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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)
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1966 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* | 30 | 8 | 14 | 200 for 382, 2,974 yards, 29 td, 14 int, & 36 rushes for 156 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 55th pick / 1958 |
| HB | Leroy Kelly*+ | 24 | 2 | 0 | 209 rushes for 1,141 yards, 15 td, & 32 catches for 366 yards and 1 td | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 110th pick / 1964 |
| FB | Ernie Green* | 28 | 4 | 0 | 144 rushes for 750 yards, 3 td, & 45 catches for 445 yards and 6 td | Green Bay Packers / 14th / 196th pick / 1962 |
| FL | Gary Collins* | 26 | 4 | 0 | 56 catches for 946 yards, 12 td, & 2 rushes for 38 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 4th pick / 1962 |
| SE | Paul Warfield | 24 | 2 | 0 | 36 catches for 741 yards, 5 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 11th pick / 1964 |
| TE | Milt Morin | 24 | Rook | 0 | 23 catches for 333 yards, 3 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 14th pick / 1966 |
| TE | Ralph Smith | 28 | 4 | 0 | 13 catches for 183 yards, 3 td | San Diego Chargers / 12th / 93rd pick / 1962 |
| LT | Dick Schafrath* | 29 | 7 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1959 |
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| LT | Monte Clark | 29 | 7 | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 41st pick / 1959 |
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| LG | John Wooten* | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 53rd pick / 1959 |
| C | John Morrow | 33 | 10 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 28th / 336th pick / 1956 |
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| C | Fred Hoaglin | 22 | Rook | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 93rd pick / 1966 |
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| RG | Gene Hickerson* | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 78th pick / 1957 |
| RT | Monte Clark | 29 | 7 | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 41st pick / 1959 |
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| RT | John Brown | 27 | 4 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 55th pick / 1961 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Paul Wiggin | 32 | 9 | 0 | 1 interception, 4 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 73rd pick / 1956 |
| LDT | Walter Johnson | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 27th pick / 1965 |
| RDT | Jim Kanicki | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1963 |
| RDT | Frank Parker | 27 | 4 | 0 | New York Titans / 29th / 229th pick / 1962 |
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| RDE | Bill Glass | 31 | 8 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 1st / 12th pick / 1957 |
| LLB | Jim Houston | 29 | 6 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 8th pick / 1960 |
| MLB | Vince Costello | 34 | 9 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| MLB | Dale Lindsey | 23 | 1 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 97th pick / 1965 |
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| RLB | Johnny Brewer* | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 41st pick / 1960 |
| LCB | Erich Barnes | 31 | 8 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 4th / 42nd pick / 1958 |
| RCB | Mike Howell | 23 | 1 | 14 | 8 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 111th pick / 1965 |
| RCB | Walter Beach | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 15th / 180th pick / 1960 |
| LS | Ross Fichtner | 28 | 6 | 0 | 8 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 33rd pick / 1960 |
| LS | Ernie Kellermann | 23 | Rook | 11 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 12th / 159th pick / 1965 |
| RS | Ernie Kellermann | 23 | Rook | 11 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 12th / 159th pick / 1965 |
| RS | Ross Fichtner | 28 | 6 | 0 | 8 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 33rd pick / 1960 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Lou Groza | 42 | 20 | 0 | 9 of 23 field goals & 51 of 52 extra points | |
| P | Gary Collins* | 26 | 4 | 0 | 57 punts for a 39.0 average, 0 blocked | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 4th pick / 1962 |
| PR | Leroy Kelly*+ | 24 | 2 | 0 | 13 punt returns for a 8.0 average and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 110th pick / 1964 |
| KR | Walter Roberts | 24 | 2 | 0 | 20 kick returns for a 22.7 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Erich Barnes | 31 | DB | 14 | 0 | 201 | 6-2 | Purdue | 7/4/1935 | 8 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 42nd pick / 1958 |
| Jim Battle | 25 | T | 6 | 0 | 235 | 6-5 | Southern | 9/18/1941 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 7th / 52nd pick / 1966 |
| Walter Beach | 31 | DB-RB | 5 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Central Michigan | 1/31/1935 | 6 | New York Giants / 15th / 180th pick / 1960 |
| Johnny Brewer* | 29 | TE-LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 3/8/1937 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 41st pick / 1960 |
| John Brown | 27 | T | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 6/9/1939 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 55th pick / 1961 |
| Monte Clark | 29 | T-DT-DE | 12 | 0 | 265 | 6-6 | USC | 1/24/1937 | 7 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 41st pick / 1959 |
| Gary Collins* | 26 | FL-WR-P | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-5 | Maryland | 8/20/1940 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 4th pick / 1962 |
