Browns owner Art Modell was unenthusiastic about the prospect of playing on such a day. Advanced ticket sales had dropped off quickly on Friday. But this was a game the Browns absolutely had to win to have a chance in the Eastern Division, and 55,096 people wandered into the huge closed horseshoe of Municipal Stadium, which seats 83,000. It was, at least, a commercial success. Sunday's game seemed silly and frivolous and was very poorly played, and it was no indication one way or the other of the ability of the two teams.
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