document_title: 2016 Cleveland Browns season

question_text: when was the last time the browns won 3 games in a row

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text: 2016 Cleveland Browns season

text: Offseason[edit]

text: Front office changes[edit]

text: On January 3, just hours after the Browns' final game of the 2015 season, the team fired general manager Ray Farmer, who had been the general manager the past two seasons.[3] Team owner Jimmy Haslam also announced that the team's general counsel Sashi Brown would become the team's vice president of football operations.[4]

text: On January 5, the Browns hired former New York Mets executive Paul DePodesta to be their chief strategy officer. DePodesta brings over 20 years of experience in the Major League Baseball front offices, but has never held an executive position in the NFL before this.[5]

text: On March 4, the Browns announced the resignation of team president Alec Scheiner, effective March 31.[6]

text: Coaching changes[edit]

text: On January 3, the Browns fired head coach Mike Pettine. In two seasons with the Browns, Pettine had a record of 10–22, but went just 4–19 after a 6–3 start to the 2014 season.[3]

text: On January 13, the Browns hired former Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator Hue Jackson as head coach. Jackson was the Bengals' offensive coordinator for the past two seasons and was the head coach of the Oakland Raiders in 2011, in which they posted an 8–8 record.[7]

text: Roster changes[edit]

text: Free agents[edit]

text:
Pos
Player
Tag
2016 Team
Signed

SS
Johnson Bademosi
UFA
Detroit Lions
March 10[8]

WR
Travis Benjamin
UFA
San Diego Chargers
March 9[9]

ILB
Tank Carder
UFA
Cleveland Browns
March 7[10]

K
Travis Coons
ERFA
Cleveland Browns
April 4[11]

QB
Pat Devlin
RFA

FS
Tashaun Gipson
UFA
Jacksonville Jaguars
March 9[12]

WR
Darius Jennings
ERFA
Cleveland Browns
April 6[13]

OLB
Cam Johnson
ERFA
Cleveland Browns

FS
Don Jones
UFA
Cleveland Browns
March 17[14]

C
Alex Mack
UFA
Atlanta Falcons
March 9[15]

DE
Jamie Meder
ERFA
Cleveland Browns
March 7[10]

T
Darrian Miller
ERFA

RB
Raheem Mostert
ERFA
Cleveland Browns
March 7[10]

G
Austin Pasztor
RFA
Cleveland Browns
April 4[16]

WR
Terrelle Pryor
UFA
Cleveland Browns
March 17[14]

LB
Craig Robertson
UFA
New Orleans Saints
March 22[17]

T
Mitchell Schwartz
UFA
Kansas City Chiefs
March 9[18]

ILB
Scott Solomon
RFA

text: Releases[edit]

text:
Pos
Player
Released
2016 Team
Signed

WR
Dwayne Bowe
March 16[19]

LB
Karlos Dansby
March 16[20]
Cincinnati Bengals
March 29[21]

QB
Johnny Manziel
March 11[22]

SS
Donte Whitner
April 2[23]
Washington Redskins
October 5

WR
Brian Hartline
May 23

text: Signings[edit]

text:
Pos
Player
2015 Team
Signed

G
Alvin Bailey
Seattle Seahawks
March 11[24]

LB
Demario Davis
New York Jets
March 16[25]

QB
Robert Griffin III
Washington Redskins
March 24[26]

S
Rahim Moore
Houston Texans
March 16[27]

LB
Justin Tuggle
Houston Texans
March 11[24]

text: 2016 Draft Class[edit]

text:
2016 Cleveland Browns Draft

Round
Selection
Player
Position
College

1
15
Corey Coleman
WR
Baylor

2
32
Emmanuel Ogbah
DE
Oklahoma State

3
65
Carl Nassib
DE
Penn State

76
Shon Coleman
T
Auburn

93
Cody Kessler
QB
USC

4
99
Joe Schobert
OLB
Wisconsin

114
Ricardo Louis
WR
Auburn

129
Derrick Kindred
FS
TCU

138^
Seth DeValve
TE
Princeton

5
154
Jordan Payton
WR
UCLA

168
Spencer Drango
T
Baylor

172^
Rashard Higgins
WR
Colorado State

173^
Trey Caldwell
CB
Louisiana–Monroe

7
250
Scooby Wright III
ILB
Arizona

text: Notes

text: The Browns traded their original 1st round selection (No. 2) to the Philadelphia Eagles for the Eagles' 1st (8), 3rd (77), and 4th (100) round selections, as well as the Eagles' 1st round selection in 2017 and 2nd round selection in 2018.

text: The Browns would then trade the No. 8 and its 6th round (176) selection to the Tennessee Titans for their 1st (15) and 3rd (76) round selections and a 2nd round selection in 2017.

text:
The Browns traded their 3rd (No. 77) and 5th (141) round selections to the Carolina Panthers for their 3rd (93), 4th (129), and 5th (168) round selections.
The Browns traded their 4th round selection (No. 100) to the Oakland Raiders for their 4th (114) and 5th (154) round selections.
The Browns traded their 7th round selection (No. 223) to the Miami Dolphins for their 7th round selection (250) and CB Jamar Taylor.
^As the result of a negative differential of free agent signings and departures that the Browns experienced during the 2015 free agency period, the team received three compensatory selections for the 2016 draft:[28] selection 138 in the fourth round, and selections 172 and 173 in the fifth round. Free agent transactions that occurred after May 12, 2015 did not impact the team's formula for determining compensatory selections for the 2016 draft.[29]

text: Josh Gordon's reinstatement and rehab[edit]

text: On April 1, wide receiver Josh Gordon applied for reinstatement following an indefinite suspension by the NFL due to repeated violations of the league's substance abuse policy, causing him to miss the entire 2015 season. On April 11, it was revealed that Gordon had failed another drug test, and on April 12, the league announced that Gordon's appeal had been denied. He was eligible to reapply on August 1.

text: On July 25, the NFL announced that Gordon would be reinstated on a conditional basis, and can stay with the team during a four-game ban to begin the season.

text: On September 29, Gordon announced his intention to step away from football and enter an in-patient rehab facility.

text: Preseason[edit]

text: Schedule[edit]

text:
Week
Date
Opponent
Result
Record
Game site
NFL.com
recap

1
August 12
at Green Bay Packers
L 11–17
0–1
Lambeau Field
Recap

2
August 18
Atlanta Falcons
L 13–24
0–2
FirstEnergy Stadium
Recap

3
August 26
at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
L 13–30
0–3
Raymond James Stadium
Recap

4
September 1
Chicago Bears
L 7–21
0–4
FirstEnergy Stadium
Recap

text: Regular season[edit]

text: Schedule[edit]

text:
Week
Date
Opponent
Result
Record
Game site
NFL.com
recap

1
September 11
at Philadelphia Eagles
L 10–29
0–1
Lincoln Financial Field
Recap

2
September 18
Baltimore Ravens
L 20–25
0–2
FirstEnergy Stadium
Recap

3
September 25
at Miami Dolphins
L 24–30 (OT)
0–3
Hard Rock Stadium
Recap

4
October 2
at Washington Redskins
L 20–31
0–4
FedExField
Recap

5
October 9
New England Patriots
L 13–33
0–5
FirstEnergy Stadium
Recap

6
October 16
at Tennessee Titans
L 26–28
0–6
Nissan Stadium
Recap

7
October 23
at Cincinnati Bengals
L 17–31
0–7
Paul Brown Stadium
Recap

8
October 30
New York Jets
L 28–31
0–8
FirstEnergy Stadium
Recap

9
November 6
Dallas Cowboys
L 10–35
0–9
FirstEnergy Stadium
Recap

10
November 10
at Baltimore Ravens
L 7–28
0–10
M&T Bank Stadium
Recap

11
November 20
Pittsburgh Steelers
L 9–24
0–11
FirstEnergy Stadium
Recap

12
November 27
New York Giants
L 13–27
0–12
FirstEnergy Stadium
Recap

13
Bye

14
December 11
Cincinnati Bengals
L 10–23
0–13
FirstEnergy Stadium
Recap

15
December 18
at Buffalo Bills
L 13–33
0–14
New Era Field
Recap

16
December 24
San Diego Chargers
W 20–17
1–14
FirstEnergy Stadium
Recap

17
January 1
at Pittsburgh Steelers
L 24–27 (OT)
1–15
Heinz Field
Recap

text: Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

text: Game summaries[edit]

text: Week 1: at Philadelphia Eagles[edit]

text:
1
2
3
4
Total

Browns
0
7
3
0
10

Eagles
7
6
9
7
29

text: at Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

text:
Date: September 11
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
Game weather: 85 °F (29 °C), sunny
Game attendance: 69,596
Referee: Walt Anderson
TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel, Trent Green and Jamie Erdahl
Recap, Gamebook

text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

PHI – Jordan Matthews 19-yard pass from Carson Wentz (Caleb Sturgis kick), 9:50. Eagles 7–0. Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 5:10.

Second quarter

PHI – Caleb Sturgis 22-yard field goal, 12:30. Eagles 10–0. Drive: 5 plays, 31 yards, 2:14.
CLE – Isaiah Crowell 2-yard run (Patrick Murray kick), 9:11. Eagles 10–7. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 3:19.
PHI – Caleb Sturgis 38-yard field goal, 0:27. Eagles 13–7. Drive: 11 plays, 60 yards, 3:16.

Third quarter

CLE – Patrick Murray 35-yard field goal, 13:57. Eagles 13–10. Drive: 5 plays, 58 yards, 1:03.
PHI – Cameron Erving fumble out of bounds in end zone for a safety, 10:49. Eagles 15–10.
PHI – Nelson Agholor 35-yard pass from Carson Wentz (Caleb Sturgis kick), 6:17. Eagles 22–10. Drive: 9 plays, 73 yards, 4:32.

Fourth quarter

PHI – Ryan Mathews 1-yard run (Caleb Sturgis kick), 1:12. Eagles 29–10. Drive: 5 plays, 15 yards, 2:24.

Top passers

CLE – Robert Griffin III – 12/26, 190 yards, INT
PHI – Carson Wentz – 22/37, 278 yards, 2 TD

Top rushers

CLE – Isaiah Crowell – 12 rushes, 62 yards, TD
PHI – Ryan Mathews – 22 rushes, 77 yards, TD

Top receivers

CLE – Corey Coleman – 2 receptions, 69 yards
PHI – Jordan Matthews – 7 receptions, 114 yards, TD

text: The Browns opened their 2016 regular season with a road game against the Philadelphia Eagles and rookie quarterback Carson Wentz, whom the Browns had passed up in the 2016 draft. The Eagles won 29–10 and with the loss, the Browns started the season 0–1. This would be their 12th straight regular season opening loss.

text: Week 2: vs. Baltimore Ravens[edit]

text:
1
2
3
4
Total

Ravens
2
10
7
6
25

Browns
20
0
0
0
20

text: at FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

text:
Date: September 18
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
Game weather: 74 °F (23 °C), sunny
Game attendance: 67,431
Referee: John Hussey
TV announcers (CBS): Carter Blackburn and Chris Simms
Recap, Gamebook

text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

CLE – Corey Coleman 31-yard pass from Josh McCown (Patrick Murray kick), 9:45. Browns 7–0. Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 5:15.
CLE – Isaiah Crowell 85-yard run (Patrick Murray kick), 6:47. Browns 14–0. Drive: 1 play, 85 yards, 0:11.
CLE – Corey Coleman 11-yard pass from Josh McCown, 4:34. Browns 20–0. Drive: 4 plays, 27 yards, 1:25.
BAL – Tavon Young defensive two-point conversion, 4:34. Browns 20–2.

Second quarter

BAL – Mike Wallace 7-yard pass from Joe Flacco (Justin Tucker kick), 1:15. Browns 20–9. Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 1:59.
BAL – Justin Tucker 52-yard field goal, 0:00. Browns 20–12. Drive: 7 plays, 27 yards, 0:42.

Third quarter

BAL – Mike Wallace 17-yard pass from Joe Flacco (Justin Tucker kick), 12:17. Browns 20–19. Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:43.

Fourth quarter

BAL – Justin Tucker 49-yard field goal, 11:19. Ravens 22–20. Drive: 5 plays, 27 yards, 2:35.
BAL – Justin Tucker 41-yard field goal, 2:53. Ravens 25–20. Drive: 11 plays, 41 yards, 5:08.

