1955 Cleveland Browns Statistics
Team Record: 9-2-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Coach: Paul Brown (9-2-1)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1955 Cleveland Browns Results
The Cleveland Browns of the National Football League ended the 1955 season with a record of 9 wins and 2 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the NFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-0.
The defense proved to be a force, as the Browns conceded 218 points, the lowest total in the circuit. Cleveland piled up points with 349 points. Fred Morrison ran for a team-leading 824 yards, while Ed Modzelewski also contributed to the rushing attack.
Otto Graham tossed for 1,721 yards. Pete Brewster snagged 34 passes for 622 yards, while Dante Lavelli and Ray Renfro were targeted regularly as well.
Warren Lahr, Chuck Noll and Ken Konz each snatched 5 errant tosses from the opposition.
Paul Brown coached the team. The 1955 Cleveland Browns won the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Graham | 185 | 98 | 53.0 | 1721 | 9.3 | 15 | 8.1 | 8 | 4.3 | 61 | 94.0 |
| George Ratterman | 47 | 32 | 68.1 | 504 | 10.7 | 6 | 12.8 | 3 | 6.4 | 35 | 116.5 |
| Ray Renfro | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 234 | 130 | 55.6 | 2225 | 9.5 | 21 | 9.0 | 11 | 4.7 | 61 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Morrison | 156 | 824 | 5.3 | 56 | 3 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 185 | 619 | 3.3 | 25 | 6 |
| Maurice Bassett | 38 | 174 | 4.6 | 30 | 3 |
| Bob Smith | 37 | 142 | 3.8 | 31 | 1 |
| Otto Graham | 68 | 121 | 1.8 | 36 | 6 |
| Ray Renfro | 29 | 90 | 3.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 10 | 44 | 4.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Johnny Petitbon | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| George Ratterman | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 10 | 1 |
| Tommy James | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Henry Ford | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Horace Gillom | 1 | -15 | -15.0 | -15 | 0 |
| Totals | 536 | 2020 | 3.8 | 56 | 20 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Brewster | 34 | 622 | 18.3 | 41 | 6 |
| Dante Lavelli | 31 | 492 | 15.9 | 49 | 4 |
| Ray Renfro | 29 | 603 | 20.8 | 61 | 8 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 13 | 113 | 8.7 | 28 | 2 |
| Fred Morrison | 9 | 185 | 20.6 | 49 | 0 |
| Maurice Bassett | 9 | 83 | 9.2 | 25 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | 46 | 1 |
| Bob Smith | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 130 | 2225 | 17.1 | 61 | 21 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Gillom | 58 | 2389 | 41.2 | 56 |
| Totals | 58 | 2389 | 41.2 | 56 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Paul | 19 | 148 | 7.8 | 60 | 1 |
| Ken Konz | 17 | 138 | 8.1 | 42 | 0 |
| Bob White | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Henry Ford | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 44 | 337 | 7.7 | 60 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Smith | 13 | 320 | 24.6 | 47 | 0 |
| Bob White | 10 | 258 | 25.8 | 42 | 0 |
| Maurice Bassett | 7 | 151 | 21.6 | 31 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Ken Konz | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Walt Michaels | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Totals | 41 | 949 | 23.1 | 47 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Noll | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 24 | 1 |
| Warren Lahr | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Ken Konz | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 15 | 1 |
| Don Paul | 4 | 49 | 12.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Tommy James | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Johnny Petitbon | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Walt Michaels | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 1 |
| Carlton Massey | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 287 | 11.5 | 25 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Konz | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Paul | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Otto Graham | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Smith | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Colo | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Henry Ford | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Gain | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Petitbon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harold Bradley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Len Ford | 0 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Warren Lahr | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Gatski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike McCormack | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Brewster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dub Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fred Morrison | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Ratterman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Modzelewski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Maurice Bassett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 27 | 23 | 93 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Lou Groza | 11 | 44 | 0 | 77 | ||||||||||
| Ray Renfro | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| Ed Modzelewski | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Pete Brewster | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| Otto Graham | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| Dante Lavelli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Maurice Bassett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Fred Morrison | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Chuck Noll | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| Walt Michaels | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Ken Konz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| George Ratterman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bob Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Dub Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Don Paul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 20 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 349 |
