Head coach Blanton Collier Record 10–3–1 Playoff finish Lost NFL Championship | Home field Cleveland Stadium Division place 1st NFL Century | |
The 1969 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 20th season with the National Football League and the last before the 1970 AFL-NFL Merger.
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The Browns made it to the 1969 NFL Championship Game, where they fell to the Minnesota Vikings. The 1969 season would be the last year that Cleveland would win a postseason game until 1986. In addition, that victory over Dallas would also be the last time the Browns won a postseason game on the road as of 2015.
NFL Draft
The following were selected in the 1969 NFL Draft.
Preseason
On August 30, a crowd of 85,532 fans viewed a doubleheader at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium. In the first contest, the Chicago Bears (with All-Pro running back Gale Sayers) played the AFL's Buffalo Bills (with rookie running back O.J. Simpson), while the Cleveland Browns hosted the Green Bay Packers in the second match.
Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.