1969 Cleveland Browns season
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1969 Cleveland Browns season
| 1969 Cleveland Browns season | |||||||
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| Head coach | Blanton Collier | ||||||
| Home field | Cleveland Stadium | ||||||
| Local radio | WHK · WMMS | ||||||
| Results | |||||||
| Record | 10–3–1 | ||||||
| Division Place | 1st NFL Century | ||||||
| Playoff finish | Lost NFL Championship | ||||||
| Timeline | |||||||
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The 1969 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 20th season with the National Football League and the last before the 1970 AFL-NFL Merger.
The Browns made it to the 1969 NFL Championship Game, where they fell to the Minnesota Vikings. The 1969 season would be the last year that Cleveland would win a postseason game until 1986.
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Offseason
NFL Draft
The following were selected in the 1969 NFL Draft.
| Round | Overall | Player | Position | School/Club Team |
| 1 | 20 | Ron Johnson | Running Back | Michigan |
| 3 | 55 | Al Jenkins | Guard | Tulsa |
| 3 | 72 | Chip Glass | Tight End | Florida State |
| 4 | 98 | Freddie Summers | Defensive Back | Washington (MD) |
| 5 | 124 | Fair Hooker | Wide Receiver | Arizona State |
| 6 | 145 | Larry Adams | Defensive Tackle | Texas Christian University |
| 6 | 150 | Joe Righetti | Defensive Tackle | Waynesburg |
| 7 | 176 | Walt Sumner | Defensive Back | Florida State |
| 8 | 202 | Chuck Reynolds | Center | Tulsa |
| 9 | 228 | Ron Kamzelski | Defensive Tackle | Minnesota |
| 10 | 254 | Greg Shelly | Guard | Virginia |
| 11 | 280 | Dave Jones | Wide Receiver | Kansas State |
| 12 | 306 | Dick Davis | Running Back | Nebraska |
| 13 | 332 | Tommy Boutwell | Wide Receiver | Southern Miss |
| 14 | 358 | Jiggy Smaha | Defensive Tackle | Georgia |
| 15 | 384 | Joe Stevenson | Tight End | Georgia Tech |
| 16 | 410 | James Lowe | Flanker | Tuskegee |
| 17 | 436 | Bob Oliver | Defensive End | Abilene Christian |
Preseason
On August 30, a crowd of 85,532 fans viewed a doubleheader at Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium. In the first contest, the Chicago Bears played the AFL’s Buffalo Bills, while the Cleveland Browns hosted the Green Bay Packers in the second match.[2]
Exhibition schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance |
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| 1 | August 10, 1969 | vs. San Francisco 49ers at Seattle | W 24–19 |
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| 2 | August 16, 1969 | at Los Angeles Rams | W 10–3 |
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| 3 | August 23, 1969 | at San Diego Chargers | T 19–19 |
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| 4 | August 30, 1969 | Green Bay Packers | L 27–17 |
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| 5 | September 6, 1969 | at Washington Redskins | W 20–10 |
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| 6 | September 13, 1969 | vs. Minnesota Vikings at Akron | L 23–16 |
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Regular season schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance |
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| 1 | September 21, 1969 | at Philadelphia Eagles | W 27–20 |
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| 2 | September 28, 1969 | Washington Redskins | W 27–23 |
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| 3 | October 5, 1969 | Detroit Lions | L 28–21 |
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| 4 | October 12, 1969 | at New Orleans Saints | W 27–17 |
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| 5 | October 18, 1969 | Pittsburgh Steelers | W 42–31 |
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| 6 | October 26, 1969 | St. Louis Cardinals | T 21–21 |
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| 7 | November 2, 1969 | Dallas Cowboys | W 42–10 |
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| 8 | November 9, 1969 | at Minnesota Vikings | L 51–3 |
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| 9 | November 16, 1969 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | W 24–3 |
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| 10 | November 23, 1969 | New York Giants | W 28–17 |
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| 11 | November 30, 1969 | at Chicago Bears | W 28–24 |
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| 12 | December 7, 1969 | Green Bay Packers | W 20–7 |
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| 13 | December 14, 1969 | at St. Louis Cardinals | W 27–21 |
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| 14 | December 21, 1969 | at New York Giants | L 27–14 |
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Standings
| NFL Century | |||||||
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| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |
| Cleveland Browns | 10 | 3 | 1 | .769 | 351 | 300 | L-1 |
| New York Giants | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | 264 | 298 | W-3 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 9 | 1 | .308 | 314 | 389 | L-3 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 13 | 0 | .071 | 218 | 404 | L-13 |
Roster
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Playoffs
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance |
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| Eastern Conference | December 4, 1969 | at Dallas Cowboys | W 38–14 |
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| NFL Championship | January 4, 1970 | at Minnesota Vikings | L 27–7 |
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References
- ^ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1969.htm
- ^ Rockin’ the Rockpile: The Buffalo Bills of the American Football League, p.439, Jeffrey J. Miller, ECW Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1-55022-797-0
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| Eastern Conference | Western Conference | ||
| Capitol | Century | Coastal | Central |
| Dallas | Cleveland | Atlanta | Chicago |
| New Orleans | NY Giants | Baltimore | Detroit |
| Philadelphia | Pittsburgh | Los Angeles | Green Bay |
| Washington | St. Louis | San Francisco | Minnesota |
| 1969 NFL Draft • NFL Playoffs • NFL Championship • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl IV Related: 1969 AFL Season |
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