1972 Cleveland Browns 6-8 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Cleveland 57 74 52 57 0 257 Opponent 64 108 38 59 0 317 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 257 317 0-1 14 Green Bay 37 First Downs 211 234 1-1 22 @Philadelphia 7 Rush 89 116 1-2 7 Cincinnati 29 Pass 111 105 1-3 13 Kansas City 20 Pen 11 13 2-3 26 Chicago 19 Penalties 65 83 3-3 13 @Houston 9 Yards 475 674 3-4 16 @Denver 20 3-5 11 Houston 20 Rushing Att 480 530 3-6 14 @San Diego 30 Yards 1984 2429 4-6 19 Pittsburgh 17 Ave 4.1 4.6 5-6 30 Buffalo 10 TD 10 20 5-7 27 @Pittsburgh 30 5-8 17 @Cincinnati 48 Passing Att 346 324 6-8 28 @New York(A) 21 Comp 161 174 % 46.5 53.7 Int 16 7 % 4.6 2.2 TD 10 12 % 2.9 3.7 Yards 2358 2259 Sacked 26 28 Punt Return 29 34 Yards 175 243 Ave 6.0 7.1 Kick Return 68 68 Yards 1358 1340 Ave 20.0 19.7 Punts 60 66 Yards 2589 2722 Ave 43.2 41.2 FG Att 44 36 Made 36 27 % 81.8 75.0 Third Downs 183 183 Made 59 59 % 32.2 32.2 Fourth Downs 17 11 Made 10 3 % 58.8 27.3 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 35 24 Lost 18 10 Turnovers 34 17 Net Offense 4168 4511 Per Play 4.9 5.1 1972 Cleveland Browns Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Kelly 238 962 4.0 17 53 18 7 Pitts 35 4 571 16.3 5 27 60 3 Scott,B 140 642 4.6 18 24 27 2 Hooker 34 4 530 15.6 4 25 36 1 Phipps 46 218 4.7 5 12 14 1 Morin 31 2 576 18.6 6 27 63 1 Brown,K 32 115 3.6 1 9 14 0 Kelly 25 0 289 11.6 3 17 38 3 LeFear 6 26 4.3 1 1 15 0 Scott,B 23 0 230 10.0 0 16 22 2 Pitts 3 24 8.0 2 2 15 0 Glass 5 2 74 14.8 1 2 30 0 Cornell 5 1 0.2 0 0 2 0 Brown,K 5 0 64 12.8 0 4 16 0 Nelsen 5 0 0.0 0 0 4 0 Richardson 1 0 11 11.0 0 1 11 0 Horn 5 -4 -0.8 0 0 0 0 Cornell 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 480 1984 4.1 44 103 27 10 Staroba 1 0 13 13.0 0 1 13 0 161 12 2358 14.6 19121 63 10 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Nelsen 26 16 61.5 192 12.0 23 4 0 1 3.8 2 0 0.0 68.1 Phipps 320 145 45.3 2166 14.9 63 42 19 15 4.7 24 10 3.1 58.9 346 161 46.5 2358 14.6 63 46 19 16 4.6 26 10 2.9 59.6 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Cockcroft 21 21 100.0 44 36 81.8 68.4 75.0 55 129 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Cockcroft 60 2589 58 3 0 10 34 243 38.1 43.2 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Brown,K 32 644 20.1 51 0 Majors 17 9 65 3.8 15 0 Majors 27 536 19.9 47 0 Darden 12 5 110 9.2 73 1 LeFear 9 178 19.8 28 0 29 14 175 6.0 73 1 Hickerson 1 0 0.0 0 0 68 1358 20.0 51 0 Fumbles Phipps 10 Brown,K 7 Majors 3 Richards 1 Kelly 7 Scott,B 5 DeMarco 1 Morin 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Sherk 