1972 Cleveland Browns roster and stats

1972 Cleveland Browns: 10-4-0
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Home record: 4-3-0 (117 points scored, 114 allowed) Road record: 6-1-0 (151 points scored, 135 allowed) Head Coach: Nick Skorich 268 points scored (17th of 26 teams), 249 points allowed (10th) NFL Averages: 20.3 points/game (283.5 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: 158 337 1,916 (21) 5.26 13 19 453 1,793 (19) 4.0 13 3,709 (19) 28 Defense: 160 310 1,736 ( 3) 4.99 14 13 520 2,333 (24) 4.5 13 4,069 (16) 29

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 12 Don Cockroft K 14 6'1 195 27 5 Adams State 15 Mike Phipps QB 14 6'2 208 24 3 Purdue 16 Bill Nelsen QB 4 6'0 195 31 10 Southern California 22 Clarence Scott DB 14 6'0 180 23 2 Kansas State 23 Cliff Brooks DB 14 6'1 190 23 R Tennessee State 24 Bobby Majors DB 9 6'1 193 23 R Tennessee 25 Frank Pitts WR 14 6'2 200 28 8 Southern 26 Billy Lefear RB 9 5'11 197 22 R Henderson State 26 Reece Morrison RB 4 6'0 207 27 5 Southwest Texas State 27 Thom Darden DB 14 6'2 195 22 R Michigan 28 Ben Davis DB 14 5'11 180 27 6 Defiance 29 Walt Sumner DB 13 6'1 195 25 4 Florida State 30 Ken Brown RB 14 5'10 203 26 3 None 33 Bo Cornell RB 14 6'1 215 23 2 Washington 34 Mike Howell DB 4 6'1 190 29 8 Grambling 35 Bo Scott RB 12 6'3 215 29 3 Ohio State 42 Gloster Richardson WR 7 6'0 200 30 6 Jackson State 43 Fair Hooker WR 14 6'1 190 25 4 Arizona State 44 Leroy Kelly RB 14 6'0 202 30 9 Morgan State 47 Charlie Brinkman WR 1 6'2 208 23 1 Louisville 50 John Garlington LB 14 6'1 218 26 5 Louisiana State 51 Dale Lindsey LB 11 6'3 225 29 8 Western Kentucky 52 Billy Andrews LB 14 6'0 220 27 6 Southeastern Louisiana 53 Mel Long LB 14 6'0 228 25 R Toledo 54 Fred Hoaglin C 14 6'4 246 28 7 Pittsburgh 58 Rick Kingrea LB 7 6'1 233 23 2 Tulane 59 Charlie Hall LB 14 6'3 220 23 2 Houston 61 Bob DeMarco C 12 6'3 248 34 12 Dayton 62 Chris Morris OT 14 6'3 250 23 1 Indiana 63 Joe Carollo OT 2 6'2 265 32 11 Notre Dame 64 Jim Copeland OG 1 6'2 243 27 6 Virginia 65 John Demarie OG 14 6'3 246 27 6 Louisiana State 66 Gene Hickerson OG 14 6'3 252 37 14 Mississippi 67 Craig Wycinsky OG 6 6'3 243 24 1 Michigan State 68 Bubba Pena OG 7 6'2 250 23 1 Massachusetts 71 Walter Johnson DT 14 6'3 263 29 8 Los Angeles State 72 Jerry Sherk DT 14 6'4 258 24 3 Oklahoma State 73 Doug Dieken OT 14 6'5 237 23 2 Illinois 75 Wes Grant DE 3 6'3 245 26 2 UCLA 77 Fest Cotton DT 3 6'2 255 23 R Dayton 78 Bob McKay OT 10 6'5 260 24 3 Texas 79 George Wright DT 4 6'3 265 25 3 Sam Houston State 81 Nick Roman DE 10 6'3 235 25 3 Ohio State 82 Jim Houston LB 14 6'2 236 34 13 Ohio State 83 Chip Glass TE 14 6'4 235 25 4 Florida State 84 Bob Briggs DT 13 6'4 258 27 5 Heidelberg 85 Paul Staroba WR 8 6'3 204 23 1 Michigan 87 Rich Jackson DE 10 6'2 255 31 7 Southern 88 Ron Snidow DE 3 6'4 247 30 10 Oregon 89 Milt Morin TE 14 6'4 236 30 7 Massachusetts

