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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.
Simple Rating System: Total 1.4, Offense: 0.9, Defense: 0.5, SoS: -1.3, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Blanton Collier
Training Camp: Hiram College (Hiram, Ohio)
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| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 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 | 281 | 250 | 454 | 2899 | 19 | 22 | 5.9 | 153 | 459 | 1767 | 15 | 3.8 | 115 | 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 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 17 | boxscore | L | 0-1 | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 21 | 12 | 221 | 210 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 370 | 189 | 181 | 4 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 24 | boxscore | L | 0-2 | @ | Detroit Lions | 14 | 31 | 15 | 269 | 78 | 191 | 3 | 29 | 461 | 223 | 238 | ||
| 3 | Sun | October 1 | boxscore | W | 1-2 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 42 | 7 | 23 | 421 | 223 | 198 | 4 | 17 | 266 | 198 | 68 | 5 | |
| 4 | Sat | October 7 | boxscore | W | 2-2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21 | 10 | 24 | 361 | 183 | 178 | 3 | 20 | 278 | 208 | 70 | 4 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 15 | boxscore | W | 3-2 | St. Louis Cardinals | 20 | 16 | 8 | 223 | 114 | 109 | 1 | 18 | 349 | 217 | 132 | 5 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 22 | boxscore | W | 4-2 | Chicago Bears | 24 | 0 | 23 | 347 | 158 | 189 | 1 | 9 | 136 | 116 | 20 | 2 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 29 | boxscore | L | 4-3 | @ | New York Giants | 34 | 38 | 17 | 369 | 259 | 110 | 4 | 22 | 386 | 249 | 137 | 2 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 5 | boxscore | W | 5-3 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 34 | 14 | 21 | 313 | 132 | 181 | 1 | 14 | 301 | 229 | 72 | 3 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 12 | boxscore | L | 5-4 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 7 | 55 | 11 | 228 | 66 | 162 | 7 | 28 | 456 | 221 | 235 | 1 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 19 | boxscore | W | 6-4 | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 10 | 18 | 235 | 25 | 210 | 2 | 12 | 204 | 105 | 99 | 3 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 26 | boxscore | W | 7-4 | Washington Redskins | 42 | 37 | 19 | 424 | 221 | 203 | 1 | 33 | 481 | 373 | 108 | 1 | ||
| 12 | Sun | December 3 | boxscore | W | 8-4 | New York Giants | 24 | 14 | 17 | 215 | 32 | 183 | 1 | 26 | 343 | 182 | 161 | 2 | ||
| 13 | Sun | December 10 | boxscore | W | 9-4 | @ | St. Louis Cardinals | 20 | 16 | 8 | 131 | 49 | 82 | 2 | 16 | 295 | 174 | 121 | 2 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 17 | boxscore | L | 9-5 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 24 | 28 | 22 | 324 | 192 | 132 | 2 | 18 | 340 | 215 | 125 | 2 | |
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sun | December 24 | boxscore | L | 9-6 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 52 | 15 | 322 | 163 | 159 | 1 | 22 | 401 | 223 | 178 | 2 | |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Frank Ryan | 31 | QB | 13 | 13 | 9-4-0 | 136 | 280 | 48.6 | 2026 | 20 | 7.1 | 16 | 5.7 | 49 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 14.9 | 155.8 | 72.7 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 15 | Gary Lane | 25 | qb | 3 | 1 | 0-1-0 | 21 | 43 | 48.8 | 254 | 2 | 4.7 | 1 | 2.3 | 23 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 12.1 | 84.7 | 73.2 | ||||||||
| 18 | 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 | ||||||||||
| 44 | 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 | 9-5-0 | 160 | 333 | 48.0 | 2314 | 22 | 6.6 | 18 | 5.4 | 49 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 14.5 | 165.3 | 70.6 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 250 | 454 | 55.1 | 3231 | 19 | 4.2 | 22 | 4.8 | 7.1 | 5.77 | 12.9 | 230.8 | 71.4 | 41 | 332 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 8.3 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 44 | 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 |
| 48 | 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 |
| 13 | Frank Ryan | 31 | QB | 13 | 13 | 22 | 57 | 0 | 12 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 57 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
| 35 | Larry Conjar | 22 | 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 | |
| 36 | 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 | |
| 31 | Charlie Harraway | 23 | 14 | 0 | 5 | -14 | 0 | 2 | -2.8 | -1.0 | 0.4 | -14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 42 | 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 |
