1970 Cleveland Browns (NFL) |
| 2nd place American Football Conference Central Division 7-7-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Blanton Collier |
| Howard Brinker | Defense |
| Fritz Heisler | Offensive Line |
| Howard Keys | Backfield |
| Dick Modzelewski | Defensive Line |
| Bob Nussbaumer | Receivers |
| Nick Skorich | Overall Defense |
| Eddie Ulinski | Linebackers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/8/1970 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 17-30 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 71559 | |
| Sat | 8/15/1970 | N | San Francisco 49ers | 17-10 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 41851 | |
| Sat | 8/22/1970 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 13-16 | L | Memphis, TN | Liberty Bowl | 31532 | |
| Sat | 8/29/1970 | A | Cleveland Browns | 24-31 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 57112 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1970 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 21-24 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 83043 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1970 | A | New York Giants | 30-29 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62461 | |
| Mon | 9/21/1970 | H | New York Jets | 31-21 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 85703 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1970 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 31-34 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 37502 | |
| Sat | 10/3/1970 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 15-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 84349 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1970 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 30-27 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 83520 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1970 | H | Detroit Lions | 24-41 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 83577 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1970 | A | Miami Dolphins | 28-0 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 75313 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1970 | H | San Diego Chargers | 10-27 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 80047 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1970 | A | Oakland Raiders | 20-23 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 54463 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1970 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 10-14 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 60007 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1970 | H | Houston Oilers | 28-14 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 74723 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1970 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 9-28 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 50214 | |
| Mon | 12/7/1970 | A | Houston Oilers | 21-10 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 50582 | |
| Sat | 12/12/1970 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 2-6 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 75458 | |
| Sun | 12/20/1970 | A | Denver Broncos | 27-13 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 51001 | |
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 | RLB-LLB | 6-0 | 223 | 25 | Southeastern Louisiana | 14 | 10 |
| 40 | Erich Barnes | LCB | 6-2 | 201 | 35 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| 53 | Tom Beutler | MLB | 6-1 | 232 | 24 | Toledo | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | Ken Brown | RB | 5-10 | 204 | 25 | none | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | Don Cockroft | K-P | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Adams State | 14 | 0 |
| 86 | Gary Collins | WR | 6-4 | 211 | 30 | Maryland | 12 | 11 |
| 64 | Jim Copeland | ROG-LOG | 6-2 | 242 | 25 | Virginia | 14 | 0 |
| 28 | Ben Davis | RCB-LCB | 5-11 | 183 | 25 | Defiance | 7 | 2 |
| 65 | John Demarie | LOG | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| 36 | Steve Engel | RB | 6-1 | 218 | 23 | Colorado | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | John Garlington | LLB-RLB | 6-1 | 222 | 24 | Louisiana State | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | Don Gault | QB | 6-2 | 190 | 24 | Hofstra | 2 | 1 |
| 83 | Chip Glass | TE | 6-4 | 237 | 23 | Florida State | 14 | 3 |
| 81 | Jack Gregory | RDE | 6-5 | 249 | 26 | Tennessee-Chattanooga; Delta State | 14 | 14 |
| 66 | Gene Hickerson | ROG | 6-3 | 248 | 35 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| 54 | Fred Hoaglin | C | 6-4 | 247 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 14 |
| 43 | Fair Hooker | WR | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Arizona State | 13 | 13 |
| 82 | Jim Houston | LLB-MLB | 6-3 | 239 | 33 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 34 | Mike Howell | RS | 6-1 | 189 | 27 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| 60 | Al Jenkins | LOT | 6-2 | 245 | 24 | Southern Illinois; Tulsa | 5 | 0 |
| 71 | Walter Johnson | LDT | 6-3 | 268 | 28 | New Mexico State; Los Angeles State | 14 | 14 |
| 41 | Dave Jones | WR | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Kansas State | 14 | 0 |
| 85 | Homer Jones | WR | 6-2 | 211 | 29 | Texas Southern | 14 | 4 |
| 80 | Joe Jones | LDE | 6-6 | 250 | 22 | Tennessee State | 14 | 4 |