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Mike Phipps 305 144 47.2 1,994 6.54 13.8 13 4.3 16 5.2 23 183 61.0 Bill Nelsen 31 14 45.2 141 4.55 10.1 0 0.0 3 9.7 3 29 19.1 Leroy Kelly 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 7 39.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Frank Pitts            36    620   17.2    8
Fair Hooker            32    441   13.8    2
Milt Morin             30    540   18.0    1
Leroy Kelly            23    204    8.9    1
Bo Scott               23    172    7.5    0
Ken Brown               5     64   12.8    0
Chip Glass              5     61   12.2    0
Bo Cornell              2      7    3.5    0
Paul Staroba            1     19   19.0    1
Gloster Richardson      1      7    7.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Leroy Kelly           224    811    3.6    4
Bo Scott              123    571    4.6    2
Mike Phipps            60    256    4.3    5
Ken Brown              32    114    3.6    2
Frank Pitts             3     29    9.7    0
Bo Cornell              7      8    1.1    0
Billy Lefear            3      6    2.0    0
Bill Nelsen             1     -2   -2.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Ken Brown              20    473   23.6    0
Bobby Majors           10    222   22.2    0
Billy Lefear            6    138   23.0    0
Reece Morrison          3     67   22.3    0
Walter Johnson          2     33   16.5    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Bobby Majors           16     96    6.0    6    0
Thom Darden            15     61    4.1    7    0
Leroy Kelly             5     40    8.0    3    0
Walt Sumner             1     14   14.0    2    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Don Cockroft 81 3,498 43.2 0 0 0 0 0 43.2 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Don Cockroft 5/5 7/8 7/8 3/5 1/1 22/27 28/29 94 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Billy Andrews 1.0 1 4 0 Bob Briggs 5.5 1 16 0 Thom Darden 3 64 0 Ben Davis 3 10 0 John Garlington 1 10 0 Wes Grant 1.0 Charlie Hall 1 12 0 Jim Houston 1.5 Mike Howell 1.0 1 1 0 Rich Jackson 2.0 Walter Johnson 8.0 1 1 0 Nick Roman 3.5 1 36 1 Jerry Sherk 10.5 Ron Snidow 1.0

1972 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 18 DB Thom Darden 128 Michigan 2 45 DB Cliff Brooks 58 Tennessee State 2 51 DE Lester Sims Alabama State [pick acquired from MIA] 5 122 K George Hunt 28 Tennessee 5 128 RB Greg Kucera Northern Colorado [pick acquired from MIN via LA] 6 149 OG Leonard Forey Texas A&M 7 174 OT Don Wesley Maryland-Eastern Shore 8 201 RB Hugh McKinnis 52 Arizona State 9 226 OG Larry McKee Arizona 9 230 WR Billy LeFear 43 Henderson State [pick acquired from BAL] 10 253 DT Hershell Mosier N.W. Oklahoma 11 278 LB Mel Long 42 Toledo 12 305 DB Bernie Chapman Texas-El Paso 13 330 QB Brian Sipe 125 San Diego State 14 357 OG Ed Stewart East Central Oklahoma 15 382 LB Jewel McCullar Cal State-Chico 16 409 WR Dick Wakefield Ohio State 17 434 RB Bill Portz Sterling (Kan.)

Traded draft picks: #3 to LA (Lawrence McCutcheon), #4 to KC (Andy Hamilton)

Transactions:

03-04-1972	traded Bill Yanchar to Lions for an undisclosed draft pick
06-15-1972	traded Jack Gregory and Freddie Summers to Giants for the Giants' #1 pick and New England's #2 pick in the 1973 draft
07-11-1972	Mitch Johnson retired
07-31-1972	traded Mitch Johnson and Cleveland's #8 pick in the 1974 draft to Redskins for New Orleans' #3 pick in the 1973 draft
07-31-1972	traded a #7 pick in the 1973 draft to Patriots for Clark Hoss
07-31-1972	traded Cleveland's #8 pick in the 1973 draft to Lions for Jerry Rush
08-31-1972	traded a #6 pick in the 1973 draft to Colts for Lynn Larson
09-05-1972	traded Cleveland's #5 pick in the 1973 draft to Chargers for George Wright
09-06-1972	placed Joe Jones on injured reserve
09-06-1972	placed Lester Sims on injured reserve
09-11-1972	traded Cleveland's #4 pick in the 1974 draft to Raiders for Gloster Richardson
09-26-1972	traded Cleveland's #7 pick in the 1973 draft to Dolphins for Bob DeMarco
10-11-1972	traded New Orleans' #3 pick in the 1973 draft to Broncos for Rich Jackson

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/24/72    at Miami Dolphins          L 14-20

1972 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/17/72    vs Green Bay Packers       L 10-26       0-1-0
09/24/72    at Philadelphia Eagles     W 27-17       1-1-0
10/01/72    vs Cincinnati Bengals      W 27-6        2-1-0
10/08/72    vs Kansas City Chiefs      L 7-31        2-2-0
10/15/72    vs Chicago Bears           L 0-17        2-3-0
10/22/72    at Houston Oilers          W 23-17       3-3-0
10/29/72    at Denver Broncos          W 27-20       4-3-0
11/05/72    vs Houston Oilers          W 20-0        5-3-0
11/13/72    at San Diego Chargers      W 21-17       6-3-0
11/19/72    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     W 26-24       7-3-0
11/26/72    vs Buffalo Bills           W 27-10       8-3-0
12/03/72    at Pittsburgh Steelers     L 0-30        8-4-0
12/09/72    at Cincinnati Bengals      W 27-24       9-4-0
12/17/72    at New York Jets           W 26-10       10-4-0

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