1972 Cleveland Browns 7-7 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1972 Cleveland 50 59 25 67 0 201 Opponent 46 92 68 61 0 267 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 201 267 0-1 7 Green Bay 21 67ø 5-15 First Downs 234 222 1-1 29 @Philadelphia 3 71ø 0-10 Rush 103 110 2-1 20 Cincinnati 3 67ø 5-15 Pass 117 105 2-2 13 Kansas City 20 76ø 0-10 Pen 14 7 3-2 12 Chicago 10 57ø 5-15 Rain Penalties 53 77 4-2 21 @Houston 10 70ø Yards 374 715 4-3 3 @Denver 64 61ø 0-5 5-3 33 Houston 0 53ø 15-25 Light Rain Rushing Att 472 541 6-3 13 @San Diego 0 72ø Yards 1847 2162 6-4 14 Pittsburgh 31 41ø 0-10 Ave 3.9 4.0 7-4 16 Buffalo 6 47ø 10-20 Heavy Rain TD 10 17 7-5 0 @Pittsburgh 27 31ø 0-10 Snow 7-6 3 @Cincinnati 38 31ø 10-20 Snow Passing Att 341 273 7-7 17 @New York(A) 34 43ø 20-30 Comp 151 147 % 44.3 53.8 Int 30 7 % 8.8 2.6 TD 12 10 % 3.5 3.7 Yards 1912 1943 Sacked 29 25 Punt Return 26 40 Yards 131 289 Ave 5.0 7.2 Kick Return 55 50 Yards 1163 1179 Ave 21.1 23.6 Punts 62 61 Yards 2671 2509 Ave 43.1 41.1 FG Att 24 30 Made 17 19 % 70.8 63.3 Third Downs 179 190 Made 71 81 % 39.7 42.6 Fourth Downs 13 9 Made 3 3 % 23.1 33.3 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 28 23 Lost 10 14 Turnovers 40 21 Net Offense 3585 3952 Per Play 4.3 4.7 1972 Cleveland Browns Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Kelly 230 836 3.6 11 45 16 6 Pitts 38 7 529 13.9 3 33 70 3 Scott,B 132 547 4.1 11 33 17 2 Morin 31 2 450 14.5 5 27 33 1 Phipps 65 291 4.5 7 13 12 1 Hooker 30 10 467 15.6 3 27 66 3 Brown,K 30 154 5.1 5 9 11 1 Kelly 24 7 204 8.5 1 12 29 2 Cornell 8 18 2.3 1 2 10 0 Scott 18 2 148 8.2 0 10 15 1 Pitts 3 5 1.7 1 1 13 0 Brown 5 0 63 12.6 0 5 21 1 LeFear 2 3 1.5 0 0 4 0 Glass 2 3 32 16.0 0 1 20 0 Nelsen 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0 0 Richardson 1 0 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 Cockroft 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 0 0 Cornell 1 0 13 13.0 0 1 13 0 472 1847 3.9 36 104 17 10 Staroba 1 1 2 2.0 0 1 2 1 151 32 1912 12.7 12 117 70 12 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Phipps 307 146 47.6 1861 12.7 70 30 12 25 8.1 27 11 3.6 45.0 Kelly 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 39.6 Nelsen 33 5 15.2 51 10.2 13 7 0 5 15.2 2 1 3.0 10.1 341 151 44.3 1912 12.7 70 37 12 30 8.8 29 12 3.5 37.4 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Cockroft 22 18 81.8 24 17 70.8 44.4 0.0 47 69 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Cockroft 62 2671 68 6 0 7 40 289 36.5 43.1 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Brown,K 28 643 23.0 35 0 Majors 14 8 71 5.1 14 0 Majors 11 248 22.5 28 0 Darden 12 11 60 5.0 9 0 LeFear 9 171 19.0 28 0 26 19 131 5.0 14 0 Johnson,W 3 45 15.0 19 0 55 1163 21.1 35 0 Fumbles Phipps 11 Brown,K 5 Nelsen 1 Scott,B 1 Kelly 6 Majors 2 Glass 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Roman 7 Johnson, 11 Johnson, 14 Scott,C 9 Johnson, 6 Morris,C 3 Johnson, 6 Grant 7 Sherk 13 Davis,B 4 Lindsey 3 Sherk 3 Sherk 5 Sherk 7 Grant 7 Andrews 4 Davis,B 2 Hall 2 Grant 3 Roman 