1995 Cleveland Browns season
| 1995 Cleveland Browns season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Bill Belichick |
| Owner | Art Modell |
| Home field | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 5–11 |
| Division place | 4th AFC Central |
| Playoff finish | did not qualify |
The 1995 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 50th season overall and 46th in the National Football League. After finishing 11-5 in 1994 under head coach Bill Belichick and winning a playoff game for the first time since 1989, the Browns were favored by many to reach Cleveland's first ever Super Bowl. The Browns started by winning three of their first four games, but lost three straight in the middle of the season and finished the first half of the season at 4-4.
The day after the Browns recorded their fifth loss, a 37-10 blowout to the Oilers, owner Art Modell announced that he was moving the franchise to Baltimore. Stunned by this news, the team collapsed and only won one of their remaining seven games and Belichick was fired. As part of the agreement to allow Modell to move, the city of Cleveland was allowed to keep the Browns name, the team's history from 1946 onward, and everything else associated with the Browns while Modell would receive a new franchise, which would become known as the Ravens. The Browns' roster would be transferred to Baltimore but the club would otherwise start from scratch as an expansion team would. The NFL also agreed that Cleveland would receive a new franchise once a stadium was built for it, and in 1999 the Browns franchise was reactivated under new ownership. The 1999 Browns were stocked by an expansion draft, but were otherwise a continuation of the original 1946 franchise.
The team was documented in NFL Network's A Football Life.
The Browns' record was 4–5 on November 6, the day that owner Art Modell announced the team would be moving to Baltimore, Maryland for the 1996 season. Cleveland ended the season losing six of their final seven games.
The Browns became the first NFL team to be swept by an expansion team, losing twice to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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