1965 Cleveland Browns (NFL) |
| 1st place • Eastern Conference • 11-3-0 .786 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Blanton Collier |
| Howard Brinker | Defense |
| Fritz Heisler | Offensive Line |
| Dub Jones | Offensive Backs/Ends |
| Nick Skorich | Defensive Line |
| Eddie Ulinski | Linebackers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/6/1965 | A | College All-Stars | 24-16 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 68000 | |
| Sun | 8/15/1965 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 37-21 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 28727 | |
| Sat | 8/22/1965 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 21-19 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 29508 | |
| Sun | 8/29/1965 | A | Detroit Lions | 28-14 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 28803 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1965 | H | Green Bay Packers | 14-30 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 83118 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1965 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 28-16 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 23162 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1965 | A | Washington Redskins | 17-7 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 48208 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1965 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 13-49 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 80161 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1965 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 35-17 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60759 | |
| Sat | 10/9/1965 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24-19 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 80187 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1965 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 23-17 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 80432 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1965 | A | New York Giants | 38-14 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62864 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1965 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 17-27 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 83505 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1965 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 38-34 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 72807 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1965 | H | New York Giants | 34-21 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 82426 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1965 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 24-17 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 76251 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1965 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 42-21 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 42757 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1965 | H | Washington Redskins | 24-16 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 77765 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1965 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 7-42 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 49048 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1965 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 27-24 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 29348 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/2/1966 | A | Green Bay Packers | 12-23 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50777 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8/22/1965 | Los Angeles Rams | Postponed from 8/21 |
| 9/4/1965 | Green Bay Packers | Doubleheader |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Erich Barnes | 40 | RCB-LCB-RS | 6-2 | 201 | 30 | Purdue | 13 | 8 |
| Walter Beach | 49 | RCB | 6-0 | 184 | 30 | Central Michigan | 10 | 8 |
| Larry Benz | 23 | RS | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Northwestern | 14 | 12 |
| Johnny Brewer | 83 | TE | 6-4 | 233 | 28 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Brown | 32 | FB | 6-2 | 228 | 29 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| John Brown | 70 | ROT | 6-2 | 250 | 26 | Syracuse | 14 | 3 |
| Jamie Caleb | 37 | HB | 6-1 | 210 | 29 | Grambling State | 5 | 0 |
| Monte Clark | 73 | ROT | 6-6 | 260 | 28 | Southern California | 14 | 11 |
| Gary Collins | 86 | FL-P | 6-4 | 211 | 25 | Maryland | 14 | 14 |
| Vince Costello | 50 | MLB | 6-0 | 228 | 33 | Ohio University | 13 | 13 |
| Ross Fichtner | 20 | LS | 6-0 | 186 | 27 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Galen Fiss | 35 | LLB-RLB | 6-0 | 226 | 34 | Kansas | 12 | 4 |
| Bobby Franklin | 24 | CB | 5-11 | 182 | 29 | Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Garcia | 81 | RDE | 6-4 | 248 | 21 | Purdue | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Glass | 80 | RDE | 6-5 | 252 | 30 | Baylor | 14 | 14 |
