1975 Cleveland Browns: 3-11-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 3-4-0 (125 points scored, 200 allowed) Road record: 0-7-0 (93 points scored, 172 allowed) Head Coach: Forrest Gregg 218 points scored (22nd of 26 teams), 372 points allowed (24th) NFL Averages: 20.6 points/game (288.3 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: 220 437 1,957 (21) 4.12 7 23 440 1,850 (14) 4.2 14 3,807 (21) 37 Defense: 202 361 2,591 (23) 6.56 25 10 544 2,032 (15) 3.7 21 4,623 (19) 26
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 12 Don Cockroft K 14 6'1 195 30 8 Adams State 15 Mike Phipps QB 14 6'2 205 27 6 Purdue 16 Will Cureton QB 1 6'3 200 24 1 East Texas State 17 Brian Sipe QB 7 6'1 190 26 2 San Diego State 20 Tony Peters DB 14 6'1 192 22 R Oklahoma 21 Van Green DB 14 6'1 192 24 3 Shaw 22 Clarence Scott DB 14 6'0 180 26 5 Kansas State 24 Pete Athas DB 6 5'11 185 29 5 Tennessee 26 Billy Lefear WR 10 5'11 197 25 4 Henderson State 28 Eddie Brown DB 3 5'11 185 23 2 Tennessee 30 Ken Brown RB 14 5'10 203 29 6 None 31 Cleo Miller RB 5 5'11 202 23 2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 33 Reggie Rucker WR 14 6'2 190 28 6 Boston University 34 Greg Pruitt RB 14 5'10 190 24 3 Oklahoma 36 Henry Hynoski RB 14 6'0 210 22 R Temple 37 Hugh McKinnis RB 14 6'0 220 27 3 Arizona State 38 Larry Poole RB 3 6'0 195 23 R Kent State 39 Billy Ray Pritchett RB 14 6'3 230 24 1 West Texas State 42 Neal Craig DB 11 6'1 190 27 5 Fisk 48 John Pitts DB 6 6'4 218 30 9 Arizona State 49 Jim Hill DB 11 6'2 195 29 7 Texas A&I 50 John Garlington LB 7 6'1 220 29 8 Louisiana State 52 Dick Ambrose LB 14 6'0 235 22 R Virginia 54 Tom DeLeone C 14 6'2 248 25 4 Ohio State 55 Dave Graf LB 14 6'2 215 22 R Penn State 56 Jack LeVeck LB 7 6'0 225 25 3 Ohio 59 Charlie Hall LB 14 6'3 230 26 5 Houston 60 Bob Babich LB 11 6'2 230 28 6 Miami (Ohio) 63 Barry Darrow OT 14 6'7 260 25 2 Montana 64 Joe Jones DE 6 6'6 250 27 5 Tennessee State 65 John Demarie OG 14 6'3 248 30 9 Louisiana State 67 Chuck Hutchison OG 14 6'3 250 26 6 Ohio State 68 Robert Jackson OG 14 6'5 245 22 R Duke 70 Mack Mitchell DE 14 6'7 245 23 R Houston 71 Walter Johnson DT 14 6'3 265 32 11 Los Angeles State 72 Jerry Sherk DT 14 6'4 250 27 6 Oklahoma State 73 Doug Dieken OT 14 6'5 252 26 5 Illinois 74 Carl Barisich DT 14 6'4 255 24 3 Princeton 75 Stan Lewis DE 6 6'4 240 22 R Wayne State (NE) 77 Ron East DT 14 6'4 250 32 8 Montana State 78 Bob McKay OG 7 6'5 265 27 6 Texas 79 Gerry Sullivan OT 14 6'4 250 23 2 Illinois 80 Willie Miller WR 14 5'9 172 28 R Colorado State 81 Oscar Roan TE 14 6'6 214 24 R Southern Methodist 84 Gary Parris TE 14 6'2 226 25 3 Florida State 88 Steve Holden WR 13 6'0 194 24 3 Arizona State 89 Milt Morin TE 14 6'4 240 33 10 Massachusetts
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Mike Phipps 313 162 51.8 1,749 5.59 10.8 4 1.3 19 6.1 28 261 47.5 Brian Sipe 88 45 51.1 427 4.85 9.5 1 1.1 3 3.4 8 58 54.5 Will Cureton 32 10 31.2 95 2.97 9.5 1 3.1 1 3.1 2 21 38.0 Don Cockroft 2 2 100.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 79.2 Willie Miller 1 1 100.0 26 26.00 26.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0 158.3 Henry Hynoski 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Reggie Rucker 60 770 12.8 3 Greg Pruitt 44 299 6.8 1 Oscar Roan 41 463 11.3 3 Steve Holden 21 320 15.2 0 Hugh McKinnis 17 155 9.1 0 Billy Ray Pritchett 16 109 6.8 0 Willie Miller 7 57 8.1 0 Henry Hynoski 4 31 7.8 0 Ken Brown 2 23 11.5 0 Cleo Miller 2 20 10.0 0 Milt Morin 1 19 19.0 0 Billy Lefear 1 14 14.0 0 Gary Parris 1 12 12.0 0 Larry Poole 1 5 5.0 0 Neal Craig 1 1 1.0 0 Van Green 1 -1 -1.