<Li> Cleveland Stadium (1946--1995) </Li> <Li> FirstEnergy Stadium (1999--present) </Li> <P> The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio . The Browns compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division . The Browns play their home games at FirstEnergy Stadium, which opened in 1999, with administrative offices and training facilities in Berea, Ohio . The Browns' official colors are brown, orange and white . They are unique among the 32 member franchises of the NFL in that they do not have a logo on their helmets and are the only team named after a specific person, original coach Paul Brown . </P> <P> The franchise was founded in 1945 by businessman Arthur B. McBride and coach Paul Brown as a charter member of the All - America Football Conference (AAFC). The Browns dominated the AAFC, compiling a 47--4--3 record in the league's four active seasons and winning its championship in each of them . When the AAFC folded after the 1949 season, the Browns joined the National Football League along with the San Francisco 49ers and the original Baltimore Colts . The Browns won a championship in their inaugural NFL season, as well as in the 1954, 1955, and 1964 seasons, and in a feat unequaled in any of the North American major professional sports, played in their league championship game in each of the Browns' first ten years of existence . From 1965 to 1995, they made the playoffs 14 times, but did not win another championship or appear in the Super Bowl in that period . </P>

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