when was the last year the cleveland browns made the playoffs
2002
title: 2010 Cleveland Browns season text: 2010 Cleveland Browns season The 2010 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 62nd season as a professional sports franchise and its 58th season as a member of the National Football League (NFL). The team failed to break the longest playoff appearance drought in franchise history, a current streak of eight seasons without reaching the playoffs. The team finished 5–11, matching its win total from the 2009 season and placed third in the AFC North. As of 2018, this remains the most recent season that the Browns did not finish in 4th place in the AFC North. This season marked the title: 2002 Cleveland Browns season text: 2002 Cleveland Browns season The 2002 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 54th season and 50th with the National Football League. The Browns made their only playoff appearance since their re-activation. It was only the Browns’ fourth year since returning to the league effectively as an expansion team, and their first winning season. It would also prove to be the only time that the team made the NFL playoffs in the 2000s, and as of 2018, the Browns have not made it back to the NFL playoffs. The close loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Wildcard round kept the title: Cleveland Browns text: since 1999. Through the end of the 2017 season, the Browns' win–loss record since returning to the NFL in 1999 is 88–216. In 2017, the Browns became only the second team in league history to finish a season 0–16, joining the 2008 Detroit Lions. Through the 2017 season, the Browns hold the longest active playoff drought in the NFL, at 15 seasons. The history of the Cleveland Browns American football team began in 1944 when taxi-cab magnate Arthur B. "Mickey" McBride secured a Cleveland franchise in the newly formed All-America Football Conference (AAFC). Paul Brown was the team's namesake and title: 2018 Cleveland Browns season text: 2018 Cleveland Browns season The 2018 season is the Cleveland Browns' 70th season as a professional sports franchise, their 66th season as a member of the NFL, and their first full season under general manager John Dorsey. It was their third and final season under head coach Hue Jackson. The Browns improved upon their 2017 campaign in which they went a franchise worst 0–16. They will also look to end their franchise-record and league-high 15-year playoff drought and enter the postseason for the first time since 2002. On September 9, the Browns opened their season against the Pittsburgh Steelers with title: 1994 Cleveland Browns season text: three times, once on the ground, as five different Cleveland backs combined for over 100 rushing yards and two additional scores in a 35–7 rout of the Seahawks. With vaunted 1993 rookie Rick Mirer faltering, two different Seahawks quarterbacks combined for 229 yards and a pick. As of 2018, this is the Browns' most recent home playoff game and their most recent playoff victory. 1994 Cleveland Browns season The 1994 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 45th season with the National Football League. It was the only season that the Browns qualified for the playoffs under head coach Bill Belichick.