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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.

Simple Rating System: Total -1.7, Offense: 0.7, Defense: -2.4, SoS: -0.3, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Forrest Gregg

 Defensive Coordinator: Dick Modzelewski

Training Camp: Kent State (Kent, Ohio)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO 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 4.4 244 225 392 2032 18 21 4.8 111 445 1761 15 4.0 109 32 11 24
Lg Rank Offense 14 10 10 12 11 3 8 9 13 9 24 8 20 23
Lg Rank Defense 20 9 12 24 13 20 10 10 3 4 18 12 15 25

Team Games & Schedule

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

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
17 Brian Sipe 27 QB 14 12 7-5-0 178 312 57.1 2113 17 5.4 14 4.5 52 6.8 5.8 11.9 150.9 77.3 16 142 6.01 5.13 4.9 1 1
15 Mike Phipps 29 qb 4 2 2-0-0 20 37 54.1 146 3 8.1 0 0.0 23 3.9 5.6 7.3 36.5 90.6 1 6 3.68 5.26 2.6
10 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 4.41 2.36 9.1
34 Greg Pruitt* 25 RB 14 0 2 3 66.7 39 1 33.3 0 0.0 29 13.0 19.7 19.5 2.8 149.3 0 0 13.00 19.67 0.0
12 Don Cockroft 31 K/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 0.00 0.00 0.0
Team Total 26.3 14 9-5-0 209 373 56.0 2399 21 5.6 15 4.0 52 6.4 5.7 11.5 171.4 77.6 19 152 5.73 5.08 4.8 1 1
Opp Total 14 225 392 57.4 2353 18 4.6 21 5.4 6.0 4.51 10.5 168.1 67.9 32 321 4.8 3.4 7.5

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
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* 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
30 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
38 Larry Poole 24 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
43 Mike Pruitt 22 rb 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
17 Brian Sipe 27 QB 14 12 18 71 0 17 3.9 5.1 1.3 71 0 7
35 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
10 Dave Mays 27 4 0 5 14 0 6 2.8 3.5 1.3 14 0 1
15 Mike Phipps 29 qb 4 2 4 26 0 24 6.5 6.5 1.0 26 0 2
33 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
42 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
81 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
88 Steve Holden 25 KR/PR 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 128 16.0 1 26 0.6 9.1 128 1 3
85 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
84 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
88 Steve Holden 25 KR/PR 14 0 31 205 0 38 6.6 19 461 0 44 24.3 794
83 Ricky Feacher 22 10 0 13 142 0 49 10.9 14 311 0 33 22.2 453
35 Brian Duncan 24 14 0 6 145 0 27 24.2 238
80 Willie Miller 29 6 0 5 22 0 8 4.4 1 0 0 0 0.0 22
43 Mike Pruitt 22 rb 13 2 6 106 0 30 17.7 270
38 Larry Poole 24 13 0 3 62 0 21 20.7 488
52 Dick Ambrose 23 lb 10 2 1 16 0 16 16.0 16
55 Dave Graf 23 14 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
68 Robert E. Jackson 23 RG 14 14 1 16 0 16 16.0 16
30 Cleo Miller 24 FB 12 12 1 23 0 23 23.0 781
34 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
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 31 K/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
10 Dave Mays 27 4 0 2 91 54 0 45.5
17 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
30 Cleo Miller 24 FB 12 12 0 8 2 0 0
27 Thom Darden 26 FS 14 0 7 73 0 21 0 0 1 1 3 0
17 Brian Sipe 27 QB 14 12 0 7 2 -21 0
22 Clarence R. Scott 27 LCB 14 14 4 11 0 5 0 0 1 3 0 0
34 Greg Pruitt* 25 RB 14 0 0 7 0 0 0
38 Larry Poole 24 13 0 0 2 4 4 0
83 Ricky Feacher 22 10 0 0 3 2 0 0
43 Mike Pruitt 22 rb 13 2 0 4 0 0 0
60 Bob Babich 29 MLB 14 0 2 29 0 21 0 0 0 1 5 0
28 Ron Bolton 26 RCB 14 12 3 76 1 39 0
88 Steve Holden 25 KR/PR 14 0 0 3 0 0 0
42 Paul Warfield 34 WR 14 0 0 3 0 0 0
24 Terry Brown 29 12 0 1 24 0 24 0 0 0 1 4 0
63 Barry Darrow 26 RT 14 0 0 0 2 0 0
73 Doug Dieken 27 LT 14 14 0 0 2 0 0
59 Charlie Hall 28 LLB 14 14 1 12 0 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
68 Robert E. Jackson 23 RG 14 14 0 0 2 3 0
80 Willie Miller 29 6 0 0 1 1 0 0
15 Mike Phipps 29 qb 4 2 0 2 0 -7 0
72 Jerry Sherk*+ 28 RDT 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
69 Pete Adams 25 LG 13 0 0 0 1 0 0
12 Don Cockroft 31 K/P 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
49 Neal Craig 28 SS 14 0 1 8 0 8 0
35 Brian Duncan 24 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
86 Gerald Irons 29 RLB 14 0 1 1 0 1 0
64 Joe Jones 28 LDE 14 0 0 0 1 0 1
10 Dave Mays 27 4 0 0 1 0 -3 0
81 Oscar Roan 25 TE 11 0 0 0 1 0 0
33 Reggie Rucker 29 WR 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
65 Henry Sheppard 24 g 14 1 0 0 1 0 0
74 Mike St. Clair 23 14 0 0 0 1 21 0
Team Total 26.3 14 21 234 1 39 0 0 45 31 9 1 1
Opp Total 14 19 24 13

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
12 Don Cockroft 31 K/P 14 0 27 15 72
33 Reggie Rucker 29 WR 14 0 8 8 48
42 Paul Warfield 34 WR 14 0 6 6 36
34 Greg Pruitt* 25 RB 14 0 4 1 5 30
30 Cleo Miller 24 FB 12 12 4 4 24
81 Oscar Roan 25 TE 11 0 4 4 24
28 Ron Bolton 26 RCB 14 12 1 1 6
35 Brian Duncan 24 14 0 1 1 6
88 Steve Holden 25 KR/PR 14 0 1 1 6
64 Joe Jones 28 LDE 14 0 1 1 6
38 Larry Poole 24 13 0 1 1 6
70 Mack Mitchell 24 RDE 14 10 1 2
17 Brian Sipe 27 QB 14 12 1 1
Team Total 26.3 14 9 21 1 1 32 28 15 1 267
Opp Total 14 15 18 2 1 32 11 287