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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)
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1965 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* | 29 | 7 | 12 | 119 for 243, 1,751 yards, 18 td, 13 int, & 19 rushes for 72 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 55th pick / 1958 |
| HB | Ernie Green | 27 | 3 | 0 | 111 rushes for 436 yards, 2 td, & 25 catches for 298 yards and 2 td | Green Bay Packers / 14th / 196th pick / 1962 |
| FB | Jim Brown*+ | 29 | 8 | 14 | 289 rushes for 1,544 yards, 17 td, & 34 catches for 328 yards and 4 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 6th pick / 1957 |
| FL | Gary Collins* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 50 catches for 884 yards, 10 td, & 1 rush for 16 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 4th pick / 1962 |
| SE | Walter Roberts | 23 | 1 | 0 | 16 catches for 314 yards, 4 td, & 3 rushes for 30 yards and 0 td | |
| SE | Clifton McNeil | 25 | 1 | 0 | 3 catches for 69 yards, 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 11th / 151st pick / 1962 |
| TE | Johnny Brewer | 28 | 4 | 0 | 13 catches for 174 yards, 1 td | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 41st pick / 1960 |
| LT | Dick Schafrath*+ | 28 | 6 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1959 |
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| LG | John Wooten* | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 53rd pick / 1959 |
| C | John Morrow | 32 | 9 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 28th / 336th pick / 1956 |
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| RG | Gene Hickerson* | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 78th pick / 1957 |
| RT | Monte Clark | 28 | 6 | 14 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 41st pick / 1959 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Paul Wiggin* | 31 | 8 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 73rd pick / 1956 |
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| LDT | Dick Modzelewski | 34 | 12 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 16th pick / 1953 |
| RDT | Jim Kanicki | 24 | 2 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1963 |
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| RDE | Bill Glass | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 1st / 12th pick / 1957 |
| LLB | Jim Houston* | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 8th pick / 1960 |
| LLB | Galen Fiss | 34 | 9 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 155th pick / 1953 |
| MLB | Vince Costello | 33 | 8 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RLB | Sid Williams | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 16th / 222nd pick / 1964 |
| RLB | Galen Fiss | 34 | 9 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 155th pick / 1953 |
| LCB | Bernie Parrish | 29 | 6 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 108th pick / 1958 |
| RCB | Walter Beach | 30 | 5 | 0 | New York Giants / 15th / 180th pick / 1960 |
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| RCB | Erich Barnes | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 4th / 42nd pick / 1958 |
| LS | Ross Fichtner | 27 | 5 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 33rd pick / 1960 |
| RS | Larry Benz | 24 | 2 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Lou Groza | 41 | 19 | 0 | 16 of 25 field goals & 45 of 45 extra points | |
| P | Gary Collins* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 65 punts for a 46.7 average, 0 blocked | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 4th pick / 1962 |
| PR | Walter Roberts | 23 | 1 | 0 | 18 punt returns for a 9.0 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Leroy Kelly | 23 | 1 | 0 | 24 kick returns for a 25.9 average and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 110th pick / 1964 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Erich Barnes | 30 | DB | 14 | 0 | 201 | 6-2 | Purdue | 7/4/1935 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 42nd pick / 1958 |
| Walter Beach | 30 | DB-RB | 10 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Central Michigan | 1/31/1935 | 5 | New York Giants / 15th / 180th pick / 1960 |
| Larry Benz | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Northwestern | 1/28/1941 | 2 | |
| Johnny Brewer | 28 | TE-LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 3/8/1937 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 41st pick / 1960 |
| Jim Brown*+ | 29 | FB | 14 | 14 | 232 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 2/17/1936 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 6th pick / 1957 |
| John Brown | 26 | T | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 6/9/1939 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 55th pick / 1961 |
| Jamie Caleb | 29 | HB-FB | 5 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Grambling State | 10/29/1936 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 16th / 191st pick / 1959 |
| Monte Clark | 28 | T-DT-DE | 14 | 14 | 265 | 6-6 | USC | 1/24/1937 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 41st pick / 1959 |
