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Initially, the brown tops featured orange numbers with brown and white trim, but were reverted to plain white numbers due to legibility concerns. [2] [19] 1985 – The Browns reverted to the classic look. While the brown jerseys kept the same design it wore two seasons prior, the white jerseys returned to the pre-1969 style with thicker stripes ...
Taking full advantage of a pass interception and a fumble, Detroit ran up a 17–0 lead in the first quarter. Rookie running back Jim Brown gave the Cleveland rooters some hope with a 29-yard touchdown run at the start of the second period. Things went from bad to worse for the Browns, hampered by injuries to quarterbacks O'Connell and Plum.
The 1957 Cleveland Browns season was the team's eighth season with the National Football League. They were 9–2–1 in the regular season and won the Eastern Conference title, but lost the championship game to the Detroit Lions , 59–14.
William Clay Ford, photographed in 1961. Ford was 32 years old when the Lions won the national championship in 1957.
The 1957 NFL season was the 38th regular season of the National Football League. After a 6-game preseason slate, the league's 12 teams played a 12-game league schedule — 72 regular season contests in all.
Cleveland Browns rookie Jim Brown shakes off three tacklers and runs 29 yards for a touchdown in the 1957 NFL championship game. Brown led the league in rushing in all but one season in his career. With Otto Graham and most of the other original Browns in retirement, by 1957 the team was struggling to replenish its ranks. [ 73 ]
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