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1971 Cleveland Browns Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-5-0, 1st in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Nick Skorich (9-5-0)

Points For: 285 (20.4/g) 10th of 26

Points Against: 273 (19.5/g) 10th of 26

Expected W-L: 7.4-6.6

SRS: .26 (12th of 26), SOS: -0.60

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 3-20 vs. Baltimore Colts

Offensive Coordinator: Ray Prochaska

Defensive Coordinator: Howard Brinker

Other Notable Asst.: Richie McCabe (Defensive Backs) and 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	285	3857	859	4.5	45	18	231	188	376	2299	14	27	5.8	127	461	1558	19	3.4	89	68	612	15
Opp. Stats	273	4194	848	4.9	40	16	232	156	339	1967	12	24	5.4	100	484	2227	14	4.6	115	86	772	17
Lg Rank Offense	10	18			21	17	13		11	9	14	21	11		15	20	3	24
Lg Rank Defense	10	17			8	10	14		6	4	8	8	10		18	23	15	24

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 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Houston Oilers	31	0	21	377	269	108	2	11	243	208	35	6
2	Sun	September 26	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	Baltimore Colts	14	13	18	267	149	118	4	12	178	41	137	8
3	Mon	October 4	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-1		Oakland Raiders	20	34	20	334	178	156	3	20	328	160	168	2
4	Sun	October 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	27	17	20	350	219	131	3	11	222	112	110	1
5	Sun	October 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1	@	Cincinnati Bengals	27	24	17	269	205	64	3	15	339	107	232	2
6	Sun	October 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-2		Denver Broncos	0	27	6	60	36	24	4	18	365	85	280
7	Sun	October 31	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-3		Atlanta Falcons	14	31	10	153	88	65	4	17	317	142	175
8	Sun	November 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-4	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	9	26	11	210	81	129	3	21	393	163	230	1
9	Sun	November 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-5	@	Kansas City Chiefs	7	13	15	292	247	45	3	23	384	201	183	2
10	Sun	November 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-5		New England Patriots	27	7	19	321	146	175		19	292	169	123	4
11	Sun	November 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-5	@	Houston Oilers	37	24	19	311	151	160	4	10	216	170	46	5
12	Sun	December 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-5		Cincinnati Bengals	31	27	22	406	224	182	3	15	346	114	232	2
13	Sun	December 12	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-5	@	New Orleans Saints	21	17	20	284	152	132	7	18	225	66	159	3
14	Sun	December 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-5	@	Washington Redskins	20	13	13	223	154	69	2	22	346	229	117	4
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	December 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-6		Baltimore Colts	3	20	11	165	96	69	5	16	271	143	128	3

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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	30	QB	14	13	9-4-0	174	325	53.5	2319	13	4.0	23	7.1	53	7.1	4.75	13.3	165.6	60.3	22	222	6.34	6.04	3.81	2	3
2	Mike Phipps	24	QB	14	1	0-1-0	13	47	27.7	179	1	2.1	4	8.5	39	3.8	0.40	13.8	12.8	14.6	0	0	0.00	3.81	0.40	0	0
3	Leroy Kelly	29	RB	14	14		1	4	25.0	23	0	0.0	0	0.0	23	5.8	5.75	23.0	1.6	51.0	0	0	0.00	5.75	5.75	0	0	PB
	Team Totals			14	14	9-5-0	188	376	50.0	2299	14	3.7	27	7.2	53	6.7	3.63	13.4	164.2	54.2	22	222	5.53	5.78	3.43	2	3

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	30	QB	1	1	0-1-0	9	21	42.9	104	0	0.0	3	14.3	39	5.0	-1.48	11.6	104.0	18.8	4	34	16.00	2.80	-2.60	0	0
2	Mike Phipps	24	QB	1	0		3	6	50.0	27	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	4.5	4.50	9.0	27.0	62.5	1	1	14.29	3.71	3.71	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	12	27	44.4	96	0	0.0	3	11.1	28	4.9	-1.44	10.9	96.0	19.8	5	35	15.63	3.00	-1.22