| Gary Collins* | 25 | FL-WR-P | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-5 | Maryland | 8/20/1940 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 4th pick / 1962 |
| Vince Costello | 33 | LB | 13 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Ohio | 8/4/1932 | 8 | |
| Ross Fichtner | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Purdue | 10/26/1938 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 33rd pick / 1960 |
| Galen Fiss | 34 | LB | 12 | 0 | 227 | 6-0 | Kansas | 7/10/1931 | 9 | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 155th pick / 1953 |
| Bobby Franklin | 29 | DB | 14 | 0 | 182 | 5-11 | Mississippi | 10/5/1936 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 11th / 127th pick / 1960 |
| Jim Garcia | 21 | DE-DT | 12 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Purdue | 3/7/1944 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 17th pick / 1965 |
| Bill Glass | 30 | DE-C-T | 14 | 0 | 252 | 6-5 | Baylor | 8/16/1935 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 12th pick / 1957 |
| Ernie Green | 27 | HB-FB | 13 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Louisville | 10/15/1938 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 14th / 196th pick / 1962 |
| Lou Groza | 41 | T-C-DT-K | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 1/25/1924 | 19 | |
| Gene Hickerson* | 30 | G | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 2/15/1935 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 78th pick / 1957 |
| Jim Houston* | 28 | LB-DE | 12 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 11/3/1937 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 8th pick / 1960 |
| Mike Howell | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Grambling State | 7/5/1943 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 111th pick / 1965 |
| Tom Hutchinson | 24 | TE-WR | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 6/15/1941 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 9th pick / 1963 |
| Walter Johnson | 23 | DT | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Los Angeles State,New Mexico State | 11/13/1942 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 27th pick / 1965 |
| Jim Kanicki | 24 | DT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Michigan State | 12/17/1941 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1963 |
| Leroy Kelly | 23 | RB | 13 | 0 | 202 | 6-0 | Morgan State | 5/20/1942 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 110th pick / 1964 |
| Dale Lindsey | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 223 | 6-2 | Kentucky,Western Kentucky | 1/18/1943 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 97th pick / 1965 |
| Clifton McNeil | 25 | WR-FL-SE | 13 | 0 | 187 | 6-2 | Grambling State | 5/25/1940 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 11th / 151st pick / 1962 |
| Dale Memmelaar | 28 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 247 | 6-2 | Wyoming | 1/15/1937 | 6 | Chicago Cardinals / 21st / 242nd pick / 1959 |
| Dick Modzelewski | 34 | DT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-0 | Maryland | 2/16/1931 | 12 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 16th pick / 1953 |
| John Morrow | 32 | C-G | 14 | 0 | 244 | 6-3 | Michigan | 4/27/1933 | 9 | Los Angeles Rams / 28th / 336th pick / 1956 |
| Jim Ninowski | 29 | QB | 6 | 2 | 206 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 3/26/1936 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 49th pick / 1958 |
| Bernie Parrish | 29 | DB | 14 | 0 | 194 | 5-11 | Florida | 4/29/1936 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 108th pick / 1958 |
| Walter Roberts | 23 | WR-SE | 14 | 0 | 163 | 5-9 | San Jose State | 2/15/1942 | 1 | |
| Frank Ryan* | 29 | QB | 12 | 12 | 199 | 6-3 | Rice | 7/12/1936 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 55th pick / 1958 |
| Charlie Scales | 27 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Indiana | 1/11/1938 | 5 | |
| Dick Schafrath*+ | 28 | T-G-DE | 14 | 0 | 253 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 3/21/1937 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1959 |
| Stan Sczurek | 28 | LB | 11 | 0 | 230 | 5-11 | Purdue | 3/7/1937 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 53rd pick / 1962 |
| Ralph Smith | 27 | TE | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Mississippi | 12/1/1938 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 12th / 93rd pick / 1962 |
| Paul Warfield | 23 | WR-SE | 1 | 0 | 188 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 11/28/1942 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 11th pick / 1964 |
| Paul Wiggin* | 31 | DE | 14 | 0 | 242 | 6-3 | Stanford | 11/18/1934 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 73rd pick / 1956 |
| Sid Williams | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Southern | 3/24/1942 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 16th / 222nd pick / 1964 |
| John Wooten* | 29 | G | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Colorado | 12/5/1936 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 53rd pick / 1959 |
| Team Total | 27.6 | 14 | 221.4 | 6-1.7 | 4.8 |