Top passers

BAL – Joe Flacco – 24/45, 302 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
CLE – Josh McCown – 20/33, 260 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT

Top rushers

BAL – Terrance West – 11 rushes, 42 yards
CLE – Isaiah Crowell – 18 rushes, 133 yards, TD

Top receivers

BAL – Dennis Pitta – 9 receptions, 102 yards
CLE – Corey Coleman – 5 receptions, 104 yards, 2 TD

text: The Browns scored on their first three drives and led 20–2 early in the first quarter. The 18 point lead at the end of the first quarter was the Browns' largest lead after the 1st quarter since 1960. However, the Browns' offense stalled the rest of the game. The Ravens would score the final 23 points of the game to win 25–20. The Browns had a chance to score a go ahead touchdown on a drive with less than a minute to play, but things went wrong after a controversial taunting penalty was called on Pryor following his catch at the Ravens' 10-yard line with under 30 seconds to play. McCown would throw an interception on the next play to seal the loss. With the loss, the Browns fell to 0–2.

text: Their regular season losing streak extended to 5.

text: Week 3: at Miami Dolphins[edit]

text:
1
2
3
4
OT
Total

Browns
0
13
0
11
0
24

Dolphins
7
3
7
7
6
30

text: at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida

text:
Date: September 25
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
Game weather: 85 °F (29 °C), partly cloudy
Referee: Clete Blakeman
TV announcers (CBS): Spero Dedes and Solomon Wilcots
Recap, Gamebook

text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

MIA – DeVante Parker 26-yard pass from Ryan Tannehill (Andrew Franks kick), 10:16. Dolphins 7–0. Drive: 5 plays, 61 yards, 2:37.

Second quarter

CLE – Cody Parkey 46-yard field goal, 13:32. Dolphins 7–3. Drive: 10 plays, 58 yards, 5:03.
CLE – Briean Boddy-Calhoun 27-yard interception return (Cody Parkey kick), 6:47. Browns 10–7.
MIA – Andrew Franks 37-yard field goal, 1:57. Tied 10–10. Drive: 10 plays, 56 yards, 4:50.
CLE – Cody Parkey 48-yard field goal, 0:42. Browns 13–10. Drive: 8 plays, 45 yards, 1:15.

Third quarter

MIA – Jarvis Landry 42-yard pass from Ryan Tannehill (Andrew Franks kick), 5:17. Dolphins 17–13. Drive: 4 plays, 68 yards, 2:10.

Fourth quarter

MIA – Damien Williams 10-yard pass from Ryan Tannehill (Andrew Franks kick), 14:17. Dolphins 24–13. Drive: 6 plays, 64 yards, 3:16.
CLE – Terrelle Pryor 3-yard run (Cody Kessler–Gary Barnidge pass), 10:12. Dolphins 24–21. Drive: 9 plays, 83 yards, 4:05.
CLE – Cody Parkey 38-yard field goal, 3:14. Tied 24–24. Drive: 8 plays, 74 yards, 3:03.

Overtime

MIA – Jay Ajayi 11-yard run, 8:26. Dolphins 30–24. Drive: 3 plays, 44 yards, 1:13.

Top passers

CLE – Cody Kessler – 21/33, 244 yards
MIA – Ryan Tannehill – 25/39, 319 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT

Top rushers

CLE – Isaiah Crowell – 15 rushes, 79 yards
MIA – Kenyan Drake – 9 rushes, 37 yards

Top receivers

CLE – Terrelle Pryor – 8 receptions, 144 yards
MIA – Jarvis Landry – 7 receptions, 120 yards, TD

text: Cody Kessler made his debut as the Browns' starting quarterback. The Browns led 13–10 at halftime. However, the Dolphins scored two consecutive touchdowns to go up 24–13 early in the fourth quarter. The Browns, sparked by Pryor, rallied to tie the game. The Dolphins attempted a game-winning drive in the final minute of regulation. However, Dolphins QB, Ryan Tannehill, fumbled the ball, and the Browns secured possession. The Browns had a chance to win it at the end of regulation. However, recently signed Browns kicker, Cody Parkey, missed the 46-yard field goal, sending the game to overtime. It was his third miss of the day. Both teams traded punts on their opening possession in overtime. On their second possession, the Dolphins, who got the ball around midfield to start the drive, reached the endzone after a few plays and won the game. With the loss, the Browns fell to 0–3 and remained in 4th place in the AFC North.

text: This would also be the team's sixth straight regular season loss dating back to last season.

text: Week 4: at Washington Redskins[edit]

text:
1
2
3
4
Total

Browns
0
17
3
0
20

Redskins
14
3
0
14
31

text: at FedExField, Landover, Maryland

text:
Date: October 2
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
Game weather: 67 °F (19 °C), cloudy
Game attendance: 76,249
Referee: Jeff Triplette
TV announcers (CBS): Kevin Harlan and Rich Gannon
Recap, Gamebook

text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

WAS – Jordan Reed 8-yard pass from Kirk Cousins (Dustin Hopkins kick), 7:40. Redskins 7–0. Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 7:20.
WAS – Jordan Reed 9-yard pass from Kirk Cousins (Dustin Hopkins kick), 0:27. Redskins 14–0. Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards, 4:14.

Second quarter

CLE – Isaiah Crowell 2-yard run (Cody Parkey kick), 9:33. Redskins 14–7. Drive: 12 plays, 81 yards, 5:54.
CLE – Terrelle Pryor 9-yard pass from Cody Kessler (Cody Parkey kick), 7:55. Tied 14–14. Drive: 3 plays, 12 yards, 1:25.
WAS – Dustin Hopkins 49-yard field goal, 2:29. Redskins 17–14. Drive: 10 plays, 32 yards, 5:26.
CLE – Cody Parkey 51-yard field goal, 0:00. Tied 17–17. Drive: 7 plays, 42 yards, 2:29.

Third quarter

CLE – Cody Parkey 45-yard field goal, 9:25. Browns 20–17. Drive: 11 plays, 48 yards, 5:35.

Fourth quarter

WAS – Chris Thompson 5-yard pass from Kirk Cousins (Dustin Hopkins kick), 10:39. Redskins 24–20' Drive: 10 plays, 91 yards, 5:28
WAS – Matt Jones 1-yard run (Dustin Hopkins kick), 4:25. Redskins 31–20. Drive: 4 plays, 39 yards, 2:03.

Top passers

CLE – Cody Kessler – 28/40, 223 yards, TD, INT
WAS – Kirk Cousins – 21/27, 183 yards, 3 TD, INT

Top rushers

CLE – Isaiah Crowell – 15 rushes, 112 yards, TD
WAS – Matt Jones – 22 rushes, 117 yards, TD

Top receivers

CLE – Gary Barnidge – 7 receptions, 57 yards
WAS – Jordan Reed – 9 receptions, 73 yards, 2 TD

text: The Browns came to Washington for a matchup against the Redskins. The Browns had a 20–17 lead going into the fourth quarter but the offense once again stalled with a Josh Norman pick and two touchdowns by the Redskins' offense would drop the Browns to 0–4 for the first time since 2012. Wins by the Jaguars, Bears, and Saints would make the Browns the only team in the NFL without a victory through Week 4.

text: The team's losing streak increased to 7.

text: Week 5: vs. New England Patriots[edit]

text:
1
2
3
4
Total

Patriots
16
7
7
3
33

Browns
7
0
0
6
13

text: at FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

text:
Date: October 9
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
Game weather: 58 °F (14 °C), sunny
Game attendance: 67,431
Referee: Bill Vinovich
TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel, Trent Green and Jamie Erdahl
Recap, Gamebook

text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

NE – LeGarrette Blount 1-yard run (Stephen Gostkowski kick), 10:28. Patriots 7–0. Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards, 3:13.
CLE – Andrew Hawkins 11-yard pass from Cody Kessler (Cody Parkey kick), 6:09. Tied 7–7. Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 4:19.
NE – Martellus Bennett 7-yard pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick), 2:06. Patriots 14–7. Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 4:03.
NE – Cody Kessler fumble out of bounds in end zone for a safety, 1:20. Patriots 16–7.

Second quarter

NE – Martellus Bennett 5 -yard pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick), 12:10. Patriots 23–7. Drive: 8 plays, 64 yards, 4:10.

Third quarter

NE – Martellus Bennett 37-yard pass from Tom Brady (Stpehen Gostkowski kick), 12:24. Patriots 30–7. Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 2:36.

Fourth quarter

CLE – Connor Hamlett 17-yard pass from Charlie Whitehurst (pass failed), 14:05. Patriots 30–13. Drive 7 plays, 80 yards, 3:22.
NE – Stephen Gostkowski 31-yard field goal, 7:42. Patriots 33–13. Drive 11 plays, 72 yards, 6:23.

Top passers

NE – Tom Brady – 28/40, 406 yards, 3 TD
CLE – Charlie Whitehurst – 14/24, 182 yards, TD, INT

Top rushers

NE – LeGarrette Blount – 18 rushes, 37 yards, TD
CLE – Isaiah Crowell – 13 rushes, 22 yards

Top receivers

NE – Chris Hogan – 4 receptions, 114 yards
CLE – Gary Barnidge – 5 receptions, 76 yards

text: With Tom Brady back from his four-game suspension due to his alleged role in Deflategate, the Browns hosted the Patriots in a duel game. The game turned out to be a disaster for the Browns as Brady and the Pats stormed the Browns defense, dropping the Browns to 0–5. This was the second consecutive season a team started 0–5, after the 2015 Detroit Lions. This is the team's first start with such a record since 2012. It is also the team's eighth straight loss, dating back to the 2015 season.

text: Week 6: at Tennessee Titans[edit]

text:
1
2
3
4
Total

Browns
6
7
0
13
26

Titans
7
7
7
7
28

text: at Nissan Stadium, Nashville, Tennessee

text:
Date: October 16
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT/12:00 p.m. CDT
Game weather: 75 °F (24 °C), sunny
Game attendance: 60,897
Referee: Carl Cheffers
TV announcers (CBS): Tom McCarthy and Adam Archuleta
Recap, Gamebook

text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

TEN – Rishard Matthews 11-yard pass from Marcus Mariota (Ryan Succop kick), 10:37. Titans 7–0. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 4:23.
CLE – Cody Parkey 45-yard field goal, 8:47. Titans 7–3. Drive: 5 plays, 48 yards, 1:50.
CLE – Cody Parkey 37-yard field goal, 2:08. Titans 7–6. Drive: 8 plays, 71 yards, 4:53.

Second quarter

TEN – Kendall Wright 48-yard pass from Marcus Mariota (Ryan Succop kick), 11:41. Titans 14–6. Drive: 4 plays, 59 yards, 2:16.
CLE – Terrelle Pryor 7-yard pass from Cody Kessler (Cody Parkey kick), 0:40. Titans 14–13. Drive: 9 plays, 94 yards, 3:49.

Third quarter

TEN – DeMarco Murray 3-yard run (Ryan Succop kick), 9:33. Titans 21–13. Drive: 7 plays, 70 yards, 3:36.

Fourth quarter

TEN – Anthony Fasano 15-yard pass from Marcus Mariota (Ryan Succop kick), 6:43. Titans 28–13. Drive: 12 plays, 80 yards, 6:59.
CLE – Terrelle Pryor 5-yard pass from Cody Kessler (pass failed), 2:07. Titans 28–19. Drive: 13 plays, 75 yards, 4:36.
CLE – Duke Johnson 1-yard run (Cody Parkey kick), 0:27. Titans 28–26. Drive: 9 plays, 62 yards, 1:40.

Top passers

CLE – Cody Kessler – 26/41, 336 yards, 2 TD
TEN – Marcus Mariota – 17/24, 284 yards, 3 TD, INT

Top rushers

CLE – Duke Johnson – 4 rushes, 18 yards, TD
TEN – DeMarco Murray – 21 rushes, 65 yards, TD

Top receivers

CLE – Terrelle Pryor – 9 receptions, 75 yards, 2 TD
TEN – Kendall Wright – 8 receptions, 133 yards, TD

text: With the loss, the Browns dropped to 0–6 and became the first NFL team to start 0–6 since the Oakland Raiders in 2014. It was the Browns' first 0–6 start since the 1999 season. It is also the Browns' ninth consecutive loss dating back to Week 15 of last season.

text: Week 7: at Cincinnati Bengals[edit]

text:
1
2
3
4
Total

Browns
0
10
7
0
17

Bengals
7
14
10
0
31

text: at Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

text:
Date: October 23
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C), sunny
Game attendance: 65,047
Referee: Ed Hochuli
TV announcers (CBS): Andrew Catalon, Steve Beuerlein and Steve Tasker
Recap, Gamebook

text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

CIN – Giovani Bernard 5-yard run (Mike Nugent kick), 12:14. Bengals 7–0. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 2:46.

Second quarter

CLE – Cody Parkey 28-yard field goal, 13:26. Bengals 7–3. Drive: 10 plays, 60 yards, 5:16.
CLE – Isaiah Crowell 1-yard run (Cody Parkey kick), 6:20. Browns 10–7. Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards, 5:39.
CIN – Brandon LaFell 44-yard pass from Andy Dalton (Mike Nugent kick), 4:09. Bengals 14–10. Drive: 5 plays, 80 yards, 2:11.
CIN – A. J. Green 48-yard pass from Andy Dalton (Mike Nugent kick), 0:00. Bengals 21–10. Drive: 7 plays, 85 yards, 1:03.

