rich4eagle Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 enjoy Cleveland Browns 1964 Season . Chapter Nine the Great the Good the Bad the Ugly.........and All The World is Brownstown............what a year 1964! After the great start in 1963 and weak ending the 1964 season started with modest expectations as the Browns had now missed playing a Championship game six years in a row. Unheard of, after playing in 10 straight Championship games in their first ten years and 11 in their first twelve years. Blanton Collier however had solidified his position as head coach. Frank Ryan had a fine season in 1963. He finally stabilized the previously underachieving QB position after the retirement of Otto Graham after the 1955 season. Of course they had the great Jim Brown and his running mate Ernie Green. Two super things happened in the 1964 Draft! They drafted Paul Warfield with the first pick and little known Leroy Kelly with the eighth round pick. Those who ever watched the game and understand it, know that Paul Warfield was one of the greatest WR's to ever play the game! A TD machine, he blocked like a linebacker and leaped like a high jumper! In fact, he was an Olympic broad jumper. Kelly was a special team player that year. The table was set for an offensive powerhouse in 1964. Wow it was! Gary Collins, Paul Warfield at WR, Johnny Brewer at TE and the tandem of Jim Brown and Ernie Green at RB. Jim Brown gained 1442 yards and averaged 5.2 yards a carry but only scored nine TD's as Collins scored 8 and Warfield 9 and amazingly Ernie Green’s 10 TD’s were the most as the Offense rolled all year scoring 50 TD's in a 14 game season. The offensive line featured Dick Schafrath at LT, John Wooten at LG, John Morrow at C, Gene Hickerson at RG, and John Brown at RT The defense was called the rubber band defense bending but never breaking. They used a lot of cover two before it was invented so to speak. It is uncanny how football reinvents things by changing the name. The West Coast Offense and the WildDawg formation are two more recent renaming. Back to that awesome year. They had two excellent pass rushing ends in Bill Glass and Paul Wiggin and the DT's were Jim Kanicki and Dick Modzelewski. The linebackers were Jim Houston OL, Vince Costello MLB, and Galen Fiss OL. The CB's were Bernie Parrish and Walter Beach. The Safeties were Bobby Franklin and Larry Benz A interesting tidbit was the Browns gave up more first downs (275) than they achieved (255) and were outgained 337 yds per game to 320 yds per game. But they were a scoring machine putting up 415 points in those 14 games and allowing 293 thus the bend don't break. The offense was just explosive. Check out the scores of the games! The season started beating the Redskins 27-13 and then an offensive shootout 33-33 tie with the St. Louis Cardinals, followed by a 28-20 win at Philadelphia, then smacking around the Cowboys 27-6. Next was the rival Steelers at home on Saturday night. The first Saturday night NFL game. A Modell innovation before 80,000 fans looking for win number four. What a shocker, the Steelers John Henry Johnson, who was a bruiser of a running back much like Kevin Mack, ran over the Browns for over 200 yards and the Browns suffered a terrible 23-7 home loss. It would be the worst loss of the season! The Browns then reeled off five straight wins! They whipped in succession, at Dallas 20-16, the Giants 42-20, at Pittsburgh 30-17, Washington 34-24, and the Lions 37-21. They compiled big points numbers weekly. With the record now 8-1-1 they went to Green Bay and lost to the Packers 28-21. Then they beat the Eagles 38-21, lost at St. Louis 19-28 and then in a crucial season ending game massacring the Giants 52-20 finishing the season 11-3-1. They won the Eastern Conference and earned the right to play the vaunted Baltimore Colts in the NFL Championship game. On a cloudy day, the game started out a defensive struggle as the two best offensive teams in football scored zero points in the first half. The Colts offense was even better than the Browns as they set an NFL scoring record. Lou Groza, the kickoff kicker and field goal kicker and a Browns great, repeatedly made the tackle downfield on the kickoffs. A kicker making first contact with the kick returner down field is something you will never see again. In the second half, the Browns offense went into high gear, Jim Brown ran wild and Frank Ryan repeatedly connected downfield on passes hitting Gary Collins three times for TD passes. Groza kicked two field goals. The Defense went out of body from bend don't break all year to terrorizing Johnny Unitas and vaunted Baltimore offense. The defense was lead by Galen Fiss who played the greatest game of his career in the biggest game of his career. The picture of his smashing Unitas on one play is a landmark Browns photo. When the overcast day ended the uniforms were dirty and the beloved Browns were World Champs by a score of 27-0. I will never forget that day and the great play. What a great game and glorious day. Perfect