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1964 Cleveland Browns
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Record: 10-3-1, Finished 1st in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
1964 NFL Champions
Scored 415 points (29.6/g), 2nd of 14 in the NFL.
Allowed 293 points (20.9/g), 5th.
Differential of 122 points (8.7/g), 2nd.
Expected W-L: 9.7-4.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +14 (1.0/g), 4th.
Coached by Blanton Collier (10-3-1)
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1964 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* | 28 | 6 | 14 | 174 for 334, 2,404 yards, 25 td, 19 int, & 37 rushes for 217 yards and 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 55th pick / 1958 |
| HB | Ernie Green | 26 | 2 | 0 | 109 rushes for 491 yards, 6 td, & 25 catches for 283 yards and 4 td | Green Bay Packers / 14th / 196th pick / 1962 |
| FB | Jim Brown*+ | 28 | 7 | 14 | 280 rushes for 1,446 yards, 7 td, & 36 catches for 340 yards and 2 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 6th pick / 1957 |
| FL | Gary Collins | 24 | 2 | 0 | 35 catches for 544 yards, 8 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 4th pick / 1962 |
| SE | Paul Warfield* | 22 | Rook | 0 | 52 catches for 920 yards, 9 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 11th pick / 1964 |
| TE | Johnny Brewer | 27 | 3 | 0 | 25 catches for 338 yards, 3 td | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 41st pick / 1960 |
| TE | Tom Hutchinson | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 catches for 24 yards, 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 9th pick / 1963 |
| LT | Dick Schafrath*+ | 27 | 5 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1959 |
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| LG | John Wooten | 28 | 5 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 53rd pick / 1959 |
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| C | John Morrow | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 28th / 336th pick / 1956 |
| RG | Gene Hickerson | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 78th pick / 1957 |
| RT | Monte Clark | 27 | 5 | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 41st pick / 1959 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Paul Wiggin | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 73rd pick / 1956 |
| LDT | Dick Modzelewski* | 33 | 11 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 16th pick / 1953 |
| RDT | Jim Kanicki | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1963 |
| RDE | Bill Glass* | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 1st / 12th pick / 1957 |
| LLB | Jim Houston* | 27 | 4 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 8th pick / 1960 |
| MLB | Vince Costello | 32 | 7 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | |
| RLB | Galen Fiss | 33 | 8 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 155th pick / 1953 |
| LCB | Bernie Parrish | 28 | 5 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 108th pick / 1958 |
| RCB | Walter Beach | 29 | 4 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 15th / 180th pick / 1960 |
| LS | Larry Benz | 23 | 1 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RS | Bobby Franklin | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 11th / 127th pick / 1960 |
| RS | Ross Fichtner | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 33rd pick / 1960 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Lou Groza | 40 | 18 | 0 | 22 of 33 field goals & 49 of 49 extra points | |
| P | Gary Collins | 24 | 2 | 0 | 48 punts for a 42.0 average, 0 blocked | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 4th pick / 1962 |
| PR | Walter Roberts | 22 | Rook | 0 | 10 punt returns for a 13.2 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Walter Roberts | 22 | Rook | 0 | 24 kick returns for a 27.5 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Walter Beach | 29 | DB-RB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Central Michigan | 1/31/1935 | 4 | New York Giants / 15th / 180th pick / 1960 |
| Larry Benz | 23 | DB | 13 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Northwestern | 1/28/1941 | 1 | |
| Ed Bettridge | 24 | LB | 3 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Bowling Green | 9/16/1940 | Rook | |
| Johnny Brewer | 27 | TE-LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 3/8/1937 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 41st pick / 1960 |
| Jim Brown*+ | 28 | FB | 14 | 14 | 232 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 2/17/1936 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 6th pick / 1957 |
| John Brown | 25 | T | 11 | 0 | 248 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 6/9/1939 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 55th pick / 1961 |
| Mike Bundra | 25 | DT | 9 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | USC | 6/24/1939 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 80th pick / 1962 |
| Lowell Caylor | 23 | DB | 13 | 0 | 205 | 6-3 | Miami (OH) | 6/17/1941 | Rook | New York Jets / 24th / 187th pick / 1963 |
