1976 Cleveland Browns roster and stats

1976 Cleveland Browns: 9-5-0
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Home record: 6-1-0 (155 points scored, 121 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (112 points scored, 166 allowed) Head Coach: Forrest Gregg 267 points scored (14th of 28 teams), 287 points allowed (20th) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 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: 209 373 2,247 (11) 5.73 21 15 533 2,295 ( 9) 4.3 9 4,542 (10) 37 Defense: 225 392 2,032 (13) 4.79 18 21 445 1,761 ( 4) 4.0 15 3,793 ( 9) 32

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Dave Mays QB 4 6'1 204 27 1 Texas Southern 12 Don Cockroft K 14 6'1 195 31 9 Adams State 15 Mike Phipps QB 4 6'2 205 28 7 Purdue 17 Brian Sipe QB 14 6'1 190 27 3 San Diego State 20 Tony Peters DB 14 6'1 192 23 2 Oklahoma 21 Van Green DB 1 6'1 192 25 4 Shaw 22 Clarence Scott DB 14 6'0 180 27 6 Kansas State 23 Bill Craven DB 13 5'11 190 24 1 Harvard 24 Terry Brown DB 12 6'1 205 29 7 Oklahoma State 27 Thom Darden DB 14 6'2 193 26 4 Michigan 28 Ron Bolton DB 14 6'2 170 26 5 Norfolk State 30 Cleo Miller RB 12 5'11 202 24 3 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 33 Reggie Rucker WR 14 6'2 190 29 7 Boston University 34 Greg Pruitt RB 14 5'10 190 25 4 Oklahoma 35 Brian Duncan RB 14 6'0 201 24 1 Southern Methodist 38 Larry Poole RB 13 6'0 195 24 2 Kent State 42 Paul Warfield WR 14 6'0 188 33 12 Ohio State 43 Mike Pruitt RB 13 6'0 214 22 R Purdue 49 Neal Craig DB 14 6'1 190 28 6 Fisk 50 John Garlington LB 14 6'1 221 30 9 Louisiana State 52 Dick Ambrose LB 10 6'0 235 23 2 Virginia 54 Tom DeLeone C 14 6'2 248 26 5 Ohio State 55 Dave Graf LB 14 6'2 215 23 2 Penn State 59 Charlie Hall LB 14 6'3 230 27 6 Houston 60 Bob Babich LB 14 6'2 231 29 7 Miami (Ohio) 61 Al Dennis OG 10 6'4 250 25 2 Grambling 63 Barry Darrow OT 14 6'7 260 26 3 Montana 64 Joe Jones DE 14 6'6 250 28 6 Tennessee State 65 Henry Sheppard OG 14 6'6 246 23 R Southern Methodist 66 Earl Edwards DT 14 6'6 256 30 8 Wichita State 68 Robert Jackson OG 14 6'5 245 23 2 Duke 69 Pete Adams OG 13 6'4 260 25 2 Southern California 70 Mack Mitchell DE 14 6'7 245 24 2 Houston 71 Walter Johnson DT 14 6'3 265 33 12 Los Angeles State 72 Jerry Sherk DT 14 6'4 250 28 7 Oklahoma State 73 Doug Dieken OT 14 6'5 252 27 6 Illinois 74 Mike St. Clair DE 14 6'5 245 23 R Grambling 79 Gerry Sullivan C 14 6'4 250 24 3 Illinois 80 Willie Miller WR 6 5'9 172 29 2 Colorado State 81 Oscar Roan TE 11 6'6 214 25 2 Southern Methodist 83 Ricky Feacher WR 10 5'10 174 22 R Mississippi Valley State 84 Gary Parris TE 14 6'2 226 26 4 Florida State 85 Dave Logan WR 14 6'4 226 22 R Colorado 86 Gerald Irons LB 14 6'2 230 29 7 Maryland Eastern Shore 88 Steve Holden WR 14 6'0 194 25 4 Arizona State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Brian Sipe 312 178 57.1 2,113 6.77 11.9 17 5.4 14 4.5 16 142 77.3 Mike Phipps 37 20 54.1 146 3.95 7.3 3 8.1 0 0.0 1 6 90.6 Dave Mays 20 9 45.0 101 5.05 11.2 0 0.0 1 5.0 2 4 39.8 Greg Pruitt 3 2 66.7 39 13.00 19.5 1 33.3 0 0.0 0 0 149.3 Don Cockroft 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          49    676   13.8    8
Greg Pruitt            45    341    7.6    1
Paul Warfield          38    613   16.1    6
Cleo Miller            16    145    9.1    0
Oscar Roan             15    174   11.6    4
Larry Poole            14     70    5.0    0
Steve Holden            8    128   16.0    1
Mike Pruitt             8     26    3.2    0
Brian Duncan            6     49    8.2    1
Dave Logan              5    104   20.8    0
Gary Parris             5     73   14.6    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Greg Pruitt           209  1,000    4.8    4
Cleo Miller           153    613    4.0    4
Larry Poole            78    356    4.6    1
Mike Pruitt            52    138    2.7    0
Brian Sipe             18     71    3.9    0
Brian Duncan           11     44    4.0    0
Reggie Rucker           2     30   15.0    0
Mike Phipps             4     26    6.5    0
Dave Mays               5     14    2.8    0
Paul Warfield           1      3    3.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Steve Holden           19    461   24.3    0
Ricky Feacher          14    311   22.2    0
Brian Duncan            6    145   24.2    0
Mike Pruitt             6    106   17.7    0
Larry Poole             3     62   20.7    0
Greg Pruitt             1     27   27.0    0
Cleo Miller             1     23   23.0    0
Robert Jackson          1     16   16.0    0
Dick Ambrose            1     16   16.0    0
Dave Graf               1     15   15.0    0
Willie Miller           1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Steve Holden           31    205    6.6    2    0
Ricky Feacher          13    142   10.9    1    0
Willie Miller           5     22    4.4    0    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Don Cockroft 64 2,487 38.9 4 9 3 44 503 28.4 Dave Mays 2 91 45.5 0 0 0 1 14 38.5 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Don Cockroft 2/2 3/6 5/6 4/11 1/3 15/28 27/30 72 Brian Sipe 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/ 0 1/ 1 1 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Bob Babich 0.5 2 29 0 Ron Bolton 3 76 1 Terry Brown 1 24 0 Neal Craig 1 8 0 Thom Darden 7 73 0 Earl Edwards 0.5 John Garlington 1.0 Charlie Hall 1 12 0 Gerald Irons 1 1 0 Walter Johnson 3.5 Joe Jones 5.5 Mack Mitchell 5.0 Clarence Scott 4 11 0 Jerry Sherk 12.0 1 0 0 Mike St. Clair 3.0

