Cleveland Browns
| Year
founded:
1946 |
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| City |
Cleveland, Ohio |
| Team colors |
Seal Brown, Burnt Orange, and White |
| Head Coach |
Romeo Crennel |
| Owner |
Randy Lerner |
| General manager |
Phil Savage |
| League/Conference
affiliations |
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All-America Football Conference
(1946-1949)
- Western Division (1946-1948)
National Football League
(1950–present)
- American Conference (1950-1952)
- Eastern Conference (1953-1969)
- Century Division (1967-1969)
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American Football Conference
(1970-1995; 1999-present)
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| Team history |
- Cleveland Browns (1946-1995)
- Suspended operations (1996-1998)
- Cleveland Browns
(1999–present)
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| Championships |
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League Championships (8)
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Conference
Championships (11)
- NFL American: 1950, 1951,
1952
- NFL Eastern: 1953, 1954,
1955, 1957, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969
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Division
Championships (13)
- AAFC Western: 1946, 1947,
1948, 1949
- NFL Century: 1967, 1968,
1969
- AFC Central: 1971, 1980,
1985, 1986, 1987, 1989
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| Home fields |
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Radio and television
As of 2006, the Browns' flagship radio
stations are
WMMS, 100.7FM, a
rock station known commonly as "The
Buzzard", and
news/talk station
WTAM 1100AM.
Jim Donovan, formerly of
NBC Sports and sports director of
WKYC Channel 3, is the play-by-play
announcer, former Browns offensive tackle Doug
Dieken is the color analyst, and WTAM sports
anchor/reporter Andre Knott serves as sideline
reporter.
In 2006, preseason telecasts moved to WKYC
from
WOIO after a controversy arose over the 911
calls at the drowning death of the team owner's
niece (see above). Both
Fox Sports Ohio and
SportsTime Ohio have weekly shows about the
team.
Trivia
- The Browns are one of only six NFL teams
(along with the Detroit Lions,
Arizona Cardinals,
New Orleans Saints,
Jacksonville Jaguars and
Houston Texans) never to have played in
the Super Bowl. Of those six teams, only the
Browns (excluding the "suspended" years),
Lions and Cardinals have been in existence
since before the first Super Bowl was played
in January 1967.
- Cleveland is the only current NFL city
whose franchise has neither played in nor
hosted a Super Bowl. The fact that Cleveland
Browns Stadium is open-air, combined with
Cleveland's typically cold winters, makes it
highly unlikely that the city will host a
Super Bowl.
- If the current incarnation of the Browns
were to be considered a new franchise, then
Cleveland would be the only NFL city to have
given birth to 3 existing NFL franchises -
the
Cleveland-Los Angeles-St. Louis Rams,
the Cleveland Browns - Baltimore Ravens, and
the existing Cleveland Browns.
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