The touchdown he might have scored would have tied the game and kept alive the Browns ' Super Bowl hopes.

However, the following week showed an improvement for Warner and the Cardinals, earning a victory over the Browns that brought the Cardinals to 6 – 6 and kept them in the chase for the NFC Wild Card playoff spot.

The only thing that kept the baseball situation in balance was that the new Browns of the American League generally fared equally poorly in the pennant races.

Only John Elway's famous 98-yard drive in the following week ’ s AFC championship kept the Browns out of the Super Bowl.

* Billie Wayne Lemons ( 1955 – 2008 ), Church of Christ minister in Lubbock and player for Cleveland Browns in 1977

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 ).

* 1955 ( NFL )-Cleveland Browns 38, Los Angeles Rams 14

Brown coached the Browns to three NFL championships – in 1950, 1954 and 1955 – but was fired in January 1963 amid a power struggle with team owner Art Modell.

The Best Show in Football: The 1946 – 1955 Cleveland Browns.

Larsen pitched for the St. Louis Browns / Baltimore Orioles ( 1953 – 1954 ; 1965 ), New York Yankees ( 1955 – 1959 ), Kansas City Athletics ( 1960 – 1961 ), Chicago White Sox ( 1961 ), San Francisco Giants ( 1962 – 1964 ), Houston Colt. 45's / Houston Astros ( 1964 – 1965 ), and Chicago Cubs ( 1967 ).

Motley took the 1954 season off and attempted a comeback in 1955 after the Browns, who still had rights to Motley under his contract, traded him to the Pittsburgh Steelers for Ed Modzelewski.

Atkins ' first two seasons were played with the Browns before he was traded to the Bears in 1955.

His father, Ewart ( the original " Dixie Walker "), was a pitcher for the Washington Senators ( 1909 – 12 ); an uncle, Ernie, was an outfielder for the St. Louis Browns ( 1913 – 15 ); and his younger brother, Harry " the Hat ", also an outfielder, played for four National League teams between 1940 and 1955 and managed the St. Louis Cardinals ( 1955 ), Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1965 – 67 ) and Houston Astros ( 1968 – 72 ).

In 1955, at age 18, she joined her older sister Maxine Brown and brother Jim Ed Brown to form the musical trio, The Browns.

Between 1951 and 1963, Long played in Major League Baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1951, 1955 – 1957 ), St. Louis Browns ( 1951 ), Chicago Cubs ( 1957 – 1959 ), San Francisco Giants ( 1960 ), New York Yankees ( 1960, 1962 – 1963 ) and Washington Senators ( 1961 – 1962 ).

From 1941 through 1958, Trucks played for the Detroit Tigers ( 1941 – 1943, 1945 – 1952, 1956 ), St. Louis Browns ( 1953 ), Chicago White Sox ( 1953 – 1955 ), Kansas City Athletics ( 1958 ) and New York Yankees ( 1958 ).

The Baltimore Ravens are officially a quasi-expansion franchise, having originated in 1996 with the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy after Art Modell, then owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced his intention to relocate the team to Baltimore.

Under his watch, the Browns won the AAFC championship in all four years of its existence, including the AAFC's only perfect season in 1948, and continued to succeed after moving to the NFL in 1950.

Meanwhile, the Browns unexpectedly had Cleveland to themselves ; the NFL's Cleveland Rams, who had continually lost money despite winning the 1945 NFL championship, moved to Los Angeles after that season.

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.

Graham, whose leadership and throwing skills had been instrumental in the Browns ' championship runs, said he planned to retire after the season.

While the Browns ' on-field play in 1956 was uninspiring, off-the-field drama developed after a Cleveland-based inventor named George Sarles let Brown test a helmet with a radio transmitter inside.

When the team debuted in 1968, the Bengals ' uniforms were modeled after the Cleveland Browns.

Though it was not part of the NFL at the time, the All-America Football Conference saw its last drop kick November 28, 1948, when Joe Vetrano of the San Francisco 49ers drop kicked an extra point after a muffed snap against the Cleveland Browns.

The Giants qualified for the championship after a tie-breaking playoff against the Cleveland Browns.

In the playoffs Baltimore advanced to the AFC title game after a 20 – 3 rout of the Cleveland Browns, whereas Miami survived a double-overtime nailbiter against the Kansas City Chiefs.

During the 2012 NFL Draft, the team selected USC lineman Matt Kalil with the 4th overall pick after a trade with the Cleveland Browns, and Notre Dame safety Harrison Smith in the first round.

