1966 Cleveland Browns (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Conference • 9-5-0 .643 |
| Head Coach: Blanton Collier |
| Howard Brinker | Defense |
| Fritz Heisler | Offensive Line |
| Dub Jones | Offensive Backs |
| Bob Nussbaumer | Offensive Ends |
| Nick Skorich | Defensive Line |
| Eddie Ulinski | Linebackers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/6/1966 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 6-16 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 63285 | |
| Sun | 8/14/1966 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 28-17 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 27867 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1966 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 42-3 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 48548 | |
| Fri | 8/26/1966 | H | Baltimore Colts | 17-24 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 83418 | |
| Sat | 9/3/1966 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13-10 | W | Birmingham, AL | Legion Field | 23590 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1966 | A | Washington Redskins | 38-14 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 48643 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1966 | H | Green Bay Packers | 20-21 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 83943 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1966 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 28-34 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 74814 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1966 | A | New York Giants | 28-7 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62916 | |
| Sat | 10/8/1966 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 41-10 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 82687 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1966 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 30-21 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 84721 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1966 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 49-17 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 57235 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1966 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 6-16 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 39690 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1966 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 27-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 77968 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1966 | H | Washington Redskins | 14-3 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 78466 | |
| Thu | 11/24/1966 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 14-26 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 80259 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1966 | H | New York Giants | 49-40 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 61651 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1966 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-33 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 58074 | |
| Sat | 12/17/1966 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 38-10 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 47721 | |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8/26/1966 | Baltimore Colts | Doubleheader |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Erich Barnes | 40 | LCB | 6-2 | 201 | 31 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Battle | 79 | DE | 6-4 | 235 | 25 | Southern University | 6 | 0 |
| Walter Beach | 49 | RCB | 6-0 | 184 | 31 | Central Michigan | 5 | 3 |
| Johnny Brewer | 83 | RLB | 6-4 | 233 | 29 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| John Brown | 70 | ROT-LOT | 6-2 | 250 | 27 | Syracuse | 14 | 7 |
| Monte Clark | 73 | ROT | 6-6 | 260 | 29 | Southern California | 12 | 9 |
| Gary Collins | 86 | FL-P | 6-4 | 211 | 26 | Maryland | 14 | 14 |
| Vince Costello | 50 | MLB | 6-0 | 228 | 34 | Ohio University | 14 | 13 |
| Ross Fichtner | 20 | LS-RS | 6-0 | 186 | 28 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Galen Fiss | 35 | LB | 6-0 | 226 | 35 | Kansas | 14 | 0 |
| Bobby Franklin | 22 | DB | 5-11 | 182 | 30 | Mississippi | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Glass | 80 | RDE | 6-5 | 252 | 31 | Baylor | 14 | 14 |
| Ernie Green | 48 | FB | 6-2 | 205 | 28 | Louisville | 14 | 14 |
| Lou Groza | 76 | K | 6-3 | 240 | 42 | Ohio State | 14 | 0 |
| Charley Harraway | 31 | FB | 6-2 | 221 | 22 | San Jose State | 14 | 0 |
| Gene Hickerson | 66 | ROG | 6-3 | 248 | 31 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| Fred Hoaglin | 54 | C | 6-4 | 247 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 6 |
