| Cleveland Browns at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 1966 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 47721 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 58 F Humidty: 51% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | 0 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 38 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | St. Louis Cardinals | Jim Bakken 10 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | St. Louis Cardinals | Terry Nofsinger 1 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Gary Collins 42 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Lou Groza 37 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns | Gary Collins 44 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns | Leroy Kelly 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 24 | 10 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Ernie Green 19 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 31 | 10 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Clifton McNeil 50 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 38 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | SE | Paul Warfield |
| 77 | LOT | Dick Schafrath |
| 6 | LOG | John Wooten |
| 54 | C | Fred Hoaglin |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 73 | ROT | Monte Clark |
| 41 | TE | Ralph Smith |
| 13 | QB | Frank Ryan |
| 44 | HB | Leroy Kelly |
| 86 | FL | Gary Collins |
| 48 | FB | Ernie Green |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Paul Wiggin |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 69 | RDT | Jim Kanicki |
| 80 | RDE | Bill Glass |
| 82 | LLB | Jim Houston |
| 51 | MLB | Dale Lindsey |
| 83 | RLB | Johnny Brewer |
| 40 | LCB | Erich Barnes |
| 20 | S | Ross Fichtner |
| 24 | S | Ernie Kellermann |
| 34 | RCB | Mike Howell |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Sonny Randle |
| 71 | LOT | Bob Reynolds |
| 66 | LOG | Rick Sortun |
| 55 | C | Irv Goode |
| 64 | ROG | Ken Gray |
| 73 | ROT | Ernie McMillan |
| 81 | TE | Jackie Smith |
| 14 | QB | Terry Nofsinger |
| 23 | HB | Johnny Roland |
| 40 | FL | Bobby Joe Conrad |
| 22 | FB | Prentice Gautt |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Joe Robb |
| 72 | LDT | Sam Silas |
| 79 | RDT | Chuck Walker |
| 86 | RDE | Don Brumm |
| 67 | LLB | Larry Stallings |
| 62 | MLB | Dale Meinert |
| 34 | RLB | Bill Koman |
| 37 | LCB | Pat Fischer |
| 21 | LS | Jerry Stovall |
| 8 | RS | Larry Wilson |
| 42 | RCB | Abe Woodson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Charley Harraway | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Ernie Green | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 12 | 19 | 1.6 | 4 | 1 |
| Randy Schultz | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Ninowski | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Johnny Roland | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Prentice Gautt | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Billy Gambrell | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Jackie Smith | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Roy Shivers | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Charlie Bryant | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Terry Nofsinger | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Frank Ryan | 30 | 17 | 56.7 | 0 | 367 | 12.2 | 50t | 4 | 1 | 9 | 139.9 |
| Jim Ninowski | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0.0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Terry Nofsinger | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 1 | 126 | 7.4 | 49 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 52.6 |
| Jim Hart | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 0 | 29 | 2.6 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 44.9 |
| Johnny Roland | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Paul Warfield | 6 | 161 | 26.8 | 38 | 0 |
| Gary Collins | 5 | 126 | 25.2 | 44t | 2 |
| Ernie Green | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 19t | 1 |
| Clifton McNeil | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50t | 1 |
| Milt Morin | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Billy Gambrell | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 49 | 0 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Johnny Roland | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Houston | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Larry Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Gary Collins | 8 | 299 | 37.4 | 48 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jackie Smith | 9 | 379 | 42.1 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Walt Roberts | 2 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Ernie Green | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leroy Kelly | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Billy Gambrell | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Johnny Roland | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Roy Shivers | 5 | 107 | 21.4 | 25 | 0 | |
| Bobby Ray Williams | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
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