1971 Cleveland Browns: 9-5-0
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Home record: 4-3-0 (133 points scored, 156 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (135 points scored, 130 allowed) Head Coach: Nick Skorich
268 points scored (10th of 26 teams), 286 points allowed (10th) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 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: 188 376 2,299 ( 9) 5.78 14 27 461 1,558 (20) 3.4 19 3,857 (18) 45
Defense: 156 339 1,967 ( 4) 5.40 12 24 484 2,227 (23) 4.6 14 4,194 (17) 40
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 12 Don Cockroft K 14 6'1 190 26 4 Adams State 15 Mike Phipps QB 14 6'2 207 23 2 Purdue 16 Bill Nelsen QB 14 6'0 195 30 9 Southern California 20 Freddie Summers DB 3 6'1 180 24 3 Washington (MD) 21 Stan Brown WR 6 5'9 184 22 R Purdue 22 Clarence Scott DB 13 6'0 175 22 R Kansas State 24 Ernie Kellermann DB 14 6'0 185 27 6 Miami (Ohio) 25 Frank Pitts WR 13 6'2 200 27 7 Southern 26 Reece Morrison RB 8 6'0 205 26 4 Southwest Texas State 28 Ben Davis DB 12 5'11 186 26 5 Defiance 29 Walt Sumner DB 14 6'1 180 24 3 Florida State 30 Ken Brown RB 10 5'10 205 25 2 None 33 Bo Cornell RB 14 6'1 217 22 R Washington 34 Mike Howell DB 14 6'1 190 28 7 Grambling 35 Bo Scott RB 14 6'3 210 28 2 Ohio State 40 Erich Barnes DB 3 6'2 212 36 14 Purdue 41 Dave Jones WR 14 6'2 185 24 3 Kansas State 43 Fair Hooker WR 14 6'1 193 24 3 Arizona State 44 Leroy Kelly RB 14 6'0 200 29 8 Morgan State 50 John Garlington LB 14 6'1 225 25 4 Louisiana State 51 Dale Lindsey LB 14 6'3 225 28 7 Western Kentucky 52 Billy Andrews LB 14 6'0 225 26 5 Southeastern Louisiana 54 Fred Hoaglin C 11 6'4 250 27 6 Pittsburgh 58 Rick Kingrea LB 14 6'1 233 22 R Tulane 59 Charlie Hall LB 14 6'3 215 22 R Houston 63 Mike Sikich OG 3 6'2 243 22 R Northwestern 64 Jim Copeland OG 14 6'2 245 26 5 Virginia 65 John Demarie OG 14 6'3 255 26 5 Louisiana State 66 Gene Hickerson OG 14 6'3 248 36 13 Mississippi 71 Walter Johnson DT 14 6'3 275 28 7 Los Angeles State 72 Jerry Sherk DT 14 6'4 253 23 2 Oklahoma State 73 Doug Dieken OT 14 6'5 237 22 R Illinois 74 Mitch Johnson OT 11 6'4 250 29 6 UCLA 77 Dick Schafrath OT 14 6'3 258 34 13 Ohio State 78 Bob McKay OT 14 6'5 260 23 2 Texas 80 Joe Jones DE 14 6'6 246 23 2 Tennessee State 81 Jack Gregory DE 14 6'6 250 27 5 Delta State 82 Jim Houston LB 14 6'2 240 33 12 Ohio State 83 Chip Glass TE 14 6'4 236 24 3 Florida State 84 Bob Briggs DT 14 6'4 276 26 4 Heidelberg 86 Gary Collins WR 13 6'4 210 31 10 Maryland 88 Ron Snidow DT 13 6'4 250 29 9 Oregon 89 Milt Morin TE 14 6'4 240 29 6 Massachusetts
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Bill Nelsen 325 174 53.5 2,319 7.14 13.3 13 4.0 23 7.1 22 222 60.3
Mike Phipps 47 13 27.7 179 3.81 13.8 1 2.1 4 8.5 0 0 14.6
