| Cleveland Browns at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: November 21, 1965 Location: Dallas, TX |
| Venue: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 76251 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 60 F Humidty: 84% Wind: 2 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Danny Villanueva 10 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 46 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 3 run (Lou Groza kick) | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Leroy Kelly 67 punt return (Lou Groza kick) | 17 | 3 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Pettis Norman 2 pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Gary Collins 5 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 24 | 10 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Bob Hayes 45 pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) | 24 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 35 | LLB | Galen Fiss |
| 50 | MLB | Vince Costello |
| 67 | RLB | Sid Williams |
| 30 | LCB | Bernie Parrish |
| 20 | LS | Ross Fichtner |
| 23 | RS | Larry Benz |
| 40 | RCB | Erich Barnes |
| 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 |
| 17 | QB | Don Meredith |
| 37 | HB | Perry Lee Dunn |
| 35 | FL | Pete Gent |
| 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 |
| 41 | RCB | Warren Livingston |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 19 | 99 | 5.2 | 29 | 1 |
| Ernie Green | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Frank Ryan | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Don Perkins | 22 | 86 | 3.9 | 8 | 0 |
| Don Meredith | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Perry Lee Dunn | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Hayes | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Frank Clarke | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Frank Ryan | 18 | 9 | 50.0 | 0 | 75 | 4.2 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 79.6 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Don Meredith | 29 | 17 | 58.6 | 3 | 201 | 6.9 | 45t | 2 | 4 | 32 | 63.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Ernie Green | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Gary Collins | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Walt Roberts | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Bob Hayes | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 45t | 1 |
| Frank Clarke | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Perry Lee Dunn | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Pete Gent | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Buddy Dial | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ross Fichtner | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Vince Costello | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernie Parrish | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Gary Collins | 5 | 231 | 46.2 | 51 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Colin Ridgway | 5 | 192 | 38.4 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 1 | 67 | 67.0 | 67t | 1 |
| Walt Roberts | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Mel Renfro | 4 | 0 | 64 | 16.0 | 35 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Walt Roberts | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Bob Hayes | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
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