Final standings
W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against

Note: Prior to 1972, the NFL did not include tie games when calculating a team's winning percentage in the official standings

Eastern Conference
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Cleveland Browns 10 3 1 .769 415 293
St. Louis Cardinals 9 3 2 .750 357 331
Philadelphia Eagles 6 8 0 .429 312 313
Washington Redskin… Mores 6 8 0 .429 307 305
Dallas Cowboys 5 8 1 .385 250 289
Pittsburgh Steelers 5 9 0 .357 253 315
New York Giants 2 10 2 .167 241 399
Western Conference
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Baltimore Colts 12 2 0 .857 428 225
Green Bay Packers 8 5 1 .615 342 245
Minnesota Vikings 8 5 1 .615 355 296
Detroit Lions 7 5 2 .583 280 260
Los Angeles Rams 5 7 2 .417 283 339
Chicago Bears 5 9 0 .357 260 379
San Francisco 49ers 4 10 0 .286 236 330
NFL Championship Game
Main article: 1964 NFL Championship Game
Cleveland 27, Baltimore 0 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, in Cleveland, Ohio on December 27.

Playoff Bowl
The Playoff Bowl was between the conference runners-up, for third place in the league. This was its fifth year and it was played a week after the title game.

St. Louis 24, Green Bay 17 at Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida, January 3, 1965
Awards
Most Valuable Player Johnny Unitas, Quarterback, Baltimore Colts
Coach of the Year Don Shula, Baltimore Colts
Draft Less

1964 Cleveland Browns Roster
# Player Pos G GS Birthdate College
-- Walter Beach DB -- -- 1935-01-31 Central Michigan
-- Larry Benz DB -- -- 1941-01-28 Northwestern
-- Ed Bettridge LB -- -- 1940-09-16 Bowling Green
-- Johnny Brewer TE -- -- 1937-03-08 Mississippi
-- Jim Brown RB -- -- 1936-02-17 Syracuse
-- John Brown OT -- -- 1939-06-09 Syracuse
-- Mike Bundra DT -- -- 1939-06-24 Southern Californi… Morea
-- Lowell Caylor DB -- -- 1941-06-17 Miami (OH)
-- Monte Clark OT -- -- 1937-01-24 Southern California
-- Gary Collins WR -- -- 1940-08-20 Maryland
-- Vince Costello LB -- -- 1932-08-04 Ohio
-- Ross Fichtner DB -- -- 1938-10-26 Purdue
-- Galen Fiss LB -- -- 1931-07-10 Kansas
-- Bobby Franklin DB -- -- 1936-10-05 Mississippi
-- Bob Gain DT -- -- 1929-06-21 Kentucky
-- Bill Glass DE -- -- 1935-08-16 Baylor
-- Ernie Green RB -- -- 1938-10-15 Louisville
-- Lou Groza OT -- -- 1924-01-25 Ohio State
-- Gene Hickerson OG -- -- 1935-02-15 Mississippi
-- Jim Houston LB -- -- 1937-11-03 Ohio State
-- Tom Hutchinson WR -- -- 1941-06-15 Kentucky
-- Jim Kanicki DT -- -- 1941-12-17 Michigan State
-- Leroy Kelly RB -- -- 1942-05-20 Morgan State
-- Mike Lucci LB -- -- 1939-12-29 Tennessee
-- Clifton McNeil WR -- -- 1940-05-25 Grambling
-- Dale Memmelaar OG -- -- 1937-01-15 Wyoming
-- Dick Modzelewski DT -- -- 1931-02-16 Maryland
-- John Morrow C -- -- 1933-04-27 Michigan
-- Jim Ninowski QB -- -- 1936-03-26 Michigan State
-- Frank Parker DT -- -- 1939-10-16 Oklahoma State
-- Bernie Parrish DB -- -- 1936-04-29 Florida
-- Dave Raimey DB -- -- 1940-11-18 Michigan
-- Walter Roberts WR -- -- 1942-02-15 San Jose State
-- Frank Ryan QB -- -- 1936-07-12 Rice
-- Charlie Scales RB -- -- 1938-01-11 Indiana
-- Dick Schafrath OT -- -- 1937-03-21 Ohio State
-- Stan Sczurek LB -- -- 1937-03-07 Purdue
-- Roger Shoals OT -- -- 1938-12-13 Maryland
-- Paul Warfield WR -- -- 1942-11-28 Ohio State
-- Paul Wiggin DE -- -- 1934-11-18 Stanford
-- Sid Williams LB -- -- 1942-03-24 Southern
-- John Wooten OG -- -- 1936-12-05 Colorado
1964 NFL Team Rosters
East
Cleveland Browns
Dallas Cowboys
New York Giants
Philadelphia Eagles
Pittsburgh Steelers
St. Louis Cardinals
Washington Redskins
West
Baltimore Colts
Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Los Angeles Rams
Minnesota Vikings
San Francisco 49ers
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1964 Cleveland Browns Roster
# Player Pos G GS Birthdate College
-- Walter Beach DB -- -- 1935-01-31 Central Michigan
-- Larry Benz DB -- -- 1941-01-28 Northwestern
-- Ed Bettridge LB -- -- 1940-09-16 Bowling Green
-- Johnny Brewer TE -- -- 1937-03-08 Mississippi
-- Jim Brown RB -- -- 1936-02-17 Syracuse
-- John Brown OT -- -- 1939-06-09 Syracuse
-- Mike Bundra DT -- -- 1939-06-24 Southern Californi… Morea
-- Lowell Caylor DB -- -- 1941-06-17 Miami (OH)
-- Monte Clark OT -- -- 1937-01-24 Southern California
-- Gary Collins WR -- -- 1940-08-20 Maryland
-- Vince Costello LB -- -- 1932-08-04 Ohio
-- Ross Fichtner DB -- -- 1938-10-26 Purdue
-- Galen Fiss LB -- -- 1931-07-10 Kansas
-- Bobby Franklin DB -- -- 1936-10-05 Mississippi
-- Bob Gain DT -- -- 1929-06-21 Kentucky
-- Bill Glass DE -- -- 1935-08-16 Baylor
-- Ernie Green RB -- -- 1938-10-15 Louisville
-- Lou Groza OT -- -- 1924-01-25 Ohio State
-- Gene Hickerson OG -- -- 1935-02-15 Mississippi
-- Jim Houston LB -- -- 1937-11-03 Ohio State
-- Tom Hutchinson WR -- -- 1941-06-15 Kentucky
-- Jim Kanicki DT -- -- 1941-12-17 Michigan State
-- Leroy Kelly RB -- -- 1942-05-20 Morgan State
-- Mike Lucci LB -- -- 1939-12-29 Tennessee
-- Clifton McNeil WR -- -- 1940-05-25 Grambling
-- Dale Memmelaar OG -- -- 1937-01-15 Wyoming
-- Dick Modzelewski DT -- -- 1931-02-16 Maryland
-- John Morrow C -- -- 1933-04-27 Michigan
-- Jim Ninowski QB -- -- 1936-03-26 Michigan State
-- Frank Parker DT -- -- 1939-10-16 Oklahoma State
-- Bernie Parrish DB -- -- 1936-04-29 Florida
-- Dave Raimey DB -- -- 1940-11-18 Michigan
-- Walter Roberts WR -- -- 1942-02-15 San Jose State
-- Frank Ryan QB -- -- 1936-07-12 Rice
-- Charlie Scales RB -- -- 1938-01-11 Indiana
-- Dick Schafrath OT -- -- 1937-03-21 Ohio State
-- Stan Sczurek LB -- -- 1937-03-07 Purdue
-- Roger Shoals OT -- -- 1938-12-13 Maryland
-- Paul Warfield WR -- -- 1942-11-28 Ohio State
-- Paul Wiggin DE -- -- 1934-11-18 Stanford
-- Sid Williams LB -- -- 1942-03-24 Southern
-- John Wooten OG -- -- 1936-12-05 Colorado
1964 NFL Team Rosters
East
Cleveland Browns
Dallas Cowboys
New York Giants
Philadelphia Eagles
Pittsburgh Steelers
St. Louis Cardinals
Washington Redskins
West
Baltimore Colts
Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Los Angeles Rams
Minnesota Vikings
San Francisco 49ers
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The 1964 NFL season was the 45th regular season of the National Football League. Before the season started, NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle reinstated Green Bay Packers running back Paul Hornung and Detroit Lions defensive tackle Alex Karras, who had been suspended for the 1963 season due to gambling.

