1959 Cleveland Browns season
Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 August 12 , 1959 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 34-20 27,432
2 August 22 , 1959 vs. Detroit Lions at Akron L 9-3 22,654
3 August 30 , 1959 at San Francisco 49ers L 17-14 24,737
4 September 5 , 1959 at Los Angeles Rams W 27-24 55,883
5 September 13 , 1959 at Detroit Lions L 31-28 33,435
6 September 19 , 1959 Chicago Bears W 33-31 25,316
Exhibition Schedule
The 1959 Cleveland Browns season was the team's tenth season with the National Football League. Future Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown rushed for 1,329 yards, leading the league for the third straight year, and 14 touchdowns. QB Milt Plum, who was drafted by the Browns in the 1957 draft with Brown would emerge as a solid quarterback. The Browns had been looking for a replacement for Otto Graham ever since the Hall of Famer retired - for the second time - following the 1955 season. They finally found him when Plum, a second-round draft pick in 1957, threw for 14 TDs with just six interceptions. However, the Browns would finish just 7-5 in 1959,
the second in what would turn out to be a string of six straight seasons in which the Browns had decent to very good teams without qualifying for the postseason. The 7-5 record was also the second worst record since head coach Paul Brown's tenure with the team.