1955 Cleveland Browns (NFL)

1st place Eastern Conference 9-2-1 .818

Head Coach: Paul Brown

Paul Bixler	Ends
Howard Brinker	Backfield
Dick Gallagher	Assistant Coach
Fritz Heisler	Guards
Eddie Ulinski	Tackles

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/12/1955	A	College All-Stars	27-30	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	75000
Sat	8/20/1955	H	Green Bay Packers	13-7	W	Akron, OH	Rubber Bowl	22000
Sun	8/28/1955	A	San Francisco 49ers	14-17	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	41604
Fri	9/2/1955	A	Los Angeles Rams	21-38	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	35498
Sat	9/10/1955	H	Detroit Lions	3-19	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	29581
Thu	9/15/1955	A	Chicago Bears	21-24	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	43067
Sun	9/25/1955	H	Washington Redskins	17-27	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	30041
Sun	10/2/1955	A	San Francisco 49ers	38-3	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	43595
Sun	10/9/1955	H	Philadelphia Eagles	21-17	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	43974
Sun	10/16/1955	A	Washington Redskins	24-14	W	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	24168
Sun	10/23/1955	H	Green Bay Packers	41-10	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	51482
Sun	10/30/1955	A	Chicago Cardinals	26-20	W	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	29471
Sun	11/6/1955	H	New York Giants	24-14	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	46524
Sun	11/13/1955	A	Philadelphia Eagles	17-33	L	Philadelphia, PA	Connie Mack Stadium	39303
Sun	11/20/1955	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	41-14	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	54509
Sun	11/27/1955	A	New York Giants	35-35	T	New York, NY	Polo Grounds	45699
Sun	12/4/1955	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	30-7	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	31101
Sun	12/11/1955	H	Chicago Cardinals	35-24	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	25914
League Championship
Mon	12/26/1955	A	Los Angeles Rams	38-14	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	58346

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
30	Mo Bassett	FB	6-1	231	24	Langston	12	0
60	Hal Bradley	ROG	6-2	230	26	Iowa	12	12
88	Darrel Brewster	LOE	6-3	210	25	Purdue	12	12
70	Don Colo	RDT	6-3	252	30	Brown	12	12
46	Henry Ford	DB-LOH	5-11	170	24	Pittsburgh	2	0
80	Len Ford	RDE	6-4	245	29	Morgan State; Michigan	12	12
62	Herschel Forester	ROG-LOG	6-0	230	24	Southern Methodist	12	0
79	Bob Gain	MG	6-3	256	26	Kentucky	12	12
52	Frank Gatski	C	6-2	233	34	Marshall; Auburn	12	12
64	Abe Gibron	LOG	5-11	243	30	Valparaiso; Purdue	12	12
84	Horace Gillom	P	6-1	221	34	Ohio State; Nevada-Reno	12	0
14	Otto Graham	QB	6-1	196	34	Northwestern	12	12
76	Lou Groza	LOT-K	6-3	240	31	Ohio State	12	12
42	Tommy James	RS-OHB	5-10	184	32	Ohio State	8	4
31	Dub Jones	ROH-FB	6-3	202	31	Louisiana State; Tulane	12	7
77	Tom Jones	RDT	6-5	250	24	Kentucky State; Miami (Ohio)	2	0
72	John Kissell	LDT	6-2	245	32	Boston College	12	12
22	Kenny Konz	LS	5-10	184	27	Louisiana State	12	12
24	Warren Lahr	LDH	5-11	189	32	Western Reserve	12	12
86	Dante Lavelli	ROE	6-1	191	32	Ohio State	12	12
82	Carlton Massey	LDE	6-4	221	25	Southwestern (Texas); Texas	12	12
74	Mike McCormack	ROT	6-4	246	25	Kansas	12	12
34	Walt Michaels	RLB	6-0	231	26	Washington & Lee	12	12
36	Ed Modzelewski	FB	6-0	217	26	Maryland	12	10
32	Fred Morrison	ROH-FB	6-2	215	29	Ohio State	12	8
65	Chuck Noll	LLB	6-1	218	23	Dayton	12	12
56/50	Sam Palumbo	RLB	6-2	226	23	Notre Dame	8	0
20	Don Paul	RDH	6-0	187	29	Washington State	11	11
54	Pete Perini	LLB-MG	6-0	225	27	Ohio State	6	0
27	Johnny Petitbon	RS-ROH	5-11	186	24	Notre Dame	12	8
16	George Ratterman	QB	6-0	192	29	Notre Dame	10	0
26	Ray Renfro	LOH-RS	6-1	190	26	North Texas	12	11
78	John Sandusky	ROT-LOT	6-1	251	30	Villanova	12	0
45	Bob Smith	LOH	5-10	195	22	Nebraska	10	0
83	Chuck Weber	RDE-LDE	6-1	229	25	West Chester	12	0
46	Bobby White	RDH-LDH	5-11	176	26	Glendale CC; Stanford	8	1

