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Record: 7-7-0, Finished 2nd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 283 points (20.2/g), 10th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 259 points (18.5/g), 13th.
Differential of 24 points (1.7/g), 11th.
Expected W-L: 7.7-6.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -11 (-0.8/g), 23rd.
Coached by Paul Brown (7-7-0)
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1974 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 15 | box | W | 1-0 | Cleveland Browns | 33 | 7 | 18 | 342 | 176 | 166 | 2 | 15 | 203 | 3 | 200 | 1 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 22 | box | L | 1-1 | San Diego Chargers | 17 | 20 | 23 | 373 | 163 | 210 | 2 | 20 | 303 | 173 | 130 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 29 | box | W | 2-1 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 21 | 3 | 19 | 373 | 168 | 205 | 2 | 14 | 226 | 55 | 171 | 3 |
| 4 | Sun | October 6 | box | W | 3-1 | Washington Redskins | 28 | 17 | 14 | 231 | 132 | 99 | 1 | 24 | 337 | 227 | 110 | 1 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 13 | box | W | 4-1 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 34 | 24 | 26 | 452 | 263 | 189 | 1 | 19 | 350 | 87 | 263 | 2 |
| 6 | Sun | October 20 | box | L | 4-2 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 27 | 30 | 17 | 287 | 166 | 121 | 2 | 28 | 359 | 221 | 138 | 2 |
| 7 | Sun | October 27 | box | L | 4-3 | Houston Oilers | 21 | 34 | 26 | 415 | 330 | 85 | 6 | 12 | 254 | 142 | 112 | ||
| 8 | Sun | November 3 | box | W | 5-3 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 24 | 14 | 17 | 404 | 279 | 125 | 1 | 24 | 310 | 157 | 153 | 4 |
| 9 | Sun | November 10 | box | W | 6-3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17 | 10 | 22 | 329 | 193 | 136 | 3 | 20 | 289 | 128 | 161 | 1 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 17 | box | L | 6-4 | @ | Houston Oilers | 3 | 20 | 16 | 238 | 149 | 89 | 2 | 14 | 214 | 90 | 124 | 1 |
| 11 | Sun | November 24 | box | W | 7-4 | Kansas City Chiefs | 33 | 6 | 28 | 438 | 268 | 170 | 1 | 9 | 174 | 140 | 34 | ||
| 12 | Mon | December 2 | box | L | 7-5 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 3 | 24 | 8 | 162 | 96 | 66 | 3 | 19 | 310 | 114 | 196 | 1 |
| 13 | Sun | December 8 | box | L | 7-6 | Detroit Lions | 19 | 23 | 15 | 252 | 105 | 147 | 3 | 17 | 259 | 70 | 189 | 2 | |
| 14 | Sat | December 14 | box | L | 7-7 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 27 | 11 | 193 | 23 | 170 | 2 | 21 | 354 | 183 | 171 | 2 |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 283 | 4489 | 835 | 5.4 | 260 | 224 | 353 | 2511 | 18 | 13 | 6.4 | 131 | 445 | 1978 | 14 | 4.4 | 115 | 31 | 18 | 14 |
| Team Defense | 259 | 3942 | 892 | 4.4 | 385 | 186 | 359 | 1790 | 13 | 9 | 4.5 | 109 | 497 | 2152 | 16 | 4.3 | 256 | 20 | 11 | 20 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 10 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 24 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 13 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 24 | 26 | 19 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Anderson | 25 | QB | 13 | 13 | 213 | 328 | 64.9 | 2667 | 18 | 5.5 | 10 | 3.0 | 77 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 12.5 | 205.2 | 95.7 | 36 | 292 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 9.9 |
| Wayne Clark | 27 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 40.9 | 98 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 13.6 | 19 | 4.5 | -1.7 | 10.9 | 7.0 | 15.2 | 1 | 1 | 4.2 | -1.7 | 4.3 | |
| Dave Green | 25 | P | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 22.0 | 1.6 | 89.6 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.0 |
| Lenvil Elliott | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 1.7 | 118.7 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 0.0 | |
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 224 | 353 | 63.5 | 2804 | 18 | 5.1 | 13 | 3.7 | 77 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 12.5 | 200.3 | 89.7 | 37 | 293 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 9.5 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 186 | 359 | 51.8 | 1790 | 13 | 3.6 | 9 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 9.6 | 127.9 | 67.7 | 36 | 320 | 4.5 | 3.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Boobie Clark | 24 | FB | 8 | 0 | 99 | 312 | 5 | 22 | 3.2 | 39.0 | 12.4 | 23 | 194 | 8.4 | 1 | 23 | 2.9 | 24.3 | 506 | 6 | 3 |
| Doug Dressler | 26 | 13 | 0 | 72 | 255 | 2 | 17 | 3.5 | 19.6 | 5.5 | 29 | 196 | 6.8 | 0 | 23 | 2.2 | 15.1 | 451 | 2 | 5 | |
| Charlie Davis | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 72 | 375 | 0 | 29 | 5.2 | 26.8 | 5.1 | 19 | 171 | 9.0 | 0 | 32 | 1.4 | 12.2 | 546 | 0 | 3 |
| Lenvil Elliott | 23 | 10 | 0 | 68 | 345 | 1 | 26 | 5.1 | 34.5 | 6.8 | 18 | 187 | 10.4 | 1 | 28 | 1.8 | 18.7 | 532 | 2 | 3 | |
| Ed Williams | 24 | 14 | 0 | 58 | 238 | 3 | 18 | 4.1 | 17.0 | 4.1 | 13 | 98 | 7.5 | 1 | 19 | 0.9 | 7.0 | 336 | 4 | 0 | |
| Ken Anderson | 25 | QB | 13 | 13 | 43 | 314 | 2 | 20 | 7.3 | 24.2 | 3.3 | 314 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Essex Johnson | 28 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 44 | 0 | 11 | 2.3 | 8.8 | 3.8 | 8 | 85 | 10.6 | 1 | 27 | 1.6 | 17.0 | 129 | 1 | 1 | |
| Isaac Curtis* | 24 | WR | 14 | 0 | 8 | 62 | 0 | 20 | 7.8 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 30 | 633 | 21.1 | 10 | 77 | 2.1 | 45.2 | 695 | 10 | 1 |
| Charlie Joiner | 27 | WR | 14 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 24 | 390 | 16.3 | 1 | 65 | 1.7 | 27.9 | 410 | 1 | 3 |
