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1963 Cleveland Browns
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Record: 10-4-0, Finished 2nd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 343 points (24.5/g), 3rd of 14 in the NFL.
Allowed 262 points (18.7/g), 3rd.
Differential of 81 points (5.8/g), 4th.
Expected W-L: 9.2-4.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.4/g), 9th.
Coached by Blanton Collier (10-4-0)
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1963 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 | 27 | 5 | 13 | 135 for 256, 2,026 yards, 25 td, 13 int, & 62 rushes for 224 yards and 2 td | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 55th pick / 1958 |
| HB | Ernie Green | 25 | 1 | 0 | 87 rushes for 526 yards, 0 td, & 28 catches for 305 yards and 3 td | Green Bay Packers / 14th / 196th pick / 1962 |
| FB | Jim Brown*+ | 27 | 6 | 14 | 291 rushes for 1,863 yards, 12 td, & 24 catches for 268 yards and 3 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 6th pick / 1957 |
| FL | Gary Collins | 23 | 1 | 0 | 43 catches for 674 yards, 13 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 4th pick / 1962 |
| SE | Rich Kreitling | 27 | 4 | 0 | 22 catches for 386 yards, 6 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 11th pick / 1959 |
| TE | Johnny Brewer | 26 | 2 | 0 | 29 catches for 454 yards, 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 41st pick / 1960 |
| LT | Dick Schafrath*+ | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1959 |
| LG | John Wooten | 27 | 4 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 53rd pick / 1959 |
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| C | John Morrow* | 30 | 7 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 28th / 336th pick / 1956 |
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| RG | Gene Hickerson | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 78th pick / 1957 |
| RT | John Brown | 24 | 1 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 55th pick / 1961 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Paul Wiggin | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 73rd pick / 1956 |
| LDT | Bob Gain | 34 | 11 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 5th pick / 1951 |
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| RDT | Frank Parker | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Titans / 29th / 229th pick / 1962 |
| RDE | Bill Glass* | 28 | 5 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 12th pick / 1957 |
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| LLB | Jim Houston | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 8th pick / 1960 |
| MLB | Vince Costello | 31 | 6 | 0 | 7 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RLB | Galen Fiss* | 32 | 7 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 155th pick / 1953 |
| LCB | Bernie Parrish* | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 108th pick / 1958 |
| RCB | Jim Shofner | 28 | 5 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1958 |
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| LS | Larry Benz | 22 | Rook | 14 | 7 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RS | Ross Fichtner | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 33rd pick / 1960 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Lou Groza | 39 | 17 | 0 | 15 of 23 field goals & 40 of 43 extra points | |
| P | Gary Collins | 23 | 1 | 0 | 54 punts for a 40.0 average, 0 blocked | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 4th pick / 1962 |
| PR | Jim Shofner | 28 | 5 | 0 | 9 punt returns for a 4.6 average and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1958 |
| KR | Ernie Green | 25 | 1 | 0 | 18 kick returns for a 21.9 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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| Walter Beach | 28 | DB-RB | 1 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Central Michigan | 1/31/1935 | 3 | New York Giants / 15th / 180th pick / 1960 |
| Larry Benz | 22 | DB | 14 | 14 | 185 | 5-11 | Northwestern | 1/28/1941 | Rook | |
| Johnny Brewer | 26 | TE-LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 3/8/1937 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 41st pick / 1960 |
| Jim Brown*+ | 27 | FB | 14 | 14 | 232 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 2/17/1936 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 6th pick / 1957 |
| John Brown | 24 | T | 14 | 14 | 248 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 6/9/1939 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 55th pick / 1961 |
| Monte Clark | 26 | T-DT-DE | 8 | 0 | 265 | 6-6 | USC | 1/24/1937 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 41st pick / 1959 |
| Gary Collins | 23 | FL-WR-P | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-5 | Maryland | 8/20/1940 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 4th pick / 1962 |
| Ted Connolly | 32 | G | 10 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Santa Clara,Tulsa | 12/5/1931 | 9 | San Francisco 49ers / 9th / 107th pick / 1954 |
| Vince Costello | 31 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Ohio | 8/4/1932 | 6 | |
| Bobby Crespino | 25 | SE-TE | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-5 | Mississippi | 1/11/1938 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 10th pick / 1961 |
