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Record: 7-5-2, Finished 3rd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 234 points (16.7/g), 18th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 255 points (18.2/g), 13th.
Differential of -21 points (-1.5/g), 14th.
Expected W-L: 6.3-7.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -16 (-1.1/g), 24th.
Simple Rating System: Total -1.2, Offense: -2.6, Defense: 1.4, SoS: 0.3, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Nick Skorich
Training Camp: Hiram College (Hiram, Ohio)
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| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 234 | 3341 | 859 | 3.9 | 200 | 152 | 308 | 1373 | 10 | 20 | 3.9 | 79 | 506 | 1968 | 12 | 3.9 | 107 | 37 | 17 | 14 |
| Team Defense | 255 | 3827 | 854 | 4.5 | 196 | 144 | 312 | 1736 | 16 | 12 | 5.1 | 79 | 513 | 2091 | 7 | 4.1 | 102 | 21 | 9 | 15 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 18 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 16 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 13 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 25 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 16 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | Baltimore Colts | 24 | 14 | 20 | 297 | 150 | 147 | 3 | 10 | 129 | 4 | 125 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 23 | boxscore | L | 1-1 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 6 | 33 | 16 | 208 | 124 | 84 | 3 | 14 | 369 | 173 | 196 | 1 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 30 | boxscore | W | 2-1 | New York Giants | 12 | 10 | 15 | 239 | 98 | 141 | 3 | 8 | 123 | 74 | 49 | 3 | ||
| 4 | Sun | October 7 | boxscore | W | 3-1 | Cincinnati Bengals | 17 | 10 | 21 | 288 | 72 | 216 | 11 | 263 | 167 | 96 | 3 | |||
| 5 | Mon | October 15 | boxscore | L | 3-2 | Miami Dolphins | 9 | 17 | 12 | 211 | 57 | 154 | 1 | 11 | 250 | 38 | 212 | 2 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 21 | boxscore | W | 4-2 | Houston Oilers | 42 | 13 | 26 | 366 | 102 | 264 | 1 | 4 | 106 | 83 | 23 | 1 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 28 | boxscore | T | 4-2-1 | San Diego Chargers | 16 | 16 | 13 | 184 | 66 | 118 | 3 | 16 | 339 | 135 | 204 | 2 | ||
| 8 | Sun | November 4 | boxscore | L | 4-3-1 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 26 | 4 | 145 | 75 | 70 | 3 | 23 | 353 | 152 | 201 | 1 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 11 | boxscore | W | 5-3-1 | @ | Houston Oilers | 23 | 13 | 13 | 299 | 119 | 180 | 1 | 16 | 309 | 203 | 106 | 1 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 18 | boxscore | W | 6-3-1 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 7 | 3 | 14 | 226 | 68 | 158 | 3 | 13 | 172 | 75 | 97 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 25 | boxscore | W | 7-3-1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21 | 16 | 10 | 250 | 146 | 104 | 4 | 16 | 380 | 210 | 170 | 2 | ||
| 12 | Sun | December 2 | boxscore | T | 7-3-2 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 20 | 20 | 14 | 265 | 121 | 144 | 4 | 17 | 345 | 137 | 208 | 3 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 9 | boxscore | L | 7-4-2 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 17 | 34 | 10 | 148 | 70 | 78 | 3 | 21 | 374 | 201 | 173 | 1 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 16 | boxscore | L | 7-5-2 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 17 | 30 | 12 | 215 | 105 | 110 | 5 | 16 | 315 | 84 | 231 | ||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Mike Phipps | 26 | QB | 14 | 14 | 7-5-2 | 148 | 299 | 49.5 | 1719 | 9 | 3.0 | 20 | 6.7 | 51 | 5.7 | 3.3 | 11.6 | 122.8 | 49.4 | 44 | 362 | 3.96 | 1.86 | 12.8 | 4 | 2 | |
| 13 | Don Horn | 28 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 22 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 2.8 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 95.8 | 1 | 6 | 1.78 | 4.00 | 11.1 | |||||
| 34 | Greg Pruitt* | 22 | KR/PR | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.5 | 14 | 7-5-2 | 152 | 308 | 49.4 | 1741 | 10 | 3.2 | 20 | 6.5 | 51 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 11.5 | 124.4 | 50.5 | 45 | 368 | 3.89 | 1.91 | 12.7 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 144 | 312 | 46.2 | 1984 | 16 | 5.1 | 12 | 3.8 | 6.4 | 5.65 | 13.8 | 141.7 | 68.1 | 29 | 248 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 8.5 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 30 | Ken Brown | 28 | FB | 14 | 0 | 161 | 537 | 0 | 17 | 3.3 | 38.4 | 11.5 | 22 | 187 | 8.5 | 0 | 46 | 1.6 | 13.4 | 724 | 0 | 5 |
| 44 | Leroy Kelly | 31 | RB | 13 | 0 | 132 | 389 | 3 | 19 | 2.9 | 29.9 | 10.2 | 15 | 180 | 12.0 | 0 | 36 | 1.2 | 13.8 | 569 | 3 | 3 |
| 34 | Greg Pruitt* | 22 | KR/PR | 13 | 0 | 61 | 369 | 4 | 65 | 6.0 | 28.4 | 4.7 | 9 | 110 | 12.2 | 1 | 42 | 0.7 | 8.5 | 479 | 5 | 7 |
| 15 | Mike Phipps | 26 | QB | 14 | 14 | 60 | 395 | 5 | 27 | 6.6 | 28.2 | 4.3 | 395 | 5 | 8 | |||||||
| 35 | Bo Scott | 30 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 79 | 0 | 20 | 2.3 | 11.3 | 4.9 | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 1 | 9 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 102 | 1 | 0 | |
| 37 | Hugh McKinnis | 25 | 14 | 0 | 28 | 77 | 0 | 12 | 2.8 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 12 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 88 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | Billy Lefear | 23 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 135 | 0 | 43 | 5.2 | 10.4 | 2.0 | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 0 | 13 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 173 | 0 | 3 | |
| 42 | Gloster Richardson | 31 | 14 | 0 | 3 | -10 | 0 | 4 | -3.3 | -0.7 | 0.2 | 12 | 175 | 14.6 | 1 | 32 | 0.9 | 12.5 | 165 | 1 | 1 | |