Third quarter

CLE – Kevin Hogan 28-yard run (Cody Parkey kick), 10:43. Bengals 21–17. Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 4:17.
CIN – Jeremy Hill 74-yard run (Mike Nugent kick), 9:47. Bengals 28–17. Drive: 2 plays, 75 yards, 0:56.
CIN – Mike Nugent 36-yard field goal, 4:19. Bengals 31–17. Drive: 7 plays, 66 yards, 3:16.

Fourth quarter

No scoring plays

Top passers

CLE – Kevin Hogan – 12/24, 100 yards, 2 INT
CIN – Andy Dalton – 19/28, 308 yards, 2 TD

Top rushers

CLE – Kevin Hogan – 7 rushes, 104 yards, TD
CIN – Jeremy Hill – 9 rushes, 168 yards, TD

Top receivers

CLE – Gary Barnidge – 6 receptions, 66 yards
CIN – A. J. Green – 8 receptions, 169 yards, TD

text: With their fourth straight loss to the Bengals, the Browns started 0–7 for the first time since 1999 and became the first NFL team to start 0–7 since the 2014 Raiders.

text: Their regular season losing streak now sits at 10.

text: Week 8: vs. New York Jets[edit]

text:
1
2
3
4
Total

Jets
0
7
14
10
31

Browns
10
10
0
8
28

text: at FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

text:
Date: October 30
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
Game weather: 53 °F (12 °C), rain
Game attendance: 67,431
Referee: Pete Morelli
TV announcers (CBS): Kevin Harlan and Rich Gannon
Recap, Gamebook

text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

CLE – Andrew Hawkins 5-yard pass from Josh McCown (Cody Parkey kick), 11:45. Browns 7–0. Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 3:15.
CLE – Cody Parkey 41-yard field goal, 3:11. Browns 10–0. Drive: 8 plays, 59 yards, 3:42.

Second quarter

NYJ – Bilal Powell 35-yard run (Nick Folk kick), 12:44. Browns 10–7. Drive: 12 plays, 87 yards, 5:27.
CLE – Isaiah Crowell 1-yard run (Cody Parkey kick), 1:51. Browns 17–7. Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards, 4:40
CLE – Cody Parkey 27-yard field goal, 0:00. Browns 20–7. Drive: 6 plays, 49 yards, 1:25.

Third quarter

NYJ – Quincy Enunwa 24-yard pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick (Nick Folk kick), 8:15. Browns 20–14. Drive: 12 plays, 78 yards, 6:45.
NYJ – Matt Forte 4-yard run (Nick Folk kick), 2:11. Jets 21–20. Drive: 8 plays, 84 yards, 3:03.

Fourth quarter

NYJ – Matt Forte 2-yard run (Nick Folk kick), 9:38. Jets 28–20. Drive: 13 plays, 81 yards, 6:27.
NYJ – Nick Folk 24-yard field goal, 4:04. Jets 31–20. Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards, 1:09.
CLE – Andrew Hawkins 1-yard pass from Josh McCown (Josh McCown–Terrelle Pryor pass), 0:12. Jets 31–28. Drive: 14 plays, 84 yards, 3:52.

Top passers

NYJ – Ryan Fitzpatrick – 16/34, 228 yards, TD
CLE – Josh McCown – 25/49, 341 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT

Top rushers

NYJ – Matt Forte – 25 rushes, 82 yards, 2 TD
CLE – Isaiah Crowell – 11 rushes, 29 yards, TD

Top receivers

NYJ – Quincy Enunwa – 4 receptions, 93 yards, TD
CLE – Terrelle Pryor – 6 receptions, 101 yards

text: Hoping to stop a 10-game losing streak dating back to last year, the Browns hosted the Jets in an AFC duel. The Browns led 20–7 at halftime. However, they gave up 24 unanswered points to fall behind 31–20 in the 4th quarter. They also committed two turnovers in the 4th quarter. The Browns scored late in the 4th quarter to cut the deficit to 31–28, but a comeback could not be secured as the Jets secured the onside kick, ran out the clock, and dropped the Browns to 0–8. It was only their second 0–8 start in franchise history and the first 0–8 start since the 1975 season. With the loss, the Browns failed to have a winning record for the ninth consecutive season. They also tied a franchise record (first set in between the 2011 and 2012 seasons) for most consecutive losses (11) in franchise history. They would also be the first team to start 0–8 since the 2014 Raiders.

text: Week 9: vs. Dallas Cowboys[edit]

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2
3
4
Total

Cowboys
7
14
14
0
35

Browns
3
7
0
0
10

text: at FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

text:
Date: November 6
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 58 °F (14 °C), clear
Game attendance: 67,431
Referee: Jeff Triplette
TV announcers (Fox): Thom Brennaman, Charles Davis, Chris Spielman and Peter Schrager
Recap, Gamebook

text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

CLE – Cody Parkey 31-yard field goal, 12:40. Browns 3–0. Drive: 6 plays, 62 yards, 2:20.
DAL – Jason Witten 26-yard pass from Dak Prescott (Dan Bailey kick), 6:47. Cowboys 7–3. Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 5:53.

Second quarter

DAL – Ezekiel Elliott 10-yard run (Dan Bailey kick), 10:02. Cowboys 14–3. Drive: 9 plays, 69 yards, 4:48.
DAL – Cole Beasley 6-yard pass from Dak Prescott (Dan Bailey kick), 1:50. Cowboys 21–3. Drive: 9 plays, 67 yards, 4:39.
CLE – Terrelle Pryor 12-yard pass from Cody Kessler (Cody Parkey kick), 0:23. Cowboys 21–10. Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards, 1:27.

Third quarter

DAL – Ezekiel Elliott 8-yard run (Dan Bailey kick), 11:30. Cowboys 28–10. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 3:30.
DAL – Gavin Escobar 2-yard pass from Dak Prescott (Dan Bailey kick), 1:41. Cowboys 35–10. Drive: 9 plays, 64 yards, 5:30.

Fourth quarter

No scoring plays

Top passers

DAL – Dak Prescott – 21/27, 247 yards, 3 TD
CLE – Cody Kessler – 19/27, 203 yards, TD

Top rushers

DAL – Ezekiel Elliott – 18 rushes, 92 yards, 2 TD
CLE – Duke Johnson – 5 rushes, 30 yards

Top receivers

DAL – Jason Witten – 8 receptions, 134 yards, TD
CLE – Isaiah Crowell – 4 receptions, 63 yards

text: Attempting to stop their 11-game losing streak, the Cleveland Browns hosted the Dallas Cowboys (led by rookies Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott who had impressive performances during the year). The Cowboys routed the Browns 35–10. With the loss, the Browns dropped to 0–9 for the first time since 1975 and clinched their ninth consecutive losing season. They also lost their 12th consecutive game dating back to the end of the previous season, setting a new franchise record for most consecutive losses.

text: Week 10: at Baltimore Ravens[edit]

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2
3
4
Total

Browns
0
7
0
0
7

Ravens
0
6
15
7
28

text: at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

text:
Date: November 10
Game time: 8:25 p.m. EST
Game weather: 54 °F (12 °C), fair
Game attendance: 70,921
Referee: Jerome Boger
TV announcers (NFLN): Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Heather Cox
Recap, Gamebook

text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

No scoring plays

Second quarter

BAL – Justin Tucker 25-yard field goal, 10:29. Ravens 3–0. Drive: 8 plays, 41 yards, 3:53.
CLE – Seth DeValve 25-yard pass from Cody Kessler (Cody Parkey kick), 6:30. Browns 7–3. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 3:59.
BAL – Justin Tucker 40-yard field goal, 0:00. Browns 7–6. Drive: 12 plays, 57 yards, 1:39.

Third quarter

BAL – Darren Waller 4-yard pass from Joe Flacco (Justin Tucker kick), 9:36. Ravens 13–7. Drive: 9 plays, 64 yards, 3:58.
BAL – Steve Smith Sr. 11-yard pass from Joe Flacco (Joe Flacco–Kyle Juszczyk pass), 2:05. Ravens 21–7. Drive: 6 plays, 43 yards, 2:57.

Fourth quarter

BAL – Breshad Perriman 27-yard pass from Joe Flacco (Justin Tucker kick), 6:21. Ravens 28–7. Drive: 12 plays, 90 yards, 7:27.

Top passers

CLE – Cody Kessler – 11/18, 91 yards, TD
BAL – Joe Flacco – 30/41, 296 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT

Top rushers

CLE – Isaiah Crowell – 9 rushes, 23 yards
BAL – Terrance West – 21 rushes, 65 yards

Top receivers

CLE – Terrelle Pryor – 5 receptions, 48 yards
BAL – Breshad Perriman – 3 receptions, 64 yards, TD

text: Trying to halt their 12-game losing streak that had started back during the 2015 NFL season, the Browns traveled to Baltimore to play against the Baltimore Ravens who beat them in Week 2. This was the Browns' only prime time game this year. The Browns led 7–6 at halftime, but the Ravens dominated the second half, outscoring them 22–0 and winning 28–7. The seven points scored by the Browns represented their fewest points scored in a game this season. With the loss, the Browns fell to 0–10. It was their worst 10-game start in franchise history. They also lost their 13th consecutive game, extending their current franchise record for most consecutive losses. They are also the first team to begin the season 0–10 since the 2014 Oakland Raiders. On the following Sunday, the Denver Broncos and the Kansas City Chiefs won their games, which mathematically eliminated the Browns from the NFL Wild Card race.

text: Week 11: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers[edit]

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2
3
4
Total

Steelers
3
11
3
7
24

Browns
0
0
3
6
9

text: at FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

text:
Date: November 20
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 36 °F (2 °C), cloudy
Game attendance: 67,431
Referee: Brad Allen
TV announcers (CBS): Kevin Harlan and Rich Gannon
Recap, Gamebook

text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

PIT – Chris Boswell 32-yard field goal, 2:28. Steelers 3–0. Drive: 16 plays, 82 yards, 9:18.

Second quarter

PIT – Chris Boswell 33-yard field goal, 4:43. Steelers 6–0. Drive: 16 plays, 68 yards, 9:28.
PIT – Le'Veon Bell 1-yard run (Ben Roethlisberger–David Johnson pass), 0:00. Steelers 14–0. Drive: 11 plays, 59 yards, 1:51.

Third quarter

CLE – Cody Parkey 24-yard field goal, 8:05. Steelers 14–3. Drive: 11 plays, 48 yards, 5:00.
PIT – Chris Boswell 22-yard field goal, 0:03. Steelers 17–3. Drive: 15 plays, 71 yards, 8:02.

Fourth quarter

CLE – Gary Barnidge 14-yard pass from Josh McCown (kick failed, wide right), 9:45. Steelers 17–9. Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 5:18.
PIT – Javon Hargrave fumble recovery in the end zone (Chris Boswell kick), 3:36. Steelers 24–9.

Top passers

PIT – Ben Roethlisberger – 23/36, 167 yards
CLE – Cody Kessler – 7/14, 128 yards, INT

Top rushers

PIT – Le'Veon Bell – 28 rushes, 146 yards, TD
CLE – Josh McCown – 2 rushes, 11 yards

Top receivers

PIT – Antonio Brown – 8 receptions, 76 yards
CLE – Terrelle Pryor – 5 receptions, 97 yards

text: The Browns hosted the Pittsburgh Steelers, who were coming off a loss against the Cowboys. The Steelers defeated the Browns 24–9, dropping the Browns to 0–11. With the loss, the Browns were mathematically eliminated from postseason contention for the 14th consecutive season. For the second consecutive season, they were the first NFL team to be mathematically eliminated from contention. The Browns have now gone 24 consecutive seasons without winning a division title, extending the longest active streak in the NFL. They also extended their current franchise record for most consecutive games lost to 14 games. The team is also the first team to start 0–11 since the 2011 Indianapolis Colts.

text: Week 12: vs. New York Giants[edit]

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2
3
4
Total

Giants
0
14
0
13
27

Browns
0
6
0
7
13

text: at FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

text:
Date: November 27
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 48 °F (9 °C), sunny
Game attendance: 60,034
Referee: Walt Anderson
TV announcers (Fox): Dick Stockton, Matt Millen and Peter Schrager
Recap, Gamebook

text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

No scoring plays

Second quarter

NYG – Dwayne Harris 13-yard pass from Eli Manning (Robbie Gould kick), 7:03. Giants 7–0. Drive: 2 plays, 31 yards, 0:42.
CLE – Cody Parkey 20-yard field goal, 1:43. Giants 7–3. Drive: 10 plays, 28 yards, 3:51.
NYG – Odell Beckham Jr. 32-yard pass from Eli Manning (Robbie Gould kick), 1:13. Giants 14–3. Drive: 4 plays, 69 yards, 0:30.
CLE – Cody Parkey 25-yard field goal, 0:00. Giants 14–6. Drive: 8 plays, 68 yards, 1:13.

