It's not really the player's fault. Over the years the NFL has changed not only the passing rules but also the blocking rules as well, mostly for safety reasons. Today, compared to the 60's, about the only thing that OL's can do is bull rush straight forward, perhaps do some trap blocking. Also, it seems to me they've liberalized the rule on holding, to protect QB's more during pass blocking. Holding used to be a drive killing 15 yard penalty. Today it's only 10, and passing is much easier, so holding now is a mere nuisance to the offense, rather than a drive killer.

Well said ! This team was remarkable for excellence - offense and defense

My brother and I wouldn't watch the game on TV. We went on a hike in the woods. Our father announced the score. We couldn't believe it. Little did I know it would be the last time I was going to be able to watch the Browns win it all.

@@garyneidhardt1362 The Browns we’re expected to get beat badly but that was not that day. As a hard Browns fan I had to go no matter how hopeless the odds.

The Browns' victory still ranks as one of the biggest upsets in playoff history..

Many people in Buffalo would object to the 1964 Browns being arrogantly labeled as “World Champions.” The Bills were 1964 AFL champions and would have been extremely tough for Cleveland to beat in the pre Super Bowl era of 1964 and 1965. If the two teams had ever played in a hypothetical Title game, it would have been “Pick Em” at worst for the odds makers. The 1964 and ‘65 Bills were very, very, good both offensively and defensively, and would have given the 1964 and ‘65 Browns all they could handle, Jim Brown not withstanding.

@@frederickrapp5396I saw all of the minor league AFL & it was just that. The Browns would have beat the Bills by even more pts. The merger was planned years in advance & had to be sold to the NFL cities especially, NY. Players who excelled in the AFL like Dawson, Rote, Blanda, Maynard & Gilchrist were NFL failures & rejects or came from the even more inferior CFL. After the merger in 1970 thru 1975 not one original AFL team even made it to the super bowl. The Jets had zero winning seasons in their 1st 11 years after the merger & the Chiefs made the post season once thru their 1st 16 years after the merger.

And the Browns have not won an NFL TItle since 1964, and they remain one of four teams that have never been to the Super Bowl. Two of those teams are expansion teams, and the other one is the Lions, who lost yesterday, thank God. I didn't want us to be the only non-expansion team to have never been to the Super Bowl.

Isn’t the current version of the Cleveland Browns an expansion team? Yes I know they have the old Browns colors and history.

Yes, you are correct.

Actually Gross kicked a field goal just as the half ended...Then Collins three tds

​@@johnlloyd846 *Groza

@@johnlloyd846 It was 0-0 at the half. Groza kicked 2 FG's in the second half

Y'all are correct...0-,0 halftime

They would do that, in 1975 the orange pants first appeared that year

They never would have made the title game if Paul Brown were coaching them in 1964. Blanton Collier was an offensive genius.

ABDUL MUHAMMAD it might help!

@@sadhumarga7422 i hear u my friend

They did, the winning returned

LOSERS.

And at 41:17. That really hurt.

What's amazing is the number of crappy teams they had over the years and how many times they lost. 4-11 in Championship games. Thank heavens for Bill Parcells. I didn't start watching until the mid-seventies when I was about 10, so I avoided a lot of that pain.

Colts a 12 point favorite. I was in the stands in 1968 at Municipal Stadium when the shoe was on the other foot. Browns lost 34-0 to the very same Johnny Unitas and the Colts. That's the unhappiest crowd I've ever witnessed. Was so very cold.

@@garyneidhardt1362 Unitas was injured with the bad elbow this season, Morrall ( the MVP for 1968 ) was Colts QB

@@garyneidhardt1362 The Colts were a 7 point favorite, not 12. 7 point home underdogs win in the NFL virtually every week. Most people thought it would be a high scoring game, with the Colts winning. What made the game so shocking was NOT that the Browns won or that they scored 27 points, but that the Colts, one of the highest scoring offenses in NFL history, were shut out.

Ken Coleman

Sports Odyssey thanks!

Casey Colemans dad if I'm not mistaken (Ken Coleman).

The Redskins hit the warpath.. funny stuff

Reservations can't be run through in 2021 can't say that now

That's an awesome quote !.....The libtards would have a heart attack today !....

The Commanders don't have a reservation

War field was a wide receiver.

@@brooklynbummer no, Warfield was a running back at OSU . Drafted by the Browns . Yes they used him as a wide receiver . But nfl rules are that tight end and split end are lined up on the line with the the offensive lineman . any other wide recievers have to line up behind the lineman no matter how far out they are split from the lineman . they must line up in the backfied plane even if they're split a couple feet from the out of bounds line. He may have been converted to split end but he started out as a flanker, and thats a fact !

@@moe9196 Warfield was a 2 way player at tOSU; running back AND defensive back. The Browns in the '64 Draft were in desperate need of a cornerback because Jim Shofner retired and Don Fleming had passed away. Paul Brown had been relieved of his coaching duties after the '62 season, but was still under contract with the Browns for the next 5 years, so he did some college scouting for them. He actually recommended Warfield be drafted to play cornerback. They drafted him, but Blanton Collier was the genius that decided to play Warfield at WR. He caught passes for over 1000 yards in '64, his rookie season. They picked up Walter Beach, out of the CFL, to play cornerback instead. In the '64 Championship Game, Don Shula devised a defense that essentially took Warfield out of the offense, fearing his big play ability. Warfield only caught 1 pass in the game. This left Gary Collins lightly defended and he wrecked the Colts with 3 TD catches and was named game MVP.

Thanks. Yeah flanker , that's what i was trying to say(admittedly in my confusing way) in the first comment of this thread . Can you confirm if using Paul Warfield as a flanker on a regular basis was something new to the NFL at that time OR were there other teams who used flankers on a consistent offense lineup basis prior to the Browns using Warfield as a flanker in 64'. I'd be very grateful for a reply

1965 was his last year

That there is the way Football is supposed to be played !!!!!!!!

Yes, the game was much better when players were routinely suffering career ending injuries from adverse field conditions. smh It would probably be the gamblers who would do the most complaining, because it would make it more difficult to determine how to place their bets. And that would mean that fat fans, watching the games from their couch, yet another beer propped on their massive beer gut, would complain about the product. Not that I have anyone specific in mind when I say that

Ryan has one of the highest IQ's ever recorded.