NFL 1964

1964 NFL season
Regular season
season	September 12, 1964 - December 13, 1964
East Champions	Cleveland Browns
West Champions	Baltimore Colts
Championship game
NFL Champion	Cleveland Browns
NFL season  <1963 1965>

The 1964 NFL season was the 45th season of the National Football League (NFL), which at the time, along with the American Football League (AFL), was the top football league in the United States . The regular season lasted from September 12th to December 13th.

NFL champions were the Cleveland Browns , who clearly defeated the Baltimore Colts 27-0 in the NFL Championship Game on December 27, 1964 .

The rule that has existed since 1957 that the home team wear the colored uniform and the away team wear the white uniform has been repealed. The home team was now free to choose which uniform to use.

In addition, the team size was increased from 37 to 40.

Regular season

In the west, the Baltimore Colts were already confirmed as the winners of the conference three game days before the end. In the east, the Browns led the conference from the start. However, after they lost on the penultimate day of play against their direct pursuer St. Louis Cardinals, they needed a win on the last day of play to just about prevail against the Cardinals in the end.

Western Conference team S. U N SQ P + P− Baltimore Colts 12 0 2 .857 428 225 Green Bay Packers a 8th 1 5 .615 342 245 Minnesota Vikings a 8th 1 5 .615 355 296 Detroit Lions 7th 2 5 .583 280 260 Los Angeles Rams 5 2 7th .417 283 339 Chicago Bears 5 0 9 .357 260 379 San Francisco 49ers 4th 0 10 .286 236 330

Eastern Conference team S. U N SQ P + P− Cleveland Browns 10 1 3 .786 415 293 St. Louis Cardinals 9 2 3 .750 357 331 Philadelphia Eagles 6th 0 8th .429 312 313 Washington Redskins 6th 0 8th .429 307 305 Dallas Cowboys 5 1 8th .385 250 289 New York Giants 5 0 9 .357 253 315 Pittsburgh Steelers 2 2 10 .167 241 399

^a Green Bay prevailed in a direct comparison against Minnesota

Legend:

S iege	U nentschieden	N iederlagen	SQ win rate 1
P + points made	P− opposing points	Championship game	Playoff Bowl

¹ before 1972 ties were not included in the calculation

Post season

→ Main article : NFL Championship Game 1964

As the respective winners of their conference, Cleveland and Baltimore contested the NFL Championship Game on December 27, 1964, which Cleveland won 27-0. The game's MVP was named Gary Collins , who scored three touchdowns.

			NFL Championship Game
	Cleveland December 27, 1964 1:30 p.m. ( UTC − 5 )		Cleveland Browns	27: 0	Baltimore Colts		Cleveland Stadium spectators: 79,544
				(0: 0, 0: 0, 17: 0, 10: 0) Match report

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cleveland Browns blank Colts for NFL title. In: Spokesman Review. December 28, 1964. Retrieved May 8, 2018 .