McBride, however, changed it to the Browns two months later.

The end of the Graham era, however, was also the end of the Browns ' dominant streak.

The Colts, however, did receive eventual Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson as a result of a trade during the 1987 season and would go onto compile a 9 – 6 record, good enough to win the AFC East and advance to the postseason for the first time in the franchise's history in Indianapolis, where they would eventually lose to the Cleveland Browns.

The Browns ' owner, Bill Veeck, was the son of former Cubs president and general manager William Veeck, Sr. Hornsby was not well received by the players, however.

The Browns did however finish the 1922 season in second place, one game behind the New York Yankees.

By then, however, the league was struggling for survival, due in part to the Browns ' dominance.

The Wolverines sealed a series championship with their eighth victory in 11 games ; however, the two teams finished the series anyway, with Detroit winning 10 games to the Browns ' five.

Unlike other Brown sisters, however, she may only appear to be in these reveries to disguise her intentions, as she is at times very sharp and insightful, a trait very uncommon among true Browns.

The Steelers were scheduled to open the regular season play at Heinz Field on September 16 against the Cleveland Browns, however, due to the September 11 attacks, all NFL games of the week were postponed ; thus moving the stadium's premiere to October 7, against the Cincinnati Bengals.

Paul Brown, the head coach of the Massillon Tigers, the Cleveland Browns, and founder of the Cincinnati Bengals, was the originator of this playbook ; however, he did not name it the West Coast Offense.

Browns owner Art Modell backed the domed stadium idea, as did Ohio Governor Dick Celeste, however, he did not like funding the project with property taxes.

The following year, however, he came back to the team at the urging of Art Modell, who bought the Browns that year.

That summer, however, Paul Brown was coaching a team in the new All-America Football Conference ( AAFC ) called the Cleveland Browns.

The Browns, however, lost 17 – 7.

The stadium was, however, sold out in August 1980 for a scrimmage between the Cleveland Browns and the Buffalo Bills and nearly sold out for a November 28, 1998, high school playoff game between Cleveland St. Ignatius and Canton McKinley.

In the original Blitz games ( beginning in 1997 ), all NFL teams appeared ( however the Houston Texans and Cleveland Browns did not have a team ), but there were several differences in the rules to make Blitz different from standard football games.

It would only last one year, however, and Bates returned to the Browns to coach their secondary in 1995.

When the merger took place, all ten AFL franchises became part of the merged league's new American Football Conference ( AFC ), with three teams from the original 16-team NFL ( the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns, and Baltimore Colts ) joining them.

The outrage and controversy that erupted, as well as the NFL's desire to keep a team in Cleveland, led to an agreement whereby Modell was cleared to move his team ( which became the Baltimore Ravens ) but relinquished ownership of the Browns ' name, colors, logos and history.

This included the 1948 season, in which the Browns became the first unbeaten and untied team in professional football history, 24 years before the NFL's 1972 Miami Dolphins duplicated the feat.

The Browns took the ball back and drove to the Denver 8-yard line, but the drive ended with a play that became known as The Fumble resulting more bad luck in Cleveland professional sports lore: Denver defensive back Jeremiah Castille stripped the football from Browns running back Ernest Byner and recovered the ensuing fumble as Byner was rushing in for the potential tying touchdown, securing the Broncos ' win.

Davis was traded to the Browns for running back Bobby Mitchell ( who became a wide receiver in Washington ) and 1962 first-round draft choice Leroy Jackson.

* Milwaukee Brewers ( became the St. Louis Browns in 1902 and the Baltimore Orioles in 1954 )

While PSO initially wooed the citizens of Inola with the promises of economic growth and better schools, after the Three Mile Island accident, and accidents at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant, the people became disillusioned with the idea of housing such a facility in their backyards.

Following his playing career Dean became a well-known radio and television sportscaster, calling baseball for the Cardinals ( 1941 – 46 ), Browns ( 1941 – 48 ), Yankees ( 1950 – 51 ), and Atlanta Braves ( 1966 – 68 ) and nationally with Mutual ( 1952 ), ABC ( 1953 – 54 ), and CBS ( 1955 – 1965 ).

Without Comiskey, the Browns quickly became a last-place team.

In the 1986 season, Elway led the Broncos to Super Bowl XXI, after defeating the Cleveland Browns on a famous possession at the end of the fourth quarter that became known as " The Drive ".

( PNC became a sponsor of the Browns after PNC's 2008 acquisition of Cleveland-based National City, which had a sponsorship deal with the Browns before the deal.

The valley of the river became increasingly used as a wintering ground for American trappers in the next decades, with trading posts established at the mouth of the White near Whiterocks, Utah, and Browns Park.

After World War II, he became head coach of the Browns, who won four AAFC championships before joining the NFL in 1950.

Following his playing career, Brecheen remained with the Browns when they became the Baltimore Orioles, and was their pitching coach from 1954 to 1967.

His father, a descendant of the Browns of Coalston, near Haddington, became Vicar of Wigton in that year.

Ironically, Browns owner Art Modell moved the franchise to Baltimore ( and ultimately became the Baltimore Ravens ) because he said the city would not refurbish Cleveland Municipal Stadium, which caused the city to build the new stadium.

