1974 Cleveland Browns (NFL) |
| 4th place American Football Conference Central Division 4-10-0 .286 |
| Head Coach: Nick Skorich |
| Forrest Gregg | Offensive Line |
| Dale Lindsey | Linebackers |
| Richie McCabe | Defensive Coordinator |
| Dick Modzelewski | Defensive Line |
| Fran Polsfoot | Receivers |
| Al Tabor | Offensive Backs/Special Teams |
| Dick Wood | Offensive Coordinator |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/2/1974 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 21-24 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 28021 | |
| Mon | 8/12/1974 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 21-20 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 24008 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1974 | N | Baltimore Colts | 3-37 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 25116 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1974 | H | Washington Redskins | 17-20 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 44528 | |
| Sun | 9/1/1974 | N | Cincinnati Bengals | 21-17 | W | Columbus, OH | Ohio Stadium | 36326 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1974 | A | Detroit Lions | 7-21 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 42905 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1974 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 7-33 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 53113 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1974 | H | Houston Oilers | 20-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 55242 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1974 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 7-29 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 43472 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1974 | H | Oakland Raiders | 24-40 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 65247 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1974 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 24-34 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 70897 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1974 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16-20 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 48100 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1974 | H | Denver Broncos | 23-21 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 60478 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1974 | A | San Diego Chargers | 35-36 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 34087 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1974 | A | New England Patriots | 21-14 | W | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 57263 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1974 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16-26 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 77195 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1974 | H | Buffalo Bills | 10-15 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 66504 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1974 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 7-0 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 24559 | |
| Sat | 12/7/1974 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 17-41 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 48754 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1974 | A | Houston Oilers | 24-28 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 33299 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 69 | Pete Adams | LOG | 6-4 | 260 | 23 | San Diego CC; Southern California | 12 | 9 |
| 75 | Allen Ray Aldridge | LDE-RDE | 6-6 | 240 | 29 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 4 |
| 40 | Preston Anderson | LS | 6-1 | 183 | 23 | Rice | 14 | 0 |
| 52 | Billy Andrews | RLB | 6-0 | 223 | 29 | Southeastern Louisiana | 11 | 0 |
| 60 | Bob Babich | MLB | 6-2 | 231 | 27 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | 14 |
| 74 | Carl Barisich | LDE-LDT-RDT | 6-4 | 256 | 23 | Princeton | 13 | 4 |
| 23 | Cliff Brooks | RCB-LCB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Tennessee State | 13 | 5 |
| 28 | Eddie Brown | LS | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | Tennessee | 13 | 3 |
| 30 | Ken Brown | RB | 5-10 | 204 | 29 | none | 14 | 13 |
| 12 | Don Cockroft | K-P | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | Adams State | 14 | 0 |
| 64 | Jim Copeland | C-OG | 6-2 | 242 | 29 | Virginia | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | Thom Darden | RS | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| 63 | Barry Darrow | LOT | 6-7 | 260 | 24 | Montana Western; Montana | 13 | 0 |
| 54 | Tom DeLeone | C | 6-2 | 252 | 24 | Ohio State | 12 | 0 |
| 61 | Bob DeMarco | C | 6-3 | 243 | 36 | Indiana; Dayton | 14 | 14 |
| 65 | John Demarie | ROG | 6-3 | 250 | 29 | Louisiana State | 11 | 11 |
| 73 | Doug Dieken | LOT | 6-5 | 253 | 25 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| 83 | Jubilee Dunbar | WR | 6-0 | 196 | 25 | Southern University | 5 | 3 |
| 50 | John Garlington | RLB | 6-1 | 222 | 28 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| 10 | Chris Gartner | K | 6-0 | 170 | 24 | Indiana | 11 | 0 |
| 82 | Tim George | WR | 6-5 | 218 | 23 | Carson-Newman | 8 | 3 |
| 21 | Van Green | RCB-LS | 6-1 | 192 | 23 | Shaw | 14 | 14 |
