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1960 Cleveland Browns season
Head Coach Paul Brown
Home Field Cleveland Stadium
Results
Record 8–3–1
Place 2nd NFL Eastern
Playoff Finish Lost in Playoff Bowl
Timeline
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1959 1961

The 1960 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 11th season with the National Football League.

Exhibition schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 August 14, 1960 at Detroit Lions W 28–14
24,620
2 August 18, 1960 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 27–24
16,360
3 August 27, 1960 at Los Angeles Rams L 22–17
48,175
4 September 3, 1960 vs. San Francisco 49ers at Portland W 26–24
25,898
5 September 10, 1960 vs. Chicago Bears at Akron W 16–10
21,568
6 September 17, 1960 Detroit Lions W 14–10
25,911

Regular season schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 25, 1960 at Philadelphia Eagles W 41–24
56,303
2 October 2, 1960 Pittsburgh Steelers W 28–20
67,692
3 Bye
4 October 16, 1960 at Dallas Cowboys W 48–7
28,500
5 October 23, 1960 Philadelphia Eagles L 31–29
64,850
6 October 30, 1960 at Washington Redskins W 31–10
32,086
7 November 6, 1960 New York Giants L 17–13
82,872
8 November 13, 1960 St. Louis Cardinals W 28–27
49,192
9 November 20, 1960 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 14–10
35,215
10 November 27, 1960 at St. Louis Cardinals T 17–17
26,146
11 December 4, 1960 Washington Redskins W 27–16
35,211
12 December 11, 1960 Chicago Bears W 42–0
38,155
13 December 18, 1960 at New York Giants W 48–34
56,517

Standings[]

NFL Eastern
view · talk · edit W L T PCT PF PA STK
Philadelphia Eagles 10 2 0 .833 321 246 W-1
Cleveland Browns 8 3 1 .727 362 217 W-3
New York Giants 6 4 2 .600 271 261 L-1
St. Louis Cardinals 6 5 1 .545 288 230 W-1
Pittsburgh Steelers 5 6 1 .455 240 275 L-1
Washington Redskins 1 9 2 .100 178 309 L-8


Roster[]

Playoffs[]

Round Date Opponent Result Attendance
Playoff Bowl January 7, 1961 Detroit Lions L 17–16
34,981

Awards and records[]

  • Jim Brown, NFL Rushing Leader, 1,257 yards
  • Milt Plum, NFL Leader, Passing Yards, (2,297)

Milestones[]

  • Jim Brown, Third Consecutive 1,000 yard season
  • Jim Brown, Fourth Consecutive Rushing Title

References[]

Eastern Conference Western Conference
Cleveland Baltimore
NY Giants Chicago
Philadelphia Dallas
Pittsburgh Detroit
St. Louis Green Bay
Washington Los Angeles
San Francisco
1960 NFL DraftNFL ChampionshipPro Bowl
Related: 1960 AFL Season


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