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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)
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1976 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| 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 |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 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 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | 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 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | 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 | ||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| 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 |