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Paul Brown
Paul Eugene Brown
Born: September 7, 1908 in Norwalk, OH
Died: August 5, 1991 in Cincinnati, OH
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Coaching Results
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | G | W | L | T | G plyf | W plyf | L plyf | Rank | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 38 | Cleveland Browns | AAFC | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | AAFC Champions |
| 1947 | 39 | Cleveland Browns | AAFC | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | AAFC Champions |
| 1948 | 40 | Cleveland Browns | AAFC | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | AAFC Champions |
| 1949 | 41 | Cleveland Browns | AAFC | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .900 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | AAFC Champions |
| 1950 | 42 | Cleveland Browns | NFL | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | NFL Champions |
| 1951 | 43 | Cleveland Browns | NFL | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | |
| 1952 | 44 | Cleveland Browns | NFL | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | |
| 1953 | 45 | Cleveland Browns | NFL | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | |
| 1954 | 46 | Cleveland Browns | NFL | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | NFL Champions |
| 1955 | 47 | Cleveland Browns | NFL | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .818 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | NFL Champions |
| 1956 | 48 | Cleveland Browns | NFL | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | .417 | 4 | |||||
| 1957 | 49 | Cleveland Browns | NFL | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .818 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | |
| 1958 | 50 | Cleveland Browns | NFL | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | |
| 1959 | 51 | Cleveland Browns | NFL | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 2 | |||||
| 1960 | 52 | Cleveland Browns | NFL | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .727 | 2 | |||||
| 1961 | 53 | Cleveland Browns | NFL | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .615 | 3 | |||||
| 1962 | 54 | Cleveland Browns | NFL | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .538 | 3 | |||||
| 1968 | 60 | Cincinnati Bengals | AFL | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | .214 | 5 | |||||
| 1969 | 61 | Cincinnati Bengals | AFL | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | .308 | 5 | |||||
| 1970 | 62 | Cincinnati Bengals | NFL | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .571 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | |
| 1971 | 63 | Cincinnati Bengals | NFL | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | .286 | 4 | |||||
| 1972 | 64 | Cincinnati Bengals | NFL | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .571 | 3 | |||||
| 1973 | 65 | Cincinnati Bengals | NFL | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | |
| 1974 | 66 | Cincinnati Bengals | NFL | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 2 | |||||
| 1975 | 67 | Cincinnati Bengals | NFL | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | |
| 25 yrs | 326 | 213 | 104 | 9 | .672 | 17 | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.0 | Avg Finish | |||
| 17 yrs | CLE | 214 | 158 | 48 | 8 | .767 | 14 | 9 | 5 | .643 | 1.5 | |||
| 8 yrs | CIN | 112 | 55 | 56 | 1 | .495 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2.9 |
Games over .500: 109
Super Bowl Wins: 0
Overall Championships: 7
Conference Championships: 0
Division Championships: 14
Team's Ranks
Glossary · CSV · PRE · Team Ranks in various categories, Lower ALWAYS indicates better performance.| Overall | Offense | Rushing Off | Passing Off | Defense | Rushing Def | Passing Def | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Tm | Tms | WL% | T/G | Pts± | Yds± | Yds | Pts | GvA | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | FL | Att | Yds | TD | Int | NY/A | Yds | Pts | TkA | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | FR | Att | Yds | TD | Int | nY/A |
| 1946 | CLE | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1947 | CLE | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1948 | CLE | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 1949 | CLE | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 1950 | CLE | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1951 | CLE | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 1952 | CLE | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| 1953 | CLE | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| 1954 | CLE | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| 1955 | CLE | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| 1956 | CLE | 12 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 1957 | CLE | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 1958 | CLE | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| 1959 | CLE | 12 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 12 |
| 1960 | CLE | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 1961 | CLE | 14 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 9 |
| 1962 | CLE | 14 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| 1968 | CIN | 10 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 6 |
| 1969 | CIN | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 |
| 1970 | CIN | 26 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 19 |
| 1971 | CIN | 26 | 24 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 15 |
| 1972 | CIN | 26 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| 1973 | CIN | 26 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 9 |
| 1974 | CIN | 26 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 26 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 3 |
| 1975 | CIN | 26 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5 |
| 25 yrs | %tile | 79 | 80 | 81 | 75 | 69 | 73 | 88 | 59 | 71 | 76 | 73 | 62 | 34 | 61 | 63 | 91 | 72 | 73 | 82 | 58 | 65 | 63 | 70 | 58 | 51 | 57 | 71 | 73 | 64 | 72 | |
| 17 yrs | CLE | 90 | 85 | 91 | 83 | 70 | 80 | 91 | 64 | 75 | 81 | 72 | 68 | 30 | 62 | 65 | 89 | 77 | 81 | 93 | 62 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 69 | 53 | 59 | 77 | 82 | 69 | 77 | |
| 8 yrs | CIN | 54 | 67 | 59 | 59 | 66 | 57 | 83 | 48 | 64 | 64 | 75 | 49 | 44 | 58 | 58 | 94 | 61 | 54 | 60 | 50 | 59 | 42 | 56 | 34 | 46 | 54 | 60 | 55 | 53 | 62 | |