| Jim Houston | 82 | LLB | 6-3 | 239 | 29 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Howell | 34 | RCB-RS | 6-1 | 189 | 23 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Bob Isbell | 61 | OG | 6-1 | 238 | 26 | Houston | 14 | 0 |
| Walter Johnson | 71 | LDT | 6-3 | 268 | 24 | New Mexico State; Los Angeles State | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Kanicki | 69 | RDT | 6-4 | 270 | 25 | Michigan State | 14 | 12 |
| Ernie Kellermann | 24 | RS-LS | 6-0 | 184 | 23 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | 11 |
| Leroy Kelly | 44 | HB | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Morgan State | 14 | 14 |
| Gary Lane | 15 | HB | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | Missouri | 8 | 0 |
| Dale Lindsey | 51 | MLB | 6-2 | 224 | 23 | Kentucky; Western Kentucky | 13 | 1 |
| Clifton McNeil | 85 | FL | 6-2 | 186 | 26 | Grambling State | 14 | 0 |
| Dick Modzelewski | 84 | DT | 6-0 | 258 | 35 | Maryland | 14 | 0 |
| Milt Morin | 89 | TE | 6-4 | 243 | 24 | Massachusetts | 11 | 9 |
| John Morrow | 56 | C | 6-3 | 244 | 33 | Michigan | 8 | 8 |
| Jim Ninowski | 11 | QB | 6-1 | 206 | 30 | Michigan State | 14 | 0 |
| Frank Parker | 78 | RDT | 6-5 | 263 | 27 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 2 |
| Bernie Parrish | 30 | DB | 5-11 | 194 | 30 | Florida | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 36 | FB | 6-2 | 225 | 29 | Notre Dame | 13 | 0 |
| Walt Roberts | 27 | OE | 5-10 | 167 | 24 | San Jose State | 14 | 0 |
| Frank Ryan | 13 | QB | 6-3 | 199 | 30 | Rice | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Schafrath | 77 | LOT | 6-3 | 253 | 29 | Ohio State | 13 | 12 |
| Randy Schultz | 33 | FB | 5-11 | 210 | 23 | Northern Iowa | 14 | 0 |
| Ralph Smith | 41 | TE | 6-2 | 214 | 28 | Mississippi | 14 | 5 |
| Paul Warfield | 42 | SE | 6-0 | 188 | 24 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Paul Wiggin | 84 | LDE | 6-3 | 245 | 32 | Modesto JC; Stanford | 14 | 14 |
| Sid Williams | 67 | LB | 6-2 | 235 | 24 | Southern University | 13 | 0 |
| John Wooten | 6 | LOG | 6-2 | 250 | 30 | Colorado | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 14 | Milt Morin | E | Massachusetts |
| 2 | 29 | Rick Norton | QB | Kentucky |
| 4 | 61 | Pete Duranko | DE-LB | Notre Dame |
| 5 | 74 | Randy Schultz | FB | Northern Iowa |
| 5 | 78 | Danny Fulford | E | Auburn |
| 6 | 90 | Jim Battle | DE | Southern University |
| 6 | 93 | Fred Hoaglin | C | Pittsburgh |
| 7 | 109 | Leroy Carter | FL | Grambling State |
| 8 | 123 | Tom Talaga | E | Notre Dame |
| 9 | 139 | Jack Gregory | DE | Delta State |
| 10 | 153 | Monte Ledbetter | E | Northwestern State (Louisiana) |
| 11 | 169 | Tony Fire | T | Bowling Green State |
| 12 | 183 | Dick Czap | T | Nebraska |
| 13 | 199 | Jim Boudreaux | T | Louisiana Tech |
| 14 | 213 | Pete Lammons | E | Texas |
| 15 | 229 | Bob Ellis | DB | Massachusetts |
| 16 | 243 | David Ray | E | Alabama |
| 17 | 259 | Gene Modzelewski | T | New Mexico State |
| 18 | 273 | Charley Harraway | FB | San Jose State |
| 19 | 289 | Karl Singer | T | Purdue |
| 20 | 303 | Joe Petro | DB | Temple |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 87 | 92 | 90 | 134 | 403 |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 89 | 49 | 67 | 259 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 278 | 117 | 142 | 19 | / % | / % | 69 | 747 | |
| Opponents Totals | 255 | 113 | 124 | 18 | / % | / % | 61 | 563 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leroy Kelly | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | ||
| Lou Groza | 0 | 51 | 52 | 98.1 | 9 | 23 | 39.1 | 0 | 78 |
| Gary Collins | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Ernie Green | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Paul Warfield | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Milt Morin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ralph Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Clifton McNeil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jim Houston | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Ross Fichtner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Glass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 54 | 52 | 54 | 96.3 | 9 | 23 | 39.1 | 0 | 403 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 28 | 29 | 96.6 | 19 | 28 | 67.9 | 0 | 259 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 9 | 23 | 39.1 | 2 | 47 | 0/1 | 2/6 | 4/8 | 3/8 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 23 | 39.1 | 2 | 47 | 0/1 | 2/6 | 4/8 | 3/8 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 28 | 67.9 | 7/7 | 5/8 | 5/8 | 2/4 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leroy Kelly | 209 | 1141 | 5.5 | 70t | 15 |
| Ernie Green | 144 | 750 | 5.2 | 35 | 3 |
