1974 Cleveland Browns Statistics
Team Record: 4-10
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Nick Skorich (4-10)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1974 Cleveland Browns Results
The Cleveland Browns of the National Football League ended the 1974 season with a record of 4 wins and 10 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
The Browns scored 251 points, but the shaky defensive squad surrendered 344, most in the circuit. Greg Pruitt ran for a team-leading 540 yards for Cleveland, while Hugh McKinnis and Ken Brown additionally buoyed the ground attack.
Mike Phipps passed for 1,384 yards. Hugh McKinnis topped all receivers, snagging 32 passes, while Steve Holden added 452 receiving yards, while Milt Morin contributed to the receiving game, too.
The ball-hawking defense created 40 turnovers. Thom Darden picked off 8 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 | 256 | 117 | 45.7 | 1384 | 5.4 | 9 | 3.5 | 17 | 6.6 | 55 | 33 | 280 | 46.7 |
| Brian Sipe | 108 | 59 | 54.6 | 603 | 5.6 | 1 | 0.9 | 7 | 6.5 | 37 | 15 | 122 | 47.0 |
| Greg Pruitt | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 115 | 57.5 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Don Cockroft | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Totals | 367 | 179 | 48.8 | 2129 | 5.8 | 12 | 3.3 | 24 | 6.5 | 60 | 48 | 402 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Pruitt | 126 | 540 | 4.3 | 54 | 3 |
| Hugh McKinnis | 124 | 519 | 4.2 | 44 | 2 |
| Ken Brown | 125 | 458 | 3.7 | 27 | 4 |
| Mike Phipps | 39 | 279 | 7.2 | 19 | 1 |
| Bo Scott | 23 | 86 | 3.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Brian Sipe | 16 | 44 | 2.8 | 17 | 4 |
| Steve Holden | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Billy Lefear | 6 | 2 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Thaxton | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| Totals | 461 | 1924 | 4.2 | 54 | 14 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh McKinnis | 32 | 258 | 8.1 | 55 | 0 |
| Steve Holden | 30 | 452 | 15.1 | 53 | 3 |
| Ken Brown | 29 | 194 | 6.7 | 19 | 2 |
| Milt Morin | 27 | 330 | 12.2 | 32 | 3 |
| Greg Pruitt | 21 | 274 | 13.0 | 43 | 1 |
| Gloster Van Richardson | 9 | 266 | 29.6 | 60 | 2 |
| Bo Scott | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Jubilee Dunbar | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Dave Sullivan | 5 | 92 | 18.4 | 37 | 0 |
| Jim Thaxton | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 34 | 0 |
| Fair Hooker | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 17 | 1 |
| Billy Lefear | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Van Green | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Totals | 179 | 2129 | 11.9 | 60 | 12 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cockroft | 90 | 3643 | 40.5 | 64 |
| Totals | 90 | 3643 | 40.5 | 64 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Pruitt | 27 | 349 | 12.9 | 72 | 0 |
| Thom Darden | 21 | 173 | 8.2 | 45 | 0 |
| Billy Lefear | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Eddie Brown | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 52 | 523 | 10.1 | 72 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Pruitt | 22 | 606 | 27.5 | 88 | 1 |
| Billy Lefear | 26 | 574 | 22.1 | 41 | 0 |
| Eddie Brown | 6 | 138 | 23.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Jim Romaniszyn | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 27 | 0 |
| Ken Brown | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 60 | 1375 | 22.9 | 88 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thom Darden | 8 | 105 | 13.1 | 31 | 0 |
| Clarence Scott | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Charlie Hall | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 29 | 1 |
| Van Green | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 36 | 1 |
| John Garlington | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Eddie Brown | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Billy Andrews | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Babich | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Thaxton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24 | 336 | 14.0 | 36 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Roman | 0 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Sipe | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Demarie | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Pruitt | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Billy Lefear | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Sherk | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Garlington | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Allen Aldridge | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Phipps | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Seifert | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walter Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Hall | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thom Darden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | |
| Doug Dieken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Van Green | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Thaxton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Preston Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Milt Morin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob DeMarco | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walt Sumner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Romaniszyn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hugh McKinnis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Cockroft | 1 | 0 | -21 | 0 | |||
| Steve Holden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 55 | 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 | 14 | 29 | 0 | 71 | ||||||||||
| Ken Brown | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Greg Pruitt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Brian Sipe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Milt Morin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Steve Holden | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Gloster Van Richardson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Hugh McKinnis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Charlie Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Fair Hooker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Van Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Thom Darden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Mike Phipps | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 251 |
