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1972 Cleveland Browns Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-4-0, 2nd in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Nick Skorich (10-4-0)

Points For: 268 (19.1/g) 17th of 26

Points Against: 249 (17.8/g) 9th of 26

Expected W-L: 7.6-6.4

SRS: .26 (14th of 26), SOS: -1.09

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 14-20 vs. Miami Dolphins

Offensive Coordinator: Ray Prochaska

Defensive Coordinator: Howard Brinker

Other Notable Asst.: John David Crow (Offensive Backs), 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	268	3709	817	4.5	28	9	215	158	337	1916	13	19	5.3	101	453	1793	13	4.0	102	57	536	12
Opp. Stats	249	4069	868	4.7	29	16	240	160	310	1736	14	13	5.0	89	520	2333	13	4.5	130	63	557	21
Lg Rank Offense	17	19			5	2	21		18	21	16	13	17		19	19	15	18
Lg Rank Defense	9	16			17	8	17		3	3	9	21	7		21	24	13	22

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	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Green Bay Packers	10	26	13	188	126	62	4	15	290	145	145	1
2	Sun	September 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	27	17	15	297	142	155	1	20	314	248	66	3
3	Sun	October 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		Cincinnati Bengals	27	6	14	289	180	109		19	331	203	128	4
4	Sun	October 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2		Kansas City Chiefs	7	31	10	209	112	97	8	18	283	62	221	1
5	Sun	October 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3		Chicago Bears	0	17	9	163	126	37	1	13	310	54	256	1
6	Sun	October 22	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-3	@	Houston Oilers	23	17	13	254	119	135		17	364	221	143	2
7	Sun	October 29	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3	@	Denver Broncos	27	20	26	343	171	172	1	17	272	126	146	1
8	Sun	November 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-3		Houston Oilers	20	0	15	298	146	152		11	212	93	119	1
9	Mon	November 13	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3	@	San Diego Chargers	21	17	18	299	175	124	1	24	327	136	191	3
10	Sun	November 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-3		Pittsburgh Steelers	26	24	24	389	172	217	2	15	314	103	211	2
11	Sun	November 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-3		Buffalo Bills	27	10	16	253	121	132	2	12	175	28	147	2
12	Sun	December 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-4	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	0	30	11	126	27	99	3	19	337	153	184	1
13	Sat	December 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-4	@	Cincinnati Bengals	27	24	15	259	150	109	2	25	334	140	194	4
14	Sun	December 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-4	@	New York Jets	26	10	16	342	149	193	3	15	206	24	182	3
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	December 24	3:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-5	@	Miami Dolphins	14	20	15	283	118	165	5	17	272	74	198	2

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	Mike Phipps	25	QB	14	13	10-3-0	144	305	47.2	1994	13	4.3	16	5.2	80	6.5	5.03	13.8	142.4	61.0	23	183	7.01	5.52	4.12	4	5
2	Bill Nelsen	31	QB	4	1	0-1-0	14	31	45.2	141	0	0.0	3	9.7	26	4.5	0.19	10.1	35.3	19.1	3	29	8.82	3.29	-0.68	0	0
3	Leroy Kelly	30	RB	14	14		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	1	7	50.00	-3.50	-3.50	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	10-4-0	158	337	46.9	1916	13	3.9	19	5.6	80	6.3	3.92	13.5	136.9	56.9	27	219	7.42	5.26	3.63	4	5

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	Mike Phipps	25	QB	1	1	0-1-0	9	23	39.1	131	1	4.3	5	21.7	27	5.7	-3.22	14.6	131.0	33.3	2	13	8.00	4.72	-3.48	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	9	23	39.1	118	1	4.3	5	21.7	28	5.7	-3.78	14.6	118.0	33.3	2	13	8.00	4.72	-3.48

