1969 Cleveland Browns (NFL) |
| 1st place Eastern Conference Century Division 10-3-1 .769 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Blanton Collier |
| Howard Brinker | Overall Defensie |
| Ernie Green | Offensive Backs |
| Lou Groza | Placekickers |
| Fritz Heisler | Offensive Line |
| Dick Modzelewski | Defensive Line |
| Bob Nussbaumer | Receivers |
| Nick Skorich | Overall Offense |
| Eddie Ulinski | Linebackers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/10/1969 | N | San Francisco 49ers | 24-19 | W | Seattle, WA | Husky Stadium | 32219 | |
| Sat | 8/16/1969 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 10-3 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 54937 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1969 | A | San Diego Chargers | 19-19 | T | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 36005 | |
| Sat | 8/30/1969 | H | Green Bay Packers | 17-27 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 85532 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1969 | A | Washington Redskins | 20-10 | W | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 45994 | |
| Sat | 9/13/1969 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 16-23 | L | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 28551 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1969 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 27-20 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60658 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1969 | H | Washington Redskins | 27-23 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 82581 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1969 | H | Detroit Lions | 21-28 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 82933 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1969 | A | New Orleans Saints | 27-17 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 81274 | |
| Sat | 10/18/1969 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 42-31 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 84078 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1969 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 21-21 | T | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 81186 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1969 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 42-10 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 84850 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1969 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 3-51 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47900 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1969 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24-3 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 47670 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1969 | H | New York Giants | 28-17 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 80595 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1969 | A | Chicago Bears | 28-24 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45050 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1969 | H | Green Bay Packers | 20-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 82137 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1969 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 27-21 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 44924 | |
| Sun | 12/21/1969 | A | New York Giants | 14-27 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62966 | |
| Eastern Conference Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/28/1969 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 38-14 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 69321 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/4/1970 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 7-27 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 46503 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| Schedule Notes |
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 52 | Billy Andrews | LLB | 6-0 | 223 | 24 | Southeastern Louisiana | 14 | 0 |
| 40 | Erich Barnes | LCB | 6-2 | 201 | 34 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| 21 | Dean Brown | S | 5-10 | 170 | 25 | Fort Valley State | 5 | 0 |
| 73 | Monte Clark | ROT | 6-6 | 260 | 32 | Southern California | 14 | 13 |
| 12 | Don Cockroft | K-P | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Adams State | 14 | 0 |
| 86 | Gary Collins | WR-P | 6-4 | 211 | 29 | Maryland | 14 | 14 |
| 64 | Jim Copeland | LOT | 6-2 | 242 | 24 | Virginia | 8 | 0 |
| 28 | Ben Davis | CB | 5-11 | 183 | 24 | Defiance | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | John Demarie | LOG | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| 50 | John Garlington | RLB | 6-1 | 222 | 23 | Louisiana State | 14 | 9 |
| 83 | Chip Glass | TE | 6-4 | 237 | 22 | Florida State | 14 | 2 |
| 81 | Jack Gregory | RDE | 6-5 | 249 | 25 | Tennessee-Chattanooga; Delta State | 14 | 14 |
| 66 | Gene Hickerson | ROG | 6-3 | 248 | 34 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| 54 | Fred Hoaglin | C | 6-4 | 247 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 14 |
| 43 | Fair Hooker | WR | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | Arizona State | 13 | 0 |
