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1965 Cleveland Browns

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Record: 11-3-0, Finished 1st in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 363 points (25.9/g), 5th of 14 in the NFL.
 Allowed 325 points (23.2/g), 8th.
 Differential of 38 points (2.7/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 7.9-6.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.5/g), 3rd.

Coached by Blanton Collier (11-3-0)

1965 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 19 box W 1-0 @ Washington Redskins 17 7 18 313 133 180 2 14 232 208 24 1
2 Sun September 26 box L 1-1 St. Louis Cardinals 13 49 19 290 168 122 6 23 489 320 169 2
3 Sun October 3 box W 2-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 35 17 22 314 75 239 1 21 345 182 163 6
4 Sat October 9 box W 3-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 24 19 21 375 143 232 16 252 77 175 3
5 Sun October 17 box W 4-1 Dallas Cowboys 23 17 16 335 230 105 1 15 264 185 79 1
6 Sun October 24 box W 5-1 @ New York Giants 38 14 26 526 283 243 1 22 312 192 120 3
7 Sun October 31 box L 5-2 Minnesota Vikings 17 27 11 167 133 34 25 408 212 196 1
8 Sun November 7 box W 6-2 Philadelphia Eagles 38 34 21 369 182 187 3 24 582 352 230 2
9 Sun November 14 box W 7-2 New York Giants 34 21 22 459 227 232 2 21 347 240 107 2
10 Sun November 21 box W 8-2 @ Dallas Cowboys 24 17 15 200 65 135 1 18 293 169 124 3
11 Sun November 28 box W 9-2 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 42 21 20 360 119 241 13 358 221 137
12 Sun December 5 box W 10-2 Washington Redskins 24 16 24 284 84 200 4 16 201 138 63 3
13 Sun December 12 box L 10-3 @ Los Angeles Rams 7 42 6 119 79 40 1 23 469 300 169 1
14 Sun December 19 box W 11-3 @ St. Louis Cardinals 27 24 16 287 146 141 3 14 160 50 110 4
Playoffs
Championship January 2 box L 11-4 @ Green Bay Packers 12 23

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 363 4398 836 5.3 257 160 329 2067 23 16 5.7 97 476 2331 19 4.9 133 25 9 27
Team Defense 325 4712 869 5.4 426 204 419 2846 31 24 6.2 135 412 1866 11 4.5 265 32 8 26
Lg Rank Offense 5 7 5 13 12 4 4 8 3 1 3 1 1 2
Lg Rank Defense 8 13 14 11 12 13 5 8 6 11 3 14 9 14

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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* 29 QB 12 12 119 243 49.0 1751 18 7.4 13 5.3 80 7.2 5.5 14.7 145.9 75.3
Jim Ninowski 29 6 2 40 83 48.2 549 4 4.8 3 3.6 32 6.6 5.5 13.7 91.5 70.8
Jim Brown*+ 29 FB 14 14 1 2 50.0 39 1 50.0 0 0.0 39 19.5 24.5 39.0 2.8 135.4
Lou Groza 41 K 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 27.6 14 160 329 48.6 2339 23 7.0 16 4.9 80 7.1 5.6 14.6 167.1 75.3
Opp Total 14 204 419 48.7 2846 31 7.4 24 5.7 6.8 5.0 14.0 203.3 71.8 38 307 6.2 3.9

