- List of Cleveland Browns starting quarterbacks
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Won/Lost Records
Quarterbacks who have started for the Cleveland Browns football team from the team's first NFL season of 1950 through November 13th of the 2011-12 season. A player is credited with a win if he started the game and the team won that game, no matter if the player was injured or permanently removed on the second play from scrimmage. Only regular season games included. The Browns' AAFC games from 1946-1949 are not included yet.
(Note: the Browns did not field a team during the years 1996-98.)
Sorted by number of starts. Members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in italics and current starter in bold.
Quarterback Uniform No(s) Games Started Wins Losses Ties Winning Pct. Sipe, Brian 17 112 57 55 0 .5089 Kosar, Bernie 19 105 53 51 1 .5095 Ryan, Frank 13 76 52 22 2 .697 Graham, Otto 60,14 71 57 13 1 .810 Couch, Tim 2 59 22 37 0 .373 Nelsen, Bill 16 51 34 16 1 .676 Phipps, Mike 15 51 24 25 2 .490 Plum, Milt 16 51 33 16 2 .667 Anderson, Derek 3 34 16 18 0 .471 Testaverde, Vinny 12 31 16 15 0 .516 McDonald, Paul 16 21 8 13 0 .381 Frye, Charlie 9 19 6 13 0 .316 O'Connell, Tommy 15 14 10 3 1 .750 Holcomb, Kelly 10 12 4 8 0 .333 Ninowski, Jim 15,16 11 5 6 0 .455 Dilfer, Trent 8 11 4 7 0 .364 Garcia, Jeff 5 10 3 7 0 .300 Pederson, Doug 18 8 1 7 0 .125 Danielson, Gary 18 8 5 3 0 .625 Tomczak, Mike 18 8 4 4 0 .500 Quinn, Brady 10 12 3 9 0 .250 Pagel, Mike 10 7 2 5 0 .286 Ratterman, George 12,16 5 2 3 0 .400 Philcox, Todd 17 5 2 3 0 .400 Mays, Dave 10 4 1 3 0 .250 Zeier, Eric 10 4 1 3 0 .250 McCown, Luke 12 4 0 4 0 .000 Parilli, Babe 18 3 1 2 0 .333 Rypien, Mark 11 3 2 1 0 .667 Dorsey, Ken 11 3 0 3 0 .000 Strock, Don 12 2 2 0 0 1.000 Christensen, Jeff 11 2 1 1 0 .500 Detmer, Ty 11 2 0 2 0 .000 Gault, Don 11 1 1 0 0 1.000 Lane, Gary 15 1 0 1 0 .000 Dawson, Len 18 1 1 0 0 1.000 Wynn, Spergon 13 1 0 1 0 .000 Luck, Terry 7 1 0 1 0 .000 Cureton, Will 16 1 0 1 0 .000 Gradkowski, Bruce 7 1 0 1 0 .000 Delhomme, Jake 17 4 2 2 0 .500 Wallace, Seneca 6 4 1 3 0 .250 McCoy, Colt 12 17 5 12 0 .294 Starters per season
List of all Cleveland Browns starting quarterbacks sorted by season. The number of regular-season games they started during the season is listed to the right:
Post Season
Here is a list of Cleveland Browns starting quarterbacks during the post season and the W/L record of games they started.
Season(s) Quarterback(s) 2002 Kelly Holcomb (1L) 1994 Vinny Testaverde (1W-1L) 1989 Bernie Kosar (1W-1L) 1988 Don Strock (1L) 1987 Bernie Kosar (1W-1L) 1986 Bernie Kosar (1W-1L) 1985 Bernie Kosar (1L) 1980 Brian Sipe (1L) 1972 Mike Phipps (1L) 1971 Bill Nelsen (1L) 1969 Bill Nelsen (1W-1L) 1968 Bill Nelsen (1W-1L) 1967 Frank Ryan (1L) 1965 Frank Ryan (1L) 1964 Frank Ryan (1W) 1958 Milt Plum (1L) 1957 Tommy O'Connell (1L) 1955 Otto Graham (1W) 1954 Otto Graham (1W) 1953 Otto Graham (1L) 1952 Otto Graham (1L) 1951 Otto Graham (1L) 1950 Otto Graham (2W) 1949 Otto Graham (2W) 1948 Otto Graham (1W) 1947 Otto Graham (2W) 1946 Otto Graham (1W) See also
References
- Database Football.com, last accessed 10/24/07
- Pro Football Reference.com, last accessed 12/29/08
- Cleveland Plain Dealer's Browns History Database, last accessed 7/02/2008
- Bill Levy, Return to Glory: The Story of the Cleveland Browns, (The World Publishing Co., 1965) LCCN 65023356.
Cleveland Browns starting quarterbacks Anderson • Couch • Danielson • Delhomme • Detmer • Dilfer • Dorsey • Frye • Garcia • Gradkowski • Graham • Holcomb • Kosar • Lewis • Mays • McCown • McCoy • McDonald • Nelsen • Ninowski • O'Connell • Pagel • Pederson • Philcox • Phipps • Plum • Quinn • Ratterman • Ryan • Rypien • Sipe • Strock • Testaverde • Tomczak • Wallace • Wynn • ZeierCategories:- Lists of American football players
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