1958 Cleveland Browns season

NFL team season November 2013 March 2026 Cleveland Browns 1958 Paul Brown Cleveland Stadium 9–3 T-1st Eastern Lost Eastern Conference Playoff(at Giants) 0–10 Lou Groza, LT/KDon Colo, DTDon Paul, CBWalt Michaels, LBJim Ray Smith, GBob Gain, DTJim Brown, FB Browns seasons thumb|250px|The Browns team The 1958 Cleveland Browns season was the team's ninth season with the National Football League. They were 9–3 in the regular season, tied for first in the Eastern Conference with the New York Giants,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=es5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DGwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6989%2C2774034 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Giants force playoff, jolt Browns, 13-10 December 15, 1958 26https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gr4_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=r1cMAAAAIBAJ&pg=715%2C5280826 Youngstown Vindicator Ohio Schell Jack Summerall's kick gives Giants 13-10 win, forces playoff with Browns December 15, 1958 14 in the tiebreaker playoff the Giants won 10–0.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gc5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DGwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7063%2C3878809 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Giants do the 'impossible', blank Browns December 22, 1958 24https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NvRVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bOIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6542%2C3930253 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Hand Jack Jack Hand Giants blank Browns December 22, 1958 2B Exhibition schedule Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Sources 1 August 16 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers at Akron W 10–0 1–0 27,202 2 August 22 at Detroit Lions L 17–7 1–1 36,662 3 August 29 at Los Angeles Rams W 13–10 2–1 41,387 4 September 7 at San Francisco 49ers L 21–16 2–2 31,339 5 September 12 at Chicago Bears L 42–31 2–3 52,669 6 September 20 Detroit Lions W 41–7 3–3 35,343 Regular season 1958 NFL season Tommy O’Connell was the first MVP to be cut from a team before the start of the following season.Giants Among Men, Jack Cavanaugh, p.133, 2008, Random House, 978-1-4000-6717-6 Schedule Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources 1 September 28 at Los Angeles Rams W 30–27 1–0 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 69,993 Recap 2 October 5 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 45–12 2–0 Forbes Field 31,130 Recap 3 October 12 Chicago Cardinals W 35–28 3–0 Cleveland Stadium 65,403 Recap 4 October 19 Pittsburgh Steelers W 27–10 4–0 Cleveland Stadium 66,852 Recap 5 October 26 at Chicago Cardinals W 38–24 5–0 Comiskey Park 30,933 Recap 6 November 2 New York Giants L 17–21 5–1 Cleveland Stadium 78,404 Recap 7 November 9 Detroit Lions L 10–30 5–2 Cleveland Stadium 75,563 Recap 8 November 16 at Washington Redskins W 20–10 6–2 Griffith Stadium 32,372 Recap 9 November 23 Philadelphia Eagles W 28–14 7–2 Cleveland Stadium 51,319 Recap 10 November 30 Washington Redskins W 21–14 8–2 Cleveland Stadium 33,240 Recap 11 December 7 at Philadelphia Eagles W 21–14 9–2 Franklin Field 36,773 Recap 12 December 14 at New York Giants L 10–13 9–3 Yankee Stadium 63,192 Recap Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text. Season summary For the second straight year, one of their rivals had gotten revenge for something that had happened earlier in the decade. After the Detroit Lions whipped the Browns 59–14 in the 1957 NFL Championship Game to atone for the 56–10 pounding they had absorbed from Cleveland in the title contest three years earlier, the 1958 New York Giants took their turn. The Giants shut out the Browns 10–0 in a tiebreaker playoff game at Yankee Stadium to determine the Eastern Conference champion. The last time the two teams met in such a special playoff contest was 1950, when Cleveland edged New York 8–3 to win the title in the American Conference, the forerunner of the Eastern Conference, and advance to the league championship game. As was the case in 1950, the 1958 Giants also beat Cleveland twice during the regular season, 21–17 and 13–10, and the teams tied for first with a 9–3 record. The Browns went into the latter game at 9–2, needing a tie (or a win) to clinch the conference crown, and led 7–0 early in the first quarter and 10–3 in the fourth quarter. Future broadcaster Pat Summerall kicked a 49-yard field goal in a snowstorm to provide the win, even though he made barely 50 percent (12-of-23) of his attempts during the regular season. Seven days later in the tiebreaker playoff, Summerall added a 26-yard field goal in a game highlighted by the fact the Giants held hall of fame running back Jim Brown to a career-low eight yards rushing on seven carries, and limited the Browns to just 86 yards of total offense. In the following week's NFL Championship Game at Yankee Stadium, later dubbed "The Greatest Game Ever Played," the Giants lost 23–17 in overtime to the Baltimore Colts.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jbEhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wJsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4111%2C6376379 Reading Eagle Pennsylvania UPI Unitas hero as Colts get 23-17 title win December 29, 1958 18https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nnxRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WxAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7348%2C4206836 Milwaukee Sentinel Associated Press Colts win 23-17 in overtime December 29, 1958 4, part 2 May 1, 2016 November 19, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20160501034402/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nnxRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WxAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7348,4206836 dead https://www.si.com/vault/1959/01/05/668467/the-best-football-game-ever-played Sports Illustrated Maule Tex Tex Maule The best football game ever played January 5, 1959 8 Aside from the three losses to the Giants, the only team to beat the Browns in 1958 were the Detroit Lions, who gained a 30–10 decision midway through the year. Standings thumb|right|260px|Program for the October 19 game against the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers. Playoffs 1958 NFL playoffs This game was an unscheduled tiebreaker game to determine the Western conference title. Round Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources Conference December 21 at New York Giants L 0–10 0–1 Yankee Stadium 61,174 Recap Roster 1958 Cleveland Browns roster Quarterbacks 15 Jim Ninowski y 16 Milt Plum Running backs 32 Jim Brown 45 Leroy Bolden y 30 Lew Carpenter 49 Bobby Mitchell y 36 Ed Modzelewski 26 Ray Renfro Receivers 88 Pete Brewster 40 Preston Carpenter 82 Frank Clarke American football Offensive linemen 76 Lou Groza T/K 66 Gene Hickerson y G 56 Art Hunter C 78 Willie McClung T/DT 74 Mike McCormack American football T 65 Chuck Noll G 64 Jim Ray Smith G Defensive linemen 70 Don Colo DT 77 Willie Davis defensive end Willie Davis DE/T 79 Bob Gain DT/DE 72 Henry Jordan DT/DE 84 Dave Liddick DE/DT 86 Paul Wiggin DE/DT Linebackers 54 Tom Catlin MLB 50 Vince Costello MLB 35 Galen Fiss OLB 34 Walt Michaels OLB Defensive backs 18 Bobby Freeman American football CB/S 22 Ken Konz S 24 Warren Lahr CB 20 Don Paul defensive back CB 44 Jim Shofner y CB 42 Junior Wren S Special teams 28 Dick Deschaine P Reserve list -- Farrell Funston y WR (Left squad) -- Roddy Osborne y no QB (Military) 84 Bill Quinlan DE (IR) 7px rookies in italics Source: References 2 External links 1958 Cleveland Browns at Pro Football Reference (profootballreference.com) 1958 Cleveland Browns Statistics at jt-sw.com 1958 Cleveland Browns Schedule at jt-sw.com 1958 Cleveland Browns at DatabaseFootball.com 1958 Season summary and statistics at Cleveland Browns.com Cleveland Category:Cleveland Browns seasons Cleveland Browns