Third quarter

No scoring plays

Fourth quarter

NYG – Jason Pierre-Paul 48-yard fumble return (kick failed, wide right), 10:58. Giants 20–6.
CLE – Corey Coleman 21-yard pass from Josh McCown (Cody Parkey kick), 8:17. Giants 20–13. Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:41.
NYG – Odell Beckham Jr. 4-yard pass from Eli Manning (Robbie Gould kick), 5:10. Giants 27–13. Drive: 6 plays, 73 yards, 3:07.

Top passers

NYG – Eli Manning – 15/27, 194 yards, 3 TD
CLE – Josh McCown – 25/43, 322 yards, TD

Top rushers

NYG – Rashad Jennings – 15 rushes, 55 yards
CLE – Isaiah Crowell – 16 rushes, 44 yards

Top receivers

NYG – Odell Beckham Jr. – 6 receptions, 96 yards, 2 TD
CLE – Terrelle Pryor – 6 receptions, 131 yards

text: The Browns took on the Giants who were on a five-game winning streak and were coming off their 22–16 win over the Bears, but the Browns suffered their 12th straight loss this season due to three touchdown passes by Eli Manning to Odell Beckham Jr. and a fumble return by Jason Pierre-Paul for a touchdown. The Browns extended their current franchise record for most consecutive losses. They have now lost 15 straight games, with their last win coming in Week 14 of 2015 over San Francisco.

text: The team went into their bye week at 0–12. They would be the first team to start with such a record since the 2011 Colts.

text: Week 14: vs. Cincinnati Bengals[edit]

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2
3
4
Total

Bengals
13
7
0
3
23

Browns
0
0
7
3
10

text: at FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

text:
Date: December 11
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 28 °F (−2 °C), snow
Game attendance: 60,028
Referee: Gene Steratore
TV announcers (CBS): Andrew Catalon, Steve Beuerlein and Steve Tasker
Recap, Gamebook

text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

CIN – Tyler Eifert 14-yard pass from Andy Dalton (Mike Nugent kick), 12:21. Bengals 7–0. Drive: 6 plays, 73 yards, 2:39.
CIN – Jeremy Hill 1-yard run (kick short), 6:27. Bengals 13–0. Drive: 9 plays, 45 yards, 4:49.

Second quarter

CIN – Tyler Eifert 5-yard pass from Andy Dalton (Mike Nugent kick), 5:06. Bengals 20–0. Drive: 5 plays, 26 yards, 2:37.

Third quarter

CLE – Robert Griffin III 1-yard run (Cody Parkey kick), 8:11. Bengals 20–7. Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards, 4:40.

Fourth quarter

CLE – Cody Parkey 30-yard field goal, 14:14. Bengals 20–10. Drive: 10 plays, 69 yards, 4:06.
CIN – Mike Nugent 44-yard field goal, 8:38. Bengals 23–10. Drive: 11 plays, 57 yards, 5:36.

Top passers

CIN – Andy Dalton – 20/28, 180 yards, 2 TD
CLE – Robert Griffin III – 12/28, 104 yards, INT

Top rushers

CIN – Jeremy Hill – 25 rushes, 111 yards, TD
CLE – Isaiah Crowell – 10 rushes, 113 yards

Top receivers

CIN – Tyler Boyd – 6 receptions, 49 yards
CLE – Gary Barnidge – 3 receptions, 27 yards

text: Coming off their bye week, the Browns hosted the Bengals in a rematch of Week 7. The Bengals jumped out to a 20–0 halftime lead and never looked back, handing Cleveland a 23–10 loss. It was the Browns' 16th consecutive defeat dating back to the 2015 season. With the loss, Cleveland became the eighth team since 1960 to start a season 0–13, and the first since the 2011 Indianapolis Colts. They became the first franchise to lose 16 in a row since the Oakland Raiders did it during the 2013 and 2014 seasons.

text: Week 15: at Buffalo Bills[edit]

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2
3
4
Total

Browns
3
0
10
0
13

Bills
10
7
7
9
33

text: at New Era Field, Orchard Park, New York

text:
Date: December 18
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 25 °F (−4 °C), cloudy
Game attendance: 66,529
Referee: Clete Blakeman
TV announcers (CBS): Tom McCarthy and Adam Archuleta
Recap, Gamebook

text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

BUF – Dan Carpenter 21-yard field goal, 10:14. Bills 3–0. Drive: 7 plays, 44 yards, 3:06.
CLE – Cody Parkey 35-yard field goal, 3:50. Tied 3–3. Drive: 12 plays, 63 yards, 6:24.
BUF – Mike Gillislee 3-yard run (Dan Carpenter kick), 0:00. Bills 10–3. Drive: 8 plays, 74 yards, 3:50.

Second quarter

BUF – Charles Clay 19-yard pass from Tyrod Taylor (Dan Carpenter kick), 0:34. Bills 17–3. Drive: 13 plays, 91 yards, 7:29.

Third quarter

CLE – Robert Griffin III 18-yard run (Cody Parkey kick), 8:58. Bills 17–10. Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards, 3:54.
BUF – LeSean McCoy 3-yard run (Dan Carpenter kick), 5:50. Bills 24–10. Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 3:08.
CLE – Cody Parkey 40-yard field goal, 1:32. Bills 24–13. Drive: 8 plays, 45 yards, 4:18.

Fourth quarter

BUF – LeSean McCoy 8-yard run (kick failed, wide right), 12:38. Bills 30–13. Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 3:54.
BUF – Dan Carpenter 34-yard field goal, 7:21. Bills 33–13. Drive: 7 plays, 34 yards, 4:00.

Top passers

CLE – Robert Griffin III – 17/28, 196 yards
BUF – Tyrod Taylor – 17/24, 174 yards, TD

Top rushers

CLE – Robert Griffin III – 8 rushes, 48 yards, TD
BUF – LeSean McCoy – 19 rushes, 153 yards, 2 TD

Top receivers

CLE – Duke Johnson – 5 receptions, 62 yards
BUF – Charles Clay – 7 receptions, 72 yards, TD

text: The Browns headed to Buffalo to try to collect their first win of the season, but the Bills routed the Browns 33–13. With the loss, the Browns fell to 0–14 and became the first team to lose 17 consecutive regular season games since the St. Louis Rams in the 2008 and 2009 seasons. The Browns also became the fourth team to start a season 0–14, joining the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (went winless in a 14-game season), 1980 New Orleans Saints (went 1-15), and the 2008 Detroit Lions (went 0–16). The Browns also tied their franchise record for total losses in a single season. The Browns also became the first team since the 2013 Houston Texans, who lost their last 14 games after starting their season 2-0, to have 14 straight losses in a single season.

text: On December 21, OT Joe Thomas was voted to his 10th consecutive Pro Bowl. Thomas now holds the Browns record for most Pro Bowls, passing Pro Football Hall of Famers Jim Brown (nine) and Lou Groza (nine). Thomas joins Pro Football Hall of Famers Merlin Olsen (14), Mel Renfro (10), Barry Sanders (10) and Lawrence Taylor (10) as the only players in NFL history to make the Pro Bowl in each of their first 10 seasons. Thomas' streak of 10 consecutive Pro Bowls is the longest active streak in the NFL.[30]

text: Week 16: vs. San Diego Chargers[edit]

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1
2
3
4
Total

Chargers
10
0
7
0
17

Browns
7
10
3
0
20

text: at FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

text:
Date: December 24
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 38 °F (3 °C), cloudy
Game attendance: 57,272
Referee: Walt Coleman
TV announcers (CBS): Spero Dedes and Solomon Wilcots
Recap, Gamebook

text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

SD – Antonio Gates 1-yard pass from Philip Rivers (Josh Lambo kick), 10:49. Chargers 7–0. Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 4:11.
CLE – Isaiah Crowell 8-yard run (Cody Parkey kick), 5:12. Tied 7–7. Drive: 10 plays, 72 yards, 5:37.
SD – Josh Lambo 43-yard field goal, 1:49. Chargers 10–7. Drive: 7 plays, 50 yards, 3:23.

Second quarter

CLE – Isaiah Crowell 4-yard run (Cody Parkey kick), 12:39. Browns 14–10. Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 4:10.
CLE – Cody Parkey 49-yard field goal, 4:46. Browns 17–10. Drive: 10 plays, 39 yards, 4:49.

Third quarter

CLE – Cody Parkey 27-yard field goal, 10:58. Browns 20–10. Drive: 8 plays, 57 yards, 4:02.
SD – Tyrell Williams 1-yard pass from Philip Rivers (Josh Lambo kick), 6:04. Browns 20–17. Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 4:54.

Fourth quarter

No scoring plays

Top passers

SD – Philip Rivers – 23/46, 322 yards, 2 TD, INT
CLE – Robert Griffin III – 17/25, 164 yards

Top rushers

SD – Kenneth Farrow – 9 rushes, 28 yards
CLE – Isaiah Crowell – 16 rushes, 54 yards, 2 TD

Top receivers

SD – Antonio Gates – 8 receptions, 94 yards, TD
CLE – Gary Barnidge – 5 receptions, 42 yards

text: In their final home game of the year, the Browns hosted the San Diego Chargers on Christmas Eve afternoon, looking to get their first win. The contest was competitive throughout the afternoon. The Chargers had a game-tying field goal attempt blocked by Jamie Meder with just under 4 minutes to go in the fourth quarter. After the Browns punted, the Chargers drove down the field and reached the Browns' 27-yard line in the final seconds. However, the Chargers had no timeouts remaining and had to rush the field goal unit out in the final seconds. Kicker Josh Lambo missed the potential game-tying field goal as time expired, allowing the Browns to pick up their first win of the season, ending a 17-game losing streak and improving to 1–14. The win also left the 2008 Detroit Lions as the only 0–16 team in NFL history. It was the first and only time this season that the Browns allowed fewer than 23 points in a single game.

text: Week 17: at Pittsburgh Steelers[edit]

text:
1
2
3
4
OT
Total

Browns
7
7
0
7
3
24

Steelers
0
7
0
14
6
27

text: at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

text:
Date: January 1, 2017
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 41 °F (5 °C), sunny
Game attendance: 55,921
Referee: John Hussey
TV announcers (CBS): Kevin Harlan and Rich Gannon
Recap, Gamebook

text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

CLE – Seth DeValve 12-yard pass from Robert Griffin III (Cody Parkey kick), 7:48. Browns 7–0. Drive: 8 plays, 55 yards, 4:18.

Second quarter

CLE – Gary Barnidge 4-yard pass from Robert Griffin III (Cody Parkey kick), 9:21. Browns 14–0. Drive: 11 plays, 67 yards, 5:42.
PIT – DeAngelo Williams 11-yard pass from Landry Jones (Chris Boswell kick), 0:31. Browns 14–7. Drive: 7 plays, 37 yards, 1:30.

Third quarter

No scoring plays

Fourth quarter

PIT – DeAngelo Williams 1-yard run (Chris Boswell kick), 13:21. Tied 14–14. Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards, 5:01.
PIT – Demarcus Ayers 11-yard pass from Landry Jones (Chris Boswell kick), 5:14. Steelers 21–14. Drive: 5 plays, 61 yards, 2:20.
CLE – George Atkinson III 5-yard run (Cody Parkey kick), 3:28. Tied 21–21. Drive: 3 plays, 68 yards, 1:46.

Overtime

CLE – Cody Parkey 34-yard field goal, 7:17. Browns 24–21. Drive: 17 plays, 65 yards, 7:43.
PIT – Cobi Hamilton 26-yard pass from Landry Jones, 2:57. Steelers 27–24. Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 4:20.