In 1948, the Browns became the first professional football team to complete an entire season undefeated and untied — 24 years before the 1972 Miami Dolphins of the NFL would accomplish the task, but this feat is not recognized by NFL record books.

The large post-season crowds at Municipal Stadium, which would not have been possible at Oriole Park, and which easily surpassed the attendance at major league baseball's own World Series that year ( in which the St. Louis Cardinals defeated their in-town rivals, the St. Louis Browns ), caught the attention of the major leagues, and Baltimore suddenly became a viable option for teams looking to move.

A roofless upper deck was added in 1954 when the St. Louis Browns moved to Baltimore and became the major league version of the Baltimore Orioles.

He tried to purchase the St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics, and Detroit Tigers when they came up for sale, and in 1959 he became one of the founding team owners in the Continental League, a proposed third major league for professional baseball.

Davis became the Browns starting middle linebacker in 2003 and finished the season leading the team with 171 tackles. He also tied a franchise record with 4 sacks in a single game that year against Kansas City on Nov. 9, 2003.

After spending half a season as a backup to his Miami Hurricane teammate Bernie Kosar, he became the starter after Kosar's release by then Browns coach Bill Belichick.

When the Orioles were the St. Louis Browns, they played in only one World Series, the 1944 matchup against their Sportsman's Park tenants, the Cardinals.

The Browns had few worthy rivals among the AAFC's eight teams, but the New York Yankees and San Francisco 49ers were their closest competition.

The Browns ' on-field feats only amplified their popularity, and the team saw a record-setting average attendance of 57, 000 per game in its first season.

The NFL has so far refused to acknowledge AAFC statistics and records because the Browns ' achievements – including their perfect season – did not take place in the NFL or against NFL teams, and not even in a league fully absorbed by the NFL.

That made the Browns ' entry into the NFL in the 1950 season the first test of whether their early supremacy could carry over into a more established league.

The Browns quashed any doubts about their prowess in that game, with Graham and his receivers amassing 246 passing yards en route to a 35 – 10 win before a crowd of 71, 237.

Behind a potent offense that featured Graham, Groza, Motley, Lavelli and running back Dub Jones, the Browns finished the 1950 regular season with a 10 – 2 record, tied for first place in their conference.

Cleveland then won a playoff game 8-3 against the New York Giants on December 17 behind a pair of Groza field goals, turning the tables on a team that handed the Browns both of their regular-season losses.

The Browns finished 8 – 4 in 1952, but lost that year's championship game 17-7 after a muffed punt, several Lions defensive stands and a 67-yard touchdown run by Doak Walker scuttled their chances.

The Browns came into 1954 as one of the most powerful teams in the NFL, having reached the championship in each of their first four years in the league.

The Browns, who lost the last game of the regular season to the Lions only a week before, won their second NFL crown 56 – 10.

The Browns went on to win their third championship game in six NFL seasons, beating the Los Angeles Ram 38 – 14.

The Browns used the device off and on into the regular season, and other teams began to experiment with their own radio helmets.

The Cleveland Browns ' team colors were brown, orange and white, then they changed to white, black and orange, and their helmets were solid orange with a white dorsal stripe over the crest.

Leading up to the Super Bowl and following the 34 – 0 trouncing of the Cleveland Browns in the NFL Championship, many were calling the 1968 Colts team one of the " greatest pro football teams of all time " and were favored by 18 points against their counterparts from the American Football League, the New York Jets.

Rosenbloom of the Colts, Art Modell of the Browns, and Art Rooney of the Pittsburgh Steelers agreed to have their teams join the ten AFL teams in the American Football Conference as part of the AFL-NFL merger in 1970.

The only highlights of the 2000 season were two wins over their division rival, the Cleveland Browns.

On May 2, 2012 it was announced that four players who played for the team between 2009 and 2011 would receive suspensions for their alleged participation in " Bountygate ": Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma ( 16 games ), Saints defensive lineman Will Smith ( 4 games ), former Saints / current Browns linebacker Scott Fujita ( 3 games ), and former Saints / current Packers defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove ( 8 games ).

Then, the Colts avenged their sole regular-season loss against the Cleveland Browns by crushing them, 34 – 0, in the NFL Championship Game.

The Giants ' triumph helped Belichick and wide receivers coach Tom Coughlin make their names and eventually land head-coaching jobs with the Cleveland Browns and Boston College, respectively.

The team then posted a 10-6 record in 1994 after starting the regular season at 3-6, but were eliminated by the Cleveland Browns in their first playoff game.

But, in mid-December, Marshall announced that on the day of the NFL draft he had traded the rights to Davis to the Cleveland Browns, who wanted Davis to join the league's leading rusher, Jim Brown, in their backfield.

In January 1913, he turned down a starting position with the American League cellar-dwelling St. Louis Browns, choosing instead to join the 1912 National League champion New York Giants, who with Thorpe playing in 19 of their 151 games, would repeat as the 1913 National League champions.

" Doc " Bushong of the St. Louis Browns, for their 4 games to 2 win of the 1886 World Series over Chicago White Stockings.