| 59 | Charlie Hall | LLB | 6-3 | 220 | 26 | Houston | 14 | 14 |
| 18 | Ben Hawkins | WR | 6-0 | 180 | 30 | Arizona State | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | Steve Holden | WR | 6-0 | 192 | 23 | Arizona State | 10 | 9 |
| 62 | Glen Holloway | ROG-LOG | 6-2 | 253 | 26 | North Texas | 14 | 4 |
| 43 | Fair Hooker | WR | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Arizona State | 7 | 3 |
| 31 | Bob Hunt | RB | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | Heidelberg | 2 | 0 |
| 67 | Chuck Hutchison | LOG | 6-3 | 242 | 26 | Ohio State | 7 | 1 |
| 77 | Mark Ilgenfritz | LDE | 6-4 | 250 | 22 | Vanderbilt | 14 | 2 |
| 71 | Walter Johnson | LDT | 6-3 | 268 | 32 | New Mexico State; Los Angeles State | 14 | 14 |
| 26 | Billy LeFear | RB | 5-11 | 197 | 24 | Henderson State | 11 | 0 |
| 53 | Mel Long | LLB | 6-0 | 228 | 28 | Toledo | 14 | 0 |
| 78 | Bob McKay | ROT-LOG | 6-5 | 265 | 27 | Texas | 14 | 9 |
| 37 | Hugh McKinnis | FB | 6-1 | 210 | 26 | Arizona State | 13 | 5 |
| 89 | Milt Morin | TE | 6-4 | 243 | 32 | Massachusetts | 14 | 11 |
| 15 | Mike Phipps | QB | 6-3 | 208 | 27 | Purdue | 14 | 9 |
| 34 | Greg Pruitt | RB | 5-10 | 190 | 23 | Oklahoma | 14 | 9 |
| 42 | Ernie Richardson | LB | 6-4 | 220 | 24 | Jackson State | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | Gloster Richardson | WR | 6-0 | 200 | 32 | Jackson State | 9 | 7 |
| 81 | Nick Roman | LDE | 6-3 | 237 | 27 | Ohio State | 12 | 9 |
| 56 | Jim Romaniszyn | MLB | 6-2 | 219 | 23 | Edinboro | 14 | 0 |
| 35 | Bo Scott | RB | 6-3 | 213 | 31 | Ohio State | 14 | 1 |
| 22 | Clarence Scott | LCB | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Kansas State | 14 | 14 |
| 66 | Mike Seifert | RDE | 6-3 | 245 | 23 | Wisconsin | 12 | 9 |
| 72 | Jerry Sherk | RDT | 6-4 | 250 | 26 | Grays Harbor JC; Oklahoma State | 14 | 14 |
| 17 | Brian Sipe | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Grossmont JC; San Diego State | 10 | 5 |
| 48 | Dave Sullivan | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Virginia | 6 | 3 |
| 79 | Gerry Sullivan | ROT | 6-4 | 250 | 22 | Illinois | 13 | 8 |
| 29 | Walt Sumner | LS | 6-1 | 188 | 27 | Florida State | 10 | 6 |
| 84 | Jim Thaxton | TE | 6-2 | 241 | 25 | Tennessee State | 12 | 4 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 40 | Billy Corbett | T | Johnson C. Smith |
| 5 | 118 | Mark Ilgenfritz | DE | Vanderbilt |
| 6 | 146 | Billy Pritchett | RB | West Texas A&M |
| 7 | 163 | Bob Herrick | WR | Purdue |
| 7 | 171 | Gerry Sullivan | C-T | Illinois |
| 8 | 199 | Eddie Brown | DB | Tennessee |
| 9 | 224 | Dan Scott | G | Ohio State |
| 10 | 238 | Mike Puestow | WR | North Dakota State |
| 11 | 274 | Tom Gooden | K | Harding |
| 12 | 302 | Ron McNeil | DE | North Carolina Central |
| 13 | 327 | Mike Seifert | DE | Wisconsin |
| 14 | 352 | Bob Hunt | RB | Heidelberg |
| 15 | 380 | Ransom Terrell | LB | Arizona |
| 16 | 407 | Preston Anderson | DB | Rice |
| 17 | 430 | Carlton Buchanan | DT | Southwestern Oklahoma State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 61 | 60 | 57 | 73 | |
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 103 | 116 | 63 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 223 | 104 | 92 | 27 | 67/196 34.2% | / % | 78 | 767 | |
| Opponents Totals | 247 | 126 | 95 | 26 | 74/193 38.3% | / % | 81 | 731 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cockroft | 0 | 29 | 30 | 96.7 | 14 | 16 | 87.5 | 0 | 71 |
| Ken Brown | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Greg Pruitt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Brian Sipe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Steve Holden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Milt Morin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Hugh McKinnis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gloster Richardson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Thom Darden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Van Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charlie Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Fair Hooker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Phipps | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 30 | 29 | 30 | 96.7 | 14 | 16 | 87.5 | 0 | 251 |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 38 | 43 | 88.4 | 14 | 23 | 60.9 | 3 | 344 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cockroft | 14 | 16 | 87.5 | 0 | 46 | 1/1 | 7/7 | 3/3 | 3/4 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 16 | 87.5 | 0 | 46 | 1/1 | 7/7 | 3/3 | 3/4 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 23 | 60.9 | 1/1 | 3/3 | 6/7 | 4/8 | 0/4 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Pruitt | 126 | 540 | 4.3 | 54 | 3 |
| Hugh McKinnis | 124 | 519 | 4.2 | 44t | 2 |
| Ken Brown | 125 | 458 | 3.7 | 27 | 4 |
| Mike Phipps | 39 | 279 | 7.2 | 19 | 1 |
| Bo Scott | 23 | 86 | 3.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Brian Sipe | 16 | 44 | 2.8 | 17 | 4 |
| Steve Holden | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Billy LeFear | 6 | 2 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Thaxton | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 461 | 1924 | 4.2 | 54 | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 555 | 2415 | 4.4 | 54 | 17 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Phipps | 256 | 117 | 45.7 | 122 | 1384 | 5.4 | 11.8 | 55 | 9 | 3.5 | 17 | 6.6 | 33 | 280 | 1104 | 46.7 |
