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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)
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1962 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Frank Ryan | 26 | 4 | 7 | 112 for 194, 1,541 yards, 10 td, 7 int, & 42 rushes for 242 yards and 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 55th pick / 1958 |
| QB | Jim Ninowski | 26 | 4 | 7 | 87 for 173, 1,178 yards, 7 td, 8 int, & 9 rushes for 15 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 49th pick / 1958 |
| HB | Tommy Wilson | 30 | 6 | 0 | 46 rushes for 141 yards, 1 td, & 8 catches for 110 yards and 0 td | |
| HB | Charlie Scales | 24 | 2 | 0 | 56 rushes for 239 yards, 3 td, & 8 catches for 67 yards and 0 td | |
| FB | Jim Brown* | 26 | 5 | 14 | 230 rushes for 996 yards, 13 td, & 47 catches for 517 yards and 5 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 6th pick / 1957 |
| FL | Ray Renfro | 33 | 10 | 0 | 31 catches for 638 yards, 4 td | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 48th pick / 1952 |
| SE | Rich Kreitling | 26 | 3 | 0 | 44 catches for 659 yards, 3 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 11th pick / 1959 |
| TE | Johnny Brewer | 25 | 1 | 0 | 22 catches for 290 yards, 2 td | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 41st pick / 1960 |
| TE | Leon Clarke | 29 | 6 | 0 | 10 catches for 106 yards, 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 14th pick / 1956 |
| LT | Dick Schafrath | 25 | 3 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1959 |
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| LG | Jim Ray Smith* | 30 | 6 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 64th pick / 1954 |
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| C | John Morrow | 29 | 6 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 28th / 336th pick / 1956 |
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| RG | John Wooten | 26 | 3 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 53rd pick / 1959 |
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| RG | Gene Hickerson | 27 | 4 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 78th pick / 1957 |
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| RT | Mike McCormack* | 32 | 11 | 0 | New York Yanks / 3rd / 34th pick / 1951 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Paul Wiggin | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 73rd pick / 1956 |
| LDT | Bob Gain* | 33 | 10 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 5th pick / 1951 |
| RDT | Floyd Peters | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 93rd pick / 1958 |
| RDE | Bill Glass* | 27 | 4 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 12th pick / 1957 |
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| LLB | Galen Fiss* | 31 | 6 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 155th pick / 1953 |
| MLB | Vince Costello | 30 | 5 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RLB | Mike Lucci | 23 | Rook | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 69th pick / 1961 |
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| LCB | Bernie Parrish | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 108th pick / 1958 |
| RCB | Jim Shofner | 27 | 4 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1958 |
| LS | Ross Fichtner | 24 | 2 | 0 | 7 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 33rd pick / 1960 |
| RS | Bobby Franklin | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 11th / 127th pick / 1960 |
| RS | Don Fleming | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 28th / 327th pick / 1959 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Lou Groza | 38 | 16 | 0 | 14 of 31 field goals & 33 of 35 extra points | |
| P | Gary Collins | 22 | Rook | 0 | 45 punts for a 42.8 average, 0 blocked | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 4th pick / 1962 |
| PR | Jim Shofner | 27 | 4 | 0 | 8 punt returns for a 4.1 average and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1958 |
| KR | Ernie Green | 24 | Rook | 0 | 13 kick returns for a 19.2 average and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 14th / 196th pick / 1962 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Johnny Brewer | 25 | TE-LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 3/8/1937 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 41st pick / 1960 |
| Jim Brown* | 26 | FB | 14 | 14 | 232 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 2/17/1936 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 6th pick / 1957 |
| John Brown | 23 | T | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 6/9/1939 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 55th pick / 1961 |
| Howard Cassady | 28 | HB-SE-FL | 5 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | Ohio State | 3/2/1934 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 3rd pick / 1956 |
| Leon Clarke | 29 | E-FL | 11 | 0 | 232 | 6-4 | USC | 1/10/1933 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 14th pick / 1956 |
