1968 Cleveland Browns (NFL) |
| 1st place Eastern Conference Century Division 10-4-0 .714 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Blanton Collier |
| Howard Brinker | Overall Defense |
| 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 | |||
| Fri | 8/9/1968 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 21-23 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 64020 | |
| Sun | 8/18/1968 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 31-17 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 26801 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1968 | A | New Orleans Saints | 27-40 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 70045 | |
| Fri | 8/30/1968 | A | Buffalo Bills | 22-12 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 45448 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1968 | H | Green Bay Packers | 9-31 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 84918 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1968 | A | New Orleans Saints | 24-10 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 74215 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1968 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 7-28 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 68733 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1968 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 6-24 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 82514 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1968 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 31-24 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 81865 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1968 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 21-27 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 79349 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1968 | A | Baltimore Colts | 30-20 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 60238 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1968 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 30-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 67723 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1968 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 33-21 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 31359 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1968 | H | New Orleans Saints | 35-17 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 71025 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1968 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 45-24 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 41572 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1968 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 47-13 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 62338 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1968 | H | New York Giants | 45-10 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 83193 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1968 | A | Washington Redskins | 24-21 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 50661 | |
| Sat | 12/14/1968 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 16-27 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 48174 | |
| Eastern Conference Championship | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/21/1968 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 31-20 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 81497 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/29/1968 | H | Baltimore Colts | 0-34 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 78410 | |
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 | LB | 6-0 | 223 | 23 | Southeastern Louisiana | 14 | 0 |
| 40 | Erich Barnes | LCB | 6-2 | 201 | 33 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| 87 | Eppie Barney | FL | 6-0 | 201 | 24 | Iowa State | 12 | 8 |
| 73 | Monte Clark | ROT | 6-6 | 260 | 31 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| 12 | Don Cockroft | K-P | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Adams State | 14 | 0 |
| 86 | Gary Collins | FL-P | 6-4 | 211 | 28 | Maryland | 5 | 4 |
| 64 | Jim Copeland | OG | 6-2 | 242 | 23 | Virginia | 14 | 0 |
| 28 | Ben Davis | RCB | 5-11 | 183 | 23 | Defiance | 14 | 14 |
| 65 | John Demarie | LOG | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| 50 | John Garlington | RLB | 6-1 | 222 | 22 | Louisiana State | 13 | 2 |
| 80 | Bill Glass | RDE | 6-5 | 252 | 33 | Baylor | 10 | 8 |
| 48 | Ernie Green | FB | 6-2 | 205 | 30 | Louisville | 8 | 7 |
| 43 | Ron Green | FL | 6-1 | 202 | 25 | North Dakota | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | Jack Gregory | RDE | 6-5 | 249 | 24 | Tennessee-Chattanooga; Delta State | 14 | 6 |
| 31 | Charley Harraway | FB | 6-2 | 221 | 24 | San Jose State | 13 | 5 |
| 66 | Gene Hickerson | ROG | 6-3 | 248 | 33 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| 54 | Fred Hoaglin | C | 6-4 | 247 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 14 |
