| Washington Redskins at Cleveland Browns |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 5, 1965 Location: Cleveland, OH Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 77765 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 40 F Humidty: 79% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Charley Taylor 2 run (Bob Jencks kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Gary Collins 7 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Pat Richter 6 pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Bob Jencks kick) | 13 | 7 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Bob Jencks 20 FG | 16 | 7 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 42 FG | 16 | 10 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Tom Hutchinson 14 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 16 | 17 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 5 run (Lou Groza kick) | 16 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Pat Richter |
| 74 | LOT | Jim Snowden |
| 62 | LOG | Darrell Dess |
| 56 | C | Len Hauss |
| 65 | ROG | Vin Promuto |
| 61 | ROT | Fran O'Brien |
| 87 | TE | Jerry Smith |
| 9 | QB | Sonny Jurgensen |
| 42 | HB | Charley Taylor |
| 49 | FL | Bobby Mitchell |
| 22 | FB | Danny Lewis |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | John Paluck |
| 78 | LDT | Ron Snidow |
| 72 | RDT | Joe Rutgens |
| 66 | RDE | Carl Kammerer |
| 51 | LLB | John Reger |
| 70 | MLB | Sam Huff |
| 21 | RLB | Jimmy Carr |
| 24 | LCB | Johnny Sample |
| 41 | LS | Jim Steffen |
| 26 | RS | Paul Krause |
| 40 | RCB | Lonnie Sanders |
| 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 |
| 49 | RCB | Walter Beach |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Charley Taylor | 16 | 70 | 4.4 | 17 | 1 |
| George Hughley | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Sonny Jurgensen | 1 | -17 | -17.0 | -17 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 27 | 141 | 5.2 | 37 | 1 |
| Ernie Green | 8 | 43 | 5.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Gary Collins | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Frank Ryan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Sonny Jurgensen | 35 | 18 | 51.4 | 2 | 155 | 4.4 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 49.1 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Frank Ryan | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 3 | 124 | 5.6 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 50.4 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Angelo Coia | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Charley Taylor | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 16 | 0 |
| George Hughley | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Richter | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| Jerry Smith | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Gary Collins | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 20 | 1 |
| Jim Brown | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Johnny Brewer | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Tom Hutchinson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14t | 1 |
| Walt Roberts | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Sam Huff | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Johnny Sample | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Paul Krause | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Vince Costello | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Bernie Parrish | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Walter Beach | 0 | 2 | 2L | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Pat Richter | 7 | 318 | 45.4 | 51 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Gary Collins | 4 | 202 | 50.5 | 62 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| George Hughley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rickie Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Walt Roberts | 3 | 1 | 19 | 6.3 | 11 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| George Hughley | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 47 | 0 | |
| Billy Hunter | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Leroy Kelly | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 31 | 0 | |
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