1956 Cleveland Browns season

1956 Cleveland Browns season
Head coach	Paul Brown
Home field	Cleveland Stadium
Results
Record	5–7–0
Division place	T-4th NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1956 Cleveland Browns season was the team's eleventh season, and seventh season with the National Football League.

The 1956 season was the first in the franchise's existence that it 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.

Exhibition Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	August 10, 1956	vs. College All-Stars at Chicago	W 26–0	75,000
2	August 19, 1956	at San Francisco 49ers	L 28–17	38,741
3	August 24, 1956	at Los Angeles Rams	L 17–6	40,175
4	September 1, 1956	Green Bay Packers	L 21–20	15,456
5	September 7, 1956	at Detroit Lions	L 17–0	48,105
6	September 15, 1956	vs. Detroit Lions at Akron	L 31–14	28,201
7	September 21, 1956	at Chicago Bears	W 24–14	56,543

Regular Season Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 30, 1956	at Chicago Cardinals	L 9–7	20,966
2	October 6, 1956	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 14–10	35,398
3	October 14, 1956	New York Giants	L 21–9	60,042
4	October 21, 1956	at Washington Redskins	L 20–9	23,322
5	October 28, 1956	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 24–16	50,358
6	November 4, 1956	at Green Bay Packers	W 24–7	28,590
7	November 11, 1956	Baltimore Colts	L 21–7	42,404
8	November 18, 1956	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 16–0	25,894
9	November 25, 1956	Washington Redskins	L 20–17	22,878
10	December 2, 1956	Philadelphia Eagles	W 17–14	20,645
11	December 9, 1956	at New York Giants	W 24–7	27,707
12	December 16, 1956	Chicago Cardinals	L 24–7	25,312

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
New York Giants	8	3	1	.727	7–3	264	197	W1
Chicago Cardinals	7	5	0	.583	7–3	240	182	W1
Washington Redskins	6	6	0	.500	5–5	183	225	L2
Cleveland Browns	5	7	0	.417	4–6	167	177	L1
Pittsburgh Steelers	5	7	0	.417	4–6	167	177	W1
Philadelphia Eagles	3	8	1	.273	3–7	143	215	L3

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Cleveland Browns

Founded in 1946 Based in Cleveland, Ohio Headquartered in Berea, Ohio

Franchise	History Players Head coaches Seasons Logos and uniforms First-round draft picks 1999 expansion draft

Stadiums	Cleveland Stadium FirstEnergy Stadium

Key personnel	Owners: Jimmy Haslam Dee Haslam President (de facto): Paul DePodesta General manager (de facto): Sashi Brown Head coach: Hue Jackson

Culture and lore	Art Modell Cleveland sports curse Dawg Pound Draft Day Hot Tub Time Machine Kardiac Kids Paul Brown Marty Ball Red Right 88 Relocation controversy "The Best Man" The Drive The Express The Fortune Cookie The Fumble

Rivalries	Cincinnati Bengals Pittsburgh Steelers

Playoff appearances (28)	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1957 1958 1964 1965 1967 1968 1969 1971 1972 1980 1982 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1994 2002

Division titles (12)	1946 1947 1948 1967 1968 1969 1971 1980 1985 1986 1987 1989

Conference titles (11)	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1957 1964 1965 1968 1969

League titles (8)	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1954 1955 1964

Retired numbers	14 32 45 46 76

Hall of Fame inductees	Players: Brown DeLamielleure Ford Gatski Graham Groza Hickerson Kelly Lavelli McCormack Mitchell Motley Newsome Warfield Willis Coach: Brown

Media	Broadcasters Radio network Flagships: WKNR WKRK-FM WNCX Television: WEWS-TV

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League (1950–present) Conference: American Football Conference Division: North Division

Former league affiliation	League: All-America Football Conference (1946–1949)

Seasons (67)	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

Cleveland Browns seasons

1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates AAFC championship (through 1949) or NFL championship

1956 NFL season

Eastern Conference	CHI Cardinals	Philadelphia	Baltimore	Green Bay	Western Conference
	Cleveland	Pittsburgh	CHI Bears	Los Angeles
	New York	Washington	Detroit	San Francisco

NFL on Sports Network Incorporated (SNI)

Related programs	NFL on CBS (1959)

Related articles	Carling Beer Hughes Television Network NFL on television (history)

Seasons	1955 1956 1957 1958 (The Browns' SNI arrangement from 1956 to 1958 was national in scope.) 1959 1960 1961 (For 1960 and 1961 seasons, the Browns-SNI network was reduced to a Midwest regional network.)

Commentators	Ken Coleman Jimmy Dudley Otto Graham Cliff Lewis Curly Morrison Bob Wolff

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