1966 Cleveland Browns Statistics
Team Record: 9-5
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Blanton Collier (9-5)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1966 Cleveland Browns Results
The Cleveland Browns of the National Football League ended the 1966 season with a record of 9 wins and 5 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division.
Cleveland piled up points with 403 points, while the defense gave up 259. Frank Ryan passed for 2,974 yards. Gary Collins topped the receiving corps, snagging 56 passes for 946 yards, while Ernie Green and Paul Warfield were targeted regularly as well.
Leroy Kelly ran for a team-leading 1,141 yards for the Browns.
The larcenous defense pounced on 49 turnovers. Mike Howell and Ross Fichtner each seized 8 opponent throws.
Blanton Collier coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Ryan | 382 | 200 | 52.4 | 2974 | 7.8 | 29 | 7.6 | 14 | 3.7 | 54 | 88.2 |
Jim Ninowski | 18 | 11 | 61.1 | 175 | 9.7 | 4 | 22.2 | 1 | 5.6 | 44 | 110.0 |
Leroy Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 402 | 212 | 52.7 | 3142 | 7.8 | 33 | 8.2 | 15 | 3.7 | 54 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leroy Kelly | 209 | 1141 | 5.5 | 70 | 15 |
Ernie Green | 144 | 750 | 5.2 | 35 | 3 |
Frank Ryan | 36 | 156 | 4.3 | 17 | 0 |
Charlie Harraway | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 18 | 0 |
Gary Collins | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 36 | 0 |
Randy Schultz | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 20 | 0 |
Nick Pietrosante | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 8 | 0 |
Jim Ninowski | 3 | -11 | -3.7 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 415 | 2166 | 5.2 | 70 | 18 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Collins | 56 | 946 | 16.9 | 54 | 12 |
Ernie Green | 45 | 445 | 9.9 | 31 | 6 |
Paul Warfield | 36 | 741 | 20.6 | 51 | 5 |
Leroy Kelly | 32 | 366 | 11.4 | 40 | 1 |
Milt Morin | 23 | 333 | 14.5 | 32 | 3 |
Ralph Smith | 13 | 183 | 14.1 | 28 | 3 |
Clifton McNeil | 2 | 94 | 47.0 | 50 | 2 |
Walter Roberts | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 |
Nick Pietrosante | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Jim Houston | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 1 |
Vince Costello | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
Totals | 212 | 3142 | 14.8 | 54 | 33 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lou Groza | 52 | 51 | 98.1 | 23 | 9 | 39.1 | 78 |
Jim Houston | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
Totals | 53 | 52 | 98.1 | 23 | 9 | 39.1 | 79 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Collins | 57 | 2223 | 39.0 | 60 |
Totals | 57 | 2223 | 39.0 | 60 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leroy Kelly | 13 | 104 | 8.0 | 52 | 0 |
Walter Roberts | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 30 | 0 |
Totals | 24 | 146 | 6.1 | 52 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Walter Roberts | 20 | 454 | 22.7 | 57 | 0 |
Leroy Kelly | 19 | 403 | 21.2 | 49 | 0 |
Charlie Harraway | 9 | 193 | 21.4 | 33 | 0 |
Randy Schultz | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 23 | 0 |
Nick Pietrosante | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
Ralph Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 54 | 1111 | 20.6 | 57 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ross Fichtner | 8 | 152 | 19.0 | 58 | 1 |
Mike Howell | 8 | 62 | 7.8 | 29 | 0 |
Erich Barnes | 4 | 128 | 32.0 | 54 | 0 |
Ernie Kellermann | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 |
Jim Houston | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 21 | 0 |
Bernie Parrish | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Johnny Brewer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Walter Beach | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Vince Costello | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Wiggin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 30 | 408 | 13.6 | 58 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Wiggin | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Glass | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | ||
Dick Modzelewski | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnny Brewer | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Kanicki | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Houston | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Walter Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Wooten | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gene Hickerson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ernie Green | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ernie Kellermann | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Walter Roberts | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Ninowski | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Milt Morin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Clifton McNeil | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
Walter Beach | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Warfield | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
Ralph Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Frank Ryan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Leroy Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 17 | 26 | 33 | 2 | 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 |
Leroy Kelly | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | ||||||
Lou Groza | 9 | 51 | 0 | 78 | ||||||||||
Gary Collins | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||||||||
Ernie Green | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
Paul Warfield | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
Ralph Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Milt Morin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Clifton McNeil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Jim Houston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
Ross Fichtner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Bill Glass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 18 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 403 |