1963 Cleveland Browns season

1963 Cleveland Browns season
Head coach	Blanton Collier
Home field	Cleveland Stadium
Results
Record	10–4–0
Division place	2nd NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	Lost in Playoff Bowl

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

Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown led the league in rushing for the 6th time in seven seasons. As a team, the 1963 Browns gained an NFL-record 5.74 yards per carry.

Exhibition schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	August 10, 1963	at Detroit Lions	L 24–10	37,248
2	August 17, 1963	Baltimore Colts	L 21–7	83,218
3	August 25, 1963	at San Francisco 49ers	W 24–7	28,335
4	August 31, 1963	at Los Angeles Rams	W 23–17	45,623
5	September 8, 1963	vs. Pittsburgh Steelers at Canton	L 16–7	18,462

Regular season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 15, 1963	Washington Redskins	W 37–14	57,618
2	September 22, 1963	at Dallas Cowboys	W 41–24	28,710
3	September 29, 1963	Los Angeles Rams	W 20–6	54,713
4	October 5, 1963	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 35–23	84,684
5	October 13, 1963	at New York Giants	W 35–24	62,956
6	October 20, 1963	Philadelphia Eagles	W 37–7	75,174
7	October 27, 1963	New York Giants	L 33–6	84,213
8	November 3, 1963	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 23–17	60,671
9	November 10, 1963	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 9–7	54,497
10	November 17, 1963	St. Louis Cardinals	L 20–14	75,932
11	November 24, 1963	Dallas Cowboys	W 27–17	55,096
12	December 1, 1963	at St. Louis Cardinals	W 24–10	32,531
13	December 8, 1963	at Detroit Lions	L 38–10	51,382
14	December 15, 1963	at Washington Redskins	W 27–20	40,865

Playoffs

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
Playoff Bowl	January 5, 1964	N Green Bay Packers	L 40–23	54,921

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
New York Giants	11	3	0	.786	9–3	448	280	W3
Cleveland Browns	10	4	0	.714	9–3	343	262	W1
St. Louis Cardinals	9	5	0	.643	8–4	341	283	L1
Pittsburgh Steelers	7	4	3	.636	7–3–2	321	295	L1
Dallas Cowboys	4	10	0	.286	3–9	305	378	W1
Washington Redskins	3	11	0	.214	2–10	279	398	L3
Philadelphia Eagles	2	10	2	.167	2–8–2	242	381	L2

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Personnel

Roster

1963 Cleveland Browns roster
Quarterbacks 13 Frank Ryan 15 Jim Ninowski Running Backs 32 Jim Brown FB 34 Ken Webb 36 Charley Scales 48 Ernie Green KR Wide Receivers 26 Ray Renfro 86 Gary Collins P 87 Tom Hutchinson 88 Rich Kreitling Tight Ends 42 Bobby Crespino 83 Johnny Brewer		Offensive Linemen 53 Frank Morze C 56 John Morrow C 60 John Wooten G 62 Tom Goosby G 63 Andy Cvercko G 64 Ted Connolly G 66 Gene Hickerson G 70 John Brown T 73 Monte Clark T 75 Jim McCusker T 75 Roger Shoals T 77 Dick Schafrath T Defensive Linemen 69 Jim Kanicki DT 78 Frank Parker DT 79 Bob Gain DT 80 Bill Glass DE 84 Paul Wiggin DE		Linebackers 35 Galen Fiss OLB 38 Stan Sczurek OLB 50 Vince Costello MLB 52 Mike Lucci MLB 54 Sam Tidmore MLB 82 Jim Houston OLB/DE Defensive Backs 20 Ross Fichtner S 23 Larry Benz S 24 Bobby Franklin S 30 Bernie Parrish CB 40 Jim Shorter CB 44 Jim Shofner CB/PR 49 Walter Beach CB Special Teams 76 Lou Groza K Rookies in italics

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Staff

1963 Cleveland Browns staff
	Head Coaches Head Coach – Blanton Collier Offensive Coaches Offensive Line – Fritz Heisler Offensive Backfield and Ends – Dub Jones			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator – Howard Brinker Defensive Line – Dick Evans Linebackers – Ed Ulinski

Awards and honors

• Jim Brown, Bert Bell Award^[2]

References

1. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cle/1963_roster.htm
2. http://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/content/awards/bell/past_bell.htm