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1974 Cleveland Browns
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Record: 4-10-0, Finished 4th in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 251 points (17.9/g), 15th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 344 points (24.6/g), 26th.
Differential of -93 points (-6.6/g), 21st.
Expected W-L: 4.5-9.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 14th.
Coached by Nick Skorich (4-10-0)
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1974 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Mike Phipps | 27 | 4 | 9 | 117 for 256, 1,384 yards, 9 td, 17 int, & 39 rushes for 279 yards and 1 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 3rd pick / 1970 |
| QB | Brian Sipe | 25 | Rook | 5 | 59 for 108, 603 yards, 1 td, 7 int, & 16 rushes for 44 yards and 4 td | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 330th pick / 1972 |
| RB | Greg Pruitt* | 23 | 1 | 0 | 126 rushes for 540 yards, 3 td, & 21 catches for 274 yards and 1 td | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 30th pick / 1973 |
| RB | Ken Brown | 29 | 4 | 0 | 125 rushes for 458 yards, 4 td, & 29 catches for 194 yards and 2 td | |
| FB | Hugh McKinnis | 26 | 1 | 0 | 124 rushes for 519 yards, 2 td, & 32 catches for 258 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 201st pick / 1972 |
| WR | Steve Holden | 23 | 1 | 0 | 30 catches for 452 yards, 3 td, & 1 rush for 6 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 16th pick / 1973 |
| WR | Fair Hooker | 27 | 5 | 0 | 4 catches for 48 yards, 1 td | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 124th pick / 1969 |
| WR | Jubilee Dunbar | 25 | 1 | 0 | 6 catches for 74 yards, 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 71st pick / 1972 |
| WR | Gloster Richardson | 32 | 7 | 0 | 9 catches for 266 yards, 2 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 50th pick / 1965 |
| TE | Milt Morin | 32 | 8 | 0 | 27 catches for 330 yards, 3 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 14th pick / 1966 |
| TE | Jim Thaxton | 25 | 1 | 0 | 4 catches for 71 yards, 0 td, & 1 rush for -10 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 84th pick / 1973 |
| LT | Doug Dieken | 25 | 3 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 142nd pick / 1971 |
| LG | Pete Adams | 23 | Rook | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 22nd pick / 1973 |
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| LG | Bob McKay | 27 | 4 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 21st pick / 1970 |
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| C | Bob DeMarco | 36 | 13 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 14th / 157th pick / 1960 |
| RG | John Demarie | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 152nd pick / 1967 |
| RG | Glen Holloway | 26 | 4 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 10th / 235th pick / 1970 |
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| RT | Gerry Sullivan | 22 | Rook | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 171st pick / 1974 |
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| RT | Bob McKay | 27 | 4 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 21st pick / 1970 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Nick Roman | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 10th / 241st pick / 1970 |
| LDT | Walter Johnson | 32 | 9 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 27th pick / 1965 |
| RDT | Jerry Sherk* | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 47th pick / 1970 |
| RDE | Mike Seifert | 23 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 327th pick / 1974 |
| RDE | Nick Roman | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 10th / 241st pick / 1970 |
| LLB | Charlie Hall | 26 | 3 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 68th pick / 1971 |
| MLB | Bob Babich | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 18th pick / 1969 |
| RLB | John Garlington | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 47th pick / 1968 |
| LCB | Clarence R. Scott | 25 | 3 | 14 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 14th pick / 1971 |
| RCB | Van Green | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 150th pick / 1973 |
| RCB | Cliff Brooks | 25 | 2 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 45th pick / 1972 |
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| SS | Walt Sumner | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 176th pick / 1969 |
| SS | Van Green | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 150th pick / 1973 |
| FS | Thom Darden | 24 | 2 | 0 | 8 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 18th pick / 1972 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Don Cockroft | 29 | 6 | 0 | 14 of 16 field goals & 29 of 30 extra points | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 55th pick / 1967 |
| P | Don Cockroft | 29 | 6 | 0 | 90 punts for a 40.5 average, 0 blocked | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 55th pick / 1967 |
| PR | Greg Pruitt* | 23 | 1 | 0 | 27 punt returns for a 12.9 average and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 30th pick / 1973 |
| KR | Billy Lefear | 24 | 2 | 0 | 26 kick returns for a 22.1 average and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 230th pick / 1972 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Pete Adams | 23 | G | 12 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | USC | 5/4/1951 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 22nd pick / 1973 |
| Allen Aldridge | 29 | DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-6 | Prairie View | 4/27/1945 | 3 | |
| Preston Anderson | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 183 | 6-1 | Rice | 9/30/1951 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 16th / 407th pick / 1974 |
| Billy Andrews | 29 | LB | 11 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Southeastern Louisiana | 6/14/1945 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 333rd pick / 1967 |
| Bob Babich | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 231 | 6-2 | Miami (OH) | 5/5/1947 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 18th pick / 1969 |
| Carl Barisich | 23 | DT-NT | 13 | 3 | 258 | 6-4 | Princeton | 7/12/1951 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 11th / 281st pick / 1973 |
| Cliff Brooks | 25 | DB | 13 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Tennessee State | 6/21/1949 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 45th pick / 1972 |
| Eddie Brown | 22 | DB | 13 | 0 | 187 | 5-11 | Tennessee | 2/19/1952 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 199th pick / 1974 |
| Ken Brown | 29 | RB | 14 | 0 | 203 | 5-10 | none | 11/8/1945 | 4 | |