| Andy Cvercko | 26 | G | 2 | 0 | 243 | 6-1 | Northwestern | 11/6/1937 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 55th pick / 1959 |
| Ross Fichtner | 25 | DB | 13 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Purdue | 10/26/1938 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 33rd pick / 1960 |
| Galen Fiss* | 32 | LB | 13 | 0 | 227 | 6-0 | Kansas | 7/10/1931 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 155th pick / 1953 |
| Bobby Franklin | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 182 | 5-11 | Mississippi | 10/5/1936 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 11th / 127th pick / 1960 |
| Bob Gain | 34 | DT-DE-MG-T | 14 | 0 | 256 | 6-3 | Kentucky | 6/21/1929 | 11 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 5th pick / 1951 |
| Bill Glass* | 28 | DE-C-T | 14 | 0 | 252 | 6-5 | Baylor | 8/16/1935 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 12th pick / 1957 |
| Tom Goosby | 24 | G-LB | 1 | 0 | 235 | 6-0 | Baldwin-Wallace | 5/24/1939 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 15th / 207th pick / 1962 |
| Ernie Green | 25 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Louisville | 10/15/1938 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 14th / 196th pick / 1962 |
| Lou Groza | 39 | T-C-DT-K | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 1/25/1924 | 17 | |
| Gene Hickerson | 28 | G | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 2/15/1935 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 78th pick / 1957 |
| Jim Houston | 26 | LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 11/3/1937 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 8th pick / 1960 |
| Tom Hutchinson | 22 | TE-WR | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 6/15/1941 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 9th pick / 1963 |
| Jim Kanicki | 22 | DT | 13 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Michigan State | 12/17/1941 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1963 |
| Rich Kreitling | 27 | E | 14 | 0 | 208 | 6-2 | Auburn,Illinois | 3/13/1936 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 11th pick / 1959 |
| Mike Lucci | 24 | LB | 10 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh,Tennessee | 12/29/1939 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 69th pick / 1961 |
| Jim McCusker | 27 | T | 7 | 0 | 246 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 5/19/1936 | 5 | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 14th pick / 1958 |
| John Morrow* | 30 | C-G | 14 | 0 | 244 | 6-3 | Michigan | 4/27/1933 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 28th / 336th pick / 1956 |
| Frank Morze | 30 | C-T | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Boston College | 3/21/1933 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 21st pick / 1955 |
| Jim Ninowski | 27 | QB | 4 | 1 | 206 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 3/26/1936 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 49th pick / 1958 |
| Frank Parker | 24 | DT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-5 | Oklahoma State | 10/16/1939 | 1 | New York Titans / 29th / 229th pick / 1962 |
| Bernie Parrish* | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 194 | 5-11 | Florida | 4/29/1936 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 108th pick / 1958 |
| Ray Renfro | 34 | HB-FL | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | North Texas | 11/7/1929 | 11 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 48th pick / 1952 |
| Frank Ryan | 27 | QB | 13 | 13 | 199 | 6-3 | Rice | 7/12/1936 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 55th pick / 1958 |
| Charlie Scales | 25 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Indiana | 1/11/1938 | 3 | |
| Dick Schafrath*+ | 26 | T-G-DE | 14 | 0 | 253 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 3/21/1937 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1959 |
| Stan Sczurek | 26 | LB | 9 | 0 | 230 | 5-11 | Purdue | 3/7/1937 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 53rd pick / 1962 |
| Roger Shoals | 25 | T | 2 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Maryland | 12/13/1938 | Rook | Dallas Texans / 34th / 267th pick / 1962 |
| Jim Shofner | 28 | DB | 12 | 0 | 191 | 6-2 | TCU | 12/18/1935 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1958 |
| Jim Shorter | 24 | DB | 11 | 0 | 184 | 5-11 | Detroit Mercy | 6/8/1939 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 14th / 193rd pick / 1962 |
| Sam Tidmore | 25 | LB | 5 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Ohio State | 10/28/1938 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 81st pick / 1962 |
| Ken Webb | 28 | HB-FB | 12 | 2 | 207 | 5-11 | Presbyterian | 8/15/1935 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 14th / 169th pick / 1958 |
| Paul Wiggin | 29 | DE | 14 | 0 | 242 | 6-3 | Stanford | 11/18/1934 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 73rd pick / 1956 |
| John Wooten | 27 | G | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Colorado | 12/5/1936 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 53rd pick / 1959 |
| Team Total | 27.0 | 14 | 226.3 | 6-1.9 | 4.0 |