1968 Cleveland Browns (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/9/1968	A	Los Angeles Rams	21-23	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	64020
Sun	8/18/1968	A	San Francisco 49ers	31-17	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	26801
Sat	8/24/1968	A	New Orleans Saints	27-40	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	70045
Fri	8/30/1968	A	Buffalo Bills	22-12	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	45448
Sat	9/7/1968	H	Green Bay Packers	9-31	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	84918
Sun	9/15/1968	A	New Orleans Saints	24-10	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	74215
Sun	9/22/1968	A	Dallas Cowboys	7-28	L	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	68733
Sun	9/29/1968	H	Los Angeles Rams	6-24	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	82514
Sat	10/5/1968	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	31-24	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	81865
Sun	10/13/1968	H	St. Louis Cardinals	21-27	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	79349
Sun	10/20/1968	A	Baltimore Colts	30-20	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	60238
Sun	10/27/1968	H	Atlanta Falcons	30-7	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	67723
Sun	11/3/1968	A	San Francisco 49ers	33-21	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	31359
Sun	11/10/1968	H	New Orleans Saints	35-17	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	71025
Sun	11/17/1968	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	45-24	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Pitt Stadium	41572
Sun	11/24/1968	H	Philadelphia Eagles	47-13	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	62338
Sun	12/1/1968	H	New York Giants	45-10	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	83193
Sun	12/8/1968	A	Washington Redskins	24-21	W	Washington, DC	D.C. Stadium	50661
Sat	12/14/1968	A	St. Louis Cardinals	16-27	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	48174
Eastern Conference Championship
Sat	12/21/1968	H	Dallas Cowboys	31-20	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	81497
League Championship
Sun	12/29/1968	H	Baltimore Colts	0-34	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	78410

