| Cleveland Browns at Dallas Cowboys |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 22, 1963 Location: Dallas, TX Venue: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 28710 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 88 F Humidty: 41% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 14 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 41 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Gary Collins 17 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Don Perkins 19 run (Sam Baker kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Frank Ryan 7 run (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 32 FG | 17 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 71 run (Lou Groza kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Frank Clarke 23 pass from Eddie LeBaron (Sam Baker kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Sam Baker 13 FG | 24 | 17 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 15 FG | 27 | 17 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Don Perkins 1 run (Sam Baker kick) | 27 | 24 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Gary Collins 4 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 34 | 24 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 62 run (Lou Groza kick) | 41 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Rich Kreitling |
| 77 | LOT | Dick Schafrath |
| 60 | LOG | John Wooten |
| 56 | C | John Morrow |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 70 | ROT | John Brown |
| 83 | TE | Johnny Brewer |
| 13 | QB | Frank Ryan |
| 34 | HB | Ken Webb |
| 86 | FL | Gary Collins |
| 32 | FB | Jim Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Paul Wiggin |
| 79 | LDT | Bob Gain |
| 78 | RDT | Frank Parker |
| 80 | RDE | Bill Glass |
| 82 | LLB | Jim Houston |
| 50 | MLB | Vince Costello |
| 35 | RLB | Galen Fiss |
| 30 | LCB | Bernie Parrish |
| 23 | LS | Larry Benz |
| 20 | RS | Ross Fichtner |
| 44 | RCB | Jim Shofner |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | SE | Pettis Norman |
| 75 | LOT | Bob Fry |
| 64 | LOG | Jim Ray Smith |
| 53 | C | Mike Connelly |
| 70 | ROG | Dale Memmelaar |
| 76 | ROT | Ed Nutting |
| 83 | TE | Lee Folkins |
| 14 | QB | Eddie LeBaron |
| 43 | HB | Don Perkins |
| 82 | FL | Frank Clarke |
| 31 | FB | Amos Marsh |
| Defense | ||
| 74 | LDE | Bob Lilly |
| 68 | LDT | Guy Reese |
| 78 | RDT | John Meyers |
| 79 | RDE | Larry Stephens |
| 54 | LLB | Chuck Howley |
| 50 | MLB | Jerry Tubbs |
| 55 | RLB | Lee Roy Jordan |
| 34 | LCB | Cornell Green |
| 27 | LS | Mike Gaechter |
| 41 | RS | Warren Livingston |
| 44 | RCB | Don Bishop |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 20 | 232 | 11.6 | 71t | 2 |
| Frank Ryan | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 11 | 1 |
| Ken Webb | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Ernie Green | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 4 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Don Perkins | 22 | 95 | 4.3 | 19 | 2 |
| Don Meredith | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Amos Marsh | 5 | -9 | -1.8 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Frank Ryan | 18 | 11 | 61.1 | 2 | 188 | 10.4 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 94.0 |
| Jim Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Eddie LeBaron | 13 | 9 | 69.2 | 1 | 132 | 10.2 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 95.7 |
| Don Meredith | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 1 | 77 | 5.9 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 33.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Gary Collins | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 44 | 2 |
| Ernie Green | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Tom Hutchinson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Johnny Brewer | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Amos Marsh | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Frank Clarke | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 23t | 1 |
| Lee Folkins | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Gary Barnes | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Billy Howton | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Don Perkins | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Larry Benz | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Warren Livingston | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Lee Roy Jordan | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Gary Collins | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Sam Baker | 3 | 139 | 46.3 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Jim Shofner | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Shorter | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bobby Franklin | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| Charley Scales | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Jim Stiger | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Amos Bullocks | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 27 | 0 | |
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