List of Cleveland Browns seasons

The Cleveland Browns were a charter member club of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) when the league was founded in 1946. From 1946 to 1949, the Browns won each of the league’s four championships. While the National Football League (NFL) does not recognize the Browns’ AAFC championships, the Pro Football Hall of Fame does recognize the team’s 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 on to 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 team’s history, name and colors in Cleveland, while Modell’s 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 0–16 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.

Seasons

AAFC champions[1] (1946–1949)NFL champions (1950–1969)Super Bowl champions[2] (1966–present)Conference championsDivision championsWild Card berth
SeasonTeamLeagueConferenceDivisionRegular seasonPostseason resultsAwardsHead coaches
FinishWLT
19461946AAFCWestern1st1220Won AAFC championship (1) (Yankees) 14–9Paul Brown
19471947AAFCWestern1st1211Won AAFC championship (2) (at Yankees) 14–3
19481948AAFCWestern1st1400Won AAFC championship (3) (Bills) 49–7
19491949AAFC1st912Won AAFC playoff game (Bills) 31–21
Won AAFC championship (4) (49ers) 21–7
Paul Brown (COY)
19501950NFLAmericanT-1st[3]1020Won Conference Playoffs (Giants) 8–3
Won NFL Championship (5) (Rams) 30–28
19511951NFLAmerican1st1110Lost NFL Championship (at Rams) 17–24Paul Brown (COY)
Otto Graham (MVP)
19521952NFLAmerican1st840Lost NFL Championship (Lions) 7–17
19531953NFLEastern1st1110Lost NFL Championship (at Lions) 16–17Paul Brown (COY)
Otto Graham (MVP)
19541954NFLEastern1st930Won NFL Championship (6) (Lions) 56–10
19551955NFLEastern1st921Won NFL Championship (7) (at Rams) 38–14Otto Graham (MVP)
19561956NFLEasternT-4th[4]570
19571957NFLEastern1st921Lost NFL Championship (at Lions) 14–59Paul Brown (COY)
Jim Brown (MVP, ROY)
19581958NFLEasternT-1st[5]930Lost Conference Playoff (at Giants) 0–10Jim Brown (MVP)
19591959NFLEasternT-2nd[6]750
19601960NFLEastern2nd831
19611961NFLEastern3rd851
19621962NFLEastern3rd761
19631963NFLEastern2nd1040Jim Brown (BBA, MVP)Blanton Collier
19641964NFLEastern1st1031Won NFL Championship (8)[7] (Colts) 27–0
19651965NFLEastern1st1130Lost NFL Championship (at Packers) 12–23Jim Brown (MVP, MVP)
19661966NFLEasternT-2nd[8]950
19671967NFLEasternCentury1st950Lost Conference Playoffs (at Cowboys) 14–52
19681968NFLEasternCentury1st1040Won Conference Playoffs (Cowboys) 31–20
Lost NFL Championship (Colts) 0–34
Leroy Kelly (BBA)
19691969NFLEasternCentury1st1031Won Conference Playoffs (at Cowboys) 38–14
Lost NFL Championship (at Vikings) 7–27
19701970NFLAFCCentral2nd770
19711971NFLAFCCentral1st950Lost Divisional Playoffs (Colts) 3–20Nick Skorich
19721972NFLAFCCentral2nd1040Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Dolphins) 14–20
19731973NFLAFCCentral3rd752
19741974NFLAFCCentral4th4100
19751975NFLAFCCentral4th3110Forrest Gregg
19761976NFLAFCCentral2nd950Forrest Gregg (COY)
19771977NFLAFCCentral4th680Forrest Gregg (6–7)
Dick Modzelewski (0–1)
1978[9]1978NFLAFCCentral3rd880Sam Rutigliano
19791979NFLAFCCentral3rd970Sam Rutigliano (COY)
19801980NFLAFCCentral1st1150Lost Divisional Playoffs (Raiders) 12–14Sam Rutigliano (COY)
Brian Sipe (MVP, MVP, POY)
19811981NFLAFCCentral4th5110
1982[10]1982NFLAFC8th450Lost First Round Playoffs (at Raiders) 10–27Chip Banks (DROY)
19831983NFLAFCCentral2nd970
19841984NFLAFCCentral3rd5110Sam Rutigliano (1–7)
Marty Schottenheimer (4–4)
19851985NFLAFCCentral1st880Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Dolphins) 21–24Kevin Mack (ROY)Marty Schottenheimer
19861986NFLAFCCentral1st1240Won Divisional Playoffs (Jets) 23–20 (2 OT)
Lost AFC Championship (Broncos) 20–23 (OT)
Marty Schottenheimer (COY)
1987[11]1987NFLAFCCentral1st1050Won Divisional Playoffs (Colts) 38–21
Lost AFC Championship (at Broncos) 33–38
19881988NFLAFCCentral2nd[12]1060Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Oilers) 23–24
19891989NFLAFCCentral1st961Won Divisional Playoffs (Bills) 34–30
Lost AFC Championship (at Broncos) 21–37
Michael Dean Perry (DPOY)Bud Carson
19901990NFLAFCCentral4th3130Bud Carson (2–7)
Jim Shofner (1–6)
19911991NFLAFCCentral3rd6100Bill Belichick
19921992NFLAFCCentral3rd790
19931993NFLAFCCentral3rd790
19941994NFLAFCCentral2nd1150Won Wild Card Playoffs (Patriots) 20–13
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Steelers) 9–29
19951995NFLAFCCentral4th5110
1996Inactive from 1996 to 1998
1997
1998
19991999NFLAFCCentral6th2140Chris Palmer
20002000NFLAFCCentral6th3130
20012001NFLAFCCentral3rd[13]790Butch Davis
20022002NFLAFCNorth2nd970Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Steelers) 33–36
20032003NFLAFCNorth4th5110
20042004NFLAFCNorth4th4120Butch Davis (3–8)
Terry Robiskie (1–4)
20052005NFLAFCNorth4th[14]6100Romeo Crennel
20062006NFLAFCNorth4th4120
20072007NFLAFCNorth2nd[15]1060
20082008NFLAFCNorth4th4120
20092009NFLAFCNorth4th5110Eric Mangini
20102010NFLAFCNorth3rd5110
20112011NFLAFCNorth4th4120Pat Shurmur
20122012NFLAFCNorth4th5110
20132013NFLAFCNorth4th4120Rob Chudzinski
20142014NFLAFCNorth4th790Mike Pettine
20152015NFLAFCNorth4th3130
20162016NFLAFCNorth4th1150Hue Jackson
20172017NFLAFCNorth4th0160
20182018NFLAFCNorth3rd781Hue Jackson (2–5–1)
Gregg Williams (5–3)
20192019NFLAFCNorth3rd6100Freddie Kitchens
20202020NFLAFCNorth3rd[16]1150Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Steelers) 48–37
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Chiefs) 17–22
Kevin Stefanski (COY)Kevin Stefanski
2021[17]2021NFLAFCNorth3rd[18]890
20222022NFLAFCNorth4th7100
20232023NFLAFCNorth2nd1160Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Texans) 14–45Kevin 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
4743All-America Football Conference regular season results[19]
50AAFC postseason results
51253011National Football League regular season results[19]
1222NFL postseason results[19]
57655614AAFC and NFL regular and postseason results

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