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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.
Cleveland Browns: 9 2 1 .818 8–1–1 269 172 W1 New York Giants: 7 5 0 .583 6–4 254 211 L3 Pittsburgh Steelers: 6 6 0 .500 5–5 161 178 W1 Washington Redskins: 5 6 1 .455 4–5–1 251 230 W3 Philadelphia Eagles: 4 8 0 .333 4–6 173 230 L2 Chicago Cardinals: 3 9 0 .250 2–8 200 299 L1
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.
The Detroit Lions (8–4), winners of the Western Conference in a playoff the previous week, [7] hosted the Cleveland Browns (9–2–1), champions of the Eastern Conference. Detroit had won the regular season game 20–7 three weeks earlier on December 8, also at Briggs Stadium, but lost quarterback Bobby Layne with a broken right ankle late ...
The 1957 National Football League season resulted in a tie for the Western Conference championship between the Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers. Both finished at 8–4 and had split their two games during the regular season in November, with the home team winning each. The tie thus required a one-game playoff to be held between the two teams.
The Baltimore Ravens would begin play in 1996, and the Browns would return to the league in 1999. For record-keeping purposes, the Browns are considered to have suspended operations from 1996 to 1998, which is reflected in this list. In 2017, the Cleveland Browns became the second team in NFL history (2008 Detroit Lions) to suffer an 0–16 record.
The 1920 Akron Pros were named the first APFA (NFL) champions. The National Football League champions, prior to the merger between the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) in 1970, were determined by two different systems. The National Football League was established on September 17, 1920, as the American Professional Football Association (APFA). The APFA changed ...
The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland. The Browns compete in the National Football League (NFL) ... (1957–1959); orange ...