1976 Cleveland Browns (NFL) |
| 3rd place • American Football Conference • Central Division • 9-5-0 .643 |
| Head Coach: Forrest Gregg |
| Raymond Berry | Receivers |
| Blanton Collier | Quarterbacks |
| Walt Corey | Linebackers |
| Rod Humeniuk | Offensive Line |
| Billy Kinard | Defensive Backs |
| Dick Modzelewski | Defensive Coordinator |
| George Sefcik | Offensive Backs |
| Al Tabor | Special Teams |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 7/31/1976 | N | Baltimore Colts | 0-21 | L | Lincoln, NE | Memorial Stadium | 20304 | |
| Sat | 8/7/1976 | N | Atlanta Falcons | 31-7 | W | Stillwater, OK | Lewis Field | 24227 | |
| Mon | 8/16/1976 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 31-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 44336 | |
| Mon | 8/23/1976 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-17 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 20600 | |
| Mon | 8/30/1976 | H | New England Patriots | 30-27 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 36016 | |
| Fri | 9/3/1976 | A | Buffalo Bills | 10-28 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 37951 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1976 | H | New York Jets | 38-17 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 67496 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1976 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14-31 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 49169 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1976 | A | Denver Broncos | 13-44 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 62758 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1976 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 24-45 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 75817 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1976 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 18-16 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 75769 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1976 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 20-17 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 32837 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1976 | H | San Diego Chargers | 21-17 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 60018 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1976 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 6-21 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 54776 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1976 | A | Houston Oilers | 21-7 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 39828 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1976 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-3 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 62120 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1976 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 24-7 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 34948 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1976 | H | Miami Dolphins | 17-13 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 74715 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1976 | H | Houston Oilers | 13-10 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 56025 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1976 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 14-39 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 34340 | |
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 |
| Pete Adams | 69 | LOG | 6-4 | 260 | 25 | San Diego CC; Southern California | 13 | 13 |
| Dick Ambrose | 52 | MLB | 6-0 | 228 | 23 | Virginia | 10 | 2 |
| Bob Babich | 60 | MLB | 6-2 | 231 | 29 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | 12 |
| Ron Bolton | 28 | RCB-LCB | 6-2 | 170 | 26 | Norfolk State | 14 | 12 |
| Terry Brown | 24 | LS-RS | 6-1 | 210 | 29 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 5 |
| Don Cockroft | 12 | K-P | 6-1 | 190 | 31 | Adams State | 14 | 0 |
| Neal Craig | 49 | LS | 6-1 | 189 | 28 | Fisk | 14 | 9 |
| Bill Craven | 23 | LS | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Harvard | 13 | 0 |
| Thom Darden | 27 | RS | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| Barry Darrow | 63 | ROT | 6-7 | 260 | 26 | Montana Western; Montana | 14 | 14 |
| Tom DeLeone | 54 | C | 6-2 | 252 | 26 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Al Dennis | 62 | ROG | 6-4 | 250 | 25 | Grambling State | 10 | 0 |
| Doug Dieken | 73 | LOT | 6-5 | 253 | 27 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Brian Duncan | 35 | RB | 6-0 | 201 | 24 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 0 |
| Earl Edwards | 66 | LDT-RDT | 6-6 | 264 | 30 | Wichita State | 14 | 0 |
| Ricky Feacher | 83 | WR | 5-10 | 174 | 22 | Mississippi Valley State | 10 | 0 |
| John Garlington | 50 | RLB | 6-1 | 222 | 30 | Louisiana State | 14 | 0 |
| Dave Graf | 55 | LLB | 6-2 | 221 | 23 | Penn State | 14 | 0 |
| Van Green | 21 | S | 6-1 | 192 | 25 | Shaw | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie Hall | 59 | LLB | 6-3 | 220 | 28 | Houston | 14 | 14 |
| Steve Holden | 88 | WR | 6-0 | 192 | 25 | Arizona State | 14 | 0 |
| Gerald Irons | 86 | RLB | 6-2 | 230 | 29 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Jackson | 60 | ROG | 6-5 | 253 | 23 | Duke | 14 | 14 |