| 82 | Jim Houston | LLB | 6-3 | 239 | 32 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 34 | Mike Howell | RS | 6-1 | 189 | 26 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| 60 | Al Jenkins | LOT | 6-2 | 245 | 23 | Southern Illinois; Tulsa | 8 | 0 |
| 30 | Ron Johnson | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | Michigan | 14 | 13 |
| 71 | Walter Johnson | LDT | 6-3 | 268 | 27 | New Mexico State; Los Angeles State | 14 | 14 |
| 41 | Dave Jones | WR | 6-1 | 185 | 22 | Kansas State | 13 | 0 |
| 69 | Jim Kanicki | RDT | 6-4 | 270 | 28 | Michigan State | 6 | 5 |
| 24 | Ernie Kellermann | LS | 6-0 | 184 | 26 | Miami (Ohio) | 11 | 11 |
| 44 | Leroy Kelly | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 27 | Morgan State | 13 | 13 |
| 25 | Charlie Leigh | RB | 5-11 | 203 | 24 | none | 13 | 0 |
| 51 | Dale Lindsey | MLB-RLB | 6-2 | 224 | 26 | Kentucky; Western Kentucky | 14 | 14 |
| 56 | Bob Matheson | MLB | 6-4 | 241 | 25 | Duke | 14 | 5 |
| 59 | Wayne Meylan | MLB-RLB | 6-1 | 237 | 23 | Nebraska | 13 | 0 |
| 49 | Alvin Mitchell | LCB | 6-4 | 195 | 26 | Morgan State | 14 | 0 |
| 89 | Milt Morin | TE | 6-4 | 243 | 27 | Massachusetts | 14 | 12 |
| 26 | Reece Morrison | RB | 6-0 | 206 | 24 | Texas State | 14 | 1 |
| 16 | Bill Nelsen | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | El Cerritos JC; Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| 79 | Bob Oliver | LDE | 6-3 | 250 | 22 | Abilene Christian | 8 | 0 |
| 55 | Chuck Reynolds | LOG | 6-3 | 240 | 23 | Texas Christian; Tulsa | 11 | 0 |
| 17 | Jerry Rhome | QB | 6-0 | 186 | 27 | Southern Methodist; Tulsa | 11 | 0 |
| 70 | Joe Righetti | LDT | 6-2 | 253 | 22 | Waynesburg | 14 | 0 |
| 77 | Dick Schafrath | LOT | 6-3 | 253 | 32 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 35 | Bo Scott | RB | 6-3 | 213 | 26 | Ohio State | 13 | 1 |
| 88 | Ron Snidow | LDE | 6-4 | 249 | 28 | Oregon | 14 | 14 |
| 20 | Freddie Summers | LS | 6-1 | 180 | 22 | McCook CC; Wake Forest | 8 | 3 |
| 29 | Walt Sumner | RCB | 6-1 | 188 | 22 | Florida State | 14 | 14 |
| 62 | Joe Taffoni | ROT | 6-3 | 248 | 24 | West Virginia; Tennessee-Martin | 14 | 1 |
| 84 | Marv Upshaw | RDT | 6-3 | 253 | 23 | Trinity (Texas) | 14 | 9 |
| 42 | Paul Warfield | WR | 6-0 | 188 | 27 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 20 | Ron Johnson | RB | Michigan |
| 3 | 55 | Al Jenkins | G | Tulsa |
| 3 | 72 | Chip Glass | TE | Florida State |
| 4 | 98 | Freddie Summers | DB | Wake Forest |
| 5 | 124 | Fair Hooker | FL | Arizona State |
| 6 | 145 | Larry Adams | DT | Texas Christian |
| 6 | 150 | Joe Righetti | DT | Waynesburg |
| 7 | 176 | Walt Sumner | DB | Florida State |
| 8 | 202 | Chuck Reynolds | C | Tulsa |
| 9 | 228 | Ron Kamzelski | DT | Minnesota |
| 10 | 254 | Greg Shelly | G | Virginia |
| 11 | 280 | Dave Jones | FL | Kansas State |
| 12 | 306 | Dick Davis | RB | Nebraska |
| 13 | 332 | Tommy Boutwell | QB | Southern Mississippi |
| 14 | 358 | Jiggy Smaha | DT | Georgia |
| 15 | 384 | Joel Stevenson | TE | Georgia Tech |
| 16 | 410 | Jim Lowe | FL | Tuskegee |
| 17 | 436 | Bob Oliver | DE | Abilene Christian |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 77 | 117 | 70 | 87 | |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 91 | 38 | 130 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 250 | 97 | 138 | 15 | / % | / % | 58 | 603 | |
| Opponents Totals | 257 | 120 | 121 | 16 | / % | / % | 72 | 746 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cockroft | 0 | 45 | 45 | 100.0 | 12 | 23 | 52.2 | 0 | 81 |
| Gary Collins | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Leroy Kelly | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Paul Warfield | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Ron Johnson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Chip Glass | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Erich Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Walter Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ernie Kellermann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Reece Morrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Walt Sumner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 45 | 45 | 45 | 100.0 | 12 | 23 | 52.2 | 0 | 351 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 36 | 38 | 94.7 | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 0 | 300 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cockroft | 12 | 23 | 52.2 | 1 | 45 | 0/0 | 7/8 | 3/8 | 2/6 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 23 | 52.2 | 1 | 45 | 0/0 | 7/8 | 3/8 | 2/6 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 2/3 | 4/5 | 5/6 | 1/6 | 0/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leroy Kelly | 196 | 817 | 4.2 | 31 | 9 |
| Ron Johnson | 138 | 472 | 3.4 | 48t | 7 |
| Reece Morrison | 59 | 300 | 5.1 | 54 | 1 |
| Bo Scott | 44 | 157 | 3.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Milt Morin | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Paul Warfield | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Jerry Rhome | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Nelsen | 5 | -11 | -2.2 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 447 | 1788 | 4.0 | 54 | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 417 | 1990 | 4.8 | 57 | 18 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Nelsen | 352 | 190 | 54.0 | 143 | 2743 | 7.8 | 14.4 | 82t | 23 | 6.5 | 19 | 5.4 | 17 | 164 | 2579 | 78.8 |
