1963 Cleveland Browns season

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1963 Cleveland Browns season
1963-Browns-mediaguide.jpg
General manager Harold Sauerbrei
Head coach Blanton Collier
Home stadium Cleveland Stadium
Radio partner WERE
Results
Record10–4
Division place2nd NFL Eastern
PlayoffsLost NFL Playoff Bowl
(vs. Packers) 23–40
Pro Bowlers Bernie Parrish, CB
John Morrow, C
Galen Fiss, LB
Bill Glass, DE
Dick Schafrath, LT
Jim Brown, FB

The 1963 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 14th season with the National Football League.

Contents

Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown led the league in rushing for the sixth time in seven seasons. This was the year that Brown became the NFL's all-time leading rusher, surpassing Joe Perry. As a team, the 1963 Browns gained an NFL-record 5.74 yards per carry.

Exhibition schedule

GameDateOpponentResultVenueAttendanceSources
1August 10at Detroit Lions L 10–2437,248
2August 17 Baltimore Colts L 7–2183,218
3August 25at San Francisco 49ers W 24–728,335
4August 31at Los Angeles Rams W 23–1745,623
5September 8vs. Pittsburgh Steelers L 7–16 Canton 18,462

There was a doubleheader on August 17, 1963 Giants vs Lions and Colts vs Browns.

Schedule

GameDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendanceRecapSources
1September 15 Washington Redskins W 37–141–0 Cleveland Stadium 57,618 Recap
2September 22at Dallas Cowboys W 41–242–0 Cotton Bowl 28,710 Recap
3September 29 Los Angeles Rams W 20–63–0 Cleveland Stadium 54,713 Recap
4October 5 Pittsburgh Steelers W 35–234–0 Cleveland Stadium 84,684 Recap
5October 13at New York Giants W 35–245–0 Yankee Stadium 62,956 Recap
6October 20 Philadelphia Eagles W 37–76–0 Cleveland Stadium 75,174 Recap
7October 27 New York Giants L 6–336–1 Cleveland Stadium 84,213 Recap
8November 3at Philadelphia Eagles W 23–177–1 Franklin Field 60,671 Recap
9November 10at Pittsburgh Steelers L 7–97–2 Pitt Stadium 54,497 Recap
10November 17 St. Louis Cardinals L 14–207–3 Cleveland Stadium 75,932 Recap
11November 24 Dallas Cowboys W 27–178–3 Cleveland Stadium 55,096 Recap
12December 1at St. Louis Cardinals W 24–109–3 Busch Stadium 32,531 Recap
13December 8at Detroit Lions L 10–389–4 Tiger Stadium 51,382 Recap
14December 15at Washington Redskins W 27–2010–4 D.C. Stadium 40,865 Recap
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Playoffs

RoundDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendanceSources
Playoff BowlJanuary 5, 1964 Green Bay Packers L 23–400–1 Miami Orange Bowl 54,921

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
WLTPCTCONFPFPASTK
New York Giants 1130.7869–3448280W3
Cleveland Browns 1040.7149–3343262W1
St. Louis Cardinals 950.6438–4341283L1
Pittsburgh Steelers 743.6367–3–2321295L1
Dallas Cowboys 4100.2863–9305378W1
Washington Redskins 3110.2142–10279398L3
Philadelphia Eagles 2102.1672–8–2242381L2
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
NFL Western Conference
WLTPCTCONFPFPASTK
Chicago Bears 1112.91710–1–1301144W2
Green Bay Packers 1121.8469–2–1369206W2
Baltimore Colts 860.5717–5316285W3
Detroit Lions 581.3854–7–1326265L1
Minnesota Vikings 581.3854–7–1309390W1
Los Angeles Rams 590.3575–7210350L2
San Francisco 49ers 2120.1431–11198391L5
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Personnel

Roster

1963 Cleveland Browns roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

rookies in italics

[1]

Staff

1963 Cleveland Browns staff
Front office

Coaches

Offensive coaches

 Defensive coaches

Strength & Coditioning

  • Athletic Trainer - Leo Murphy
  • Equipment Manager - Morris Kono

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ "1963 Cleveland Browns Starters, Roster, & Players". Pro-Football-Reference.com .
  2. ↑ "Maxwell Football Club - Bert Bell Award Past Recipients". Archived from the original on June 19, 2009. Retrieved June 28, 2010.


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