1976 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 7 RB Mike Pruitt 152 Purdue 3 65 WR Dave Logan 119 Colorado 4 97 QB Gene Swick Toledo [pick acquired from NE via PHI] 4 99 DE Mike St. Clair 91 Grambling 5 130 OT Henry Sheppard 82 SMU 7 189 DT Steve Cassidy LSU 9 242 RB James Reed Mississippi 9 261 QB Craig Nagel Purdue [pick acquired from OAK] 10 271 OT Doug Kleber Illinois 11 297 DE Doug Celek Kent State 13 354 OT Brian Murray Arizona 14 381 TE Joe Smalzer Illinois 15 408 DB Luther Philyaw Loyola 16 438 DT Chris Lorenzen Arizona State 17 465 WR Tom Fleming Dartmouth

Traded draft picks: #2 to OAK (Charles Philyaw), #6 to CHI (Dan Jiggetts), #8 to BUF (Scott Gardner), #12 to HOU (Larry Bell)

Transactions:

03-30-1976	Buccaneers selected J.K. McKay in expansion draft
03-30-1976	Seahawks selected Carl Barisich in expansion draft
03-30-1976	Seahawks selected John Demarie in expansion draft
04-06-1976	signed Paul Warfield from Dolphins as a free agent
04-08-1976	traded Cleveland's #2 pick in the 1976 draft to Raiders for Gerald Irons and Oakland's #9 pick in the 1976 draft
04-08-1976	sent Cleveland's #4 and #7 picks in the 1978 draft to Dolphins as compensation for free agent Paul Warfield
04-08-1976	traded Bob McKay to Patriots for Ron Bolton
07-12-1976	traded Cleveland's #3 and #6 picks in the 1977 draft to Bills for Earl Edwards
08-20-1976	traded Ron East to Falcons for Atlanta's #7 pick in the 1977 draft
09-07-1976	traded Ted Bachman to Seahawks for Terry Brown

1976 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/12/76    vs New York Jets           W 38-17       1-0-0
09/19/76    at Pittsburgh Steelers     L 14-31       1-1-0
09/26/76    at Denver Broncos          L 13-44       1-2-0
10/03/76    vs Cincinnati Bengals      L 24-45       1-3-0
10/10/76    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     W 18-16       2-3-0
10/17/76    at Atlanta Falcons         W 20-17       3-3-0
10/24/76    vs San Diego Chargers      W 21-17       4-3-0
10/31/76    at Cincinnati Bengals      L 6-21        4-4-0
11/07/76    at Houston Oilers          W 21-7        5-4-0
11/14/76    vs Philadelphia Eagles     W 24-3        6-4-0
11/21/76    at Tampa Bay Buccaneers    W 24-7        7-4-0
11/28/76    vs Miami Dolphins          W 17-13       8-4-0
12/05/76    vs Houston Oilers          W 13-10       9-4-0
12/12/76    at Kansas City Chiefs      L 14-39       9-5-0

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