1956 Cleveland Browns season

NFL team season November 2013 March 2026 Cleveland Browns 1956 Paul Brown Cleveland Stadium 5–7 T-4th Eastern Did not qualify Don Paul, CBWalt Michaels, LBFrank Gatski, CPete Brewster, LEMike McCormack, OT Browns seasons The 1956 Cleveland Browns season was the team's eleventh season, and seventh season with the National Football League. This was the first season in which the Browns missed the playoffs, and its first season with a losing record. The Browns lost seven games in 1956, after having lost a total of only 17 over the previous ten seasons combined. They were also the last two time defending champion to not score more than 30 points in a game until the 2024 Kansas City Chiefs. Exhibition schedule Game Date Opponent Result Venue Attendance Sources 1 August 10 vs. College All-Stars at Chicago W 26–0 75,000 2 August 19 at San Francisco 49ers L 17–28 38,741 3 August 24 at Los Angeles Rams L 6–17 40,175 4 September 1 Green Bay Packers L 20–21 15,456 5 September 7 at Detroit Lions L 0–17 48,105 6 September 15 vs. Detroit Lions at Akron L 14–31 28,201 7 September 21 at Chicago Bears W 24–14 56,543 Regular season 1956 NFL season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources 1 September 30 at Chicago Cardinals L 7–9 0–1 Comiskey Park 20,966 Recap 2 October 6,1956 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 14–10 1–1 Forbes Field 35,398 Recap https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=L2scAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AU4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6032%2C1856326 Pittsburgh Press Livingston Pat Steelers bow, 14-10 October 7, 1956 1, section 4https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PoQRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aeIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4046%2C940484 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Browns edge Pitt Steelers October 7, 1955 3 October 14 New York Giants L 9–21 1–2 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 60,042 Recap 4 October 21 at Washington Redskins L 9–20 1–3 Griffith Stadium 23,322 Recap 5 October 28 Pittsburgh Steelers L 16–24 1–4 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 50,358 Recap 6 November 4 at Green Bay Packers W 24–7 2–4 Milwaukee County Stadium 28,590 Recap 7 November 11 Baltimore Colts L 7–21 2–5 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 42,404 Recap 8 November 18 at Philadelphia Eagles W 16–0 3–5 Connie Mack Stadium 25,894 Recap 9 November 25 Washington Redskins L 17–20 3–6 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 22,878 Recap 10 December 2 Philadelphia Eagles W 17–14 4–6 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 20,645 Recap 11 December 9 at New York Giants W 24–7 5–6 Yankee Stadium 27,707 Recap 12 December 16 Chicago Cardinals L 7–24 5–7 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 25,312 Recap Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text. . Season recap Week 1 at Chicago The post Otto Graham era begins with a 9-7 loss to the Cardinals in Chicago. Cleveland's only score comes on a 46-yard touchdown pass from George Ratterman to Ray Renfro in the first quarter. But Pat Summerall's third field goal, a nine-yarder with 29 seconds remaining, won it for the Cardinals and broke a twelve-game losing streak to the Browns.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=McdRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=22sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6942%2C141315 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Grid Cardinals upset champion Browns, 9-7 October 1, 1956 25 The Cardinals later won the season finale. Standings thumb|right|260px|Program for the November 11 game against the Baltimore Colts. Roster 1956 Cleveland Browns roster Quarterbacks 15 Tommy O'Connell 18 Babe Parilli Running backs 30 Maurice Bassett 40 Preston Carpenter y 36 Billy Kinard y 32 Fred Morrison American football P 26 Ray Renfro WR Receivers 88 Pete Brewster 86 Dante Lavelli Offensive linemen 60 Harold Bradley Jr. G 62 Herschel Forester G 52 Frank Gatski C 64 Donald Goss y no T 76 Lou Groza T/K 78 Art Hunter C/T 69 John Macerelli T/G 74 Mike McCormack American football T Defensive linemen 70 Don Colo DT 80 Len Ford DE 79 Bob Gain DE/DT 72 John Kissell DT 82 Carlton Massey DE 84 Jim Ray Smith y DE Linebackers 35 Galen Fiss y OLB 34 Walt Michaels MLB 65 Chuck Noll OLB 50 Sam Palumbo OLB/C Defensive backs 22 Ken Konz S 24 Warren Lahr CB 20 Don Paul defensive back CB 44 John Petitbon S 42 Junior Wren y S Reserve list -- Tom Catlin LB (Military) -- Vince Costello y LB (IR) 7px -- Willie Davis defensive end Willie Davis y DE (Military) -- Chet Hanulak RB (Military) 36 Ed Modzelewski RB (IR) 7px 16 George Ratterman QB (IR) 7px -- Billy Reynolds American football RB (Military) rookies in italics Source: References External links 1956 Cleveland Browns at Pro Football Reference (profootballreference.com) 1956 Cleveland Browns Statistics at jt-sw.com 1956 Cleveland Browns Schedule at jt-sw.com 1956 Cleveland Browns at DatabaseFootball.com Cleveland Category:Cleveland Browns seasons Cleveland Browns