half of offensive perfection and a defensive shutout. What a day. BTW, that score 27-0 was the last time the NFL Championship game ended in a shutout including all the Super Bowls. The Browns were indeed an offensive juggernaut. To this day, I still believe that opposed to popular opinion in the end it is offense that wins championships. I cannot tell you how many times that year the Browns offense answered every time an opponent took a lead or threatened for a lead. That was the last time the Browns won a championship, losing in 1965, and challenging in the rest of the sixties and during the Marty years. But is was some kind of year full of exciting games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roach Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 Thanks Rich. My Dad was at the game. i listened to the entire game at home on the radio (8 years old). When he got home he was so excited- he told me about the entire game. His favorite players were Collins and Groza. i spent time with Dad today. He is 80 years old. He is coming over my house this week to help me get started on a new deck. He is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choco Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 So, are ya gonna try to negotiate and apology here as well, troll bag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich4eagle Posted June 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 Thanks Rich. My Dad was at the game. i listened to the entire game at home on the radio (8 years old). When he got home he was so excited- he told me about the entire game. His favorite players were Collins and Groza. i spent time with Dad today. He is 80 years old. He is coming over my house this week to help me get started on a new deck. He is amazing. Thanks, I wanna give you a big hug at a tailgate this year as one of the finest people I have ever met................ tell Dad he is a REAL Browns fan...........from another real Browns fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich4eagle Posted June 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 So, are ya gonna try to negotiate and apology here as well, troll bag? naw kiss my ass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich4eagle Posted June 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 Thanks, I wanna give you a big hug at a tailgate this year as one of the finest people I have ever met................ tell Dad he is a REAL Browns fan...........from another real Browns fan Ed, once again me and you bud................love yah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medicineman Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 Thanks Rich. My Dad was at the game. i listened to the entire game at home on the radio (8 years old). When he got home he was so excited- he told me about the entire game. His favorite players were Collins and Groza. i spent time with Dad today. He is 80 years old. He is coming over my house this week to help me get started on a new deck. He is amazing. My dad is 84 still drives down to the bar every day and is just as mean is he was when I lived at home. He is my only dad so I learned to accept him. We talk about twice a week. It must be great to have a normal dad lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpkin Eater Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 enjoy Cleveland Browns 1964 Season . Chapter Nine the Great the Good the Bad the Ugly.........and All The World is Brownstown............what a year 1964! fcuk off Steeler loving swine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 My Dad is 82, and can still work in the garden with me, longer than I can. He can fix anything, even if he has to figure it out. Great Dad, tough as nails. It was that generation, I think... As far back as I remember, Mom and Dad took me to Browns games... I wish I remembered the 64 championship, but I was only 4 years old at the time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich4eagle Posted June 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 My Dad is 82, and can still work in the garden with me, longer than I can. He can fix anything, even if he has to figure it out. Great Dad, tough as nails. It was that generation, I think... As far back as I remember, Mom and Dad took me to Browns games... I wish I remembered the 64 championship, but I was only 4 years old at the time... good stuff, I remember like it was yesterday..........two thoughts from my youth.........wow when will this happen again and what are the Browns going to do without Jim Brown.......and we all know the answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUNSofSTEEL08 Posted June 27, 2010 Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 naw kiss my ass LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich4eagle Posted June 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 LOL you got my message good for yu Freak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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