
1965 Cleveland Browns Statistics
Team Record: 11-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Blanton Collier (11-3)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1965 Cleveland Browns Results
The Cleveland Browns of the National Football League ended the 1965 season with a record of 11 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The Browns scored 363 points, and the defense yielded 325. Jim Brown powered the ground game, running for a 1,544 yards for Cleveland.
Frank Ryan tossed for 1,751 yards. Gary Collins topped all receivers, snagging 50 passes for 884 yards.
Larry Benz picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition.
Blanton Collier coached the team. The 1965 Cleveland Browns lost in the Championship.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Ryan | 243 | 119 | 49.0 | 1751 | 7.2 | 18 | 7.4 | 13 | 5.3 | 80 | 75.3 |
Jim Ninowski | 83 | 40 | 48.2 | 549 | 6.6 | 4 | 4.8 | 3 | 3.6 | 32 | 70.8 |
Jim Brown | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 39 | 19.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39 | 135.4 |
Lou Groza | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 329 | 160 | 48.6 | 2339 | 7.1 | 23 | 7.0 | 16 | 4.9 | 80 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Brown | 289 | 1544 | 5.3 | 67 | 17 |
Ernie Green | 111 | 436 | 3.9 | 41 | 2 |
Leroy Kelly | 37 | 139 | 3.8 | 16 | 0 |
Frank Ryan | 19 | 72 | 3.8 | 18 | 0 |
Charlie Scales | 11 | 59 | 5.4 | 20 | 0 |
Jim Ninowski | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 17 | 0 |
Walter Roberts | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
Gary Collins | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Bobby Franklin | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | -11 | 0 |
Totals | 476 | 2331 | 4.9 | 67 | 19 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Collins | 50 | 884 | 17.7 | 67 | 10 |
Jim Brown | 34 | 328 | 9.6 | 32 | 4 |
Ernie Green | 25 | 298 | 11.9 | 69 | 2 |
Walter Roberts | 16 | 314 | 19.6 | 80 | 4 |
Johnny Brewer | 13 | 174 | 13.4 | 25 | 1 |
Leroy Kelly | 9 | 122 | 13.6 | 52 | 0 |
Tom Hutchinson | 6 | 113 | 18.8 | 24 | 2 |
Clifton McNeil | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 32 | 0 |
Paul Warfield | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
Charlie Scales | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Totals | 160 | 2339 | 14.6 | 80 | 23 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Collins | 65 | 3035 | 46.7 | 71 |
Bobby Franklin | 4 | 118 | 29.5 | 31 |
Totals | 69 | 3153 | 45.7 | 71 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leroy Kelly | 17 | 265 | 15.6 | 67 | 2 |
Walter Roberts | 18 | 162 | 9.0 | 51 | 0 |
Charlie Scales | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 36 | 427 | 11.9 | 67 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leroy Kelly | 24 | 621 | 25.9 | 51 | 0 |
Walter Roberts | 18 | 493 | 27.4 | 88 | 0 |
Charlie Scales | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 24 | 0 |
Ernie Green | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Mike Howell | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
Dale Lindsey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Franklin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Hutchinson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 53 | 1209 | 22.8 | 88 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry Benz | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 31 | 0 |
Ross Fichtner | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 48 | 1 |
Bernie Parrish | 4 | 45 | 11.2 | 35 | 0 |
Vince Costello | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 23 | 0 |
Jim Houston | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 28 | 0 |
Erich Barnes | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
Dale Lindsey | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Stan Sczurek | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Galen Fiss | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Sid Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Glass | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 24 | 347 | 14.5 | 48 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ernie Green | 3 | 5 | -5 | 0 | |||
Jim Houston | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Leroy Kelly | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ross Fichtner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lou Groza | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Frank Ryan | 5 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sid Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Franklin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dick Modzelewski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gene Hickerson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Wooten | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Walter Roberts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bernie Parrish | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Brown | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Charlie Scales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 20 | 19 | -7 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Jim Brown | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | ||||||||
Lou Groza | 16 | 45 | 0 | 93 | ||||||||||
Gary Collins | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
Ernie Green | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
Walter Roberts | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
Tom Hutchinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Leroy Kelly | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
Ross Fichtner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Johnny Brewer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 19 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 363 |