1970 Cleveland Browns (NFL)

2nd place American Football Conference Central Division 7-7-0 .500

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.

Game Score Notes
9/5/1970	Minnesota Vikings	Doubleheader

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
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	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Don Cockroft	12	22	54.5	3/4	2/3	4/7	3/7	0/1
Team Totals	12	22	54.5	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	50.8	138	2156	6.9	13.6	78t	16	5.1	16	5.1	8	79	2077	68.9
Mike Phipps	60	29	48.3	26	529	8.8	18.2	53t	1	1.7	5	8.3	7	86	443	49.9
Don Gault	19	2	10.5	14	67	3.5	33.5	44	0	0.0	3	15.8	1	5	62	2.2
Team Totals	392	190	48.5	178	2752	7.0	14.5	78t	17	4.3	24	6.1	16	170	2582	60.7
Opponents Totals	357	186	52.1	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	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
Reece Morrison	15	2	133	8.9	34
Walt Sumner	8	11	70	8.8	38
Tom Schoen	8	1	18	2.3	7
Leroy Kelly	2	0	15	7.5	12
Al Jenkins	1	0	0	0.0	0
Dave Jones	0	2	0
Team Totals	34	16	236	6.9	38
Opponents Totals	23	28	83	3.6	33

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	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	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