Sunday, November 28, 1965
Cleveland Browns 42, Pittsburgh Steelers 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns (9-2-0) | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 42 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (2-9-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| CLE | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | CLE | Leroy Kelly 56 yard punt return (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3rd | CLE | Jim Brown 2 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 0 |
| CLE | Jim Brown 2 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) | 21 | 0 | |
| PIT | Gary Ballman 87 yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Mike Clark kick) | 21 | 7 | |
| 4th | CLE | Jim Brown 15 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) | 28 | 7 |
| PIT | Cannonball Butler 43 yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Mike Clark kick) | 28 | 14 | |
| CLE | Johnny Brewer 25 yard pass from Jim Ninowski (Lou Groza kick) | 35 | 14 | |
| PIT | Clendon Thomas 80 yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Mike Clark kick) | 35 | 21 | |
| CLE | Jim Brown 27 yard pass from Jim Ninowski (Lou Groza kick) | 42 | 21 |
| CLE | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 42-241-3 | 26-137-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 6-13-133-2-0 | 9-22-285-3-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-14 | 7-64 |
| Net pass yards | 119 | 221 |
| Total yards | 360 | 358 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-45 | 5-42 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Brown | CLE | 20 | 146 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Gary Collins | CLE | 3 | 74 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ernie Green | CLE | 13 | 57 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Ninowski | CLE | 3 | 4 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Ryan | CLE | 3 | 9 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Johnny Brewer | CLE | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Scales | CLE | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Leroy Kelly | CLE | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bill Nelsen | PIT | 9 | 22 | 285 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gary Ballman | PIT | 3 | 118 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Clarence Peaks | PIT | 14 | 87 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Clendon Thomas | PIT | 1 | 80 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dick Hoak | PIT | 9 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cannonball Butler | PIT | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Lee Folkins | PIT | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Lind | PIT | 1 | -3 | 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 | |||
| Tom Hutchinson | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Leroy Kelly | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 109 | 27.3 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Walter Roberts | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charlie Scales | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 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 | |||
| Cannonball Butler | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Clarence Peaks | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Clendon Thomas | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||