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1975 Cleveland Browns

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Record: 3-11-0, Finished 4th in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 218 points (15.6/g), 22nd of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 372 points (26.6/g), 24th.
 Differential of -154 points (-11.0/g), 22nd.
 Expected W-L: 3.1-10.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -11 (-0.8/g), 19th.

Simple Rating System: Total -6.8, Offense: -2.6, Defense: -4.2, SoS: 4.2, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Forrest Gregg (3-11-0)

1975 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 21 box L 0-1 @ Cincinnati Bengals 17 24 17 230 125 105 1 24 379 252 127 2
2 Sun September 28 box L 0-2 Minnesota Vikings 10 42 14 250 120 130 4 26 352 215 137 2
3 Sun October 5 box L 0-3 Pittsburgh Steelers 6 42 19 221 99 122 2 23 501 367 134
4 Sun October 12 box L 0-4 Houston Oilers 10 40 15 246 144 102 5 20 369 119 250
5 Sun October 19 box L 0-5 @ Denver Broncos 15 16 17 271 127 144 2 18 325 217 108 6
6 Sun October 26 box L 0-6 Washington Redskins 7 23 12 200 100 100 4 23 395 205 190 1
7 Sun November 2 box L 0-7 @ Baltimore Colts 7 21 17 278 153 125 2 15 228 111 117 1
8 Sun November 9 box L 0-8 @ Detroit Lions 10 21 13 200 74 126 1 15 282 154 128 2
9 Sun November 16 box L 0-9 @ Oakland Raiders 17 38 16 230 95 135 4 22 427 210 217 1
10 Sun November 23 box W 1-9 Cincinnati Bengals 35 23 24 439 273 166 2 17 402 328 74 3
11 Sun November 30 box W 2-9 New Orleans Saints 17 16 19 249 150 99 1 18 237 60 177
12 Sun December 7 box L 2-10 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 17 31 15 237 115 122 4 17 258 98 160 2
13 Sun December 14 box W 3-10 Kansas City Chiefs 40 14 27 481 203 278 3 15 146 99 47 4
14 Sun December 21 box L 3-11 @ Houston Oilers 10 21 22 275 179 96 2 21 322 156 166 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 218 3807 915 4.2 247 220 437 1957 7 23 4.1 114 440 1850 14 4.2 109 37 14 24
Team Defense 372 4623 939 4.9 274 202 361 2591 25 10 6.6 125 544 2032 21 3.7 124 26 16 25
Lg Rank Offense 22 21 16 5 21 25 17 25 23 14 13 6 14 8
Lg Rank Defense 24 19 18 7 23 23 26 23 18 15 21 5 25 12

Passing

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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 28 QB 14 12 3-8-0 162 313 51.8 1749 4 1.3 19 6.1 48 5.6 3.1 10.8 124.9 47.5 28 261 4.4 2.1 8.2
17 Brian Sipe 26 7 1 0-2-0 45 88 51.1 427 1 1.1 3 3.4 22 4.9 3.5 9.5 61.0 54.5 8 58 3.8 2.6 8.3
16 Will Cureton 25 1 1 0-1-0 10 32 31.3 95 1 3.1 1 3.1 16 3.0 2.2 9.5 95.0 38.0 2 21 2.2 1.4 5.9
12 Don Cockroft 30 P 14 0 2 2 100.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 79.2 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
36 Henry Hynoski 22 14 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
80 Willie Miller 28 14 0 1 1 100.0 26 1 100.0 0 0.0 26 26.0 46.0 26.0 1.9 158.3 0 0 26.0 46.0 0.0
Team Total 26.1 14 3-11-0 220 437 50.3 2297 7 1.6 23 5.3 48 5.3 3.2 10.4 164.1 49.3 38 340 4.1 2.2 8.0
Opp Total 14 202 361 56.0 2889 25 6.9 10 2.8 8.0 8.1 14.3 206.4 93.6 34 298 6.6 6.7

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
34 Greg Pruitt 24 RB 14 14 217 1067 8 50 4.9 76.2 15.5 44 299 6.8 1 48 3.1 21.4 1366 9 10
39 Billy Pritchett 24 rb 14 0 75 199 0 19 2.7 14.2 5.4 16 109 6.8 0 18 1.1 7.8 308 0 4
37 Hugh McKinnis 27 FB 14 0 71 259 4 14 3.6 18.5 5.1 17 155 9.1 0 20 1.2 11.1 414 4 2
15 Mike Phipps 28 QB 14 12 18 70 0 12 3.9 5.0 1.3 70 0 7
38 Larry Poole 23 3 0 17 114 0 26 6.7 38.0 5.7 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.3 1.7 119 0 0
30 Ken Brown 30 14 0 16 45 1 8 2.8 3.2 1.1 2 23 11.5 0 17 0.1 1.6 68 1 0
17 Brian Sipe 26 7 1 9 60 0 21 6.7 8.6 1.3 60 0 1
36 Henry Hynoski 22 14 0 7 38 0 11 5.4 2.7 0.5 4 31 7.8 0 15 0.3 2.2 69 0 1
31 Cleo Miller 23 5 0 6 3 1 6 0.5 0.6 1.2 2 20 10.0 0 10 0.4 4.0 23 1 1
88 Steve Holden 24 WR 13 0 2 -4 0 0 -2.0 -0.3 0.2 21 320 15.2 0 28 1.6 24.6 316 0 1
80 Willie Miller 28 14 0 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.1 0.1 7 57 8.1 0 17 0.5 4.1 55 0 0
16 Will Cureton 25 1 1 1 1 0 1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
33 Reggie Rucker 28 WR 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 60 770 12.8 3 40 4.3 55.0 770 3 0
81 Oscar Roan 24 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 41 463 11.3 3 31 2.9 33.1 463 3 2
42 Neal Craig 27 FS 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
21 Van Green 24 SS/fs 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 0.1 -0.1 -1 0 1
26 Billy Lefear 25 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 14 14.0 0 14 0.1 1.4 14 0 0
89 Milt Morin 33 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 19 19.0 0 19 0.1 1.4 19 0 0
84 Gary Parris 25 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.1 0.9 12 0 0
Team Total 26.1 14 440 1850 14 50 4.2 132.1 31.4 220 2297 10.4 7 48 15.7 164.1 4147 21 35
Opp Total 14 544 2032 21 3.7 145.1 38.9 202 2591 12.8 25 14.4 185.1 4623 46 26

