This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

2006 Cleveland BrownsW2006 Cleveland Browns↗

NFL · AFC North · 4–12 (.250) · 4th in division · PF 238 · PA 356 · Coach Romeo Crennel

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Team leaders

Passing (yds)

2449Charlie Frye
793Derek Anderson

Rushing (yds)

Receiving (yds)

Sacks

Interceptions

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	926	1024
EPA per play	-0.20	-0.00
Pass EPA per play	-0.20	+0.04
Rush EPA per play	-0.20	-0.06
Success rate	38.0%	41.3%
Pass rate	60.6%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.04, success rate 41.6%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium
2006-09-10	1	vs New Orleans Saints	L 14–19	0–1	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2006-09-17	2	@ Cincinnati Bengals	L 17–34	0–2	Paul Brown Stadium
2006-09-24	3	vs Baltimore Ravens	L 14–15	0–3	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2006-10-01	4	@ Oakland Raiders	W 24–21	1–3	McAfee Coliseum
2006-10-08	5	@ Carolina Panthers	L 12–20	1–4	Bank of America Stadium
2006-10-22	7	vs Denver Broncos	L 7–17	1–5	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2006-10-29	8	vs New York Jets	W 20–13	2–5	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2006-11-05	9	@ San Diego Chargers	L 25–32	2–6	Qualcomm Stadium
2006-11-12	10	@ Atlanta Falcons	W 17–13	3–6	Georgia Dome
2006-11-19	11	vs Pittsburgh Steelers	L 20–24	3–7	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2006-11-26	12	vs Cincinnati Bengals	L 0–30	3–8	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2006-12-03	13	vs Kansas City Chiefs	W 31–28 OT	4–8	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2006-12-07	14	@ Pittsburgh Steelers	L 7–27	4–9	Heinz Field
2006-12-17	15	@ Baltimore Ravens	L 17–27	4–10	M&T Bank Stadium
2006-12-24	16	vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 7–22	4–11	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2006-12-31	17	@ Houston Texans	L 6–14	4–12	Reliant Stadium

Roster (68)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
3	Derek Anderson	QB	6-6	235	Oregon State	1	RES
6	Lang Campbell	QB	6-1	199	William & Mary	1	ACT
9	Charlie Frye	QB	6-4	220	Akron	1	ACT
11	Ken Dorsey	QB	6-4	215	Miami	3	ACT
42	Terrelle Smith	FB	6-0	246	Arizona State	6	ACT
47	Lawrence Vickers	FB	6-0	250	Colorado	0	ACT
23	Chris Barclay	RB	5-10	180	Wake Forest	0	ACT
29	Jason Wright	RB	5-10	212	Northwestern	2	RES
34	Reuben Droughns	RB	5-11	220	Oregon; Merced College	6	ACT
35	Jerome Harrison	RB	5-9	205	Washington State; Pasadena College; Eastern Michigan	0	ACT
16	Josh Cribbs	WR	6-1	192	Kent State	1	ACT
17	Braylon Edwards	WR	6-3	214	Michigan	1	ACT
18	Kendrick Mosley	WR	6-2	207	Western Michigan	2	ACT
81	Travis Wilson	WR	6-1	210	Oklahoma	0	ACT
84	Joe Jurevicius	WR	6-5	230	Penn State	8	ACT
86	Dennis Northcutt	WR	5-11	172	Arizona	6	ACT
80	Kellen Winslow	TE	6-4	240	Miami	2	ACT
82	Steve Heiden	TE	6-5	270	South Dakota State	7	ACT
87	Darnell Dinkins	TE	6-4	260	Pittsburgh	4	ACT
50	Rob Smith	C	6-4	310	Tennessee	0	ACT
62	Lennie Friedman	C	6-3	290	Duke	7	ACT
66	Hank Fraley	C	6-3	310	Robert Morris	6	ACT
20	Ralph Brown	CB	5-10	185	Nebraska	6	ACT
24	Gary Baxter	CB	6-2	210	Baylor	5	RES
28	Leigh Bodden	CB	6-1	193	Duquesne	3	ACT
30	Antonio Perkins	CB	5-11	194	Oklahoma	1	DEV
33	Daylon McCutcheon	CB	5-10	190	USC	7	RES
37	Mike Hawkins	CB	6-1	187	Oklahoma	1	ACT
38	Therrian Fontenot	CB	5-11	185	Fresno State	1	ACT
39	Daven Holly	CB	5-10	185	Cincinnati	1	ACT
31	Jereme Perry	DB	6-0	202	Eastern Michigan	0	ACT
75	Simon Fraser	DE	6-6	274	Ohio State	1	ACT
91	Jovan Haye	DE	6-2	277	Vanderbilt	1	ACT
93	Orien Harris	DE	6-3	300	Miami	0	ACT
97	Alvin McKinley	DE	6-3	294	Mississippi State; Holmes County JC	6	ACT
98	Nick Eason	DE	6-3	305	Clemson	3	ACT
99	Orpheus Roye	DE	6-4	330	Florida State; Jones County JC	10	RES
96	Baba Oshinowo	DT	6-1	325	Stanford	0	ACT
25	Justin Hamilton	FS	6-3	217	Virginia Tech	0	ACT
27	Brian Russell	FS	6-2	210	San Diego State; Penn	5	RES
60	Cosey Coleman	G	6-4	310	Tennessee	6	RES
61	Isaac Sowells	G	6-3	320	Indiana	0	ACT
63	Joe Andruzzi	G	6-3	315	Southern Connecticut State	9	ACT
67	Fred Matua	G	6-2	315	USC	0	ACT
51	Chaun Thompson	ILB	6-2	243	West Texas State	3	ACT
53	Mason Unck	ILB	6-3	238	Arizona State	3	ACT
54	Andra Davis	ILB	6-1	255	Florida	4	ACT
58	D'Qwell Jackson	ILB	6-0	242	Maryland	0	RES
94	Leon Williams	ILB	6-3	248	Miami	0	ACT
4	Phil Dawson	K	5-11	200	Texas	8	ACT
59	Clifton Smith	LB	6-3	251	Syracuse	3	ACT
64	Ryan Pontbriand	LS	6-2	255	Rice	3	ACT
69	J'Vonne Parker	NT	6-4	325	Rutgers; Howard	1	RES
78	Ethan Kelley	NT	6-2	338	Baylor	3	RES
92	Ted Washington	NT	6-5	375	Louisville	15	ACT
52	Matt Stewart	OLB	6-3	239	Vanderbilt	5	ACT
55	Willie McGinest	OLB	6-5	270	USC	12	ACT
56	Nick Speegle	OLB	6-6	250	New Mexico	1	ACT
90	David McMillan	OLB	6-3	250	Kansas	1	ACT
95	Kamerion Wimbley	OLB	6-4	258	Florida State	0	ACT
15	Dave Zastudil	P	6-3	220	Ohio	4	ACT
36	Ben Emanuel	S	6-2	213	UCLA	1	ACT
21	Brodney Pool	SS	6-2	214	Oklahoma	1	ACT
26	Sean Jones	SS	6-1	220	Georgia	2	ACT
70	Nat Dorsey	T	6-7	335	Georgia Tech	2	ACT
71	Kelly Butler	T	6-7	320	Purdue	2	RES
72	Ryan Tucker	T	6-6	315	TCU	9	RSN
77	Kevin Shaffer	T	6-5	318	Tulsa	4	ACT