| Walter Johnson | 71 | LDT | 6-3 | 268 | 34 | New Mexico State; Los Angeles State | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Jones | 64 | LDE | 6-6 | 250 | 28 | Tennessee State | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Logan | 85 | WR | 6-4 | 221 | 22 | Colorado | 14 | 0 |
| Dave Mays | 10 | K-QB | 6-1 | 204 | 27 | Texas Southern | 4 | 0 |
| Cleo Miller | 30 | RB | 5-11 | 214 | 25 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 12 | 12 |
| Willie Miller | 80 | WR | 5-9 | 172 | 29 | Colorado State | 6 | 0 |
| Mack Mitchell | 70 | RDE | 6-7 | 246 | 24 | Houston | 14 | 10 |
| Gary Parris | 84 | TE | 6-2 | 226 | 26 | Florida State | 14 | 3 |
| Tony Peters | 20 | RCB-LCB | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Oklahoma | 14 | 2 |
| Mike Phipps | 15 | QB | 6-3 | 208 | 29 | Purdue | 4 | 2 |
| Larry Poole | 38 | RB | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Kent State | 13 | 1 |
| Greg Pruitt | 34 | RB | 5-10 | 190 | 25 | Oklahoma | 14 | 13 |
| Mike Pruitt | 43 | RB | 6-0 | 225 | 22 | Purdue | 13 | 2 |
| Oscar Roan | 81 | TE | 6-6 | 215 | 25 | UCLA; Southern Methodist | 11 | 11 |
| Reggie Rucker | 33 | WR | 6-2 | 190 | 29 | Boston University | 14 | 14 |
| Mike St. Clair | 74 | RDE-LDE | 6-5 | 253 | 23 | Iowa Central CC; Grambling State | 14 | 4 |
| Clarence Scott | 22 | LCB | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Kansas State | 14 | 14 |
| Henry Sheppard | 65 | LOG-LOT | 6-6 | 263 | 24 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 1 |
| Jerry Sherk | 72 | RDT | 6-4 | 250 | 28 | Grays Harbor JC; Oklahoma State | 14 | 14 |
| Brian Sipe | 17 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Grossmont JC; San Diego State | 14 | 12 |
| Gerry Sullivan | 79 | C | 6-4 | 250 | 24 | Illinois | 14 | 0 |
| Paul Warfield | 42 | WR | 6-0 | 188 | 34 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Mike Pruitt | RB | Purdue |
| 3 | 65 | Dave Logan | WR-TE | Colorado |
| 4 | 97 | Gene Swick | QB | Toledo |
| 4 | 99 | Mike St. Clair | DE | Grambling State |
| 5 | 130 | Henry Sheppard | T | Southern Methodist |
| 7 | 189 | Steve Cassidy | DT | Louisiana State |
| 9 | 242 | James Reed | RB | Mississippi |
| 9 | 261 | Craig Nagel | QB | Purdue |
| 10 | 271 | Doug Kleber | T | Illinois |
| 11 | 297 | Chuck Celek | DE | Kent State |
| 13 | 354 | Brian Murray | T | Arizona |
| 14 | 381 | Joe Smalzer | TE | Illinois |
| 15 | 408 | Luther Philyaw | DB | Loyola Marymount |
| 16 | 438 | Chris Lorenzen | DT | Arizona State |
| 17 | 464 | Tom Fleming | WR | Dartmouth |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 53 | 92 | 56 | 66 | 267 |
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 83 | 66 | 76 | 287 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 260 | 119 | 112 | 29 | 89/202 44.1% | / % | 107 | 1037 | |
| Opponents Totals | 244 | 109 | 111 | 24 | 76/188 40.4% | / % | 89 | 711 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cockroft | 0 | 27 | 30 | 90.0 | 15 | 28 | 53.6 | 0 | 72 |
| Reggie Rucker | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Paul Warfield | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Greg Pruitt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Cleo Miller | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Oscar Roan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ron Bolton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Brian Duncan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steve Holden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Joe Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Poole | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mack Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Brian Sipe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 28 | 32 | 87.5 | 15 | 28 | 53.6 | 1 | 267 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 32 | 37 | 86.5 | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 0 | 287 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cockroft | 15 | 28 | 53.6 | 2 | 50 | 2/2 | 3/6 | 5/6 | 4/11 | 1/3 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 28 | 53.6 | 2 | 51 | 2/2 | 3/6 | 5/6 | 4/11 | 1/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 4/6 | 5/9 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Pruitt | 209 | 1000 | 4.8 | 64 | 4 |
| Cleo Miller | 153 | 613 | 4.0 | 21 | 4 |
| Larry Poole | 78 | 356 | 4.6 | 26 | 1 |
| Mike Pruitt | 52 | 138 | 2.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Brian Sipe | 18 | 71 | 3.9 | 17 | 0 |
| Brian Duncan | 11 | 44 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Mike Phipps | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Dave Mays | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Paul Warfield | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 533 | 2295 | 4.3 | 64 | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 445 | 1761 | 4.0 | 59 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Sipe | 312 | 178 | 57.1 | 120 | 2113 | 6.8 | 11.9 | 52 | 17 | 5.4 | 14 | 4.5 | 16 | 142 | 1971 | 77.3 |
| Mike Phipps | 37 | 20 | 54.1 | 17 | 146 | 3.9 | 7.3 | 23t | 3 | 8.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 140 | 90.6 |
| Dave Mays | 20 | 9 | 45.0 | 10 | 101 | 5.1 | 11.2 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 4 | 97 | 39.8 |
| Greg Pruitt | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 39 | 13.0 | 19.5 | 29 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 149.3 |
