1976 Cleveland Browns (NFL)

3rd place American Football Conference Central Division 9-5-0 .643

Raymond Berry	Receivers
Blanton Collier	Quarterbacks
Walt Corey	Linebackers
Rod Humeniuk	Offensive Line
Billy Kinard	Defensive Backs
Dick Modzelewski	Defensive Coordinator
George Sefcik	Offensive Backs
Al Tabor	Special Teams

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	7/31/1976	N	Baltimore Colts	0-21	L	Lincoln, NE	Memorial Stadium	20304
Sat	8/7/1976	N	Atlanta Falcons	31-7	W	Stillwater, OK	Lewis Field	24227
Mon	8/16/1976	H	Minnesota Vikings	31-7	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	44336
Mon	8/23/1976	A	Philadelphia Eagles	21-17	W	Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	20600
Mon	8/30/1976	H	New England Patriots	30-27	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	36016
Fri	9/3/1976	A	Buffalo Bills	10-28	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	37951
Sun	9/12/1976	H	New York Jets	38-17	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	67496
Sun	9/19/1976	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	14-31	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	49169
Sun	9/26/1976	A	Denver Broncos	13-44	L	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	62758
Sun	10/3/1976	H	Cincinnati Bengals	24-45	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	75817
Sun	10/10/1976	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	18-16	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	75769
Sun	10/17/1976	A	Atlanta Falcons	20-17	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	32837
Sun	10/24/1976	H	San Diego Chargers	21-17	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	60018
Sun	10/31/1976	A	Cincinnati Bengals	6-21	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	54776
Sun	11/7/1976	A	Houston Oilers	21-7	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	39828
Sun	11/14/1976	H	Philadelphia Eagles	24-3	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	62120
Sun	11/21/1976	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	24-7	W	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	34948
Sun	11/28/1976	H	Miami Dolphins	17-13	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	74715
Sun	12/5/1976	H	Houston Oilers	13-10	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	56025
Sun	12/12/1976	A	Kansas City Chiefs	14-39	L	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	34340