Top passers

CLE – Robert Griffin III – 29/40, 232 yards, 2 TD, INT
PIT – Landry Jones – 24/37, 277 yards, 3 TD, INT

Top rushers

CLE – Isaiah Crowell – 19 rushes, 152 yards
PIT – DeAngelo Williams – 23 rushes, 67 yards, TD

Top receivers

CLE – Terrelle Pryor – 7 receptions, 94 yards
PIT – Eli Rogers – 6 receptions, 61 yards

text: The Browns entered this game looking to win consecutive games for the first time since they won 3 in a row during Weeks 8-10 of the 2014 season. The Steelers entered the game locked into the AFC's #3 seed and rested most of their starters. However, the Browns would still fall to the Steelers, losing 27–24 in an overtime affair. With the loss, the Browns finished the season with a 1–15 record, their worst record in franchise history. The Browns also became the 10th team in NFL history, and the first team since the 2009 Rams, to finish 1-15. They failed to win a division game for the first time since the 2011 season and extended their losing streak within the division to 11 games. The Browns also failed to win a road game in a season for only the second time in franchise history and the first time since the 1975 season. They also extended their road losing streak to 13 games and failed to win a road game against the Steelers for the thirteenth consecutive season. The Browns finished with the worst record in the NFL and secured the #1 overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft.

text: Standings[edit]

text: Division[edit]

text:
AFC North

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W
L
T
PCT
DIV
CONF
PF
PA
STK

(3) Pittsburgh Steelers
11
5
0
.688
5–1
9–3
399
327
W7

Baltimore Ravens
8
8
0
.500
4–2
7–5
343
321
L2

Cincinnati Bengals
6
9
1
.406
3–3
5–7
325
315
W1

Cleveland Browns
1
15
0
.063
0–6
1–11
264
452
L1

text: Conference[edit]

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AFC

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Team
Division
W
L
T
PCT
DIV
CONF
SOS
SOV
STK

Division leaders

1
New England Patriots
East
14
2
0
.875
5–1
11–1
.439
.424
W7

2[a]
Kansas City Chiefs
West
12
4
0
.750
6–0
9–3
.508
.479
W2

3
Pittsburgh Steelers
North
11
5
0
.688
5–1
9–3
.494
.423
W7

4[b]
Houston Texans
South
9
7
0
.563
5–1
7–5
.502
.427
L1

Wild Cards

5[a]
Oakland Raiders
West
12
4
0
.750
3–3
9–3
.504
.443
L1

6
Miami Dolphins
East
10
6
0
.625
4–2
7–5
.455
.341
L1

Did not qualify for the playoffs

7[b][c]
Tennessee Titans
South
9
7
0
.563
2–4
6–6
.465
.458
W1

8[c]
Denver Broncos
West
9
7
0
.563
2–4
6–6
.549
.455
W1

9[d]
Baltimore Ravens
North
8
8
0
.500
4–2
7–5
.498
.363
L2

10[d]
Indianapolis Colts
South
8
8
0
.500
3–3
5–7
.492
.406
W1

11
Buffalo Bills
East
7
9
0
.438
1–5
4–8
.482
.339
L2

12
Cincinnati Bengals
North
6
9
1
.406
3–3
5–7
.521
.333
W1

13[e]
New York Jets
East
5
11
0
.313
2–4
4–8
.518
.313
W1

14[e]
San Diego Chargers
West
5
11
0
.313
1–5
4–8
.543
.513
L5

15
Jacksonville Jaguars
South
3
13
0
.188
2–4
2–10
.527
.417
L1

16
Cleveland Browns
North
1
15
0
.063
0–6
1–11
.549
.313
L1

Tiebreakers[f]

^ Jump up to: a b Kansas City clinched the AFC West division over Oakland based on head-to-head sweep.
^ Jump up to: a b Houston clinched the AFC South division title over Tennessee based on record vs. division opponents.
^ Jump up to: a b Tennessee finished ahead of Denver based on head-to-head victory.
^ Jump up to: a b Baltimore finished ahead of Indianapolis based on record vs. conference opponents.
^ Jump up to: a b The New York Jets finished ahead of San Diego based record vs. common opponents — the Jets' cumulative record against Cleveland, Indianapolis, Kansas City and Miami was 1–4, while San Diego's cumulative record against the same four teams was 0–5.
Jump up ^ When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division.

text: Staff[edit]

text:
2016 Cleveland Browns staff

Front office

Owners – Jimmy and Dee Haslam
Chief Strategy Officer – Paul DePodesta
Executive Vice President of Football Operations – Sashi Brown
Vice President, Player Personnel – Andrew Berry
Vice President, Player Personnel – Ken Kovash
Vice President, Football Operations – Phil Dangerfield
Director of Football Administration – Chris Cooper
Director of Research & Strategy – Kevin Meers
Director of Player Personnel – Chisolm Opara
Director of College Scouting – Bobby Vega
Director of Pro Scouting – Dan Saganey
Director of Scouting – Mike Cetta
Assistant Director of Scouting – Glenn Cook
Special Advisor – Jim Brown

Head coaches

Head Coach – Hue Jackson
Associate Head Coach – Offense/QBs – Pep Hamilton

Offensive coaches

Sr. Offensive Assistant/Wide Receivers – Al Saunders
Running Backs/Run Game Coordinator – Kirby Wilson
Tight Ends – Greg Seamon
Offensive Line – Hal Hunter
Assistant Offensive Line – Mark Hutson
Offensive Quality Control/Assistant WRs – Bob Saunders
Offensive Quality Control/Assistant RBs – Rock Cartwright

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Ray Horton
Defensive Line – Robert Nunn
Assistant Defensive Line – Ken Delgado
Outside Linebackers – Ryan Slowik
Inside Linebackers – Johnny Holland
Defensive Backs – Louie Cioffi
Assistant Defensive Backs – Cannon Matthews
Defensive Quality Control – Eric Sanders

Special teams coaches

Special Teams Coordinator – Chris Tabor
Special Teams Assistant – Shawn Mennenga
Special Teams Quality Control – Stan Watson

Strength and conditioning

Director, High Performance – Adam Beard
Strength and Conditioning Coordinator – Evan Marcus
Strength and Conditioning Coordinator – Jason Veltkamp
Assistant Stength/Skill Development – Joe Kim
Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Derik Keyes
Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Art Tolhurst
Sports Scientist – Jamey Mroz
Strength and Conditioning Intern – Ian Jones

text: Final roster[edit]

text:
2016 Cleveland Browns final roster

Quarterbacks

10 Robert Griffin III
 8 Kevin Hogan
 6 Cody Kessler
13 Josh McCown

Running backs

25 George Atkinson III
34 Isaiah Crowell
35 Darius Jackson
29 Duke Johnson
40 Danny Vitale FB

Wide receivers

15 Mario Alford KR/PR
19 Corey Coleman
16 Andrew Hawkins
81 Rashard Higgins
80 Ricardo Louis
11 Terrelle Pryor

Tight ends

82 Gary Barnidge
87 Seth DeValve
86 Randall Telfer

Offensive linemen

78 Alvin Bailey G
72 Shon Coleman T
66 Spencer Drango G
74 Cameron Erving C
61 Anthony Fabiano C
60 Gabe Ikard C
67 Austin Pasztor T
73 Joe Thomas T

Defensive linemen

96 Xavier Cooper DE
91 Tyrone Holmes DE
98 Jamie Meder DE
94 Carl Nassib DE
90 Emmanuel Ogbah DE
99 Stephen Paea DE
55 Danny Shelton NT
97 Gabe Wright NT

Linebackers

54 Dominique Alexander ILB
59 Tank Carder ILB
51 Jamie Collins OLB
56 Demario Davis ILB
57 Cam Johnson OLB
58 Christian Kirksey ILB
53 Joe Schobert OLB

Defensive backs

20 Briean Boddy-Calhoun CB
26 Marcus Burley CB
31 Trey Caldwell CB
24 Ibraheim Campbell SS
23 Joe Haden CB
41 Tracy Howard FS
39 Ed Reynolds FS
21 Jamar Taylor CB
22 Tramon Williams CB

Special teams

 4 Britton Colquitt P
47 Charley Hughlett LS
 3 Cody Parkey K

Reserve lists

75 Joel Bitonio G (IR)
92 Desmond Bryant DE (NF-Inj.)
12 Josh Gordon WR (Susp.)
77 John Greco G (IR)
85 Rannell Hall WR (IR)
30 Derrick Kindred SS (NF-Inj.)
70 Nile Lawrence-Stample NT (IR)
43 Rajion Neal RB (IR)
44 Nate Orchard OLB (IR)
83 Dennis Parks WR (IR)
84 Jordan Payton WR (Susp.)
33 Jordan Poyer FS (IR)
62 Austin Reiter C (IR)
28 Glenn Winston RB (IR)
97 Dylan Wynn DE (IR)

Practice squad

83 Josh Boyce WR
52 James Burgess LB
93 Trevon Coley NT
36 Justin Currie S
37 Trae Elston S
89 Connor Hamlett TE
28 Darius Hillary CB
49 J. P. Holtz TE
17 Jordan Leslie WR
79 Zach Sterup T

Rookies in italics 53 Active, 15 Inactive, 10 Practice squad


document_title: Ethnic groups in Latin America

question_text: what is the dominant ethnic group of southern south america including argentina and uruguay

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text: Ethnic groups in Latin America

text: Overview[edit]

text: According to Jon Aske:

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text: Before Hispanics became such a 'noticeable' group in the U.S., the distinction between black and white was the major racial division and according to the one-drop rule adhered to by the culture at large, one drop of African ancestry usually meant that the person was Black. ...

text: The notion of racial continuum and a separation of race (or skin color) and ethnicity, on the other hand, is the norm in most of Latin America. In the Spanish and Portuguese empires, racial mixing or miscegenation was the norm and something that the Spanish and Portuguese had grown rather accustomed to during the hundreds of years of contact with Arabs and North Africans in the Iberian peninsula. But, demographics may have made this inevitable as well. Thus, for example, of the approximately 13.5 million people who lived in the Spanish colonies in 1800 before independence only about one fifth were white. This contrasts with the U.S., where more than four fifths were whites (out of a population of 5.3 million in 1801, 900,000 were slaves, plus approximately 60,000 free blacks). ...

text: The fact of the recognition of a racial continuum in Hispanic American (sic) does not mean that there wasn't discrimination, which there was, or that there wasn't an obsession with race, or 'castes', as they were sometimes called. ...

text: In areas with large indigenous Amerindian populations, a racial mixture resulted, which is known in Spanish as mestizos ... who are a majority in Mexico, Central America and most of South America. Similarly, when African slaves were brought to the Caribbean region and Brazil, where there was very little indigenous presence left, unions between them and Spanish produced a population of mixed mulatos ... who are a majority of the population in many of those Spanish-speaking Caribbean basin countries (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Colombia, and Venezuela).

text: Aske has also written that:

text: Spanish colonization was rather different from later English, or British, colonization of North America. They had different systems of colonization and different methods of subjugation. While the English were primarily interested in grabbing land, the Spanish in addition had a mandate to incorporate the land's inhabitants into their society, something which was achieved by religious conversion and sexual unions which produced a new 'race' of mestizos, a mixture of Europeans and indigenous peoples. mestizos (sic) form the majority of the population in Mexico, Central America, and much of South America. Racial mixing or miscegenation, after all, was something that the Spanish and Portuguese had been accustomed to during the hundreds of years of contact with Arabs and North Africans.

text: Similarly, later on, when African slaves were introduced into the Caribbean basin region, unions between them and Spaniards produced a population of mulatos, who are a majority of the population in the Caribbean islands (the Antilles) (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico), as well as other areas of the Caribbean region (Colombia, Venezuela and parts of the Central American Caribbean coast). mestizos (sic) and mulatos may not have always have been first class citizens in their countries, but they were never disowned in the way the outcomes of unions of Europeans and Native Americans were in the British colonies, where interracial marriages were taboo and one drop of Black or Amerindian blood was enough to make the person 'impure'.

text: In his famous 1963 book The Rise of the West, William Hardy McNeill wrote that:

text: Racially mixed societies arose in most of Spanish and Portuguese America, compounded in varying proportions from European, Indian, and Negro strands. Fairly frequent resort to manumission mitigated the hardships of slavery in those areas; and the Catholic church positively encouraged marriages between white immigrants and Indian women as a remedy for sexual immorality. However, in the southern English colonies and in most of the Caribbean islands, the importation of Negro slaves created a much more sharply polarized biracial society. Strong race feeling and the servile status of nearly all Negroes interdicted intermarriage, practically if not legally. Such discrimination did not prevent interbreeding; but children of mixed parentage were assigned to the status of their mothers. Mulattoes and Indian half-breeds were thereby excluded from the white community. In Spanish (and, with some differences, Portuguese) territories a more elaborate and less oppressive principle of racial discrimination established itself. The handful of persons who had been born in the homelands claimed topmost social prestige; next came those of purely European descent; while beneath ranged the various racial blends to form a social pyramid whose numerous racial distinctions meant that no one barrier could become as ugly and inpenetrable as that dividing whites from Negroes in the English, Dutch, and French colonies.

text: Thomas C. Wright, meanwhile, has written that:

text: The demographic makeup of colonial Latin America became more complex when, as the native population declined, the Portuguese, Spanish, and the French in Haiti turned to Africa for labor, as did the British in North America. The tricontinental heritage that characterizes Latin America, then, is shared by the United States, but even a casual examination reveals that the outcome of the complex interaction of different peoples has varied. While miscegenation among the three races certainly occured in North America, it appears to have been much less common than in Latin America. Furthermore, offspring of such liasons were not recognized as belonging to new, distinct racial categories in North America as they were in Latin America. The terms mestizo or mameluco, mulatto, the general term castas, and dozens of subcategories of racial identity frankly recognized the outcomes of interracial sexual activity in Latin America and established a continuum of race rather than the unrealistic absolute categories of white, black, or Indian as used in the United States. (The U.S. Census Bureau's forms did not allow individuals to list more than one race until 2000.)

