page_title: 1995 Cleveland Browns season
section_title: Week 16 vs. Cincinnati Bengals
hierarchical_section_title: 1995 Cleveland Browns season / Regular season / Season summary / Week 16 vs. Cincinnati Bengals
caption_attribution_description: English: The Cleveland Browns Stadium, during the last game played in the stadium, December 17, 1995, during a game against the Bengals. The stadium was later demolished after the Browns left town, and then the new stadium was built. (AP/Paul M. Walsh)
context_page_description: The 1995 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 50th season overall and 46th in the National Football League. After finishing 11–5 in 1994 under head coach Bill Belichick and winning a playoff game for the first time since 1989, the Browns were favored by many to reach Cleveland's first ever Super Bowl. The Browns started by winning three of their first four games and were 4–4 halfway through the season.
  The day after the Browns recorded their fifth loss, a 37–10 blowout against the Oilers, owner Art Modell announced that he was moving the franchise to Baltimore. Stunned by this news, the team collapsed and only won one of their remaining seven games and Belichick was fired. As part of the agreement to allow Modell to move, the city of Cleveland was allowed to keep the Browns name, the team's history from 1946 onward, and everything else associated with the Browns while Modell would receive a new franchise, which would become known as the Baltimore Ravens. The Browns' roster would be transferred to Baltimore but the club would otherwise start from scratch as an expansion franchise would.
context_section_description: The Cleveland Browns played their final home of the Season before they move to Baltimore for the 1996 NFL season. before they return for the 1999 season.
caption: During the last Browns game played in the stadium, December 17, 1995, against the Cincinnati Bengals.
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