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1962 Cleveland Browns

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Record: 7-6-1, Finished 3rd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 291 points (20.8/g), 9th of 14 in the NFL.
 Allowed 257 points (18.4/g), 3rd.
 Differential of 34 points (2.4/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 8.0-6.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +4 (0.3/g), 3rd.

Coached by Paul Brown (7-6-1)

1962 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 16 W 1-0 New York Giants 17 7 19 347 131 216 1 19 294 207 87 4
2 Sun September 23 L 1-1 Washington Redskins 16 17 23 355 224 131 3 12 209 114 95 3
3 Sun September 30 L 1-2 @ Philadelphia Eagles 7 35 16 230 126 104 6 23 398 288 110 4
4 Sun October 7 W 2-2 Dallas Cowboys 19 10 12 231 169 62 2 12 239 138 101 2
5 Sun October 14 L 2-3 Baltimore Colts 14 36 13 236 216 20 5 25 390 219 171 1
6 Sun October 21 W 3-3 @ St. Louis Cardinals 34 7 26 487 351 136 16 191 101 90 3
7 Sun October 28 W 4-3 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 41 14 21 354 154 200 2 17 205 41 164 4
8 Sun November 4 T 4-3-1 Philadelphia Eagles 14 14 16 301 119 182 4 15 189 124 65 4
9 Sun November 11 L 4-4-1 @ Washington Redskins 9 17 12 191 102 89 3 20 221 79 142 2
10 Sun November 18 W 5-4-1 St. Louis Cardinals 38 14 22 361 225 136 2 20 359 149 210 4
11 Sun November 25 W 6-4-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 35 14 24 418 263 155 2 18 288 144 144 3
12 Sun December 2 L 6-5-1 @ Dallas Cowboys 21 45 18 295 234 61 2 28 398 181 217 1
13 Sun December 9 L 6-6-1 @ New York Giants 13 17 16 236 147 89 19 314 99 215 1
14 Sat December 15 W 7-6-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 13 10 14 264 73 191 1 19 229 100 129 1

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 291 4306 811 5.3 252 200 370 2534 17 16 6.4 133 414 1772 18 4.3 105 33 17 14
Team Defense 257 3924 844 4.6 404 189 341 1984 15 24 5.2 125 466 1940 17 4.2 263 37 13 16
Lg Rank Offense 9 11 5 10 9 11 2 9 10 7 3 5 2 8
Lg Rank Defense 3 3 7 2 2 4 7 4 12 9 7 10 10 11

Passing

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Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Frank Ryan 26 QB 11 7 112 194 57.7 1541 10 5.2 7 3.6 65 7.9 6.8 13.8 140.1 85.4
Jim Ninowski 26 qb 7 7 87 173 50.3 1178 7 4.0 8 4.6 53 6.8 5.1 13.5 168.3 66.6
Jim Brown* 26 FB 14 14 1 2 50.0 28 0 0.0 0 0.0 28 14.0 14.0 28.0 2.0 95.8
Charlie Scales 24 hb 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.9 14 200 370 54.1 2747 17 4.6 16 4.3 65 7.4 5.9 13.7 196.2 75.4
Opp Total 14 189 341 55.4 1984 15 4.4 24 7.0 5.8 3.1 10.5 141.7 57.9 37 293 5.2 2.0

