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Is your brain
boggle-free? Then cram these brain-bogglers into it, courtesy of Browns
Facts and Trivia author Roger Gordon!
1. Leroy Kelly led
the Browns in rushing yards every year from 1966-72. Greg Pruitt led the team
in the same category every year from 1974-78. Who was the Browns' rushing
yards leader in 1973?
2. No Browns games
were on Monday Night Football in the three seasons from 1982-84. However,
Cleveland did play one Monday game during that time span. It was during the
1984 season. What team did the Browns play, who won, and what week was it
in?
3. Name the only
year in which the Browns attracted at least 80,000 fans to every home game.
4. When Brian Sipe
passed for 4,132 yards in 1980, he became just the second player in NFL
history to attain at least 4,000 yards passing in one season. Who preceded
him?
5. Who was Paul
McDonald's backup quarterback in 1984?
6. Who caught a
27-yard touchdown pass from Mike Phipps to give the Browns a 14-13 lead
over the heavily-favored, unbeaten Dolphins in an AFC Divisional Playoff on
Christmas Eve 1972?
7. Who kicked the
game-winning field goal as time expired to give the Browns a 30-29 upset
over the Broncos in Mile High Stadium on Oct. 8, 1990,Cleveland's first win
in Denver in 18 years?
8. Jim Brown failed
to show up for training camp on time in the summer of 1966 " and
subsequently retired " because he was busy with his acting role in a
motion picture that was being filmed at the time. What movie was it?
9. Name the only
three current NFL teams the Browns have never beaten at home.
10. Who was the
Browns' starting quarterback in their first game on Sept. 6, 1946, against
the Miami Seahawks?
The questions
for Trivia Time are being provided by Roger Gordon, author of Browns Facts
and Trivia , a 300-page compendium of all the Browns trivia one could ever
hope to know! For more information on Roger's book, click this page to see
more details !
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