1973 Cleveland Browns Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-5-2
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Nick Skorich (7-5-2)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1973 Cleveland Browns RosterTeam Record: 7-5-2
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Nick Skorich (7-5-2)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1973 Cleveland Browns Results
The Cleveland Browns of the National Football League ended the 1973 season with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses and 2 ties, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
The Browns chalked up 234 points, but the defensive squad yielded 255. Ken Brown ran for a team-leading 537 yards for Cleveland.
Mike Phipps threw for 1,719 yards. Frank Pitts topped all receivers, snagging 31 passes, while Milt Morin added 417 receiving yards.
Clarence Scott intercepted 5 errant tosses from the opposition.
Nick Skorich coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Phipps | 299 | 148 | 49.5 | 1719 | 5.7 | 9 | 3.0 | 20 | 6.7 | 51 | 44 | 362 | 49.4 |
| Don Horn | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 22 | 2.8 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 95.8 |
| Greg Pruitt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 308 | 152 | 49.4 | 1741 | 5.7 | 10 | 3.2 | 20 | 6.5 | 51 | 45 | 368 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Brown | 161 | 537 | 3.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Mike Phipps | 60 | 395 | 6.6 | 27 | 5 |
| Leroy Kelly | 132 | 389 | 2.9 | 19 | 3 |
| Greg Pruitt | 61 | 369 | 6.0 | 65 | 4 |
| Billy Lefear | 26 | 135 | 5.2 | 43 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 34 | 79 | 2.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Hugh McKinnis | 28 | 77 | 2.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Don Cockroft | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Gloster Van Richardson | 3 | -10 | -3.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 506 | 1968 | 3.9 | 65 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Pitts | 31 | 317 | 10.2 | 26 | 4 |
| Milt Morin | 26 | 417 | 16.0 | 51 | 1 |
| Ken Brown | 22 | 187 | 8.5 | 46 | 0 |
| Fair Hooker | 18 | 196 | 10.9 | 26 | 2 |
| Leroy Kelly | 15 | 180 | 12.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Gloster Van Richardson | 12 | 175 | 14.6 | 32 | 1 |
| Greg Pruitt | 9 | 110 | 12.2 | 42 | 1 |
| Bo Scott | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 9 | 1 |
| Billy Lefear | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Steve Holden | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Hugh McKinnis | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Chip Glass | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Totals | 152 | 1741 | 11.5 | 51 | 10 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cockroft | 82 | 3321 | 40.5 | 71 |
| Totals | 82 | 3321 | 40.5 | 71 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Pruitt | 16 | 180 | 11.2 | 46 | 0 |
| Billy Lefear | 7 | 51 | 7.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Thom Darden | 9 | 51 | 5.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Steve Holden | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Charlie Hall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 308 | 8.6 | 46 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Pruitt | 16 | 453 | 28.3 | 54 | 0 |
| Billy Lefear | 15 | 337 | 22.5 | 59 | 0 |
| Steve Holden | 8 | 172 | 21.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Mel Long | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 38 | 0 |
| Jim Romaniszyn | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Doug Dieken | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 49 | 1084 | 22.1 | 59 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Scott | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 45 | 1 |
| Ben Davis | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Walt Sumner | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Babich | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Thom Darden | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| John Garlington | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 12 | 202 | 16.8 | 48 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Davis | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Lefear | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Phipps | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Van Green | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Greg Pruitt | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chip Glass | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thom Darden | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob McKay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Demarie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walt Sumner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Hickerson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Garlington | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Dieken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Brown | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Horn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Romaniszyn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Pitts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Holden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob DeMarco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gloster Van Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hugh McKinnis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leroy Kelly | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 34 | 25 | 38 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Don Cockroft | 0 | 22 | 24 | 0 | 90 | |||||||||
| Mike Phipps | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Greg Pruitt | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Frank Pitts | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Leroy Kelly | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Fair Hooker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Van Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bo Scott | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Clarence Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Gloster Van Richardson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Milt Morin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 234 |
