1963 Cleveland Browns season explained

Team:Cleveland Browns
Year:1963
Record:10–4
Playoffs:Lost NFL Playoff Bowl
(vs. Packers) 23–40
Shortnavlink: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 6th 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

WeekDateOpponentResultAttendance
1August 10L 10–2437,248
2August 17L 7–2183,218
3August 25W 24–728,335
4August 31W 23–1745,623
5September 8vs. Pittsburgh Steelers at CantonL 7–1618,462

There was a doubleheader on August 17, 1963 Giants vs Lions and Colts vs Browns.

Regular season schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordAttendance
1September 15Washington RedskinsW 37–141–057,618
2September 22at Dallas CowboysW 41–242–028,710
3September 29Los Angeles RamsW 20–63–054,713
4October 5Pittsburgh SteelersW 35–234–084,684
5October 13at New York GiantsW 35–245–062,956
6October 20Philadelphia EaglesW 37–76–075,174
7October 27New York GiantsL 6–336–184,213
8November 3at Philadelphia EaglesW 23–177–160,671
9November 10at Pittsburgh SteelersL 7–97–254,497
10November 17St. Louis CardinalsL 14–207–375,932
11November 24Dallas CowboysW 27–178–355,096
12December 1at St. Louis CardinalsW 24–109–332,531
13December 8at Detroit LionsL 10–389–451,382
14December 15at Washington RedskinsW 27–2010–440,865

Personnel

Roster

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Staff

Awards and honors

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1963 Cleveland Browns Starters, Roster, & Players. .
  2. Web site: 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 .