Browns, Rams franchise history, all-time greats, Cleveland roots for both and more, by the numbers

Hall-of-Famers Ozzie Newsome of the Browns and Orlando Pace of the Rams. (AP and Getty Images)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cleveland Browns and Los Angeles Rams franchises have 11 championships and 1,084 wins between them, dating to the the start of each franchise in Cleveland.

In advance of Sunday night's game between the two teams, here's a look at the two franchises by the numbers, from championships and coaches, to leading passers, runners, receivers and more.

The Rams began play in the NFL with nine seasons in Cleveland, leaving for Los Angeles after the 1945 season, but that didn't leave Cleveland Stadium empty of pro football. The Cleveland Browns began play the following season, in 1946, in the new All-America Football Conference.

While the Browns' franchise went idle for three years -- 1996-98 -- the Rams after leaving Cleveland have gone from Los Angeles to St. Louis and back.

Franchise history

A Plain Dealer sports page after the Cleveland Browns defeated the Los Angeles Rams for the 1950 NFL title.

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Cleveland Browns (71st season): The Browns began play in the All-America Football Conference in 1946 and joined the NFL in 1950, playing each season through 1995, then returning to the league in 1999.

Cleveland/Los Angeles/St. Louis/L.A. Rams (83rd season): The Cleveland Rams began play in the NFL in 1937, moved to Los Angeles in 1946, to St. Louis in 1995 and then back to Los Angeles in 2016.

All-time records

-The Browns' record is 517-495-14 all-time, after starting this season 1-1. The all-time record includes a 47-4-3 start in the AAFC from 1946-49.

With their 2-0 start, the Rams are 570-526-21 all-time -- 34-50-2 as the Cleveland Rams, 142-193-1 as the St. Louis Rams and 394-319-18 as the Los Angeles Rams.

Hall-of-Famers

Former Sandusky High School, Ohio State University and St. Louis Rams star Orlando Pace is inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016. (Joe Robbins, Getty Images)

Hall-of-Famers for each team, according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame:

• Browns (21): Bill Willis (1946-53); Bobby Mitchell (1958-61); Dante Lavelli (1946-56); Doug Atkins (1953-54); Frank Gatski (1946-56); Gene Hickerson (1958-73); Henry Jordan (1957-58); Jim Brown (1957-65); Joe DeLamielleure (1980-84); Len Dawson (1960-61); Len Ford (1950-57); Leroy Kelly (1964-73); Lou Groza (1946-59, 1961-67); Marion Motley (1946-53); Mike McCormack (1954-62); Otto Graham (1946-55); Ozzie Newsome (1978-90); Paul Brown (1946-62); Paul Warfield (1964-69, 1976-77); Tommy McDonald (1968); and Willie Davis (1958-59)
• Rams (30): Aeneas Williams (2001-04) ; Andy Robustelli (1951-55); Bill George (1966); Bob (Boomer) Brown (1969-70); Bob Waterfield (1945-52); Dan Reeves (1941-71); David (Deacon) Jones (1961-71); Dick Lane (1952-53); Elroy Hirsch (1949-57); Eric Dickerson (1983-87); George Allen (1966-70); Jackie Slater (1976-95); Jack Youngblood (1971-84); James Lofton (1993); Jerome Bettis (1993-95); Joe Namath (1977); Kevin Greene (1985-92); Kurt Warner (1998-2003); Les Richter (1954-62); Marshall Faulk (1999-2005); Merlin Olsen (1962-76); Norm Van Brocklin (1949-57); Ollie Matson (1959-62); Orlando Pace (1997-2008); Ron Yary (1982); Sid Gillman (1955-59); Tex Schramm (1947-56); Tom Fears (1948-56); Tom Mack (1966-78) and Tommy McDonald (1965-66).

Note: The Hall of Fame lists players with even the briefest of ties for each team. For example, Namath played just four of his 140 regular season games with the Rams.

Championships

Lou Groza kicks the winning field goal for the Cleveland Browns in their 1950 NFL championship game victory over the Los Angeles Rams in Cleveland Stadium. (Plain Dealer file)

The Browns and Rams franchises have won 11 championships between them - nine in Cleveland.

