1963 Cleveland Browns (NFL) |
| 2nd place Eastern Conference 10-4-0 .714 |
| Head Coach: Blanton Collier |
| Howard Brinker | Defensive Backs |
| Dick Evans | Defensive Line |
| Fritz Heisler | Offensive Line |
| Dub Jones | Offensive Ends |
| Eddie Ulinski | Assistant Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/10/1963 | A | Detroit Lions | 10-24 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 37248 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1963 | H | Baltimore Colts | 7-21 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 83218 | |
| Sun | 8/25/1963 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 24-7 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 28335 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1963 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 23-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 45623 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1963 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-16 | L | Canton, OH | Fawcett Stadium | 18462 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1963 | H | Washington Redskins | 37-14 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 57618 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1963 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 41-24 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 28710 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1963 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 20-6 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 54713 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1963 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 35-23 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 84684 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1963 | A | New York Giants | 35-24 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62986 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1963 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 37-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 75174 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1963 | H | New York Giants | 6-33 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 84213 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1963 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 23-17 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60671 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1963 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-9 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 54497 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1963 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 14-20 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 75932 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1963 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 27-17 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 55096 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1963 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 24-10 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 32531 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1963 | A | Detroit Lions | 10-38 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 51382 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1963 | A | Washington Redskins | 27-20 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 40865 | |
| Sun | 1/5/1964 | N | Green Bay Packers | 23-40 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 54921 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| Schedule Notes |
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 49 | Walter Beach | CB | 6-0 | 184 | 28 | Central Michigan | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Larry Benz | LS | 5-11 | 185 | 22 | Northwestern | 14 | 14 |
| 83 | Johnny Brewer | TE | 6-4 | 233 | 26 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| 32 | Jim Brown | FB | 6-2 | 228 | 27 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| 70 | John Brown | ROT | 6-2 | 250 | 24 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| 73 | Monte Clark | ROT-LOT | 6-6 | 260 | 26 | Southern California | 8 | 0 |
| 86 | Gary Collins | FL-P | 6-4 | 211 | 23 | Maryland | 14 | 14 |
| 64 | Ted Connolly | LOG-ROG | 6-3 | 242 | 32 | Santa Clara; Tulsa | 10 | 0 |
| 50 | Vince Costello | MLB | 6-0 | 228 | 31 | Ohio University | 14 | 14 |
| 42 | Bobby Crespino | TE | 6-4 | 223 | 25 | Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
| 63 | Andy Cvercko | ROG-LOG | 6-0 | 242 | 26 | Northwestern | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Ross Fichtner | RS | 6-0 | 186 | 25 | Purdue | 13 | 12 |
| 35 | Galen Fiss | RLB | 6-0 | 226 | 32 | Kansas | 13 | 11 |
| 24 | Bobby Franklin | RCB | 5-11 | 182 | 27 | Mississippi | 14 | 1 |
| 79 | Bob Gain | LDT | 6-3 | 256 | 34 | Kentucky | 14 | 13 |
