| Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 28, 1965 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Pitt Stadium Attendance: 42757 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 35 F Humidty: 52% Wind: 23 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 42 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Leroy Kelly 56 punt return (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 2 run (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 2 run (Lou Groza kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gary Ballman 87 pass from Bill Nelsen (Mike Clark kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 15 run (Lou Groza kick) | 28 | 7 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jim Butler 43 pass from Bill Nelsen (Mike Clark kick) | 28 | 14 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Johnny Brewer 25 pass from Jim Ninowski (Lou Groza kick) | 35 | 14 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Clendon Thomas 80 pass from Bill Nelsen (Mike Clark kick) | 35 | 21 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 27 pass from Jim Ninowski (Lou Groza kick) | 42 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | SE | Walt Roberts |
| 77 | LOT | Dick Schafrath |
| 60 | LOG | John Wooten |
| 56 | C | John Morrow |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 73 | ROT | Monte Clark |
| 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 |
| 74 | LDT | Dick Modzelewski |
| 69 | RDT | Jim Kanicki |
| 80 | RDE | Bill Glass |
| 35 | LLB | Galen Fiss |
| 50 | MLB | Vince Costello |
| 67 | RLB | Sid Williams |
| 30 | LCB | Bernie Parrish |
| 20 | LS | Ross Fichtner |
| 23 | RS | Larry Benz |
| 49 | RCB | Walter Beach |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | SE | Clendon Thomas |
| 77 | LOT | Dan James |
| 62 | LOG | Mike Sandusky |
| 73 | C | Ray Mansfield |
| 72 | ROG | Ray Lemek |
| 65 | ROT | Bob Nichols |
| 84 | TE | Lee Folkins |
| 14 | QB | Bill Nelsen |
| 42 | HB | Dick Hoak |
| 85 | FL | Gary Ballman |
| 38 | FB | Mike Lind |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | John Baker |
| 61/74 | LDT | Riley Gunnels |
| 64 | RDT | Chuck Hinton |
| 60 | RDE | Ben McGee |
| 53 | LLB | John Campbell |
| 66 | MLB | Myron Pottios |
| 63 | RLB | Rod Breedlove |
| 44 | LCB | Willie Daniel |
| 47 | LS | Marv Woodson |
| 24 | RS | Jim Bradshaw |
| 26 | RCB | Brady Keys |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 20 | 146 | 7.3 | 67 | 3 |
| Ernie Green | 13 | 57 | 4.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Ninowski | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Charley Scales | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Frank Ryan | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Clarence Peaks | 14 | 87 | 6.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Dick Hoak | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Bill Nelsen | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Butler | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Frank Ryan | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 61 | 6.8 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 58.1 |
| Jim Ninowski | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 72 | 18.0 | 27t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 156.2 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 0 | 285 | 13.0 | 87t | 3 | 7 | 64 | 127.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Gary Collins | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Jim Brown | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 27t | 1 |
| Johnny Brewer | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25t | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Gary Ballman | 3 | 118 | 39.3 | 87t | 1 |
| Lee Folkins | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Clendon Thomas | 1 | 80 | 80.0 | 80t | 1 |
| Jim Butler | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43t | 1 |
| Dick Hoak | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Mike Lind | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Gary Collins | 5 | 247 | 49.4 | 51 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Frank Lambert | 7 | 336 | 48.0 | 69 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Leroy Kelly | 4 | 0 | 109 | 27.3 | 56t | 1 |
| Walt Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Clendon Thomas | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Charley Scales | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Tom Hutchinson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Jim Butler | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 24 | 0 | |
| Clarence Peaks | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 21 | 0 | |
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