| Monte Clark | 27 | T-DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-6 | USC | 1/24/1937 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 41st pick / 1959 |
| Gary Collins | 24 | FL-WR-P | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-5 | Maryland | 8/20/1940 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 4th pick / 1962 |
| Vince Costello | 32 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Ohio | 8/4/1932 | 7 | |
| Ross Fichtner | 26 | DB | 8 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Purdue | 10/26/1938 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 33rd pick / 1960 |
| Galen Fiss | 33 | LB | 13 | 0 | 227 | 6-0 | Kansas | 7/10/1931 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 155th pick / 1953 |
| Bobby Franklin | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 182 | 5-11 | Mississippi | 10/5/1936 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 11th / 127th pick / 1960 |
| Bob Gain | 35 | DT-DE-MG-T | 4 | 0 | 256 | 6-3 | Kentucky | 6/21/1929 | 12 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 5th pick / 1951 |
| Bill Glass* | 29 | DE-C-T | 14 | 0 | 252 | 6-5 | Baylor | 8/16/1935 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 12th pick / 1957 |
| Ernie Green | 26 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Louisville | 10/15/1938 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 14th / 196th pick / 1962 |
| Lou Groza | 40 | T-C-DT-K | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 1/25/1924 | 18 | |
| Gene Hickerson | 29 | G | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 2/15/1935 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 78th pick / 1957 |
| Jim Houston* | 27 | LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 11/3/1937 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 8th pick / 1960 |
| Tom Hutchinson | 23 | TE-WR | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 6/15/1941 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 9th pick / 1963 |
| Jim Kanicki | 23 | DT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Michigan State | 12/17/1941 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1963 |
| Leroy Kelly | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 202 | 6-0 | Morgan State | 5/20/1942 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 110th pick / 1964 |
| Mike Lucci | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh,Tennessee | 12/29/1939 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 69th pick / 1961 |
| Clifton McNeil | 24 | WR-FL-SE | 14 | 0 | 187 | 6-2 | Grambling State | 5/25/1940 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 11th / 151st pick / 1962 |
| Dale Memmelaar | 27 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 247 | 6-2 | Wyoming | 1/15/1937 | 5 | Chicago Cardinals / 21st / 242nd pick / 1959 |
| Dick Modzelewski* | 33 | DT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-0 | Maryland | 2/16/1931 | 11 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 16th pick / 1953 |
| John Morrow | 31 | C-G | 14 | 0 | 244 | 6-3 | Michigan | 4/27/1933 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams / 28th / 336th pick / 1956 |
| Jim Ninowski | 28 | QB | 3 | 0 | 206 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 3/26/1936 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 49th pick / 1958 |
| Frank Parker | 25 | DT | 8 | 0 | 270 | 6-5 | Oklahoma State | 10/16/1939 | 2 | New York Titans / 29th / 229th pick / 1962 |
| Bernie Parrish | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 194 | 5-11 | Florida | 4/29/1936 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 108th pick / 1958 |
| Dave Raimey | 24 | DB | 5 | 0 | 195 | 5-10 | Michigan | 11/18/1940 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 121st pick / 1963 |
| Walter Roberts | 22 | WR-SE | 14 | 0 | 163 | 5-9 | San Jose State | 2/15/1942 | Rook | |
| Frank Ryan* | 28 | QB | 14 | 14 | 199 | 6-3 | Rice | 7/12/1936 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 55th pick / 1958 |
| Charlie Scales | 26 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Indiana | 1/11/1938 | 4 | |
| Dick Schafrath*+ | 27 | T-G-DE | 14 | 0 | 253 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 3/21/1937 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1959 |
| Stan Sczurek | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 5-11 | Purdue | 3/7/1937 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 53rd pick / 1962 |
| Roger Shoals | 26 | T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Maryland | 12/13/1938 | 1 | Dallas Texans / 34th / 267th pick / 1962 |
| Paul Warfield* | 22 | WR-SE | 14 | 0 | 188 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 11/28/1942 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 11th pick / 1964 |
| Paul Wiggin | 30 | DE | 14 | 0 | 242 | 6-3 | Stanford | 11/18/1934 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 73rd pick / 1956 |
| Sid Williams | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Southern | 3/24/1942 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 16th / 222nd pick / 1964 |
| John Wooten | 28 | G | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Colorado | 12/5/1936 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 53rd pick / 1959 |
| Team Total | 26.9 | 14 | 224.4 | 6-1.7 | 4.0 |