1974 Cleveland Browns: 4-10-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 3-4-0 (124 points scored, 143 allowed) Road record: 1-6-0 (117 points scored, 201 allowed) Head Coach: Nick Skorich 241 points scored (15th of 26 teams), 344 points allowed (26th) NFL Averages: 18.2 points/game (254.5 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: 179 367 1,727 (23) 4.16 12 24 461 1,924 (14) 4.2 14 3,651 (20) 39 Defense: 139 308 2,025 ( 8) 6.03 22 24 555 2,415 (25) 4.4 17 4,440 (23) 40
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Chris Gartner K 11 6'0 170 24 1 Indiana 12 Don Cockroft K 14 6'1 195 29 7 Adams State 15 Mike Phipps QB 14 6'2 205 26 5 Purdue 17 Brian Sipe QB 10 6'1 195 25 1 San Diego State 18 Ben Hawkins WR 2 6'1 180 30 9 Arizona State 21 Van Green DB 14 6'1 192 23 2 Shaw 22 Clarence Scott DB 14 6'0 180 25 4 Kansas State 23 Cliff Brooks DB 13 6'1 190 25 3 Tennessee State 26 Billy Lefear RB 11 5'11 197 24 3 Henderson State 27 Thom Darden DB 14 6'2 195 24 3 Michigan 28 Eddie Brown DB 13 5'11 180 22 R Tennessee 29 Walt Sumner DB 10 6'1 195 27 6 Florida State 30 Ken Brown RB 14 5'10 203 28 5 None 31 Bob Hunt RB 2 6'1 210 23 R Heidelberg 34 Greg Pruitt RB 14 5'10 190 23 2 Oklahoma 35 Bo Scott RB 14 6'3 215 31 5 Ohio State 37 Hugh McKinnis RB 13 6'0 215 26 2 Arizona State 40 Preston Anderson DB 14 6'1 183 23 R Rice 42 Gloster Richardson WR 9 6'0 200 32 8 Jackson State 43 Fair Hooker WR 7 6'1 195 27 6 Arizona State 48 Dave Sullivan WR 6 5'11 185 23 2 Virginia 50 John Garlington LB 14 6'1 218 28 7 Louisiana State 52 Mel Long LB 14 6'0 228 27 3 Toledo 52 Billy Andrews LB 11 6'0 225 29 8 Southeastern Louisiana 54 Tom DeLeone C 12 6'2 252 24 3 Ohio State 56 Jim Romaniszyn LB 14 6'2 224 23 2 Edinboro 59 Charlie Hall LB 14 6'3 225 25 4 Houston 60 Bob Babich LB 14 6'2 230 27 5 Miami (Ohio) 61 Bob DeMarco C 14 6'3 248 36 14 Dayton 62 Glenn Holloway OG 14 6'3 250 26 5 North Texas State 63 Barry Darrow OT 13 6'7 260 24 1 Montana 64 Jim Copeland OG 2 6'2 243 29 8 Virginia 65 John Demarie OG 11 6'3 246 29 8 Louisiana State 66 Mike Seifert DE 12 6'3 245 23 R Wisconsin 67 Chuck Hutchison OG 7 6'3 250 25 5 Ohio State 69 Pete Adams OG 12 6'4 260 23 1 Southern California 71 Walter Johnson DT 14 6'3 265 31 10 Los Angeles State 72 Jerry Sherk DT 14 6'4 255 26 5 Oklahoma State 73 Doug Dieken OT 14 6'5 254 25 4 Illinois 74 Carl Barisich DT 13 6'4 255 23 2 Princeton 75 Allen Aldridge DE 14 6'6 260 29 3 Prairie View A&M 77 Mark Ilgenfritz DE 14 6'4 250 22 R Vanderbilt 78 Bob McKay OT 14 6'5 260 26 5 Texas 79 Gerry Sullivan OT 13 6'4 250 22 R Illinois 81 Nick Roman DE 12 6'3 244 27 5 Ohio State 82 Tim George WR 8 6'5 210 23 2 Carson-Newman 83 Jubilee Dunbar WR 5 6'0 196 25 2 Southern 84 Ernie Richardson TE 2 6'5 225 24 1 Jackson State 84 Jim Thaxton TE 12 6'2 240 25 2 Tennessee State 88 Steve Holden WR 10 6'0 198 23 2 Arizona State 89 Milt Morin TE 14 6'4 236 32 9 Massachusetts