| Frank Ryan | 36 | 156 | 4.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Charley Harraway | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Gary Collins | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Randy Schultz | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Ninowski | 3 | -11 | -3.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 415 | 2166 | 5.2 | 70t | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 450 | 1894 | 4.2 | 37 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Ryan | 382 | 200 | 52.4 | 168 | 2974 | 7.8 | 14.9 | 54 | 29 | 7.6 | 14 | 3.7 | 28 | 223 | 2751 | 88.2 |
| Jim Ninowski | 18 | 11 | 61.1 | 6 | 175 | 9.7 | 15.9 | 44t | 4 | 22.2 | 1 | 5.6 | 1 | 14 | 161 | 110.0 |
| Lou Groza | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | -7 | -7.0 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 79.2 |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 402 | 212 | 52.7 | 175 | 3142 | 7.8 | 14.8 | 54 | 33 | 8.2 | 15 | 3.7 | 29 | 237 | 2905 | 90.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 406 | 221 | 54.4 | 155 | 2650 | 6.5 | 12.0 | 58t | 14 | 3.4 | 30 | 7.4 | 35 | 278 | 2372 | 55.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Collins | 56 | 946 | 16.9 | 54 | 12 |
| Ernie Green | 45 | 445 | 9.9 | 31t | 6 |
| Paul Warfield | 36 | 741 | 20.6 | 51 | 5 |
| Leroy Kelly | 32 | 366 | 11.4 | 40 | 1 |
| Milt Morin | 23 | 333 | 14.5 | 32 | 3 |
| Ralph Smith | 13 | 183 | 14.1 | 28 | 3 |
| Clifton McNeil | 2 | 94 | 47.0 | 50t | 2 |
| Walt Roberts | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Houston | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| Vince Costello | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 212 | 3142 | 14.8 | 54 | 33 |
| Opponents Totals | 221 | 2650 | 12.0 | 58t | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Fichtner | 8 | 152 | 19.0 | 58 | 1 |
| Mike Howell | 8 | 62 | 7.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Erich Barnes | 4 | 128 | 32.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Ernie Kellermann | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Houston | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Bernie Parrish | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Walter Beach | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Brewer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Costello | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Wiggin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 30 | 408 | 13.6 | 58 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 68 | 4.5 | 27 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Collins | 57 | 2223 | 39.0 | 60 | 0 | 6 | 111 | 1992 | 34.9 | |
| Team Totals | 57 | 2223 | 39.0 | 60 | 0 | 6 | 111 | 1992 | 34.9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 2224 | 39.7 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 146 | 2038 | 36.4 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leroy Kelly | 13 | 6 | 104 | 8.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Walt Roberts | 11 | 13 | 42 | 3.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Ernie Green | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 24 | 21 | 146 | 6.1 | 52 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 15 | 111 | 4.8 | 38 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Roberts | 20 | 454 | 22.7 | 57 | 0 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 19 | 403 | 21.2 | 49 | 0 | |
| Charley Harraway | 9 | 193 | 21.4 | 33 | 0 | |
| Randy Schultz | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 23 | 0 | |
| Nick Pietrosante | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 | |
| Ralph Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 54 | 1111 | 20.6 | 57 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 68 | 1501 | 22.1 | 94t | 2 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Beach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Brewer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Glass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 |
| Ernie Green | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Hickerson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Kanicki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Kellermann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clifton McNeil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Dick Modzelewski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| Milt Morin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Ninowski | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Roberts | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Ryan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Warfield | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Paul Wiggin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| John Wooten | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 33 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0 |
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