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1961 Cleveland Browns Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-5-1, 3rd in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Paul Brown (8-5-1)

Points For: 319 (22.8/g) 6th of 14

Points Against: 270 (19.3/g) 5th of 14

Expected W-L: 8.4-5.6

SRS: 1.65 (7th of 14), SOS: -1.85

Other Notable Asst.: Howard Brinker (Backfield Coach) and Dick Evans (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Cleveland Municipal Stadium

Principal Owner: Art Modell

Head Coach/General Manager: Paul Brown

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Hiram College (Hiram, Ohio)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	319	4537	796	5.7	33	20	246	185	320	2374	20	13	7.4	120	476	2163	15	4.5	116	47	455	10
Opp. Stats	270	4131	769	5.4	38	18	243	200	358	2526	16	20	7.1	146	411	1605	16	3.9	87	38	367	10
Lg Rank Offense	6	7			3	10	6		13	8	8	1	4		2	2	7	5
Lg Rank Defense	5	7			10	5	8		4	10	3	11	9		3	4	10	5

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 17		boxscore	L		0-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	20	27	20	432	329	103	4	15	305	158	147	1
2	Sun	September 24		boxscore	W		1-1		St. Louis Cardinals	20	17	14	245	134	111	4	18	185	90	95	3
3	Sun	October 1		boxscore	W		2-1		Dallas Cowboys	25	7	18	316	100	216	4	9	152	100	52	3
4	Sun	October 8		boxscore	W		3-1		Washington Redskins	31	7	13	285	194	91		16	245	201	44	2
5	Sun	October 15		boxscore	L		3-2		Green Bay Packers	17	49	20	290	165	125	3	23	482	266	216	2
6	Sun	October 22		boxscore	W		4-2	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	30	28	21	378	149	229	4	17	309	222	87	3
7	Sun	October 29		boxscore	W		5-2	@	St. Louis Cardinals	21	10	15	326	102	224	2	13	195	118	77	3
8	Sun	November 5		boxscore	L		5-3		Pittsburgh Steelers	13	17	14	252	104	148	2	18	356	196	160	2
9	Sun	November 12		boxscore	W		6-3	@	Washington Redskins	17	6	16	303	124	179	1	16	240	144	96	2
10	Sun	November 19		boxscore	W		7-3		Philadelphia Eagles	45	24	30	505	246	259		19	327	230	97	2
11	Sun	November 26		boxscore	L		7-4		New York Giants	21	37	20	334	268	66	2	24	369	253	116	2
12	Sun	December 3		boxscore	W		8-4	@	Dallas Cowboys	38	17	23	373	143	230	3	19	376	202	174	6
13	Sun	December 10		boxscore	L		8-5	@	Chicago Bears	14	17	15	320	245	75	2	19	324	216	108	4
14	Sun	December 17		boxscore	T		8-5-1	@	New York Giants	7	7	7	178	71	107	2	17	266	130	136	3

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Milt Plum	26	QB	14	13	7-5-1	177	302	58.6	2416	18	6.0	10	3.3	77	8.0	7.70	13.6	172.6	90.3	17	145	5.33	7.12	6.84	2	2	PB
2	Len Dawson	26	QB	7	1	1-0-0	7	15	46.7	85	1	6.7	3	20.0	17	5.7	-2.00	12.1	12.1	47.2	3	19	16.67	3.67	-2.72	0	0
3	Jim Brown	25	FB	14	14		1	3	33.3	37	1	33.3	0	0.0	37	12.3	19.00	37.0	2.6	120.8						0	0	PB,AP-1
	Team Totals			14	14	8-5-1	185	320	57.8	2374	20	6.3	13	4.1	77	7.9	6.84	13.7	169.6	87.2	0	164	0.00	7.42	6.84	2	2

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Jim Brown	25	FB	14	14	305	1408	8	38	4.6	100.6	21.8	46	459	10.0	2	77	3.3	32.8	351	5.3	1867	10	6	PB,AP-1
2	Bobby Mitchell	26	HB	14	13	101	548	5	56	5.4	39.1	7.2	32	368	11.5	3	52	2.3	26.3	133	6.9	916	8	6
3	Ray Renfro	32	FL	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	48	834	17.4	6	57	3.4	59.6	48	17.4	834	6	1
4	Tom Watkins	24	HB	10	1	43	209	0	21	4.9	20.9	4.3	4	66	16.5	1	35	0.4	6.6	47	5.9	275	1	2
5	Gern Nagler	29	RE	13	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	19	241	12.7	1	21	1.5	18.5	19	12.7	241	1	0
6	Rich Kreitling	25	LE	13	11	0	4	0	4		0.3	0.0	21	229	10.9	3	19	1.6	17.6	21	11.1	233	3	2
7	Leon Clarke	28	E	13	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	11	211	19.2	2	41	0.8	16.2	11	19.2	211	2	0
8	Charley Ferguson	22	SE	12	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	68	34.0	1	60	0.2	5.7	2	34.0	68	1	0
9	Bobby Crespino	23	SE	13	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	62	31.0	1	49	0.2	4.8	2	31.0	62	1	1
10	Bobby Franklin	25	FS	14	13	1	12	1	12	12.0	0.9	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	12.0	12	1	1
11	Preston Powell	25	FB	12	0	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	5.0	5	0	0
12	Mike McCormack	31	RT	14	14	0	4	0	4		0.3	0.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	0		4	0	0	PB
13	Len Dawson	26	QB	7	1	1	-10	0	-10	-10.0	-1.4	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-10.0	-10	0	0
14	Milt Plum	26	QB	14	13	24	-17	1	14	-0.7	-1.2	1.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	24	-0.7	-17	1	9	PB
	Team Totals			14	14	476	2163	15	56	4.5	154.5	34.0	185	2538	13.7	20	77	13.2	181.3	661	7.1	4701	35	28

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Jim Brown	25	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
2	Bob Gain	32	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.5	0	PB
3	Jim Houston	24	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.5	0
4	John Morrow	28	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
5	Bernie Parrish	25	LCB	14	14	7	40	0	16	0	1	34	1	0.0	0
6	Ray Renfro	32	FL	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Jim Shofner	26	RCB	14	14	5	8	0	5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Paul Wiggin	27	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8.0	0
9	Don Fleming	24	SS	14	13	3	62	0	41	0	2	35	0	0.0	0
10	Bobby Franklin	25	FS	14	13	2	20	0	20	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Walt Michaels	32	RLB	14	13	2	17	0	15	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
12	Bobby Mitchell	26	HB	14	13	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Milt Plum	26	QB	14	13	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB
14	Dick Schafrath	24	LT	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Rich Kreitling	25	LE	13	11	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	0.0	0
16	Vince Costello	29	LLB	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	30	1	1.0	0
17	Dave Lloyd	25	MLB	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.0	0
18	Galen Fiss	30	LLB	13	9	1	13	0	13	0	3	0	0	3.0	0
19	Floyd Peters	25	RDT	13	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0.5	0
20	Larry Stephens	23	RDT	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	0
21	Bobby Crespino	23	SE	13	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Tom Watkins	24	HB	10	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Sam Baker	32	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Johnny Brewer	24	DE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
25	Lou Groza	37	K	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	20	0	0		28	8	108	2	0	0

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