| Don Cockroft | 29 | K | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Adams State | 2/6/1945 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 55th pick / 1967 |
| Jim Copeland | 29 | C-G | 2 | 0 | 243 | 6-3 | Virginia | 3/5/1945 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 255th pick / 1967 |
| Thom Darden | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Michigan | 8/28/1950 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 18th pick / 1972 |
| Barry Darrow | 24 | T | 13 | 0 | 260 | 6-7 | Montana,Western Montana | 6/27/1950 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 17th / 422nd pick / 1973 |
| Tom DeLeone | 24 | C | 12 | 0 | 248 | 6-2 | Ohio State | 8/13/1950 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 106th pick / 1972 |
| Bob DeMarco | 36 | C-G | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-2 | Dayton,Indiana | 9/16/1938 | 13 | St. Louis Cardinals / 14th / 157th pick / 1960 |
| John Demarie | 29 | G-T-C | 11 | 0 | 246 | 6-3 | LSU | 8/28/1945 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 152nd pick / 1967 |
| Doug Dieken | 25 | T | 14 | 14 | 254 | 6-5 | Illinois | 2/12/1949 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 142nd pick / 1971 |
| Jubilee Dunbar | 25 | WR | 5 | 0 | 196 | 6-0 | Southern | 5/17/1949 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 71st pick / 1972 |
| John Garlington | 28 | LB | 14 | 0 | 218 | 6-1 | LSU | 6/5/1946 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 47th pick / 1968 |
| Chris Gartner | 24 | K | 11 | 0 | 170 | 6-0 | Indiana | 7/12/1950 | Rook | |
| Tim George | 23 | WR | 8 | 0 | 225 | 6-5 | Carson-Newman | 10/4/1951 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 68th pick / 1973 |
| Van Green | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 192 | 6-1 | Shaw | 4/21/1951 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 150th pick / 1973 |
| Charlie Hall | 26 | LB | 14 | 14 | 220 | 6-3 | Houston | 12/2/1948 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 68th pick / 1971 |
| Ben Hawkins | 30 | WR-SE-FL | 2 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Arizona State | 3/22/1944 | 8 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 36th pick / 1966 |
| Steve Holden | 23 | WR | 10 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Arizona State | 8/2/1951 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 16th pick / 1973 |
| Glen Holloway | 26 | G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | North Texas | 9/16/1948 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 10th / 235th pick / 1970 |
| Fair Hooker | 27 | WR | 7 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Arizona State | 5/22/1947 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 124th pick / 1969 |
| Bob Hunt | 23 | RB | 2 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Heidelberg | 9/3/1951 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 14th / 352nd pick / 1974 |
| Chuck Hutchison | 26 | G | 7 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 11/17/1948 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 38th pick / 1970 |
| Mark Ilgenfritz | 22 | DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Vanderbilt | 9/9/1952 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 118th pick / 1974 |
| Walter Johnson | 32 | DT | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Los Angeles State,New Mexico State | 11/13/1942 | 9 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 27th pick / 1965 |
| Billy Lefear | 24 | RB-WR | 11 | 0 | 197 | 5-11 | Henderson State | 2/12/1950 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 230th pick / 1972 |
| Mel Long | 28 | LB | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-0 | Toledo | 11/22/1946 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 11th / 278th pick / 1972 |
| Bob McKay | 27 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Texas | 12/27/1947 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 21st pick / 1970 |
| Hugh McKinnis | 26 | RB | 13 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | Arizona State | 6/9/1948 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 201st pick / 1972 |
| Milt Morin | 32 | TE | 14 | 0 | 238 | 6-4 | Massachusetts | 10/15/1942 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 14th pick / 1966 |
| Mike Phipps | 27 | QB | 14 | 9 | 208 | 6-3 | Purdue | 11/19/1947 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 3rd pick / 1970 |
| Greg Pruitt* | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | Oklahoma | 8/18/1951 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 30th pick / 1973 |
| Ernie Richardson | 24 | TE | 2 | 0 | 225 | 6-5 | Jackson State | 7/17/1950 | Rook | |
| Gloster Richardson | 32 | WR-FL | 9 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Jackson State | 7/18/1942 | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 50th pick / 1965 |
| Nick Roman | 27 | DE | 12 | 0 | 244 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 9/23/1947 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 10th / 241st pick / 1970 |
| Jim Romaniszyn | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 224 | 6-2 | Edinboro | 9/17/1951 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 334th pick / 1973 |
| Bo Scott | 31 | RB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 3/30/1943 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 32nd pick / 1965 |
| Clarence R. Scott | 25 | DB | 14 | 14 | 190 | 6-0 | Kansas State | 4/9/1949 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 14th pick / 1971 |
| Mike Seifert | 23 | DE | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Wisconsin | 3/30/1951 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 327th pick / 1974 |
| Jerry Sherk* | 26 | DT-DE-NT | 14 | 0 | 258 | 6-4 | Oklahoma State | 7/7/1948 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 47th pick / 1970 |
| Brian Sipe | 25 | QB | 10 | 5 | 195 | 6-1 | San Diego State | 8/8/1949 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 330th pick / 1972 |
| Dave Sullivan | 23 | WR | 6 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Virginia | 1/31/1951 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 15th / 384th pick / 1973 |
| Gerry Sullivan | 22 | T-C-G | 13 | 8 | 250 | 6-4 | Illinois | 1/15/1952 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 171st pick / 1974 |
| Walt Sumner | 27 | DB | 10 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Florida State | 2/2/1947 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 176th pick / 1969 |
| Jim Thaxton | 25 | TE-WR | 12 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Tennessee State | 1/11/1949 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 84th pick / 1973 |
| Team Total | 26.0 | 14 | 221.5 | 6-2.1 | 3.1 |