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1970 Cleveland Browns
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Record: 7-7-0, Finished 2nd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 286 points (20.4/g), 13th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 265 points (18.9/g), 13th.
Differential of 21 points (1.5/g), 12th.
Expected W-L: 7.6-6.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.5/g), 20th.
Simple Rating System: Total 0.6, Offense: 0.5, Defense: 0.1, SoS: -0.9, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Blanton Collier
Training Camp: Hiram College (Hiram, Ohio)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Bill Nelsen | 29 | 7 | 12 | 159 for 313, 2,156 yards, 16 td, 16 int, & 7 rushes for -4 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 136th pick / 1963 |
| RB | Leroy Kelly* | 28 | 6 | 0 | 206 rushes for 656 yards, 6 td, & 24 catches for 311 yards and 2 td | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 110th pick / 1964 |
| FB | Bo Scott | 27 | 1 | 0 | 151 rushes for 625 yards, 7 td, & 40 catches for 351 yards and 4 td | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 32nd pick / 1965 Oakland Raiders / 20th / 155th pick / 1965 |
| WR | Gary Collins | 30 | 8 | 0 | 26 catches for 351 yards, 4 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 4th pick / 1962 Boston Patriots / 1st / 6th pick / 1962 |
| WR | Fair Hooker | 23 | 1 | 0 | 28 catches for 490 yards, 2 td | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 124th pick / 1969 |
| TE | Milt Morin | 28 | 4 | 0 | 37 catches for 611 yards, 1 td, & 1 rush for 2 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 14th pick / 1966 San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1966 |
| LT | Dick Schafrath | 33 | 11 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1959 |
| LG | John Demarie | 25 | 3 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 152nd pick / 1967 | |
| C | Fred Hoaglin | 26 | 4 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 93rd pick / 1966 | |
| RG | Gene Hickerson* | 35 | 12 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 78th pick / 1957 | |
| RT | Joe Taffoni | 25 | 3 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 98th pick / 1967 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Ron Snidow | 29 | 7 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 35th pick / 1963 Buffalo Bills / 10th / 76th pick / 1963 |
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| LDT | Walter Johnson | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 27th pick / 1965 |
| RDT | Jerry Sherk | 22 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 47th pick / 1970 |
| RDE | Jack Gregory | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 139th pick / 1966 |
| LLB | Jim Houston* | 33 | 10 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 8th pick / 1960 |
| MLB | Dale Lindsey | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 97th pick / 1965 |
| RLB | Billy Andrews | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 333rd pick / 1967 |
| LCB | Erich Barnes | 35 | 12 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 4th / 42nd pick / 1958 |
| RCB | Walt Sumner | 23 | 1 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 176th pick / 1969 |
| SS | Ernie Kellermann | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 12th / 159th pick / 1965 |
| FS | Mike Howell | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 111th pick / 1965 San Diego Chargers / 15th / 118th pick / 1965 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Don Cockroft | 25 | 2 | 0 | 12 of 22 field goals & 34 of 35 extra points | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 55th pick / 1967 |
| K | Don Cockroft | 25 | 2 | 0 | 12 of 22 field goals & 34 of 35 extra points | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 55th pick / 1967 |
| PR | Reece Morrison | 25 | 2 | 0 | 15 punt returns for a 8.9 average and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 66th pick / 1968 |
| KR | Homer Jones | 29 | 6 | 0 | 29 kick returns for a 25.5 average and 1 td | Houston Oilers / 5th / 33rd pick / 1963 New York Giants / 20th / 278th pick / 1963 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | Billy Andrews | 25 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | SE Louisiana | 6/14/1945 | 3 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 333rd pick / 1967 |
| 40 | Erich Barnes | 35 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 201 | 6-2 | Purdue | 7/4/1935 | 12 | 8 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 42nd pick / 1958 |
| 53 | Tom Beutler | 24 | 4 | 0 | 234 | 6-1 | Toledo | 9/29/1946 | Rook | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 12th / 319th pick / 1968 | |
| 30 | Ken Brown | 25 | 11 | 0 | 203 | 5-10 | none | 11/8/1945 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 12 | Don Cockroft | 25 | K | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Adams St. | 2/6/1945 | 2 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 55th pick / 1967 |
| 86 | Gary Collins | 30 | WR | 12 | 0 | 215 | 6-5 | Maryland | 8/20/1940 | 8 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 4th pick / 1962 Boston Patriots / 1st / 6th pick / 1962 |
| 64 | Jim Copeland | 25 | 14 | 0 | 243 | 6-3 | Virginia | 3/5/1945 | 3 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 255th pick / 1967 | |
| 28 | Ben Davis | 25 | 7 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Defiance | 10/30/1945 | 3 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 17th / 439th pick / 1967 | |
| 65 | John Demarie | 25 | LG | 14 | 0 | 246 | 6-3 | LSU | 8/28/1945 | 3 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 152nd pick / 1967 |
| 36 | Steve Engel | 23 | 3 | 0 | 218 | 6-1 | Colorado | 10/13/1947 | Rook | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 125th pick / 1970 | |
| 50 | John Garlington | 24 | 11 | 0 | 218 | 6-1 | LSU | 6/5/1946 | 2 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 47th pick / 1968 | |
| 11 | Don Gault | 24 | qb | 2 | 1 | 190 | 6-2 | Hofstra | 8/30/1946 | Rook | 0 | |
| 83 | Chip Glass | 23 | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Florida St. | 6/25/1947 | 1 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1969 | |