text: Ethnic groups[edit]

text:
Amerindians. The indigenous population of Latin America, the Amerindians, arrived  during the Lithic stage. In post-Columbian times they experienced tremendous population decrease, particularly in the early decades of colonization. They have since recovered in numbers, surpassing sixty million by some estimates.[6] With the growth of other groups, they now compose a majority only in Bolivia. In Guatemala, Amerindians are a large minority who comprise two-fifths of the population. Mexico's 14%[7] (9.8% in the official 2005 census) is the next largest population, and one of the largest Amerindian populations in the Americas in absolute numbers. Most of the remaining countries have Amerindian minorities, in every case making up less than one-tenth of the respective country's population. In many countries, people of mixed Amerindian and European ancestry make up the majority of the population (see Mestizo).
Asians. People of Asian descent number several million in Latin America. The first Asians to settle in the region were Filipino, as a result of Spain trading in Asia and the Americas. The majority of Asian Latin Americans are of Japanese or Chinese ancestry and reside mainly in Brazil and Peru; there is also a growing Chinese minority in Panama. Brazil is home to about two million people of Asian descent; this includes the largest ethnic Japanese community outside Japan itself (estimated as high as 1.5 million), and about 200,000 ethnic Chinese and 100,000 ethnic Koreans.[8][9] Ethnic Koreans also number tens of thousands in Argentina and Mexico.[10] Peru, with 1.47 million people of Asian descent,[11][12] has one of the largest Chinese communities in the world, with nearly one million Peruvians being of Chinese ancestry. There is a strong ethnic-Japanese presence in Peru, where a past president and a number of politicians are of Japanese descent. The Martiniquais population includes an African-White-Indian mixed population, and an East Indian (Asian Indian) population.[13] The Guadeloupe an East Indian population is estimated at 14% of the population.
Blacks. Millions of Africans brought to Latin America from the 16th century onward, the majority of whom were sent to the Caribbean region and Brazil. Today, people identified as "Black" are most numerous in Brazil (more than 10 million) and in Haiti (more than 7 million).[14] Among the Hispanic nations and Brazil leads this category in relative numbers with 7% of the population being Afro-Latin American. Significant populations are also found in Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Uruguay Latin Americans of mixed Black and White ancestry, called Mulattoes, are far more numerous than Blacks.
Mestizos. Intermixing between Europeans and Amerindians began early in the colonial period and was extensive. The resulting people, known as Mestizos, make up the majority of the population in half of the countries of Latin America. Additionally, Mestizos compose large minorities in nearly all the other mainland countries.
Mulattoes. Mulattoes are people of mixed European and African ancestry. In Latin America, Mulattoes descend primarily from Spanish or Portuguese settlers on one side, and African on the other. Brazil is home to Latin America's largest mulatto population. Mulattoes are a population majority in the Dominican Republic and, depending on the source, Cuba as well. Mulattoes are also numerous in Panama, Honduras, Costa Rica, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela and Uruguay. Smaller populations of mulattoes are found in other Latin American countries.[6]
Whites. Beginning in the late 15th century, large numbers of Iberian colonists settled in what became Latin America. The Portuguese colonized Brazil primaily, and the Spaniards settled elsewhere in the region. At present, most White Latin Americans are of Spanish or Portuguese origin. Iberians brought the Spanish and Portuguese languages, the Catholic faith, and many Iberian-Latin traditions. Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela contain the largest absolute numbers of Whites in Latin America.[7] Whites make up the majorities of Argentina, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Chile, Uruguay, and depending on the source in Cuba. Whites make up nearly half of Brazil's population.[7][15][16] Ever since most of Latin America gained independence in the 1810s–1820s, millions of people have immigrated there. Of these immigrants, Italians formed the largest group, and next were Spaniards and Portuguese.[17] Many others arrived, such as French, Germans, Greeks, Poles, Ukrainians, Russians, Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians, Irish, and Welsh. Also included are Jews, as well as Arabs of Lebanese, Syrian, and Palestinian descent; most of them are Christian.[18] Whites presently compose the largest racial group in Latin America (36% in the table herein) and, whether as White, Mestizo, or Mulatto, the vast majority of Latin Americans have white ancestry.[19]
Zambos: Intermixing between Africans and Amerindians was especially prevalent in Colombia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Brazil, often due to slaves's running away (becoming cimarrones: maroons) and being taken in by Amerindian villagers. In Spanish speaking nations, people of this mixed ancestry are known as Zambos[20] in Middle America, and Cafuzos in Brazil.

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text: In addition to the foregoing groups, Latin America also has millions of tri-racial peoples of African, Amerindian, and European ancestry. Most are found in the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Brazil, and Peru with a much smaller presence in other countries.

text: According to Lizcano[edit]

text: The following table contains information based on a 2014 non-genetic work entitled "Composición Étnica de las Tres Áreas Culturales del Continente Americano al Comienzo del Siglo XXI" ("Ethnic Composition of the Three Cultural Areas of the American Continent at the Beginning of the 21st Century") by National Autonomous University of Mexico professor Francisco Lizcano Fernández.

text: Fernández compiled his estimation of groups based on a criteria of cultural patterns, not on genotypes nor even phenotype.[7] In these estimations, therefore, "whites" encompasses all those whose practiced culture is predominantly Iberian-derived, while "mestizos" encompasses those whose practiced culture noticeably mixes Iberian and Amerindian cultural traditions, and "Amerindians" only those whose practiced culture is predominantly indigenous.

text: The resulting effect of employing this criteria, therefore, skews the figure of said groups if they had been based on genetic factors, or even based on phenotypic factors. Thus, for instance, the estimate of "whites" given for Chile would include mostly genetic mestizos, while the estimate of "mestizos" in Mexico would include not only a significant proportion of genetic Amerindians, but also many genetic whites, and so on for other countries.

text:
Country

Population2014[21]

Whites
Mestizos
Mulattoes
Amerindians
Blacks
Asians
Creoles &Garifunas

 Argentina
41,769,726
85.0%
11.1%
0.0%
1.0%
0.0%
2.9%
0.0%

 Bolivia
10,118,683
15.0%
28.0%
2.0%
55.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%

 Brazil
203,429,773
53.8%
0.0%
39.1%
0.4%
6.2%
0.5%
0.0%

 Chile
16,888,760
52.7%
39.3%
0.0%
8.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%

 Colombia
44,725,543
20.0%
58.2%
10.0%
1.8%
3.9%
0.0%
0.1%

 Costa Rica
4,576,562
82.0%
15.0%
0.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.2%
2.0%

 Cuba
11,087,330
64.2%
0.0%
26.6%
0.0%
9.3%
1.0%
0.0%

 Dominican Republic
9,956,648
14.6%
0.0%
75.0%
0.0%
7.7%
0.4%
2.3%

 Ecuador
15,007,343
9.9%
42.0%
5.0%
39.0%
5.0%
0.1%
0.0%

 El Salvador
6,071,774
1.0%
91.0%
0.0%
8.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%

 Guatemala
13,824,463
4.0%
42.0%
0.0%
53.0%
0.0%
0.8%
0.2%

 Honduras
8,143,564
1.0%
85.6%
1.7%
7.7%
0.0%
0.7%
3.3%

 Mexico
121,724,226
15.0%
70.0%
0.5%
14.0%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%

 Nicaragua
5,666,301
14.0%
78.3%
0.0%
6.9%
0.0%
0.2%
0.6%

 Panama
3,460,462
10.0%
32.0%
27.0%
8.0%
5.0%
4.0%
14.0%

 Paraguay
6,759,058
20.0%
74.5%
3.5%
1.5%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%

 Peru
30,814,175
12.0%
32.0%
9.7%
45.5%
0.0%
0.8%
0.0%

 Puerto Rico
3,989,133
74.8%
0.0%
10.0%
0.0%
15.0%
0.2%
0.0%

 Uruguay
3,308,535
88.0%
8.0%
4.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%

 Venezuela
27,635,743
16.9%
37.7%
37.7%
2.7%
2.8%
2.2%
0.0%

Total
579,092,570
36.1%
30.3%
20.3%
9.2%
3.2%
0.7%
0.2%

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text: LNote: "Creoles" refer to people of African descent who emigrated from British and French colonies in the Caribbean to Central America.[7]

text: According to Latinobarometro[edit]

text: The following table shows how Latin Americans answer the question What race do you consider yourself  belonging? in the Latinobarometro survey.[22]

text:
Country

Mestizos
Whites
Amerindians
Mulattoes
Blacks
Asians
Other race
DK/NA

 Argentina
26%
61%
1%
1%
1%
0%
3%
7%

 Bolivia
57%
4%
27%
1%
1%
0%
1%
9%

 Brazil
27%
41%
1%
13%
17%
0%
1%
0%

 Chile
59%
30%
8%
1%
0%
0%
2%
0%

 Colombia
47%
26%
5%
5%
6%
0%
2%
9%

 Costa Rica
31%
40%
4%
17%
3%
1%
1%
3%

 Dominican Republic
29%
11%
4%
24%
26%
3%
0%
3%

 Ecuador
81%
4%
7%
3%
3%
1%
0%
1%

 El Salvador
68%
10%
5%
4%
4%
2%
0%
7%

 Guatemala
32%
17%
45%
1%
1%
0%
1%
3%

 Honduras
67%
1%
13%
16%
2%
1%
1%
0%

 Mexico
52%
6%
19%
2%
0%
1%
3%
17%

 Nicaragua
67%
6%
8%
2%
3%
1%
0%
13%

 Panama
53%
16%
7%
5%
10%
1%
1%
7%

 Paraguay
81%
3%
3%
1%
1%
0%
2%
9%

 Peru
76%
6%
7%
1%
1%
1%
1%
7%

 Uruguay
7%
74%
1%
4%
3%
0%
3%
8%

 Venezuela
33%
32%
4%
21%
8%
0%
0%
2%

Total
47%
24%
9%
6%
5%
1%
1%
7%

text: According to other sources[edit]

text: This is a list of ethnic groups based on national or other sources.

text:
Country

Amerindian

White

Mestizo

Mulatto

Black

Asian

Pardo or Mixed

Garifuna or Zambo

Other

Undeclared

Type of study

Year

 Argentina[23]

5.0%
85.0%
10.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Census
2010

 Bolivia[24]

37.0%
3.0%
52.0%
0.0%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
7.0%
Household survey
2013

 Brazil[25]

0.43%
47.73%
0.0%
0.0%
7.61%
1.09%
43.13%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Census
2010

 Chile[26]

6.0%
61.0%
27.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2.0%
4.0%
Household survey
2006

 Colombia[27]

3.43%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
10.62%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.01%
85.94%
Census
2005

 Costa Rica[28]

2.0%
81.8%
7.7%
5.7%
1.91%
0.21%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.68%
Census
2011

 Cuba[29]

0.0%
64.1%
0.0%
26.6%
9.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Census
2012

 Dominican Republic[30]

0.0%
13.6%
0.0%
67.6%
18.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Household survey
2006

 Ecuador[31]

7.0%
6.1%
71.9%
1.9%
5.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
7.8%
0.0%
Census
2010

 El Salvador[32]

0.2%
12.7%
86.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
Census
2007

 Guatemala[33]

39.4%
0.0%
60.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.5%
0.0%
Census
2002

 Honduras[34]

6.70%
7.87%
82.93%
0.0%
1.40%
0.0%
0.0%
0.55%
0.55%
0.0%
Census
2013

 Mexico[35]

21.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
78.5%
Household survey
2015

 Nicaragua[36]

6.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2.2%
91.4%
Census
2005

 Panama[37]

12.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
9.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
78.5%
Census
2010

 Paraguay[38]

1.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
98.2%
Census
2012

 Peru[39]

24.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
76.0%
Census
2007

 Puerto Rico[40]

0.5%
75.8%
0.0%
0.0%
12.4%
0.2%
3.3%
0.0%
7.8%
0.0%
Census
2010

 Uruguay[41]

0.4%
87.4%
2.5%
6.3%
2.0%
0.1%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.3%
Household survey
2006

 Venezuela[42]

0.0%
43.6%
0.0%
0.0%
3.6%
0.0%
51.6%
0.0%
1.2%
0.0%
Census
2011

text: Genetic studies[edit]

text: Argentina[edit]

text: Genetically, the composition of Argentina is mostly European in ancestry, with both Native American and African contributions.

text: A 2009 autosomal DNA study found that of the total Argentine population, 78.5 percent of the national genepool was European, 17.3 percent Native American, and 4.2 percent African.[43]

text: An unweighted autosomal study of blood donors from 2012 found out the following composition among samples in four regions of Argentina:  65% European, 31% Native American and 4% African. The study did not conclude to achieve a generalized autosomal average of the country; but rather, the existence of genetic heterogeneity among differing sample regions.[44]

text: Brazil[edit]

text: Genetic studies have shown the Brazilian population as a whole to have European, African and Native American components.

