1963 Cleveland Browns season

NFL team season March 2014 March 2026 1963-Browns-mediaguide.jpg Cleveland Browns 1963 Blanton Collier Harold Sauerbrei Cleveland Stadium 10–4 2nd NFL Eastern Lost NFL Playoff Bowl(vs. Packers) 23–40 Bernie Parrish, CBJohn Morrow, CGalen Fiss, LBBill Glass, DEDick Schafrath, LTJim Brown, FB Browns seasons 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 Game Date Opponent Result Venue Attendance Sources 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 L 7–16 Canton 18,462 There was a doubleheader on August 17, 1963 Giants vs Lions and Colts vs Browns. Schedule Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources 1 September 15 Washington Redskins W 37–14 1–0 Cleveland Stadium 57,618 Recap 2 September 22 at Dallas Cowboys W 41–24 2–0 Cotton Bowl 28,710 Recap 3 September 29 Los Angeles Rams W 20–6 3–0 Cleveland Stadium 54,713 Recap 4 October 5 Pittsburgh Steelers W 35–23 4–0 Cleveland Stadium 84,684 Recap 5 October 13 at New York Giants W 35–24 5–0 Yankee Stadium 62,956 Recap 6 October 20 Philadelphia Eagles W 37–7 6–0 Cleveland Stadium 75,174 Recap 7 October 27 New York Giants L 6–33 6–1 Cleveland Stadium 84,213 Recap 8 November 3 at Philadelphia Eagles W 23–17 7–1 Franklin Field 60,671 Recap 9 November 10 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 7–9 7–2 Pitt Stadium 54,497 Recap 10 November 17 St. Louis Cardinals L 14–20 7–3 Cleveland Stadium 75,932 Recap 11 November 24 Dallas Cowboys W 27–17 8–3 Cleveland Stadium 55,096 Recap 12 December 1 at St. Louis Cardinals W 24–10 9–3 Busch Stadium 32,531 Recap 13 December 8 at Detroit Lions L 10–38 9–4 Tiger Stadium 51,382 Recap 14 December 15 at Washington Redskins W 27–20 10–4 D.C. Stadium 40,865 Recap Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text. Playoffs Round Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Sources Playoff Bowl January 5, 1964 Green Bay Packers L 23–40 0–1 Miami Orange Bowl 54,921 Standings Personnel Roster 1963 Cleveland Browns roster Quarterbacks 13 Frank Ryan 15 Jim Ninowski Running backs 32 Jim Brown 34 Ken Webb 36 Charley Scales 48 Ernie Green 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 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 MLB 50 Vince Costello MLB 52 Mike Lucci OLB 54 Sam Tidmore MLB 62 Tom Goosby OLB 82 Jim Houston OLB Defensive backs 20 Ross Fichtner FS 23 Larry Benz SS 24 Bobby Franklin CB 30 Bernie Parrish CB 40 Jim Shorter FS 44 Jim Shofner CB 49 Walter Beach CB Special teams 76 Lou Groza K rookies in italics https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cle/1963_roster.htm 1963 Cleveland Browns Starters, Roster, & Players Pro-Football-Reference.com 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 & Conditioning Athletic Trainer - Leo Murphy Equipment Manager - Morris Kono Awards and honors Jim Brown, Bert Bell Awardhttp://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/content/awards/bell/past_bell.htm Maxwell Football Club - Bert Bell Award Past Recipients 2010-06-28 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090619081037/http://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/content/awards/bell/past_bell.htm June 19, 2009 References External links 1963 Cleveland Browns season at Profootballreference.com 1963 Cleveland Browns season statistics at jt-sw.com 1963 Cleveland Browns at DatabaseFootball.com Cleveland Category:Cleveland Browns seasons Cleveland Category:1960s in Cleveland