1969 Cleveland Browns season
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.
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.
Offseason
NFL Draft
The following were selected in the 1969 NFL Draft.Round | Overall | Player | Position | School/Club Team |
1 | 20 | Ron Johnson | Running back | Michigan |
3 | 55 | Al Jenkins | Guard | Tulsa |
3 | 72 | Chip Glass | Tight end | Florida State |
4 | 98 | Freddie Summers | Defensive back | Wake Forest |
5 | 124 | Fair Hooker | Wide receiver | Arizona State |
6 | 145 | Larry Adams | Defensive tackle | Texas Christian University |
6 | 150 | Joe Righetti | Defensive tackle | Waynesburg |
7 | 176 | Walt Sumner | Defensive back | Florida State |
8 | 202 | Chuck Reynolds | Center | Tulsa |
9 | 228 | Ron Kamzelski | Defensive tackle | Minnesota |
10 | 254 | Greg Shelly | Guard | Virginia |
11 | 280 | Dave Jones | Wide receiver | Kansas State |
12 | 306 | Dick Davis | Running back | Nebraska |
13 | 332 | Tommy Boutwell | Wide receiver | Southern Miss |
14 | 358 | Jiggy Smaha | Defensive tackle | Georgia |
15 | 384 | Joel Stevenson | Tight end | Georgia Tech |
16 | 410 | James Lowe | Flanker | Tuskegee |
17 | 436 | Bob Oliver | Defensive end | Abilene Christian |