text:
An autosomal study from 2013, with nearly 1300 samples from all of the Brazilian regions, found a pred. degree of European ancestry combined with African and Native American contributions, in varying degrees. 'Following an increasing North to South gradient, European ancestry was the most prevalent in all urban populations (with values up to 74%). The populations in the North consisted of a significant proportion of Native American ancestry that was about two times higher than the African contribution. Conversely, in the Northeast, Center-West and Southeast, African ancestry was the second most prevalent. At an intrapopulation level, all urban
populations were highly admixed, and most of the variation in ancestry proportions was observed between individuals within each population rather than among population'.[45]

text:
Region[46]

European

African

Native American

North Region

51%

17%

32%

Northeast Region

56%

28%

16%

Central-West Region

58%

26%

16%

Southeast Region

61%

27%

12%

South Region

74%

15%

11%

text: An  autosomal DNA study (2011), with nearly 1000 samples from all over the country ("whites", "pardos" and "blacks", according to their respective proportions), found out a major European contribution, followed by a high African contribution and an important Native American component.[47] "In all regions studied, the European ancestry was predominant, with proportions ranging from 60.6% in the Northeast to 77.7% in the South".[48] The 2011 autosomal study samples came from blood donors (the lowest classes constitute the great majority of blood donors in Brazil[49]), and also public health institutions personnel and health students. The study showed that Brazilians from different regions are more homogenous than previously thought by some based on the census alone. "Brazilian homogeneity is, therefore, a lot greater between Brazilian regions than within Brazilian regions".[50]

text:
Region[47]

European

African

Native American

Northern Brazil

68,80%

10,50%

18,50%

Northeast of Brazil

60,10%

29,30%

8,90%

Southeast Brazil

74,20%

17,30%

7,30%

Southern Brazil

79,50%

10,30%

9,40%

text:
According to a DNA study from 2010, "a new portrayal of each ethnicity contribution to the DNA of Brazilians, obtained with samples from the five regions of the country, has indicated that, on average, European ancestors are responsible for nearly 80% of the genetic heritage of the population. The variation between the regions is small, with the possible exception of the South, where the European contribution reaches nearly 90%. The results, published by the scientific magazine American Journal of Human Biology by a team of the Catholic University of Brasília, show that, in Brazil, physical indicators such as skin colour, colour of the eyes and colour of the hair have little to do with the genetic ancestry of each person, which has been shown in previous studies (regardless of census classification).[51] "Ancestry informative SNPs can be useful to estimate individual and population biogeographical ancestry. Brazilian population is characterized by a genetic background of three parental populations (European, African, and Brazilian Native Amerindians) with a wide degree and diverse patterns of admixture. In this work we analyzed the information content of 28 ancestry-informative SNPs into multiplexed panels using three parental population sources (African, Amerindian, and European) to infer the genetic admixture in an urban sample of the five Brazilian geopolitical regions. The SNPs assigned apart the parental populations from each other and thus can be applied for ancestry estimation in a three hybrid admixed population. Data was used to infer genetic ancestry in Brazilians with an admixture model. Pairwise estimates of F(st) among the five Brazilian geopolitical regions suggested little genetic differentiation only between the South and the remaining regions. Estimates of ancestry results are consistent with the heterogeneous genetic profile of Brazilian population, with a major contribution of European ancestry (0.771) followed by African (0.143) and Amerindian contributions (0.085). The described multiplexed SNP panels can be useful tool for bioanthropological studies but it can be mainly valuable to control for spurious results in genetic association studies in admixed populations".[52] It is important to note that "the samples came from free of charge paternity test takers, thus as the researchers made it explicit: "the paternity tests were free of charge, the population samples involved people of variable socioeconomic strata, although likely to be leaning slightly
towards the ‘‘pardo’’ group".[53]

text:
Region[53]

European

African

Native American

North Region

71,10%

18,20%

10,70%

Northeast Region

77,40%

13,60%

8,90%

Central-West Region

65,90%

18,70%

11,80%

Southeast Region

79,90%

14,10%

6,10%

South Region

87,70%

7,70%

5,20%

text: An autosomal DNA study from 2009 found a similar profile "all the Brazilian samples (regions) lie more closely to the European group than to the African populations or to the Mestizos from Mexico".[54]

text:
Region[55]

European

African

Native American

North Region

60,6%

21,3%

18,1%

Northeast Region

66,7%

23,3%

10,0%

Central-West Region

66,3%

21,7%

12,0%

Southeast Region

60.7%

32.0%

7.3%

South Region

81,5%

9,3%

9,2%

text: A 2015 autosomal genetic study, which also analysed data of 25 studies of 38 different Brazilian populations concluded that: European ancestry accounts for 62% of the heritage of the population, followed by the African (21%) and the Native American (17%). The European contribution is highest in Southern Brazil (77%), the African highest in Northeast Brazil (27%) and the Native American is the highest in Northern Brazil (32%).[56]

text:
Region[56]

European

African

Native American

North Region

51%

16%

32%

Northeast Region

58%

27%

15%

Central-West Region

64%

24%

12%

Southeast Region

67%

23%

10%

South Region

77%

12%

11%

text: According to another autosomal DNA study from 2008, by the University of Brasília (UnB), European ancestry dominates in the whole of Brazil (in all regions), accounting for 65,90% of heritage of the population, followed by the African contribution (24,80%) and the Native American (9,3%).[57]

text: São Paulo state, the most populous state in Brazil, with about 40 million people, showed the following composition, according to an autosomal study from 2006: European genes account for 79% of the heritage of the people of São Paulo, 14% are of African origin, and 7% Native American.[58] A more recent study, from 2013, found the following composition in São Paulo state: 61,9% European, 25,5% African and 11,6% Native American.[59]

text: Chile[edit]

text: According to a 1994 genetic research by Ricardo Cruz-Coke and Rodrigo Moreno in 1994, Chilean genetic admixture consists in a 64% European, 35% Amerindian, and 1% African ancestry.[60] The European admixture goes from 81% in East Santiago to 61% in West Santiago. Valparaiso (Chilean central coast) and Concepción (central southern Chile) have 77% and 75% of European genetic admixture respectively.[60]

text: An autosomal DNA study from 2014, found out Chilean overall national genepool to be 44.34% (± 3.9%) Native American contribution, 51.85% (± 5.44%) European contribution, and 3.81% (± 0.45%) African contribution.[61] The samples came from all the 15 regions of Chile, and they were collected in Arica, as the researchers made it clear: "Beginning 2011, 923 volunteers from all 15 regions of Chile, living temporarily or permanently in Arica, with an average age of 28,05+-9,37 and belonging to social classes A and B (4%), CA and CB (60%) and D (36%) were invited to participate on this study".[62]

text: A 2015 autosomal DNA study found out Chile to be 55.16% European, 42.38% Native American and 2.44% African (using LAMP-LD) and 43.22% Native American, 54.38% European and 2.40% African (using RFMix)[63]

text: Another 2015 autosomal DNA study carried out in two public hospitals found out Chile to be 57,20% European, 38,70% Native American and 2,5% African.[64]

text: Chilean  mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosome studies indicate that European ancestry predominates in the Chilean upper class;[65] in the middle class the European component ranges from 72.3 to 76.8 percent,[65][66] and the Amerindian population ranges from 23.2 to 27.7 percent.[65][66] In the lower socioeconomic class, European ancestry is 62.9%–65 percent[65][66] and Amerindian ancestry is 35–37.1 percent.[65][66]

text: Colombia[edit]

text: In Colombia, an autosomal study found out the following composition to be the contribution to the national genepool: 60.0% European, 32.0% Native and 8.0% SSA African.[67]

text: According to a 2015 autosomal DNA study Colombia is 62,50% European, 27,40% Native American and 9,2% African.[64]

text: This list shows the regional admixture in Colombia according to a 2016 DNA study with nearly 800 samples:[68]

text:
Region

European

Native American

African

Amazonía

27,14%

65,20%

7,66%

Central

58,86%

36,04%

5,10%

Caribbean

55,01%

22,01%

22,98%

Greater Tolima

54,54%

37,34%

8,12%

Orinoquía

53,00%

36,02%

10,98%

Pacific

22,72%

14,01%

63,27%

Paisa

66,91%

25,22%

7,87%

Santanderes

58,10%

34,97%

6,93%

Southwest

48,65%

44,28%

7,07%

Valle del Cauca

55,43%

30,54%

14,04%

text: Costa Rica[edit]

text: While the majority of Costa Ricans identify as of criollo or castizo descent, genetic studies demonstrate considerable pre-Columbian Amerindian and a smaller African ancestry.

text: According to an autosomal study, the genetic makeup of Costa Rica is 61 percent European, 30 percent Amerindian and nine percent African. Regional variation was observed, with greater European influence in the northern (66%) and central (65%) regions. Increased Amerindian ancestry was found in the south (38%), and a higher African contribution in coastal regions (13% in the Atlantic and 14% in the Pacific).[69]

text: The Central Valley—where more than half of Costa Ricans live—has a mestizo population with one of the highest European components in Latin America (comparable to Medellin, Colombia and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil), areas with low pre-Columbian Native ancestry (then occupied by heterogeneous groups of hunter-gatherers) and where the current Native population is sparse. During the Spanish colonization of the Americas, Costa Rica was one of the more isolated regions in the Americas. According to genetic studies, the average Costa Rican from the Central Valley is 75 percent European, 20 percent Native and five percent African.[70] By the late 20th century allusions in textbooks and political discourse to "whiteness" and Spain as the "mother country" of all Costa Ricans were diminishing, replaced with a recognition of the many peoples comprising the nation.[71]

text: Cuba[edit]

text: An autosomal study from 2014 has found out the genetic ancestry in Cuba to be 70% European, 22% African and 8% Native American.[72]

text: Dominican Republic[edit]

text: According to a recent autosomal study, the genetic composition of the Dominican Republic was 51.2 percent European, 41.8 percent African and 8 percent Native.[73]

text: Ecuador[edit]

text: According to a 2010 DNA autosomal study, the genetic composition of genepool of Ecuadorians is 48.8% Native American, 38.9% European, and 12.3% African .[74]

text: El Salvador[edit]

text: A large majority of the population is declared mestizos, El Salvador is one of the most homogeneous countries in Latin America. According to a genetic research by the University of Brasilia, Salvadorian genetic admixture consists of a national genepool with a 45.2% Amerindian contribution, 45.2% European contribution, and 9.6% African ancestry contribution.[75]

text: Guatemala[edit]

text: A study by Geographic Patterns of Genome Admixture in Latin American Mestizos. PLoS Genetics, found that the composition of Guatemala is 55% European, 44% Amerindian, and less than 1% African or Asian.[70]

text: Mexico[edit]

text: An autosomal DNA study by the American Journal of Human Genetics estimated that the average admixture of Mexicans is approximately 52% European, 45% Amerindian, and 4% African. Higher Amerindian ancestry on the X chromosome was observed, consistent with predominantly European patrilineal and Native American matrilineal ancestry.[76]

text: Another autosomal study comparing the ethnic makeup of five different Latin American countries — Mexico, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and Puerto Rico — found Mexico to be 50.1% Native American and 5.6% African, having the highest Native and the lowest African contribution of the sample.[67]

text: A study by Mexico's National Institute of Genomic Medicine (INMEGEN) reported that mestizo Mexicans are 58.96% European, 35.05% "Asian" (primarily Amerindian) and 5.03 percent African. Sonora has the highest European contribution (70.63 percent) and Guerrero the lowest (51.98 percent, with the highest Asian contribution: 37.17 percent). The African contribution ranges from 2.8 percent in Sonora to 11.13 percent in Veracruz. Eighty percent of the population was classified as mestizo (racially mixed to some degree). The study was conducted among volunteers from six states (Sonora, Zacatecas, Veracruz, Guanajuato, Oaxaca and Yucatan) and an indigenous group, the Zapotecs.[77]

text: The same study found that the Mexico's haplogroup was most similar to the European group with 81 percent of haplotypes shared, followed by the Asian haplogroup with 74 percent and the African haplogroup with 64 percent. The investigators also noted that the African admixture did not generally come from African slaves brought by Europeans to the Americas, but rather, it was already a part of the genetic admixture of the Iberian colonists.[78]

text:
A study in Mexico City found that it's mestizo population had the greatest variation in Latin America, with its mestizos being either largely European or Amerindian rather than having a uniform admixture). The study's results are similar to those by INMEGEN on which the European admixture is 56.8 percent, followed by Asian (Native American) ancestry with 39.8 percent and an African contribution of 3.4 percent.[70]
Additional studies suggest a correlation between greater European admixture with a higher socioeconomic status, and greater Amerindian ancestry with a lower socioeconomic status. A study of low-income Mexicans found the mean admixture to br 0.590, 0.348 and 0.062 Amerindian, European and African respectively,[79] while a study of Mexicans with an income higher than the mean found their European admixture to be 82 percent.[80]

text: Peru[edit]

text: According to a genetic research by the University of Brasilia, Peruvian genetic admixture consists in a 51.0% Amerindian, 37.1% European, and 11.9% African ancestry.[75]

text: According to a 2015 DNA autosomal study, the composition of Peru is: 47.30% Native American, 47% European and 3.2% African.[64]

text: Uruguay[edit]

text: A 2009 DNA study in the American Journal of Human Biology showed the genetic contribution to the genepool of Uruguay as a whole is primarily derived from Europe, with Native American ancestry ranging from 1 to 10 percent and African from 7 to 15 percent (depending on region).[81] A 2014 study, "in agreement with those obtained from a study using nDNA", put the average "for the whole country" (but which thus may vary region-wise) as 6% African and 10% Native American.[82]


document_title: Coming to America

question_text: who played mr. mcdowell in coming to america

text: Coming to America

text: Plot

text: In the fictional African nation of Zamunda, crown prince Akeem lives a pampered life, but he wishes to do more for himself. When his parents, King Jaffe and Queen Aeoleon, present him with an arranged bride-to-be, Akeem takes action. Seeking an independent woman who loves him for himself, not his social status, Akeem and his best friend/personal aide, Semmi, travel to the New York City borough of Queens and rent a squalid tenement in the neighborhood of Long Island City under the guise of poor foreign students. Beginning their search for Akeem's bride, they end up invited by some locals to a rally that is raising money for the inner city. During the rally, Akeem encounters Lisa McDowell, who possesses all the qualities he is looking for, and upon his insistence he and Semmi get entry-level jobs working at the local fast food restaurant called McDowell's — an obvious ripoff of McDonald's — owned by widower Cleo McDowell, Lisa's father.