Leroy Kelly 4 1 25.0 23 5.75 23.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 51.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Fair Hooker 45 649 14.4 1 Milt Morin 40 581 14.5 2 Bo Scott 30 233 7.8 1 Frank Pitts 27 487 18.0 4 Leroy Kelly 25 252 10.1 2 Gary Collins 15 231 15.4 3 Dave Jones 4 66 16.5 0 Bo Cornell 1 18 18.0 0 Chip Glass 1 4 4.0 1 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Leroy Kelly 234 865 3.7 10 Bo Scott 179 606 3.4 9 Ken Brown 11 47 4.3 0 Mike Phipps 6 35 5.8 0 Don Cockroft 1 12 12.0 0 Bo Cornell 11 12 1.1 0 Milt Morin 1 1 1.0 0 Reece Morrison 5 -2 -0.4 0 Bill Nelsen 13 -18 -1.4 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Ken Brown 15 330 22.0 0 Reece Morrison 9 267 29.7 0 Frank Pitts 9 238 26.4 0 Stan Brown 7 157 22.4 0 Jim Houston 1 21 21.0 0 Bo Cornell 1 19 19.0 0 Doug Dieken 1 16 16.0 0 Leroy Kelly 1 11 11.0 0 Ernie Kellermann 1 5 5.0 0 Chip Glass 1 1 1.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Leroy Kelly 30 292 9.7 4 0 Dave Jones 9 63 7.0 2 0 Ernie Kellermann 1 4 4.0 0 0 |
1971 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 14 DB Clarence Scott 186 Kansas State 2 40 RB Bo Cornell 96 Washington 3 66 WR Paul Staroba 10 Michigan 3 68 LB Charlie Hall 146 Houston [pick acquired from KC] 4 92 OG Bubba Pena 7 Massachusetts 5 118 WR Stan Brown 6 Purdue 6 142 OT Doug Dieken 203 Illinois [pick acquired from CHI] 6 144 DE Jay Dixon Boston University 7 170 K Bob Jacobs Wyoming 8 196 RB Larry Zelina Ohio State 9 222 DB Wilmur Levels North Texas 10 248 LB Steve Casteel Oklahoma 11 274 OG Mike Sikich 3 Northwestern 12 300 TE Tony Blanchard North Carolina 13 326 OT Thad Jamula Lehigh 14 352 LB Rich Kingrea 91 Tulane 15 378 DB Bill Green Western Kentucky 16 404 WR Dave Smith Mississippi State 17 430 C Leo Dillon Dayton
Traded draft picks: none
Transactions:
| 03-19-1971 | traded Tom Beutler to Colts for Baltimore's #9 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 08-01-1971 | traded Joe Taffoni and Cleveland's #3 pick in the 1972 draft to Rams for Mitch Johnson and Minnesota's #5 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 08-05-1971 | claimed Charlie Brinkman on waivers from Bengals |
| 09-01-1971 | traded Bob Matheson to Dolphins for Miami's #2 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 09-08-1971 | traded Cleveland's #4 pick in the 1972 draft and #3 pick in the 1973 draft to Chiefs for Frank Pitts |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/26/71 vs Baltimore Colts L 3-20
1971 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/19/71 vs Houston Oilers W 14-13 1-0-0 09/26/71 at Baltimore Colts W 14-13 2-0-0 10/04/71 vs Oakland Raiders L 20-34 2-1-0 10/10/71 vs Pittsburgh Steelers W 27-17 3-1-0 10/17/71 at Cincinnati Bengals W 27-24 4-1-0 10/24/71 vs Denver Broncos L 0-27 4-2-0 10/31/71 vs Atlanta Falcons L 14-31 4-3-0 11/07/71 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 9-26 4-4-0 11/14/71 at Kansas City Chiefs L 7-13 4-5-0 11/21/71 vs New England Patriots W 27-7 5-5-0 11/28/71 at Houston Oilers W 37-24 6-5-0 12/05/71 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 31-27 7-5-0 12/12/71 at New Orleans Saints W 21-17 8-5-0 12/19/71 at Washington Redskins W 20-13 9-5-0
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