| 80 | Bill Glass | RDE | 6-5 | 252 | 28 | Baylor | 14 | 14 |
| 62 | Tom Goosby | RLB | 6-0 | 235 | 24 | Baldwin-Wallace | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | Ernie Green | HB | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | Louisville | 14 | 12 |
| 76 | Lou Groza | K | 6-3 | 240 | 39 | Ohio State | 14 | 0 |
| 66 | Gene Hickerson | ROG-LOG | 6-3 | 248 | 28 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| 82 | Jim Houston | LLB-LDE | 6-3 | 239 | 26 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 87 | Tom Hutchinson | SE-FL-TE | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | Kentucky | 14 | 0 |
| 69 | Jim Kanicki | LDT-RDT | 6-4 | 270 | 22 | Michigan State | 13 | 1 |
| 88 | Rich Kreitling | SE | 6-2 | 208 | 27 | Auburn; Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| 52 | Mike Lucci | RLB-MLB | 6-2 | 233 | 24 | Pittsburgh; Tennessee | 10 | 1 |
| 75 | Jim McCusker | ROT-LOT | 6-2 | 246 | 27 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 0 |
| 56 | John Morrow | C | 6-3 | 244 | 30 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| 53 | Frank Morze | C | 6-4 | 272 | 30 | Boston College | 14 | 0 |
| 15 | Jim Ninowski | QB | 6-1 | 206 | 27 | Michigan State | 4 | 1 |
| 78 | Frank Parker | RDT | 6-5 | 263 | 24 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 14 |
| 30 | Bernie Parrish | LCB | 5-11 | 194 | 27 | Florida | 14 | 14 |
| 26 | Ray Renfro | SE-FL | 6-1 | 190 | 34 | North Texas | 12 | 0 |
| 13 | Frank Ryan | QB | 6-3 | 199 | 27 | Rice | 13 | 13 |
| 36 | Charley Scales | FB | 5-11 | 214 | 25 | Indiana | 14 | 0 |
| 77 | Dick Schafrath | LOT | 6-3 | 253 | 26 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 34 | Stan Sczurek | RLB-LLB | 5-11 | 229 | 26 | Purdue | 9 | 1 |
| 75 | Roger Shoals | LOT | 6-4 | 256 | 25 | Maryland | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | Jim Shofner | RCB | 6-2 | 191 | 28 | Texas Christian | 12 | 12 |
| 40 | Jim Shorter | RS | 5-11 | 184 | 25 | Detroit Mercy | 11 | 3 |
| 54 | Sam Tidmore | RLB-LLB | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | Ohio State | 5 | 1 |
| 34 | Ken Webb | HB | 5-11 | 207 | 28 | Presbyterian | 12 | 2 |
| 84 | Paul Wiggin | LDE | 6-3 | 245 | 29 | Modesto JC; Stanford | 14 | 14 |
| 60 | John Wooten | LOG | 6-2 | 250 | 27 | Colorado | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 9 | Tom Hutchinson | E | Kentucky |
| 2 | 23 | Jim Kanicki | T | Michigan State |
| 4 | 51 | Bill Munsey | B | Minnesota |
| 5 | 68 | Frank Baker | B | Toledo |
| 6 | 72 | Ernie Borghetti | T | Pittsburgh |
| 6 | 74 | Tom Bloom | B | Purdue |
| 8 | 107 | Walt Sweeney | E | Syracuse |
| 9 | 121 | Dave Raimey | B | Michigan |
| 10 | 135 | Jim Bobbitt | G | Michigan State |
| 11 | 149 | Art Graham | E | Boston College |
| 12 | 163 | Lindy Infante | B | Florida |
| 13 | 177 | Dave Katterhenrich | B | Ohio State |
| 14 | 191 | Staley Faulkner | T | Texas |
| 15 | 205 | Lynn Reade | T | Southern California |
| 16 | 219 | Dick Kelly | G | Georgia |
| 17 | 233 | Dick Anderson | E | Penn State |
| 18 | 247 | Bobby Garvin | T | Mississippi State |
| 19 | 261 | Gary Sherman | LB | Bowling Green State |
| 20 | 275 | Steve Shaw | B | Vanderbilt |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 85 | 112 | 40 | 106 | |
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 91 | 60 | 51 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 252 | 135 | 100 | 17 | / % | / % | 52 | 609 | |
| Opponents Totals | 242 | 99 | 129 | 14 | / % | / % | 63 | 592 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Brown | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | ||
| Lou Groza | 0 | 40 | 43 | 93.0 | 15 | 23 | 65.2 | 0 | 85 |
| Gary Collins | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||
| Rich Kreitling | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Ernie Green | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Frank Ryan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bobby Crespino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ross Fichtner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charlie Scales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 43 | 40 | 43 | 93.0 | 15 | 23 | 65.2 | 0 | 343 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 29 | 30 | 96.7 | 17 | 35 | 48.6 | 1 | 262 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 15 | 23 | 65.2 | 2 | 43 | 5/5 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 4/7 | 0/3 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 23 | 65.2 | 2 | 43 | 5/5 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 4/7 | 0/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 35 | 48.6 | 6/ | 5/ | 3/ | 3/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Brown | 291 | 1863 | 6.4 | 80t | 12 |
| Ernie Green | 87 | 526 | 6.0 | 72 | 0 |
| Frank Ryan | 62 | 224 | 3.6 | 25 | 2 |
