1971 Cleveland Browns (NFL) |
| 1st place American Football Conference Central Division 9-5-0 .643 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Nick Skorich |
| Howard Brinker | Defense |
| Howard Keys | Offensive Backs |
| Richie McCabe | Defensive Backs |
| Dick Modzelewski | Defensive Line |
| Bob Nussbaumer | Receivers |
| Ray Prochaska | Offense |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/8/1971 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 24-38 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 40000 | |
| Fri | 8/13/1971 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 5-17 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 52503 | |
| Fri | 8/20/1971 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 15-16 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 69099 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1971 | A | Chicago Bears | 19-20 | L | South Bend, IN | Notre Dame Stadium | 43568 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1971 | H | New York Giants | 30-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 82710 | |
| Fri | 9/10/1971 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 13-27 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 46171 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1971 | H | Houston Oilers | 31-0 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 73387 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1971 | A | Baltimore Colts | 14-13 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 56837 | |
| Mon | 10/4/1971 | H | Oakland Raiders | 20-34 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 84285 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1971 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 27-17 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 83391 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1971 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 27-24 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 60284 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1971 | H | Denver Broncos | 0-27 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 75674 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1971 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 14-31 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 76825 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1971 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 9-26 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 50202 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1971 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 7-13 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 50388 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1971 | H | New England Patriots | 27-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 65238 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1971 | A | Houston Oilers | 37-24 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 37921 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1971 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 31-27 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 82705 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1971 | A | New Orleans Saints | 21-17 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 72794 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1971 | A | Washington Redskins | 20-13 | W | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 53041 | |
| AFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/26/1971 | H | Baltimore Colts | 3-20 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 70734 | |
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 | 6-0 | 223 | 26 | Southeastern Louisiana | 14 | 14 |
| 40 | Erich Barnes | RS | 6-2 | 201 | 36 | Purdue | 3 | 2 |
| 84 | Bob Briggs | RDE-RDT | 6-4 | 265 | 26 | Heidelberg | 14 | 0 |
| 30 | Ken Brown | RB | 5-10 | 204 | 26 | none | 10 | 0 |
| 21 | Stan Brown | WR | 5-9 | 184 | 22 | Purdue | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | Don Cockroft | K-P | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Adams State | 14 | 0 |
| 86 | Gary Collins | WR | 6-4 | 211 | 31 | Maryland | 13 | 8 |
| 64 | Jim Copeland | C-LOG-ROG | 6-2 | 242 | 26 | Virginia | 14 | 7 |
| 33 | Bo Cornell | RB | 6-1 | 215 | 22 | Washington | 14 | 0 |
| 28 | Ben Davis | RCB | 5-11 | 183 | 26 | Defiance | 12 | 11 |
| 65 | John Demarie | LOG | 6-3 | 250 | 26 | Louisiana State | 14 | 13 |
| 73 | Doug Dieken | LOT-ROT | 6-5 | 253 | 22 | Illinois | 14 | 5 |
| 50 | John Garlington | LLB-MLB | 6-1 | 222 | 25 | Louisiana State | 14 | 6 |
| 83 | Chip Glass | TE | 6-4 | 237 | 24 | Florida State | 14 | 0 |
| 81 | Jack Gregory | RDE | 6-5 | 249 | 27 | Tennessee-Chattanooga; Delta State | 14 | 14 |
| 59 | Charlie Hall | RLB | 6-3 | 220 | 23 | Houston | 14 | 0 |
| 66 | Gene Hickerson | ROG | 6-3 | 248 | 36 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| 54 | Fred Hoaglin | C | 6-4 | 247 | 27 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 8 |
