| Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics | 
| Date: October 5, 1963 Location: Cleveland, OH | 
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 84684 | 
| Weather: Clear Temp: 61 F Humidty: 58% Wind: 2 mph | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | CLE | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Lou Michaels 18 FG | 3 | 0 | 
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 8 run (Lou Groza kick) | 3 | 7 | 
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Lou Michaels 8 FG | 6 | 7 | 
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Buddy Dial 24 pass from Ed Brown (Lou Michaels kick) | 13 | 7 | 
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Gary Collins 15 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 13 | 14 | 
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Buddy Dial 41 pass from Ed Brown (Lou Michaels kick) | 20 | 14 | 
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Frank Ryan 13 run (Lou Groza kick) | 20 | 21 | 
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Lou Michaels 8 FG | 23 | 21 | 
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Gary Collins 20 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 23 | 28 | 
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Rich Kreitling 19 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 23 | 35 | 
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | SE | Johnny Burrell | 
| 77 | LOT | Dan James | 
| 62 | LOG | Mike Sandusky | 
| 51 | C | Buzz Nutter | 
| 72 | ROG | Ray Lemek | 
| 71 | ROT | Charlie Bradshaw | 
| 40 | TE | Preston Carpenter | 
| 15 | QB | Ed Brown | 
| 42 | HB | Dick Hoak | 
| 84 | FL | Buddy Dial | 
| 46 | FB | Bob Ferguson | 
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Lou Michaels | 
| 75 | LDT | Joe Krupa | 
| 74 | RDT | Lou Cordileone | 
| 78 | RDE | John Baker | 
| 82 | LLB | George Tarasovic | 
| 66 | MLB | Myron Pottios | 
| 36 | RLB | Andy Russell | 
| 43 | LCB | Glenn Glass | 
| 27 | LS | Dick Haley | 
| 28 | RS | Clendon Thomas | 
| 26 | RCB | Brady Keys | 
| 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 | 
| 48 | HB | Ernie Green | 
| 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 | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dick Hoak | 19 | 54 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 | 
| Bob Ferguson | 12 | 37 | 3.1 | 14 | 0 | 
| Ed Brown | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 
| Red Mack | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Tom Tracy | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | 
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 21 | 175 | 8.3 | 49 | 1 | 
| Frank Ryan | 8 | 54 | 6.8 | 25 | 1 | 
| Ernie Green | 4 | -10 | -2.5 | 4 | 0 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Ed Brown | 35 | 18 | 51.4 | 1 | 289 | 8.3 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 86.5 | 
| Terry Nofsinger | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | 
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Frank Ryan | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 0 | 148 | 7.0 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 106.7 | 
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Buddy Dial | 7 | 144 | 20.6 | 41t | 2 | 
| Red Mack | 6 | 130 | 21.7 | 42 | 0 | 
| Bob Ferguson | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 | 
| Dick Hoak | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 | 
| Preston Carpenter | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | 
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Gary Collins | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 27 | 2 | 
| Rich Kreitling | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19t | 1 | 
| Jim Brown | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 
| Ernie Green | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 
| Johnny Brewer | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Galen Fiss | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Ed Brown | 2 | 100 | 50.0 | 55 | 0 | 
| Jim Bradshaw | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | 
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Gary Collins | 5 | 233 | 46.6 | 73 | 0 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Brady Keys | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 | 
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Jim Shorter | 1 | 0 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Glenn Glass | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Roy Curry | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Clendon Thomas | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Gary Ballman | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ernie Green | 6 | 142 | 23.7 | 29 | 0 | |
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