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1976 Cleveland Browns

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Record: 9-5-0, Finished 3rd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 267 points (19.1/g), 14th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 287 points (20.5/g), 20th.
 Differential of -20 points (-1.4/g), 16th.
 Expected W-L: 6.4-7.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.4/g), 20th.

Coached by Forrest Gregg (9-5-0)

1976 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 12 box W 1-0 New York Jets 38 17 21 390 183 207 1 17 258 147 111 2
2 Sun September 19 box L 1-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 14 31 16 330 185 145 4 16 298 77 221 1
3 Sun September 26 box L 1-2 @ Denver Broncos 13 44 17 227 144 83 4 18 226 171 55 3
4 Sun October 3 box L 1-3 Cincinnati Bengals 24 45 26 417 290 127 2 25 398 265 133 2
5 Sun October 10 box W 2-3 Pittsburgh Steelers 18 16 15 326 179 147 2 13 196 85 111 3
6 Sun October 17 box W 3-3 @ Atlanta Falcons 20 17 23 432 111 321 3 13 258 169 89 1
7 Sun October 24 box W 4-3 San Diego Chargers 21 17 22 374 237 137 2 19 310 232 78 1
8 Sun October 31 box L 4-4 @ Cincinnati Bengals 6 21 19 319 137 182 2 24 385 182 203 3
9 Sun November 7 box W 5-4 @ Houston Oilers 21 7 13 262 62 200 1 11 188 63 125 3
10 Sun November 14 box W 6-4 Philadelphia Eagles 24 3 18 336 205 131 12 164 21 143 4
11 Sun November 21 box W 7-4 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 7 21 282 133 149 18 227 125 102 2
12 Sun November 28 box W 8-4 Miami Dolphins 17 13 18 311 178 133 5 23 324 190 134
13 Sun December 5 box W 9-4 Houston Oilers 13 10 15 265 89 176 5 9 175 117 58 4
14 Sun December 12 box L 9-5 @ Kansas City Chiefs 14 39 16 271 114 157 6 26 386 188 198 3

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 267 4542 925 4.9 260 209 373 2247 21 15 5.7 112 533 2295 9 4.3 119 37 22 29
Team Defense 287 3793 869 4.4 379 225 392 2032 18 21 4.8 111 445 1761 15 4.0 244 32 11 24
Lg Rank Offense 14 10 10 12 11 3 8 8 13 9 24 8 20 23
Lg Rank Defense 20 9 13 24 13 20 10 11 3 4 18 12 15 25

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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%
Brian Sipe 27 QB 14 12 178 312 57.1 2113 17 5.4 14 4.5 52 6.8 5.3 11.9 150.9 77.3 16 142 6.0 4.6 4.9
Mike Phipps 29 4 2 20 37 54.1 146 3 8.1 0 0.0 23 3.9 4.8 7.3 36.5 90.6 1 6 3.7 4.5 2.6
Dave Mays 27 4 0 9 20 45.0 101 0 0.0 1 5.0 21 5.1 2.8 11.2 25.3 39.8 2 4 4.4 2.4 9.1
Greg Pruitt* 25 RB 14 0 2 3 66.7 39 1 33.3 0 0.0 29 13.0 16.3 19.5 2.8 149.3 0 0 13.0 16.3 0.0
Don Cockroft 31 P 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
Team Total 26.3 14 209 373 56.0 2399 21 5.6 15 4.0 52 6.4 5.2 11.5 171.4 77.6 19 152 5.7 4.5 4.8
Opp Total 14 225 392 57.4 2032 18 4.6 21 5.4 5.2 3.2 9.0 145.1 64.5 32 321 4.8 2.2

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Greg Pruitt* 25 RB 14 0 209 1000 4 64 4.8 71.4 14.9 45 341 7.6 1 27 3.2 24.4 1341 5 7
Cleo Miller 24 FB 12 12 153 613 4 21 4.0 51.1 12.8 16 145 9.1 0 38 1.3 12.1 758 4 8
Larry Poole 24 rb 13 0 78 356 1 26 4.6 27.4 6.0 14 70 5.0 0 21 1.1 5.4 426 1 2
Mike Pruitt 22 13 2 52 138 0 18 2.7 10.6 4.0 8 26 3.3 0 15 0.6 2.0 164 0 4
Brian Sipe 27 QB 14 12 18 71 0 17 3.9 5.1 1.3 71 0 7
Brian Duncan 24 14 0 11 44 0 11 4.0 3.1 0.8 6 49 8.2 1 17 0.4 3.5 93 1 1
Dave Mays 27 4 0 5 14 0 6 2.8 3.5 1.3 14 0 1
Mike Phipps 29 4 2 4 26 0 24 6.5 6.5 1.0 26 0 2
Reggie Rucker 29 WR 14 0 2 30 0 27 15.0 2.1 0.1 49 676 13.8 8 45 3.5 48.3 706 8 1
Paul Warfield 34 WR 14 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.2 0.1 38 613 16.1 6 37 2.7 43.8 616 6 3
Oscar Roan 25 TE 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 174 11.6 4 23 1.4 15.8 174 4 0
Steve Holden 25 RET 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 128 16.0 1 26 0.6 9.1 128 1 3
Dave Logan 22 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 104 20.8 0 52 0.4 7.4 104 0 0
Gary Parris 26 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 73 14.6 0 20 0.4 5.2 73 0 0
Team Total 26.3 14 533 2295 9 64 4.3 163.9 38.1 209 2399 11.5 21 52 14.9 171.4 4694 30 45
Opp Total 14 445 1761 15 4.0 125.8 31.8 225 2032 9.0 18 16.1 145.1 3793 33 24

