1963 Cleveland Browns (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result		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

Schedule Notes
8/17/1963	Baltimore Colts	Doubleheader
1/5/1964	Green Bay Packers	Playoff Bowl

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Walter Beach	49	CB	6-0	184	28	Central Michigan	1	0
Larry Benz	23	LS	5-11	185	22	Northwestern	14	14
Johnny Brewer	83	TE	6-4	233	26	Mississippi	14	14
Jim Brown	32	FB	6-2	228	27	Syracuse	14	14
John Brown	70	ROT	6-2	250	24	Syracuse	14	14
Monte Clark	73	ROT-LOT	6-6	260	26	Southern California	8	0
Gary Collins	86	FL-P	6-4	211	23	Maryland	14	14
Ted Connolly	64	LOG-ROG	6-3	242	32	Santa Clara; Tulsa	10	0
Vince Costello	50	MLB	6-0	228	31	Ohio University	14	14
Bobby Crespino	42	TE	6-4	223	25	Mississippi	14	0
Andy Cvercko	63	ROG-LOG	6-0	242	26	Northwestern	2	0
Ross Fichtner	20	RS	6-0	186	25	Purdue	13	12
Galen Fiss	35	RLB	6-0	226	32	Kansas	13	11
Bobby Franklin	24	RCB	5-11	182	27	Mississippi	14	1
Bob Gain	79	LDT	6-3	256	34	Kentucky	14	13
Bill Glass	80	RDE	6-5	252	28	Baylor	14	14
Tom Goosby	62	RLB	6-0	235	24	Baldwin-Wallace	1	0
Ernie Green	48	HB	6-2	205	25	Louisville	14	12
Lou Groza	76	K	6-3	240	39	Ohio State	14	0
Gene Hickerson	66	ROG-LOG	6-3	248	28	Mississippi	14	14
Jim Houston	82	LLB-LDE	6-3	239	26	Ohio State	14	14
Tom Hutchinson	87	SE-FL-TE	6-1	190	22	Kentucky	14	0
Jim Kanicki	69	LDT-RDT	6-4	270	22	Michigan State	13	1
Rich Kreitling	88	SE	6-2	208	27	Auburn; Illinois	14	14
Mike Lucci	52	RLB-MLB	6-2	233	24	Pittsburgh; Tennessee	10	1
Jim McCusker	75	ROT-LOT	6-2	246	27	Pittsburgh	7	0
John Morrow	56	C	6-3	244	30	Michigan	14	14
Frank Morze	53	C	6-4	272	30	Boston College	14	0
Jim Ninowski	15	QB	6-1	206	27	Michigan State	4	1
Frank Parker	78	RDT	6-5	263	24	Oklahoma State	14	14
Bernie Parrish	30	LCB	5-11	194	27	Florida	14	14
Ray Renfro	26	SE-FL	6-1	190	34	North Texas	12	0
Frank Ryan	13	QB	6-3	199	27	Rice	13	13
Charlie Scales	36	FB	5-11	214	25	Indiana	14	0
Dick Schafrath	77	LOT	6-3	253	26	Ohio State	14	14
Stan Sczurek	34	RLB-LLB	5-11	229	26	Purdue	9	1
Roger Shoals	75	LOT	6-4	256	25	Maryland	2	0
Jim Shofner	44	RCB	6-2	191	28	Texas Christian	12	12
Jim Shorter	40	RS	5-11	184	25	Detroit Mercy	11	3
Sam Tidmore	54	RLB-LLB	6-1	225	25	Ohio State	5	1
Ken Webb	34	HB	5-11	207	28	Presbyterian	12	2
Paul Wiggin	84	LDE	6-3	245	29	Modesto JC; Stanford	14	14
John Wooten	60	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	PTS
Team Totals	85	112	40	106	343
Opponents Totals	60	91	60	51	262

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	52.7	108	2026	7.9	15.0	83t	25	9.8	13	5.1	20	179	1847	90.4
Jim Ninowski	61	29	47.5	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	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Jim Brown	4	0	0.0	4	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	1	8	-8	39.6
Team Totals	322	164	50.9	138	2449	7.6	14.9	83t	27	8.4	20	6.2	25	232	2217	78.3
Opponents Totals	408	208	51.0	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				0
Johnny Brewer	29	454	15.7	55	0				0
Ernie Green	28	305	10.9	35	3			0
Jim Brown	24	268	11.2	83t	3
Rich Kreitling	22	386	17.5	45	6			1	0
Tom Hutchinson	9	244	27.1	70	0		4	2	0
Ray Renfro	4	82	20.5	39t	1			0	0
Bobby Crespino	2	22	11.0	18	1		0	0	0
Ken Webb	2	2	1.0	5	0		0	0	0
Charlie Scales	1	13	13.0	13	0		0	0
Frank Ryan	0	-1		-1L	0	0	0	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
Ross Fichtner	2	75	37.5	39	1
Bobby Franklin	2	26	13.0	14	0
Galen Fiss	2	8	4.0	6	0
Paul Wiggin	1	2	2.0	2	0
Jim Houston	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	22	343	15.6	39	1
Opponents Totals	20	317	15.9	55	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Gary Collins	54	2160	40.0	73	4	216	1864	34.5
Team Totals	54	2160	40.0	73	4	216	1864	34.5
Opponents Totals	57	2492	43.7	69	3	285	2147	37.7

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Jim Shofner	9	2	41	4.6	15
Jim Shorter	7	2	134	19.1	52
Ernie Green	6	11	79	13.2	55
Bernie Parrish	3	1	31	10.3	21
Team Totals	25	16	285	11.4	55
Opponents Totals	22	16	216	9.8	29

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	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

Howard Brinker	Defensive Backs
Dick Evans	Defensive Line
Fritz Heisler	Offensive Line
Dub Jones	Offensive Ends
Eddie Ulinski	Assistant Line