Kicker Matt Stover was the last Raven who was an original Brown that made the move with Art Modell. He was released in 2008 by new head coach John Harbaugh, who regretted the decision later in the season. Stover went on to Indianapolis to take over for injured kicker Adam Vinatieri. He retired after the 2009 season.
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The original Cleveland Browns joined the NFL in 1950, coming from the All-America Football Conference along with the San Francisco 49ers. The current Browns franchise began playing in 1999, after Art Modell moved the original Browns to Baltimore after the 1995 season.
The Browns were never undefeated and they were never the Baltimore Ravens. They have been the Cleveland Browns since 1946.
yes, the Browns moved to Baltimore after the 1995 season.
The original Cleveland Browns team moved to Baltimore and became the Ravens for the 1996 season. The NFL awarded Cleveland an expansion team for the 1999 season. So, for the 1996, 1997, and 1998 seasons, there was no NFL football in Cleveland.
There is 2 separate Baltimore franchises, the original was the Baltimore Colts who later moved to Indianapolis. The current franchise Baltimore Ravens was actually the Cleveland Browns who left Cleveland and the their name behind with the city after a lawsuit. So the Ravens are all new with no old ties as far as records, and mascots, and history.
The Browns became the Baltimore Ravens after the 1995 season. The NFL arranged for a new Cleveland Browns team to begin playing in 1999.
They played 1946-95, then the original version of the team moved to Baltimore and became the Ravens. In 1999 a new Browns organization returned to the league.
While officially an "expansion team" the Baltimore Ravens were created when Art Modell moved the then Cleveland Browns to Baltimore.
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The current Cleveland Browns are an expansion team that entered the NFL in 1999. They replaced the Cleveland Browns that moved to Baltimore in 1996 and became the Ravens. That team began play in the All American Football Conference in 1946 as the Cleveland Browns and entered the NFL in 1950 as the Cleveland Browns. Cleveland has never had an NFL team move there from another city. But they have had two teams move to another city. As stated above, the Browns moved to Baltimore in 1996. There was another team in Cleveland, the Cleveland Rams, that began play in the NFL in 1937. That team moved to Los Angeles in 1946 and, eventually, to St. Louis in 1995.