1960 Cleveland Browns

1960 Cleveland Browns season
Head Coach	Paul Brown
Home Field	Cleveland Stadium
Results
Record	8–3–1
Place	2nd NFL Eastern
Playoff Finish	Lost in Playoff Bowl
Timeline
Previous Season	Next Season
1959	1961

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. However, the Browns qualified for the first-ever Playoff Bowl in Miami, losing to the Detroit Lions, 17-16.

Exhibition schedule

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

Regular season schedule

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

Standings

Template:1960 Eastern Conference standings (NFL)

Playoffs

Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
Playoff Bowl	January 7	Detroit	L 17–16	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

Personnel

Roster

1960 Cleveland Browns roster
Quarterbacks 16 Milt Plum 18 Len Dawson Running Backs 32 Jim Brown FB 36 Jamie Caleb 40 Prentice Gautt 49 Bobby Mitchell WR/HB/KR 22 Tom Watkins HB Wide Receivers 26 Ray Renfro 86 Gern Nagler WR/TE 85 A.D. Williams WR/FL/E 87 Fred Murphy 88 Rich Kreitling Tight Ends 42 Bobby Crespino SE/TE 83 Johnny Brewer 81 Leon Clarke E/FL		Offensive Linemen 56 John Morrow C 54 Bob Denton DE/T 60 John Wooten G 64 Jim Ray Smith G 66 Gene Hickerson G 74 Mike McCormack T 70 Errol Linden T 77 Dick Schafrath T 78 Gene Selawski T Defensive Linemen 72 Floyd Peters DT 79 Bob Gain DT 84 Paul Wiggin DE 68 Larry Stephens DL 70 Jim Prestel DT 80 Jim Marshall DT		Linebackers 52 Dave Lloyd MLB 35 Galen Fiss OLB 50 Vince Costello MLB 34 Walt Michaels LLB 82 Jim Houston OLB/DE Defensive Backs 20 Ross Fichtner S 24 Bobby Franklin S 30 Bernie Parrish CB 22 Rich Mostardo CB 44 Jim Shofner CB/PR Special Teams 76 Lou Groza K 38 Sam Baker P 46 Don Fleming DB/LS Rookies in italics

Staff/Coaches

1960 Cleveland Browns staff
	Front Office Majority Owner/CEO & President - Dave R. Jones Minority Owner/Vice President - Ellis Ryan Minority Owner/Vice President - Homer Marshman Minority Owner/Vice President - Saul Silberman Coaches Head Coach – Paul Brown Offensive Coaches Quartebacks/Running Backs - Howard Brinker Offensive Guards – Fritz Heisler Offensive Tackles – Ed Ulinski Offensive Backfield and Ends – Paul Bixler			Defensive Coaches Defensive Line – Dick Evans Linebackers – Ed Ulinski Strength & Coditioning Athletic Trainer - Leo Murphy Equipment Manager - Morris Kono

External links

• 1960 Cleveland Browns article at Wikipedia
• 1960 Cleveland Browns Statistics at jt-sw.com
• 1960 Cleveland Browns Schedule at jt-sw.com
• 1960 Cleveland Browns at DatabaseFootball.com