| Vince Costello | 34 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Ohio | 8/4/1932 | 9 | |
| Ross Fichtner | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Purdue | 10/26/1938 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 33rd pick / 1960 |
| Galen Fiss | 35 | LB | 14 | 0 | 227 | 6-0 | Kansas | 7/10/1931 | 10 | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 155th pick / 1953 |
| Bobby Franklin | 30 | DB | 9 | 0 | 182 | 5-11 | Mississippi | 10/5/1936 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 11th / 127th pick / 1960 |
| Bill Glass | 31 | DE-C-T | 14 | 14 | 252 | 6-5 | Baylor | 8/16/1935 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 12th pick / 1957 |
| Ernie Green* | 28 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Louisville | 10/15/1938 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 14th / 196th pick / 1962 |
| Lou Groza | 42 | T-C-DT-K | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 1/25/1924 | 20 | |
| Charlie Harraway | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | San Jose State | 9/21/1944 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 14th / 124th pick / 1966 |
| Gene Hickerson* | 31 | G | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 2/15/1935 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 78th pick / 1957 |
| Fred Hoaglin | 22 | C | 6 | 6 | 250 | 6-4 | Pittsburgh | 1/28/1944 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 93rd pick / 1966 |
| Jim Houston | 29 | LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 11/3/1937 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 8th pick / 1960 |
| Mike Howell | 23 | DB | 14 | 14 | 195 | 6-1 | Grambling State | 7/5/1943 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 111th pick / 1965 |
| Joe Bob Isbell | 26 | G | 14 | 0 | 243 | 6-1 | Houston | 7/7/1940 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 20th / 159th pick / 1962 |
| Walter Johnson | 24 | DT | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Los Angeles State,New Mexico State | 11/13/1942 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 27th pick / 1965 |
| Jim Kanicki | 25 | DT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Michigan State | 12/17/1941 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1963 |
| Ernie Kellermann | 23 | DB | 14 | 11 | 183 | 6-0 | Miami (OH) | 12/17/1943 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 12th / 159th pick / 1965 |
| Leroy Kelly*+ | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 202 | 6-0 | Morgan State | 5/20/1942 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 110th pick / 1964 |
| Gary Lane | 24 | QB | 8 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Missouri | 12/21/1942 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 125th pick / 1965 |
| Dale Lindsey | 23 | LB | 13 | 0 | 223 | 6-2 | Kentucky,Western Kentucky | 1/18/1943 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 97th pick / 1965 |
| Clifton McNeil | 26 | WR-FL-SE | 14 | 0 | 187 | 6-2 | Grambling State | 5/25/1940 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 11th / 151st pick / 1962 |
| Dick Modzelewski | 35 | DT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-0 | Maryland | 2/16/1931 | 13 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 16th pick / 1953 |
| Milt Morin | 24 | TE | 11 | 0 | 238 | 6-4 | Massachusetts | 10/15/1942 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 14th pick / 1966 |
| John Morrow | 33 | C-G | 8 | 0 | 244 | 6-3 | Michigan | 4/27/1933 | 10 | Los Angeles Rams / 28th / 336th pick / 1956 |
| Jim Ninowski | 30 | QB | 14 | 0 | 206 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 3/26/1936 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 49th pick / 1958 |
| Frank Parker | 27 | DT | 12 | 0 | 270 | 6-5 | Oklahoma State | 10/16/1939 | 4 | New York Titans / 29th / 229th pick / 1962 |
| Bernie Parrish | 30 | DB | 1 | 0 | 194 | 5-11 | Florida | 4/29/1936 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 108th pick / 1958 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 29 | FB | 13 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 9/10/1937 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 6th pick / 1959 |
| Walter Roberts | 24 | WR-SE | 14 | 0 | 163 | 5-9 | San Jose State | 2/15/1942 | 2 | |
| Frank Ryan* | 30 | QB | 14 | 14 | 199 | 6-3 | Rice | 7/12/1936 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 55th pick / 1958 |
| Dick Schafrath* | 29 | T-G-DE | 13 | 0 | 253 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 3/21/1937 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1959 |
| Randy Schultz | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Northern Iowa | 11/17/1943 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 74th pick / 1966 |
| Ralph Smith | 28 | TE | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Mississippi | 12/1/1938 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 12th / 93rd pick / 1962 |
| Paul Warfield | 24 | WR-SE | 14 | 0 | 188 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 11/28/1942 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 11th pick / 1964 |
| Paul Wiggin | 32 | DE | 14 | 0 | 242 | 6-3 | Stanford | 11/18/1934 | 9 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 73rd pick / 1956 |
| Sid Williams | 24 | LB | 13 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Southern | 3/24/1942 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 16th / 222nd pick / 1964 |
| John Wooten* | 30 | G | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Colorado | 12/5/1936 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 53rd pick / 1959 |
| Team Total | 27.9 | 14 | 223.3 | 6-2.0 | 5.0 |