1970 Cleveland Browns: 7-7-0
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Home record: 4-3-0 (140 points scored, 143 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (146 points scored, 122 allowed) Head Coach: Blanton Collier
286 points scored (13th of 26 teams), 265 points allowed (13th) NFL Averages: 19.3 points/game (269.6 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL ---
Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 190 392 2,582 ( 5) 6.33 17 24 462 1,579 (18) 3.4 14 4,161 ( 7) 38
Defense: 186 357 2,238 (14) 5.72 16 19 451 2,006 (22) 4.4 10 4,244 (22) 31
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 11 Don Gault QB 2 6'2 190 24 1 Hofstra 12 Don Cockroft K 14 6'1 190 25 3 Adams State 15 Mike Phipps QB 14 6'2 207 22 R Purdue 16 Bill Nelsen QB 12 6'0 195 29 8 Southern California 20 Freddie Summers DB 12 6'1 180 23 2 Washington (MD) 24 Ernie Kellermann DB 14 6'0 185 26 5 Miami (Ohio) 26 Reece Morrison RB 14 6'0 205 25 3 Southwest Texas State 27 Ricky Stevenson DB 1 5'11 188 22 R Arizona 27 Randy Minniear RB 8 6'0 210 26 4 Purdue 28 Ben Davis DB 7 5'11 185 25 4 Defiance 29 Walt Sumner DB 12 6'1 180 23 2 Florida State 30 Ken Brown RB 11 5'10 205 24 1 None 33 Tom Schoen DB 4 5'11 185 24 1 Notre Dame 34 Mike Howell DB 14 6'1 190 27 6 Grambling 35 Bo Scott RB 13 6'3 210 27 1 Ohio State 36 Steve Engel RB 3 6'1 218 23 R Colorado 40 Erich Barnes DB 14 6'2 212 35 13 Purdue 41 Dave Jones WR 14 6'2 185 23 2 Kansas State 43 Fair Hooker WR 13 6'1 193 23 2 Arizona State 44 Leroy Kelly RB 13 6'0 200 28 7 Morgan State 50 John Garlington LB 11 6'1 225 24 3 Louisiana State 51 Dale Lindsey LB 14 6'3 225 27 6 Western Kentucky 52 Billy Andrews LB 14 6'0 225 25 4 Southeastern Louisiana 53 Tom Beutler LB 4 6'1 232 24 1 Toledo 54 Fred Hoaglin C 14 6'4 250 26 5 Pittsburgh 55 Chuck Reynolds C 14 6'2 240 24 2 Tulsa 56 Bob Matheson LB 13 6'4 240 25 4 Duke 59 Rudy Kuechenberg LB 3 6'2 215 27 4 Indiana 60 Al Jenkins OT 5 6'2 255 24 2 Tulsa 62 Joe Taffoni OT 14 6'3 250 25 4 Tennessee-Martin 64 Jim Copeland OG 14 6'2 245 25 4 Virginia 65 John Demarie OG 14 6'3 255 25 4 Louisiana State 66 Gene Hickerson OG 14 6'3 248 35 12 Mississippi 70 Joe Righetti DT 9 6'3 253 22 2 Waynesburg 71 Walter Johnson DT 14 6'3 275 27 6 Los Angeles State 72 Jerry Sherk DT 14 6'4 253 22 R Oklahoma State 75 Bill Yanchar DT 5 6'3 251 22 R Purdue 77 Dick Schafrath OT 14 6'3 258 33 12 Ohio State 78 Bob McKay OT 8 6'5 260 22 R Texas 80 Joe Jones DE 14 6'6 246 22 R Tennessee State 81 Jack Gregory DE 14 6'6 250 26 4 Delta State 82 Jim Houston LB 14 6'2 240 32 11 Ohio State 83 Chip Glass TE 14 6'4 236 23 2 Florida State 85 Homer Jones WR 14 6'2 215 29 7 Texas Southern 86 Gary Collins WR 12 6'4 210 30 9 Maryland 88 Ron Snidow DE 14 6'4 250 28 8 Oregon 89 Milt Morin TE 14 6'4 240 28 5 Massachusetts
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Bill Nelsen 313 159 50.8 2,156 6.89 13.6 16 5.1 16 5.1 8 79 68.9
Mike Phipps 60 29 48.3 529 8.82 18.2 1 1.7 5 8.3 7 86 49.9
