1951 Cleveland Browns

1951 Cleveland Browns season
Head Coach	Paul Brown
Home Field	Cleveland Stadium
Results
Record	11–1–0
Place	1st NFL American
Playoff Finish	Lost NFL Championship
Timeline
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1950	1952

The 1951 Cleveland Browns season was the team's second season with the National Football League. Dub Jones set an NFL record with six touchdowns in one game versus the Chicago Bears.

Personnel

Final roster

1951 Cleveland Browns roster
Quarterbacks 60 Otto Graham 62 Cliff Lewis Halfbacks 90 Rex Bumgardner 84 Ken Carpenter 82 Tommy James 86 Dub Jones 80 Warren Lahr 94 Don Phelps 96 Don Shula 98 Carl Taseff	Ends 53 Len Ford 59 Horace Gillom 56 Dante Lavelli 50 Bob Oristaglio 58 Mac Speedie 52 George Young Guards 35 Alex Agase 38 Bob Gaudio 34 Abe Gibron 32 Lin Houston 30 Bill Willis Centers 22 Frank Gatski 20 Hal Herring 24 Tommy Thompson	Tackles 48 Chubby Grigg 46 Lou Groza 45 John Kissell 42 Derrell Palmer 44 Lou Rymkus 49 John Sandusky Fullbacks 74 Tony Adamle 70 Emerson Cole 72 Chick Jagade 76 Marion Motley Reserves None - Vacant Rookies in italics

Staff/Coaches

1951 Cleveland Browns staff
	Front Office Majority Owner/CEO & President - Mickey McBride Coaches Head Coach – Paul Brown Assistant Head Coach – Blanton Collier Offensive Coaches Quarterbacks/Running Backs - Blanton Collier Offensive Guards – Fritz Heisler Offensive Tackles – Weeb Ewbank Offensive Backfield and Ends – Tim Tememario			Defensive Coaches Defensive Line – Fritz Heisler & Tim Temerario Linebackers – Blanton Collier Strength & Coditioning Athletic Trainer - Leo Murphy Equipment Manager - Morris Kono

Exhibition Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	August 17, 1951	vs College All-Stars at Chicago	W 38–7	92,180
2	August 25, 1951	vs. New York Yanks at Akron	W 34–7	25,820
3	September 4, 1951	at Detroit Lions	L 20–21	35,165
4	September 9, 1951	at Chicago Bears	W 32–21	67,342
5	September 14, 1951	Los Angeles Rams	W 7–6	38,851

Regular Season Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 30, 1951	at San Francisco 49ers	L 24–10	52,219
2	October 7, 1951	at Los Angeles Rams	W 38–23	67,186
3	October 14, 1951	Washington Redskins	W 45–0	33,968
4	October 21, 1951	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 17–0	32,409
5	October 28, 1951	New York Giants	W 14–13	56,947
6	November 4, 1951	at Chicago Cardinals	W 34–17	19,742
7	November 11, 1951	Philadelphia Eagles	W 20–17	36,571
8	November 18, 1951	at New York Giants	W 10–0	52,215
9	November 25, 1951	Chicago Bears	W 42–21	40,969
10	December 2, 1951	Chicago Cardinals	W 49–28	30,550
11	December 9, 1951	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 28–0	24,229
12	December 16, 1951	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 24–9	16,263

Playoffs

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
Championship	December 23	at Los Angeles Rams	L 24–17	57,540

Standings

NFL American
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Browns	11	1	0	.917	331	152	W-11
New York Giants	9	2	1	.818	254	161	W-4
Washington Redskins	5	7	0	.417	183	296	L-1
Pittsburgh Steelers	4	7	1	.364	183	235	W-1
Philadelphia Eagles	4	8	0	.333	234	264	L-2
Chicago Cardinals	3	9	0	.250	210	287	W-1

Awards and records

• Otto Graham, NFL MVP

External links

• 1951 Cleveland Browns season article at Wikipedia
• 1951 Cleveland Browns at Pro Football Reference
• 1951 Cleveland Browns Statistics at jt-sw.com
• 1951 Cleveland Browns Schedule at jt-sw.com
• 1951 Cleveland Browns at DatabaseFootball.com