| Ernie Green | 48 | HB | 6-2 | 205 | 27 | Louisville | 13 | 13 |
| Lou Groza | 76 | K | 6-3 | 240 | 41 | Ohio State | 14 | 0 |
| Gene Hickerson | 66 | ROG | 6-3 | 248 | 30 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Houston | 82 | LLB | 6-3 | 239 | 28 | Ohio State | 12 | 10 |
| Mike Howell | 34 | S | 6-1 | 189 | 22 | Grambling State | 14 | 0 |
| Tom Hutchinson | 87 | SE | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Kentucky | 14 | 0 |
| Walter Johnson | 71 | RDT | 6-3 | 268 | 23 | New Mexico State; Los Angeles State | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Kanicki | 69 | RDT | 6-4 | 270 | 24 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Leroy Kelly | 44 | HB | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Morgan State | 13 | 1 |
| Dale Lindsey | 51 | MLB-LLB | 6-2 | 224 | 22 | Kentucky; Western Kentucky | 14 | 2 |
| Clifton McNeil | 85 | FL | 6-2 | 186 | 25 | Grambling State | 13 | 0 |
| Dale Memmelaar | 62 | OG-C | 6-2 | 247 | 28 | Wyoming | 14 | 0 |
| Dick Modzelewski | 74 | LDT | 6-0 | 258 | 34 | Maryland | 14 | 14 |
| John Morrow | 56 | C | 6-3 | 244 | 32 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Ninowski | 11 | QB | 6-1 | 206 | 29 | Michigan State | 6 | 2 |
| Bernie Parrish | 30 | LCB-RS | 5-11 | 194 | 29 | Florida | 14 | 14 |
| Walt Roberts | 27 | SE | 5-10 | 167 | 23 | San Jose State | 14 | 14 |
| Frank Ryan | 13 | QB | 6-3 | 199 | 29 | Rice | 12 | 12 |
| Charley Scales | 36 | FB | 5-11 | 214 | 27 | Indiana | 14 | 0 |
| Dick Schafrath | 77 | LOT | 6-3 | 253 | 28 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Stan Sczurek | 38 | LB | 5-11 | 229 | 28 | Purdue | 11 | 0 |
| Ralph Smith | 41 | TE | 6-2 | 214 | 27 | Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
| Paul Warfield | 42 | FL | 6-0 | 188 | 23 | Ohio State | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Wiggin | 84 | LDE | 6-3 | 245 | 31 | Modesto JC; Stanford | 14 | 14 |
| Sid Williams | 67 | RLB | 6-2 | 235 | 23 | Southern University | 14 | 13 |
| John Wooten | 60 | LOG | 6-2 | 250 | 29 | Colorado | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 17 | Jim Garcia | T | Purdue |
| 2 | 22 | Gerry Bussell | HB | Georgia Tech |
| 2 | 27 | Walter Johnson | DT | Los Angeles State |
| 3 | 32 | Bo Scott | HB | Ohio State |
| 3 | 41 | Bobby Maples | LB | Baylor |
| 5 | 69 | Billy Irwin | T | Mississippi |
| 6 | 72 | Arnie Simkus | T | Michigan |
| 6 | 83 | Corwyn Aldredge | E | Northwestern State (Louisiana) |
| 7 | 97 | Dale Lindsey | LB | Western Kentucky |
| 8 | 111 | Mike Howell | B | Grambling State |
| 9 | 125 | Gary Lane | QB | Missouri |
| 10 | 139 | Pat Screen | QB | Louisiana State |
| 11 | 153 | Olie Cordill | B | Memphis |
| 12 | 167 | Justin Canale | OG | Mississippi State |
| 13 | 181 | Henry Pickett | HB | Baylor |
| 14 | 195 | Dan Simrell | QB | Toledo |
| 15 | 209 | Larry Gagner | T | Florida |
| 16 | 223 | Mel Anthony | FB | Michigan |
| 17 | 237 | Johnny Boyette | T | Clemson |
| 18 | 251 | Dick Arrington | G | Notre Dame |
| 19 | 265 | Ed Orazen | G | Ohio State |
| 20 | 279 | Frank Goldberg | LB | Central Michigan |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 60 | 114 | 85 | 104 | 363 |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 112 | 68 | 90 | 325 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 257 | 133 | 97 | 27 | / % | / % | 84 | 976 | |
| Opponents Totals | 265 | 104 | 135 | 26 | / % | / % | 62 | 586 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Brown | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | ||
| Lou Groza | 0 | 45 | 45 | 100.0 | 16 | 25 | 64.0 | 0 | 93 |
| Gary Collins | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Ernie Green | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Walt Roberts | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Tom Hutchinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Leroy Kelly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Johnny Brewer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ross Fichtner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 45 | 45 | 45 | 100.0 | 16 | 25 | 64.0 | 0 | 363 |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 40 | 43 | 93.0 | 9 | 18 | 50.0 | 0 | 325 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 16 | 25 | 64.0 | 2 | 49 | 3/5 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 7/12 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 25 | 64.0 | 2 | 49 | 3/5 | 3/3 | 3/4 | 7/12 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 18 | 50.0 | 4/ | 2/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Brown | 289 | 1544 | 5.3 | 67 | 17 |
| Ernie Green | 111 | 436 | 3.9 | 41 | 2 |