| 15 | Gary Lane | 25 | qb | 3 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 10.5 | 7.0 | 0.7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 18 | Dick Shiner | 25 | 13 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 0 | -3 | -3.5 | -0.5 | 0.2 | -7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 86 | Gary Collins | 27 | FL/P | 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 |
| 41 | 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 | |
| 89 | 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 | ||
| 85 | 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 | ||
| 87 | Eppie Barney | 23 | 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 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 28 | Ben Davis | 22 | KR/PR | 14 | 0 | 18 | 229 | 1 | 52 | 12.7 | 27 | 708 | 0 | 63 | 26.2 | 937 |
| 27 | Carl Ward | 23 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 62 | 0 | 24 | 10.3 | 22 | 546 | 1 | 104 | 24.8 | 608 | |
| 44 | Leroy Kelly*+ | 25 | HB | 14 | 0 | 9 | 59 | 0 | 32 | 6.6 | 5 | 131 | 0 | 32 | 26.2 | 1677 |
| 87 | Eppie Barney | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 14 | ||||||
| 31 | Charlie Harraway | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | -7 | ||||||
| 49 | 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 | |||||||||
| 0-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 76 | Lou Groza | 43 | K | 14 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 47.8% | 43 | 43 | 100.0% | |||||||||||||||
| 86 | Gary Collins | 27 | FL/P | 13 | 0 | 57 | 2078 | 52 | 2 | 36.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 44 | 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 44 | Leroy Kelly*+ | 25 | HB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 40 | Erich Barnes | 32 | LCB | 13 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 83 | Johnny Brewer | 30 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 1 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | Ross Fichtner | 29 | RS | 14 | 0 | 4 | 113 | 0 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | Frank Ryan | 31 | QB | 13 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 82 | Jim Houston | 30 | LLB | 13 | 0 | 3 | 97 | 2 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 27 | Carl Ward | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 84 | Paul Wiggin* | 33 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 35 | Larry Conjar | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Ben Davis | 22 | KR/PR | 14 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 80 | Bill Glass* | 32 | RDE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 34 | Mike Howell | 24 | RCB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||||||||
| 24 | Ernie Kellermann | 24 | LS | 14 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 86 | Gary Collins | 27 | FL/P | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 48 | Ernie Green* | 29 | FB | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 81 | Jack Gregory | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 66 | Gene Hickerson*+ | 32 | RG | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 54 | Fred Hoaglin | 23 | C | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 71 | Walter Johnson* | 25 | LDT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 69 | Jim Kanicki | 26 | RDT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 51 | Dale Lindsey | 24 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| 56 | Bob Matheson | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 41 | Ralph Smith | 29 | TE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 42 | Paul Warfield | 25 | SE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| 49 | George Youngblood | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.5 | 14 | 22 | 375 | 3 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 1 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 44 | 28 | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | Leroy Kelly*+ | 25 | HB | 14 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 78 | |||||||||
| 76 | Lou Groza | 43 | K | 14 | 0 | 43 | 11 | 76 | ||||||||||
| 42 | Paul Warfield | 25 | SE | 14 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 86 | Gary Collins | 27 | FL/P | 13 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 48 | Ernie Green* | 29 | FB | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||
| 82 | Jim Houston | 30 | LLB | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 85 | Clifton McNeil | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 41 | Ralph Smith | 29 | TE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| 83 | Johnny Brewer | 30 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Ben Davis | 22 | KR/PR | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Carl Ward | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.5 | 14 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 43 | 11 | 334 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 297 |