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Steve Holden 25 RET 14 0 31 205 0 38 6.6 19 461 0 44 24.3 794
Ricky Feacher 22 10 0 13 142 0 49 10.9 14 311 0 33 22.2 453
Brian Duncan 24 14 0 6 145 0 27 24.2 238
Willie Miller 29 6 0 5 22 0 8 4.4 1 0 0 0 0.0 22
Mike Pruitt 22 13 2 6 106 0 30 17.7 270
Larry Poole 24 rb 13 0 3 62 0 21 20.7 488
Dick Ambrose 23 10 2 1 16 0 16 16.0 16
Dave Graf 23 14 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
Robert E. Jackson 23 RG 14 14 1 16 0 16 16.0 16
Cleo Miller 24 FB 12 12 1 23 0 23 23.0 781
Greg Pruitt* 25 RB 14 0 1 27 0 27 27.0 1368
Team Total 26.3 14 49 369 0 49 7.5 54 1182 0 44 21.9 6245
Opp Total 14 45 2 57 1347 1 23.6

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 31 P 14 0 2 2 6 3 6 5 11 4 3 1 28 15 53.6% 30 27 90.0% 64 2487 51 3 38.9
Dave Mays 27 4 0 2 91 54 0 45.5
Brian Sipe 27 QB 14 12 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 26.3 14 2 2 6 3 6 5 11 4 3 1 28 15 53.6% 31 28 90.3% 66 2578 54 3 39.1
Opp Total 14 19 11 57.9% 37 32 86.5% 71 2655 37.4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Pete Adams 25 LG 13 0 0 1 0 0
Bob Babich 29 MLB 14 0 2 29 0 21 0 1 5 0
Ron Bolton 26 RCB 14 12 3 76 1 39
Terry Brown 29 ss 12 0 1 24 0 24 0 1 4 0
Don Cockroft 31 P 14 0 0 1 0 0
Neal Craig 28 SS 14 0 1 8 0 8
Thom Darden 26 FS 14 0 7 73 0 21 1 1 3 0
Barry Darrow 26 RT 14 0 0 2 0 0
Doug Dieken 27 LT 14 14 0 2 0 0
Brian Duncan 24 14 0 1 0 0 0
Ricky Feacher 22 10 0 3 2 0 0
Charlie Hall 28 LLB 14 14 1 12 0 12 0 1 0 0
Steve Holden 25 RET 14 0 3 0 0 0
Gerald Irons 29 RLB 14 0 1 1 0 1
Robert E. Jackson 23 RG 14 14 0 2 3 0
Joe Jones 28 LDE 14 0 0 1 0 1
Dave Mays 27 4 0 1 0 -3 0
Cleo Miller 24 FB 12 12 8 2 0 0
Willie Miller 29 6 0 1 1 0 0
Mike Phipps 29 4 2 2 0 -7 0
Larry Poole 24 rb 13 0 2 4 4 0
Greg Pruitt* 25 RB 14 0 7 0 0 0
Mike Pruitt 22 13 2 4 0 0 0
Oscar Roan 25 TE 11 0 0 1 0 0
Reggie Rucker 29 WR 14 0 1 0 0 0
Clarence R. Scott 27 LCB 14 14 4 11 0 5 1 3 0 0
Henry Sheppard 24 14 1 0 1 0 0
Jerry Sherk*+ 28 RDT 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Brian Sipe 27 QB 14 12 7 2 -21 0
Mike St. Clair 23 rde 14 0 0 1 21 0
Paul Warfield 34 WR 14 0 3 0 0 0
Team Total 26.3 14 21 234 1 39 45 31 9 1 1
Opp Total 14 19 24 13

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Don Cockroft 31 P 14 0 27 15 72
Reggie Rucker 29 WR 14 0 8 48
Paul Warfield 34 WR 14 0 6 36
Greg Pruitt* 25 RB 14 0 4 1 30
Cleo Miller 24 FB 12 12 4 24
Oscar Roan 25 TE 11 0 4 24
Ron Bolton 26 RCB 14 12 1 6
Brian Duncan 24 14 0 1 6
Steve Holden 25 RET 14 0 1 6
Joe Jones 28 LDE 14 0 1 6
Larry Poole 24 rb 13 0 1 6
Mack Mitchell 24 RDE 14 10 1 2
Brian Sipe 27 QB 14 12 1 1
Team Total 26.3 14 9 21 1 1 28 15 1 267
Opp Total 14 15 18 2 1 32 11 287