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1969 Cleveland Browns

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Record: 10-3-1, Finished 1st in NFL Century Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 351 points (25.1/g), 3rd of 16 in the NFL.
 Allowed 300 points (21.4/g), 9th.
 Differential of 51 points (3.6/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 8.3-5.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +6 (0.4/g), 6th.

Coached by Blanton Collier (10-3-1)

1969 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 21 box W 1-0 @ Philadelphia Eagles 27 20 19 369 196 173 5 12 246 158 88 2
2 Sun September 28 box W 2-0 Washington Redskins 27 23 22 339 140 199 2 15 275 98 177
3 Sun October 5 box L 2-1 Detroit Lions 21 28 14 264 185 79 6 19 301 157 144 4
4 Sun October 12 box W 3-1 @ New Orleans Saints 27 17 18 306 214 92 21 277 116 161 4
5 Sat October 18 box W 4-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 42 31 16 283 139 144 4 20 320 183 137 8
6 Sun October 26 box T 4-1-1 St. Louis Cardinals 21 21 19 336 230 106 1 19 445 306 139 1
7 Sun November 2 box W 5-1-1 Dallas Cowboys 42 10 20 325 230 95 3 20 323 183 140 6
8 Sun November 9 box L 5-2-1 @ Minnesota Vikings 3 51 8 151 109 42 4 31 454 266 188
9 Sun November 16 box W 6-2-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 24 3 23 390 263 127 2 15 278 107 171 4
10 Sun November 23 box W 7-2-1 New York Giants 28 17 14 268 115 153 2 20 376 259 117 6
11 Sun November 30 box W 8-2-1 @ Chicago Bears 28 24 19 358 290 68 1 23 334 97 237 3
12 Sun December 7 box W 9-2-1 Green Bay Packers 20 7 17 347 137 210 12 218 119 99 1
13 Sun December 14 box W 10-2-1 @ St. Louis Cardinals 27 21 17 341 237 104 2 16 219 158 61 2
14 Sun December 21 box L 10-3-1 @ New York Giants 14 27 24 351 155 196 3 14 388 257 131
Playoffs
Division December 28 box W 11-3-1 @ Dallas Cowboys 38 14
ConfChamp January 4 box L 11-4-1 @ Minnesota Vikings 7 27

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 351 4428 845 5.2 250 199 378 2640 24 21 6.6 138 447 1788 17 4.0 97 35 14 15
Team Defense 300 4454 841 5.3 394 202 387 2464 19 19 5.8 121 417 1990 18 4.8 257 41 22 16
Lg Rank Offense 3 5 6 11 9 2 10 3 6 5 1 7 9 11
Lg Rank Defense 9 11 9 8 8 8 7 7 6 13 15 16 4 2

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Bill Nelsen* 28 QB 14 14 190 352 54.0 2743 23 6.5 19 5.4 82 7.8 6.0 14.4 195.9 78.8 17 164 7.0 5.3 4.6
Jerry Rhome 27 11 0 7 19 36.8 35 0 0.0 2 10.5 22 1.8 -2.9 5.0 3.2 5.7 3 26 0.4 -3.7 13.6
Leroy Kelly* 27 FB 13 0 1 5 20.0 36 1 20.0 0 0.0 36 7.2 9.2 36.0 2.8 96.7 0 0 7.2 9.2 0.0
Ron A. Johnson 22 HB 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Reece Morrison 24 hb 14 0 1 1 100.0 16 0 0.0 0 0.0 16 16.0 16.0 16.0 1.1 118.7 0 0 16.0 16.0 0.0
Team Total 25.5 14 199 378 52.6 2830 24 6.3 21 5.6 82 7.5 5.6 14.2 202.1 75.2 20 190 6.6 4.9 5.0
Opp Total 14 202 387 52.2 2464 19 4.9 19 4.9 6.4 4.6 12.2 176.0 68.0 37 323 5.8 3.5

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Leroy Kelly* 27 FB 13 0 196 817 9 31 4.2 62.8 15.1 20 267 13.4 1 36 1.5 20.5 1084 10 1
Ron A. Johnson 22 HB 14 0 138 472 7 48 3.4 33.7 9.9 24 164 6.8 0 18 1.7 11.7 636 7 4
Reece Morrison 24 hb 14 0 59 300 1 54 5.1 21.4 4.2 6 71 11.8 0 26 0.4 5.1 371 1 2
Bo Scott 26 fb 13 0 44 157 0 20 3.6 12.1 3.4 6 25 4.2 0 14 0.5 1.9 182 0 1
Bill Nelsen* 28 QB 14 14 5 -11 0 3 -2.2 -0.8 0.4 -11 0 8
Paul Warfield* 27 SE 14 0 2 23 0 16 11.5 1.6 0.1 42 886 21.1 10 82 3.0 63.3 909 10 0
Milt Morin 27 TE 14 0 2 30 0 22 15.0 2.1 0.1 37 495 13.4 0 35 2.6 35.4 525 0 1
Jerry Rhome 27 11 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 1
Gary Collins 29 FL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 54 786 14.6 11 48 3.9 56.1 786 11 0
Chip Glass 22 te 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 91 22.8 2 40 0.3 6.5 91 2 0
Fair Hooker 22 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 21 10.5 0 12 0.2 1.6 21 0 0
Dave Jones 22 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 33 16.5 0 22 0.2 2.5 33 0 0
Charlie Leigh 24 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 -9 -4.5 0 -4 0.2 -0.7 -9 0 2
Team Total 25.5 14 447 1788 17 54 4.0 127.7 31.9 199 2830 14.2 24 82 14.2 202.1 4618 41 26
Opp Total 14 417 1990 18 4.8 142.1 29.8 202 2464 12.2 19 14.4 176.0 4454 37 32