| 82 | Jim Houston | LLB | 6-3 | 239 | 31 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 34 | Mike Howell | FS | 6-1 | 189 | 25 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| 33 | Nate James | CB | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Florida A&M | 12 | 0 |
| 71 | Walter Johnson | LDT | 6-3 | 268 | 26 | New Mexico State; Los Angeles State | 14 | 14 |
| 69 | Jim Kanicki | RDT | 6-4 | 270 | 27 | Michigan State | 13 | 10 |
| 24 | Ernie Kellermann | SS | 6-0 | 184 | 25 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | 14 |
| 44 | Leroy Kelly | HB | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Morgan State | 14 | 14 |
| 25 | Charlie Leigh | FB | 5-11 | 203 | 23 | none | 14 | 2 |
| 51 | Dale Lindsey | RLB | 6-2 | 224 | 25 | Kentucky; Western Kentucky | 12 | 12 |
| 56 | Bob Matheson | MLB | 6-4 | 241 | 24 | Duke | 14 | 13 |
| 29 | Tommy McDonald | FL | 5-9 | 176 | 34 | Oklahoma | 9 | 2 |
| 59 | Wayne Meylan | LB | 6-1 | 237 | 22 | Nebraska | 14 | 0 |
| 49 | Alvin Mitchell | CB | 6-4 | 195 | 25 | Morgan State | 12 | 0 |
| 89 | Milt Morin | TE | 6-4 | 243 | 26 | Massachusetts | 14 | 14 |
| 26 | Reece Morrison | RB | 6-0 | 206 | 23 | Texas State | 14 | 0 |
| 16 | Bill Nelsen | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 27 | El Cerritos JC; Southern California | 14 | 11 |
| 13 | Frank Ryan | QB | 6-3 | 199 | 32 | Rice | 7 | 3 |
| 74 | Bill Sabatino | RDT | 6-3 | 245 | 23 | Colorado | 7 | 1 |
| 77 | Dick Schafrath | LOT | 6-3 | 253 | 31 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 41 | Ralph Smith | TE | 6-2 | 214 | 30 | Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
| 88 | Ron Snidow | LDE | 6-4 | 249 | 27 | Oregon | 13 | 13 |
| 62 | Joe Taffoni | OT | 6-3 | 248 | 23 | West Virginia; Tennessee-Martin | 13 | 0 |
| 84 | Marv Upshaw | RDT-LDE-K | 6-3 | 253 | 22 | Trinity (Texas) | 14 | 3 |
| 27 | Carl Ward | S | 5-9 | 180 | 24 | Michigan | 14 | 0 |
| 42 | Paul Warfield | SE | 6-0 | 188 | 26 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 53 | Bob Whitlow | C | 6-1 | 236 | 32 | Compton JC; Arizona | 14 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 21 | Marv Upshaw | DE | Trinity (Texas) |
| 2 | 47 | John Garlington | LB | Louisiana State |
| 3 | 64 | Harry Olszewski | G | Clemson |
| 3 | 66 | Reece Morrison | RB | Texas State |
| 4 | 104 | Wayne Meylan | LB | Nebraska |
| 5 | 131 | Mike Wempe | T | Missouri |
| 5 | 134 | Jacky Jackson | RB | Clemson |
| 6 | 152 | Nate James | DB | Florida A&M |
| 7 | 186 | Dale Brady | RB | Memphis |
| 8 | 212 | Tom Schoen | DB | Notre Dame |
| 9 | 238 | Dave Porter | DT | Michigan |
| 10 | 255 | Jim Greer | DE | Stephen F. Austin State |
| 10 | 267 | Alvin Mitchell | FL | Morgan State |
| 11 | 293 | Jim Alcorn | QB | Clarion |
| 12 | 319 | Tom Beutler | LB | Toledo |
| 13 | 348 | Terry Sellers | DB | Georgia |
| 14 | 374 | Edgar Whipps | RB | Jackson State |
| 15 | 400 | Bob Baxter | FL | Memphis |
| 16 | 429 | Dick Sievert | DE | Wisconsin-River Falls |
| 17 | 455 | Wayne McDuffie | C | Florida State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 51 | 134 | 97 | 112 | |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 84 | 41 | 98 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 248 | 104 | 123 | 21 | / % | / % | 74 | 841 | |
| Opponents Totals | 259 | 110 | 130 | 19 | / % | / % | 61 | 620 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leroy Kelly | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | ||
| Don Cockroft | 0 | 46 | 48 | 95.8 | 18 | 24 | 75.0 | 0 | 100 |
| Paul Warfield | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Milt Morin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Eppie Barney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ernie Green | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Reece Morrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Erich Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Glass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charley Harraway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charlie Leigh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tommy McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Nelsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 49 | 46 | 49 | 93.9 | 18 | 24 | 75.0 | 0 | 394 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 14 | 26 | 53.8 | 0 | 273 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cockroft | 18 | 24 | 75.0 | 2 | 50 | 6/6 | 7/7 | 2/4 | 2/6 | 1/1 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 24 | 75.0 | 2 | 50 | 6/6 | 7/7 | 2/4 | 2/6 | 1/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 26 | 53.8 | 3/3 | 4/6 | 3/7 | 4/8 | 0/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leroy Kelly | 248 | 1239 | 5.0 | 65 | 16 |
| Charley Harraway | 91 | 334 | 3.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Ernie Green | 41 | 152 | 3.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Charlie Leigh | 23 | 144 | 6.3 | 20t | 1 |
| Frank Ryan | 11 | 64 | 5.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Reece Morrison | 18 | 39 | 2.2 | 11 | 1 |
| Bill Nelsen | 13 | 30 | 2.3 | 18 | 1 |
| Ralph Smith | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Eppie Barney | 0 | 8 | 8Lt | 1 | |
