1972 Cleveland Browns (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/4/1972	A	Los Angeles Rams	3-13	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	64803
Sun	8/13/1972	A	San Francisco 49ers	13-20	L	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	58364
Sun	8/20/1972	A	Detroit Lions	7-34	L	Ann Arbor, MI	Michigan Stadium	58422
Sat	8/26/1972	H	Minnesota Vikings	17-20	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	70583
Sun	9/3/1972	N	Cincinnati Bengals	21-27	L	Columbus, OH	Ohio Stadium	84816
Sun	9/10/1972	A	New York Giants	21-28	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	60152
Sun	9/17/1972	H	Green Bay Packers	10-26	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	75771
Sun	9/24/1972	A	Philadelphia Eagles	27-17	W	Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	65720
Sun	10/1/1972	H	Cincinnati Bengals	27-6	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	81564
Sun	10/8/1972	H	Kansas City Chiefs	7-31	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	83819
Sun	10/15/1972	H	Chicago Bears	0-17	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	72339
Sun	10/22/1972	A	Houston Oilers	23-17	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	38113
Sun	10/29/1972	A	Denver Broncos	27-20	W	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	51656
Sun	11/5/1972	H	Houston Oilers	20-0	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	61985
Mon	11/13/1972	A	San Diego Chargers	21-17	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	54205
Sun	11/19/1972	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	26-24	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	83009
Sun	11/26/1972	H	Buffalo Bills	27-10	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	70104
Sun	12/3/1972	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	0-30	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	50350
Sat	12/9/1972	A	Cincinnati Bengals	27-24	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	59524
Sun	12/17/1972	A	New York Jets	26-10	W	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	62614
AFC Divisional Playoff
Sun	12/24/1972	A	Miami Dolphins	14-20	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	80010

