the cleveland browns moved to baltimore in 1995.
the cleveland browns moved to baltimore in 1995.
when did the cleveland browns move to baltimore?
1995
the cleveland browns relocation controversy, sometimes called "the move" by fans, was the decision by then-browns owner art modell to move the national football league (nfl)'s cleveland browns from its long-time home of cleveland to baltimore during the 1995 nfl season. subsequent legal actions by the city of cleveland and browns season ticket holders led the nfl to broker a compromise that saw the browns franchise, history, records, and intellectual property remain in cleveland. in return, modell was permitted to move his football organization to baltimore and establish a new franchise, the baltimore ravens. the ravens are officially regarded by the nfl as an expansion team that began play in . as nobody was prepared to purchase and operate a franchise for the 1996 season in cleveland stadium, the nfl deactivated the browns franchise and the city of cleveland agreed to demolish the stadium and build a new stadium on the same site. in exchange the nfl agreed to reactivate the browns by the 1999 season by adding a team or moving one from another city. in 1998, the nfl decided to establish its 31st football organization in cleveland and sold the browns franchise to a new owner for $530 million. the "new" browns recruited players through an expansion draft and resumed play in 1999.
cleveland browns relocation controversy
after returning to cleveland, goddard also was employed with the nfl's cleveland browns as the team's official statistician for home games. then a cbs affiliate, wjw carried browns games at the time as part of their nfl play-by-play contract until the 1970 afl-nfl merger (due to the browns move to the afc), at which point the games moved to wkyc – this was a key factor in his having joined the station. he held this position from 1966 to 2011, with the exception of a three-year period from 1996–1999 when the franchise was suspended as the old browns franchise moved to baltimore and cleveland was given a new team.
dick goddard