| Cleveland Browns at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: December 19, 1965 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Stadium Attendance: 29348 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 38 F Humidty: 76% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 27 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 0 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Gary Collins 13 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 3 run (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 44 FG | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Larry Wilson 96 interception return (Jim Bakken kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Terry Nofsinger 1 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 23 FG | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Bill Triplett 5 pass from Terry Nofsinger (Jim Bakken kick) | 17 | 24 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 45 FG | 20 | 24 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Tom Hutchinson 24 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 27 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | SE | Walt Roberts |
| 77 | LOT | Dick Schafrath |
| 60 | LOG | John Wooten |
| 56 | C | John Morrow |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 73 | ROT | Monte Clark |
| 83 | TE | Johnny Brewer |
| 13 | QB | Frank Ryan |
| 48 | HB | Ernie Green |
| 86 | FL | Gary Collins |
| 32 | FB | Jim Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Paul Wiggin |
| 74 | LDT | Dick Modzelewski |
| 69 | RDT | Jim Kanicki |
| 80 | RDE | Bill Glass |
| 82 | LLB | Jim Houston |
| 50 | MLB | Vince Costello |
| 67 | RLB | Sid Williams |
| 30 | LCB | Bernie Parrish |
| 20 | LS | Ross Fichtner |
| 23 | RS | Larry Benz |
| 49 | RCB | Walter Beach |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Sonny Randle |
| 55 | LOT | Irv Goode |
| 75 | LOG | Ed Cook |
| 61 | C | Bob DeMarco |
| 64 | ROG | Ken Gray |
| 73 | ROT | Ernie McMillan |
| 81 | TE | Jackie Smith |
| 11 | QB | Buddy Humphrey |
| 38 | HB | Bill Triplett |
| 40 | FL | Bobby Joe Conrad |
| 33 | FB | Willis Crenshaw |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Joe Robb |
| 72 | LDT | Sam Silas |
| 78 | RDT | Luke Owens |
| 86 | RDE | Don Brumm |
| 67 | LLB | Larry Stallings |
| 62 | MLB | Dale Meinert |
| 34 | RLB | Bill Koman |
| 37 | LCB | Pat Fischer |
| 20 | LS | Monk Bailey |
| 8 | RS | Larry Wilson |
| 49 | RCB | Jimmy Burson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 12 | 74 | 6.2 | 31 | 1 |
| Ernie Green | 11 | 32 | 2.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Frank Ryan | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Charley Scales | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 13 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Willis Crenshaw | 8 | 59 | 7.4 | 27 | 0 |
| Bill Triplett | 16 | 50 | 3.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Terry Nofsinger | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Frank Ryan | 33 | 16 | 48.5 | 3 | 175 | 5.3 | 24t | 2 | 2 | 29 | 46.9 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Terry Nofsinger | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 1 | 47 | 2.4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 43.7 |
| Buddy Humphrey | 14 | 5 | 35.7 | 3 | 26 | 1.9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Johnny Brewer | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Tom Hutchinson | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 24t | 1 |
| Gary Collins | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 17 | 1 |
| Ernie Green | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Charley Scales | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Willis Crenshaw | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Bill Triplett | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 5t | 1 |
| Sonny Randle | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Jackie Smith | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Houston | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Vince Costello | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Larry Benz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Larry Wilson | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | 96t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bobby Franklin | 3 | 89 | 29.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Gary Collins | 2 | 98 | 49.0 | 56 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jim Bakken | 7 | 270 | 38.6 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Leroy Kelly | 3 | 1 | 47 | 15.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Walt Roberts | 2 | 1 | 51 | 25.5 | 51 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Abe Woodson | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Larry Wilson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Leroy Kelly | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Carl Silvestri | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Abe Woodson | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Ray Ogden | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
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