| Leroy Kelly | 37 | 139 | 3.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Frank Ryan | 19 | 72 | 3.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Charlie Scales | 11 | 59 | 5.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Jim Ninowski | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Walt Roberts | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Gary Collins | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bobby Franklin | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | -11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 476 | 2331 | 4.9 | 67 | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 412 | 1866 | 4.5 | 54t | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Ryan | 243 | 119 | 49.0 | 111 | 1751 | 7.2 | 14.7 | 80t | 18 | 7.4 | 13 | 5.3 | 23 | 202 | 1549 | 75.3 |
| Jim Ninowski | 83 | 40 | 48.2 | 40 | 549 | 6.6 | 13.7 | 32 | 4 | 4.8 | 3 | 3.6 | 8 | 70 | 479 | 70.8 |
| Jim Brown | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 39 | 19.5 | 39.0 | 39t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 135.4 |
| Lou Groza | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 329 | 160 | 48.6 | 153 | 2339 | 7.1 | 14.6 | 80t | 23 | 7.0 | 16 | 4.9 | 31 | 272 | 2067 | 75.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 419 | 204 | 48.7 | 191 | 3153 | 7.5 | 15.5 | 87t | 31 | 7.4 | 24 | 5.7 | 38 | 307 | 2846 | 74.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Collins | 50 | 884 | 17.7 | 67 | 10 |
| Jim Brown | 34 | 328 | 9.6 | 32t | 4 |
| Ernie Green | 25 | 298 | 11.9 | 69 | 2 |
| Walt Roberts | 16 | 314 | 19.6 | 80t | 4 |
| Johnny Brewer | 13 | 174 | 13.4 | 25t | 1 |
| Leroy Kelly | 9 | 122 | 13.6 | 52 | 0 |
| Tom Hutchinson | 6 | 113 | 18.8 | 24t | 2 |
| Clifton McNeil | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Paul Warfield | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Charlie Scales | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 160 | 2339 | 14.6 | 80t | 23 |
| Opponents Totals | 204 | 3153 | 15.5 | 87t | 31 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Benz | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 31 | 0 |
| Ross Fichtner | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 48 | 1 |
| Bernie Parrish | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Vince Costello | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Jim Houston | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Erich Barnes | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Dale Lindsey | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Stan Sczurek | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Galen Fiss | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Glass | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sid Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Beach | 0 | 2 | 2L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 24 | 349 | 14.5 | 48 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 275 | 17.2 | 96t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Collins | 65 | 3035 | 46.7 | 71 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Bobby Franklin | 4 | 118 | 29.5 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 69 | 3153 | 45.7 | 71 | 0 | 10 | 259 | 2694 | 39.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 69 | 2838 | 41.1 | 69 | 0 | 4 | 427 | 2331 | 33.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leroy Kelly | 17 | 6 | 265 | 15.6 | 67t | 2 |
| Walt Roberts | 18 | 13 | 162 | 9.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Charlie Scales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 19 | 427 | 11.9 | 67t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 7 | 259 | 7.2 | 67 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Roberts | 18 | 493 | 27.4 | 88 | 0 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 24 | 621 | 25.9 | 51 | 0 | |
| Charlie Scales | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Mike Howell | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | |
| Tom Hutchinson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Green | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Bobby Franklin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dale Lindsey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 53 | 1209 | 22.8 | 88 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 1334 | 23.0 | 65 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Brown | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ross Fichtner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Franklin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Green | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 | |
| Lou Groza | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Hickerson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Modzelewski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernie Parrish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Roberts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Ryan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | |
| Charlie Scales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sid Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Wooten | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 19 | -7 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 |
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