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Jim Brown* 26 FB 14 14 230 996 13 31 4.3 71.1 16.4 47 517 11.0 5 53 3.4 36.9 1513 18 9
Charlie Scales 24 hb 14 0 56 239 3 27 4.3 17.1 4.0 8 67 8.4 0 22 0.6 4.8 306 3 1
Tommy Wilson 30 HB 14 0 46 141 1 17 3.1 10.1 3.3 8 110 13.8 0 42 0.6 7.9 251 1 2
Frank Ryan 26 QB 11 7 42 242 1 39 5.8 22.0 3.8 242 1 6
Ernie Green 24 RET 13 0 31 139 0 45 4.5 10.7 2.4 17 194 11.4 1 65 1.3 14.9 333 1 2
Jim Ninowski 26 qb 7 7 9 15 0 7 1.7 2.1 1.3 15 0 2
Rich Kreitling 26 SE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 44 659 15.0 3 53 3.1 47.1 659 3 0
Ray Renfro 33 FL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 31 638 20.6 4 65 2.2 45.6 638 4 0
Johnny Brewer 25 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 290 13.2 2 37 1.6 20.7 290 2 0
Gary Collins 22 P 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 153 13.9 2 29 0.8 10.9 153 2 0
Leon Clarke 29 te 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 106 10.6 0 22 0.9 9.6 106 0 1
Bobby Crespino 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 13 6.5 0 9 0.1 0.9 13 0 0
Team Total 26.9 14 414 1772 18 45 4.3 126.6 29.6 200 2747 13.7 17 65 14.3 196.2 4519 35 24
Opp Total 14 466 1940 17 4.2 138.6 33.3 189 1984 10.5 15 13.5 141.7 3924 32 23

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Ernie Green 24 RET 13 0 5 31 0 10 6.2 13 250 0 41 19.2 614
Howard Cassady 28 5 0 7 47 0 13 6.7 10 233 0 34 23.3 280
Tommy Wilson 30 HB 14 0 11 307 0 46 27.9 558
Charlie Scales 24 hb 14 0 9 154 0 22 17.1 460
Jim Shofner 27 RCB 14 0 8 33 0 9 4.1 33
Sam Tidmore 24 13 0 2 39 0 31 19.5 39
Gary Collins 22 P 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 153
Team Total 26.9 14 20 111 0 13 5.6 46 983 0 46 21.4 5613
Opp Total 14 15 0 49 1098 0 22.4

Kicking & Punting

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Kicking Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Lou Groza 38 K 14 0 31 14 45.2% 35 33 94.3%
Gary Collins 22 P 14 0 45 1926 64 0 42.8
Team Total 26.9 14 31 14 45.2% 35 33 94.3% 45 1926 64 0 42.8
Opp Total 14 14 7 50.0% 34 32 94.1% 56 2274 40.6

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Jim Brown* 26 FB 14 14 9 1 0 0
Leon Clarke 29 te 11 0 1 0 0 0
Vince Costello 30 MLB 13 0 3 40 0 22 0 1 21 1
Ross Fichtner 24 LS 14 0 7 76 0 31
Galen Fiss* 31 LLB 14 0 4 81 0 40 0 4 0 0
Don Fleming 25 rs 12 0 2 13 0 13 0 1 0 0
Bobby Franklin 26 RS 9 0 1 10 0 10
Bob Gain* 33 LDT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Ernie Green 24 RET 13 0 2 3 9 0
Rich Kreitling 26 SE 14 0 0 1 10 0
Jim Ninowski 26 qb 7 7 2 1 0 0
Bernie Parrish 26 LCB 13 0 2 37 0 37
Floyd Peters 26 RDT 14 0 1 9 0 9 0 1 0 0
Frank Ryan 26 QB 11 7 6 0 0 0
Charlie Scales 24 hb 14 0 1 1 0 0
Jim Shofner 27 RCB 14 0 4 86 0 35 1 4 0 0
Paul Wiggin 28 LDE 14 0 0 1 0 0
Tommy Wilson 30 HB 14 0 2 0 0 0
Team Total 26.9 14 24 352 0 40 24 20 40 1
Opp Total 14 27 23 10

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Jim Brown* 26 FB 14 14 13 5 108
Lou Groza 38 K 14 0 33 14 75
Ray Renfro 33 FL 14 0 4 24
Rich Kreitling 26 SE 14 0 3 18
Charlie Scales 24 hb 14 0 3 18
Johnny Brewer 25 TE 14 0 2 12
Gary Collins 22 P 14 0 2 12
Vince Costello 30 MLB 13 0 1 6
Ernie Green 24 RET 13 0 1 6
Frank Ryan 26 QB 11 7 1 6
Tommy Wilson 30 HB 14 0 1 6
Team Total 26.9 14 18 17 1 33 14 291
Opp Total 14 17 15 32 7 257