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
69	Pete Adams	LOG	6-4	260	25	San Diego CC; Southern California	13	13
52	Dick Ambrose	MLB	6-0	228	23	Virginia	10	2
60	Bob Babich	MLB	6-2	231	29	Miami (Ohio)	14	12
28	Ron Bolton	RCB-LCB	6-2	170	26	Norfolk State	14	12
24	Terry Brown	LS-RS	6-1	210	29	Oklahoma State	12	5
12	Don Cockroft	K-P	6-1	190	31	Adams State	14	0
49	Neal Craig	LS	6-1	189	28	Fisk	14	9
23	Bill Craven	LS	5-11	190	25	Harvard	13	0
27	Thom Darden	RS	6-2	195	26	Michigan	14	14
63	Barry Darrow	ROT	6-7	260	26	Montana Western; Montana	14	14
54	Tom DeLeone	C	6-2	252	26	Ohio State	14	14
62	Al Dennis	ROG	6-4	250	25	Grambling State	10	0
73	Doug Dieken	LOT	6-5	253	27	Illinois	14	14
35	Brian Duncan	RB	6-0	201	24	Southern Methodist	14	0
66	Earl Edwards	LDT-RDT	6-6	264	30	Wichita State	14	0
83	Ricky Feacher	WR	5-10	174	22	Mississippi Valley State	10	0
50	John Garlington	RLB	6-1	222	30	Louisiana State	14	0
55	Dave Graf	LLB	6-2	221	23	Penn State	14	0
21	Van Green	S	6-1	192	25	Shaw	1	0
59	Charlie Hall	LLB	6-3	220	28	Houston	14	14
88	Steve Holden	WR	6-0	192	25	Arizona State	14	0
86	Gerald Irons	RLB	6-2	230	29	Maryland-Eastern Shore	14	14
60	Bob Jackson	ROG	6-5	253	23	Duke	14	14
71	Walter Johnson	LDT	6-3	268	34	New Mexico State; Los Angeles State	14	14
64	Joe Jones	LDE	6-6	250	28	Tennessee State	14	14
85	Dave Logan	WR	6-4	221	22	Colorado	14	0
10	Dave Mays	K-QB	6-1	204	27	Texas Southern	4	0
30	Cleo Miller	RB	5-11	214	25	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	12	12
80	Willie Miller	WR	5-9	172	29	Colorado State	6	0
70	Mack Mitchell	RDE	6-7	246	24	Houston	14	10
84	Gary Parris	TE	6-2	226	26	Florida State	14	3
20	Tony Peters	RCB-LCB	6-1	185	23	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Oklahoma	14	2
15	Mike Phipps	QB	6-3	208	29	Purdue	4	2
38	Larry Poole	RB	6-1	195	24	Kent State	13	1
34	Greg Pruitt	RB	5-10	190	25	Oklahoma	14	13
43	Mike Pruitt	RB	6-0	225	22	Purdue	13	2
81	Oscar Roan	TE	6-6	215	25	UCLA; Southern Methodist	11	11
33	Reggie Rucker	WR	6-2	190	29	Boston University	14	14
74	Mike St. Clair	RDE-LDE	6-5	253	23	Iowa Central CC; Grambling State	14	4
22	Clarence Scott	LCB	6-0	190	27	Kansas State	14	14
65	Henry Sheppard	LOG-LOT	6-6	263	24	Southern Methodist	14	1
72	Jerry Sherk	RDT	6-4	250	28	Grays Harbor JC; Oklahoma State	14	14
17	Brian Sipe	QB	6-1	190	27	Grossmont JC; San Diego State	14	12
79	Gerry Sullivan	C	6-4	250	24	Illinois	14	0
42	Paul Warfield	WR	6-0	188	34	Ohio State	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	7	Mike Pruitt	RB	Purdue
3	65	Dave Logan	WR-TE	Colorado
4	97	Gene Swick	QB	Toledo
4	99	Mike St. Clair	DE	Grambling State
5	130	Henry Sheppard	T	Southern Methodist
7	189	Steve Cassidy	DT	Louisiana State
9	242	James Reed	RB	Mississippi
9	261	Craig Nagel	QB	Purdue
10	271	Doug Kleber	T	Illinois
11	297	Chuck Celek	DE	Kent State
13	354	Brian Murray	T	Arizona
14	381	Joe Smalzer	TE	Illinois
15	408	Luther Philyaw	DB	Loyola Marymount
16	438	Chris Lorenzen	DT	Arizona State
17	464	Tom Fleming	WR	Dartmouth

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	53	92	56	66
Opponents Totals	62	83	66	76

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		260	119	112	29	89/202 44.1%	/ %	107	1037
Opponents Totals		244	109	111	24	76/188 40.4%	/ %	89	711

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Don Cockroft	0	27	30	90.0	15	28	53.6	0	72
Reggie Rucker	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Paul Warfield	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Greg Pruitt	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Cleo Miller	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Oscar Roan	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Ron Bolton	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Brian Duncan	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Steve Holden	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Joe Jones	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Larry Poole	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mack Mitchell	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Brian Sipe	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	1
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	32	28	32	87.5	15	28	53.6	1	267
Opponents Totals	37	32	37	86.5	11	19	57.9	0	287

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Don Cockroft	15	28	53.6	2/2	3/6	5/6	4/11	1/3
Team Totals	15	28	53.6	2/2	3/6	5/6	4/11	1/3
Opponents Totals	11	19	57.9	0/0	2/4	4/6	5/9	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Greg Pruitt	209	1000	4.8	64	4
Cleo Miller	153	613	4.0	21	4
Larry Poole	78	356	4.6	26	1
Mike Pruitt	52	138	2.7	18	0
Brian Sipe	18	71	3.9	17	0
Brian Duncan	11	44	4.0	11	0
Reggie Rucker	2	30	15.0	27	0
Mike Phipps	4	26	6.5	24	0
Dave Mays	5	14	2.8	6	0
Paul Warfield	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	533	2295	4.3	64	9
Opponents Totals	445	1761	4.0	59	15

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Brian Sipe	312	178	57.1	120	2113	6.8	11.9	52	17	5.4	14	4.5	16	142	1971	77.3
Mike Phipps	37	20	54.1	17	146	3.9	7.3	23t	3	8.1	0	0.0	1	6	140	90.6
Dave Mays	20	9	45.0	10	101	5.1	11.2	21	0	0.0	1	5.0	2	4	97	39.8
Greg Pruitt	3	2	66.7	1	39	13.0	19.5	29	1	33.3	0	0.0	0	0	39	149.3
Don Cockroft	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	373	209	56.0	149	2399	6.4	11.5	52	21	5.6	15	4.0	19	152	2247	77.6
Opponents Totals	392	225	57.4	146	2353	6.0	10.5	69t	18	4.6	21	5.4	32	321	2032	67.9

