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

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

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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

Cleveland Browns

Founded in 1946 Based in Cleveland, Ohio Headquartered in Berea, Ohio

Franchise	History Players Head coaches Seasons Logos and uniforms First-round draft picks 1999 expansion draft

Stadiums	Cleveland Stadium FirstEnergy Stadium

Key personnel	Owners: Jimmy Haslam Dee Haslam President (de facto): Paul DePodesta General manager (de facto): Sashi Brown Head coach: Hue Jackson

Culture and lore	Art Modell Cleveland sports curse Dawg Pound Draft Day Hot Tub Time Machine Kardiac Kids Paul Brown Marty Ball Red Right 88 Relocation controversy "The Best Man" The Drive The Express The Fortune Cookie The Fumble

Rivalries	Cincinnati Bengals Pittsburgh Steelers

Playoff appearances (28)	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1957 1958 1964 1965 1967 1968 1969 1971 1972 1980 1982 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1994 2002

Division titles (12)	1946 1947 1948 1967 1968 1969 1971 1980 1985 1986 1987 1989

Conference titles (11)	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1957 1964 1965 1968 1969

League titles (8)	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1954 1955 1964

Retired numbers	14 32 45 46 76

Hall of Fame inductees	Players: Brown DeLamielleure Ford Gatski Graham Groza Hickerson Kelly Lavelli McCormack Mitchell Motley Newsome Warfield Willis Coach: Brown

Media	Broadcasters Radio network Flagships: WKNR WKRK-FM WNCX Television: WEWS-TV

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League (1950–present) Conference: American Football Conference Division: North Division

Former league affiliation	League: All-America Football Conference (1946–1949)

Seasons (67)	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

Cleveland Browns seasons

1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates AAFC championship (through 1949) or NFL championship

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

Related: 1963 AFL Season

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