1960 Cleveland Browns season

1960 Cleveland Browns season
Head coach	Paul Brown
Home field	Cleveland Stadium
Results
Record	8–3–1
Division place	2nd NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	Lost in Playoff Bowl

The 1960 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 11th season with the National Football League. The 1960 Browns compiled an 8–3–1 record, and finished second in the NFL's Eastern Conference, behind the NFL champion Philadelphia Eagles. As runner-up, the Browns qualified for the inaugural third place Playoff Bowl in Miami, but lost 17–16 to the Detroit Lions on January 7.

Exhibition schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	August 14	at Detroit Lions	W 28–14	24,620
2	August 18	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 27–24	16,360
3	August 27	at Los Angeles Rams	L 22–17	48,175
4	September 3	vs. San Francisco 49ers at Portland	W 26–24	25,898
5	September 10	vs. Chicago Bears at Akron	W 16–10	21,568
6	September 17	Detroit Lions	W 14–10	25,911

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Attendance
1	September 25	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 41–24	1–0	56,303
2	October 2	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 28–20	2–0	67,692
3	October 9	Bye
4	October 16	at Dallas Cowboys	W 48–7	3–0	28,500
5	October 23	Philadelphia Eagles	L 31–29	3–1	64,850
6	October 30	at Washington Redskins	W 31–10	4–1	32,086
7	November 6	New York Giants	L 17–13	4–2	82,872
8	November 13	St. Louis Cardinals	W 28–27	5–2	49,192
9	November 20	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 14–10	5–3	35,215
10	November 27	at St. Louis Cardinals	T 17–17	5–3–1	26,146
11	December 4	Washington Redskins	W 27–16	6–3–1	35,211
12	December 11	Chicago Bears	W 42–0	7–3–1	38,155
13	December 18	at New York Giants	W 48–34	8–3–1	56,517

A bye week was necessary in 1960, as the league expanded to an odd-number (13) of teams (Dallas); one team was idle each week.

Game summaries

Week 1

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Browns	14	10	7	10	41
Eagles	3	7	0	14	24

Date: September 25
Location: Franklin Field
Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C), wind 9 mph (14 km/h)

Scoring summary

1	CLE	Bobby Mitchell 31 yard run (Sam Baker kick)	Browns 7–0

1	CLE	Jim Brown 1 yard run (Sam Baker kick)	Browns 14–0

1	PHI	Bobby Walston 21 yard field goal	Browns 14–3

2	CLE	Sam Baker 36 yard field goal	Browns 17–3

2	PHI	Tommy McDonald 24 yard pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Bobby Walston kick)	Browns 17–10

2	CLE	Milt Plum 1 yard run (Sam Baker kick)	Browns 24–10

3	CLE	Bobby Mitchell 30 yard run (Sam Baker kick)	Browns 31–10

4	CLE	Sam Baker 15 yard field goal	Browns 34–10

4	PHI	Bobby Waltson 10 yard pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Bobby Walston kick)	Browns 34–17

4	CLE	Bobby Mitchell 11 yard pass from Milt Plum (Sam Baker kick)	Browns 41–17

4	PHI	Pete Retzlaff 6 yard pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Bobby Walston kick)	Browns 41–24

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Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Philadelphia Eagles	10	2	0	.833	8–2	321	246	W1
Cleveland Browns	8	3	1	.727	6–3–1	362	217	W3
New York Giants	6	4	2	.600	5–4–1	271	261	L1
St. Louis Cardinals	6	5	1	.545	4–5–1	288	230	W1
Pittsburgh Steelers	5	6	1	.455	4–5–1	240	275	L1
Washington Redskins	1	9	2	.100	0–8–2	178	309	L8

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Postseason

Main article: Playoff Bowl

Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Venue	Attendance
Playoff Bowl	January 7, 1961	Detroit Lions	L 17–16	Orange Bowl	34,981

Awards and records

Jim Brown, NFL Rushing Leader, 1,257 yards
Milt Plum, NFL Leader, Passing Yards, (2,297)

Milestones

Jim Brown, Third Consecutive 1,000 yard season
Jim Brown, Fourth Consecutive Rushing Title

References

↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com

Cleveland Browns

Founded in 1946 Based in Cleveland, Ohio Headquartered in Berea, Ohio

Franchise	History Players Head coaches Seasons Logos and uniforms First-round draft picks 1999 expansion draft

Stadiums	Cleveland Stadium FirstEnergy Stadium

Key personnel	Owners: Jimmy Haslam Dee Haslam President (de facto): Paul DePodesta General manager (de facto): Sashi Brown Head coach: Hue Jackson

Culture and lore	Art Modell Cleveland sports curse Dawg Pound Draft Day Hot Tub Time Machine Kardiac Kids Paul Brown Marty Ball Red Right 88 Relocation controversy "The Best Man" The Drive The Express The Fortune Cookie The Fumble

Rivalries	Cincinnati Bengals Pittsburgh Steelers

Playoff appearances (28)	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1957 1958 1964 1965 1967 1968 1969 1971 1972 1980 1982 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1994 2002

Division titles (12)	1946 1947 1948 1967 1968 1969 1971 1980 1985 1986 1987 1989

Conference titles (11)	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1957 1964 1965 1968 1969

League titles (8)	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1954 1955 1964

Retired numbers	14 32 45 46 76

Hall of Fame inductees	Players: Brown DeLamielleure Ford Gatski Graham Groza Hickerson Kelly Lavelli McCormack Mitchell Motley Newsome Warfield Willis Coach: Brown

Media	Broadcasters Radio network Flagships: WKNR WKRK-FM WNCX Television: WEWS-TV

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League (1950–present) Conference: American Football Conference Division: North Division

Former league affiliation	League: All-America Football Conference (1946–1949)

Seasons (67)	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

Cleveland Browns seasons

1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates AAFC championship (through 1949) or NFL championship

1960 NFL season

Eastern Conference	Cleveland	Pittsburgh	Baltimore	Green Bay	Western Conference
	New York	St. Louis	Chicago	Los Angeles
	Philadelphia	Washington	Dallas	San Francisco
			Detroit

Related: 1960 AFL Season

NFL on Sports Network Incorporated (SNI)

Related programs	NFL on CBS (1959)

Related articles	Carling Beer Hughes Television Network NFL on television (history)

Seasons	1955 1956 1957 1958 (The Browns' SNI arrangement from 1956 to 1958 was national in scope.) 1959 1960 1961 (For 1960 and 1961 seasons, the Browns-SNI network was reduced to a Midwest regional network.)

Commentators	Ken Coleman Jimmy Dudley Otto Graham Cliff Lewis Curly Morrison Bob Wolff

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