| 43 | Fair Hooker | WR | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Arizona State | 14 | 14 |
| 82 | Jim Houston | LLB | 6-3 | 239 | 34 | Ohio State | 14 | 11 |
| 34 | Mike Howell | RS | 6-1 | 189 | 28 | Grambling State | 14 | 12 |
| 74 | Mitch Johnson | LOT | 6-4 | 249 | 29 | Los Angeles State; UCLA | 11 | 0 |
| 71 | Walter Johnson | LDT | 6-3 | 268 | 29 | New Mexico State; Los Angeles State | 14 | 14 |
| 41 | Dave Jones | WR | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | Kansas State | 14 | 0 |
| 80 | Joe Jones | LDE | 6-6 | 250 | 23 | Tennessee State | 14 | 14 |
| 24 | Ernie Kellermann | LS-RS | 6-0 | 184 | 28 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | 2 |
| 44 | Leroy Kelly | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 29 | Morgan State | 14 | 14 |
| 58 | Rick Kingrea | MLB | 6-1 | 228 | 22 | Tulane | 14 | 1 |
| 51 | Dale Lindsey | MLB | 6-2 | 224 | 28 | Kentucky; Western Kentucky | 14 | 11 |
| 78 | Bob McKay | ROT | 6-5 | 265 | 24 | Texas | 14 | 14 |
| 89 | Milt Morin | TE | 6-4 | 243 | 29 | Massachusetts | 14 | 14 |
| 26 | Reece Morrison | RB | 6-0 | 206 | 26 | Texas State | 8 | 0 |
| 16 | Bill Nelsen | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 30 | El Cerritos JC; Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | Mike Phipps | QB | 6-3 | 208 | 24 | Purdue | 14 | 1 |
| 25 | Frank Pitts | WR | 6-2 | 198 | 28 | Southern University | 13 | 6 |
| 77 | Dick Schafrath | LOT | 6-3 | 253 | 34 | Ohio State | 14 | 9 |
| 35 | Bo Scott | RB | 6-3 | 213 | 28 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 22 | Clarence Scott | LCB | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Kansas State | 13 | 13 |
| 72 | Jerry Sherk | RDT | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | Grays Harbor JC; Oklahoma State | 14 | 14 |
| 63 | Mike Sikich | LOG | 6-2 | 243 | 22 | Northwestern | 3 | 0 |
| 88 | Ron Snidow | LDE | 6-4 | 249 | 30 | Oregon | 13 | 6 |
| 20 | Freddie Summers | LCB-LS | 6-1 | 180 | 24 | McCook CC; Wake Forest | 3 | 1 |
| 29 | Walt Sumner | LS-RCB | 6-1 | 188 | 24 | Florida State | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 14 | Clarence Scott | DB | Kansas State |
| 2 | 40 | Bo Cornell | RB | Washington |
| 3 | 66 | Paul Staroba | WR | Michigan |
| 3 | 68 | Charlie Hall | LB | Houston |
| 4 | 92 | Bubba Pena | G | Massachusetts |
| 5 | 118 | Stan Brown | WR | Purdue |
| 6 | 142 | Doug Dieken | T | Illinois |
| 6 | 144 | Jay Dixon | LB | Boston University |
| 7 | 170 | Bob Jacobs | K | Wyoming |
| 8 | 196 | Larry Zelina | RB | Ohio State |
| 9 | 222 | Wilmer Levels | DB | North Texas |
| 10 | 248 | Steve Casteel | LB | Oklahoma |
| 11 | 274 | Mike Sikich | G | Northwestern |
| 12 | 300 | Tony Blanchard | TE | North Carolina |
| 13 | 326 | Thad Jamula | T | Lehigh |
| 14 | 352 | Rick Kingrea | LB | Tulane |
| 15 | 378 | Bill Green | DB | Western Kentucky |
| 16 | 404 | Dave Smith | WR | Mississippi State |
| 17 | 430 | Leo Dillon | C | Dayton |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 47 | 71 | 64 | 103 | |
| Opponents Totals | 51 | 120 | 23 | 79 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 231 | 89 | 127 | 15 | / % | / % | 68 | 612 | |
| Opponents Totals | 232 | 115 | 100 | 17 | / % | / % | 86 | 772 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cockroft | 0 | 34 | 34 | 100.0 | 15 | 28 | 53.6 | 0 | 79 |
| Leroy Kelly | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Bo Scott | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Frank Pitts | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Gary Collins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Milt Morin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Chip Glass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Fair Hooker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Walter Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Doug Dieken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 34 | 34 | 34 | 100.0 | 15 | 28 | 53.6 | 1 | 285 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 21 | 31 | 67.7 | 0 | 273 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cockroft | 15 | 28 | 53.6 | 1 | 40 | 2/3 | 6/6 | 6/9 | 1/9 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 28 | 53.6 | 1 | 40 | 2/3 | 6/6 | 6/9 | 1/9 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 31 | 67.7 | 6/7 | 9/11 | 4/8 | 2/4 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leroy Kelly | 234 | 865 | 3.7 | 35 | 10 |
| Bo Scott | 179 | 606 | 3.4 | 35 | 9 |
| Ken Brown | 11 | 47 | 4.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Mike Phipps | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Don Cockroft | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bo Cornell | 11 | 12 | 1.1 | 6 | 0 |
| Milt Morin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Reece Morrison | 5 | -2 | -0.4 | 4 | 0 |