| Don Cockroft | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 373 | 209 | 56.0 | 149 | 2399 | 6.4 | 11.5 | 52 | 21 | 5.6 | 15 | 4.0 | 19 | 152 | 2247 | 77.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 392 | 225 | 57.4 | 146 | 2353 | 6.0 | 10.5 | 69t | 18 | 4.6 | 21 | 5.4 | 32 | 321 | 2032 | 67.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Rucker | 49 | 676 | 13.8 | 45 | 8 |
| Greg Pruitt | 45 | 341 | 7.6 | 27 | 1 |
| Paul Warfield | 38 | 613 | 16.1 | 37t | 6 |
| Cleo Miller | 16 | 145 | 9.1 | 38 | 0 |
| Oscar Roan | 15 | 174 | 11.6 | 23t | 4 |
| Larry Poole | 14 | 70 | 5.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Steve Holden | 8 | 128 | 16.0 | 26t | 1 |
| Mike Pruitt | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Brian Duncan | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 17 | 1 |
| Dave Logan | 5 | 104 | 20.8 | 52 | 0 |
| Gary Parris | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 209 | 2399 | 11.5 | 52 | 21 |
| Opponents Totals | 225 | 2353 | 10.5 | 69t | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thom Darden | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Clarence Scott | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Ron Bolton | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 39 | 1 |
| Bob Babich | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Terry Brown | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Charlie Hall | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Neal Craig | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Gerald Irons | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jerry Sherk | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 234 | 11.1 | 39 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 123 | 8.2 | 39 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cockroft | 64 | 2487 | 38.9 | 51 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 503 | 1904 | 28.4 |
| Dave Mays | 2 | 91 | 45.5 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 77 | 38.5 |
| Team Totals | 69 | 2578 | 37.4 | 54 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 517 | 1981 | 28.7 |
| Opponents Totals | 71 | 2654 | 37.4 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 369 | 2285 | 32.2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Holden | 31 | 2 | 205 | 6.6 | 38 | 0 |
| Ricky Feacher | 13 | 1 | 142 | 10.9 | 49 | 0 |
| Willie Miller | 5 | 0 | 22 | 4.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 49 | 3 | 369 | 7.5 | 49 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 8 | 517 | 11.5 | 73t | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Holden | 19 | 461 | 24.3 | 44 | 0 | |
| Ricky Feacher | 14 | 311 | 22.2 | 33 | 0 | |
| Brian Duncan | 6 | 145 | 24.2 | 27 | 0 | |
| Mike Pruitt | 6 | 106 | 17.7 | 30 | 0 | |
| Larry Poole | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 21 | 0 | |
| Greg Pruitt | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Cleo Miller | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Dick Ambrose | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Bob Jackson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Dave Graf | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Willie Miller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 54 | 1182 | 21.9 | 44 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 1347 | 23.6 | 97t | 1 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Jerry Sherk | 12.0 | |
| Joe Jones | 5.5 | |
| Mack Mitchell | 5.0 | |
| Walter Johnson | 3.5 | |
| Mike St. Clair | 3.0 | |
| John Garlington | 1.0 | |
| Bob Babich | 0.5 | |
| Earl Edwards | 0.5 | |
| (Team) | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 32.0 | 321.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 19.0 | 152.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Adams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Babich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Terry Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Cockroft | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Thom Darden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Barry Darrow | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Dieken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Duncan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ricky Feacher | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Holden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Jackson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Mays | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | |
| Cleo Miller | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Miller | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Phipps | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 0 | |
| Larry Poole | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| Greg Pruitt | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Pruitt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Oscar Roan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike St. Clair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 |
| Clarence Scott | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Sheppard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Sherk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Sipe | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -21 | 0 | |
| Paul Warfield | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 45 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 31 | 9 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 1 |
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