Schedule Notes
9/7/1968	Green Bay Packers	Doubleheader

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Billy Andrews	52	LB	6-0	223	23	Southeastern Louisiana	14	0
Erich Barnes	40	LCB	6-2	201	33	Purdue	14	14
Eppie Barney	87	FL	6-0	201	24	Iowa State	12	8
Monte Clark	73	ROT	6-6	260	31	Southern California	14	14
Don Cockroft	12	K-P	6-1	190	23	Adams State	14	0
Gary Collins	86	FL-P	6-4	211	28	Maryland	5	4
Jim Copeland	64	OG	6-2	242	23	Virginia	14	0
Ben Davis	28	RCB	5-11	183	23	Defiance	14	14
John Demarie	65	LOG	6-3	250	23	Louisiana State	14	14
John Garlington	50	RLB	6-1	222	22	Louisiana State	13	2
Bill Glass	80	RDE	6-5	252	33	Baylor	10	8
Ernie Green	48	FB	6-2	205	30	Louisville	8	7
Ron Green	43	FL	6-1	202	25	North Dakota	1	0
Jack Gregory	81	RDE	6-5	249	24	Tennessee-Chattanooga; Delta State	14	6
Charley Harraway	31	FB	6-2	221	24	San Jose State	13	5
Gene Hickerson	66	ROG	6-3	248	33	Mississippi	14	14
Fred Hoaglin	54	C	6-4	247	24	Pittsburgh	14	14
Jim Houston	82	LLB	6-3	239	31	Ohio State	14	14
Mike Howell	34	FS	6-1	189	25	Grambling State	14	14
Nate James	33	CB	6-1	195	24	Florida A&M	12	0
Walter Johnson	71	LDT	6-3	268	26	New Mexico State; Los Angeles State	14	14
Jim Kanicki	69	RDT	6-4	270	27	Michigan State	13	10
Ernie Kellermann	24	SS	6-0	184	25	Miami (Ohio)	14	14
Leroy Kelly	44	HB	6-0	200	26	Morgan State	14	14
Charlie Leigh	25	FB	5-11	203	23	none	14	2
Dale Lindsey	51	RLB	6-2	224	25	Kentucky; Western Kentucky	12	12
Bob Matheson	56	MLB	6-4	241	24	Duke	14	13
Tommy McDonald	29	FL	5-9	176	34	Oklahoma	9	2
Wayne Meylan	59	LB	6-1	237	22	Nebraska	14	0
Alvin Mitchell	49	CB	6-4	195	25	Morgan State	12	0
Milt Morin	89	TE	6-4	243	26	Massachusetts	14	14
Reece Morrison	26	RB	6-0	206	23	Texas State	14	0
Bill Nelsen	16	QB	6-0	195	27	El Cerritos JC; Southern California	14	11
Frank Ryan	13	QB	6-3	199	32	Rice	7	3
Bill Sabatino	74	RDT	6-3	245	23	Colorado	7	1
Dick Schafrath	77	LOT	6-3	253	31	Ohio State	14	14
Ralph Smith	41	TE	6-2	214	30	Mississippi	14	0
Ron Snidow	88	LDE	6-4	249	27	Oregon	13	13
Joe Taffoni	62	OT	6-3	248	23	West Virginia; Tennessee-Martin	13	0
Marv Upshaw	84	RDT-LDE-K	6-3	253	22	Trinity (Texas)	14	3
Carl Ward	27	S	5-9	180	24	Michigan	14	0
Paul Warfield	42	SE	6-0	188	26	Ohio State	14	14
Bob Whitlow	53	C	6-1	236	32	Compton JC; Arizona	14	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	21	Marvin Upshaw	DE	Trinity (Texas)
2	47	John Garlington	LB	Louisiana State
3	64	Harry Olszewski	G	Clemson
3	66	Reece Morrison	RB	Texas State
4	104	Wayne Meylan	LB	Nebraska
5	131	Mike Wempe	T	Missouri
5	134	Jacky Jackson	RB	Clemson
6	152	Nate James	DB	Florida A&M
7	186	Dale Brady	RB	Memphis
8	212	Tom Schoen	DB	Notre Dame
9	238	Dave Porter	DT	Michigan
10	255	Jim Greer	DE	Stephen F. Austin State
10	267	Alvin Mitchell	FL	Morgan State
11	293	Jim Alcorn	QB	Clarion
12	319	Tom Beutler	LB	Toledo
13	348	Terry Sellers	DB	Georgia
14	374	Edgar Whipps	RB	Jackson State
15	400	Bob Baxter	FL	Memphis
16	429	Dick Sievert	DE	Wisconsin-River Falls
17	455	Wayne McDuffie	C	Florida State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	51	134	97	112	394
Opponents Totals	50	84	41	98	273

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		248	104	123	21	/ %	/ %	74	841
Opponents Totals		259	110	130	19	/ %	/ %	61	620

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Leroy Kelly	20	0	0		0	0		120
Don Cockroft	0	46	48	95.8	18	24	75.0	100
Paul Warfield	12	0	0		0	0		72
Milt Morin	5	0	0		0	0		30
Eppie Barney	2	0	0		0	0		12
Ernie Green	2	0	0		0	0		12
Reece Morrison	2	0	0		0	0		12
Erich Barnes	1	0	0		0	0		6
Bill Glass	1	0	0		0	0		6
Charley Harraway	1	0	0		0	0		6
Charlie Leigh	1	0	0		0	0		6
Tommy McDonald	1	0	0		0	0		6
Bill Nelsen	1	0	0		0	0		6
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0
Team Totals	49	46	49	93.9	18	24	75.0	394
Opponents Totals	33	33	33	100.0	14	26	53.8	273

