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1973 Cleveland Browns: 7-5-2
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Home 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
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Don Cockroft 82 3,321 40.5 0 0 1 0 0 40.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Don Cockroft 4/4 7/8 4/7 7/11 0/1 22/31 24/24 90 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Bob Babich 1.0 1 48 0 Bob Briggs 1.0 Thom Darden 1 36 0 Ben Davis 2 33 0 John Garlington 1 10 0 Walter Johnson 5.5 Joe Jones 8.5 Nick Roman 6.5 Clarence Scott 5 71 1 Jerry Sherk 5.5 Walt Sumner 1.0 2 4 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:

01-22-1973traded Fred Hoaglin to Colts for Kansas City's #3 pick in the 1973 draft
01-27-1973Bill Nelsen retired
01-27-1973traded Cleveland's #3 and #6 picks in the 1974 draft to Broncos for Don Horn
01-30-1973traded George Hunt to Colts for Cincinnati's #4 pick in the 1973 draft
05-30-1973traded Bo Cornell to Bills for Buffalo's #6 pick in the 1974 draft
06-07-1973traded Paul Staroba to Redskins for Washington's #6 pick in the 1974 draft
07-26-1973claimed Jerry DePoyster on waivers from Raiders
08-08-1973traded Randy Mattingly to Bears for Chicago's #10 pick in the 1974 draft
08-14-1973traded Cleveland's #10 pick in the 1974 draft to Bills for the rights to Jan White
09-05-1973traded 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
09-10-1973traded Rich Kingrea to Bills for Buffalo's #8 pick in the 1974 draft
09-10-1973placed 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

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