Don Gault 19 2 10.5 67 3.53 33.5 0 0.0 3 15.8 1 5 2.2
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Bo Scott 40 351 8.8 4 Milt Morin 37 611 16.5 1 Fair Hooker 28 490 17.5 2 Gary Collins 26 351 13.5 4 Leroy Kelly 24 311 13.0 2 Chip Glass 19 403 21.2 2 Homer Jones 10 141 14.1 1 Reece Morrison 5 95 19.0 1 Randy Minniear 1 -1 -1.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Leroy Kelly 206 656 3.2 6 Bo Scott 151 625 4.1 7 Reece Morrison 73 175 2.4 0 Mike Phipps 11 94 8.5 0 Randy Minniear 12 39 3.2 1 Milt Morin 1 2 2.0 0 Bill Nelsen 7 -4 -0.6 0 Ken Brown 1 -8 -8.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Homer Jones 29 739 25.5 1 Reece Morrison 7 153 21.9 0 Ken Brown 2 44 22.0 0 Bob Matheson 2 21 10.5 0 Tom Schoen 1 27 27.0 0 Joe Righetti 1 17 17.0 0 Chip Glass 1 0 0.0 0 Milt Morin 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Reece Morrison 15 133 8.9 2 0 Walt Sumner 8 70 8.8 11 0 Tom Schoen 8 18 2.2 1 0 Leroy Kelly 2 15 7.5 0 0 Al Jenkins 1 0 0.0 0 0 Dave Jones 0 0 ? 2 0 |
1970 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 3 QB Mike Phipps 119 Purdue [pick acquired from MIA] 1 21 OT Bob McKay 105 Texas 2 36 DE Joe Jones 134 Tennessee State [pick acquired from NO] 2 47 DT Jerry Sherk 147 Oklahoma State 4 99 DB Ricky Stevenson 1 Arizona 5 125 RB Steve Engel 3 Colorado 6 151 QB Mike Cilek Iowa 7 177 OG Craig Wycinsky 6 Michigan State 8 203 DB Honester Davidson Bowling Green 9 229 LB Geoff Brown Pittsburgh 10 255 DT Bill Yanchar 5 Purdue 11 281 WR Gene Benner Maine 12 307 K Jerry Sanders Texas Tech 13 333 RB Larry Roberts Central Missouri 14 359 LB Jim Tharpe Lincoln (Mo.) 15 385 DB Guy Homoly Illinois State 16 411 TE John Redebough Bemidji State 17 437 RB Charles Tabb McMurry
Traded draft picks: #3 to DAL (Steve Kiner)
Transactions:
| 01-26-1970 | traded Ron Johnson, Wayne Meylan and Jim Kanicki to Giants for Homer Jones |
| 01-27-1970 | traded Paul Warfield to Dolphins for Miami's #1 pick in the 1970 draft |
| 01-27-1970 | traded Jerry Rhome to Oilers for Houston's #3 pick in the 1970 draft |
| 09-02-1970 | traded Alvin Mitchell to Bills for an undisclosed draft pick |
| 09-09-1970 | traded Marvin Upshaw to Chiefs for Kansas City's #3 pick in the 1971 draft |
1970 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/21/70 vs New York Jets W 31-21 1-0-0 09/27/70 at San Francisco 49ers L 31-34 1-1-0 10/03/70 vs Pittsburgh Steelers W 15-7 2-1-0 10/11/70 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 30-27 3-1-0 10/18/70 vs Detroit Lions L 24-41 3-2-0 10/25/70 at Miami Dolphins W 28-0 4-2-0 11/01/70 vs San Diego Chargers L 10-27 4-3-0 11/08/70 at Oakland Raiders L 20-23 4-4-0 11/15/70 at Cincinnati Bengals L 10-14 4-5-0 11/22/70 vs Houston Oilers W 28-14 5-5-0 11/29/70 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 9-28 5-6-0 12/07/70 at Houston Oilers W 21-10 6-6-0 12/12/70 vs Dallas Cowboys L 2-6 6-7-0 12/20/70 at Denver Broncos W 27-13 7-7-0
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