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
52	Billy Andrews	RLB	6-0	223	27	Southeastern Louisiana	14	13
84	Bob Briggs	RDE-LDE	6-4	265	27	Heidelberg	13	12
47	Charlie Brinkman	WR	6-2	208	23	Louisville	1	0
23	Cliff Brooks	RCB-LCB	6-1	190	23	Tennessee State	14	0
30	Ken Brown	RB	5-10	204	27	none	14	2
63	Joe Carollo	OT	6-2	262	32	Notre Dame	2	0
12	Don Cockroft	K-P	6-1	190	27	Adams State	14	0
64	Jim Copeland	C-OG	6-2	242	27	Virginia	1	1
33	Bo Cornell	RB	6-1	215	23	Washington	14	0
77	Fest Cotton	LDT-RDT	6-3	258	23	Dayton	3	0
27	Thom Darden	LS-RS	6-2	195	22	Michigan	14	14
28	Ben Davis	RCB	5-11	183	27	Defiance	14	14
61	Bob DeMarco	C	6-3	243	34	Indiana; Dayton	12	9
65	John Demarie	ROG-ROT	6-3	250	27	Louisiana State	14	14
73	Doug Dieken	LOT	6-5	253	23	Illinois	14	14
50	John Garlington	RLB-LLB	6-1	222	26	Louisiana State	14	1
83	Chip Glass	TE	6-4	237	25	Florida State	14	0
75	Wes Grant	LDE	6-3	250	26	Santa Monica JC; UCLA	3	1
59	Charlie Hall	LLB	6-3	220	24	Houston	14	14
66	Gene Hickerson	LOG	6-3	248	37	Mississippi	14	14
54	Fred Hoaglin	C	6-4	247	28	Pittsburgh	14	5
43	Fair Hooker	WR	6-1	190	25	Arizona State	14	14
82	Jim Houston	MLB	6-3	239	35	Ohio State	14	3
34	Mike Howell	LS	6-1	189	29	Grambling State	4	3
87	Rich Jackson	LDE	6-2	258	31	Southern University	10	5
71	Walter Johnson	LDT	6-3	268	30	New Mexico State; Los Angeles State	14	14
44	Leroy Kelly	RB	6-0	200	30	Morgan State	14	14
58	Rick Kingrea	MLB	6-1	228	23	Tulane	7	0
19	Billy LeFear	WR	5-11	197	22	Henderson State	9	0
51	Dale Lindsey	MLB	6-2	224	29	Kentucky; Western Kentucky	11	11
53	Mel Long	RLB	6-0	228	26	Toledo	14	0
24	Bobby Majors	LS	6-1	193	23	Tennessee	9	0
78	Bob McKay	ROT	6-5	265	25	Texas	11	10
89	Milt Morin	TE	6-4	243	30	Massachusetts	14	14
62	Chris Morris	LOT-ROT	6-3	250	23	Indiana	14	0
26	Reece Morrison	RB	6-0	206	27	Texas State	4	0
16	Bill Nelsen	QB	6-0	195	31	El Cerritos JC; Southern California	4	1
68	Bubba Pena	ROG	6-2	250	23	Dean JC; Massachusetts	7	4
15	Mike Phipps	QB	6-3	208	25	Purdue	14	13
25	Frank Pitts	WR	6-2	198	29	Southern University	14	13
42	Gloster Richardson	WR	6-0	200	30	Jackson State	7	0
81	Nick Roman	LDE-RDE	6-3	237	25	Ohio State	10	7
35	Bo Scott	RB	6-3	213	29	Ohio State	12	12
22	Clarence Scott	LCB	6-0	190	23	Kansas State	14	14
72	Jerry Sherk	RDT	6-4	250	24	Grays Harbor JC; Oklahoma State	14	14
88	Ron Snidow	LDE	6-4	249	31	Oregon	3	3
85	Paul Staroba	WR	6-3	204	23	Michigan	8	1
29	Walt Sumner	RS-LS	6-1	188	25	Florida State	13	10
79	George Wright	DT	6-3	265	25	Sam Houston State	4	0
67	Craig Wycinski	OG	6-3	243	24	Michigan State	6	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	18	Thom Darden	DB	Michigan
2	45	Cliff Brooks	DB	Tennessee State
2	51	Les Sims	DE	Alabama State
5	122	George Hunt	K	Tennessee
5	128	Greg Kucera	RB	Northern Colorado
6	149	Leonard Forey	G	Texas A&M
7	174	Don Wesley	T	Maryland-Eastern Shore
8	201	Hugh McKinnis	RB	Arizona State
9	226	Larry McKee	G	Arizona
9	230	Billy LeFear	WR-RB	Henderson State
10	253	Herschell Mosier	DT	Northwestern Oklahoma State
11	278	Mel Long	LB	Toledo
12	305	Bernie Chapman	DB	Texas-El Paso
13	330	Brian Sipe	QB	San Diego State
14	357	Ed Stewart	G	East Central
15	382	Jewell McCullar	LB	Chico State
16	409	Dick Wakefield	WR	Ohio State
17	434	Bill Portz	DB	Sterling

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	39	95	46	88
Opponents Totals	61	57	72	59

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		215	102	101	12	55/174 31.6%	/ %	57	536
Opponents Totals		240	130	89	21	72/196 36.7%	/ %	63	557

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Don Cockroft	0	28	29	96.6	22	27	81.5	94
Frank Pitts	8	0	0		0	0		48
Leroy Kelly	5	0	0		0	0		30
Mike Phipps	5	0	0		0	0		30
Ken Brown	2	0	0		0	0		12
Fair Hooker	2	0	0		0	0		12
Bo Scott	2	0	0		0	0		12
Bob Briggs	1	0	0		0	0		6
Milt Morin	1	0	0		0	0		6
Nick Roman	1	0	0		0	0		6
Clarence Scott	1	0	0		0	0		6
Paul Staroba	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	29	28	29	96.6	22	27	81.5	268
Opponents Totals	27	27	27	100.0	20	29	69.0	249

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Don Cockroft	22	27	81.5	0	57	5/5	7/8	7/8	2/5	1/1
Team Totals	22	27	81.5	0	57	5/5	7/8	7/8	2/5	1/1
Opponents Totals	20	29	69.0			6/7	2/5	7/9	5/7	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Leroy Kelly	224	811	3.6	18	4
Bo Scott	123	571	4.6	27t	2
Mike Phipps	60	256	4.3	18	5
Ken Brown	32	114	3.6	14	2
Frank Pitts	3	29	9.7	13	0
Bo Cornell	7	8	1.1	7	0
Billy LeFear	3	6	2.0	4	0
Bill Nelsen	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Team Totals	453	1793	4.0	27t	13
Opponents Totals	520	2333	4.5	75t	13

