AnswersDriveCLEVELAND BROWNS – The Cleveland All-America Football Conference franchise conducted a fan contest in 1945 to name the team. The most popular submission was “Browns” in recognition of the team's first coach and general manager Paul Brown, who was already a popular figure in Ohio sports.
Why are they called the Buffalo Bills?
In 1947 a contest was held to rename the Bisons, which was owned by James Breuil of the Frontier Oil Company. The winning entry suggested Bills, reflecting on the famous western frontiersman, Buffalo Bill Cody.
Do the Browns have a mascot?
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When was the last time the Browns?
It was the first time since Dec. 13, 2015 the Browns ended a football game with more points than their opponents, and that includes preseason. Johnny Manziel started that game against the 49ers. It was a looooong time ago. The Browns last won a game December 13, 2015.
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Do the Cleveland Browns have a Superbowl win?
Four current NFL teams have never appeared in a Super Bowl, including franchise relocations and renaming: the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Houston Texans, though both the Browns (1964) and Lions (1957) had won NFL championship games prior to the creation of the Super Bowl.
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Why do they call them the Browns?
Paul Brown, who coach Bill Walsh once called the "father of modern football", was the team's namesake and first coach. From the beginning of play in 1946 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, the Browns were a great success. Cleveland won each of the AAFC's four championship games before the league dissolved in 1949.
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What team has never made it to the Superbowl?
There are four current NFL teams who've never played in a Super Bowl: the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans, and Jacksonville Jaguars. But if you think that's depressing, try being a Minnesota Vikings or Buffalo Bills fan. Both teams have appeared in four Super Bowls, but have never won.
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What teams have never won a Super Bowl?
There are 13 NFL franchises that have not won a Super Bowl. The Bengals, Bills, Browns, Cardinals, Chargers, Eagles, Falcons, Jaguars, Lions, Panthers, Texans, Titans and Vikings have not won a Super Bowl in their history. The Browns, Jaguars, Lions and Texans have never reached the Super Bowl.
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What is a bill as in Buffalo?
Buffalo's team in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) in 1946 was the Bisons. In 1947 a contest was held to rename the team, which was owned by James Breuil of the Frontier Oil Company. The winning entry suggested Bills, reflecting on the famous western frontiersman, Buffalo Bill Cody.
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When was the last time the Browns were in the playoffs?
Post-season droughts
| Team | Last appearance in post-season | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns ^ | 2002 AFC Wild Card Playoffs | 15 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2007 NFC Wild Card Playoffs | 10 |
| New York Jets | 2010 AFC Championship Game | 7 |
| Chicago Bears | 2010 NFC Championship Game | 7 |
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How many times did the Falcons win the Super Bowl?
The Falcons have appeared in two Super Bowls, the first being during the 1998 season in Super Bowl XXXIII, where they lost to the Denver Broncos 34–19, and the second being a 34–28 overtime defeat by the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LI.
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Why do they call them the Minnesota Vikings?
According to the Vikings' website, Bert Rose, Minnesota's general manager when it joined the NFL in 1961, recommended the nickname to the team's Board of Directors because "it represented both an aggressive person with the will to win and the Nordic tradition in the northern Midwest."
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How many rings does the Cleveland Browns have?
The Browns went on to win three NFL championships, nearly dominating the NFL in the 1950s, and won one more NFL championship in 1964. The team has yet to appear in a Super Bowl, however. Overall, the team has won eight championships: four in the AAFC, and four in the NFL.
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What year did the Browns come back?
It marked the return of professional football to the city of Cleveland, Ohio for the first time since the 1995 season, when the franchise was temporarily deactivated following the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy, which ultimately established the Baltimore Ravens.
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Where did the Cleveland Browns get their name from?
CLEVELAND BROWNS – The Cleveland All-America Football Conference franchise conducted a fan contest in 1945 to name the team. The most popular submission was “Browns” in recognition of the team's first coach and general manager Paul Brown, who was already a popular figure in Ohio sports.
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How did the 49ers get their name?
The 49ers were the first major league professional sports franchise based in San Francisco. The name "49ers" comes from the prospectors who arrived in Northern California in the 1849 Gold Rush. The team is legally and corporately registered as the San Francisco Forty Niners.
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How did the Vikings come up with their names?
The Vikings came from three countries of Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The name 'Viking' comes from a language called 'Old Norse' and means 'a pirate raid'. People who went off raiding in ships were said to be 'going Viking'.
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Where did the name The Browns come from?
CLEVELAND BROWNS. There's some debate about whether Cleveland's professional football franchise was named after its first coach and general manager, Paul Brown, or after boxer Joe Louis, who was nicknamed the “Brown Bomber.”
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When did Browns move back to Cleveland?
On November 6, 1995, with the team sitting at 4–5, Modell announced in a press conference at Camden Yards that he had signed a deal to relocate the Browns to Baltimore in 1996 – a move which would return the NFL to that city since the Colts relocated to Indianapolis after the 1983 season.
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How did the Titans get their name?
The name Oilers was often ridiculed by callers to radio sports talk shows in Nashville who said the name was not relevant to Tennessee. "Titans come from early Greek mythology and the fact that Nashville is known as the `Athens of the South' makes the Titans name very appropriate," Adams said.
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How did the Panthers come up with their name?
Jerry Richardson (owner) picked Panthers because he liked it. They used Carolina rather than Charlotte because they wanted to capture fans throughout the Carolinas rather than just focusing on the home city. How did the Carolina Panthers get their team name?
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How did the San Diego Chargers get their name?
Barron Hilton, the hotel magnate, organized the team to start in the AFL in 1960 in Los Angeles. Fans were asked to submit names. The club's nickname was submitted by Gerald Courtney of Hollywood. Hilton selected 'Chargers' in part because it coincided with the arrival of the new Carte Blanche charge card.
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How did the Bengals get their name?
The franchise takes its name from an earlier Cincinnati Bengals team, which played from 1937 to 1941. It also was a nod to Paul Brown's Massillon, Ohio, roots where he coached the high school team known as the Tigers. In 1967, an ownership group led by Paul Brown was granted a franchise in the American Football League.