| Ken Webb | 12 | 58 | 4.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Charlie Scales | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 2t | 1 |
| Bobby Franklin | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| Jim Ninowski | 5 | -19 | -3.8 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 460 | 2639 | 5.7 | 80t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 423 | 1651 | 3.9 | 32 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Ryan | 256 | 135 | 135 | 108 | 2026 | 7.9 | 15.0 | 83t | 25 | 9.8 | 13 | 5.1 | 20 | 179 | 1847 | 90.4 |
| Jim Ninowski | 61 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 423 | 6.9 | 14.6 | 70 | 2 | 3.3 | 6 | 9.8 | 4 | 45 | 378 | 41.9 |
| Lou Groza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Jim Brown | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 322 | 164 | 164 | 138 | 2449 | 7.6 | 14.9 | 83t | 27 | 8.4 | 20 | 6.2 | 25 | 232 | 2217 | 78.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 408 | 208 | 208 | 178 | 2718 | 6.7 | 13.1 | 99t | 16 | 3.9 | 22 | 5.4 | 29 | 243 | 2475 | 62.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Collins | 43 | 674 | 15.7 | 49t | 13 |
| Johnny Brewer | 29 | 454 | 15.7 | 55 | 0 |
| Ernie Green | 28 | 305 | 10.9 | 35 | 3 |
| Jim Brown | 24 | 268 | 11.2 | 83t | 3 |
| Rich Kreitling | 22 | 386 | 17.5 | 45 | 6 |
| Tom Hutchinson | 9 | 244 | 27.1 | 70 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 39t | 1 |
| Bobby Crespino | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Ken Webb | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Charlie Scales | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Frank Ryan | 0 | -1 | -1L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 164 | 2449 | 14.9 | 83t | 27 |
| Opponents Totals | 208 | 2718 | 13.1 | 99t | 16 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vince Costello | 7 | 118 | 16.9 | 31 | 0 |
| Larry Benz | 7 | 114 | 16.3 | 38 | 0 |
| Paul Wiggin | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Houston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross Fichtner | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 39 | 1 |
| Bobby Franklin | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Galen Fiss | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 343 | 15.6 | 39 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 317 | 15.9 | 55 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Collins | 54 | 2160 | 40.0 | 73 | 0 | 4 | 216 | 1864 | 34.5 | |
| Team Totals | 54 | 2160 | 40.0 | 73 | 0 | 4 | 216 | 1864 | 34.5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 2492 | 43.7 | 69 | 0 | 3 | 285 | 2147 | 37.7 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Shofner | 9 | 2 | 41 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Shorter | 7 | 2 | 134 | 19.1 | 52 | 0 |
| Ernie Green | 6 | 11 | 79 | 13.2 | 55 | 0 |
| Bernie Parrish | 3 | 1 | 31 | 10.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 16 | 285 | 11.4 | 55 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 16 | 216 | 9.8 | 29 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Scales | 16 | 432 | 27.0 | 50 | 0 | |
| Ernie Green | 18 | 394 | 21.9 | 34 | 0 | |
| Jim Shorter | 9 | 219 | 24.3 | 49 | 0 | |
| Bobby Franklin | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| Ken Webb | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Sam Tidmore | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| John Morrow | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Larry Benz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Shofner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 50 | 1099 | 22.0 | 50 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 1424 | 24.6 | 92t | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Benz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Brown | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross Fichtner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Franklin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Green | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |
| Gene Hickerson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Ninowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Parker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernie Parrish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Ryan | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Scales | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Schafrath | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan Sczurrk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Shofner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Shorter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Tidmore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Wiggin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 2 |
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