text: Akeem's attempts to win Lisa's love are complicated by Lisa's lazy and obnoxious boyfriend, Darryl Jenks (Eriq La Salle), whose father owns Soul Glo (a Jheri curl–like hairstyling aid). After Darryl announces their engagement — without Lisa's consent — to their families, she starts dating Akeem, who claims that he comes from a family of poor goat herders. Meanwhile, although Akeem thrives on hard work and learning how commoners live, Semmi is not comfortable with living in such meager conditions. After a dinner date with Lisa is thwarted when Semmi furnishes their apartment with a jacuzzi and other luxuries, Akeem confiscates his money and donates it to two homeless men. Semmi wires a telegraph to King Jaffe for more money, prompting Akeem's parents to travel to Queens and expose his identity as a prince.

text: Mr. McDowell, initially disapproving of Akeem as he did not want to see his daughter with a poor man, is ecstatic that he is actually an extremely wealthy prince. Lisa, however, becomes angry and confused that Akeem lied to her about his identity. Akeem explains that he wanted her to love him for who, not what, he is, even offering to renounce his throne; but Lisa, still hurt and angry, refuses to marry him. Despondent, Akeem resigns himself to the arranged marriage, but as they leave, King Jaffe is reprimanded by Queen Aeoleon for clinging to out-dated traditions instead of thinking of his son's happiness.

text: At the wedding procession, a still-heartbroken Akeem waits at the altar as his veiled bride-to-be makes her way down the aisle, but when Akeem lifts the veil to kiss her, he finds Lisa in the wedding gown. Following the ceremony, they ride happily in a carriage to the cheers of Zamundans. Witnessing such splendor, Lisa is both surprised and touched by the fact that Akeem would have given it up just for her. Akeem offers again to abdicate if she doesn't want this life, but Lisa playfully declines.

text: Cast

text:
Eddie Murphy as Prince Akeem Joffer, the prince of Zamunda; Randy Watson, a soul singer with the fictional band Sexual Chocolate.[3] Eddie Murphy also plays Saul, the Jewish barbershop customer, as well as Clarence, the owner of the barber shop.[4][5]
Arsenio Hall as Semmi, Akeem's friend; Reverend Brown;[6] Morris the barber; and an unattractive clubgoer.[7][8]
James Earl Jones as King Jaffe Joffer, Akeem's father and King of Zamunda.[9]
John Amos as Cleo McDowell, Akeem's employer and Lisa's father.
Madge Sinclair as Queen Aeoleon, Akeem's mother and the Queen of Zamunda.
Shari Headley as Lisa McDowell, Cleo's oldest daughter and Akeem's love interest.
Paul Bates as Oha, a royal servant.
Eriq La Salle as Darryl Jenks, Lisa's boyfriend whom she eventually breaks up with.

text: The cast also includes: Frankie Faison[10] as Mr. Townsend, Akeem and Semmi's landlord in Queens; Vanessa Bell as Imani Izzi, Akeem's arranged wife, and Calvin Lockhart as Colonel Izzi, her father; Louie Anderson as Maurice, a McDowell's employee; Allison Dean as Patrice McDowell, Cleo's youngest daughter and Lisa's sister; Samuel L. Jackson as a robber; Vondie Curtis-Hall as the Basketball game vendor; Garcelle Beauvais as a rose bearer; Victoria Dillard as one of Akeem's Zamundan attendants, and Clint Smith as Sweets. Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Cuba Gooding Jr. made their film debuts as a street hustler and a barber shop customer respectively (for the latter, he was credited as Boy Getting Haircut). Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy reprise their roles as, respectively, Mortimer and Randolph Duke from Landis' 1983 Murphy-starring comedy film Trading Places.[11] A segment of the Trading Places score can be heard during their scene. The Dukes' limo driver from that film also cameos as the driver of Akeem and Semmi's limo.[citation needed]

text: Coming to America features Murphy and Hall in several different roles, which, following the success of this film, became a Murphy staple.[12] Hall plays Reverend Brown, who introduces Randy Watson (Murphy).[13] Murphy and Hall play elderly barbers Clarence and Morris respectively, who engage in debate with Saul, the old Jewish man (Murphy). Hall also plays a woman (credited as Extremely Ugly Girl) who flirts with Akeem and Semmi.

text: Production

text: Coming to America reunited star Eddie Murphy with director John Landis. The two had previously worked together on the comedy hit Trading Places (1983); however, Landis later recalled the differences in working with Murphy on the two movies: "The guy on Trading Places was young and full of energy and curious and funny and fresh and great. The guy on Coming to America was the pig of the world... But I still think he's wonderful in the movie."[14]

text: "We had a tussling confrontation… We didn't come to blows. Personalities didn't mesh. I grabbed him, and he thought I was playing. So he tried to grab my balls and I pushed him away. But I wasn't kidding. He was doing some silly shit that made me mad. He directed me in Trading Places when I was just starting out as a kid, but he was still treating me like a kid five years later during Coming to America. And I hired him to direct the movie! I was gonna direct Coming to America myself, but I knew that Landis had just done three fucked-up pictures in a row and that his career was hanging by a thread after the Twilight Zone trial. I figured the guy was nice to me when I did Trading Places, so I'd give him a shot… I was going out of my way to help this guy, and he fucked me over. Now he's got a hit picture on his resumé, a movie that made over $200 million, as opposed to him coming off a couple of fucked-up movies – which is where I'd rather see him be right now (laughs)." – Eddie Murphy[15]

text: Despite the experience, Landis and Murphy collaborated again six years later on Beverly Hills Cop III.

text: South African chorus Ladysmith Black Mambazo sings Mbube during the opening sequence (the song also known as The Lion Sleeps Tonight). The group has gone on to record several different versions of Mbube; however, the version heard in Coming to America had not been released on its soundtrack or on CD as of 2006.

text: Landis' calling card/easter egg, "See You Next Wednesday", appears on a science-fiction movie poster in the subway station after Lisa storms off the train.

text: A promotional song for the film, also titled "Coming to America", was written and performed by The System.

text: Release

text: Paramount cancelled press screenings of the film, after initial negative reactions to a press screening in New York.[16]

text: Box office

text: Released on June 29, 1988, by Paramount Pictures in the United States, it was a commercial box-office success, both domestically and worldwide.[17][18] The film debuted at number one with $21,404,420 from 2,064 screens, for a five-day total of $28,409,497. The film made $128,152,301 in the United States and ended up with a worldwide total of $288,752,301.[19] It was the highest earning film that year for the studio and the third-highest-grossing film at the United States box office.[20]

text: It opened a month later in the UK and earned $7,712,622 during its seven-week run. It opened on September 2 in West Germany, where it debuted at number one with $3,715,791 from 297 screens. It ended its run after 13 weeks with $15,743,447.

text: Reception

text: Coming To America received positive reviews upon release. Review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 68%, based on reviews from 37 critics.[21]

text: Sheila Benson in the Los Angeles Times called it a "hollow and wearying Eddie Murphy fairy tale" and bemoans, "That an Eddie Murphy movie would come to this."[22] Vincent Canby in The New York Times was also critical of the writing, calling it a "possibly funny idea" but suggesting the screenplay had escaped before it was ready. Canby viewed the film as essentially a romantic comedy but said the romantic elements fell flat, and the film instead goes for broad slapstick.[23] Siskel & Ebert had mixed opinions on the film. Siskel enjoyed the acting from Murphy and Hall but Ebert was disappointed that Murphy did not bring his usual more lively performance, and Ebert was also critical of the unoriginal script.[24]

text: Awards

text: The film was nominated for two Oscars: Best Costume Design by Deborah Nadoolman Landis and Best Makeup by Rick Baker,[25] who designed the makeup effects for both Murphy's and Arsenio Hall's multiple supporting characters.[26]

text: Lawsuit

text: The film was the subject of the Buchwald v. Paramount civil suit, which the humorist Art Buchwald filed in 1990 against the film's producers on the grounds that the film's idea was stolen from his 1982 script treatment about a rich, despotic African potentate who comes to America for a state visit. Paramount had optioned the treatment from Buchwald, and John Landis was attached as director and Eddie Murphy as the lead, but after two years of development hell Paramount abandoned the project in March 1985. In 1987, Paramount began working on Coming to America based on a story by Eddie Murphy.[27][28] Buchwald won the breach of contract action and the court ordered monetary damages. The parties later settled the case out-of-court prior to an appeal going to trial.[29]

text: Soundtrack

text:
Coming to America: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Soundtrack album by Various artists

Released
July 1988

Genre
Pop

Length
40:16

Label
Atco Records

Singles from Coming to America

"Coming to America"
"Come into My Life"
"That's the Way It Is"
"Better Late Than Never"

text: The soundtrack to the film was released on LP, cassette and CD. The songs "Coming to America" by The System, "Better Late Than Never" by The Cover Girls and "Come into My Life" by Laura Branigan and Joe Esposito were released as singles from the album. "That's The Way It Is" by Mel & Kim had been released as a single in the UK, prior to the film's release, in February 1988, and became a top ten hit. It was released as a single in the USA at the time of the film's release.

text:
"Coming to America" — The System (3:49)
"Better Late Than Never" — The Cover Girls (4:02)
"All Dressed Up (Ready to Hit the Town)" — Chico DeBarge (4:50)
"I Like It Like That" — Michael Rodgers (4:01)
"That's the Way It Is" — Mel and Kim (3:25)

tag: ol

text:
"Addicted to You" — LeVert (3:54)
"Comin' Correct" — J.J. Fad (3:56)
"Livin' the Good Life" — Sister Sledge (3:46)
"Transparent" — Nona Hendryx (3:50)
"Come into My Life" — Laura Branigan and Joe Esposito (4:39)

text: Legacy

text: Television pilot

text: A television pilot of a weekly sitcom version of the film was produced for CBS, following the film's success, starring Tommy Davidson as Prince Tariq, and Paul Bates reprising his role as Oha. The pilot went unsold, but was televised on July 4, 1989 as part of the CBS Summer Playhouse pilot anthology series.[30][2]

text: Movie remakes

text: A Tamil movie, My Dear Marthandan, was produced based on the plot of Coming to America. A Hong Kong movie, The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon, also has the same plot.

text: Influences in music

text: The melody heard in the bathroom scene, where Prince Akeem is being washed by female servants, was sampled in Snoop Dogg's 2006 song "That's That" featuring R. Kelly; a remix of the song featuring rapper Nas includes a woman's voice saying "the royal penis is clean your highness", a line taken from the same scene. Also, the music videos for Busta Rhymes' 1997 single "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" and Action Bronson's 2015 single "Baby Blue" are loosely based on the film. The song "Coming 2 America" by Ludacris from the album Word of Mouf features samples[31] and lyrics[32] referencing the film.

text: Planned sequel

text: In early 2017, an announcement was publicized which addressed the impending production of a sequel to the film. Kevin Misher was named as producer, and Sheffield and Blaustein, the original screenwriters, were also attached to the project. However, a possible participation of lead actors Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall was left undefined.[33][34] According to several public accounts, Murphy himself apparently posted an announcement regarding the film project a month prior on Facebook, but later claimed that his account had been hacked and completely deleted it.[33]