10 Sherk 10 Johnson, 12 Scott,C 9 Johnson, 5 Phipps 4 Johnson, 9 Johnson, 7 Sherk 10 Darden 8 Briggs 3 Johnson, 2 Roman 5 Andrews 3 Briggs 7 Davis,B 6 Sumner 3 Kelly 2 Briggs 3 Roman 2 Andrews 7 Sumner 6 Andrews 2 Lindsey 2 Andrews 1 Briggs 2 Roman 6 Sherk 3 Scott,C 2 Morin 2 Hall 6 Andrews 3 Sherk 2 Hickerso 2 Lindsey 3 Hall 2 Davis,B 2 Scott,C 2 Garlingt 3 Johnson, 2 Brooks,C 1 Sherk 2 Grant 3 Roman 2 Majors 1 Sumner 2 Davis,B 1 Garlingt 1 Garlingt 1 Briggs 1 Darden 1 Grant 1 Morris,C 1 Sumner 1 Hall 1 Hooker 1 Scott,B 1 Darden 1 Dieken 1 Grant 1 Tackles Johnson, 85 Scott,C 54 Sumner 43 Grant 15 Snidow 8 McKay 1 Sherk 76 Garlingt 49 Roman 27 Brooks,C 15 Long 7 Darden 72 Davis,B 48 Howell,M 22 Wright,G 15 Richards 5 Hall 66 Lindsey 47 Majors 18 Houston, 14 Fest,C 4 Andrews 65 Briggs 43 Brinkman 17 Jackson, 10 Kingrea 2 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Davis,B 2 1 0.5 1 0 Darden 1 15 15.0 15 0 Andrews 1 0 0.0 0 0 Garlingto 1 16 16.0 16 0 Hall 1 22 22.0 22 0 Howell,M 1 2 2.0 2 0 7 56 8.0 22 0 1972 Cleveland Browns Coach:Nick Skorich Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Horn,Don 2 O 2 1 QB Nelsen,Bill 2 O 2 1 QB Phipps,Mike 5 B 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Brown,Ken 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Cornell,Bo 1 0 5 B 3 3 RB Kelly,Leroy 1 0 5 B 4 2 PR RB LeFear,Bill 1 0 3 B 3 3 KR RB Scott,Bo 1 0 4 B 3 3 WR Brinkman,Charlie 0 0 2 O 1 1 WR Hooker,Fair 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Pitts,Frank 0 0 5 O 1 3 WR Richardson,Willie 0 0 2 O 1 1 WR Staroba,Paul 0 0 2 O 1 1 TE Glass,Chip 2 0 5 O 1 1 TE Morin,Milt 3 0 5 O 1 1 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Hickerson,Gene 7 7 5 G Pena,Bubba 4 4 2 T Carollo,Joe 3 3 2 T Dieken,Doug 6 6 5 T McKay,Bob 6 6 3 T Morris,Chris 4 4 5 C DeMarco,Bob 5 5 4 C Hoaglin,Fred 4 4 5 C-G Copeland,Jim 3 3 2 C-G-T Demarie,John 6 6 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Fest,Cotton 3 2 0 1 2 DT Johnson,Walter 8 5 0 3 5 KR DT Wright,George 3 2 0 1 2 DL Briggs,Bob 5 4 0 1 4 DL Sherk,Jerry 7 4 0 3 5 DE Grant,Wes 4 3 0 1 5 DE Jackson,Rich 4 3 0 1 3 DE Roman,Nick 5 3 0 2 5 DE Snidow,Ron 3 2 0 1 2 ILB Lindsey,Dale 5 2 3 0 5 LB Garlington,John 5 2 3 0 5 LB Long,Mel 4 2 2 0 5 OLB Andrews,Billy 5 2 2 1 5 OLB Hall,Charlie 5 2 2 1 5 OLB Kingrea,Rick 3 2 1 0 2 CB Brooks,Cliff 4 0 4 0 5 CB Davis,Ben 7 0 7 0 5 CB Scott,Clarence 8 0 8 0 5 S Darden,Thom 7 1 6 0 5 PR S Howell,Mike 4 1 3 0 5 S Majors,Bobby 3 1 2 0 2 RET S Sumner,Walt 5 1 4 0 4 PR Special Teams K-P Cockcroft,Don