In the NFL Championship Game against the Cleveland Browns, he collided with linebacker Jim Houston while running for a first down, and Houston had to be helped off the field after the play ended.

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.

" ( The Browns had left St. Louis after the 1954 season to become the Baltimore Orioles.

There are old name places in the township including Postville, Utterville, Corterville, Browns, Awosting, Echo Lake, Macopin, Charlotteburg ( named after King George III's wife, Queen Charlotte and the town is now under the Charlotteburg Reservoir ), Clinton ( or sometimes called Clinton Furnace, now under the Clinton Reservoir, and the furnace still stands ), Moe Mountain, Oak Ridge ( a nameplace, but town is under the Oak Ridge Reservoir ), Newfoundland, Apshawa, New City, and Smith Mills.

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.

The Browns returned to the NFL in 1999 with Lerner, a friend of Modell as well as a minority owner of Modell's original franchise and MBNA CEO and owner, assuming ownership, after Lerner outbid other interested parties for the right to buy the reactivated Browns ' franchise.

Students who grow up in Jericho will attend Jericho Elementary School or Underhill ID Elementary School from kindergarten through fourth grade, after which they attend Browns River Middle School, which teach grades five through eight.

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 ".

After recording an 8 – 8 record in 1988, Elway once again led his team to the Super Bowl after the 1989 season, with yet another win over the Browns in the AFC championship game, going on to face the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XXIV.

Hufnagel left the Red Dogs after the 1998 season for a job with the NFL's Cleveland Browns, and he was replaced by Frank Mattiace, a former defensive lineman for the New Jersey Generals of the USFL.

( 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.

Paul Brown, the first head coach and namesake of the Browns, who won 4 AAFC and 3 NFL Championships as coach of the Browns, is a Pro Football Hall of Fame member, and is widely regarded as one of football's greatest coaches of all-time.

The name of the team was at first left up to Paul Brown, who rejected calls for it to be christened the Browns.

Brown and six players from the Browns ' AAFC years were elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Graham, Motley, Groza, Lavelli, Willis and center Frank Gatski.

Former Browns QB Otto Graham ( left, with head coach Paul Brown ), who led the Browns to 4 AAFC and 3 NFL Championships, and is a Pro Football Hall of Fame member. While the championship losses sowed bitterness among Cleveland fans who had grown accustomed to winning, the team continued to make progress.

McBride's tenure as owner was viewed favorably, partly because of the Browns ' on-field success but also because he gave Brown a free hand to sign players and coach.

Former Browns RB Jim Brown, who was a prominent member of the 1964 NFL Championship team, the team's all-time leader in rushing yards, and a Pro Football Hall of Fame member.

The Bengals were founded in as a member of the American Football League ( AFL ) by former Cleveland Browns head coach Paul Brown.

After being dismissed as the Browns ' head coach by Art Modell ( who had purchased majority interest in the team in ) in January, Brown had shown interest in establishing another NFL franchise in Ohio and looked at both Cincinnati and Columbus.

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.

Compounding his problems, the local AAFC competition already looked strong: Arthur McBride was aggressively marketing the Browns, and coach Paul Brown was an Ohio icon.

* Brown City is a city to the southwest, and the Browns City ZIP code 48416 serves areas in the western part of the township.

Distinguished Massillon alumni include former Ohio State University, Cleveland Browns, and Cincinnati Bengals coach Paul Brown, and former Ohio State University player and former NFL All-Pro linebacker Chris Spielman.

* Lin Houston, an All-American guard who played for Paul Brown in Massillon, at Ohio State and with the Cleveland Browns

* Jim Edward, Maxine, and Bonnie Brown – The Browns ( debut )

His first start would come against the AAFC's powerhouse, the Cleveland Browns, coached by Paul Brown, and a roster full of future hall of famers like Lou Groza, Bill Willis, and Otto Graham.

Unlike the Browns ' previous owners, Modell immediately took an active role in the management of the team, and fired legendary coach Paul Brown on January 9, 1963.

This particular Browns team consisted of many players initially drafted and acquired by Brown.

As a junior, he was talked into signing a professional football contract with the NFL's Cleveland Browns by Paul Brown.

For the past few centuries the Brown Ajah have had some disagreements with the Blue, though they still share a positive working relationship and many Browns are part of the rebel Aes Sedai.

** The Cleveland Browns, for Hall of Famer Jim Brown.

Ewbank entered the pro ranks in 1949 as assistant under Paul Brown with the Cleveland Browns.