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1963 Cleveland Browns Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-4-0, 2nd in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Blanton Collier (10-4-0)

Points For: 343 (24.5/g) 3rd of 14

Points Against: 262 (18.7/g) 3rd of 14

Expected W-L: 9.2-4.8

SRS: 4.80 (4th of 14), SOS: -0.99

Other Notable Asst.: Howard Brinker (Defensive Backfield) and Dick Evans (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Cleveland Municipal Stadium

Principal Owner: Art Modell

General Manager: Harold Sauerbrei

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Hiram College (Hiram, Ohio)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	343	4856	807	6.0	37	17	252	164	322	2217	27	20	6.4	100	460	2639	15	5.7	135	52	609	17
Opp. Stats	262	4126	860	4.8	32	10	242	208	408	2475	16	22	5.7	129	423	1651	10	3.9	99	63	592	14
Lg Rank Offense	3	5			7	8	7		14	11	3	4	6		4	1	4	1
Lg Rank Defense	3	7			9	13	7		12	7	4	6	6		6	4	2	4

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 15		boxscore	W		1-0		Washington Redskins	37	14	23	543	326	217	2	14	272	201	71	3
2	Sun	September 22		boxscore	W		2-0	@	Dallas Cowboys	41	24	19	453	188	265	2	19	307	189	118	3
3	Sun	September 29		boxscore	W		3-0		Los Angeles Rams	20	6	16	283	152	131	4	12	214	129	85	3
4	Sat	October 5		boxscore	W		4-0		Pittsburgh Steelers	35	23	19	357	138	219	1	23	400	303	97	2
5	Sun	October 13		boxscore	W		5-0	@	New York Giants	35	24	21	340	130	210	1	17	211	139	72	1
6	Sun	October 20		boxscore	W		6-0		Philadelphia Eagles	37	7	29	500	282	218	2	10	161	80	81	3
7	Sun	October 27		boxscore	L		6-1		New York Giants	6	33	6	142	79	63	3	26	387	205	182	1
8	Sun	November 3		boxscore	W		7-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	23	17	15	326	52	274	3	20	353	201	152	5
9	Sun	November 10		boxscore	L		7-2	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	7	9	14	227	93	134	1	23	382	195	187	1
10	Sun	November 17		boxscore	L		7-3		St. Louis Cardinals	14	20	19	302	145	157	4	17	348	278	70	2
11	Sun	November 24		boxscore	W		8-3		Dallas Cowboys	27	17	14	337	162	175	5	13	207	82	125	4
12	Sun	December 1		boxscore	W		9-3	@	St. Louis Cardinals	24	10	23	403	163	240	1	13	198	19	179	1
13	Sun	December 8		boxscore	L		9-4	@	Detroit Lions	10	38	12	275	115	160	5	23	447	271	176	2
14	Sun	December 15		boxscore	W		10-4	@	Washington Redskins	27	20	22	368	192	176	3	12	239	183	56	1

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Frank Ryan	27	QB	13	13	10-3-0	135	256	52.7	2026	25	9.8	13	5.1	83	7.9	7.58	15.0	155.8	90.4	20	179	7.25	6.69	6.38	1	1
2	Jim Ninowski	27	QB	4	1	0-1-0	29	61	47.5	423	2	3.3	6	9.8	70	6.9	3.16	14.6	105.8	41.9	4	45	6.15	5.82	2.28	0	0
3	Jim Brown	27	FB	14	14		0	4	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	1	8	20.00	-1.60	-1.60	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-2
4	Lou Groza	39	K	14	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.00		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-45.00	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	10-4-0	164	322	50.9	2217	27	8.4	20	6.2	83	7.6	5.77	14.9	158.4	78.3	25	232	7.20	6.39	5.35	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Jim Brown	27	FB	14	14	291	1863	12	80	6.4	133.1	20.8	24	268	11.2	3	83	1.7	19.1	315	6.8	2131	15	7	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-2
2	Ernie Green	25	HB	14	12	87	526	0	73	6.0	37.6	6.2	28	305	10.9	3	35	2.0	21.8	115	7.2	831	3	2
3	Gary Collins	23	FL	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	43	674	15.7	13	49	3.1	48.1	43	15.7	674	13	0
4	Johnny Brewer	26	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	29	454	15.7	0	55	2.1	32.4	29	15.7	454	0	0
5	Rich Kreitling	27	LE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	22	386	17.5	6	45	1.6	27.6	22	17.5	386	6	0
6	Tom Hutchinson	22	WR	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	9	244	27.1	0	70	0.6	17.4	9	27.1	244	0	0
7	Frank Ryan	27	QB	13	13	62	224	2	25	3.6	17.2	4.8	0	-1		0	-1	0.0	-0.1	62	3.6	223	2	6
8	Ray Renfro	34	FL	12	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	82	20.5	1	39	0.3	6.8	4	20.5	82	1	0
9	Ken Webb	28	HB	12	2	12	58	0	19	4.8	4.8	1.0	2	2	1.0	0	5	0.2	0.2	14	4.3	60	0	0
10	Bobby Crespino	25	SE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	22	11.0	1	18	0.1	1.6	2	11.0	22	1	0
11	Charlie Scales	25	HB	14	0	2	-3	1	2	-1.5	-0.2	0.1	1	13	13.0	0	13	0.1	0.9	3	3.3	10	1	3
12	Bobby Franklin	27	RCB	14	6	1	-10	0	-10	-10.0	-0.7	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-10.0	-10	0	1
13	Jim Ninowski	27	QB	4	1	5	-19	0	2	-3.8	-4.8	1.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	-3.8	-19	0	2
	Team Totals			14	14	460	2639	15	80	5.7	188.5	32.9	164	2449	14.9	27	83	11.7	174.9	624	8.2	5088	42	25

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Larry Benz	22	SS	14	14	7	114	0	38	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Jim Brown	27	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-2
3	John Brown	24	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	Vince Costello	31	MLB	14	14	7	118	0	31	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Bob Gain	34	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	AP-2
6	Bill Glass	28	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.5	0	PB,AP-2
7	Gene Hickerson	28	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
8	Jim Houston	26	LLB	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.5	0
9	Bernie Parrish	27	LCB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	PB
10	Dick Schafrath	26	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
11	Paul Wiggin	29	LDE	14	14	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	7.0	0
12	Ross Fichtner	25	FS	13	13	2	75	1	39	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Galen Fiss	32	RLB	13	13	2	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	PB
14	Frank Parker	24	RDT	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.5	0
15	Frank Ryan	27	QB	13	13	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	0.0	0
16	Ernie Green	25	HB	14	12	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	0	0.0	0
17	Jim Shofner	28	RCB	12	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Bobby Franklin	27	RCB	14	6	2	26	0	14	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Jim Ninowski	27	QB	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Jim Shorter	24	DB	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Charlie Scales	25	HB	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Stan Sczurek	26	LB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Sam Tidmore	25	LB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	22	0	1		25	8	6	0	29	0

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