Sunday, September 26, 1965
St. Louis Cardinals 49, Cleveland Browns 13| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals (1-1-0) | 7 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 49 |
| Cleveland Browns (1-1-0) | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| STL | CLE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | STL | Willis Crenshaw 78 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 0 |
| CLE | Lou Groza 34 yard field goal | 7 | 3 | |
| 2nd | CLE | Gary Collins 13 yard pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 10 |
| STL | Sonny Randle 32 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Bakken kick) | 14 | 10 | |
| STL | Bill Triplett 4 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick) | 21 | 10 | |
| STL | Sonny Randle 7 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Bakken kick) | 28 | 10 | |
| STL | Bobby Joe Conrad 9 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Bakken kick) | 35 | 10 | |
| 3rd | CLE | Lou Groza 47 yard field goal | 35 | 13 |
| STL | Sonny Randle 56 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Bakken kick) | 42 | 13 | |
| STL | Billy Gambrell 3 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Bakken kick) | 49 | 13 |
| STL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 44-169-1 | 21-122-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-24-329-6-2 | 13-32-209-1-6 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-9 | 4-41 |
| Net pass yards | 320 | 168 |
| Total yards | 489 | 290 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 6 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-22 | 6-69 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Sonny Randle | STL | 7 | 198 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charley Johnson | STL | 11 | 19 | 310 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Willis Crenshaw | STL | 10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Prentice Gautt | STL | 14 | 64 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Thornton | STL | 11 | 59 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Joe Conrad | STL | 3 | 42 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Triplett | STL | 8 | 22 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Billy Gambrell | STL | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Buddy Humphrey | STL | 2 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Brown | CLE | 17 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gary Collins | CLE | 6 | 116 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Ninowski | CLE | 8 | 17 | 148 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Johnny Brewer | CLE | 4 | 56 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Frank Ryan | CLE | 5 | 15 | 61 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| Walter Roberts | CLE | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ernie Green | CLE | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Leroy Kelly | CLE | 1 | 5 | 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 | |||
| Jimmy Burson | STL | 2 | 70 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Pat Fischer | STL | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerry Stovall | STL | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Wilson | STL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Abe Woodson | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 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 | |||
| Erich Barnes | CLE | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Benz | CLE | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Leroy Kelly | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Walter Roberts | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||