1961 Cleveland Browns season

1961 Cleveland Browns season
Head coach Paul Brown
Home field Cleveland Stadium
Local radio WGAR (AM)
Results
Record 8–5–1
Division place 3rd NFL Eastern
Playoff finish did not qualify
Timeline
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< 1960 1962 >

The 1961 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 12th season with the National Football League.

Offseason

On March 22, Dave R. Jones sold the Browns to a group headed by Arthur B. Modell[1]

Exhibition schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 August 11, 1961 at Detroit Lions L 35–7
25,602
2 August 20, 1961 at San Francisco 49ers W 27–24
38,759
3 August 25, 1961 at Los Angeles Rams W 34–17
40,086
4 September 2, 1961 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers at Akron W 38–6
27,758
5 September 9, 1961 Detroit Lions L 35–17
41,374

Regular season schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 17, 1961 at Philadelphia Eagles L 27–20
60,671
2 September 24, 1961 St. Louis Cardinals W 20–17
50,443
3 October 1, 1961 Dallas Cowboys W 25–7
43,638
4 October 8, 1961 Washington Redskins W 31–7
46,186
5 October 15, 1961 Green Bay Packers L 49–17
75,042
6 October 22, 1961 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 30–28
29,266
7 October 29, 1961 at St. Louis Cardinals W 21–10
26,696
8 November 5, 1961 Pittsburgh Steelers L 17–13
62,723
9 November 12, 1961 at Washington Redskins W 17–6
28,975
10 November 19, 1961 Philadelphia Eagles W 45–24
68,399
11 November 26, 1961 New York Giants L 37–21
80,455
12 December 3, 1961 at Dallas Cowboys W 38–17
23,500
13 December 10, 1961 at Chicago Bears L 17–14
38,717
14 December 17, 1961 at New York Giants T 7–7
61,084

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
W L T PCT CONF PF PA STK
New York Giants 10 3 1 .769 9–2–1 368 220 T1
Philadelphia Eagles 10 4 0 .714 8–4 361 297 W1
Cleveland Browns 8 5 1 .615 8–3–1 319 270 T1
St. Louis Cardinals 7 7 0 .500 7–5 279 267 W3
Pittsburgh Steelers 6 8 0 .429 5–7 295 287 L1
Dallas Cowboys 4 9 1 .308 2–9–1 236 380 L4
Washington Redskins 1 12 1 .077 1–10–1 174 392 W1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Awards and records

Milestones

References

  1. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 281