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	30	RB	14	14	224	811	4	18	3.6	57.9	16.0	23	204	8.9	1	28	1.6	14.6	247	4.1	1015	5	4
2	Bo Scott	29	FB	12	12	123	571	2	27	4.6	47.6	10.3	23	172	7.5	0	30	1.9	14.3	146	5.1	743	2	2
3	Frank Pitts	29	WR	14	13	3	29	0	13	9.7	2.1	0.2	36	620	17.2	8	80	2.6	44.3	39	16.6	649	8	0
4	Milt Morin	30	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	30	540	18.0	1	36	2.1	38.6	30	18.0	540	1	0
5	Fair Hooker	25	WR	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	32	441	13.8	2	43	2.3	31.5	32	13.8	441	2	0
6	Mike Phipps	25	QB	14	13	60	256	5	18	4.3	18.3	4.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	60	4.3	256	5	8
7	Ken Brown	27	RB	14	2	32	114	2	14	3.6	8.1	2.3	5	64	12.8	0	19	0.4	4.6	37	4.8	178	2	4
8	Chip Glass	25	TE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	61	12.2	0	24	0.4	4.4	5	12.2	61	0	1
9	Paul Staroba	23	WR	8	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	19	19.0	1	19	0.1	2.4	1	19.0	19	1	0
10	Bo Cornell	23	RB	14	0	7	8	0	7	1.1	0.6	0.5	2	7	3.5	0	5	0.1	0.5	9	1.7	15	0	0
11	Gloster Richardson	30	WR	7	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.1	1.0	1	7.0	7	0	0
12	Billy Lefear	22	RB	9	0	3	6	0	4	2.0	0.7	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	2.0	6	0	0
13	Bill Nelsen	31	QB	4	1	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-0.5	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-2.0	-2	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	453	1793	13	27	4.0	128.1	32.4	158	2135	13.5	13	80	11.3	152.5	611	6.4	3928	26	21

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	29	FB	1	1	16	94	0	17	5.9	94.0	16.0	4	30	7.5	0	9	4.0	30.0	20	6.2	124	0	0
2	Fair Hooker	25	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	53	17.7	1	27	3.0	53.0	3	17.7	53	1	0
3	Mike Phipps	25	QB	1	1	8	47	1	14	5.9	47.0	8.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	5.9	47	1	1
4	Leroy Kelly	30	RB	1	1	4	11	0	5	2.8	11.0	4.0	1	27	27.0	0	27	1.0	27.0	5	7.6	38	0	0
5	Milt Morin	30	TE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	21	21.0	0	21	1.0	21.0	1	21.0	21	0	0
6	Ken Brown	27	RB	1	0	4	13	0	6	3.3	13.0	4.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	3.3	13	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	32	165	1	16	5.2	165.0	32.0	9	131	14.6	1	27	9.0	131.0	41	7.2	296	2	2

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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	Thom Darden	22	SS/FS	14	14	3	64	0	20	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	AP DRoY-4
2	Ben Davis	27	RCB	14	14	3	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Charlie Hall	24	LLB	14	14	1	12	0	12	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
4	Fair Hooker	25	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
5	Walter Johnson	30	LDT	14	14	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	0	AP DPoY-9
6	Leroy Kelly	30	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Jerry Sherk	24	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	10.5	0
8	Billy Andrews	27	RLB	14	13	1	4	0	4	0	1	4	0	1.0	0
9	Mike Phipps	25	QB	14	13	0	0	0	0	8	3	0	0	0.0	0
10	Bob Briggs	27	RDE	13	12	1	16	0	16	0	2	11	1	5.5	0
11	Bo Scott	29	FB	12	12	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Dale Lindsey	29	MLB	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
13	Bob DeMarco	34	C	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Nick Roman	25	LDE	10	7	1	36	1	36	0	0	0	0	3.5	0
15	Rich Jackson	31	LDE	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
16	Mike Howell	29	DB	4	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.0	0
17	Jim Houston	35	LB	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
18	Ron Snidow	31	DE	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
19	Ken Brown	27	RB	14	2	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0
20	John Garlington	26	LB	14	1	1	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Wes Grant	26	DE	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
22	Bo Cornell	23	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Fest Cotton	23	DT	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Chip Glass	25	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	0	0.0	0
25	Rick Kingrea	23	LB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
26	Bobby Majors	23	DB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	13	0	1		21	12	21	1	38	0

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	Bob Briggs	27	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	0	0
2	Bob DeMarco	34	C	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-9	0	0.0	0	0
3	Charlie Hall	24	LLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Fair Hooker	25	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Walter Johnson	30	LDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
6	Mike Phipps	25	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Nick Roman	25	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	0	0
8	Jerry Sherk	24	RDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	0	0
9	Don Cockroft	27	K	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1						2	0	0	0	4		0

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