| Jerry Rhome | 19 | 7 | 36.8 | 10 | 35 | 1.8 | 5.0 | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10.5 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 5.7 |
| Leroy Kelly | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 4 | 36 | 7.2 | 36.0 | 36t | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 96.7 |
| Reece Morrison | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 118.8 |
| Ron Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 378 | 199 | 52.6 | 158 | 2830 | 7.5 | 14.2 | 82t | 24 | 6.3 | 21 | 5.6 | 20 | 190 | 2640 | 75.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 387 | 202 | 52.2 | 166 | 2787 | 7.2 | 13.8 | 84t | 19 | 4.9 | 19 | 4.9 | 37 | 323 | 2464 | 71.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Collins | 54 | 786 | 14.6 | 48t | 11 |
| Paul Warfield | 42 | 886 | 21.1 | 82t | 10 |
| Milt Morin | 37 | 495 | 13.4 | 35 | 0 |
| Ron Johnson | 24 | 164 | 6.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 20 | 267 | 13.4 | 36 | 1 |
| Reece Morrison | 6 | 71 | 11.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Chip Glass | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 40 | 2 |
| Dave Jones | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Fair Hooker | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Charlie Leigh | 2 | -9 | -4.5 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 199 | 2830 | 14.2 | 82t | 24 |
| Opponents Totals | 202 | 2787 | 13.8 | 84t | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Howell | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Walt Sumner | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 40t | 1 |
| Ernie Kellermann | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 40t | 1 |
| John Garlington | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Erich Barnes | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55t | 1 |
| Jack Gregory | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dale Lindsey | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Marv Upshaw | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 217 | 11.4 | 55t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 275 | 13.1 | 56 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cockroft | 57 | 2138 | 37.5 | 55 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Gary Collins | 3 | 112 | 37.3 | 59 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 60 | 2250 | 37.5 | 59 | 1 | 7 | 72 | 2038 | 34.5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 2593 | 40.5 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 2410 | 37.7 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reece Morrison | 11 | 3 | 49 | 4.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Walt Sumner | 9 | 11 | 88 | 9.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 7 | 0 | 28 | 4.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Charlie Leigh | 5 | 1 | 18 | 3.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 15 | 183 | 5.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 21 | 72 | 3.6 | 55 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Scott | 25 | 722 | 28.9 | 65 | 0 | |
| Reece Morrison | 9 | 155 | 17.2 | 31 | 0 | |
| Dean Brown | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Charlie Leigh | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Ron Johnson | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Mike Howell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Jenkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Kanicki | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Matheson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alvin Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 46 | 985 | 21.4 | 65 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 1166 | 20.8 | 48 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Andrews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Erich Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Monte Clark | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| John Demarie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Garlington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Gregory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Hoaglin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -41 | 0 | |
| Jim Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Jenkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Johnson | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walter Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
| Jim Kanicki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Leigh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alvin Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Milt Morin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reece Morrison | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| Bill Nelsen | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Oliver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Reynolds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Rhome | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bo Scott | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Snidow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Sumner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marv Upshaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 15 | 11 | 22 | 33 | -19 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 0 |
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