| Cleveland Browns at Washington Redskins |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 19, 1965 Location: Washington, DC Venue: D.C. Stadium Attendance: 48208 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 92 F Humidty: 46% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 20 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Walt Roberts 80 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Gary Collins 35 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Angelo Coia 21 pass from Dick Shiner (Bob Jencks kick) | 17 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | SE | Walt Roberts |
| 77 | LOT | Dick Schafrath |
| 60 | LOG | John Wooten |
| 56 | C | John Morrow |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 70 | ROT | John Brown |
| 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 |
| 82 | LLB | Jim Houston |
| 50 | MLB | Vince Costello |
| 35 | RLB | Galen Fiss |
| 30 | LCB | Bernie Parrish |
| 20 | LS | Ross Fichtner |
| 23 | RS | Larry Benz |
| 49 | RCB | Walter Beach |
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 48 | SE | Angelo Coia |
| 74 | LOT | Jim Snowden |
| 54 | LOG | Don Croftcheck |
| 56 | C | Len Hauss |
| 65 | ROG | Vin Promuto |
| 61 | ROT | Fran O'Brien |
| 89 | TE | Preston Carpenter |
| 9 | QB | Sonny Jurgensen |
| 42 | HB | Charley Taylor |
| 49 | FL | Bobby Mitchell |
| 35 | FB | Rick Casares |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | John Paluck |
| 75 | LDT | Fred Williams |
| 72 | RDT | Joe Rutgens |
| 85 | RDE | Bill Quinlan |
| 51 | LLB | John Reger |
| 70 | MLB | Sam Huff |
| 21 | RLB | Jimmy Carr |
| 24 | LCB | Johnny Sample |
| 41 | LS | Jim Steffen |
| 26 | RS | Paul Krause |
| 46 | RCB | Rickie Harris |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ernie Green | 11 | 89 | 8.1 | 41 | 0 |
| Jim Brown | 21 | 65 | 3.1 | 8 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Charley Scales | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Frank Ryan | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Charley Taylor | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 12 | 0 |
| George Hughley | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Rick Casares | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Pervis Atkins | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Shiner | 2 | -10 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Frank Ryan | 19 | 8 | 42.1 | 1 | 152 | 8.0 | 80t | 2 | 2 | 19 | 83.7 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Sonny Jurgensen | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 1 | 124 | 5.9 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.6 |
| Dick Shiner | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 95 | 7.9 | 21t | 1 | 1 | 11 | 104.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Walt Roberts | 2 | 91 | 45.5 | 80t | 1 |
| Gary Collins | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 35 | 1 |
| Ernie Green | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 34 | 0 |
| Charley Taylor | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| George Hughley | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Angelo Coia | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21t | 1 |
| Jerry Smith | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bob Jencks | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Rick Casares | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bill Glass | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Jim Steffen | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Gary Collins | 5 | 211 | 42.2 | 51 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Ron Snidow | 5 | 182 | 36.4 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Walt Roberts | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Pervis Atkins | 1 | 0 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Mike Howell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| George Hughley | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Pervis Atkins | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Bobby Mitchell | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
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