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1958 Cleveland Browns season

NFL team season

1958 Cleveland Browns season

NFL team season

FieldValue
teamCleveland Browns
year1958
coachPaul Brown
stadiumCleveland Stadium
record9–3
division_placeT-1st Eastern
playoffsLost Eastern Conference Playoff
(at Giants) 0–10
pro bowlersLou Groza, LT/K
Don Colo, DT
Don Paul, CB
Walt Michaels, LB
Jim Ray Smith, G
Bob Gain, DT
Jim Brown, FB
shortnavlinkBrowns seasons

(at Giants) 0–10 Don Colo, DT Don Paul, CB Walt Michaels, LB Jim Ray Smith, G Bob Gain, DT Jim Brown, FB

The Browns team

The 1958 Cleveland Browns season was the team's ninth season with the National Football League. They were 9–3 in the regular season, tied for first in the Eastern Conference with the New York Giants, in the tiebreaker playoff the Giants won 10–0.

Exhibition schedule

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August 16vs. Pittsburgh Steelers at AkronW 10–01–027,202
August 22at Detroit LionsL 17–71–136,662
August 29at Los Angeles RamsW 13–102–141,387
September 7at San Francisco 49ersL 21–162–231,339
September 12at Chicago BearsL 42–312–352,669
September 20Detroit LionsW 41–73–335,343

Regular season

Main article: 1958 NFL season

  • Tommy O’Connell was the first MVP to be cut from a team before the start of the following season.

Schedule

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September 28at Los Angeles RamsW 30–271–0L.A. Memorial Coliseum69,993Recap
October 5at Pittsburgh SteelersW 45–122–0Forbes Field31,130Recap
October 12Chicago CardinalsW 35–283–0Cleveland Stadium65,403Recap
October 19Pittsburgh SteelersW 27–104–0Cleveland Stadium66,852Recap
October 26at Chicago CardinalsW 38–245–0Comiskey Park30,933Recap
November 2New York GiantsL 17–215–1Cleveland Stadium78,404Recap
November 9Detroit LionsL 10–305–2Cleveland Stadium75,563Recap
November 16at Washington RedskinsW 20–106–2Griffith Stadium32,372Recap
November 23Philadelphia EaglesW 28–147–2Cleveland Stadium51,319Recap
November 30Washington RedskinsW 21–148–2Cleveland Stadium33,240Recap
December 7at Philadelphia EaglesW 21–149–2Franklin Field36,773Recap
December 14at New York GiantsL 10–139–3Yankee Stadium63,192Recap
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Season summary

For the second straight year, one of their rivals had gotten revenge for something that had happened earlier in the decade.

After the Detroit Lions whipped the Browns 59–14 in the 1957 NFL Championship Game to atone for the 56–10 pounding they had absorbed from Cleveland in the title contest three years earlier, the 1958 New York Giants took their turn. The Giants shut out the Browns 10–0 in a tiebreaker playoff game at Yankee Stadium to determine the Eastern Conference champion. The last time the two teams met in such a special playoff contest was 1950, when Cleveland edged New York 8–3 to win the title in the American Conference, the forerunner of the Eastern Conference, and advance to the league championship game.

As was the case in 1950, the 1958 Giants also beat Cleveland twice during the regular season, 21–17 and 13–10, and the teams tied for first with a 9–3 record. The Browns went into the latter game at 9–2, needing a tie (or a win) to clinch the conference crown, and led 7–0 early in the first quarter and 10–3 in the fourth quarter. Future broadcaster Pat Summerall kicked a 49-yard field goal in a snowstorm to provide the win, even though he made barely 50 percent (12-of-23) of his attempts during the regular season. Seven days later in the tiebreaker playoff, Summerall added a 26-yard field goal in a game highlighted by the fact the Giants held hall of fame running back Jim Brown to a career-low eight yards rushing on seven carries, and limited the Browns to just 86 yards of total offense.

In the following week's NFL Championship Game at Yankee Stadium, later dubbed "The Greatest Game Ever Played," the Giants lost 23–17 in overtime to the Baltimore Colts.

Aside from the three losses to the Giants, the only team to beat the Browns in 1958 were the Detroit Lions, who gained a 30–10 decision midway through the year.

Standings

Program for the October 19 game against the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers.

Playoffs

Main article: 1958 NFL playoffs

This game was an unscheduled tiebreaker game to determine the Western conference title.

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December 21at New York GiantsL 0–100–1Yankee Stadium61,174Recap

Roster

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Quarterbacks

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References

References

  1. (December 15, 1958). "Giants force playoff, jolt Browns, 13-10". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  2. Schell, Jack. (December 15, 1958). "Summerall's kick gives Giants 13-10 win, forces playoff with Browns". Youngstown Vindicator.
  3. (December 22, 1958). "Giants do the 'impossible', blank Browns". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  4. Hand, Jack. (December 22, 1958). "Giants blank Browns". Eugene Register-Guard.
  5. Giants Among Men, Jack Cavanaugh, p.133, 2008, Random House, {{ISBN. 978-1-4000-6717-6
  6. (December 29, 1958). "Unitas hero as Colts get 23-17 title win". Reading Eagle.
  7. (December 29, 1958). "Colts win 23-17 in overtime". Milwaukee Sentinel.
  8. Maule, Tex. (January 5, 1959). "The best football game ever played".
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