1963 Cleveland Browns season

NFL team season

1963 Cleveland Browns season
General manager	Harold Sauerbrei
Head coach	Blanton Collier
Home field	Cleveland Stadium
Local radio	WERE
Results
Record	10–4
Division place	2nd NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	Lost 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
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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 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

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

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

Regular season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Attendance
1	September 15	Washington Redskins	W 37–14	1–0	57,618
2	September 22	at Dallas Cowboys	W 41–24	2–0	28,710
3	September 29	Los Angeles Rams	W 20–6	3–0	54,713
4	October 5	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 35–23	4–0	84,684
5	October 13	at New York Giants	W 35–24	5–0	62,956
6	October 20	Philadelphia Eagles	W 37–7	6–0	75,174
7	October 27	New York Giants	L 6–33	6–1	84,213
8	November 3	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 23–17	7–1	60,671
9	November 10	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 7–9	7–2	54,497
10	November 17	St. Louis Cardinals	L 14–20	7–3	75,932
11	November 24	Dallas Cowboys	W 27–17	8–3	55,096
12	December 1	at St. Louis Cardinals	W 24–10	9–3	32,531
13	December 8	at Detroit Lions	L 10–38	9–4	51,382
14	December 15	at Washington Redskins	W 27–20	10–4	40,865

Playoffs

Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
Playoff Bowl	January 5, 1964	Green Bay Packers	L 23–40	0–1	Miami Orange Bowl	54,921

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
view talk edit	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

1963 Cleveland Browns roster

Quarterbacks

13 Frank Ryan
15 Jim Ninowski

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

42 Bobby Crespino
83 Johnny Brewer

Offensive linemen

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

Special teams

76 Lou Groza K

rookies in italics

Staff

1963 Cleveland Browns staff

Front office

Owner/CEO - Art Modell
General manager – Harold Sauerbrei

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

Strength & Coditioning

Athletic Trainer - Leo Murphy
Equipment Manager - Morris Kono

Awards and honors

Jim Brown, Bert Bell Award

References

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

External links

1963 Cleveland Browns season at Profootballreference.com
1963 Cleveland Browns season statistics at jt-sw.com
1963 Cleveland Browns at DatabaseFootball.com

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1963 NFL season

Eastern Conference	Cleveland	Pittsburgh	Baltimore	Los Angeles	Western Conference
	Dallas	St. Louis	Chicago	Minnesota
	New York	Washington	Detroit	San Francisco
	Philadelphia		Green Bay

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