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	Leroy Kelly	29	RB	14	14	234	865	10	35	3.7	61.8	16.7	25	252	10.1	2	29	1.8	18.0	259	4.3	1117	12	7	PB
2	Bo Scott	28	FB	14	14	179	606	9	35	3.4	43.3	12.8	30	233	7.8	1	35	2.1	16.6	209	4.0	839	10	4
3	Fair Hooker	24	WR	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	45	649	14.4	1	48	3.2	46.4	45	14.4	649	1	0
4	Milt Morin	29	TE	14	14	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	40	581	14.5	2	31	2.9	41.5	41	14.2	582	2	2	PB
5	Frank Pitts	28	WR	13	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	27	487	18.0	4	53	2.1	37.5	27	18.0	487	4	0
6	Gary Collins	31	WR	13	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	15	231	15.4	3	29	1.2	17.8	15	15.4	231	3	0
7	Dave Jones	24	WR	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	66	16.5	0	21	0.3	4.7	4	16.5	66	0	0
8	Ken Brown	26	RB	10	0	11	47	0	17	4.3	4.7	1.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	11	4.3	47	0	3
9	Mike Phipps	24	QB	14	1	6	35	0	15	5.8	2.5	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	5.8	35	0	1
10	Bo Cornell	22	RB	14	0	11	12	0	6	1.1	0.9	0.8	1	18	18.0	0	18	0.1	1.3	12	2.5	30	0	1
11	Don Cockroft	26	K	14	0	1	12	0	12	12.0	0.9	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	12.0	12	0	0
12	Chip Glass	24	TE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	4	4.0	1	4	0.1	0.3	1	4.0	4	1	0
13	Reece Morrison	26	RB	8	0	5	-2	0	4	-0.4	-0.3	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	-0.4	-2	0	0
14	Bill Nelsen	30	QB	14	13	13	-18	0	4	-1.4	-1.3	0.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	13	-1.4	-18	0	10
	Team Totals			14	14	461	1558	19	35	3.4	111.3	32.9	188	2521	13.4	14	53	13.4	180.1	649	6.3	4079	33	29

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	Leroy Kelly	29	RB	1	1	14	49	0	15	3.5	49.0	14.0	4	24	6.0	0	13	4.0	24.0	18	4.1	73	0	0
2	Bo Scott	28	FB	1	1	8	25	0	17	3.1	25.0	8.0	5	41	8.2	0	13	5.0	41.0	13	5.1	66	0	2
3	Fair Hooker	24	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	39	39.0	0	39	1.0	39.0	1	39.0	39	0	1
4	Milt Morin	29	TE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	16	16.0	0	16	1.0	16.0	1	16.0	16	0	0
5	Chip Glass	24	TE	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	11	11.0	0	11	1.0	11.0	1	11.0	11	0	0
6	Bill Nelsen	30	QB	1	1	2	-5	0	-2	-2.5	-5.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-2.5	-5	0	3
	Team Totals			1	1	24	69	0	16	2.9	69.0	24.0	12	131	10.9	0	39	12.0	131.0	36	5.6	200	0	6

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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	Billy Andrews	26	RLB	14	14	3	34	0	19	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Jack Gregory	27	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.5	0
3	Walter Johnson	29	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5.5	0
4	Leroy Kelly	29	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
5	Milt Morin	29	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
6	Bo Scott	28	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Jerry Sherk	23	RDT	14	14	2	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	4.5	0
8	Walt Sumner	24	SS	14	14	5	35	0	25	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Bill Nelsen	30	QB	14	13	0	0	0	0	10	5	-9	0	0.0	0
10	Clarence Scott	22	LCB	13	13	4	47	0	21	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP DRoY-3
11	Ben Davis	26	RCB	12	12	2	18	0	15	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Mike Howell	28	FS	14	12	2	93	0	68	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Jim Houston	34	LLB	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1
14	Dale Lindsey	28	MLB	14	10	2	50	0	29	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Gary Collins	31	WR	13	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Joe Jones	23	LDE	14	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0
17	John Garlington	25	LLB	14	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
18	Frank Pitts	28	WR	13	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	0	0.0	0
19	Ron Snidow	30	LDE	13	6	0	3	0	3	0	3	10	0	2.0	0
20	Ernie Kellermann	28	DB	14	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Mike Phipps	24	QB	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Bob Briggs	26	DE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
23	Ken Brown	26	RB	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
24	Stan Brown	22	WR	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Bo Cornell	22	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Dave Jones	24	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Reece Morrison	26	RB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	24	0	0		29	11	18	1	25	1

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Jack Gregory	27	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Fair Hooker	24	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Bob McKay	24	RT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Bill Nelsen	30	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Bo Scott	28	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Ron Snidow	30	LDE	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Walt Sumner	24	SS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1						6	0	0	0	0		0

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