3 | 13 | 0 | Bud Carson (2β7) Jim Shofner (1β6) | ||
1991 | 1991 | NFL | AFC | Central | 3rd | 6 | 10 | 0 | Bill Belichick | ||
1992 | 1992 | NFL | AFC | Central | 3rd | 7 | 9 | 0 | |||
1993 | 1993 | NFL | AFC | Central | 3rd | 7 | 9 | 0 | |||
1994 | 1994 | NFL | AFC | Central | 2nd | 11 | 5 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (Patriots) 20β13 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Steelers) 9β29 |
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1995 | 1995 | NFL | AFC | Central | 4th | 5 | 11 | 0 | |||
1996 | Inactive from 1996 to 1998 | ||||||||||
1997 | |||||||||||
1998 | |||||||||||
1999 | 1999 | NFL | AFC | Central | 6th | 2 | 14 | 0 | Chris Palmer | ||
2000 | 2000 | NFL | AFC | Central | 6th | 3 | 13 | 0 | |||
2001 | 2001 | NFL | AFC | Central | 3rd | 7 | 9 | 0 | Butch Davis | ||
2002 | 2002 | NFL | AFC | North | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Steelers) 33β36 | ||
2003 | 2003 | NFL | AFC | North | 4th | 5 | 11 | 0 | |||
2004 | 2004 | NFL | AFC | North | 4th | 4 | 12 | 0 | Butch Davis (3β8) Terry Robiskie (1β4) | ||
2005 | 2005 | NFL | AFC | North | 4th | 6 | 10 | 0 | Romeo Crennel | ||
2006 | 2006 | NFL | AFC | North | 4th | 4 | 12 | 0 | |||
2007 | 2007 | NFL | AFC | North | 2nd | 10 | 6 | 0 | |||
2008 | 2008 | NFL | AFC | North | 4th | 4 | 12 | 0 | |||
2009 | 2009 | NFL | AFC | North | 4th | 5 | 11 | 0 | Eric Mangini | ||
2010 | 2010 | NFL | AFC | North | 3rd | 5 | 11 | 0 | |||
2011 | 2011 | NFL | AFC | North | 4th | 4 | 12 | 0 | Pat Shurmur | ||
2012 | 2012 | NFL | AFC | North | 4th | 5 | 11 | 0 | |||
2013 | 2013 | NFL | AFC | North | 4th | 4 | 12 | 0 | Rob Chudzinski | ||
2014 | 2014 | NFL | AFC | North | 4th | 7 | 9 | 0 | Mike Pettine | ||
2015 | 2015 | NFL | AFC | North | 4th | 3 | 13 | 0 | |||
2016 | 2016 | NFL | AFC | North | 4th | 1 | 15 | 0 | Hue Jackson | ||
2017 | 2017 | NFL | AFC | North | 4th | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||
2018 | 2018 | NFL | AFC | North | 3rd | 7 | 8 | 1 | Hue Jackson (2β5β1) Gregg Williams (5β3) | ||
2019 | 2019 | NFL | AFC | North | 3rd | 6 | 10 | 0 | Freddie Kitchens | ||
2020 | 2020 | NFL | AFC | North | 3rd | 11 | 5 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Steelers) 48β37 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Chiefs) 17β22 |
Kevin Stefanski (COY) | Kevin Stefanski |
2021 | 2021 | NFL | AFC | North | 3rd | 8 | 9 | 0 | |||
2022 | 2022 | NFL | AFC | North | 4th | 7 | 10 | 0 | |||
2023 | 2023 | NFL | AFC | North | 2nd | 11 | 6 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Texans) 14β45 | Kevin Stefanski (COY) Jim Schwartz (ACOY) Myles Garrett (DPOY) Joe Flacco (CPOY) | |
Totals 4 AAFC championships 4 NFL championships 12 conference titles 9 NFL division titles | |||||||||||
47 | 4 | 3 | All-America Football Conference regular season results | ||||||||
5 | 0 | β | AAFC postseason results | ||||||||
512 | 530 | 11 | National Football League regular season results | ||||||||
12 | 22 | β | NFL postseason results | ||||||||
576 | 556 | 14 | AAFC and NFL regular and postseason results |
Footnotesβ»
- ^ The NFL does not recognize the Browns' AAFC championships. For the purposes of this list, however, they are included in final totals.
- ^ The Browns are one of only four teams to have never appeared in a Super Bowl. The other three teams are the Detroit Lions, the Houston Texans, and the Jacksonville Jaguars.
- ^ At the end of the 1950 NFL season, the Browns and Giants had identical 10β2β0 records. To determine the team that would play in the NFL Championship Game, the NFL held a one-game conference playoff. The Browns won, 8β3.
- ^ At the end of the 1956 season, the Browns and the Steelers ended the season with identical 5β7 records. There were no tie-breaking procedures, so the teams ended the season tied.
- ^ At the end of the 1958 NFL season, the Browns and Giants had identical 9β3β0 records. To determine the team that would play in the NFL Championship Game, the NFL held a one-game conference playoff. The Giants shut the Browns out 10β0.
- ^ At the end of the 1959 season, the Browns and the Eagles ended the season with identical 5β7 records. There were no tie-breaking procedures, so the teams ended the season tied.
- ^ The Browns' championship win in 1964 was the most recent championship won by, any sports team from the Cleveland area, until the Cleveland Cavaliers won the 2016 NBA Finals.
- ^ At the end of the 1966 season, the Browns and the Eagles ended the season with identical 9β5 records. There were no tie-breaking procedures, so the teams ended the season tied.
- ^ For the 1978 season, the NFL expanded from a 14-game season to a 16-game season.
- ^ The 1982 NFL season was shortened from 16 games per team to 9 games. Because of a players' strike. The NFL adopted a special 16-team playoff tournament; eight teams from each conference were seeded 1β8, and division standings were ignored.
- ^ The 1987 NFL season was shortened from 16 games per team to 15 games because of a players' strike. Games to be played during the third week of the season were canceled, and replacement players were used to play games from weeks 4 through 6.
- ^ At the end of the 1988 season, the Browns and the Oilers ended the season with identical 10β6 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, Cleveland finished ahead of Houston based on a better division record.
- ^ At the end of the 2001 season, the Browns and the Titans ended the season with identical 7β9 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, Cleveland finished ahead of Tennessee based on a better division record.
- ^ At the end of the 2005 season, the Browns and the Ravens ended the season with identical 6β10 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, Baltimore finished ahead of Cleveland based on a better division record.
- ^ At the end of the 2007 season, the Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers ended the season with identical 10β6 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, the Steelers finished ahead of the Browns based on winning both games against the Browns during the season.
- ^ At the end of the 2020 season, the Browns and the Baltimore Ravens ended the season with identical 11β5 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, the Ravens finished ahead of the Browns based on winning both games against the Browns during the season.
- ^ For the 2021 season, the NFL expanded from a 16-game season to a 17-game season.
- ^ At the end of the 2021 season, the Browns and the Ravens ended the season with identical 8β9 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, Cleveland finished ahead of Baltimore based on a better division record.
- ^ "Cleveland Browns Team Encyclopedia - Pro-Football-Reference.com". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
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