Beginning this season, the home team in each game was allowed the option of wearing their white jers… Moreeys. Since 1957, league rules had mandated that the visiting team wear white and the home team wear colored jerseys. The NFL also increased the regular season roster limit from 37 to 40 active players, which would remain unchanged for a decade.

The season ended when the Cleveland Browns shut out the Baltimore Colts 27–0 in the NFL Championship Game.

Contents
1 Rule changes
1.1 Active roster
1.2 Uniforms
2 Conference races
3 Final standings
4 NFL Championship Game
4.1 Playoff Bowl
5 Awards
6 Draft
7 Coaches
7.1 Eastern Conference
7.2 Western Conference
8 See also
9 References
9.1 Works Cited
9.2 Footnotes
Rule changes
Active roster
Prior to the season, the NFL club owners voted to increase the regular season roster limit from 37 to 40 active players, the largest in league history up to that point.[1] This standard would remain in place until the 1974 season.[2]

Uniforms
The 1964 season introduced a noteworthy change in uniform rules. While the league had dictated since 1957 that the home team must wear a colored jersey and the visitors a white one, teams were now given the option of wearing their white jerseys at home. As a result, the Browns (who wore white at home before 1957), Cardinals, Colts (except for one home game which was originally scheduled to be an away game), Cowboys, Rams, Redskins, Steelers (for one game vs. Rams) and Vikings (except for most of one game in which the Lions forgot to bring their blue jerseys)[3] did so, while the rest reverted to home colors the following year. The Cardinals would not wear red at home until 1966, the Rams would not do so again until 1972, the Browns only once until 1975, and the Cowboys, aside from an unwilling use of their blue tops as the "home" team in Super Bowl V, have since continuously worn white at home. The Steelers would wear white at home for most home games from 1966 until 1969 (the first year of head coach Chuck Noll), but would not wear white as the "home" team until Super Bowl XL in 2005 and have not worn white in a game in Pittsburgh since Three Rivers Stadium opened in 1970.

Conference races
The Western Conference race started with Baltimore losing its opener at Minnesota, 34–24. After that, the Colts went on an 11-game winning streak, taking the lead on October 4 with their 35–20 win over the Rams, and clinching a spot in the title game on November 22.

In the Eastern Conference, the Browns and the Cardinals played to a 33–33 tie on September 20, and were both 4–1–1 after six games. In Week Seven, Cleveland beat New York 42–20, while St. Louis fell to Dallas, 31–13. When the Cardinals beat the Browns 28–19 in Week Thirteen, they were only a game behind and needed a win and a Cleveland loss to have a chance for a playoff. St. Louis won, 36–34 in Philadelphia, but Cleveland also won, 52–20 over the Giants. Less