| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns (2-0-0) | 14 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 41 |
| Dallas Cowboys (0-2-0) | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Cotton Bowl |
| Surface | grass |
| Weather | 77 degrees, relative humidity 57%, wind 9 mph |
| Vegas Line | Pick |
| Over/Under | 0.0 (over) |
| CLE | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Browns | Gary Collins 17 yard pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Cowboys | Don Perkins 19 yard rush (Sam Baker kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| Browns | Frank Ryan 7 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Browns | Lou Groza 32 yard field goal | 17 | 7 |
| Browns | Jim Brown 71 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) | 24 | 7 | |
| Cowboys | Frank Clarke 23 yard pass from Eddie LeBaron (Sam Baker kick) | 24 | 14 | |
| Cowboys | Sam Baker 13 yard field goal | 24 | 17 | |
| 3rd | Browns | Lou Groza 15 yard field goal | 27 | 17 |
| Cowboys | Don Perkins 1 yard rush (Sam Baker kick) | 27 | 24 | |
| 4th | Browns | Gary Collins 4 yard pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 34 | 24 |
| Browns | Jim Brown 62 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) | 41 | 24 |
| CLE | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 31-265-3 | 31-118-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-19-188-2-2 | 15-26-209-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 2-20 |
| Net pass yards | 188 | 189 |
| Total yards | 453 | 307 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-25 | 5-45 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Brown | CLE | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 232 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Ryan | CLE | 11 | 18 | 188 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Gary Collins | CLE | 5 | 85 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ernie Green | CLE | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tom Hutchinson | CLE | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ray Renfro | CLE | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Brewer | CLE | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Webb | CLE | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Don Perkins | DAL | 22 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Don Meredith | DAL | 6 | 13 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Eddie LeBaron | DAL | 9 | 13 | 132 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Pettis Norman | DAL | 1 | 49 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Frank Clarke | DAL | 2 | 43 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lee Folkins | DAL | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gary Barnes | DAL | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Billy Howton | DAL | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Amos Marsh | DAL | 5 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Larry Benz | CLE | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Franklin | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charlie Scales | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Shofner | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Shorter | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Amos Bullocks | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lee Roy Jordan | DAL | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Warren Livingston | DAL | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Stiger | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Gary Collins | CLE | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | ||||
| Lou Groza | CLE | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Sam Baker | DAL | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 139 | 46.3 | 0 |