1960 Cleveland Browns season

1960 Cleveland Browns season
1960 Cleveland Browns season
Head coach	Paul Brown
Home stadium	Cleveland Stadium
Results
Record	8–3–1
Division place	2nd NFL Eastern
Playoffs	Lost NFL Playoff Bowl; (vs. Lions) 16–17
Pro Bowlers	Ray Renfro, FL; Bernie Parrish, CB; Milt Plum, QB; Bobby Mitchell, HB; Mike McCormack, RT; Jim Ray Smith, G; Jim Brown, FB
	← 1959; Browns seasons; 1961 →;

The 1960 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 11th season with the National Football League. The 1960 Browns compiled an 8–3–1 record, and finished second in the NFL's Eastern Conference, behind the NFL champion Philadelphia Eagles. As runner-up, the Browns qualified for the inaugural third place Playoff Bowl in Miami, but lost 17–16 to the Detroit Lions on January 7.

Record8–3–1

Division place2nd NFL Eastern

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Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	August 13	at Detroit Lions	W 28–14	1–0	Briggs Stadium	24,620
2	August 18	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 27–24	2–0	Pitt Stadium	16,360
3	August 27	at Los Angeles Rams	L 17–22	2–1	L.A. Memorial Coliseum	48,175
4	September 3	vs. San Francisco 49ers	W 26–24	3–1	Multnomah Stadium (Portland, OR)	25,898
5	September 10	vs. Chicago Bears	W 16–10	4–1	Rubber Bowl (Akron, OH)	21,568
6	September 17	Detroit Lions	W 14–10	5–1	Cleveland Stadium	25,911

Game	Date	Opponent	Time	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 25	at Philadelphia Eagles	1:30 p.m. EDT	W 41–24	1–0	Franklin Field	56,303
2	October 2	Pittsburgh Steelers	2:00 p.m. EDT	W 28–20	2–0	Cleveland Stadium	67,692
—	Bye
3	October 16	at Dallas Cowboys	2:30 p.m. EST	W 48–7	3–0	Cotton Bowl	28,500
4	October 23	Philadelphia Eagles	2:00 p.m. EST	L 29–31	3–1	Cleveland Stadium	64,850
5	October 30	at Washington Redskins	2:00 p.m. EST	W 31–10	4–1	Griffith Stadium	32,086
6	November 6	New York Giants	2:00 p.m. EST	L 13–17	4–2	Cleveland Stadium	82,872
7	November 13	St. Louis Cardinals	2:00 p.m. EST	W 28–27	5–2	Cleveland Stadium	49,192
8	November 20	at Pittsburgh Steelers	2:00 p.m. EST	L 10–14	5–3	Forbes Field	35,215
9	November 27	at St. Louis Cardinals	2:00 p.m. EST	T 17–17	5–3–1	Busch Stadium I	26,146
10	December 4	Washington Redskins	2:00 p.m. EST	W 27–16	6–3–1	Cleveland Stadium	35,211
11	December 11	Chicago Bears	2:00 p.m. EST	W 42–0	7–3–1	Cleveland Stadium	38,155
12	December 18	at New York Giants	2:00 p.m. EST	W 48–34	8–3–1	Yankee Stadium	56,517
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

	Cleveland Browns	Opponents
First downs	219	208
First downs rushing	107	92
First downs passing	96	102
First downs penalty	16	14
Total net yards	3974	3806
Avg. Per Game	331.2	317.2
Total Plays	647	724
Avg. Per Play	6.1	5.3
Net yards rushing	1930	1643
Avg. Per Game	160.8	136.9
Rushing attempts	383	405
Net yards passing	2044	2163
Avg. Per Game	170.3	180.3
Times sacked-total yards	37–299	26–209
Gross yards	2343	2370
Passing – Completions/attempts	160?264	163/319
Completion Pct.	60.6	51.1
Interceptions thrown	5	31
Punts-average yardage	55–42.0	46–45.0
Net Punting Avg.	55–38.7	46–40.5
Penalties-total yards	49–534	48–526
Fumbles-lost	20–12	27–14
Touchdowns	47	26
Touchdown rushing	18	10
Touchdown passing	22	15
Touchdown returns	7	1

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