1962 Cleveland Browns season

1962 Cleveland Browns season
Head coach	Paul Brown
Home field	Cleveland Stadium
Results
Record	7–6–1
Division place	3rd NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1962 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 13th season with the National Football League.

Exhibition schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	August 11, 1962	at Detroit Lions	L 17–14	34,241
2	August 18, 1962	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 33–10	77,683
3	August 25, 1962	vs. San Francisco 49ers at Portland, OR	W 34–27	27,161
4	September 1, 1962	at Los Angeles Rams	W 26–24	43,118
5	September 7, 1962	at Chicago Bears	W 28–24	57,878

Regular season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 16, 1962	New York Giants	W 17–7	81,115
2	September 23, 1962	Washington Redskins	L 17–16	57,491
3	September 30, 1962	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 35–7	60,671
4	October 7, 1962	Dallas Cowboys	W 19–10	44,040
5	October 14, 1962	Baltimore Colts	L 36–14	80,132
6	October 21, 1962	at St. Louis Cardinals	W 34–7	23,256
7	October 28, 1962	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 41–14	35,417
8	November 4, 1962	Philadelphia Eagles	T 14–14	63,848
9	November 11, 1962	at Washington Redskins	L 17–9	48,169
10	November 18, 1962	St. Louis Cardinals	W 38–14	41,815
11	November 25, 1962	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 35–14	53,601
12	December 2, 1962	at Dallas Cowboys	L 45–21	24,226
13	December 9, 1962	at New York Giants	L 17–13	62,794
14	December 15, 1962	at San Francisco 49ers	W 13–10	35,274

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
New York Giants	12	2	0	.857	10–2	398	283	W9
Pittsburgh Steelers	9	5	0	.643	8–4	312	363	W3
Cleveland Browns	7	6	1	.538	6–5–1	291	257	W1
Washington Redskins	5	7	2	.417	4–6–2	305	376	L1
Dallas Cowboys	5	8	1	.385	4–7–1	398	402	L2
St. Louis Cardinals	4	9	1	.308	4–7–1	287	356	W2
Philadelphia Eagles	3	10	1	.231	3–8–1	282	356	L2

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.