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The Colts were led by second-year head coach Don Shula and quarterback Johnny Unitas. This was the Colts' third NFL championship game appearance since joining the National Football League in 1953, seeking to win their first since repeating in 1959. Ticket for the 1964 NFL Championship Game.
Minnesota Vikings (4) – appeared in Super Bowls IV, VIII, IX, and XI; they won the NFL Championship in 1969, the last year before the AFL–NFL merger, but failed to win the subsequent Super Bowl. Buffalo Bills (4) – XXV, XXVI, XXVII, and XXVIII; in 1964 and 1965, they won the last two AFL Championships before the first Super Bowl in 1966.
1964 Cleveland Browns season; Owner: Art Modell: General manager: Harold Sauerbrei: Head coach: Blanton Collier: Home field: Cleveland Stadium: Local radio: WERE: Results; Record: 10–3–1: Division place: 1st NFL Eastern: Playoff finish: Won NFL Championship (vs. Colts) 27–0: Pro Bowlers: FB Jim Brown DE Bill Glass OLB Jim Houston DT Dick ...
Frank Ryan was the quarterback of the last Cleveland Browns team to win an NFL championship in 1964, beating the Baltimore Colts 27-0.
Cleveland won the regular season game 30–20 ten weeks earlier in Baltimore, but the Colts were six-point favorites for the championship game. [1] The 1968 game was a rematch of the 1964 title game and at the same venue, but with far different results. Both championship games were shutouts the Browns won in '64; 27–0, while the Colts won ...
Until 2006, this was the last time that major professional teams from Michigan and Ohio met in a postseason game (or series) in any sport. This was the last NFL playoff game played in the city of Detroit other than Super Bowl XL until 2024 as the Lions' other two home playoff games prior (1992 and 1994) were at the Silverdome in suburban Pontiac.
But the 1965 season, capped by the Packers’ defeat of the Browns in the NFL Championship Game, was the last without a Super Bowl. Green Bay went on to win the first two Super Bowls — called ...
As of 2024, the Browns and Detroit Lions are the only two NFL teams to have played in 58 seasons of the Super Bowl era to never have a Super Bowl appearance. The Browns have had 5 opportunities to reach the big game: Loss to Baltimore Colts, 34–0 in the 1968 NFL championship to advance to Super Bowl III; loss to Minnesota Vikings, 27–7 in ...