1973 Cleveland Browns: 7-5-2
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 5-1-1 (141 points scored, 96 allowed) Road record: 2-4-1 (93 points scored, 159 allowed) Head Coach: Nick Skorich 234 points scored (18th of 26 teams), 255 points allowed (13th) NFL Averages: 19.5 points/game (272.3 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: 152 308 1,373 (23) 3.89 10 20 506 1,968 (13) 3.9 12 3,341 (23) 37 Defense: 144 312 1,736 ( 9) 5.09 16 12 513 2,091 (15) 4.1 7 3,827 (11) 21
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 12 Don Cockroft K 14 6'1 195 28 6 Adams State 13 Don Horn QB 14 6'2 195 28 7 San Diego State 15 Mike Phipps QB 14 6'2 205 25 4 Purdue 20 Jim Stienke DB 7 5'11 188 22 R Southwest Texas State 21 Van Green DB 14 6'1 192 22 R Shaw 22 Clarence Scott DB 14 6'0 180 24 3 Kansas State 23 Cliff Brooks DB 14 6'1 190 24 2 Tennessee State 25 Frank Pitts WR 13 6'2 200 29 9 Southern 26 Billy Lefear RB 13 5'11 197 23 2 Henderson State 27 Thom Darden DB 11 6'2 195 23 2 Michigan 28 Ben Davis DB 13 5'11 180 28 7 Defiance 29 Walt Sumner DB 13 6'1 195 26 5 Florida State 30 Ken Brown RB 14 5'10 203 27 4 None 34 Greg Pruitt RB 13 5'10 186 22 R Oklahoma 35 Bo Scott RB 7 6'3 215 30 4 Ohio State 37 Hugh McKinnis RB 14 6'0 225 25 1 Arizona State 42 Gloster Richardson WR 14 6'0 200 31 7 Jackson State 43 Fair Hooker WR 13 6'1 195 26 5 Arizona State 44 Leroy Kelly RB 13 6'0 202 31 10 Morgan State 48 Dave Sullivan WR 1 5'11 185 22 R Virginia 50 John Garlington LB 14 6'1 218 27 6 Louisiana State 52 Billy Andrews LB 5 6'0 220 28 7 Southeastern Louisiana 53 Mel Long LB 14 6'0 228 26 2 Toledo 56 Jim Romaniszyn LB 14 6'2 214 22 R Edinboro 59 Charlie Hall LB 14 6'3 225 24 3 Houston 60 Bob Babich LB 14 6'2 230 26 4 Miami (Ohio) 61 Bob DeMarco C 13 6'3 248 35 13 Dayton 62 Chris Morris OT 2 6'3 250 24 2 Indiana 63 Joe Carollo OT 12 6'2 265 33 12 Notre Dame 64 Jim Copeland OG 14 6'2 243 28 7 Virginia 65 John Demarie OG 14 6'3 246 28 7 Louisiana State 66 Gene Hickerson OG 14 6'3 252 38 15 Mississippi 67 Chuck Hutchison OG 2 6'3 240 24 4 Ohio State 71 Walter Johnson DT 14 6'3 265 30 9 Los Angeles State 72 Jerry Sherk DT 14 6'4 255 25 4 Oklahoma State 73 Doug Dieken OT 14 6'5 254 24 3 Illinois 74 Carl Barisich DT 14 6'4 255 22 R Princeton 78 Bob McKay OT 14 6'5 260 25 4 Texas 80 Joe Jones DE 14 6'6 250 25 3 Tennessee State 81 Nick Roman DE 14 6'3 244 26 4 Ohio State 83 Chip Glass TE 12 6'4 235 26 5 Florida State 84 Bob Briggs DE 12 6'4 258 28 6 Heidelberg 85 Ken Smith TE 13 6'4 225 22 R New Mexico 88 Steve Holden WR 11 6'0 192 22 R Arizona State 89 Milt Morin TE 14 6'4 236 31 8 Massachusetts
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Mike Phipps 299 148 49.5 1,719 5.75 11.6 9 3.0 20 6.7 44 362 49.4 Don Horn 8 4 50.0 22 2.75 5.5 1 12.5 0 0.0 1 6 95.8 Greg Pruitt 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Frank Pitts 31 317 10.2 4 Milt Morin 26 417 16.0 1 Ken Brown 22 187 8.5 0 Fair Hooker 18 196 10.9 2 Leroy Kelly 15 180 12.0 0 Gloster Richardson 12 175 14.6 1 Greg Pruitt 9 110 12.2 1 Bo Scott 6 23 3.8 1 Billy Lefear 5 38 7.6 0 Steve Holden 3 27 9.0 0 Hugh McKinnis 3 11 3.7 0 Chip Glass 2 60 30.