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Don Cockroft	18	24	75.0	2	50	6/6	7/7	2/4	2/6	1/1
Team Totals	18	24	75.0	2	50	6/6	7/7	2/4	2/6	1/1
Opponents Totals	14	26	53.8			3/3	4/6	3/7	4/8	0/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Leroy Kelly	248	1239	5.0	65	16
Charley Harraway	91	334	3.7	23	0
Ernie Green	41	152	3.7	14	0
Charlie Leigh	23	144	6.3	20t	1
Frank Ryan	11	64	5.8	19	0
Reece Morrison	18	39	2.2	11	1
Bill Nelsen	13	30	2.3	18	1
Ralph Smith	1	13	13.0	13	0
Eppie Barney	0	8		8Lt	1
Milt Morin	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team Totals	447	2031	4.5	65	20
Opponents Totals	423	1842	4.4	44	11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bill Nelsen	293	152	51.9	131	2366	8.1	15.6	87	19	6.5	10	3.4	11	102	2264	86.4
Frank Ryan	66	31	47.0	29	639	9.7	20.6	57t	7	10.6	6	9.1	10	79	560	79.0
Leroy Kelly	4	1	25.0	3	34	8.5	34.0	34t	1	25.0	0	0.0	0	0	34	102.1
Team Totals	363	184	50.7	163	3039	8.4	16.5	87	27	7.4	16	4.4	21	181	2858	85.6
Opponents Totals	439	213	48.5	194	2447	5.6	11.5	56	19	4.3	32	7.3	26	199	2248	49.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Warfield	50	1067	21.3	65t	12
Milt Morin	43	792	18.4	87	5
Leroy Kelly	22	297	13.5	68t	4
Eppie Barney	18	189	10.5	18	1
Ernie Green	16	142	8.9	62t	2
Charley Harraway	12	162	13.5	63	1
Gary Collins	9	230	25.6	39	0
Tommy McDonald	7	113	16.1	42	1
Charlie Leigh	3	-4	-1.3	4	0
Reece Morrison	2	40	20.0	29	1
Ralph Smith	2	11	5.5	7	0
Team Totals	184	3039	16.5	87	27
Opponents Totals	213	2447	11.5	56	19

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ben Davis	8	162	20.3	44	0
Mike Howell	6	55	9.2	24	0
Ernie Kellermann	6	29	4.8	12	0
Erich Barnes	3	64	21.3	40t	1
Jim Houston	3	11	3.7	7	0
Bob Matheson	2	44	22.0	30	0
Bill Glass	2	21	10.5	17t	1
John Garlington	1	0	0.0	0	0
Dale Lindsey	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	32	386	12.1	44	2
Opponents Totals	16	152	9.5	40	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Don Cockroft	61	2297	37.7	59	1
Gary Collins	2	52	26.0	28	0
Team Totals	63	2349	37.3	59	1	120	2209	35.1
Opponents Totals	60	2392	39.9	70	4	96	2216	36.9

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Charlie Leigh	14	2	76	5.4	29
Ben Davis	9	8	11	1.2	9
Leroy Kelly	1	0	9	9.0	9
Tommy McDonald	0	1	0
Team Totals	24	11	96	4.0	29
Opponents Totals	21	26	120	5.7	17

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Charlie Leigh	14	322	23.0	41
Carl Ward	13	236	18.2	35
Nate James	8	166	20.8	43
Ben Davis	8	152	19.0	33
Reece Morrison	4	85	21.3	33
Leroy Kelly	1	10	10.0	10
Ralph Smith	1	3	3.0	3
Billy Andrews	1	0	0.0	0
Erich Barnes	1	0	0.0	0
Jim Copeland	1	0	0.0	0
Jim Houston	1	0	0.0	0
Mike Howell	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	54	974	18.0	43
Opponents Totals	64	1417	22.1	80

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Billy Andrews	1		0	1	1	0	0
Erich Barnes	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jim Copeland	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ben Davis	4		1	0	1	0	0
John Garlington	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Charley Harraway	2		0	0	0	0	0
Gene Hickerson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jim Houston	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Howell	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Nate James	1		1	0	1	0	0
Walter Johnson	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Ernie Kellermann	1		0	0	0	0	0
Leroy Kelly	6		1	0	1	1	0
Charlie Leigh	1		1	0	1	0	0
Bob Matheson	0	0	0	4	4	0	0
Wayne Meylan	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Bill Nelsen	2		1	0	1	1	0
Frank Ryan	2		1	0	1	0	0
Ron Snidow	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Taffoni	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Carl Ward	2		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	23	14	9	14	23	3	0
Opponents Totals	20	14	6	14	20		2

Howard Brinker	Overall Defense
Fritz Heisler	Offensive Line
Dick Modzelewski	Defensive Line
Bob Nussbaumer	Receivers
Nick Skorich	Overall Offense
Eddie Ulinski	Linebackers