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1966 Cleveland Browns

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Record: 9-5-0, Finished 2nd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 403 points (28.8/g), 2nd of 15 in the NFL.
 Allowed 259 points (18.5/g), 5th.
 Differential of 144 points (10.3/g), 3rd.
 Expected W-L: 10.4-3.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +24 (1.7/g), 1st.

Coached by Blanton Collier (9-5-0)

1966 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 11 box W 1-0 @ Washington Redskins 38 14 18 307 159 148 3 17 315 212 103 6
2 Sun September 18 box L 1-1 Green Bay Packers 20 21 16 266 156 110 1 22 356 238 118 2
3 Sun September 25 box L 1-2 St. Louis Cardinals 28 34 25 373 230 143 1 13 313 206 107 5
4 Sun October 2 box W 2-2 @ New York Giants 28 7 23 418 160 258 1 12 274 224 50 6
5 Sat October 8 box W 3-2 Pittsburgh Steelers 41 10 31 467 226 241 2 12 204 182 22 6
6 Sun October 23 box W 4-2 Dallas Cowboys 30 21 17 264 159 105 30 413 257 156 4
7 Sun October 30 box W 5-2 @ Atlanta Falcons 49 17 22 508 295 213 1 23 321 117 204 3
8 Sun November 6 box L 5-3 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 6 16 19 307 176 131 6 12 267 132 135
9 Sun November 13 box W 6-3 Philadelphia Eagles 27 7 17 345 176 169 17 290 175 115 4
10 Sun November 20 box W 7-3 Washington Redskins 14 3 10 271 112 159 2 20 327 159 168 4
11 Thu November 24 box L 7-4 @ Dallas Cowboys 14 26 18 321 164 157 1 25 304 131 173
12 Sun December 4 box W 8-4 New York Giants 49 40 21 447 317 130 3 23 335 123 212 1
13 Sun December 11 box L 8-5 @ Philadelphia Eagles 21 33 21 349 231 118 3 17 320 117 203 5
14 Sat December 17 box W 9-5 @ St. Louis Cardinals 38 10 20 428 344 84 1 12 227 99 128 3

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 403 5071 846 6.0 278 212 402 2905 33 15 6.7 142 415 2166 18 5.2 117 25 10 19
Team Defense 259 4266 891 4.8 397 221 406 2372 14 30 5.4 124 450 1894 12 4.2 255 49 19 18
Lg Rank Offense 2 2 4 8 5 1 3 3 10 1 3 1 3 1
Lg Rank Defense 5 9 11 7 6 5 1 6 9 12 7 12 1 4

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* 30 QB 14 14 200 382 52.4 2974 29 7.6 14 3.7 54 7.8 6.9 14.9 212.4 88.2
Jim Ninowski 30 14 0 11 18 61.1 175 4 22.2 1 5.6 44 9.7 9.4 15.9 12.5 110.0
Lou Groza 42 K 14 0 1 1 100.0 -7 0 0.0 0 0.0 -7 -7.0 -7.0 -7.0 -0.5 79.2
Leroy Kelly*+ 24 HB 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 27.9 14 212 402 52.7 3142 33 8.2 15 3.7 54 7.8 7.0 14.8 224.4 90.4
Opp Total 14 221 406 54.4 2372 14 3.4 30 7.4 5.8 2.9 10.7 169.4 52.5 35 278 5.4 2.0