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Ken Brown 161 537 3.3 0 Mike Phipps 60 395 6.6 5 Leroy Kelly 132 389 2.9 3 Greg Pruitt 61 369 6.0 4 Billy Lefear 26 135 5.2 0 Bo Scott 34 79 2.3 0 Hugh McKinnis 28 77 2.8 0 Don Cockroft 1 -3 -3.0 0 Gloster Richardson 3 -10 -3.3 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Greg Pruitt 16 453 28.3 0 Billy Lefear 15 337 22.5 0 Steve Holden 8 172 21.5 0 Mel Long 6 87 14.5 0 Jim Romaniszyn 2 21 10.5 0 Doug Dieken 2 14 7.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Greg Pruitt 16 180 11.2 3 0 Thom Darden 9 51 5.7 10 0 Billy Lefear 7 51 7.3 2 0 Steve Holden 2 19 9.5 0 0 Leroy Kelly 1 7 7.0 0 0 Charlie Hall 1 0 0.0 0 0 |
1973 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 16 WR Steve Holden 54 Arizona State [pick acquired from NYG] 1 22 OT Pete Adams 25 USC 2 30 RB Greg Pruitt 158 Oklahoma [pick acquired from NE via NYG] 2 47 DB Jim Stienke 66 S.W. Texas State 3 67 DE Bob Crum 14 Arizona [pick acquired from KC via BAL] 4 93 LB Andy Dorris 118 New Mexico State [pick acquired from CIN via BAL] 4 100 QB Randy Mattingly Evansville 6 150 DB Van Green 48 Shaw 9 228 OG Curtis Wester East Texas State 10 256 OT Tom Humphrey 5 Abilene Christian 11 281 DT Carl Barisich 102 Princeton 12 306 TE Stan Simmons Lewis & Clark 13 334 LB James Romaniszyn 39 Edinboro 14 359 DB Robert Popelka SMU 15 384 WR Dave Sullivan 7 Virginia 16 412 RB George Greenfield Murray State 17 437 C Robert McClowry Michigan State
Traded draft picks: #3 to KC (Paul Krause), #5 to SD (Jon Knoble), #7 to MIA (Willie Hatter), #8 to DET (John Bledsoe)
Transactions:
| 01-22-1973 | traded Fred Hoaglin to Colts for Kansas City's #3 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 01-27-1973 | Bill Nelsen retired |
| 01-27-1973 | traded Cleveland's #3 and #6 picks in the 1974 draft to Broncos for Don Horn |
| 01-30-1973 | traded George Hunt to Colts for Cincinnati's #4 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 05-30-1973 | traded Bo Cornell to Bills for Buffalo's #6 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 06-07-1973 | traded Paul Staroba to Redskins for Washington's #6 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 07-26-1973 | claimed Jerry DePoyster on waivers from Raiders |
| 08-08-1973 | traded Randy Mattingly to Bears for Chicago's #10 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 08-14-1973 | traded Cleveland's #10 pick in the 1974 draft to Bills for the rights to Jan White |
| 09-05-1973 | traded Cleveland's #1 pick in the 1974 draft and #2 pick in the 1975 draft to Chargers for Bob Babich and San Diego's #4 pick in the 1975 draft |
| 09-10-1973 | traded Rich Kingrea to Bills for Buffalo's #8 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 09-10-1973 | placed Bubba Pena on injured reserve |
1973 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/16/73 vs Baltimore Colts W 24-14 1-0-0 09/23/73 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 6-33 1-1-0 09/30/73 vs New York Giants W 12-10 2-1-0 10/07/73 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 17-10 3-1-0 10/15/73 vs Miami Dolphins L 9-17 3-2-0 10/21/73 vs Houston Oilers W 42-13 4-2-0 10/28/73 vs San Diego Chargers T 16-16 4-2-1 11/04/73 at Minnesota Vikings L 3-26 4-3-1 11/11/73 at Houston Oilers W 23-13 5-3-1 11/18/73 at Oakland Raiders W 7-3 6-3-1 11/25/73 vs Pittsburgh Steelers W 21-16 7-3-1 12/02/73 at Kansas City Chiefs T 20-20 7-3-2 12/09/73 at Cincinnati Bengals L 17-34 7-4-2 12/16/73 at Los Angeles Rams L 17-30 7-5-2