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Record: 8-6-0, Finished 1st in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 312 points (22.3/g), 7th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 255 points (18.2/g), 9th.
Differential of 57 points (4.1/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 8.6-5.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +16 (1.1/g), 3rd.
Coached by Paul Brown (8-6-0)
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1970 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 20 | box | W | 1-0 | Oakland Raiders | 31 | 21 | 14 | 364 | 117 | 247 | 1 | 13 | 291 | 243 | 48 | 2 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 27 | box | L | 1-1 | @ | Detroit Lions | 3 | 38 | 6 | 140 | 64 | 76 | 4 | 21 | 285 | 94 | 191 | |
| 3 | Sun | October 4 | box | L | 1-2 | Houston Oilers | 13 | 20 | 12 | 248 | 177 | 71 | 2 | 14 | 239 | 166 | 73 | 4 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 11 | box | L | 1-3 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 27 | 30 | 15 | 236 | 182 | 54 | 1 | 23 | 346 | 216 | 130 | 3 |
| 5 | Sun | October 18 | box | L | 1-4 | Kansas City Chiefs | 19 | 27 | 15 | 256 | 174 | 82 | 1 | 14 | 274 | 158 | 116 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 25 | box | L | 1-5 | @ | Washington Redskins | 0 | 20 | 14 | 221 | 101 | 120 | 4 | 20 | 324 | 112 | 212 | 1 |
| 7 | Mon | November 2 | box | L | 1-6 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 21 | 18 | 282 | 143 | 139 | 3 | 13 | 281 | 195 | 86 | 1 |
| 8 | Sun | November 8 | box | W | 2-6 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 43 | 14 | 17 | 320 | 164 | 156 | 17 | 377 | 274 | 103 | 6 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 15 | box | W | 3-6 | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 10 | 14 | 333 | 123 | 210 | 3 | 15 | 296 | 143 | 153 | 1 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 22 | box | W | 4-6 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 34 | 7 | 17 | 332 | 146 | 186 | 1 | 23 | 321 | 183 | 138 | 6 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 29 | box | W | 5-6 | New Orleans Saints | 26 | 6 | 17 | 297 | 148 | 149 | 1 | 15 | 362 | 292 | 70 | 5 | |
| 12 | Sun | December 6 | box | W | 6-6 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 17 | 14 | 11 | 136 | 136 | 1 | 21 | 280 | 167 | 113 | 4 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 13 | box | W | 7-6 | @ | Houston Oilers | 30 | 20 | 17 | 338 | 144 | 194 | 1 | 19 | 353 | 310 | 43 | 4 |
| 14 | Sun | December 20 | box | W | 8-6 | Boston Patriots | 45 | 7 | 23 | 424 | 187 | 237 | 8 | 149 | 82 | 67 | 2 | ||
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | December 26 | box | L | 8-7 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||