• Browns (8 titles): AAFC in 1946, 1947, 1948 and 1949; NFL in 1950, 1954, 1955 and 1964.
• Rams: (3 titles): Cleveland Rams won the NFL title in 1945, the franchise's last season in Cleveland. The Los Angeles Rams won the 1951 NFL title. The St. Louis Rams won the Super Bowl after the 1999 season.

Last 10 seasons

Over the last 10 seasons - 2009-2018, the two franchises rank near the bottom of the NFL:

• Browns: 41-118 record, 32nd out of 32 NFL teams.
• Rams: 65-94-1 record, 27th in the NFL.

Last season

The Rams advanced to last season's Super Bowl after the lack of an interference penalty after this controversial play against the Saints in the NFC Championship Game. (AP)

The Browns are coming off a strong finish in 2018, when they wound up 7-8-1, third in the AFC North.

The Rams were 13-3 in winning the NFC West before advancing to the Super Bowl.

Last playoff appearance

Rams coach Sean McVay and quarterback Jared Goff hold the 2018 NFC Championship trophy. (AP)

The last playoff appearances for each team:

• Browns (2002 season): Lost to the Steelers, 36-33, on Jan. 5, 2003.
• Rams (2018 season): Defeated the Cowboys, 30-22, on Jan. 12, 2019; defeated the Saints, 26-23, on Jan. 20, 2019; lost to the Patriots in the Super Bowl, 13-3, on Feb. 3, 2019.

Top passers all-time

Cleveland Browns quarterback Brian Sipe in 1982. (David I.Andersen, cleveland.com)

The leading passers in franchise history, in terms of yardage:

• Brian Sipe: 23,713 passing for the Browns from 1974-83.
• Jim Everett: 23,758 yards for the Rams from 1986-93.

Leading rushers

Jim Brown, right, circa 1960. (Hulton Archive, Getty Images)

The leading rushers in franchise history:

• Jim Brown: 12,312 yards for the Browns from 1957-65.
• Steven Jackson: 10,138 yards for the Rams from 2004-12.

Leading receivers

Isaac Bruce of the St. Louis Rams in 2006. (Streeter Lecka, Getty Images)

Leading receivers in franchise history, in terms of yardage:

• Ozzie Newsome: 7,980 yards for the Browns from 1978-90.
• Isaac Bruce: 14,109 yards for the Rams from 1994-2007.

Coaching wins

Coach John Robinson of the Rams during a 1989 game. (Mike Powell, Allsport, Getty Images)

Top coaches for each franchise, based on the number of wins:

• Paul Brown: 158-48-8 for the Browns from 1946-62.
• John Robinson: 75-68 for the Rams from 1983-1991.

Stadiums

Aerial photo taken earlier this year over the new Los Angeles stadium under construction in Inglewood, California. The stadium will be the home of the Chargers and Rams beginning next season, and Super Bowl LVI in February 2022. (Daniel Slim, AFP, Getty Images)

Current stadiums:

• Browns: First Energy Stadium, 1999-present, with a capacity of 67,895. Originally known as Cleveland Browns Stadium.
• Rams: Los Angeles Coliseum, 2016-present, with a capacity of 93,605; moving to the new SoFi Stadium in 2020.

Weather

Here's a sense of the range in weather for football season in the two cities, using opening (Sept. 8) and closing (Dec. 29) days of the 2019 regular season as end points.

• Sept. 8 normal highs: 76 in Cleveland (Burke Lakefront Airport); 75 in Los Angeles.
• Sept. 8 normal lows: 62 in Cleveland; 63 in Los Angeles.
• Dec. 29 normal highs: 36 in Cleveland; 64 in Los Angeles.
• Dec. 29 normal lows: 25 in Cleveland; 48 in Los Angeles.

Sources: Pro Football Reference, Pro Football Hall of Fame, National Weather Service and other cleveland.com/datacentral research.

Rich Exner, data analysis editor for cleveland.com, writes about numbers on a variety of topics. Follow on Twitter @RichExner. See more data-related stories at cleveland.com/datacentral.