1973 Cleveland Browns (NFL) |
| 3rd place • American Football Conference • Central Division • 7-5-2 .571 |
| Head Coach: Nick Skorich |
| Howard Brinker | Defense |
| John David Crow | Offensive Backs |
| Richie McCabe | Defensive Backs |
| Dick Modzelewski | Defensive Line |
| Fran Polsfoot | Receivers |
| Jerry Smith | Offensive Line |
| Al Tabor | Special Teams |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 8/6/1973 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 16-27 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 65707 | |
| Sat | 8/11/1973 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 21-21 | T | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 54385 | |
| Sun | 8/19/1973 | N | Cincinnati Bengals | 24-6 | W | Columbus, OH | Ohio Stadium | 73421 | |
| Sat | 8/25/1973 | N | Atlanta Falcons | 20-17 | W | Knoxville, TN | Neyland Stadium | 40831 | |
| Sat | 9/1/1973 | H | Detroit Lions | 13-16 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 64088 | |
| Sat | 9/8/1973 | N | New York Giants | 10-21 | L | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 30751 | |
| Sun | 9/16/1973 | H | Baltimore Colts | 24-14 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 74303 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1973 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 6-33 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 49396 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1973 | H | New York Giants | 12-10 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 76065 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1973 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 17-10 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 70805 | |
| Mon | 10/15/1973 | H | Miami Dolphins | 9-17 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 72070 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1973 | H | Houston Oilers | 42-13 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 61146 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1973 | H | San Diego Chargers | 16-16 | T | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 68244 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1973 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 3-26 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 46722 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1973 | A | Houston Oilers | 23-13 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 37230 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1973 | A | Oakland Raiders | 7-3 | W | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 47398 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1973 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21-16 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 67773 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1973 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 20-20 | T | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 70296 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1973 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 17-34 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 58266 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1973 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 17-30 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 73948 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Billy Andrews | 52 | MLB | 6-0 | 223 | 28 | Southeastern Louisiana | 5 | 1 |
| Bob Babich | 60 | MLB | 6-2 | 231 | 26 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | 13 |
| Carl Barisich | 74 | LDT-RDT | 6-4 | 256 | 22 | Princeton | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Briggs | 84 | RDE | 6-4 | 265 | 28 | Heidelberg | 12 | 0 |
| Cliff Brooks | 23 | LCB-RCB | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Tennessee State | 14 | 1 |
| Ken Brown | 30 | RB | 5-10 | 204 | 28 | none | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Carollo | 63 | LOT-ROT | 6-2 | 262 | 33 | Notre Dame | 12 | 0 |
| Don Cockroft | 12 | K-P | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | Adams State | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Copeland | 64 | C | 6-2 | 242 | 28 | Virginia | 14 | 1 |
| Thom Darden | 27 | RS | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | Michigan | 11 | 10 |
| Ben Davis | 28 | RCB | 5-11 | 183 | 28 | Defiance | 13 | 13 |
| Bob DeMarco | 61 | C | 6-3 | 243 | 35 | Indiana; Dayton | 13 | 13 |
| John Demarie | 65 | ROG | 6-3 | 250 | 28 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| Doug Dieken | 73 | LOT | 6-5 | 253 | 24 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| John Garlington | 50 | RLB | 6-1 | 222 | 27 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| Chip Glass | 83 | TE | 6-4 | 237 | 26 | Florida State | 12 | 1 |
| Van Green | 21 | RS-LS | 6-1 | 192 | 22 | Shaw | 14 | 5 |
| Charlie Hall | 59 | LLB | 6-3 | 220 | 25 | Houston | 14 | 14 |
| Gene Hickerson | 66 | LOG | 6-3 | 248 | 38 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| Steve Holden | 88 | WR | 6-0 | 192 | 22 | Arizona State | 11 | 0 |
