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1970 Cleveland Browns Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-7-0, 2nd in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Blanton Collier (7-7-0)

Points For: 286 (20.4/g) 13th of 26

Points Against: 265 (18.9/g) 13th of 26

Expected W-L: 7.6-6.4

SRS: .55 (12th of 26), SOS: -0.95

Offensive Coordinator: Nick Skorich

Defensive Coordinator: Howard Brinker

Other Notable Asst.: Dick Modzelewski (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Cleveland Municipal Stadium

Principal Owner: Art Modell

General Manager: Harold Sauerbrei

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	286	4161	870	4.8	38	14	239	190	392	2582	17	24	6.3	134	462	1579	14	3.4	87	65	634	18
Opp. Stats	265	4244	842	5.0	31	12	236	186	357	2238	16	19	5.7	120	451	2006	10	4.4	104	88	871	12
Lg Rank Offense	13	7			17	10	6		11	5	11	21	4		9	18	7	20
Lg Rank Defense	13	22			17	21	20		7	14	11	14	18		13	22	9	25

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	Mon	September 21	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		New York Jets	31	21	20	221	145	76		31	454	286	168	4
2	Sun	September 27	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	31	34	20	448	326	122	4	24	435	277	158
3	Sat	October 3	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	15	7	8	199	130	69	2	17	263	129	134	4
4	Sun	October 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		Cincinnati Bengals	30	27	23	346	216	130	3	15	236	182	54	1
5	Sun	October 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2		Detroit Lions	24	41	19	318	171	147	6	13	315	200	115	2
6	Sun	October 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2	@	Miami Dolphins	28	0	21	339	252	87	3	8	165	46	119	3
7	Sun	November 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-3		San Diego Chargers	10	27	19	309	151	158	4	16	321	190	131
8	Sun	November 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-4	@	Oakland Raiders	20	23	12	240	110	130	3	21	294	134	160	2
9	Sun	November 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-5	@	Cincinnati Bengals	10	14	15	296	143	153	1	14	333	123	210	3
10	Sun	November 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-5		Houston Oilers	28	14	18	348	222	126		23	326	148	178	4
11	Sun	November 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-6	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	9	28	16	171	129	42	1	15	425	257	168	2
12	Mon	December 7	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-6	@	Houston Oilers	21	10	20	344	150	194	4	11	223	113	110	1
13	Sat	December 12	1:15PM ET	boxscore	L		6-7		Dallas Cowboys	2	6	13	299	236	63	4	12	174	52	122	1
14	Sun	December 20	3:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-7	@	Denver Broncos	27	13	15	283	201	82	3	16	280	101	179	4

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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	Bill Nelsen	29	QB	12	12	6-6-0	159	313	50.8	2156	16	5.1	16	5.1	78	6.9	5.61	13.6	179.7	68.9	8	79	2.49	6.47	5.22	1	1
2	Mike Phipps	23	QB	14	1	0-1-0	29	60	48.3	529	1	1.7	5	8.3	53	8.8	5.40	18.2	37.8	49.9	7	86	10.45	6.61	3.55	0	0
3	Don Gault	24	QB	2	1	1-0-0	2	19	10.5	67	0	0.0	3	15.8	44	3.5	-3.58	33.5	33.5	2.2	1	5	5.00	3.10	-3.65	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	7-7-0	190	392	48.5	2582	17	4.3	24	6.1	78	7.0	4.70	14.5	184.4	60.7	16	170	3.92	6.33	4.51	1	1

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	Bo Scott	27	FB	13	13	151	625	7	63	4.1	48.1	11.6	40	351	8.8	4	24	3.1	27.0	191	5.1	976	11	4
2	Leroy Kelly	28	RB	13	13	206	656	6	33	3.2	50.5	15.8	24	311	13.0	2	55	1.8	23.9	230	4.2	967	8	3	PB
3	Milt Morin	28	TE	14	11	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	37	611	16.5	1	36	2.6	43.6	38	16.1	613	1	1
4	Fair Hooker	23	WR	13	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	28	490	17.5	2	69	2.2	37.7	28	17.5	490	2	0
5	Chip Glass	23	TE	14	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	19	403	21.2	2	78	1.4	28.8	19	21.2	403	2	2
6	Gary Collins	30	WR	12	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	26	351	13.5	4	28	2.2	29.3	26	13.5	351	4	1
7	Reece Morrison	25	RB	14	2	73	175	0	18	2.4	12.5	5.2	5	95	19.0	1	53	0.4	6.8	78	3.5	270	1	0
8	Homer Jones	29	WR	14	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	10	141	14.1	1	43	0.7	10.1	10	14.1	141	1	1
9	Mike Phipps	23	QB	14	1	11	94	0	26	8.5	6.7	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	11	8.5	94	0	1
10	Randy Minniear	27	RB	8	0	12	39	1	9	3.3	4.9	1.5	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	0.1	-0.1	13	2.9	38	1	0
11	Bill Nelsen	29	QB	12	12	7	-4	0	2	-0.6	-0.3	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	-0.6	-4	0	6
12	Ken Brown	25	RB	11	0	1	-8	0	-8	-8.0	-0.7	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-8.0	-8	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	462	1579	14	63	3.4	112.8	33.0	190	2752	14.5	17	78	13.6	196.6	652	6.6	4331	31	24

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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	Erich Barnes	35	LCB	14	14	5	85	1	38	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Jack Gregory	26	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15.5	0
3	Jim Houston	33	LLB/MLB	14	14	1	25	0	25	0	1	0	0	0.5	0	PB
4	Mike Howell	27	FS	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Walter Johnson	28	LDT	14	14	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	6.5	1
6	Ernie Kellermann	27	SS	14	14	1	18	0	18	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Dick Schafrath	33	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	27	0	0.0	0
8	Jerry Sherk	22	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	0	4.0	0
9	Leroy Kelly	28	RB	13	13	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
10	Bo Scott	27	FB	13	13	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Bill Nelsen	29	QB	12	12	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	0.0	0
12	Walt Sumner	23	RCB	12	12	4	85	0	34	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Gary Collins	30	WR	12	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Milt Morin	28	TE	14	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Billy Andrews	25	RLB	14	10	1	25	1	25	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
16	Ron Snidow	29	LDE	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	1
17	Dale Lindsey	27	MLB	14	8	2	65	1	56	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	John Garlington	24	LLB/RLB	11	6	1	6	0	6	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Joe Jones	22	LDE	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	0
20	Homer Jones	29	WR	14	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Bob Matheson	26	LB	13	4	1	11	0	11	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Chip Glass	23	TE	14	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Ben Davis	25	RCB	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Don Gault	24	QB	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Mike Phipps	23	QB	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Ken Brown	25	RB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Al Jenkins	24	T	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
28	Dave Jones	23	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Chuck Reynolds	24	C	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
30	Tom Schoen	24	DB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
31	Freddie Summers	23	DB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	19	0	3		24	10	42	0	34	3

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