The
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland. Named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown, they compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conferenc ...
season was the team's eleventh season, and seventh season with the
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the majo ...
.
This was the first season in which the Browns missed the playoffs, and its first season with a losing record. The Browns lost seven games in 1956, after having lost a total of only 17 over the previous ten seasons combined.
Exhibition schedule
Regular season
Schedule
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.
Season recap
Week 1 at Chicago
The post
Otto Graham era begins with a 9-7 loss to the
Cardinals in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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. Cleveland's only score comes on a 46-yard touchdown pass from
George Ratterman to
Ray Renfro in the first quarter. But
Pat Summerall
George Allen "Pat" Summerall (May 10, 1930 – April 16, 2013) was an American football player and television sportscaster who worked for CBS, Fox, and ESPN. In addition to football, he announced major golf and tennis events. Summerall ann ...
's third field goal, a nine-yarder with 29 seconds remaining, won it for the Cardinals and broke a twelve-game losing streak to the Browns.
The Cardinals later won the season finale.
Standings
References
External links
1956 Cleveland Brownsat Pro Football Reference (profootballreference.com)
1956 Cleveland Browns Statisticsat jt-sw.com
1956 Cleveland Browns Scheduleat jt-sw.com
at DatabaseFootball.com
Cleveland
Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the United States, U.S. U.S. state, state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along ...
Cleveland Browns seasons
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland. Named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown, they compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conferenc ...
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