1962 Cleveland Browns

1962 Cleveland Browns season
Head Coach	Paul Brown
Home Field	Cleveland Stadium
Results
Record	7–6–1
Place	3rd NFL Eastern
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous Season	Next Season
1961	1963

The 1962 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 13th season with the National Football League.

Exhibition schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	August 11, 1962	at Detroit Lions	L 17–14	34,241
2	August 18, 1962	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 33–10	77,683
3	August 25, 1962	vs. San Francisco 49ers at Portland, OR	W 34–27	27,161
4	September 1, 1962	at Los Angeles Rams	W 26–24	43,118
5	September 7, 1962	at Chicago Bears	W 28–24	57,878

Regular season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 16, 1962	New York Giants	W 17–7	81,115
2	September 23, 1962	Washington Redskins	L 17–16	57,491
3	September 30, 1962	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 35–7	60,671
4	October 7, 1962	Dallas Cowboys	W 19–10	44,040
5	October 14, 1962	Baltimore Colts	L 36–14	80,132
6	October 21, 1962	at St. Louis Cardinals	W 34–7	23,256
7	October 28, 1962	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 41–14	35,417
8	November 4, 1962	Philadelphia Eagles	T 14–14	63,848
9	November 11, 1962	at Washington Redskins	L 17–9	48,169
10	November 18, 1962	St. Louis Cardinals	W 38–14	41,815
11	November 25, 1962	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 35–14	53,601
12	December 2, 1962	at Dallas Cowboys	L 45–21	24,226
13	December 9, 1962	at New York Giants	L 17–13	62,794
14	December 15, 1962	at San Francisco 49ers	W 13–10	35,274

Standings

NFL Eastern
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
New York Giants	12	2	0	.857	398	283	W-9
Pittsburgh Steelers	9	5	0	.643	312	363	W-3
Cleveland Browns	7	6	1	.538	291	257	W-1
Washington Redskins	5	7	2	.417	305	376	L-1
Dallas Cowboys	5	8	1	.385	398	402	L-2
St. Louis Cardinals	4	9	1	.308	287	356	W-2
Philadelphia Eagles	3	10	1	.231	282	356	L-2

Personnel

Roster

1962 Cleveland Browns roster
Quarterbacks 13 Frank Ryan 15 Jim Ninowski Running Backs 32 Jim Brown FB 49 Tommy Wilson FB 36 Charley Scales 48 Ernie Green KR Wide Receivers 26 Ray Renfro 86 Gary Collins P/WR 40 Howard Cassady WR/HB 88 Rich Kreitling Tight Ends 42 Bobby Crespino SE/TE 83 Johnny Brewer 81 Leon Clarke E/FL		Offensive Linemen 53 Frank Morze C 56 John Morrow C 60 John Wooten G 64 Jim Ray Smith G 66 Gene Hickerson G 74 Mike McCormack T 66 Gene Hickerson G 70 John Brown T 77 Dick Schafrath T Defensive Linemen 72 Floyd Peters DT 78 Frank Parker DT 79 Bob Gain DT 80 Bill Glass DE 84 Paul Wiggin DE		Linebackers 35 Galen Fiss OLB 50 Vince Costello MLB 52 Mike Lucci MLB 54 Sam Tidmore MLB 82 Jim Houston OLB/DE Defensive Backs 20 Ross Fichtner S 46 Don Fleming DB 24 Bobby Franklin S 30 Bernie Parrish CB 40 Jim Shorter CB 44 Jim Shofner CB/PR Special Teams 76 Lou Groza K Rookies in italics

Staff

1962 Cleveland Browns staff
	Front Office Owner/CEO - Art Modell Coaches Head Coach – Paul Brown Offensive Coaches Running Backs - Blanton Collier Offensive Line – Fritz Heisler Offensive Backfield and Ends – Paul Bixler			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator – Howard Brinker Defensive Line – Dick Evans Linebackers – Ed Ulinski Strength & Coditioning Athletic Trainer - Leo Murphy Equipment Manager - Morris Kono

External links

• 1962 Cleveland Browns season article at Wikipedia
• 1962 Cleveland Browns at Pro Football Reference
• 1962 Cleveland Browns Statistics at jt-sw.com
• 1962 Cleveland Browns Schedule at jt-sw.com
• 1962 Cleveland Browns at DatabaseFootball.com