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1972 Cleveland Browns

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Record: 10-4-0, Finished 2nd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 268 points (19.1/g), 17th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 249 points (17.8/g), 9th.
 Differential of 19 points (1.4/g), 14th.
 Expected W-L: 7.6-6.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 11th.

Simple Rating System: Total 0.3, Offense: -1.6, Defense: 1.9, SoS: -1.1, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Nick Skorich (10-4-0)

1972 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 17 box L 0-1 Green Bay Packers 10 26 13 188 126 62 4 15 290 145 145 1
2 Sun September 24 box W 1-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 27 17 15 297 142 155 1 20 314 248 66 3
3 Sun October 1 box W 2-1 Cincinnati Bengals 27 6 14 289 180 109 19 331 203 128 4
4 Sun October 8 box L 2-2 Kansas City Chiefs 7 31 10 209 112 97 8 18 283 62 221 1
5 Sun October 15 box L 2-3 Chicago Bears 0 17 9 163 126 37 1 13 310 54 256 1
6 Sun October 22 box W 3-3 @ Houston Oilers 23 17 13 254 119 135 17 364 221 143 2
7 Sun October 29 box W 4-3 @ Denver Broncos 27 20 26 343 171 172 1 17 272 126 146 1
8 Sun November 5 box W 5-3 Houston Oilers 20 0 15 298 146 152 11 212 93 119 1
9 Mon November 13 box W 6-3 @ San Diego Chargers 21 17 18 299 175 124 1 24 327 136 191 3
10 Sun November 19 box W 7-3 Pittsburgh Steelers 26 24 24 389 172 217 2 15 314 103 211 2
11 Sun November 26 box W 8-3 Buffalo Bills 27 10 16 253 121 132 2 12 175 28 147 2
12 Sun December 3 box L 8-4 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 0 30 11 126 27 99 3 19 337 153 184 1
13 Sat December 9 box W 9-4 @ Cincinnati Bengals 27 24 15 259 150 109 2 25 334 140 194 4
14 Sun December 17 box W 10-4 @ New York Jets 26 10 16 342 149 193 3 15 206 24 182 3
Playoffs
Division Sun December 24 box L 10-5 @ Miami Dolphins 14 20 15 283 118 165 5 17 272 74 198 2

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 268 3709 817 4.5 215 158 337 1916 13 19 5.3 101 453 1793 13 4.0 102 28 9 12
Team Defense 249 4069 868 4.7 240 160 310 1736 14 13 5.0 89 520 2333 13 4.5 130 29 16 21
Lg Rank Offense 17 19 21 18 21 16 13 17 19 19 15 18 5 2
Lg Rank Defense 9 16 17 3 3 9 21 7 21 24 13 22 17 8

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec 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%
15 Mike Phipps 25 QB 14 13 10-3-0 144 305 47.2 1994 13 4.3 16 5.2 80 6.5 5.0 13.8 142.4 61.0 23 183 5.5 4.1 7.0
16 Bill Nelsen 31 4 1 0-1-0 14 31 45.2 141 0 0.0 3 9.7 26 4.5 0.2 10.1 35.3 19.1 3 29 3.3 -0.7 8.8
44 Leroy Kelly 30 RB 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 1 7 -3.5 -3.5 50.0
Team Total 26.7 14 10-4-0 158 337 46.9 2135 13 3.9 19 5.6 80 6.3 4.6 13.5 152.5 56.9 27 219 5.3 3.6 7.4
Opp Total 14 160 310 51.6 1994 14 4.5 13 4.2 6.4 5.4 12.5 142.4 69.5 38 258 5.0 4.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
44 Leroy Kelly 30 RB 14 0 224 811 4 18 3.6 57.9 16.0 23 204 8.9 1 28 1.6 14.6 1015 5 4
35 Bo Scott 29 FB 12 0 123 571 2 27 4.6 47.6 10.3 23 172 7.5 0 30 1.9 14.3 743 2 2
15 Mike Phipps 25 QB 14 13 60 256 5 18 4.3 18.3 4.3 256 5 8
30 Ken Brown 27 RET 14 0 32 114 2 14 3.6 8.1 2.3 5 64 12.8 0 19 0.4 4.6 178 2 4
33 Bo Cornell 23 14 0 7 8 0 7 1.1 0.6 0.5 2 7 3.5 0 5 0.1 0.5 15 0 0
25 Frank Pitts 29 WR 14 0 3 29 0 13 9.7 2.1 0.2 36 620 17.2 8 80 2.6 44.3 649 8 0
19 Billy Lefear 22 9 0 3 6 0 4 2.0 0.7 0.3 6 0 0
16 Bill Nelsen 31 4 1 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.5 0.3 -2 0 0
43 Fair Hooker 25 WR 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 32 441 13.8 2 43 2.3 31.5 441 2 0
89 Milt Morin 30 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 30 540 18.0 1 36 2.1 38.6 540 1 0
83 Chip Glass 25 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 61 12.2 0 24 0.4 4.4 61 0 1
42 Gloster Richardson 30 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.1 1.0 7 0 0
85 Paul Staroba 23 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 19 19.0 1 19 0.1 2.4 19 1 0
Team Total 26.7 14 453 1793 13 27 4.0 128.1 32.4 158 2135 13.5 13 80 11.3 152.5 3928 26 21
Opp Total 14 520 2333 13 4.5 166.6 37.1 160 1736 10.9 14 11.4 124.0 4069 27 39

