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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.
Simple Rating System: Total 7.6, Offense: 4.9, Defense: 2.7, SoS: -2.7, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Blanton Collier
Training Camp: Hiram College (Hiram, Ohio)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| 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 Boston Patriots / 1st / 6th pick / 1962 |
| SE | Paul Warfield | 24 | 2 | 0 | 36 catches for 741 yards, 5 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 11th pick / 1964 Buffalo Bills / 4th / 28th pick / 1964 |
| TE | Milt Morin | 24 | Rook | 0 | 23 catches for 333 yards, 3 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 14th pick / 1966 San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1966 |
| LT | Dick Schafrath* | 29 | 7 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1959 | |
| 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 | |
| RG | Gene Hickerson* | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 78th pick / 1957 |
| Monte Clark | 29 | 7 | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 41st pick / 1959 | ||
| 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 Buffalo Bills / 7th / 52nd pick / 1963 |
| 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 | |
| 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 San Diego Chargers / 15th / 118th pick / 1965 |
| 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 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Lou Groza | 42 | 20 | 0 | 9 of 23 field goals & 51 of 52 extra points | |
| 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 Boston Patriots / 1st / 6th pick / 1962 |
| 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 |
| KR | Walter Roberts | 24 | 2 | 0 | 20 kick returns for a 22.7 average and 0 td |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Erich Barnes | 31 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 201 | 6-2 | Purdue | 7/4/1935 | 8 | 8 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 42nd pick / 1958 |
| 79 | Jim Battle | 25 | 6 | 0 | 235 | 6-5 | Southern | 9/18/1941 | Rook | 1 | Boston Patriots / 7th / 52nd pick / 1966 Cleveland Browns / 6th / 90th pick / 1966 |
|
| 49 | Walter Beach | 31 | 5 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Central Michigan | 1/31/1935 | 6 | 4 | New York Giants / 15th / 180th pick / 1960 | |
| 83 | Johnny Brewer* | 29 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 3/8/1937 | 5 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 41st pick / 1960 |
| 70 | John Brown | 27 | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 6/9/1939 | 4 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 55th pick / 1961 | |
| 73 | Monte Clark | 29 | 12 | 0 | 265 | 6-6 | USC | 1/24/1937 | 7 | 7 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 41st pick / 1959 | |
| 86 | Gary Collins* | 26 | FL | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-5 | Maryland | 8/20/1940 | 4 | 15 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 4th pick / 1962 Boston Patriots / 1st / 6th pick / 1962 |
| 50 | Vince Costello | 34 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Ohio | 8/4/1932 | 9 | 8 | |
| 20 | Ross Fichtner | 28 | LS | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Purdue | 10/26/1938 | 6 | 12 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 33rd pick / 1960 |
| 35 | Galen Fiss | 35 | 14 | 0 | 227 | 6-0 | Kansas | 7/10/1931 | 10 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 155th pick / 1953 | |
| 22 | Bobby Franklin | 30 | 9 | 0 | 182 | 5-11 | Mississippi | 10/5/1936 | 6 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 11th / 127th pick / 1960 | |
| 80 | Bill Glass | 31 | RDE | 14 | 14 | 252 | 6-5 | Baylor | 8/16/1935 | 8 | 10 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 12th pick / 1957 |
| 48 | Ernie Green* | 28 | FB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Louisville | 10/15/1938 | 4 | 15 | Green Bay Packers / 14th / 196th pick / 1962 |
| 76 | Lou Groza | 42 | K | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 1/25/1924 | 20 | 1 | |
| 31 | Charlie Harraway | 22 | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | San Jose St. | 9/21/1944 | Rook | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 14th / 124th pick / 1966 Cleveland Browns / 18th / 273rd pick / 1966 |
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| 66 | Gene Hickerson* | 31 | RG | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 2/15/1935 | 8 | 9 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 78th pick / 1957 |
| 54 | Fred Hoaglin | 22 | c | 6 | 6 | 250 | 6-4 | Pittsburgh | 1/28/1944 | Rook | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 93rd pick / 1966 |
| 82 | Jim Houston | 29 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 11/3/1937 | 6 | 10 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 8th pick / 1960 |
