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| Date | December 27, 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Cleveland Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Gary Collins (Wide Receiver; Cleveland) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 79,544 | ||||||||||||||||||
| TV in the United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Ken Coleman Chuck Thompson Frank Gifford | ||||||||||||||||||
| Radio in the United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jack Drees, Jim Morse | ||||||||||||||||||
Cleveland
Location in the United States
Cleveland
Location in Ohio
The 1964 NFL Championship Game was the 32nd annual championship game, held on December 27 at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio.[1][2] With an attendance of 79,544,[3][4] it was the first NFL title game to be televised by CBS.
The game marked the last championship won by a major-league professional sports team from Cleveland until 2016, when the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Finals. Through 2023, this is the Browns' most recent league title.
- ^ Johnson, Chuck (December 28, 1964). "Browns play best game of year, Colts their worst - result: 27-0". Milwaukee Journal. p. 10, part 2.
- ^ "Cleveland Browns blank Colts for NFL title". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 28, 1964. p. 7.
- ^ "Cleveland wallops Baltimore, 27-0". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). December 28, 1964. p. 1D.
- ^ Maule, Tex (January 4, 1965). "Upset of the mighty". Sports Illustrated. p. 8.