| Gary Collins | 22 | FL-WR-P | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-5 | Maryland | 8/20/1940 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 4th pick / 1962 |
| Vince Costello | 30 | LB | 13 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Ohio | 8/4/1932 | 5 | |
| Bobby Crespino | 24 | SE-TE | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-5 | Mississippi | 1/11/1938 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 10th pick / 1961 |
| Ross Fichtner | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Purdue | 10/26/1938 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 33rd pick / 1960 |
| Galen Fiss* | 31 | LB | 14 | 0 | 227 | 6-0 | Kansas | 7/10/1931 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 155th pick / 1953 |
| Don Fleming | 25 | DB | 12 | 0 | 188 | 6-0 | Florida | 6/11/1937 | 2 | Chicago Cardinals / 28th / 327th pick / 1959 |
| Bobby Franklin | 26 | DB | 9 | 0 | 182 | 5-11 | Mississippi | 10/5/1936 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 11th / 127th pick / 1960 |
| Bob Gain* | 33 | DT-DE-MG-T | 14 | 0 | 256 | 6-3 | Kentucky | 6/21/1929 | 10 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 5th pick / 1951 |
| Bill Glass* | 27 | DE-C-T | 14 | 0 | 252 | 6-5 | Baylor | 8/16/1935 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 12th pick / 1957 |
| Ernie Green | 24 | HB-FB | 13 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Louisville | 10/15/1938 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 14th / 196th pick / 1962 |
| Lou Groza | 38 | T-C-DT-K | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 1/25/1924 | 16 | |
| Gene Hickerson | 27 | G | 12 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 2/15/1935 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 78th pick / 1957 |
| Jim Houston | 25 | LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 11/3/1937 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 8th pick / 1960 |
| Rich Kreitling | 26 | E | 14 | 0 | 208 | 6-2 | Auburn,Illinois | 3/13/1936 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 11th pick / 1959 |
| Mike Lucci | 23 | LB | 13 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh,Tennessee | 12/29/1939 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 69th pick / 1961 |
| Mike McCormack* | 32 | T-DG-DT | 14 | 0 | 246 | 6-4 | Kansas | 6/21/1930 | 11 | New York Yanks / 3rd / 34th pick / 1951 |
| John Morrow | 29 | C-G | 14 | 0 | 244 | 6-3 | Michigan | 4/27/1933 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 28th / 336th pick / 1956 |
| Frank Morze | 29 | C-T | 2 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Boston College | 3/21/1933 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 21st pick / 1955 |
| Jim Ninowski | 26 | QB | 7 | 7 | 206 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 3/26/1936 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 49th pick / 1958 |
| Frank Parker | 23 | DT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-5 | Oklahoma State | 10/16/1939 | Rook | New York Titans / 29th / 229th pick / 1962 |
| Bernie Parrish | 26 | DB | 13 | 0 | 194 | 5-11 | Florida | 4/29/1936 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 108th pick / 1958 |
| Floyd Peters | 26 | DT | 14 | 0 | 254 | 6-4 | San Francisco State | 5/21/1936 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 93rd pick / 1958 |
| Ray Renfro | 33 | HB-FL | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | North Texas | 11/7/1929 | 10 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 48th pick / 1952 |
| Frank Ryan | 26 | QB | 11 | 7 | 199 | 6-3 | Rice | 7/12/1936 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 55th pick / 1958 |
| Charlie Scales | 24 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Indiana | 1/11/1938 | 2 | |
| Dick Schafrath | 25 | T-G-DE | 14 | 0 | 253 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 3/21/1937 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1959 |
| Jim Shofner | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 191 | 6-2 | TCU | 12/18/1935 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1958 |
| Jim Shorter | 23 | DB | 9 | 0 | 184 | 5-11 | Detroit Mercy | 6/8/1939 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 14th / 193rd pick / 1962 |
| Jim Ray Smith* | 30 | G-T-DE | 13 | 0 | 241 | 6-3 | Baylor | 2/27/1932 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 64th pick / 1954 |
| Sam Tidmore | 24 | LB | 13 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Ohio State | 10/28/1938 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 81st pick / 1962 |
| Paul Wiggin | 28 | DE | 14 | 0 | 242 | 6-3 | Stanford | 11/18/1934 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 73rd pick / 1956 |
| Tommy Wilson | 30 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 203 | 6-0 | none | 9/1/1932 | 6 | |
| John Wooten | 26 | G | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Colorado | 12/5/1936 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 53rd pick / 1959 |
| Team Total | 26.9 | 14 | 224.2 | 6-2.1 | 3.9 |