| Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: October 9, 1965 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 80187 |
| Weather: Rain Temp: 54 F Humidty: 90% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 38 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 4 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Bill Nelsen 1 run (Ed Brown run failed) | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Dick Hoak 42 run (Mike Clark kick failed) | 12 | 10 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 12 | 17 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Dick Hoak 15 run (Mike Clark kick) | 19 | 17 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Gary Collins 14 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 19 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 20 | SE | Paul Martha |
| 77 | LOT | Dan James |
| 62 | LOG | Mike Sandusky |
| 56 | C | Art Hunter |
| 72 | ROG | Ray Lemek |
| 71 | ROT | Charlie Bradshaw |
| 28 | TE | Clendon Thomas |
| 14 | QB | Bill Nelsen |
| 23 | HB | Jim Butler |
| 85 | FL | Gary Ballman |
| 38 | FB | Mike Lind |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | John Baker |
| 61/74 | LDT | Riley Gunnels |
| 75 | RDT | Ken Kortas |
| 60 | RDE | Ben McGee |
| 53 | LLB | John Campbell |
| 63 | MLB | Rod Breedlove |
| 54 | RLB | Max Messner |
| 29 | LCB | Bob Hohn |
| 47 | LS | Marv Woodson |
| 49 | RS | Bob Sherman |
| 26 | RCB | Brady Keys |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | SE | Walt Roberts |
| 77 | LOT | Dick Schafrath |
| 60 | LOG | John Wooten |
| 56 | C | John Morrow |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 73 | ROT | Monte Clark |
| 83 | TE | Johnny Brewer |
| 13 | QB | Frank Ryan |
| 44 | HB | Leroy Kelly |
| 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 |
| 67 | RLB | Sid Williams |
| 40 | LCB | Erich Barnes |
| 20 | LS | Ross Fichtner |
| 30 | RS | Bernie Parrish |
| 49 | RCB | Walter Beach |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dick Hoak | 15 | 107 | 7.1 | 42t | 2 |
| Mike Lind | 13 | 56 | 4.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Butler | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bill Nelsen | 6 | 4 | 0.7 | 1t | 1 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 29 | 168 | 5.8 | 46 | 1 |
| Leroy Kelly | 13 | 67 | 5.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Frank Ryan | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bobby Franklin | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | -11 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | 20 | 9 | 45.0 | 0 | 92 | 4.6 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 58.7 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Frank Ryan | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 0 | 153 | 7.0 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 106.8 |
| Jim Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Clendon Thomas | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Dick Hoak | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Paul Martha | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Leroy Kelly | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Gary Collins | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 14t | 1 |
| Walt Roberts | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Johnny Brewer | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Brown | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Frank Lambert | 6 | 231 | 38.5 | 48 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Gary Collins | 4 | 195 | 48.8 | 61 | 0 |
| Bobby Franklin | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Roy Jefferson | 2 | 0 | 72 | 36.0 | 67 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Leroy Kelly | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Walt Roberts | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Gary Ballman | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 25 | 0 | |
| Jim Butler | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Walt Roberts | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 | |
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