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:
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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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