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→History and League Success
After the 1995 season, owner [[Art Modell]] decided to move the team to [[Baltimore]] for financial reasons, even though the team had an extremely loyal following in Cleveland. As a condition of the move, the team name, logos, and history of the Browns did not go with the relocated team (which started fresh as the [[Baltimore Ravens]]), but were given to an expansion Cleveland Browns team which began operations in 1999.
After the 1995 season, owner [[Art Modell]] decided to move the team to [[Baltimore]] for financial reasons, even though the team had an extremely loyal following in Cleveland. As a condition of the move, the team name, logos, and history of the Browns did not go with the relocated team (which started fresh as the [[Baltimore Ravens]]), but were given to an expansion Cleveland Browns team which began operations in 1999.
Since the team resumed as an active franchise, it has been noted for its futility, having only three winning seasons (2002, 2007 and 2020, with the 2002 and 2019 teams being the only playoff seasons in the new era; the 2020 season would see the team's first playoff win since its resumption as a franchise). The lowest point occurred in 2017, when the team went 0-16, becoming only the second team to do so (after the 2008 Detroit Lions) since the NFL went to a 16-game schedule. The team has never appeared in the Super Bowl, one of two NFL teams existing at the time of the AFL-NFL merger never to appear (the Lions are the other).
Since the team resumed as an active franchise, it has been noted for its futility, having only three winning seasons (2002, 2007 and 2020, with the 2002 and 2019 teams being the only playoff seasons in the new era; the 2020 season would see the team's first playoff win since its resumption as a franchise). The lowest point occurred in 2017, when the team went 0-16, becoming only the second team to do so (after the 2008 Detroit Lions) since the NFL went to a 16-game schedule. The team has never appeared in the Super Bowl, one of two NFL teams existing at the time of the AFL-NFL merger never to appear (the [[Detroit Lions]] are the other).
==AFC North Rivals==
==AFC North Rivals==