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1967 Cleveland Browns

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Record: 9-5-0, Finished 1st in NFL Century Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 334 points (23.9/g), 7th of 16 in the NFL.
 Allowed 297 points (21.2/g), 8th.
 Differential of 37 points (2.6/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 8.0-6.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 8th.

Coached by Blanton Collier (9-5-0)

1967 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 17 box L 0-1 Dallas Cowboys 14 21 12 221 210 11 3 19 370 189 181 4
2 Sun September 24 box L 0-2 @ Detroit Lions 14 31 15 269 78 191 3 29 461 223 238
3 Sun October 1 box W 1-2 @ New Orleans Saints 42 7 23 421 223 198 4 17 266 198 68 5
4 Sat October 7 box W 2-2 Pittsburgh Steelers 21 10 24 361 183 178 3 20 278 208 70 4
5 Sun October 15 box W 3-2 St. Louis Cardinals 20 16 8 223 114 109 1 18 349 217 132 5
6 Sun October 22 box W 4-2 Chicago Bears 24 0 23 347 158 189 1 9 136 116 20 2
7 Sun October 29 box L 4-3 @ New York Giants 34 38 17 369 259 110 4 22 386 249 137 2
8 Sun November 5 box W 5-3 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 34 14 21 313 132 181 1 14 301 229 72 3
9 Sun November 12 box L 5-4 @ Green Bay Packers 7 55 11 228 66 162 7 28 456 221 235 1
10 Sun November 19 box W 6-4 Minnesota Vikings 14 10 18 235 25 210 2 12 204 105 99 3
11 Sun November 26 box W 7-4 Washington Redskins 42 37 19 424 221 203 1 33 481 373 108 1
12 Sun December 3 box W 8-4 New York Giants 24 14 17 215 32 183 1 26 343 182 161 2
13 Sun December 10 box W 9-4 @ St. Louis Cardinals 20 16 8 131 49 82 2 16 295 174 121 2
14 Sun December 17 box L 9-5 @ Philadelphia Eagles 24 28 22 324 192 132 2 18 340 215 125 2
Playoffs
Division December 24 box L 9-6 @ Dallas Cowboys 14 52

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 334 4081 821 5.0 238 160 333 1942 22 18 5.2 102 444 2139 15 4.8 119 35 17 17
Team Defense 297 4666 954 4.9 447 250 454 2899 19 22 5.9 153 459 1767 15 3.8 281 36 14 13
Lg Rank Offense 7 10 11 14 12 6 4 11 8 1 6 1 6 15
Lg Rank Defense 8 12 13 13 13 7 8 9 12 9 9 8 7 5

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 31 QB 13 13 136 280 48.6 2026 20 7.1 16 5.7 49 7.2 5.4 14.9 155.8 72.7
Gary Lane 25 3 1 21 43 48.8 254 2 4.7 1 2.3 23 5.9 5.3 12.1 84.7 73.2
Dick Shiner 25 13 0 3 9 33.3 34 0 0.0 1 11.1 21 3.8 -1.2 11.3 2.6 6.0
Leroy Kelly*+ 25 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 26.5 14 160 333 48.0 2314 22 6.6 18 5.4 49 6.9 5.2 14.5 165.3 70.6
Opp Total 14 250 454 55.1 2899 19 4.2 22 4.8 6.4 4.6 11.6 207.1 68.3 41 332 5.9 3.6

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*+ 25 HB 14 0 235 1205 11 42 5.1 86.1 16.8 20 282 14.1 2 48 1.4 20.1 1487 13 7
Ernie Green* 29 FB 13 0 145 710 4 59 4.9 54.6 11.2 39 369 9.5 2 41 3.0 28.4 1079 6 1
Frank Ryan 31 QB 13 13 22 57 0 12 2.6 4.4 1.7 57 0 4
Larry Conjar 22 fb 12 0 20 78 0 16 3.9 6.5 1.7 6 68 11.3 0 27 0.5 5.7 146 0 3
Nick Pietrosante 30 14 0 10 73 0 31 7.3 5.2 0.7 6 56 9.3 0 23 0.4 4.0 129 0 0
Charlie Harraway 23 14 0 5 -14 0 2 -2.8 -1.0 0.4 -14 0 0
Paul Warfield 25 SE 14 0 2 10 0 18 5.0 0.7 0.1 32 702 21.9 8 49 2.3 50.1 712 8 0
Gary Lane 25 3 1 2 21 0 12 10.5 7.0 0.7 21 0 0
Dick Shiner 25 13 0 2 -7 0 -3 -3.5 -0.5 0.2 -7 0 0
Gary Collins 27 FL 13 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 0.5 0.1 32 500 15.6 7 33 2.5 38.5 506 7 1
Ralph Smith 29 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 211 15.1 1 49 1.0 15.1 211 1 0
Milt Morin 25 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 90 12.9 0 21 1.2 15.0 90 0 0
Clifton McNeil 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 33 11.0 2 23 1.5 16.5 33 2 0
Eppie Barney 23 fl 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.1 0.2 3 0 0
Team Total 26.5 14 444 2139 15 59 4.8 152.8 31.7 160 2314 14.5 22 49 11.4 165.3 4453 37 24
Opp Total 14 459 1767 15 3.8 126.2 32.8 250 2899 11.6 19 17.9 207.1 4666 34 28

