Cleveland Browns Starting Quarterbacks
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Quarterbacks who have started for the Cleveland Browns football team from the team's first season of 1946 through the completion of the 2007 regular season, sorted by regular season starts. Quarterbacks enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame are in bold.
| Quarterback | Years on team |
Games | Starts | Wins | Win Pct. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Graham | 1946-55 | 125 | 122 | 102 | .836 |
| Brian Sipe | 1974-83 | 125 | 112 | 57 | .509 |
| Bernie Kosar | 1985-93 | 108 | 105 | 53.5 | .510 |
| Frank Ryan | 1962-68 | 84 | 77 | 53.5 | .695 |
| Tim Couch | 1999- 2003 |
62 | 59 | 22 | .373 |
| Bill Nelsen | 1968-72 | 58 | 54 | 35.5 | .657 |
| Milt Plum | 1957-61 | 59 | 51 | 34 | .667 |
| Mike Phipps | 1970-76 | 88 | 51 | 25 | .490 |
| Vinny Testaverde | 1993-95 | 37 | 31 | 16 | .516 |
| Paul McDonald | 1980-85 | 84 | 21 | 8 | .381 |
| Charlie Frye | 2005-07 | 21 | 19 | 6 | .316 |
| Derek Anderson | 2006- present |
21 | 18 | 10 | .556 |
| Tommy O'Connell | 1956-57 | 18 | 14 | 10 | .714 |
| Kelly Holcomb | 2001-04 | 21 | 12 | 4 | .333 |
| Jim Ninowski | 1958-59, 1962-66 |
40 | 11 | 4 | .364 |
| Trent Dilfer | 2005 | 11 | 11 | 4 | .364 |
| Jeff Garcia | 2004 | 11 | 10 | 3 | .300 |
| Gary Danielson | 1985-88 | 17 | 8 | 5 | .625 |
| Mike Tomczak | 1992 | 12 | 8 | 4 | .500 |
| Doug Pederson | 2000 | 11 | 8 | 1 | .125 |
| Mike Pagel | 1986-90 | 42 | 7 | 2 | .286 |
| Todd Philcox | 1991-93 | 12 | 5 | 2 | .400 |
| George Ratterman | 1952-56 | 35 | 4 | 1 | .250 |
| Eric Zeier | 1995 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .250 |
| Luke McCown | 2004 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .000 |
| Cliff Lewis | 1946-51 | 49 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 |
| David Mays | 1976-77 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .250 |
| Mark Rypien | 1994 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .667 |
| Babe Parilli | 1956 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .333 |
| Ty Detmer | 1999 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Don Strock | 1988 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 |
| Terry Luck | 1977 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Jeff Christensen | 1987 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .500 |
| Gary Lane | 1966-67 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Len Dawson | 1960-61 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 |
| Spergeon Wynn | 2000 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Will Cureton | 1975 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
A player is credited with a win if he started the game and the team won that game, no matter if the player was injured or permanently removed on the second play from scrimmage.
Game that ended in a tie are counted as one-half of a win. Only regular season games included.
Note: 45.5 of Graham's wins and all three of Cliff Lewis' wins occurred when the Browns played in the All America Football Conference, a competitor of the NFL's from 1946-49. Note also that the Browns did not field a team during the years 1996-98.
[edit] References
- Database Football.com,url=http://www.databasefootball.com, last accessed 10/24/07
- Pro Football Reference.com, url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com, last accessed 10/24/07
- Cleveland Plain Dealer's Browns History Database, url=http://www.cleveland.com/brownshistory, last accessed 12/09/07
- Bill Levy, Return to Glory: The Story of the Cleveland Browns, (The World Publishing Co., 1965) LCCN 65023356.
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