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	13	Kurt Burris	C	Oklahoma
2	25	Dean Renfro	B	North Texas
3	35	John Hall	T	Iowa
3	37	Bobby Freeman	B	Auburn
4	41	Paul Reynolds	B	Notre Dame
4	49	Sam Palumbo	C	Notre Dame
5	61	Aramis Dandoy	B	Southern California
6	73	LeRoy Bolden	B	Michigan State
7	85	Jack Locklear	C	Auburn
9	109	Henry Ford	B	Pittsburgh
10	121	Glen Dillon	E	Pittsburgh
11	133	Eric Knebel	T	Southern Methodist
12	145	Jack Eaton	T	New Mexico
13	157	Johnny Borton	QB	Ohio State
14	169	Fred Robinson	G	Washington
15	181	Bob Smith	B	Nebraska
16	193	Don Suchy	C	Iowa
17	205	Bob Leonard	B	Purdue
18	217	Steve Champlin	T	Oklahoma
19	229	Tom Ebert	E	Kansas State
20	241	Bill Proctor	T	Florida State
21	253	Rick Spinks	B	Texas Tech
22	265	Jerry Stone	T	Southeastern Louisiana
23	277	Jim Greer	E	Elizabeth City State
24	289	John Matsock	B	Michigan State
25	301	Ernie Lindo	B	Pacific
26	313	Don Fife	C	Purdue
27	325	Bobby Baldwin	B	Sam Houston State
28	337	Ed Tokus	E	Georgia
29	349	Tex Robinson	B	Temple
30	360	Lamar Leachman	C	Tennessee

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	72	96	91	90
Opponents Totals	46	67	39	66

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		224	111	98	15	/ %	/ %	64	603
Opponents Totals		171	65	83	23	/ %	/ %	58	560

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Lou Groza	0	44	45	97.8	11	22	50.0	0	77
Ed Modzelewski	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Ray Renfro	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Darrel Brewster	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Otto Graham	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Dante Lavelli	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Mo Bassett	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Fred Morrison	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Chuck Noll	1	0	0		0	0		1	8
Dub Jones	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Kenny Konz	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Walt Michaels	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Don Paul	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
George Ratterman	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bob Smith	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	45	44	45	97.8	11	22	50.0	1	349
Opponents Totals	29	23	29	79.3	7	15	46.7	0	218

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Lou Groza	11	22	50.0	3/	2/	2/	4/	0/
Team Totals	11	22	50.0	3/	2/	2/	4/	0/
Opponents Totals	7	15	46.7	2/	3/	0/	1/	1/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Fred Morrison	156	824	5.3	56	3
Ed Modzelewski	185	619	3.3	25	6
Mo Bassett	38	174	4.6	30t	3
Bob Smith	37	142	3.8	31t	1
Otto Graham	68	121	1.8	36	6
Ray Renfro	29	90	3.1	14	0
Dub Jones	10	44	4.4	13	0
Johnny Petitbon	3	10	3.3	7	0
George Ratterman	6	8	1.3	10	1
Tommy James	1	2	2.0	2	0
Henry Ford	2	1	0.5	1	0
Horace Gillom	1	-15	-15.0	-15	0
Team Totals	536	2020	3.8	56	20
Opponents Totals	351	1189	3.4	38	12