| 24 | Ernie Kellermann | LS | 6-0 | 184 | 27 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | 14 |
| 44 | Leroy Kelly | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 28 | Morgan State | 13 | 13 |
| 59 | Rudy Kuechenberg | LB | 6-2 | 217 | 27 | Indiana | 3 | 0 |
| 51 | Dale Lindsey | MLB-RLB-LLB | 6-2 | 224 | 27 | Kentucky; Western Kentucky | 14 | 7 |
| 56 | Bob Matheson | MLB-RDE | 6-4 | 241 | 26 | Duke | 13 | 4 |
| 78 | Bob McKay | LOT | 6-5 | 265 | 23 | Texas | 8 | 0 |
| 27 | Randy Minniear | RB | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | Purdue | 8 | 0 |
| 89 | Milt Morin | TE | 6-4 | 243 | 28 | Massachusetts | 14 | 11 |
| 26 | Reece Morrison | RB | 6-0 | 206 | 25 | Texas State | 14 | 2 |
| 16 | Bill Nelsen | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 29 | El Cerritos JC; Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| 15 | Mike Phipps | QB | 6-3 | 208 | 23 | Purdue | 14 | 1 |
| 55 | Chuck Reynolds | C | 6-3 | 240 | 24 | Texas Christian; Tulsa | 14 | 0 |
| 70 | Joe Righetti | LDT | 6-2 | 253 | 23 | Waynesburg | 9 | 0 |
| 77 | Dick Schafrath | LOT | 6-3 | 253 | 33 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 33 | Tom Schoen | LS | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Notre Dame | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | Bo Scott | RB | 6-3 | 213 | 27 | Ohio State | 13 | 13 |
| 72 | Jerry Sherk | RDT | 6-4 | 250 | 22 | Grays Harbor JC; Oklahoma State | 14 | 14 |
| 88 | Ron Snidow | LDE | 6-4 | 249 | 29 | Oregon | 14 | 10 |
| 23 | Ricky Stevenson | CB | 5-11 | 188 | 22 | Indian Hills JC; Arizona | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Freddie Summers | LS | 6-1 | 180 | 23 | McCook CC; Wake Forest | 12 | 0 |
| 29 | Walt Sumner | RCB | 6-1 | 188 | 23 | Florida State | 12 | 12 |
| 62 | Joe Taffoni | ROT | 6-3 | 248 | 25 | West Virginia; Tennessee-Martin | 14 | 14 |
| 75 | Bill Yanchar | LDT | 6-3 | 250 | 22 | Purdue | 5 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Mike Phipps | QB | Purdue |
| 1 | 21 | Bob McKay | T | Texas |
| 2 | 36 | Joe Jones | DE | Tennessee State |
| 2 | 47 | Jerry Sherk | DT | Oklahoma State |
| 4 | 99 | Ricky Stevenson | DB | Arizona |
| 5 | 125 | Steve Engel | DB | Colorado |
| 6 | 151 | Mike Cilek | QB | Iowa |
| 7 | 177 | Craig Wycinski | G | Michigan State |
| 8 | 203 | Honester Davidson | DB | Bowling Green State |
| 9 | 229 | Geoff Brown | LB | Pittsburgh |
| 10 | 255 | Bill Yanchar | DT | Purdue |
| 11 | 281 | Gene Benner | WR | Maine |
| 12 | 307 | Jerry Sanders | K | Texas Tech |
| 13 | 333 | Larry Roberts | RB | Central Missouri |
| 14 | 359 | Jimmie Tharpe | LB | Lincoln (Missouri) |
| 15 | 385 | Guy Homoly | DB | Illinois State |
| 16 | 410 | Johnny Redebaugh | TE | Bemidji State |
| 17 | 436 | Charles Tabb | RB | McMurry |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 54 | 92 | 85 | 55 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 100 | 37 | 74 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 239 | 84 | 134 | 21 | / % | / % | 65 | 634 | |
| Opponents Totals | 236 | 104 | 120 | 12 | / % | / % | 88 | 871 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cockroft | 0 | 34 | 35 | 97.1 | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 0 | 70 |
| Bo Scott | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Leroy Kelly | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Gary Collins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Chip Glass | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Fair Hooker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Homer Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Billy Andrews | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Erich Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dale Lindsey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Randy Minniear | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Milt Morin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Reece Morrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Walter Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Chuck Reynolds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ron Snidow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 35 | 34 | 35 | 97.1 | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 3 | 286 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 31 | 32 | 96.9 | 14 | 26 | 53.8 | 0 | 265 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cockroft | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 1 | 47 | 3/4 | 2/3 | 4/7 | 3/7 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 1 | 47 | 3/4 | 2/3 | 4/7 | 3/7 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 26 | 53.8 | 2/2 | 1/4 | 5/7 | 3/7 | 3/6 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leroy Kelly | 206 | 656 | 3.2 | 33t | 6 |
| Bo Scott | 151 | 625 | 4.1 | 63t | 7 |
| Reece Morrison | 73 | 175 | 2.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Mike Phipps | 11 | 94 | 8.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Randy Minniear | 12 | 39 | 3.3 | 9 | 1 |
| Milt Morin | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Nelsen | 7 | -4 | -0.6 | 2 | 0 |
| Ken Brown | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 462 | 1579 | 3.4 | 63t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 451 | 2006 | 4.4 | 73 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Nelsen | 313 | 159 | 159 | 138 | 2156 | 6.9 | 13.6 | 78t | 16 | 5.1 | 16 | 5.1 | 8 | 79 | 2077 | 68.9 |