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Greg Pruitt 217 1,067 4.9 8 Hugh McKinnis 71 259 3.6 4 Billy Ray Pritchett 75 199 2.7 0 Larry Poole 17 114 6.7 0 Mike Phipps 18 70 3.9 0 Brian Sipe 9 60 6.7 0 Ken Brown 16 45 2.8 1 Henry Hynoski 7 38 5.4 0 Cleo Miller 6 3 0.5 1 Will Cureton 1 1 1.0 0 Willie Miller 1 -2 -2.0 0 Steve Holden 2 -4 -2.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Greg Pruitt 14 302 21.6 0 Billy Lefear 13 412 31.7 0 Henry Hynoski 8 194 24.2 0 Ken Brown 7 126 18.0 0 Eddie Brown 6 126 21.0 0 Pete Athas 6 95 15.8 0 Willie Miller 4 94 23.5 0 Cleo Miller 3 70 23.3 0 Hugh McKinnis 3 39 13.0 0 Larry Poole 2 65 32.5 0 Dick Ambrose 1 3 3.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Greg Pruitt 13 130 10.0 1 0 Willie Miller 10 47 4.7 0 0 Larry Poole 6 35 5.8 0 0 Pete Athas 5 36 7.2 2 0 Eddie Brown 2 16 8.0 0 0 Henry Hynoski 2 16 8.0 0 0 Billy Lefear 1 14 14.0 0 0 Van Green 1 0 0.0 0 0 |
1975 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 5 DE Mack Mitchell 69 Houston 3 57 TE Oscar Roan 49 SMU 4 82 DB Tony Peters 133 Oklahoma 5 109 DE John Zimba Villanova 5 119 LB Jim Cope 6 Ohio State [pick acquired from DET] 6 150 DB Charles Miller West Virginia [pick acquired from WAS] 6 154 RB Harry Hynoski 14 Temple [pick acquired from OAK] 7 161 OT Merle Wang Texas Christian 8 186 TE Barry Santini Purdue 9 213 RB Larry Poole 38 Kent State 9 215 DB Floyd Hogan Arkansas [pick acquired from KC] 10 238 DE Stan Lewis 6 Wayne State (Neb.) 11 265 OG Tom Marinelli Boston College 12 290 LB Dick Ambrose 116 Virginia 13 317 WR Willie Armstead Utah 14 342 RB Tim Barrett John Carroll 15 369 DT Willie Moore Johnson C. Smith 16 394 WR J.K. McKay 43 USC 17 421 LB Dave Graf 71 Penn State
Traded draft picks: #2 to SD (Louie Kelcher), #6 to SD (John Carroll)
Transactions:
| 01-28-1975 | traded San Diego's #4 pick in the 1975 draft to Patriots for Reggie Rucker |
| 05-14-1975 | traded Jim Thaxton to Raiders for a draft pick |
| 07-16-1975 | traded Cleveland's #5 pick in the 1977 draft to Chargers for Ron East |
| 07-16-1975 | traded Cleveland's #12 pick in the 1976 draft to Oilers for Willie Miller |
| 07-30-1975 | traded Cliff Brooks to Eagles for New England's #4 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 09-03-1975 | placed Pete Adams on injured reserve |
| 09-03-1975 | traded an undisclosed draft pick to Cowboys for Jim Arneson |
| 09-04-1975 | traded Cleveland's #8 pick in the 1976 draft to Bills for Neal Craig |
1975 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/21/75 at Cincinnati Bengals L 17-24 0-1-0 09/28/75 vs Minnesota Vikings L 10-42 0-2-0 10/05/75 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 6-42 0-3-0 10/12/75 vs Houston Oilers L 10-40 0-4-0 10/19/75 at Denver Broncos L 15-16 0-5-0 10/26/75 vs Washington Redskins L 7-23 0-6-0 11/02/75 at Baltimore Colts L 7-21 0-7-0 11/09/75 at Detroit Lions L 10-21 0-8-0 11/16/75 at Oakland Raiders L 17-38 0-9-0 11/23/75 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 35-23 1-9-0 11/30/75 vs New Orleans Saints W 17-16 2-9-0 12/07/75 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 17-31 2-10-0 12/14/75 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 40-14 3-10-0 12/21/75 at Houston Oilers L 10-21 3-11-0