Cleveland Browns
Every Browns game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Browns are 59-1-110 (34.7%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.
Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (589) exceed 170 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.
How Cleveland Browns compares in close-margin games vs the full sample. Based on official box scores.
78 of 170 games match this window
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Over benchmark: 43.8 combined points · Seasons: 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 170 total games in sample
123 of 170 games match this window
Avg combined points
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Over benchmark: 43.8 combined points · Seasons: 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 170 total games in sample
Ref×team W-L rebuilt from 2793 ESPN game logs (2016-2026). 4629/5986 ref×team pairs meet the 3+ game matrix gate. Ties are excluded from straight-up W-L. Ref game counts rebuilt from DISTINCT game_id in game logs.