| John McDaniel | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 0 | 60 | 0.1 | 5.6 | 84 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Clark | 27 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Chip Myers | 29 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 32 | 383 | 12.0 | 1 | 22 | 2.3 | 27.4 | 383 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Trumpy | 29 | TE | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21 | 330 | 15.7 | 2 | 41 | 1.6 | 25.4 | 330 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bruce Coslet | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 18 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Chandler | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bernard Jackson | 24 | SS | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 22 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bob Johnson | 28 | C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 445 | 1978 | 14 | 29 | 4.4 | 141.3 | 31.8 | 224 | 2804 | 12.5 | 18 | 77 | 16.0 | 200.3 | 4782 | 32 | 27 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 497 | 2152 | 16 | 4.3 | 153.7 | 35.5 | 186 | 1790 | 9.6 | 13 | 13.3 | 127.9 | 3942 | 29 | 23 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Bernard Jackson | 24 | SS | 14 | 0 | 29 | 682 | 0 | 45 | 23.5 | 704 | |||||
| Tommy Casanova* | 24 | FS | 14 | 0 | 24 | 265 | 0 | 74 | 11.0 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 48 | 48.0 | 313 |
| Lemar Parrish* | 27 | LCB | 13 | 13 | 18 | 338 | 2 | 90 | 18.8 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 21 | 18.0 | 374 |
| Charlie Davis | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 12 | 243 | 0 | 28 | 20.3 | 789 | |||||
| Lyle Blackwood | 23 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 29 | 0 | 11 | 2.9 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 46 | |
| Doug Dressler | 26 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 18 | 10.7 | 483 | ||||||
| John McDaniel | 23 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 64 | 0 | 24 | 21.3 | 148 | ||||||
| Ed Williams | 24 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 22 | 16.5 | 369 | ||||||
| Lenvil Elliott | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 534 | ||||||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 52 | 632 | 2 | 90 | 12.2 | 54 | 1157 | 0 | 48 | 21.4 | 6571 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 41 | 0 | 55 | 1198 | 0 | 21.8 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Dave Green | 25 | P | 14 | 0 | 66 | 2701 | 53 | 0 | 40.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Horst Muhlmann | 34 | K | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 61.1% | 35 | 32 | 91.4% | |||||||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 61.1% | 35 | 32 | 91.4% | 66 | 2701 | 53 | 0 | 40.9 | ||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 22 | 17 | 77.3% | 30 | 28 | 93.3% | 81 | 3062 | 37.8 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Ken Anderson | 25 | QB | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Avery | 30 | mlb | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Al Beauchamp | 30 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ron Carpenter | 26 | RDT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Tommy Casanova* | 24 | FS | 14 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 0 | -10 | 0 | ||||||
| Boobie Clark | 24 | FB | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Isaac Curtis* | 24 | WR | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Davis | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Doug Dressler | 26 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Lenvil Elliott | 23 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bernard Jackson | 24 | SS | 14 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Essex Johnson | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ken R. Johnson | 27 | LDE | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Joiner | 27 | WR | 14 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lemar Parrish* | 27 | LCB | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Mike Reid | 27 | LDT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Riley | 27 | RCB | 14 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Shinners | 27 | RG | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Trumpy | 29 | TE | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Stan Walters | 26 | RT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sherman White | 26 | RDE | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 9 | 110 | 0 | 34 | 27 | 20 | 37 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 37 | 23 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horst Muhlmann | 34 | K | 14 | 0 | 32 | 11 | 65 | |||||||||
| Isaac Curtis* | 24 | WR | 14 | 0 | 10 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Boobie Clark | 24 | FB | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 36 | |||||||||
| Ed Williams | 24 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Lemar Parrish* | 27 | LCB | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |||||||||
| Ken Anderson | 25 | QB | 13 | 13 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Doug Dressler | 26 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Lenvil Elliott | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Bob Trumpy | 29 | TE | 13 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Clark | 27 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Essex Johnson | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Joiner | 27 | WR | 14 | 12 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Bob Maddox | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Chip Myers | 29 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Ron Carpenter | 26 | RDT | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 283 | |||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 16 | 13 | 28 | 17 | 259 |