Oct. 10, 1964 - Pounding continually on the ground, the Pittsburgh Steelers upset the Browns, 23-7, before a Cleveland crowd of 80,530 tonight and dropped the Browns to second place in the Eastern division of the NFL.
John Henry Johnson (pictured), a plugging fullback who scampered like a halfback, scored three touchdowns and posted the best single-game effort this season in the NFL.
Johnson scored on dashes of 33 and 45 yards and plunged four yards for another score. He picked up 200 yards in 30 carries. This topped a 137-yard effort by Tommy Mason of the Vikings on Sept. 13. The mark was also a Steeler rushing record, topping his own record of 182 yards in 1960.
Except for an 18-yard touchdown pass from Frank Ryan to Gary Collins in the second quarter, the Steeler defense stopped the Browns cold in the first half, yielding only five first downs.
Ryan, who had specialized in the long pass in earlier games, had one of his worst days. He hit on only 13 of 29 for 121 yards. He also was spilled behind the line four times for 46 yards and missed wide open receivers on several long throws.
The Steeler quarterback, Ed Brown, threw sparingly but effectively, hitting on nine of 11 for 123 yards.
The Steelers piled up 354 yards on the ground compared to only 96 for the Browns.
The Browns’ first loss leaves them with a 3-1-1 record. The Steelers, with a 3-2 record, are third. The St. Louis Cardinals, first in the East with a 3-0-1 mark, play the Baltimore Colts Monday night. The Colts are Western Division leaders.

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