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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.
Coached by Nick Skorich (10-4-0)
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1972 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 18 | CLE | Thom Darden | DB | 9 | 1972 | 1981 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 128 | Michigan | |||||||||||
| 2 | 45 | CLE | Cliff Brooks | DB | 5 | 1972 | 1976 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | Tennessee State | |||||||||||
| 2 | 51 | CLE | Lester Sims | DE | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alabama | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 122 | CLE | George Hunt | K | 2 | 1973 | 1975 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | Tennessee | |||||||||||
| 5 | 128 | CLE | Greg Kucera | RB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Northern Colorado | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 149 | CLE | Leonard Forey | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | Texas A&M | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | 174 | CLE | Don Wesley | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Md-Eastern Shore | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | 201 | CLE | Hugh McKinnis | RB | 4 | 1973 | 1976 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 269 | 960 | 10 | 65 | 572 | 0 | Arizona State | |||||
| 9 | 226 | CLE | Larry McKee | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | Arizona | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | 230 | CLE | Billy Lefear | RB | 4 | 1972 | 1975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 35 | 143 | 0 | 10 | 73 | 0 | Henderson State | |||||
| 10 | 253 | CLE | Herschell Mosier | DT | 0 | 0 | 0 | Northwest Oklahoma State | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | 278 | CLE | Mel Long | LB | 3 | 1972 | 1974 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Toledo | |||||||||||
| 12 | 305 | CLE | Bernie Chapman | DB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Texas-El Paso | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | 330 | CLE | Brian Sipe | QB | 10 | 1974 | 1983 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 125 | 1944 | 3439 | 23713 | 154 | 149 | 223 | 762 | 11 | San Diego State | |||
| 14 | 357 | CLE | Ed Stewart | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | East Central (OK) | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | 382 | CLE | Jewel McCullar | LB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cal State-Chico | |||||||||||||||
| 16 | 409 | CLE | Dick Wakefield | WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ohio State | |||||||||||||||
| 17 | 434 | CLE | Bill Portz | DB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sterling | |||||||||||||||