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
24 Bobby Majors 23 RET 9 0 16 96 0 41 6.0 10 222 0 40 22.2 318
30 Ken Brown 27 RET 14 0 20 473 0 47 23.7 651
27 Thom Darden 22 SS/fs 14 0 15 61 0 37 4.1 61
19 Billy Lefear 22 9 0 6 138 0 29 23.0 144
44 Leroy Kelly 30 RB 14 0 5 40 0 14 8.0 1055
26 Reece Morrison 27 4 0 3 67 0 32 22.3 67
71 Walter Johnson 30 LDT 14 0 2 33 0 24 16.5 33
29 Walt Sumner 25 FS 13 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 14
Team Total 26.7 14 37 211 0 41 5.7 41 933 0 47 22.8 5072
Opp Total 14 46 0 50 1198 0 24.0

Kicking & Punting

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0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
12 Don Cockroft 27 P 14 0 5 5 8 7 8 7 5 2 1 1 27 22 81.5% 29 28 96.6% 81 3498 65 0 43.2
Team Total 26.7 14 5 5 8 7 8 7 5 2 1 1 27 22 81.5% 29 28 96.6% 81 3498 65 0 43.2
Opp Total 14 29 20 69.0% 27 27 100.0% 74 3027 40.9

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
52 Billy Andrews 27 RLB 14 0 1 4 0 4 0 1 4 0
84 Bob J. Briggs 27 RDE 13 0 1 16 0 16 0 2 11 1
30 Ken Brown 27 RET 14 0 4 2 0 0
33 Bo Cornell 23 14 0 0 1 0 0
77 Fest Cotton 23 3 0 0 1 0 0
27 Thom Darden 22 SS/fs 14 0 3 64 0 20 0 1 0 0
28 Ben Davis* 27 RCB 14 0 3 10 0 10
61 Bob DeMarco 34 C 12 0 0 1 0 0
50 John Garlington 26 rlb 14 0 1 10 0 10
83 Chip Glass 25 14 0 1 3 6 0
59 Charlie Hall 24 LLB 14 0 1 12 0 12 0 2 0 0
43 Fair Hooker 25 WR 14 0 0 2 0 0
34 Mike Howell 29 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
71 Walter Johnson 30 LDT 14 0 1 1 0 1
44 Leroy Kelly 30 RB 14 0 4 1 0 0
58 Rick Kingrea 23 7 0 0 3 0 0
51 Dale Lindsey 29 MLB 11 0 0 2 0 0
24 Bobby Majors 23 RET 9 0 1 0 0 0
15 Mike Phipps 25 QB 14 13 8 3 0 0
81 Nick Roman 25 lde/rde 10 0 1 36 1 36
35 Bo Scott 29 FB 12 0 2 1 0 0
72 Jerry Sherk 24 RDT 14 0 0 2 0 0
Team Total 26.7 14 13 154 1 36 21 28 21 1
Opp Total 14 27 39 23

Scoring Summary

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No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
12 Don Cockroft 27 P 14 0 28 22 94
25 Frank Pitts 29 WR 14 0 8 8 48
44 Leroy Kelly 30 RB 14 0 4 1 5 30
15 Mike Phipps 25 QB 14 13 5 5 30
30 Ken Brown 27 RET 14 0 2 2 12
43 Fair Hooker 25 WR 14 0 2 2 12
35 Bo Scott 29 FB 12 0 2 2 12
84 Bob J. Briggs 27 RDE 13 0 1 1 6
89 Milt Morin 30 TE 14 0 1 1 6
81 Nick Roman 25 lde/rde 10 0 1 1 6
22 Clarence R. Scott 23 LCB 14 0 1 1 6
85 Paul Staroba 23 8 0 1 1 6
Team Total 26.7 14 13 13 1 1 1 29 28 22 268
Opp Total 14 13 14 27 20 249