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
Ben Davis 22 lcb 14 0 18 229 1 52 12.7 27 708 0 63 26.2 937
Carl Ward 23 14 0 6 62 0 24 10.3 22 546 1 104 24.8 608
Leroy Kelly*+ 25 HB 14 0 9 59 0 32 6.6 5 131 0 32 26.2 1677
Eppie Barney 23 fl 14 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 14
Charlie Harraway 23 14 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 -7
George Youngblood 22 11 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.5 14 35 357 1 52 10.2 55 1396 1 104 25.4 6206
Opp Total 14 29 0 59 1288 2 21.8

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 43 K 14 0 23 11 47.8% 43 43 100.0%
Gary Collins 27 FL 13 0 57 2078 52 2 36.5
Leroy Kelly*+ 25 HB 14 0 10 407 51 0 40.7
Team Total 26.5 14 23 11 47.8% 43 43 100.0% 67 2485 52 2 37.1
Opp Total 14 25 13 52.0% 37 36 97.3% 62 2474 39.9

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 32 LCB/rcb 13 0 4 47 0 40 0 1 0 0
Johnny Brewer 30 RLB 14 0 2 75 1 70 0 3 0 0
Gary Collins 27 FL 13 0 1 0 0 0
Larry Conjar 22 fb 12 0 3 0 0 0
Ben Davis 22 lcb 14 0 1 9 0 9 2 0 0 0
Ross Fichtner 29 RS/ls 14 0 4 113 0 88 1 0 0 0
Bill Glass* 32 RDE/lde 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ernie Green* 29 FB 13 0 1 0 0 0
Jack Gregory 23 14 0 0 1 0 0
Gene Hickerson*+ 32 RG 14 0 0 1 2 0
Fred Hoaglin 23 C 14 14 1 0 0 0
Jim Houston 30 LLB/mlb 13 0 3 97 2 79 0 1 3 0
Mike Howell 24 RCB 14 0 3 20 0 20
Walter Johnson* 25 LDT/rdt 14 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Kanicki 26 RDT/ldt 14 0 0 1 0 0
Ernie Kellermann 24 LS/rs 14 0 1 9 0 9 0 1 0 0
Leroy Kelly*+ 25 HB 14 0 7 2 0 0
Dale Lindsey 24 MLB 14 0 1 5 0 5
Bob Matheson 23 14 0 1 0 0 0
Frank Ryan 31 QB 13 13 4 1 0 0
Ralph Smith 29 TE 14 0 0 1 1 1
Carl Ward 23 14 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Paul Warfield 25 SE 14 0 0 1 3 0
Paul Wiggin* 33 LDE/rde 14 0 0 4 0 0
George Youngblood 22 11 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.5 14 22 375 3 88 24 21 9 1
Opp Total 14 44 28 14

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*+ 25 HB 14 0 11 2 78
Lou Groza 43 K 14 0 43 11 76
Paul Warfield 25 SE 14 0 8 48
Gary Collins 27 FL 13 0 7 42
Ernie Green* 29 FB 13 0 4 2 36
Jim Houston 30 LLB/mlb 13 0 2 12
Clifton McNeil 27 2 0 2 12
Ralph Smith 29 TE 14 0 1 1 12
Johnny Brewer 30 RLB 14 0 1 6
Ben Davis 22 lcb 14 0 1 6
Carl Ward 23 14 0 1 6
Team Total 26.5 14 15 22 1 1 1 3 43 11 334
Opp Total 14 15 19 2 36 13 297