1970 Cleveland Browns Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Blanton Collier (7-7)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1970 Cleveland Browns RosterTeam Record: 7-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Blanton Collier (7-7)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1970 Cleveland Browns Results
The Cleveland Browns of the National Football League ended the 1970 season with a record of 7 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
Cleveland racked up 286 points, while the defense yielded 265. Bill Nelsen threw for 2,156 yards. Bo Scott snagged 40 passes, while Milt Morin added 611 receiving yards. Fair Hooker was targeted regularly, too.
Leroy Kelly ran for a team-leading 656 yards for the Browns, and Bo Scott additionally contributed to the rushing attack.
Erich Barnes picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition.
Blanton Collier coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Nelsen | 313 | 159 | 50.8 | 2156 | 6.9 | 16 | 5.1 | 16 | 5.1 | 78 | 8 | 79 | 68.9 |
| Mike Phipps | 60 | 29 | 48.3 | 529 | 8.8 | 1 | 1.7 | 5 | 8.3 | 53 | 7 | 86 | 49.9 |
| Don Gault | 19 | 2 | 10.5 | 67 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 15.8 | 44 | 1 | 5 | 2.2 |
| Totals | 392 | 190 | 48.5 | 2752 | 7.0 | 17 | 4.3 | 24 | 6.1 | 78 | 16 | 170 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leroy Kelly | 206 | 656 | 3.2 | 33 | 6 |
| Bo Scott | 151 | 625 | 4.1 | 63 | 7 |
| Reece Morrison | 73 | 175 | 2.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Mike Phipps | 11 | 94 | 8.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Randy Minniear | 12 | 39 | 3.2 | 9 | 1 |
| Milt Morin | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Nelsen | 7 | -4 | -0.6 | 2 | 0 |
| Ken Brown | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| Totals | 462 | 1579 | 3.4 | 63 | 14 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Scott | 40 | 351 | 8.8 | 24 | 4 |
| Milt Morin | 37 | 611 | 16.5 | 36 | 1 |
| Fair Hooker | 28 | 490 | 17.5 | 69 | 2 |
| Gary Collins | 26 | 351 | 13.5 | 28 | 4 |
| Leroy Kelly | 24 | 311 | 13.0 | 55 | 2 |
| Chip Glass | 19 | 403 | 21.2 | 78 | 2 |
| Homer Jones | 10 | 141 | 14.1 | 43 | 1 |
| Reece Morrison | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 53 | 1 |
| Randy Minniear | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 190 | 2752 | 14.5 | 78 | 17 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cockroft | 71 | 3023 | 42.6 | 71 |
| Totals | 71 | 3023 | 42.6 | 71 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reece Morrison | 15 | 133 | 8.9 | 34 | 0 |
| Walt Sumner | 8 | 70 | 8.8 | 38 | 0 |
| Tom Schoen | 8 | 18 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Al Jenkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 236 | 6.9 | 38 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homer Jones | 29 | 739 | 25.5 | 94 | 1 |
| Reece Morrison | 7 | 153 | 21.9 | 36 | 0 |
| Ken Brown | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Tom Schoen | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Bob Matheson | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Righetti | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Milt Morin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chip Glass | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 44 | 1001 | 22.8 | 94 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erich Barnes | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 38 | 1 |
| Walt Sumner | 4 | 85 | 21.2 | 34 | 0 |
| Dale Lindsey | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 56 | 1 |
| Jim Houston | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Billy Andrews | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 1 |
| Ernie Kellermann | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Matheson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| John Garlington | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Walter Johnson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ben Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Howell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19 | 324 | 17.1 | 56 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Nelsen | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Sherk | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Schoen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leroy Kelly | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dale Lindsey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Freddie Summers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Andrews | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Houston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Matheson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Schafrath | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Gregory | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Kellermann | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Erich Barnes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Howell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Garlington | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Phipps | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Gault | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Homer Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bo Scott | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Milt Morin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Collins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Walt Sumner | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chip Glass | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Al Jenkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 24 | 20 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Don Cockroft | 12 | 34 | 0 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Bo Scott | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||||||
| Leroy Kelly | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| Gary Collins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Chip Glass | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Fair Hooker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Homer Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Milt Morin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Billy Andrews | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Dale Lindsey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Reece Morrison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Randy Minniear | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Erich Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Walter Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Ron Snidow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Chuck Reynolds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 14 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 286 |
