1963 Cleveland Browns

1963 Cleveland Browns season
Head Coach	Blanton Collier
Home Field	Cleveland Stadium
Results
Record	10–4–0
Place	2nd NFL Eastern
Playoff Finish	Lost in Playoff Bowl
Timeline
Previous Season	Next Season
1962	1964

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	November 17, 1963	Green Bay Packers at Miami Orange Bowl	L 40-23	54,921

Standings

NFL Eastern
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
New York Giants	11	3	0	.786	448	280	W-3
Cleveland Browns	10	4	0	.714	343	262	W-1
St. Louis Cardinals	9	5	0	.643	341	283	L-1
Pittsburgh Steelers	7	4	3	.636	321	295	L-1
Dallas Cowboys	4	10	0	.286	305	378	W-1
Washington Redskins	3	11	0	.214	279	398	L-3
Philadelphia Eagles	2	10	2	.167	242	381	L-2

Awards and honors

• Jim Brown, Bert Bell Award

Personnel

Staff

1963 Cleveland Browns staff
	Front Office Owner/CEO - Art Modell Coaching Staff 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 Strengh & Conditioning Athletic trainer - Leo Murphy Equipment Manager - Morrie Kono

Final 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 WR/KR Wide Receivers 26 Ray Renfro 86 Gary Collins WR/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 62 Tom Goosby G 63 Andy Cvercko 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 OLB 50 Vince Costello MLB 52 Mike Lucci MLB 54 Sam Tidmore MLB 82 Jim Houston OLB/DE Defensive Backs 20 Ross Fichtner S 23 Larry Benz S 24 Bobby Franklin S 30 Bernie Parrish CB 40 Jim Shorter CB 44 Jim Shofner CB/PR 49 Walter Beach CB Special Teams 76 Lou Groza K Rookies in italics

External links

• 1963 Cleveland Browns article at Wikipedia
• 1963 Cleveland Browns Statistics at jt-sw.com
• 1963 Cleveland Browns Schedule at jt-sw.com
• 1963 Cleveland Browns at DatabaseFootball.com