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Mike Phipps 256 117 45.7 1,384 5.41 11.8 9 3.5 17 6.6 33 280 46.7 Brian Sipe 108 59 54.6 603 5.58 10.2 1 0.9 7 6.5 15 122 47.0 Greg Pruitt 2 2 100.0 115 57.50 57.5 2 100.0 0 0.0 0 0 158.3 Don Cockroft 1 1 100.0 27 27.00 27.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Hugh McKinnis 32 258 8.1 0 Steve Holden 30 452 15.1 3 Ken Brown 29 194 6.7 2 Milt Morin 27 330 12.2 3 Greg Pruitt 21 274 13.0 1 Gloster Richardson 9 266 29.6 2 Bo Scott 7 22 3.1 0 Jubilee Dunbar 6 74 12.3 0 Dave Sullivan 5 92 18.4 0 Jim Thaxton 4 71 17.8 0 Fair Hooker 4 48 12.0 1 Billy Lefear 4 21 5.2 0 Van Green 1 27 27.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Greg Pruitt 126 540 4.3 3 Hugh McKinnis 124 519 4.2 2 Ken Brown 125 458 3.7 4 Mike Phipps 39 279 7.2 1 Bo Scott 23 86 3.7 0 Brian Sipe 16 44 2.8 4 Steve Holden 1 6 6.0 0 Billy Lefear 6 2 0.3 0 Jim Thaxton 1 -10 -10.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Billy Lefear 26 574 22.1 0 Greg Pruitt 22 606 27.5 1 Eddie Brown 6 138 23.0 0 Jim Romaniszyn 5 48 9.6 0 Ken Brown 1 9 9.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Greg Pruitt 27 349 12.9 0 0 Thom Darden 21 173 8.2 0 0 Billy Lefear 2 1 0.5 0 0 Eddie Brown 2 0 0.0 1 0 |
1974 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 40 OT Billy Corbett Johnson C. Smith 5 118 DE Mark Ilgenfritz 14 Vanderbilt 6 146 RB Billy Pritchett 29 West Texas State [pick acquired from BUF] 7 163 WR Bob Herrick Purdue [pick acquired from STL] 7 171 OT Gerry Sullivan 119 Illinois 8 199 DB Eddie Brown 72 Tennessee [pick acquired from BUF] 9 224 OG Dan Scott Ohio State 10 238 WR Mike Puestow North Dakota State [pick acquired from CHI] 11 274 K Tom Gooden Harding 12 302 DE Ron McNeil North Carolina Central 13 327 DE Mike Seifert 12 Wisconsin 14 352 RB Bob Hunt 2 Heidelberg 15 380 LB Ransom Terrell Arizona 16 407 DB Preston Anderson 14 Rice 17 430 DT Carlton Buchanan S.W. Oklahoma State
Traded draft picks: #1 to SD (Don Goode), #3 to DEN (Claudie Minor), #4 to OAK (Morris Bradshaw), #6 to PIT via DEN (Jim Wolf), #8 to WAS (Darwin Robinson), #10 to BUF (Don Calhoun)
Transactions:
| 01-1974 | traded Andy Dorris to Cardinals for St. Louis' #7 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 02-26-1974 | traded Ben Davis to Lions for Detroit's #5 pick in the 1975 draft |
| 08-14-1974 | traded Bob Briggs to Chiefs for Kansas City's #9 pick in the 1975 draft |
| 08-26-1974 | traded Fair Hooker to Saints for Jubilee Dunbar |
| 09-03-1974 | traded Frank Pitts to Raiders for Oakland's #6 pick in the 1975 draft |
| 09-04-1974 | Cardinals claimed Tom Gooden on waivers |
| 09-05-1974 | traded Joe Jones to Eagles for Ben Hawkins |
| 09-10-1974 | traded Cleveland's #6 pick in the 1976 draft to Bears for Glen Holloway |
| 09-11-1974 | claimed Freddie Hyatt on waivers from Redskins |
| 09-24-1974 | traded Cleveland's #6 pick in the 1975 draft to Chargers for Jim Thaxton |
| 10-18-1974 | placed Jubilee Dunbar on injured reserve |
1974 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/15/74 at Cincinnati Bengals L 7-33 0-1-0 09/22/74 vs Houston Oilers W 20-7 1-1-0 09/29/74 at St. Louis Cardinals L 7-29 1-2-0 10/06/74 vs Oakland Raiders L 24-40 1-3-0 10/13/74 vs Cincinnati Bengals L 24-34 1-4-0 10/20/74 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 16-20 1-5-0 10/27/74 vs Denver Broncos W 23-21 2-5-0 11/03/74 at San Diego Chargers L 25-36 2-6-0 11/10/74 at New England Patriots W 21-14 3-6-0 11/17/74 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 16-26 3-7-0 11/24/74 vs Buffalo Bills L 10-15 3-8-0 12/01/74 vs San Francisco 49ers W 7-0 4-8-0 12/07/74 at Dallas Cowboys L 17-41 4-9-0 12/15/74 at Houston Oilers L 24-28 4-10-0