| Bill Nelsen | 13 | -18 | -1.4 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 461 | 1558 | 3.4 | 35 | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 484 | 2227 | 4.6 | 86t | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Nelsen | 325 | 174 | 174 | 128 | 2319 | 7.1 | 13.3 | 53t | 13 | 4.0 | 23 | 7.1 | 22 | 222 | 2097 | 60.3 |
| Mike Phipps | 47 | 13 | 13 | 30 | 179 | 3.8 | 13.8 | 39 | 1 | 2.1 | 4 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 14.6 |
| Leroy Kelly | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 5.8 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 51.0 |
| Team Totals | 376 | 188 | 188 | 161 | 2521 | 6.7 | 13.4 | 53t | 14 | 3.7 | 27 | 7.2 | 22 | 222 | 2299 | 54.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 339 | 156 | 156 | 159 | 2170 | 6.4 | 13.9 | 53 | 12 | 3.5 | 24 | 7.1 | 25 | 203 | 1967 | 49.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Hooker | 45 | 649 | 14.4 | 48 | 1 |
| Milt Morin | 40 | 581 | 14.5 | 31 | 2 |
| Bo Scott | 30 | 233 | 7.8 | 35 | 1 |
| Frank Pitts | 27 | 487 | 18.0 | 53t | 4 |
| Leroy Kelly | 25 | 252 | 10.1 | 29 | 2 |
| Gary Collins | 15 | 231 | 15.4 | 29 | 3 |
| Dave Jones | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Bo Cornell | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Chip Glass | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 188 | 2521 | 13.4 | 53t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 156 | 2170 | 13.9 | 53 | 12 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Sumner | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Clarence Scott | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Billy Andrews | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Ernie Kellermann | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Howell | 2 | 93 | 46.5 | 68 | 0 |
| Dale Lindsey | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Ben Davis | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jerry Sherk | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| John Garlington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Snidow | 0 | 3 | 3L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 24 | 283 | 11.8 | 68 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 453 | 16.8 | 66 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cockroft | 62 | 2508 | 40.5 | 59 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Gary Collins | 5 | 162 | 32.4 | 42 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 67 | 2670 | 39.9 | 59 | 2 | 2 | 227 | 2403 | 37.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 2800 | 42.4 | 59 | 1 | 7 | 359 | 2301 | 35.4 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leroy Kelly | 30 | 4 | 292 | 9.7 | 74 | 0 |
| Dave Jones | 9 | 2 | 63 | 7.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Ernie Kellermann | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 6 | 359 | 9.0 | 74 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 19 | 227 | 8.7 | 45 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Brown | 15 | 330 | 22.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Reece Morrison | 9 | 267 | 29.7 | 52 | 0 | |
| Frank Pitts | 9 | 238 | 26.4 | 35 | 0 | |
| Stan Brown | 7 | 157 | 22.4 | 32 | 0 | |
| Jim Houston | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Bo Cornell | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Doug Dieken | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Ernie Kellermann | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Chip Glass | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 46 | 1065 | 23.2 | 52 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 1252 | 22.8 | 58 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Gregory | 8.5 | |
| Walter Johnson | 5.5 | |
| Jerry Sherk | 4.5 | |
| Joe Jones | 2.5 | |
| Ron Snidow | 2.0 | |
| Bob Briggs | 1.0 | |
| John Garlington | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 25.0 | 203.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 22.0 | 222.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Andrews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Brown | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Collins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Cornell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Gregory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Jones | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Kellermann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Milt Morin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reece Morrison | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Nelsen | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | -9 | 0 | |
| Mike Phipps | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Pitts | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Sherk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Snidow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Walt Sumner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 18 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 1 |
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