Cleveland Stadium

===Browns===
[[File:Cleveland Municipal Stadium last game played in the stadium December 17, 1995.jpg|thumb|During the last Browns game played in the stadium, December 17, 1995, against the [[Cincinnati Bengals]].]]
The [[Cleveland Browns]], originally members of the [[All-America Football Conference]] (AAFC), began playing at the facility in 1946, and played there through 1995. The stadium was the site of the AAFC Championship game in 1946, 1948 and 1949, all Browns wins. The Browns joined the NFL in 1950 and hosted the [[List of NFL champions|NFL Championship Game]] in [[1950 NFL Championship Game|1950]], [[1952 NFL Championship Game|1952]], [[1954 NFL Championship Game|1954]], [[1964 NFL Championship Game|1964]], and [[1968 NFL Championship Game|1968]], winning titles in 1950, 1954, and 1964.

The first Browns game at the stadium was also the first AAFC game, when the Browns hosted the [[Miami Seahawks]] on September 6, 1946. The Browns won the game 44–0 and drew 60,135 fans, what was then a record for a professional football crowd. During the 1980s, the center field [[bleacher]]s at the east end of the stadium were home to many of the club's most avid fans and became known as the [[Dawg Pound]] after the barks that fans made to disrupt opposing teams' offensive plays. The fans were copying Browns players [[Hanford Dixon]] and [[Frank Minnifield]], who frequently appeared to bark to each other and to the opposition. Some of the fans even wore dog masks and threw dog biscuits at opposing players. The Dawg Pound was included in the design of [[Cleveland Browns Stadium]] (built on the same site as Cleveland Stadium), where the east end zone also has bleacher seating.

The stadium was also the site of two notable moments in Cleveland sports and Browns history. In a [[1980–81 NFL playoffs|1981 divisional playoff game]] on January 4, Browns quarterback [[Brian Sipe]] was intercepted in the end zone with less than a minute remaining in the game, resulting in a 14–12 loss to the [[Oakland Raiders]]. The game has since been referred to by the name of the pass play, [[Red Right 88]]. Six years later, during the [[1986–87 NFL playoffs|1987 AFC Championship game]] on January 11, [[John Elway]] led the [[Denver Broncos]] on what is referred to as [[The Drive (American football)|The Drive]], a 98-yard touchdown drive with 5:32 left that tied the game and sent it into overtime. The Broncos ultimately prevailed 23–20.

The final game in the stadium was held December 17, 1995, an emotional 26–10 win over the [[Cincinnati Bengals]], the Browns' final game before the franchise was [[Cleveland Browns relocation controversy|officially deactivated until 1999]].  At the end of that game, many fans cut and removed their seats.<ref>{{cite news |title=This Day in Browns History: Original Browns win farewell game in Cleveland Stadium |url=http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2009/12/this_day_in_browns_history_ori.html |author=Exner, Rich |date=December 17, 2009 |newspaper=[[The Plain Dealer]] |access-date=January 15, 2016}}</ref>