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Bo Scott 26 fb 13 0 25 722 0 65 28.9 904
Reece Morrison 24 hb 14 0 11 49 0 15 4.5 9 155 0 31 17.2 575
Leroy Kelly* 27 FB 13 0 7 28 0 13 4.0 2 26 0 14 13.0 1138
Walt Sumner 22 RCB 14 0 9 88 0 21 9.8 88
Charlie Leigh 24 13 0 5 18 0 14 3.6 2 6 0 6 3.0 15
Dean Brown 24 5 0 2 45 0 24 22.5 45
Mike Howell 26 RS 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Al Jenkins 23 8 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Ron A. Johnson 22 HB 14 0 1 31 0 31 31.0 667
Jim Kanicki 28 rdt 6 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Bob Matheson 25 mlb 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Alvin Mitchell 26 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 25.5 14 32 183 0 21 5.7 46 985 0 65 21.4 5786
Opp Total 14 20 0 56 1166 0 20.8

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Don Cockroft 24 P 14 0 8 7 8 3 6 2 1 23 12 52.2% 45 45 100.0% 57 2138 55 1 37.5
Gary Collins 29 FL 14 0 3 112 59 0 37.3
Team Total 25.5 14 8 7 8 3 6 2 1 23 12 52.2% 45 45 100.0% 60 2250 59 1 37.5
Opp Total 14 22 12 54.5% 38 36 94.7% 64 2592 40.5

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Billy Andrews 24 14 0 0 2 0 0
Erich Barnes 34 LCB 14 0 1 55 1 55 1 0 0 0
Monte Clark 32 RT 14 0 0 2 0 0
John Demarie 24 LG 14 0 0 1 0 0
John Garlington 23 RLB 14 0 2 4 0 4 0 2 0 0
Jack Gregory* 25 RDE 14 0 1 12 0 12 0 1 0 0
Fred Hoaglin* 25 C 14 0 1 1 -41 0
Jim Houston* 32 LLB 14 0 0 1 0 0
Mike Howell 26 RS 14 0 6 21 0 11
Al Jenkins 23 8 0 1 0 0 0
Ron A. Johnson 22 HB 14 0 4 2 0 0
Walter Johnson* 27 LDT 14 0 0 2 12 1
Jim Kanicki 28 rdt 6 0 0 1 0 0
Ernie Kellermann 26 LS 11 0 3 40 1 40
Leroy Kelly* 27 FB 13 0 1 1 0 0
Charlie Leigh 24 13 0 2 1 0 0
Dale Lindsey 26 MLB/rlb 14 0 1 3 0 3
Alvin Mitchell 26 14 0 0 1 0 0
Milt Morin 27 TE 14 0 1 0 0 0
Reece Morrison 24 hb 14 0 2 3 5 0
Bill Nelsen* 28 QB 14 14 8 3 0 0
Chuck Reynolds 23 11 0 0 3 0 0
Jerry Rhome 27 11 0 1 0 0 0
Bo Scott 26 fb 13 0 1 2 0 0
Ron Snidow+ 28 LDE 14 0 0 2 0 0
Walt Sumner 22 RCB 14 0 4 82 1 40 3 0 0 0
Marvin Upshaw 23 RDT 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
Team Total 25.5 14 19 217 3 55 26 33 -19 1
Opp Total 14 20 32 10

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Don Cockroft 24 P 14 0 45 12 81
Gary Collins 29 FL 14 0 11 66
Leroy Kelly* 27 FB 13 0 9 1 60
Paul Warfield* 27 SE 14 0 10 60
Ron A. Johnson 22 HB 14 0 7 42
Chip Glass 22 te 14 0 2 12
Erich Barnes 34 LCB 14 0 1 6
Walter Johnson* 27 LDT 14 0 1 6
Ernie Kellermann 26 LS 11 0 1 6
Reece Morrison 24 hb 14 0 1 6
Walt Sumner 22 RCB 14 0 1 6
Team Total 25.5 14 17 24 1 3 45 12 351
Opp Total 14 18 19 36 12 300