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
34 Greg Pruitt 24 RB 14 14 13 130 0 30 10.0 14 302 0 40 21.6 1798
26 Billy Lefear 25 10 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 13 412 0 92 31.7 440
80 Willie Miller 28 14 0 10 47 0 23 4.7 4 94 0 38 23.5 196
24 Pete Athas 29 ss 6 0 5 36 0 16 7.2 6 95 0 23 15.8 131
36 Henry Hynoski 22 14 0 2 16 0 9 8.0 8 194 0 37 24.3 279
28 Eddie Brown 23 3 0 2 16 0 9 8.0 6 126 0 27 21.0 142
38 Larry Poole 23 3 0 6 35 0 11 5.8 2 65 0 40 32.5 219
30 Ken Brown 30 14 0 7 126 0 29 18.0 194
37 Hugh McKinnis 27 FB 14 0 3 39 0 16 13.0 453
31 Cleo Miller 23 5 0 3 70 0 31 23.3 93
52 Dick Ambrose 22 MLB 14 10 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
21 Van Green 24 SS/fs 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 -1
Team Total 26.1 14 40 294 0 30 7.4 67 1526 0 92 22.8 5967
Opp Total 14 45 0 48 1278 1 26.6

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 30 P 14 0 1 1 9 7 6 4 5 5 2 23 17 73.9% 24 21 87.5% 82 3317 67 1 40.5
Team Total 26.1 14 1 1 9 7 6 4 5 5 2 23 17 73.9% 24 21 87.5% 82 3317 67 1 40.5
Opp Total 14 21 13 61.9% 48 45 93.8% 73 2810 38.5

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
52 Dick Ambrose 22 MLB 14 10 0 1 5 0
24 Pete Athas 29 ss 6 0 3 1 0 0
74 Carl Barisich 24 14 0 0 1 0 0
30 Ken Brown 30 14 0 0 2 0 0
42 Neal Craig 27 FS 11 0 1 0 0 0
65 John Demarie 30 c 14 0 1 0 0 0
73 Doug Dieken 26 LT 14 14 0 4 0 0
55 Dave Graf 22 14 0 1 19 0 19 1 2 0 0
21 Van Green 24 SS/fs 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
59 Charlie Hall 27 LLB 14 14 2 28 0 19 0 2 0 1
49 Jim Hill 29 11 0 1 56 1 56
88 Steve Holden 24 WR 13 0 1 1 0 0
67 Chuck Hutchison 27 LG 14 14 0 1 0 0
36 Henry Hynoski 22 14 0 1 0 0 0
68 Robert E. Jackson 22 rg 14 7 0 1 0 0
71 Walter Johnson 33 LDT 14 13 0 1 0 0
37 Hugh McKinnis 27 FB 14 0 2 0 0 0
31 Cleo Miller 23 5 0 1 0 0 0
80 Willie Miller 28 14 0 0 1 17 1
70 Mack Mitchell 23 RDE 14 14 0 1 0 0
20 Tony Peters 22 RCB 14 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 0
15 Mike Phipps 28 QB 14 12 7 5 -12 0
48 John Pitts 30 6 0 1 0 0 0
39 Billy Pritchett 24 rb 14 0 4 1 0 0
34 Greg Pruitt 24 RB 14 14 10 2 0 0
81 Oscar Roan 24 TE 14 0 2 1 0 0
33 Reggie Rucker 28 WR 14 0 0 2 0 0
22 Clarence R. Scott 26 LCB 14 14 2 4 0 4 0 1 0 0
72 Jerry Sherk* 27 RDT 14 14 0 1 26 0
17 Brian Sipe 26 7 1 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.1 14 10 107 1 56 35 34 46 2 1
Opp Total 14 38 26 10

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 30 P 14 0 21 17 72
34 Greg Pruitt 24 RB 14 14 8 1 9 54
37 Hugh McKinnis 27 FB 14 0 4 4 24
81 Oscar Roan 24 TE 14 0 3 3 18
33 Reggie Rucker 28 WR 14 0 3 3 18
30 Ken Brown 30 14 0 1 1 6
59 Charlie Hall 27 LLB 14 14 1 1 6
49 Jim Hill 29 11 0 1 1 6
31 Cleo Miller 23 5 0 1 1 6
80 Willie Miller 28 14 0 1 1 6
77 Ron East 32 LDE 14 14 1 2
Team Total 26.1 14 14 7 2 1 24 21 17 1 218
Opp Total 14 21 25 1 45 13 372