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Cleveland’s 12 Closest Championship Calls Since 1964

Published by
Ken Hornack

1965 Browns

The Browns hardly fell off the face of the earth the year after beating the highly-favored Colts. With Jim Brown rushing for 1,544 yards and 17 touchdowns in what wound up being his final season, they again reached the NFL Championship Game in the last year before the Super Bowl came into being.

Their opponent this time was the Green Bay Packers, and the task was made even more difficult by a muddy Lambeau Field playing surface. Paul Hornung and Jim Taylor were not as adversely affected by the slop as Brown was, and the Packers ran to daylight through the freezing rain to a 23-12 victory. The championship was the third of five won by the Packers during the 1960’s under Vince Lombardi, the coach for whom the Super Bowl trophy is named.

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Ken Hornack

Ken Hornack is a longtime NBA sports journalist. Before covering the Orlando Magic for the Daytona Beach News-Journal and FoxSportsFlorida.com, the native of the Cleveland area got his foot in the door with the Cavaliers during the Tom Nissalke coaching era and will forever associate his senior year of high school with the Miracle of Richfield. You can follow him @Ken_Hornack.

Published by
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