| Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: October 17, 1965 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 80432 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 70 F Humidty: 35% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 10 run (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 48 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Walt Roberts 29 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Danny Villanueva 16 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Pettis Norman 5 pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 16 FG | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 19 FG | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Pete Gent 20 pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) | 17 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 22 | SE | Bob Hayes |
| 68 | LOT | Jim Boeke |
| 67 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 51 | C | Dave Manders |
| 62 | ROG | Leon Donohue |
| 73 | ROT | Ralph Neely |
| 82 | TE | Frank Clarke |
| 12 | QB | Jerry Rhome |
| 37 | HB | Perry Lee Dunn |
| 26 | FL | Buddy Dial |
| 43 | FB | Don Perkins |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Maury Youmans |
| 77 | LDT | Jim Colvin |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Lilly |
| 66 | RDE | George Andrie |
| 54 | LLB | Chuck Howley |
| 50 | MLB | Jerry Tubbs |
| 52 | RLB | Dave Edwards |
| 34 | LCB | Cornell Green |
| 20 | LS | Mel Renfro |
| 25 | RS | Obert Logan |
| 44 | RCB | Don Bishop |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 67 | RLB | Sid Williams |
| 30 | LCB | Bernie Parrish |
| 20 | LS | Ross Fichtner |
| 23 | RS | Larry Benz |
| 40 | RCB | Erich Barnes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Don Perkins | 11 | 27 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Perry Lee Dunn | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Don Meredith | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 22 | 85 | 3.9 | 10 | 1 |
| Ernie Green | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Ryan | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Don Meredith | 31 | 14 | 45.2 | 0 | 185 | 6.0 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 86.1 |
| Jerry Rhome | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 19 | 3.8 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 42.9 |
| Craig Morton | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Frank Ryan | 27 | 14 | 51.9 | 0 | 242 | 9.0 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 95.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Bob Hayes | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Frank Clarke | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 42 | 0 |
| Pete Gent | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Don Perkins | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Perry Lee Dunn | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 22 | 0 |
| Gary Collins | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Walt Roberts | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 44 | 1 |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Clifton McNeil | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ernie Green | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Larry Benz | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny Villanueva | 10 | 391 | 39.1 | 54 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Gary Collins | 6 | 326 | 54.3 | 64 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Bob Hayes | 2 | 0 | 36 | 18.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Mel Renfro | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Leroy Kelly | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Walt Roberts | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Mel Renfro | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 34 | 0 | |
| Bob Hayes | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Leroy Kelly | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Bobby Franklin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Hutchinson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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