1973 Cleveland Browns

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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.

Coached by Nick Skorich (7-5-2)

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1973 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 16	box	W	1-0		Baltimore Colts	24	14	20	297	150	147	3	10	129	4	125	1
2	Sun	September 23	box	L	1-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	6	33	16	208	124	84	3	14	369	173	196	1
3	Sun	September 30	box	W	2-1		New York Giants	12	10	15	239	98	141	3	8	123	74	49	3
4	Sun	October 7	box	W	3-1		Cincinnati Bengals	17	10	21	288	72	216		11	263	167	96	3
5	Mon	October 15	box	L	3-2		Miami Dolphins	9	17	12	211	57	154	1	11	250	38	212	2
6	Sun	October 21	box	W	4-2		Houston Oilers	42	13	26	366	102	264	1	4	106	83	23	1
7	Sun	October 28	box	T	4-2-1		San Diego Chargers	16	16	13	184	66	118	3	16	339	135	204	2
8	Sun	November 4	box	L	4-3-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	3	26	4	145	75	70	3	23	353	152	201	1
9	Sun	November 11	box	W	5-3-1	@	Houston Oilers	23	13	13	299	119	180	1	16	309	203	106	1
10	Sun	November 18	box	W	6-3-1	@	Oakland Raiders	7	3	14	226	68	158	3	13	172	75	97
11	Sun	November 25	box	W	7-3-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	21	16	10	250	146	104	4	16	380	210	170	2
12	Sun	December 2	box	T	7-3-2	@	Kansas City Chiefs	20	20	14	265	121	144	4	17	345	137	208	3
13	Sun	December 9	box	L	7-4-2	@	Cincinnati Bengals	17	34	10	148	70	78	3	21	374	201	173	1
14	Sun	December 16	box	L	7-5-2	@	Los Angeles Rams	17	30	12	215	105	110	5	16	315	84	231

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						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	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	290	144	312	1736	16	12	5.1	79	513	2091	7	4.1	196	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

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	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%
Mike Phipps	26	QB	14	14	7-5-2	148	299	49.5	1719	9	3.0	20	6.7	51	5.7	3.0	11.6	122.8	49.4	44	362	4.0	1.6	12.8
Don Horn	28		14	0		4	8	50.0	22	1	12.5	0	0.0	12	2.8	4.0	5.5	1.6	95.8	1	6	1.8	2.9	11.1
Greg Pruitt*	22	RET	13	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Team Total	26.5		14		7-5-2	152	308	49.4	1741	10	3.2	20	6.5	51	5.7	3.1	11.5	124.4	50.5	45	368	3.9	1.6	12.7
Opp Total			14			144	312	46.2	1736	16	5.1	12	3.8		5.6	4.3	12.1	124.0	64.8	29	248	5.1	3.2

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					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
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
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
Greg Pruitt*	22	RET	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
Mike Phipps	26	QB	14	14	60	395	5	27	6.6	28.2	4.3								395	5	8
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
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
Billy Lefear	23	rb	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
Gloster Richardson	31	wr	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
Don Cockroft	28	P	14	0	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.2	0.1								-3	0	0
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
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
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
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
Chip Glass	26	te	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

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Greg Pruitt*	22	RET	13	0	16	180	0	46	11.3	16	453	0	54	28.3	1112
Billy Lefear	23	rb	13	0	7	51	0	19	7.3	15	337	0	59	22.5	561
Steve Holden	22		11	0	2	19	0	19	9.5	8	172	0	29	21.5	218
Thom Darden	23	FS	11	0	9	51	0	11	5.7						51
Mel Long	27		14	0						6	87	0	38	14.5	87
Doug Dieken	24	LT	14	14						2	14	0	9	7.0	14
Jim Romaniszyn	22		14	0						2	21	0	16	10.5	21
Charlie Hall	25	LLB	14	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
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

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					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	28	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

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Bob Babich	26	MLB	14	0		1	48	0	48
Ken Brown	28	FB	14	0								5	1	0	0
Thom Darden	23	FS	11	0		1	36	0	36			2	1	0	0
Ben Davis	28	RCB	13	0		2	33	0	20			0	3	23	0
Bob DeMarco	35	C	13	0								1	0	0	0
John Demarie	28	RG	14	0								0	1	0	0
Doug Dieken	24	LT	14	14								0	1	0	0
John Garlington	27	RLB	14	0		1	10	0	10			0	1	0	0
Chip Glass	26	te	12	0								0	1	0	0
Van Green	22	ss/fs	14	0								0	2	15	1
Gene Hickerson	38	LG	14	0								0	1	0	0
Steve Holden	22		11	0								2	0	0	0
Don Horn	28		14	0								0	1	0	0
Leroy Kelly	31	RB	13	0								3	0	0	0
Billy Lefear	23	rb	13	0								3	3	0	0
Bob McKay	26	RT	14	0								0	1	0	0
Hugh McKinnis	25		14	0								1	0	0	0
Mike Phipps	26	QB	14	14								8	3	0	0
Frank Pitts	30	WR	13	0								1	1	0	0
Greg Pruitt*	22	RET	13	0								7	2	0	0
Gloster Richardson	31	wr	14	0								1	0	0	0
Jim Romaniszyn	22		14	0								0	1	0	0
Clarence R. Scott*	24	LCB	14	14		5	71	1	45
Walt Sumner	26	SS	13	0		2	4	0	4			0	1	0	0
Team Total	26.5		14			12	202	1	48			34	25	38	1
Opp Total			14		45							21	12

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	FblTD	IntTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
Don Cockroft	28	P	14	0					24	22	90
Mike Phipps	26	QB	14	14	5						30
Greg Pruitt*	22	RET	13	0	4	1					30
Frank Pitts	30	WR	13	0		4					24
Leroy Kelly	31	RB	13	0	3						18
Fair Hooker	26	WR	13	0		2					12
Van Green	22	ss/fs	14	0			1				6
Milt Morin	31	TE	14	0		1					6
Gloster Richardson	31	wr	14	0		1					6
Bo Scott	30		7	0		1					6
Clarence R. Scott*	24	LCB	14	14				1			6
Team Total	26.5		14		12	10	1	1	24	22	234
Opp Total			14		7	16			24	29	255

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