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*+ 29 FB 14 14 289 1544 17 67 5.3 110.3 20.6 34 328 9.6 4 32 2.4 23.4 1872 21 6
Ernie Green 27 HB 13 0 111 436 2 41 3.9 33.5 8.5 25 298 11.9 2 69 1.9 22.9 734 4 3
Leroy Kelly 23 RET 13 0 37 139 0 16 3.8 10.7 2.8 9 122 13.6 0 52 0.7 9.4 261 0 3
Frank Ryan* 29 QB 12 12 19 72 0 18 3.8 6.0 1.6 72 0 5
Charlie Scales 27 14 0 11 59 0 20 5.4 4.2 0.8 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.1 0.5 66 0 1
Jim Ninowski 29 6 2 4 46 0 17 11.5 7.7 0.7 46 0 0
Walter Roberts 23 SE 14 0 3 30 0 14 10.0 2.1 0.2 16 314 19.6 4 80 1.1 22.4 344 4 1
Gary Collins* 25 FL 14 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 1.1 0.1 50 884 17.7 10 67 3.6 63.1 900 10 0
Bobby Franklin 29 14 0 1 -11 0 -11 -11.0 -0.8 0.1 -11 0 1
Johnny Brewer 28 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 174 13.4 1 25 0.9 12.4 174 1 0
Tom Hutchinson 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 113 18.8 2 24 0.4 8.1 113 2 0
Clifton McNeil 25 se 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 69 23.0 0 32 0.2 5.3 69 0 0
Paul Warfield 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 30 10.0 0 13 3.0 30.0 30 0 0
Team Total 27.6 14 476 2331 19 67 4.9 166.5 34.0 160 2339 14.6 23 80 11.4 167.1 4670 42 20
Opp Total 14 412 1866 11 4.5 133.3 29.4 204 2846 14.0 31 14.6 203.3 4712 42 13

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Leroy Kelly 23 RET 13 0 17 265 2 67 15.6 24 621 0 51 25.9 1147
Walter Roberts 23 SE 14 0 18 162 0 51 9.0 18 493 0 88 27.4 999
Charlie Scales 27 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 4 88 0 24 22.0 154
Mike Howell 22 14 0 2 3 0 3 1.5 3
Tom Hutchinson 24 14 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 113
Bobby Franklin 29 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 -11
Ernie Green 27 HB 13 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 738
Dale Lindsey 22 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 27.6 14 36 427 2 67 11.9 53 1209 0 88 22.8 6306
Opp Total 14 36 0 58 1334 0 23.0

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Lou Groza 41 K 14 0 25 16 64.0% 45 45 100.0%
Gary Collins* 25 FL 14 0 65 3035 71 0 46.7
Bobby Franklin 29 14 0 4 118 31 0 29.5
Team Total 27.6 14 25 16 64.0% 45 45 100.0% 69 3153 71 0 45.7
Opp Total 14 18 9 50.0% 43 40 93.0% 69 2836 41.1

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
Erich Barnes 30 rcb 14 0 1 35 0 35
Larry Benz 24 RS 14 0 5 78 0 31
Jim Brown*+ 29 FB 14 14 6 0 0 0
Vince Costello 33 MLB 13 0 3 33 0 23
Ross Fichtner 27 LS 14 0 4 98 1 48 0 1 0 0
Galen Fiss 34 llb/rlb 12 0 1 5 0 5
Bobby Franklin 29 14 0 1 1 0 0
Bill Glass 30 RDE 14 0 1 0 0 0
Ernie Green 27 HB 13 0 3 5 -5 0
Lou Groza 41 K 14 0 0 1 0 0
Gene Hickerson* 30 RG 14 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Houston* 28 LLB 12 0 2 32 0 28 0 2 0 0
Leroy Kelly 23 RET 13 0 3 2 0 0
Dale Lindsey 22 14 0 1 11 0 11
Dick Modzelewski 34 LDT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Bernie Parrish 29 LCB 14 0 4 45 0 35 0 1 0 0
Walter Roberts 23 SE 14 0 1 1 0 0
Frank Ryan* 29 QB 12 12 5 1 -2 0
Charlie Scales 27 14 0 1 0 0 0
Stan Sczurek 28 11 0 1 10 0 10
Sid Williams 23 RLB 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
John Wooten* 29 LG 14 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.6 14 24 349 1 48 20 19 -7 0
Opp Total 14 31 13 5

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*+ 29 FB 14 14 17 4 126
Lou Groza 41 K 14 0 45 16 93
Gary Collins* 25 FL 14 0 10 60
Ernie Green 27 HB 13 0 2 2 24
Walter Roberts 23 SE 14 0 4 24
Tom Hutchinson 24 14 0 2 12
Leroy Kelly 23 RET 13 0 2 12
Johnny Brewer 28 TE 14 0 1 6
Ross Fichtner 27 LS 14 0 1 6
Team Total 27.6 14 19 23 2 1 45 16 363
Opp Total 14 11 31 40 9 325