1971 Cleveland Browns Statistics
Team Record: 9-5
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Nick Skorich (9-5)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1971 Cleveland Browns Results
The Cleveland Browns of the National Football League ended the 1971 season with a record of 9 wins and 5 losses, finishing first in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The Browns chalked up 285 points, while the defensive unit surrendered 273. Bill Nelsen threw for 2,319 yards. Fair Hooker snagged 45 passes for 649 yards. Frank Pitts and Milt Morin provided receiving help also.
Leroy Kelly ran for a team-leading 865 yards for Cleveland.
Walt Sumner picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition.
Nick Skorich coached the team. The 1971 Cleveland Browns lost in the Division Playoff.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Nelsen | 325 | 174 | 53.5 | 2319 | 7.1 | 13 | 4.0 | 23 | 7.1 | 53 | 22 | 222 | 60.3 |
Mike Phipps | 47 | 13 | 27.7 | 179 | 3.8 | 1 | 2.1 | 4 | 8.5 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 14.6 |
Leroy Kelly | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 |
Totals | 376 | 188 | 50.0 | 2521 | 6.7 | 14 | 3.7 | 27 | 7.2 | 53 | 22 | 222 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leroy Kelly | 234 | 865 | 3.7 | 35 | 10 |
Bo Scott | 179 | 606 | 3.4 | 35 | 9 |
Ken Brown | 11 | 47 | 4.3 | 17 | 0 |
Mike Phipps | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 15 | 0 |
Don Cockroft | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Bo Cornell | 11 | 12 | 1.1 | 6 | 0 |
Milt Morin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Reece Morrison | 5 | -2 | -0.4 | 4 | 0 |
Bill Nelsen | 13 | -18 | -1.4 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 461 | 1558 | 3.4 | 35 | 19 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fair Hooker | 45 | 649 | 14.4 | 48 | 1 |
Milt Morin | 40 | 581 | 14.5 | 31 | 2 |
Bo Scott | 30 | 233 | 7.8 | 35 | 1 |
Frank Pitts | 27 | 487 | 18.0 | 53 | 4 |
Leroy Kelly | 25 | 252 | 10.1 | 29 | 2 |
Gary Collins | 15 | 231 | 15.4 | 29 | 3 |
Dave Jones | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 21 | 0 |
Bo Cornell | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Chip Glass | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 1 |
Totals | 188 | 2521 | 13.4 | 53 | 14 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Don Cockroft | 62 | 2508 | 40.5 | 59 |
Gary Collins | 5 | 162 | 32.4 | 42 |
Totals | 67 | 2670 | 39.9 | 59 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leroy Kelly | 30 | 292 | 9.7 | 74 | 0 |
Dave Jones | 9 | 63 | 7.0 | 20 | 0 |
Ernie Kellermann | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 40 | 359 | 9.0 | 74 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Brown | 15 | 330 | 22.0 | 35 | 0 |
Reece Morrison | 9 | 267 | 29.7 | 52 | 0 |
Frank Pitts | 9 | 238 | 26.4 | 35 | 0 |
Stan Brown | 7 | 157 | 22.4 | 32 | 0 |
Jim Houston | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
Bo Cornell | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
Doug Dieken | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Leroy Kelly | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Ernie Kellermann | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Chip Glass | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 46 | 1065 | 23.2 | 52 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Walt Sumner | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 25 | 0 |
Clarence Scott | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 21 | 0 |
Billy Andrews | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 19 | 0 |
Ernie Kellermann | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Howell | 2 | 93 | 46.5 | 68 | 0 |
Dale Lindsey | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 29 | 0 |
Ben Davis | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
Jerry Sherk | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
John Garlington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 24 | 280 | 11.7 | 68 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Nelsen | 10 | 5 | -9 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Snidow | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
Leroy Kelly | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jerry Sherk | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Walter Johnson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Ken Brown | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Houston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ben Davis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Reece Morrison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Billy Andrews | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Walt Sumner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jack Gregory | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank Pitts | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | |||
Gary Collins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ernie Kellermann | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bo Scott | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bo Cornell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Milt Morin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Stan Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Phipps | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 29 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Don Cockroft | 0 | 15 | 34 | 0 | 79 | |||||||||
Leroy Kelly | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||||||
Bo Scott | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
Frank Pitts | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Gary Collins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Milt Morin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Chip Glass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Fair Hooker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Walter Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Doug Dieken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Totals | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 285 |