1959 Cleveland Browns Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-5
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Paul Brown (7-5)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio

1959 Cleveland Browns Roster
1959 Cleveland Browns Results

The Cleveland Browns of the National Football League ended the 1959 season with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division.

The Browns scored 270 points, and the defense surrendered 214. Jim Brown powered the ground game, running for a 1,329 yards for Cleveland.

Milt Plum passed for 1,992 yards. Billy Howton topped all receivers, snagging 39 passes, while Ray Renfro added 528 receiving yards, while Bobby Mitchell contributed to the receiving game also.

Bernie Parrish and Junior Wren each picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition.

Paul Brown coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Milt Plum	266	156	58.6	1992	7.5	14	5.3	8	3.0	76	87.2
Jim Ninowski	10	3	30.0	41	4.1	0	0.0	1	10.0	20	4.6
Totals	276	159	57.6	2033	7.4	14	5.1	9	3.3	76

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Jim Brown	290	1329	4.6	70	14
Bobby Mitchell	131	743	5.7	90	5
Milt Plum	21	20	1.0	17	1
Ed Modzelewski	6	18	3.0	5	0
Bob Ptacek	3	13	4.3	6	0
Jim Ninowski	1	11	11.0	11	0
Leroy Bolden	4	11	2.8	9	0
Preston Carpenter	1	4	4.0	4	0
Totals	457	2149	4.7	90	20

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Billy Howton	39	510	13.1	36	1
Bobby Mitchell	35	351	10.0	76	4
Ray Renfro	30	528	17.6	70	6
Preston Carpenter	24	372	15.5	43	2
Jim Brown	24	190	7.9	25	0
Frank Clarke	3	44	14.7	20	0
Ed Modzelewski	3	18	6.0	13	1
Milt Plum	1	20	20.0	20	0
Totals	159	2033	12.8	76	14

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Lou Groza	37	33	89.2	16	5	31.2	48
Totals	37	33	89.2	16	5	31.2	48

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Junior Wren	27	996	36.9	55
Jim Shofner	23	860	37.4	48
Totals	50	1856	37.1	55

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bobby Mitchell	17	177	10.4	78	1
Ken Konz	9	34	3.8	11	0
Totals	26	211	8.1	78	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bobby Mitchell	11	236	21.5	31
Leroy Bolden	9	170	18.9	38
Jim Brown	4	88	22.0	29
Ed Modzelewski	4	37	9.2	19
Chuck Noll	1	20	20.0	20
Totals	29	551	19.0	38

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bernie Parrish	5	83	16.6	37	1
Junior Wren	5	39	7.8	22	0
Jim Shofner	2	50	25.0	30	0
Chuck Noll	2	5	2.5	5	0
Ken Konz	1	35	35.0	21	0
Galen Fiss	1	9	9.0	9	0
Walt Michaels	1	7	7.0	7	0
Warren Lahr	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	18	228	12.7	37	1

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Walt Michaels		0	0	4	12	0
Bob Gain			0	2	0	0
Galen Fiss		0	0	2	5	0
Jim Brown			2	1	0
Junior Wren		0	0	1	44	1
Dave Lloyd			0	1	0	0
Leroy Bolden			1	1	0	0
Paul Wiggin			0	1	0	0
Bobby Mitchell			2	1	0
Sid Youngelman			0	1	0	0
Milt Plum			2	0	0
Fran O'Brien			1	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	8	15	61	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Jim Brown	14	0		0					0	0	0			84
Bobby Mitchell	5	4	1	0					0	0	0			60
Lou Groza									5	33	0			48
Ray Renfro		6							0	0	0			36
Preston Carpenter	0	2							0	0	0			12
Milt Plum	1	0							0	0	0			6
Ed Modzelewski	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Junior Wren						0	1		0	0	0			6
Billy Howton		1							0	0	0			6
Bernie Parrish						1			0	0	0			6
Totals	20	14	1	0	0	1	1	0	5	33	0	0	0	270