| 34 | Mike Howell | 23 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 195 | 6-1 | Grambling St. | 7/5/1943 | 1 | 10 | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 111th pick / 1965 San Diego Chargers / 15th / 118th pick / 1965 |
| 61 | Joe Bob Isbell | 26 | 14 | 0 | 243 | 6-1 | Houston | 7/7/1940 | 4 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 20th / 159th pick / 1962 | |
| 71 | Walter Johnson | 24 | LDT | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | New Mexico St.,Los Angeles St. | 11/13/1942 | 1 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 27th pick / 1965 |
| 69 | Jim Kanicki | 25 | RDT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Michigan St. | 12/17/1941 | 3 | 9 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1963 Buffalo Bills / 7th / 52nd pick / 1963 |
| 24 | Ernie Kellermann | 23 | LS | 14 | 11 | 183 | 6-0 | Miami (OH) | 12/17/1943 | Rook | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 12th / 159th pick / 1965 |
| 44 | Leroy Kelly*+ | 24 | HB | 14 | 0 | 202 | 6-0 | Morgan St. | 5/20/1942 | 2 | 19 | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 110th pick / 1964 |
| 15 | Gary Lane | 24 | 8 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Missouri | 12/21/1942 | Rook | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 125th pick / 1965 | |
| 51 | Dale Lindsey | 23 | 13 | 0 | 223 | 6-2 | Kentucky,West. Kentucky | 1/18/1943 | 1 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 97th pick / 1965 | |
| 85 | Clifton McNeil | 26 | 14 | 0 | 187 | 6-2 | Grambling St. | 5/25/1940 | 2 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 11th / 151st pick / 1962 | |
| 74 | Dick Modzelewski | 35 | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-0 | Maryland | 2/16/1931 | 13 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 16th pick / 1953 | |
| 89 | Milt Morin | 24 | TE | 11 | 0 | 238 | 6-4 | Massachusetts | 10/15/1942 | Rook | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 14th pick / 1966 San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1966 |
| 56 | John Morrow | 33 | C | 8 | 0 | 244 | 6-3 | Michigan | 4/27/1933 | 10 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 28th / 336th pick / 1956 |
| 11 | Jim Ninowski | 30 | 14 | 0 | 206 | 6-1 | Michigan St. | 3/26/1936 | 8 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 49th pick / 1958 | |
| 78 | Frank Parker | 27 | 12 | 0 | 270 | 6-5 | Oklahoma St. | 10/16/1939 | 4 | 4 | New York Titans / 29th / 229th pick / 1962 Cleveland Browns / 6th / 79th pick / 1961 |
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| 30 | Bernie Parrish | 30 | 1 | 0 | 194 | 5-11 | Florida | 4/29/1936 | 7 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 108th pick / 1958 | |
| 36 | Nick Pietrosante | 29 | 13 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 9/10/1937 | 7 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 6th pick / 1959 | |
| 27 | Walter Roberts | 24 | KR | 14 | 0 | 163 | 5-9 | San Jose St. | 2/15/1942 | 2 | 0 | |
| 13 | Frank Ryan* | 30 | QB | 14 | 14 | 199 | 6-3 | Rice | 7/12/1936 | 8 | 18 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 55th pick / 1958 |
| 77 | Dick Schafrath* | 29 | LT | 13 | 0 | 253 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 3/21/1937 | 7 | 9 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1959 |
| 33 | Randy Schultz | 23 | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Northern Iowa | 11/17/1943 | Rook | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 74th pick / 1966 New York Jets / 20th / 177th pick / 1966 |
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| 41 | Ralph Smith | 28 | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Mississippi | 12/1/1938 | 4 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 12th / 93rd pick / 1962 Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 111th pick / 1962 |
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| 42 | Paul Warfield | 24 | SE | 14 | 0 | 188 | 6-0 | Ohio St. | 11/28/1942 | 2 | 11 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 11th pick / 1964 Buffalo Bills / 4th / 28th pick / 1964 |
| 84 | Paul Wiggin | 32 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 242 | 6-3 | Stanford | 11/18/1934 | 9 | 10 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 73rd pick / 1956 |
| 67 | Sid Williams | 24 | 13 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Southern | 3/24/1942 | 2 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 16th / 222nd pick / 1964 | |
| 60 | John Wooten* | 30 | LG | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Colorado | 12/5/1936 | 7 | 9 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 53rd pick / 1959 |
| Team Total | 27.9 | 14 | 223.3 | 6-2.0 | 5.0 |
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