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Reggie Rucker	49	676	13.8	45	8
Greg Pruitt	45	341	7.6	27	1
Paul Warfield	38	613	16.1	37t	6
Cleo Miller	16	145	9.1	38	0
Oscar Roan	15	174	11.6	23t	4
Larry Poole	14	70	5.0	21	0
Steve Holden	8	128	16.0	26t	1
Mike Pruitt	8	26	3.3	15	0
Brian Duncan	6	49	8.2	17	1
Dave Logan	5	104	20.8	52	0
Gary Parris	5	73	14.6	20	0
Team Totals	209	2399	11.5	52	21
Opponents Totals	225	2353	10.5	69t	18

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Thom Darden	7	73	10.4	21	0
Clarence Scott	4	11	2.8	5	0
Ron Bolton	3	76	25.3	39	1
Bob Babich	2	29	14.5	21	0
Terry Brown	1	24	24.0	24	0
Charlie Hall	1	12	12.0	12	0
Neal Craig	1	8	8.0	8	0
Gerald Irons	1	1	1.0	1	0
Jerry Sherk	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	21	234	11.1	39	1
Opponents Totals	15	123	8.2	39	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Don Cockroft	64	2487	38.9	51	3	4	9	503	1904	28.4
Dave Mays	2	91	45.5	54	0	0	0	14	77	38.5
Team Totals	69	2578	37.4	54	3	4	9	517	1981	28.7
Opponents Totals	71	2654	37.4	59	0	0	14	369	2285	32.2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Steve Holden	31	2	205	6.6	38	0
Ricky Feacher	13	1	142	10.9	49	0
Willie Miller	5	0	22	4.4	8	0
Team Totals	49	3	369	7.5	49	0
Opponents Totals	45	8	517	11.5	73t	2

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Steve Holden	19	461	24.3	44	0
Ricky Feacher	14	311	22.2	33	0
Brian Duncan	6	145	24.2	27	0
Mike Pruitt	6	106	17.7	30	0
Larry Poole	3	62	20.7	21	0
Greg Pruitt	1	27	27.0	27	0
Cleo Miller	1	23	23.0	23	0
Dick Ambrose	1	16	16.0	16	0
Bob Jackson	1	16	16.0	16	0
Dave Graf	1	15	15.0	15	0
Willie Miller	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	54	1182	21.9	44	0
Opponents Totals	57	1347	23.6	97t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Jerry Sherk	12.0
Joe Jones	5.5
Mack Mitchell	5.0
Walter Johnson	3.5
Mike St. Clair	3.0
John Garlington	1.0
Bob Babich	0.5
Earl Edwards	0.5
(Team)	1.0
Team Totals	32.0	321.0
Opponents Totals	19.0	152.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Pete Adams	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bob Babich	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
Terry Brown	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
Don Cockroft	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Thom Darden	1		0	1	1	3	0
Barry Darrow	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Doug Dieken	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Brian Duncan	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ricky Feacher	3		2	0	2	0	0
Charlie Hall	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Steve Holden	3		0	0	0	0	0
Bob Jackson	0	0	2	0	2	3	0
Joe Jones	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
Dave Mays	1		0	0	0	-3	0
Cleo Miller	8		2	0	2	0	0
Willie Miller	1		1	0	1	0	0
Mike Phipps	2		0	0	0	-7	0
Larry Poole	2		3	1	4	4	0
Greg Pruitt	7		0	0	0	0	0
Mike Pruitt	4		0	0	0	0	0
Oscar Roan	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Reggie Rucker	1		0	0	0	0	0
Mike St. Clair	0	0	0	1	1	21	0
Clarence Scott	1		1	2	3	0	0
Henry Sheppard	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jerry Sherk	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Brian Sipe	7		2	0	2	-21	0
Paul Warfield	3		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	45	25	20	11	31	9	1
Opponents Totals	24	11	13	22	35		1