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Mike Phipps	305	144	144	145	1994	6.5	13.8	80t	13	4.3	16	5.2	23	183	1811	61.0
Bill Nelsen	31	14	14	14	141	4.5	10.1	26	0	0.0	3	9.7	3	29	112	19.1
Leroy Kelly	1	0	0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	1	7	-7	39.6
Team Totals	337	158	158	160	2135	6.3	13.5	80t	13	3.9	19	5.6	27	219	1916	56.9
Opponents Totals	310	160	160	137	1994	6.4	12.5	80t	14	4.5	13	4.2	38	258	1736	69.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Frank Pitts	36	620	17.2	80t	8
Fair Hooker	32	441	13.8	43	2
Milt Morin	30	540	18.0	36	1
Leroy Kelly	23	204	8.9	28	1
Bo Scott	23	172	7.5	30	0
Ken Brown	5	64	12.8	19	0
Chip Glass	5	61	12.2	24	0
Bo Cornell	2	7	3.5	5	0
Paul Staroba	1	19	19.0	19t	1
Gloster Richardson	1	7	7.0	7	0
Team Totals	158	2135	13.5	80t	13
Opponents Totals	160	1994	12.5	80t	14

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Thom Darden	3	64	21.3	20	0
Ben Davis	3	10	3.3	10	0
Nick Roman	1	36	36.0	36t	1
Bob Briggs	1	16	16.0	16	0
Charlie Hall	1	12	12.0	12	0
John Garlington	1	10	10.0	10	0
Billy Andrews	1	4	4.0	4	0
Mike Howell	1	1	1.0	1	0
Walter Johnson	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	13	154	11.8	36t	1
Opponents Totals	19	145	7.6	35	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Don Cockroft	81	3498	43.2	65	4	357	3061	37.8
Team Totals	81	3498	43.2	65	0	357	3141	38.8
Opponents Totals	74	3023	40.9	60	7	211	2672	36.1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Bobby Majors	16	6	96	6.0	41
Thom Darden	15	7	61	4.1	37
Leroy Kelly	5	3	40	8.0	14
Walt Sumner	1	2	14	14.0	14
Team Totals	37	18	211	5.7	41
Opponents Totals	46	21	357	7.8	60

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Ken Brown	20	473	23.7	47
Bobby Majors	10	222	22.2	40
Billy Lefear	6	138	23.0	29
Reece Morrison	3	67	22.3	32
Walter Johnson	2	33	16.5	24
Team Totals	41	933	22.8	47
Opponents Totals	50	1198	24.0	66

SACKS	NO	YDS
Jerry Sherk	10.5
Walter Johnson	8.0
Bob Briggs	5.5
Nick Roman	3.5
Rich Jackson	2.0
Jim Houston	1.5
Billy Andrews	1.0
Wes Grant	1.0
Mike Howell	1.0
Ron Snidow	1.0
(Team)	3.0
Team Totals	38.0	258.0
Opponents Totals	27.0	219.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Billy Andrews	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
Bob Briggs	0	0	0	2	2	11	1
Ken Brown	4		1	1	2	0	0
Bo Cornell	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Fest Cotton	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Thom Darden	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bob DeMarco	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Chip Glass	1		1	2	3	6	0
Charlie Hall	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Fair Hooker	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Mike Howell	1		0	0	0	0	0
Leroy Kelly	4		1	0	1	0	0
Rick Kingrea	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Dale Lindsey	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Bobby Majors	1		0	0	0	0	0
Mike Phipps	8		3	0	3	0	0
Bo Scott	2		1	0	1	0	0
Jerry Sherk	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Team Totals	21	9	12	16	28	21	1
Opponents Totals	39	16	20	9	29		0

Howard Brinker	Defense
John David Crow	Offensive Backs
Richie McCabe	Defensive Backs
Dick Modzelewski	Defensive Line
Fran Polsfoot	Receivers
Ray Prochaska	Offense
Al Tabor	Special Teams