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
Leroy Kelly*+ 24 HB 14 0 209 1141 15 70 5.5 81.5 14.9 32 366 11.4 1 40 2.3 26.1 1507 16 1
Ernie Green* 28 FB 14 0 144 750 3 35 5.2 53.6 10.3 45 445 9.9 6 31 3.2 31.8 1195 9 2
Frank Ryan* 30 QB 14 14 36 156 0 17 4.3 11.1 2.6 156 0 5
Nick Pietrosante 29 13 0 7 20 0 8 2.9 1.5 0.5 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.1 0.9 32 0 0
Charlie Harraway 22 14 0 7 40 0 18 5.7 2.9 0.5 40 0 0
Randy Schultz 23 14 0 7 32 0 20 4.6 2.3 0.5 32 0 0
Jim Ninowski 30 14 0 3 -11 0 4 -3.7 -0.8 0.2 -11 0 3
Gary Collins* 26 FL 14 0 2 38 0 36 19.0 2.7 0.1 56 946 16.9 12 54 4.0 67.6 984 12 0
Paul Warfield 24 SE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 36 741 20.6 5 51 2.6 52.9 741 5 0
Milt Morin 24 TE 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 23 333 14.5 3 32 2.1 30.3 333 3 3
Ralph Smith 28 te 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 183 14.1 3 28 0.9 13.1 183 3 0
Clifton McNeil 26 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 94 47.0 2 50 0.1 6.7 94 2 0
Walter Roberts 24 RET 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 19 9.5 0 10 0.1 1.4 19 0 3
Vince Costello 34 MLB 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 -7 -7.0 0 -7 0.1 -0.5 -7 0 0
Jim Houston 29 LLB 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 10 10.0 1 10 0.1 0.7 10 1 0
Team Total 27.9 14 415 2166 18 70 5.2 154.7 29.6 212 3142 14.8 33 54 15.1 224.4 5308 51 17
Opp Total 14 450 1894 12 4.2 135.3 32.1 221 2372 10.7 14 15.8 169.4 4266 26 24

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*+ 24 HB 14 0 13 104 0 52 8.0 19 403 0 49 21.2 2014
Walter Roberts 24 RET 14 0 11 42 0 30 3.8 20 454 0 57 22.7 515
Charlie Harraway 22 14 0 9 193 0 33 21.4 233
Randy Schultz 23 14 0 3 52 0 23 17.3 84
Nick Pietrosante 29 13 0 2 9 0 8 4.5 41
Ralph Smith 28 te 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 183
Team Total 27.9 14 24 146 0 52 6.1 54 1111 0 57 20.6 6565
Opp Total 14 23 0 68 1501 2 22.1

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 42 K 14 0 23 9 39.1% 52 51 98.1%
Gary Collins* 26 FL 14 0 57 2223 60 0 39.0
Jim Houston 29 LLB 14 0 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 27.9 14 23 9 39.1% 53 52 98.1% 57 2223 60 0 39.0
Opp Total 14 28 19 67.9% 29 28 96.6% 56 2223 39.7

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 31 LCB 14 0 4 128 0 54
Walter Beach 31 rcb 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Johnny Brewer* 29 RLB 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Vince Costello 34 MLB 14 0 1 0 0 0
Ross Fichtner 28 LS/rs 14 0 8 152 1 58
Bill Glass 31 RDE 14 14 0 2 13 1
Ernie Green* 28 FB 14 0 2 1 0 0
Gene Hickerson* 31 RG 14 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Houston 29 LLB 14 0 2 27 0 21 0 2 0 0
Mike Howell 23 RCB 14 14 8 62 0 29
Walter Johnson 24 LDT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Kanicki 25 RDT 14 0 0 2 0 0
Ernie Kellermann 23 RS/ls 14 11 3 23 0 12 0 1 0 0
Leroy Kelly*+ 24 HB 14 0 1 0 0 0
Clifton McNeil 26 14 0 0 1 4 0
Dick Modzelewski 35 14 0 0 2 13 0
Milt Morin 24 TE 11 0 3 1 0 0
Jim Ninowski 30 14 0 3 1 0 0
Bernie Parrish 30 1 0 1 16 0 16
Walter Roberts 24 RET 14 0 3 1 0 0
Frank Ryan* 30 QB 14 14 5 0 0 0
Ralph Smith 28 te 14 0 0 1 0 0
Paul Warfield 24 SE 14 0 0 1 3 1
Paul Wiggin 32 LDE 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
John Wooten* 30 LG 14 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.9 14 30 408 1 58 17 26 33 2
Opp Total 14 29 24 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
Leroy Kelly*+ 24 HB 14 0 15 1 96
Lou Groza 42 K 14 0 51 9 78
Gary Collins* 26 FL 14 0 12 72
Ernie Green* 28 FB 14 0 3 6 54
Paul Warfield 24 SE 14 0 5 1 36
Milt Morin 24 TE 11 0 3 18
Ralph Smith 28 te 14 0 3 18
Clifton McNeil 26 14 0 2 12
Jim Houston 29 LLB 14 0 1 1 7
Ross Fichtner 28 LS/rs 14 0 1 6
Bill Glass 31 RDE 14 14 1 6
Team Total 27.9 14 18 33 2 1 52 9 403
Opp Total 14 12 14 2 28 19 259