4 Roman 6 Sumner 4 Roman 2 Hooker 2 Briggs 1 Jackson, 3 Andrews 4 Lindsey 3 Scott,C 2 Johnson, 2 Lindsey 1 Andrews 2 Garlingt 3 Roman 3 Sherk 2 Demarie 2 Garlingt 1 Lindsey 3 Darden 3 Briggs 1 Phipps 2 Andrews 1 Darden 2 Hall 3 Darden 1 Pitts 2 Jackson, 2 Sherk 2 Andrews 1 Scott,C 2 Davis,B 1 Johnson, 1 Grant 1 Garlingt 2 Briggs 1 Garlingt 1 Houston, 1 Kelly 1 Sumner 1 Lindsey 1 Davis,B 1 Pena 1 DeMarco 1 Hickerso 1 Roman 1 Andrews 1 Dieken 1 Sumner 1 Tackles Scott,C 84 Andrews 65 Roman 46 Briggs 23 Brooks,C 8 Long 7 Johnson, 83 Davis,B 55 Sumner 38 Jackson, 16 Houston, 8 Demarie 4 Sherk 79 Garlingt 53 Grant 37 Wright,G 16 Snidow 7 Fest,C 4 Darden 65 Lindsey 50 Hall 32 Brinkman 10 Majors 7 Kingrea 4 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Garlingto 2 24 12.0 24 0 Darden 1 0 0.0 0 0 Davis,B 1 0 0.0 0 0 Andrews 1 5 5.0 5 0 Johnson,W 1 11 11.0 11 0 Scott,C 1 0 0.0 0 0 7 40 5.7 24 0 1972 Cleveland Browns Coach: Nick Skorich Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Horn,Don 1 O 2 1 QB Nelsen,Bill 1 O 2 1 QB Phipps,Mike 5 B 2 1 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Kelly,Leroy 2 1 5 224 811 18 3.6 4 23 204 28 8.9 PR RB Scott,Bo 2 1 4 123 571 27 4.6 5 23 172 30 7.5 RB Brown,Ken 2 1 5 32 114 14 3.6 1 5 64 20 12.8 KR RB Cornell,Bo 2 1 5 7 8 2 1.1 1 2 7 4 3.5 RB LeFear,Bill 2 1 3 3 6 3 2.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 KR WR Pitts,Frank 0 0 5 3 29 13 9.7 6 36 620 80 17.2 WR Hooker,Fair 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 6 32 441 43 13.8 WR Richardson,Willie 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 7 7 7.0 WR Staroba,Paul 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 19 19 19.0 WR Brinkman,Charlie 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TE Morin,Milt 5 3 5 0 0 0 0.0 5 30 540 36 18.0 TE Glass,Chip 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 5 61 15 12.2 Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C DeMarco,Bob 5 5 4 C Hoaglin,Fred 4 4 5 G Hickerson,Gene 7 7 5 G Pena,Bubba 4 4 2 T McKay,Bob 6 6 3 T Dieken,Doug 6 6 5 T Morris,Chris 4 4 5 T Carollo,Joe 3 3 1 OL Demarie,John 6 6 5 C-G Copeland,Jim 3 3 1 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Johnson,Walter 8 7 0 4 5 10 1 KR DT Fest,Cotton 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 DT Wright,George 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 DE Roman,Nick 5 4 0 3 3 7 1 DE Jackson,Rich 4 4 0 2 5 3 0 DE Grant,Wes 4 4 0 2 5 1 0 DE Snidow,Ron 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 DL Sherk,Jerry 7 7 0 3 5 10 0 DL Briggs,Bob 5 5 0 1 4 3 1 ILB Lindsey,Dale 5 3 2 0 4 0 0 OLB Andrews,Billy 5 3 2 1 5 2 1 OLB Hall,Charlie 5 3 2 1 5 1 1 OLB Kingrea,Rick 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 LB Garlington,John 5 3 2 0 5 0 1 LB Long,Mel 4 3 1 0 5 0 0 CB Scott,Clarence 8 0 8 0 5 0 0 CB Davis,Ben 7 0 7 0 5 0 3 CB Brooks,Cliff 4 0 4 0 5 0 0 S Darden,Thom 7 2 5 0 5 0 3 PR S Sumner,Walt 5 2 3 0 4 0 0 PR S Majors,Bobby 3 1 2 0 3 0 0 RET DE-OL Houston,Jim 4 4 0 0 5 0 0 Special Teams K-P Cockroft,Don