| 81 | Jack Gregory | 26 | RDE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Tenn-Chattanooga,Delta St. | 10/3/1944 | 3 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 139th pick / 1966 |
| 66 | Gene Hickerson* | 35 | RG | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 2/15/1935 | 12 | 9 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 78th pick / 1957 |
| 54 | Fred Hoaglin | 26 | C | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Pittsburgh | 1/28/1944 | 4 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 93rd pick / 1966 |
| 43 | Fair Hooker | 23 | WR | 13 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Arizona St. | 5/22/1947 | 1 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 124th pick / 1969 |
| 82 | Jim Houston* | 33 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 11/3/1937 | 10 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 8th pick / 1960 |
| 34 | Mike Howell | 27 | FS | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Grambling St. | 7/5/1943 | 5 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 111th pick / 1965 San Diego Chargers / 15th / 118th pick / 1965 |
| 60 | Al Jenkins | 24 | 5 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Southern Illinois,Tulsa | 7/15/1946 | 1 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 55th pick / 1969 | |
| 71 | Walter Johnson | 28 | LDT | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | New Mexico St.,Los Angeles St. | 11/13/1942 | 5 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 27th pick / 1965 |
| 41 | Dave Jones | 23 | 14 | 0 | 192 | 6-2 | Kansas St. | 8/10/1947 | 1 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 11th / 280th pick / 1969 | |
| 85 | Homer Jones | 29 | KR | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Texas Southern | 2/18/1941 | 6 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 33rd pick / 1963 New York Giants / 20th / 278th pick / 1963 |
| 80 | Joe Jones | 22 | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-6 | Tennessee St. | 1/7/1948 | Rook | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 36th pick / 1970 | |
| 24 | Ernie Kellermann | 27 | SS | 14 | 0 | 183 | 6-0 | Miami (OH) | 12/17/1943 | 4 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 12th / 159th pick / 1965 |
| 44 | Leroy Kelly* | 28 | RB | 13 | 0 | 202 | 6-0 | Morgan St. | 5/20/1942 | 6 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 110th pick / 1964 |
| 59 | Rudy Kuechenberg | 27 | 3 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Indiana | 2/7/1943 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 51 | Dale Lindsey | 27 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 223 | 6-2 | Kentucky,West. Kentucky | 1/18/1943 | 5 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 97th pick / 1965 |
| 56 | Bob Matheson | 26 | 13 | 0 | 238 | 6-4 | Duke | 11/25/1944 | 3 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 18th pick / 1967 | |
| 78 | Bob McKay | 23 | 8 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Texas | 12/27/1947 | Rook | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 21st pick / 1970 | |
| 27 | Randy Minniear | 27 | 8 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Purdue | 12/27/1943 | 3 | 0 | New York Giants / 20th / 301st pick / 1966 | |
| 89 | Milt Morin | 28 | TE | 14 | 0 | 238 | 6-4 | Massachusetts | 10/15/1942 | 4 | 10 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 14th pick / 1966 San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1966 |
| 26 | Reece Morrison | 25 | PR | 14 | 0 | 207 | 6-0 | Texas St. | 10/21/1945 | 2 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 66th pick / 1968 |
| 16 | Bill Nelsen | 29 | QB | 12 | 12 | 195 | 6-0 | USC | 1/29/1941 | 7 | 9 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 136th pick / 1963 |
| 15 | Mike Phipps | 23 | qb | 14 | 1 | 208 | 6-3 | Purdue | 11/19/1947 | Rook | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 3rd pick / 1970 |
| 55 | Chuck Reynolds | 24 | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | TCU,Tulsa | 10/5/1946 | 1 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 202nd pick / 1969 | |
| 70 | Joe Righetti | 23 | 9 | 0 | 253 | 6-2 | Waynesburg | 12/31/1947 | 1 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 150th pick / 1969 | |
| 77 | Dick Schafrath | 33 | LT | 14 | 0 | 253 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 3/21/1937 | 11 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1959 |
| 33 | Tom Schoen | 24 | 4 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 1/30/1946 | Rook | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 212th pick / 1968 | |
| 35 | Bo Scott | 27 | FB | 13 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 3/30/1943 | 1 | 10 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 32nd pick / 1965 Oakland Raiders / 20th / 155th pick / 1965 |
| 72 | Jerry Sherk | 22 | RDT | 14 | 0 | 258 | 6-4 | Oklahoma St. | 7/7/1948 | Rook | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 47th pick / 1970 |
| 88 | Ron Snidow | 29 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Oregon | 12/30/1941 | 7 | 7 | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 35th pick / 1963 Buffalo Bills / 10th / 76th pick / 1963 |
| 23 | Ricky Stevenson | 22 | 1 | 0 | 198 | 5-11 | Arizona | 6/27/1948 | Rook | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 99th pick / 1970 | |
| 20 | Freddie Summers | 23 | 12 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Washington (MD) | 2/16/1947 | 1 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 98th pick / 1969 | |
| 29 | Walt Sumner | 23 | RCB | 12 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Florida St. | 2/2/1947 | 1 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 176th pick / 1969 |
| 62 | Joe Taffoni | 25 | RT | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | West Virginia,Tenn-Martin | 3/27/1945 | 3 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 98th pick / 1967 |
| 75 | William Yanchar | 22 | 5 | 0 | 251 | 6-3 | Purdue | 3/25/1948 | Rook | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 255th pick / 1970 | |
| Team Total | 25.9 | 14 | 222.3 | 6-2.0 | 3.1 |
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