| Brian Sipe | 108 | 59 | 54.6 | 42 | 603 | 5.6 | 10.2 | 37 | 1 | 0.9 | 7 | 6.5 | 15 | 122 | 481 | 47.0 |
| Greg Pruitt | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 115 | 57.5 | 57.5 | 60t | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 158.3 |
| Don Cockroft | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 118.8 |
| Team Totals | 367 | 179 | 48.8 | 164 | 2129 | 5.8 | 11.9 | 60t | 12 | 3.3 | 24 | 6.5 | 48 | 402 | 1727 | 50.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 308 | 139 | 45.1 | 145 | 2259 | 7.3 | 16.3 | 75t | 22 | 7.1 | 24 | 7.8 | 28 | 234 | 2025 | 61.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh McKinnis | 32 | 258 | 8.1 | 55 | 0 |
| Steve Holden | 30 | 452 | 15.1 | 53 | 3 |
| Ken Brown | 29 | 194 | 6.7 | 19 | 2 |
| Milt Morin | 27 | 330 | 12.2 | 32 | 3 |
| Greg Pruitt | 21 | 274 | 13.0 | 43 | 1 |
| Gloster Richardson | 9 | 266 | 29.6 | 60t | 2 |
| Bo Scott | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Jubilee Dunbar | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Dave Sullivan | 5 | 92 | 18.4 | 37 | 0 |
| Jim Thaxton | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 34 | 0 |
| Fair Hooker | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 17 | 1 |
| Billy LeFear | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Van Green | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 179 | 2129 | 11.9 | 60t | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 139 | 2259 | 16.3 | 75t | 22 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thom Darden | 8 | 105 | 13.1 | 31 | 0 |
| Clarence Scott | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Charlie Hall | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Van Green | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 36t | 1 |
| John Garlington | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Eddie Brown | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Billy Andrews | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Babich | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Thaxton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 336 | 14.0 | 36t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 423 | 17.6 | 59 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cockroft | 90 | 3643 | 40.5 | 64 | 0 | 11 | 705 | 2718 | 30.2 | |
| Team Totals | 90 | 3643 | 40.5 | 64 | 0 | 11 | 705 | 2718 | 30.2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 76 | 2885 | 38.0 | 56 | 0 | 3 | 523 | 2302 | 30.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Pruitt | 27 | 0 | 349 | 12.9 | 72 | 0 |
| Thom Darden | 21 | 0 | 173 | 8.2 | 45 | 0 |
| Billy LeFear | 2 | 0 | 1 | .5.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eddie Brown | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 52 | 1 | 523 | 10.1 | 72 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 68 | 5 | 705 | 10.4 | 62t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Pruitt | 22 | 606 | 27.5 | 88t | 1 | |
| Billy LeFear | 26 | 574 | 22.1 | 41 | 0 | |
| Eddie Brown | 6 | 138 | 23.0 | 36 | 0 | |
| Jim Romaniszyn | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 17 | 0 | |
| Ken Brown | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 60 | 1375 | 22.9 | 88t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 1345 | 24.5 | 94t | 1 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Walter Johnson | 4.0 | |
| John Garlington | 2.5 | |
| Carl Barisich | 2.0 | |
| Jerry Sherk | 10.0 | |
| Nick Roman | 3.5 | |
| Allen Ray Aldridge | 2.0 | |
| Mike Seifert | 3.0 | |
| Team Totals | 28.0 | 234.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 48.0 | 402.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Aldridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Preston Anderson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Cockroft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -21 | 0 | |
| Thom Darden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 1 | |
| Bob DeMarco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Demarie | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Dieken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Garlington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Van Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Holden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walter Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy LeFear | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hugh McKinnis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Milt Morin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Phipps | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Pruitt | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Roman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 0 |
| Jim Romaniszyn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Seifert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Sherk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Sipe | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Sumner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Thaxton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 55 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 1 |
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