| 12 | Don Cockroft | 28 | K/P | 14 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | -3.0 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 25 | Frank Pitts | 30 | WR | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31 | 317 | 10.2 | 4 | 26 | 2.4 | 24.4 | 317 | 4 | 1 | |
| 89 | Milt Morin | 31 | TE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 26 | 417 | 16.0 | 1 | 51 | 1.9 | 29.8 | 417 | 1 | 0 | |
| 43 | Fair Hooker | 26 | WR | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18 | 196 | 10.9 | 2 | 26 | 1.4 | 15.1 | 196 | 2 | 0 | |
| 88 | Steve Holden | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | 17 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 27 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 83 | Chip Glass | 26 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 0 | 47 | 0.2 | 5.0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.5 | 14 | 506 | 1968 | 12 | 65 | 3.9 | 140.6 | 36.1 | 152 | 1741 | 11.5 | 10 | 51 | 10.9 | 124.4 | 3709 | 22 | 34 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 513 | 2091 | 7 | 4.1 | 149.4 | 36.6 | 144 | 1736 | 12.1 | 16 | 10.3 | 124.0 | 3827 | 23 | 21 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 34 | Greg Pruitt* | 22 | KR/PR | 13 | 0 | 16 | 180 | 0 | 46 | 11.3 | 16 | 453 | 0 | 54 | 28.3 | 1112 |
| 26 | Billy Lefear | 23 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 51 | 0 | 19 | 7.3 | 15 | 337 | 0 | 59 | 22.5 | 561 | |
| 88 | Steve Holden | 22 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 9.5 | 8 | 172 | 0 | 29 | 21.5 | 218 | |
| 27 | Thom Darden | 23 | FS | 11 | 0 | 9 | 51 | 0 | 11 | 5.7 | 51 | |||||
| 53 | Mel Long | 27 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 87 | 0 | 38 | 14.5 | 87 | ||||||
| 73 | Doug Dieken | 24 | LT | 14 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 7.0 | 14 | |||||
| 56 | Jim Romaniszyn | 22 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 10.5 | 21 | ||||||
| 59 | Charlie Hall | 25 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 44 | Leroy Kelly | 31 | RB | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 576 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.5 | 14 | 36 | 308 | 0 | 46 | 8.6 | 49 | 1084 | 0 | 59 | 22.1 | 5101 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 44 | 0 | 48 | 1165 | 0 | 24.3 | |||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 12 | Don Cockroft | 28 | K/P | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 22 | 71.0% | 24 | 24 | 100.0% | 82 | 3321 | 71 | 1 | 40.5 | |
| Team Total | 26.5 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 22 | 71.0% | 24 | 24 | 100.0% | 82 | 3321 | 71 | 1 | 40.5 | ||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 46 | 29 | 63.0% | 24 | 24 | 100.0% | 78 | 3151 | 40.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 15 | Mike Phipps | 26 | QB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 34 | Greg Pruitt* | 22 | KR/PR | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 30 | Ken Brown | 28 | FB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 26 | Billy Lefear | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Ben Davis | 28 | RCB | 13 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | Clarence R. Scott* | 24 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 5 | 71 | 1 | 45 | 0 | |||||||||
| 27 | Thom Darden | 23 | FS | 11 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 44 | Leroy Kelly | 31 | RB | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 29 | Walt Sumner | 26 | SS | 13 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 50 | John Garlington | 27 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | Van Green | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 88 | Steve Holden | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Frank Pitts | 30 | WR | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 60 | Bob Babich | 26 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 48 | 0 | |||||||||
| 61 | Bob DeMarco | 35 | C | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 65 | John Demarie | 28 | RG | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 73 | Doug Dieken | 24 | LT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 83 | Chip Glass | 26 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 66 | Gene Hickerson | 38 | LG | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 13 | Don Horn | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 78 | Bob McKay | 26 | RT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 37 | Hugh McKinnis | 25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 42 | Gloster Richardson | 31 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 56 | Jim Romaniszyn | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.5 | 14 | 12 | 202 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 25 | 38 | 1 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 45 | 21 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Don Cockroft | 28 | K/P | 14 | 0 | 24 | 22 | 90 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Mike Phipps | 26 | QB | 14 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Greg Pruitt* | 22 | KR/PR | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||
| 25 | Frank Pitts | 30 | WR | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 44 | Leroy Kelly | 31 | RB | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 43 | Fair Hooker | 26 | WR | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Van Green | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 89 | Milt Morin | 31 | TE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 42 | Gloster Richardson | 31 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 35 | Bo Scott | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 22 | Clarence R. Scott* | 24 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.5 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 234 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 29 | 255 |