1969 Cleveland Browns season
The 1969 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 20th season with the National Football League and their 24th overall in professional football and the last before the 1970 AFL-NFL Merger.
The Browns made it to the 1969 NFL Championship Game, where they fell to the Minnesota Vikings 27–7. The 1969 season would be the last year that Cleveland would win a postseason game until 1986. In addition, that victory over Dallas would also be the last time the Browns won a postseason game on the road until the 2020–21 playoffs. This was also the last season in which the Browns made it to the league championship game, as they have failed to reach the Super Bowl after the merger.
Offseason
NFL draft
The following were selected in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft.| Round | Selection | Player | Position | College | Notes |
| 1 | 20 | Ron Johnson | Running back | Michigan | - |
| 3 | 55 | Al Jenkins | Guard | Tulsa | - |
| 3 | 72 | Chip Glass | Tight end | Florida State | - |
| 4 | 98 | Freddie Summers | Defensive back | Wake Forest | - |
| 5 | 124 | Fair Hooker | Wide receiver | Arizona State | - |
| 6 | 145 | Larry Adams | Defensive tackle | Texas Christian University | - |
| 6 | 150 | Joe Righetti | Defensive tackle | Waynesburg | - |
| 7 | 176 | Walt Sumner | Defensive back | Florida State | - |
| 8 | 202 | Chuck Reynolds | Center | Tulsa | - |
| 9 | 228 | Ron Kamzelski | Defensive tackle | Minnesota | - |
| 10 | 254 | Greg Shelly | Guard | Virginia | - |
| 11 | 280 | Dave Jones | Wide receiver | Kansas State | - |
| 12 | 306 | Dick Davis | Running back | Nebraska | - |
| 13 | 332 | Tommy Boutwell | Wide receiver | Southern Miss | - |
| 14 | 358 | Jiggy Smaha | Defensive tackle | Georgia | - |
| 15 | 384 | Joel Stevenson | Tight end | Georgia Tech | - |
| 16 | 410 | James Lowe | Flanker | Tuskegee | - |
| 17 | 436 | Bob Oliver | Defensive end | Abilene Christian | - |
Preseason
On August 30, a crowd of 85,532 fans viewed a doubleheader at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium. In the first contest, the Chicago Bears played the AFL's Buffalo Bills, while the Cleveland Browns hosted the Green Bay Packers in the second match.Playoffs
| Round | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap |
| Eastern Conference | December 27 | at Dallas Cowboys | W 38–14 | 1–0 | Cotton Bowl | 69,321 | |
| NFL Championship | January 4, 1970 | at Minnesota Vikings | L 7–27 | 1–1 | Metropolitan Stadium | 47,900 |