| Fair Hooker | 43 | WR | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Arizona State | 13 | 13 |
| Don Horn | 13 | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 28 | Washington State; Los Angeles Harbor JC; San Diego State | 14 | 0 |
| Chuck Hutchison | 67 | LOG | 6-3 | 242 | 25 | Ohio State | 2 | 0 |
| Walter Johnson | 71 | LDT | 6-3 | 268 | 31 | New Mexico State; Los Angeles State | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Jones | 80 | LDE | 6-6 | 250 | 25 | Tennessee State | 14 | 14 |
| Leroy Kelly | 44 | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 31 | Morgan State | 13 | 13 |
| Billy LeFear | 26 | RB | 5-11 | 197 | 23 | Henderson State | 13 | 0 |
| Mel Long | 53 | LLB | 6-0 | 228 | 27 | Toledo | 14 | 0 |
| Bob McKay | 78 | ROT | 6-5 | 265 | 26 | Texas | 14 | 14 |
| Hugh McKinnis | 37 | RB | 6-1 | 210 | 25 | Arizona State | 14 | 0 |
| Milt Morin | 89 | TE | 6-4 | 243 | 31 | Massachusetts | 14 | 13 |
| Chris Morris | 62 | ROT | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | Indiana | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Phipps | 15 | QB | 6-3 | 208 | 26 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Frank Pitts | 25 | WR | 6-2 | 198 | 30 | Southern University | 13 | 12 |
| Greg Pruitt | 34 | RB | 5-10 | 190 | 22 | Oklahoma | 13 | 0 |
| Gloster Richardson | 42 | WR | 6-0 | 200 | 31 | Jackson State | 14 | 3 |
| Nick Roman | 81 | RDE | 6-3 | 237 | 26 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Romaniszyn | 56 | RLB | 6-2 | 219 | 22 | Edinboro | 14 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 37 | RB | 6-3 | 213 | 30 | Ohio State | 7 | 0 |
| Clarence Scott | 22 | LCB | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Kansas State | 14 | 14 |
| Jerry Sherk | 72 | RDT | 6-4 | 250 | 25 | Grays Harbor JC; Oklahoma State | 14 | 14 |
| Ken Smith | 85 | TE | 6-4 | 225 | 22 | Navarro JC; New Mexico | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Stienke | 20 | LCB | 5-11 | 182 | 23 | Texas State | 7 | 0 |
| Dave Sullivan | 48 | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Virginia | 1 | 0 |
| Walt Sumner | 29 | LS | 6-1 | 188 | 26 | Florida State | 13 | 13 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 16 | Steve Holden | WR | Arizona State |
| 1 | 22 | Pete Adams | T | Southern California |
| 2 | 30 | Greg Pruitt | RB | Oklahoma |
| 2 | 47 | Jim Stienke | DB | Texas State |
| 3 | 67 | Bob Crum | DE | Arizona |
| 4 | 93 | Andy Dorris | LB | New Mexico State |
| 4 | 100 | Randy Mattingly | QB | Evansville |
| 6 | 150 | Van Green | DB | Shaw |
| 9 | 228 | Curtis Wester | G | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 10 | 256 | Tommy Humphrey | T | Abilene Christian |
| 11 | 281 | Carl Barisich | DT | Princeton |
| 12 | 306 | Stan Simmons | TE | Lewis & Clark |
| 13 | 334 | Jim Romaniszyn | RB | Edinboro |
| 14 | 359 | Bob Popelka | DB | Southern Methodist |
| 15 | 384 | Dave Sullivan | WR | Virginia |
| 16 | 412 | George Greenfield | RB | Murray State |
| 17 | 437 | Bob McClowry | C | Michigan State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 58 | 63 | 46 | 67 | 234 |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 76 | 69 | 60 | 255 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 200 | 107 | 79 | 14 | 64/204 31.4% | / % | 70 | 620 | |
| Opponents Totals | 196 | 102 | 79 | 15 | 62/207 30.0% | / % | 79 | 738 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cockroft | 0 | 24 | 24 | 100.0 | 22 | 31 | 71.0 | 0 | 90 |
| Mike Phipps | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Greg Pruitt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Frank Pitts | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Leroy Kelly | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Fair Hooker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Van Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Milt Morin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gloster Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bo Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Clarence Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 24 | 24 | 24 | 100.0 | 22 | 31 | 71.0 | 0 | 234 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 24 | 24 | 100.0 | 29 | 46 | 63.0 | 0 | 255 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cockroft | 22 | 31 | 71.0 | 1 | 45 | 4/4 | 7/8 | 4/7 | 7/11 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 31 | 71.0 | 1 | 45 | 4/4 | 7/8 | 4/7 | 7/11 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 46 | 63.0 | 11/11 | 8/9 | 4/9 | 6/15 | 0/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Brown | 161 | 537 | 3.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Mike Phipps | 60 | 395 | 6.6 | 27 | 5 |
| Leroy Kelly | 132 | 389 | 2.9 | 19 | 3 |
| Greg Pruitt | 61 | 369 | 6.0 | 65t | 4 |
| Billy LeFear | 26 | 135 | 5.2 | 43 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 34 | 79 | 2.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Hugh McKinnis | 28 | 77 | 2.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Don Cockroft | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Gloster Richardson | 3 | -10 | -3.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 506 | 1968 | 3.9 | 65t | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 513 | 2091 | 4.1 | 70 | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Phipps | 299 | 148 | 49.5 | 131 | 1719 | 5.7 | 11.6 | 51t | 9 | 3.0 | 20 | 6.7 | 44 | 362 | 1357 | 49.4 |