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	YL	NYP	RTG
Otto Graham	185	98	53.0	79	1721	9.3	17.6	61t	15	8.1	8	4.3	241	1480	94.0
George Ratterman	47	32	68.1	12	504	10.7	15.8	35	6	12.8	3	6.4	34	470	116.5
Ray Renfro	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	234	130	55.6	93	2225	9.5	17.1	61t	21	9.0	11	4.7	275	1950	98.3
Opponents Totals	323	126	39.0	172	1775	5.5	14.1	71t	15	4.6	25	7.7	123	1652	40.7

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Darrel Brewster	34	622	18.3	41t	6
Dante Lavelli	31	492	15.9	49	4
Ray Renfro	29	603	20.8	61t	8
Ed Modzelewski	13	113	8.7	28	2
Fred Morrison	9	185	20.6	49	0
Mo Bassett	9	83	9.2	25	0
Dub Jones	3	115	38.3	46	1
Bob Smith	2	12	6.0	10	0
Team Totals	130	2225	17.1	61t	21
Opponents Totals	126	1775	14.1	71t	15

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chuck Noll	5	74	14.8	24	1
Warren Lahr	5	52	10.4	24	0
Kenny Konz	5	32	6.4	15t	1
Don Paul	4	49	12.3	19	0
Tommy James	2	20	10.0	16	0
Johnny Petitbon	2	11	5.5	7	0
Walt Michaels	1	25	25.0	25t	1
Carlton Massey	1	24	24.0	24	0
Team Totals	25	287	11.5	25t	3
Opponents Totals	11	181	16.5	40t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Horace Gillom	58	2389	41.2	56	3	6	186	2083	35.9
Team Totals	58	2389	41.2	56	3	6	186	2083	37.9
Opponents Totals	70	2737	39.1	63	1	2	337	2360	34.2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Kenny Konz	17	138	8.1	42	0
Don Paul	19	148	7.8	60t	1
Len Ford	4	15	3.8	7	0
Bobby White	2	28	14.0	28	0
Bob Smith	1	5	5.0	5	0
Ray Renfro	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	44	337	7.7	60t	1
Opponents Totals	37	186	5.0	78t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob Smith	13	320	24.6	47	0
Bobby White	10	258	25.8	44	0
Mo Bassett	7	151	21.6	31	0
Don Paul	5	109	21.8	26	0
Kenny Konz	3	66	22.0	23	0
Walt Michaels	3	45	15.0	27	0
Team Totals	41	949	23.1	47	0
Opponents Totals	50	1220	24.4	100t	1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Mo Bassett	3		0	0	0	0	0
Hal Bradley	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Darrel Brewster	1		0	0	0	0	0
Don Colo	0	0	0	2	2	20	0
Henry Ford	1		0	2	2	0	0
Len Ford	0	0	0	1	1	54	0
Bob Gain	0	0	0	2	2	2	0
Frank Gatski	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Otto Graham	7		3	0	3	0	0
Dub Jones	1		0	0	0	0	0
Kenny Konz	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Warren Lahr	1		0	1	1	0	0
Mike McCormack	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ed Modzelewski	3		0	0	0	0	0
Fred Morrison	5		0	0	0	0	0
Don Paul	0	0	0	3	3	17	0
Pete Perini	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Johnny Petitbon	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
George Ratterman	2		0	0	0	0	0
Ray Renfro	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bob Smith	1		2	0	2	0	0
Team Totals	27	18	9	15	24	93	0
Opponents Totals	21	15	6	18	24		1