Depth chart, week 17

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Hank Fraley	Lennie Friedman	Rob Smith
FB	Terrelle Smith	Lawrence Vickers
LG	Joe Andruzzi	Isaac Sowells
LT	Kevin Shaffer
QB	Ken Dorsey	Lang Campbell	Charlie Frye
RB	Reuben Droughns	Jerome Harrison	Chris Barclay
RG	Fred Matua
RT	Nat Dorsey
TE	Kellen Winslow	Steve Heiden	Darnell Dinkins
WR	Braylon Edwards	Joe Jurevicius	Travis Wilson

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
FS	Brodney Pool	Ben Emanuel
LCB	Leigh Bodden	Jereme Perry
LE	Simon Fraser	Orien Harris
LOLB	Willie McGinest	David McMillan
MLB	Leon Williams	Clifton Smith	Nick Speegle
NT	Ted Washington	Baba Oshinowo
RCB	Daven Holly	Ralph Brown	Therrian Fontenot
RE	Alvin McKinley	Nick Eason
ROLB	Kamerion Wimbley	Matt Stewart
SS	Sean Jones	Justin Hamilton
WLB	Andra Davis	Chaun Thompson	Mason Unck

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd
H	Dave Zastudil
K	Phil Dawson
KR	Josh Cribbs	Jerome Harrison
LS	Ryan Pontbriand	Steve Heiden
P	Dave Zastudil
PR	Dennis Northcutt	Josh Cribbs

Biggest contracts on the books in 2006

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Courtney Brown	ED	2000	7	$44.9M	$6.4M	$10.9M	10.3%
Kellen Winslow	TE	2005	6	$24.0M	$3.9M	$4.4M	4.6%
Kellen Winslow	TE	2004	6	$15.3M	$2.5M	$11.1M	3.2%
Phil Dawson	K	2005	5	$7.0M	$1.4M	$1.6M	1.6%
D'Qwell Jackson	LB	2006	4	$4.2M	$1.1M	$2.4M	1.0%
Jason Wright	RB	2006	2	$865,000	$432,500	$20,000	0.4%
Jason Wright	RB	2005	2	$690,000	$345,000	$0	0.4%

Contracts whose term covers this season (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is against the cap of the signing year.

Trades in 2006 (9)

Date	Trade
2006-03-20	ATL → CLV: 2006 round 4 pick 112 CLV → ATL: Chris Crocker
2006-04-29	BLT → CLV: 2006 round 1 pick 13, 2006 round 6 pick 181 CLV → BLT: 2006 round 1 pick 12
2006-04-29	CLV → NOR: Jeff Faine, 2006 round 2 pick 43 NOR → CLV: 2006 round 2 pick 34
2006-05-08	CLV → SFO: Trent Dilfer SFO → CLV: Ken Dorsey, 2006 round 3
2006-08-08	CLV → NWE: 2007 round 5 NWE → CLV: Ross Tucker
2006-08-14	CLV → NYJ: Lee Suggs NYJ → CLV: Derrick Strait
2006-08-22	CLV → GNB: Carlton Brewster GNB → CLV: Therrian Fontenot
2006-08-24	CHI → CLV: Lennie Friedman CLV → CHI: 2007 round 7 pick 221
2006-09-02	CLV → PHI: 2008 round 7 PHI → CLV: Hank Fraley

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