| Mike Phipps | 60 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 529 | 8.8 | 18.2 | 53t | 1 | 1.7 | 5 | 8.3 | 7 | 86 | 443 | 49.9 |
| Don Gault | 19 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 67 | 3.5 | 33.5 | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 15.8 | 1 | 5 | 62 | 2.2 |
| Team Totals | 392 | 190 | 190 | 178 | 2752 | 7.0 | 14.5 | 78t | 17 | 4.3 | 24 | 6.1 | 16 | 170 | 2582 | 60.7 |
| Opponents Totals | 357 | 186 | 186 | 152 | 2528 | 7.1 | 13.6 | 81t | 16 | 4.5 | 19 | 5.3 | 34 | 290 | 2238 | 67.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Scott | 40 | 351 | 8.8 | 24 | 4 |
| Milt Morin | 37 | 611 | 16.5 | 36 | 1 |
| Fair Hooker | 28 | 490 | 17.5 | 69 | 2 |
| Gary Collins | 26 | 351 | 13.5 | 28 | 4 |
| Leroy Kelly | 24 | 311 | 13.0 | 55 | 2 |
| Chip Glass | 19 | 403 | 21.2 | 78t | 2 |
| Homer Jones | 10 | 141 | 14.1 | 43t | 1 |
| Reece Morrison | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 53t | 1 |
| Randy Minniear | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 190 | 2752 | 14.5 | 78t | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 186 | 2528 | 13.6 | 81t | 16 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erich Barnes | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 38t | 1 |
| Walt Sumner | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Dale Lindsey | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 56t | 1 |
| Billy Andrews | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25t | 1 |
| Jim Houston | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Ernie Kellermann | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Matheson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| John Garlington | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Walter Johnson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ben Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Howell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 324 | 17.1 | 56t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 399 | 16.6 | 62t | 4 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cockroft | 71 | 3023 | 42.6 | 71 | 1 | 7 | 83 | 2800 | 39.4 | |
| Team Totals | 71 | 3023 | 42.6 | 71 | 1 | 7 | 83 | 2800 | 40.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 2801 | 42.4 | 65 | 0 | 3 | 236 | 2505 | 38.0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reece Morrison | 15 | 2 | 133 | 8.9 | 34 | 0 |
| Walt Sumner | 8 | 11 | 70 | 8.8 | 38 | 0 |
| Tom Schoen | 8 | 1 | 18 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Al Jenkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Jones | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 34 | 16 | 236 | 6.9 | 38 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 28 | 83 | 3.6 | 33 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homer Jones | 29 | 739 | 25.5 | 94t | 1 | |
| Reece Morrison | 7 | 153 | 21.9 | 36 | 0 | |
| Ken Brown | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Bob Matheson | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 14 | 0 | |
| Tom Schoen | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Joe Righetti | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Chip Glass | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Milt Morin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 44 | 1001 | 22.8 | 94t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 956 | 24.5 | 91 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Gregory | 15.5 | |
| Walter Johnson | 6.5 | |
| Joe Jones | 5.5 | |
| Jerry Sherk | 4.0 | |
| Ron Snidow | 3.0 | |
| Billy Andrews | 1.0 | |
| Jim Houston | 0.5 | |
| Team Totals IND=36 | 34.0 | 290.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 16.0 | 170.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Andrews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Erich Barnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Collins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Garlington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Gault | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chip Glass | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Gregory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Howell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Jenkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Homer Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Kellermann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dale Lindsey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Matheson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Milt Morin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Nelsen | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Phipps | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Schafrath | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 |
| Tom Schoen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bo Scott | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Sherk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| Freddie Summers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Sumner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 24 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 42 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 2 |
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