List of Cleveland Browns starting quarterbacks
Quarterbacks who have started for the Cleveland Browns football team from the team's first NFL season of 1950 through week 2, September 14, 2008 of the 2008 regular season.
| Quarterback surname firstname |
Games Started | Wins | Losses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Otto NFL only | 71 | 57.5 | 13.5 |
| Ratterman George | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Parilli Babe | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| O'Connell Tommy | 14 | 10.5 | 3.5 |
| Plum Milt | 52 | 34 | 18 |
| Dawson Len | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ninowski Jim | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| Ryan Frank | 76 | 53 | 23 |
| Lane Gary | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nelsen Bill | 51 | 34.5 | 16.5 |
| Gault Don | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Phipps Mike | 51 | 25 | 26 |
| Sipe Brian | 112 | 57 | 55 |
| Cureton Will | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Luck Terry | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mays Dave | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| McDonald Paul | 21 | 8 | 13 |
| Danielson Gary | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| Kosar Bernie | 105 | 53.5 | 51.5 |
| Christensen Jeff | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Strock Don | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Pagel Mike | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| Philcox Todd | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Tomczak Mike | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Testaverde Vinny | 31 | 16 | 15 |
| Rypien Mark | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Zeier Eric | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Detmer Ty | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Couch Tim | 59 | 22 | 37 |
| Wynn Spergon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Pederson Doug | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| Holcomb Kelly | 12 | 4 | 8 |
| McCown Luke | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Garcia Jeff | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| Frye Charlie | 19 | 6 | 13 |
| Dilfer Trent | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| Anderson Derek | 20 | 10 | 10 |
A player is credited with a win if he started the game and the team won that game, no matter if the player was injured or permanently removed on the second play from scrimmage.
Game that ended in a tie are counted as one-half of a win. Only regular season games included.
Note: 45.5 of Graham's wins and all three of Cliff Lewis' wins occurred when the Browns played in the All America Football Conference, a competitor of the NFL's from 1946-49. Note also that the Browns did not field a team during the years 1996-98.
References
- Database Football.com,url=http://www.databasefootball.com, last accessed 10/24/07
- Pro Football Reference.com, url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com, last accessed 10/24/07
- Cleveland Plain Dealer's Browns History Database, url=http://www.cleveland.com/brownshistory, last accessed 7/02/2008
- Bill Levy, Return to Glory: The Story of the Cleveland Browns, (The World Publishing Co., 1965) LCCN 65023356.