| Don Horn | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 4 | 22 | 2.8 | 5.5 | 12 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 95.8 |
| Greg Pruitt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 308 | 152 | 49.4 | 136 | 1741 | 5.7 | 11.5 | 51t | 10 | 3.2 | 20 | 6.5 | 45 | 368 | 1373 | 50.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 312 | 144 | 46.2 | 156 | 1984 | 6.4 | 13.8 | 70t | 16 | 5.1 | 12 | 3.8 | 29 | 248 | 1736 | 68.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Pitts | 31 | 317 | 10.2 | 26t | 4 |
| Milt Morin | 26 | 417 | 16.0 | 51t | 1 |
| Ken Brown | 22 | 187 | 8.5 | 46 | 0 |
| Fair Hooker | 18 | 196 | 10.9 | 26 | 2 |
| Leroy Kelly | 15 | 180 | 12.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Gloster Richardson | 12 | 175 | 14.6 | 32 | 1 |
| Greg Pruitt | 9 | 110 | 12.2 | 42 | 1 |
| Bo Scott | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 9 | 1 |
| Billy LeFear | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Steve Holden | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Hugh McKinnis | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Chip Glass | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 152 | 1741 | 11.5 | 51t | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 144 | 1984 | 13.8 | 70t | 16 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Scott | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 45t | 1 |
| Ben Davis | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Walt Sumner | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Babich | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Thom Darden | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| John Garlington | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 202 | 16.8 | 48 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 271 | 13.6 | 39 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cockroft | 82 | 3321 | 40.5 | 71 | 1 | 3 | 270 | 2991 | 36.5 | |
| Team Totals | 82 | 3321 | 40.5 | 71 | 1 | 3 | 270 | 2991 | 36.9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 78 | 3151 | 40.4 | 63 | 0 | 5 | 308 | 2743 | 35.2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Pruitt | 16 | 3 | 180 | 11.3 | 46 | 0 |
| Thom Darden | 9 | 10 | 51 | 5.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy LeFear | 7 | 2 | 51 | 7.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Steve Holden | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Charlie Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 15 | 308 | 8.6 | 46 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 19 | 270 | 6.1 | 48 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Pruitt | 16 | 453 | 28.3 | 54 | 0 | |
| Billy Lefear | 15 | 337 | 22.5 | 59 | 0 | |
| Steve Holden | 8 | 172 | 21.5 | 29 | 0 | |
| Mel Long | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 38 | 0 | |
| Jim Romaniszyn | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 16 | 0 | |
| Doug Dieken | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 49 | 1084 | 22.1 | 59 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 1165 | 24.3 | 58 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Joe Jones | 8.5 | |
| Nick Roman | 6.5 | |
| Walter Johnson | 5.5 | |
| Jerry Sherk | 5.5 | |
| Bob Babich | 1.0 | |
| Bob Briggs | 1.0 | |
| Walt Sumner | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 29.0 | 248.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 45.0 | 368.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Brown | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thom Darden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 0 |
| Bob DeMarco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Demarie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Dieken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Garlington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chip Glass | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Van Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 1 |
| Gene Hickerson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Holden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Horn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy LeFear | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob McKay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh McKinnis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Phipps | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Pitts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Pruitt | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gloster Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Romaniszyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Sumner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 38 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 0 |
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