| Milt Morin | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 447 | 2031 | 4.5 | 65 | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 423 | 1842 | 4.4 | 44 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Nelsen | 293 | 152 | 51.9 | 131 | 2366 | 8.1 | 15.6 | 87 | 19 | 6.5 | 10 | 3.4 | 11 | 102 | 2264 | 86.4 |
| Frank Ryan | 66 | 31 | 47.0 | 29 | 639 | 9.7 | 20.6 | 57t | 7 | 10.6 | 6 | 9.1 | 10 | 79 | 560 | 79.0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 3 | 34 | 8.5 | 34.0 | 34t | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 102.1 |
| Team Totals | 363 | 184 | 50.7 | 163 | 3039 | 8.4 | 16.5 | 87 | 27 | 7.4 | 16 | 4.4 | 21 | 181 | 2858 | 85.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 439 | 213 | 48.5 | 194 | 2447 | 5.6 | 11.5 | 56 | 19 | 4.3 | 32 | 7.3 | 26 | 199 | 2248 | 49.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Warfield | 50 | 1067 | 21.3 | 65t | 12 |
| Milt Morin | 43 | 792 | 18.4 | 87 | 5 |
| Leroy Kelly | 22 | 297 | 13.5 | 68t | 4 |
| Eppie Barney | 18 | 189 | 10.5 | 18 | 1 |
| Ernie Green | 16 | 142 | 8.9 | 62t | 2 |
| Charley Harraway | 12 | 162 | 13.5 | 63 | 1 |
| Gary Collins | 9 | 230 | 25.6 | 39 | 0 |
| Tommy McDonald | 7 | 113 | 16.1 | 42 | 1 |
| Charlie Leigh | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Reece Morrison | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 29 | 1 |
| Ralph Smith | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 184 | 3039 | 16.5 | 87 | 27 |
| Opponents Totals | 213 | 2447 | 11.5 | 56 | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Davis | 8 | 162 | 20.3 | 44 | 0 |
| Mike Howell | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Ernie Kellermann | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Erich Barnes | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 40t | 1 |
| Jim Houston | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Matheson | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Bill Glass | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 17t | 1 |
| John Garlington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Lindsey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 386 | 12.1 | 44 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 152 | 9.5 | 40 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cockroft | 61 | 2297 | 37.7 | 59 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Gary Collins | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 63 | 2349 | 37.3 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 2209 | 35.1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 2392 | 39.9 | 70 | 0 | 4 | 96 | 2216 | 36.9 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Leigh | 14 | 2 | 76 | 5.4 | 29 | 0 |
| Ben Davis | 9 | 8 | 11 | 1.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tommy McDonald | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 24 | 11 | 96 | 4.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 26 | 120 | 5.7 | 17 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Leigh | 14 | 322 | 23.0 | 41 | 0 | |
| Carl Ward | 13 | 236 | 18.2 | 35 | 0 | |
| Nate James | 8 | 166 | 20.8 | 43 | 0 | |
| Ben Davis | 8 | 152 | 19.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Reece Morrison | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 33 | 0 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Ralph Smith | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Billy Andrews | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Erich Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Copeland | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Houston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Howell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 54 | 974 | 18.0 | 43 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 1417 | 22.1 | 80 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Andrews | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Erich Barnes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Copeland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Davis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Garlington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Harraway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Hickerson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Howell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate James | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walter Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Kellermann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Charlie Leigh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Matheson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Meylan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Nelsen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Frank Ryan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Snidow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Taffoni | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Ward | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 23 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 2 |
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