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1968 Cleveland Browns Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-4-0, 1st in NFL Century Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Blanton Collier (10-4-0)

Points For: 394 (28.1/g) 3rd of 16

Points Against: 273 (19.5/g) 7th of 16

Expected W-L: 9.9-4.1

SRS: 7.14 (4th of 16), SOS: -1.50

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 31-20 vs. Dallas Cowboys
Lost Championship 0-34 vs. Baltimore Colts

Offensive Coordinator: Nick Skorich

Defensive Coordinator: Howard Brinker

Other Notable Asst.: Dick Modzelewski (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Cleveland Municipal Stadium

Principal Owner: Art Modell

General Manager: Harold Sauerbrei

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Hiram College (Hiram, Ohio)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	394	4889	831	5.9	30	14	248	184	363	2858	27	16	7.4	123	447	2031	20	4.5	104	74	841	21
Opp. Stats	273	4090	888	4.6	46	14	259	213	439	2248	19	32	4.8	130	423	1842	11	4.4	110	61	620	19
Lg Rank Offense	3	2			2	7	5		11	4	2	3	1		9	3	3	2
Lg Rank Defense	7	8			1	7	13		16	8	8	1	3		4	10	6	12

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 15		boxscore	W		1-0	@	New Orleans Saints	24	10	16	338	185	153	3	14	208	123	85	3
2	Sun	September 22		boxscore	L		1-1	@	Dallas Cowboys	7	28	12	250	163	87	2	24	346	143	203	1
3	Sun	September 29		boxscore	L		1-2		Los Angeles Rams	6	24	6	129	63	66	3	22	364	176	188	2
4	Sat	October 5		boxscore	W		2-2		Pittsburgh Steelers	31	24	24	374	190	184	3	19	272	156	116	2
5	Sun	October 13		boxscore	L		2-3		St. Louis Cardinals	21	27	15	333	311	22	2	20	282	135	147	2
6	Sun	October 20		boxscore	W		3-3	@	Baltimore Colts	30	20	19	305	126	179	1	13	212	131	81	5
7	Sun	October 27		boxscore	W		4-3		Atlanta Falcons	30	7	24	444	248	196		17	284	137	147	2
8	Sun	November 3		boxscore	W		5-3	@	San Francisco 49ers	33	21	22	362	138	224	2	21	311	241	70	5
9	Sun	November 10		boxscore	W		6-3		New Orleans Saints	35	17	17	467	245	222	6	18	284	123	161	3
10	Sun	November 17		boxscore	W		7-3	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	45	24	18	399	352	47	3	21	353	188	165	7
11	Sun	November 24		boxscore	W		8-3		Philadelphia Eagles	47	13	22	438	237	201		21	342	285	57	6
12	Sun	December 1		boxscore	W		9-3		New York Giants	45	10	25	378	206	172	2	12	182	77	105	5
13	Sun	December 8		boxscore	W		10-3	@	Washington Redskins	24	21	15	354	205	149	3	21	326	212	114	3
14	Sat	December 14		boxscore	L		10-4	@	St. Louis Cardinals	16	27	13	318	189	129		16	324	121	203
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	December 21		boxscore	W		11-4		Dallas Cowboys	31	20	12	280	178	102	2	13	286	200	86	4
Championship	Sun	December 29		boxscore	L		11-5		Baltimore Colts	0	34	12	173	117	56	3	22	353	169	184	2

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Bill Nelsen	27	QB	14	11	9-2-0	152	293	51.9	2366	19	6.5	10	3.4	87	8.1	7.84	15.6	169.0	86.4	11	102	3.62	7.45	7.22	0	1	AP-2,AP MVP-3
2	Frank Ryan	32	QB	7	3	1-2-0	31	66	47.0	639	7	10.6	6	9.1	57	9.7	7.71	20.6	91.3	79.0	10	79	13.16	7.37	5.66	0	1
3	Leroy Kelly	26	RB	14	14		1	4	25.0	34	1	25.0	0	0.0	34	8.5	13.50	34.0	2.4	102.1	0	0	0.00	8.50	13.50	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-2
	Team Totals			14	14	10-4-0	184	363	50.7	2858	27	7.4	16	4.4	87	8.4	7.88	16.5	204.1	85.6	21	181	5.47	7.44	6.97	0	2

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Bill Nelsen	27	QB	2	2	1-1-0	24	51	47.1	335	1	2.0	3	5.9	45	6.6	4.31	14.0	167.5	50.7	5	52	8.93	5.05	3.00	0	0
2	Frank Ryan	32	QB	1	0		2	6	33.3	19	0	0.0	0	0.0	10	3.2	3.17	9.5	19.0	43.1	1	7	14.29	1.71	1.71	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	1-1-0	26	57	45.6	295	1	1.8	3	5.3	45	4.7	4.19	13.6	147.5	29.6	6	59	9.52	3.25	0.75	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Leroy Kelly	26	RB	14	14	248	1239	16	65	5.0	88.5	17.7	22	297	13.5	4	68	1.6	21.2	270	5.7	1536	20	6	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-2
2	Paul Warfield	26	LE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	50	1067	21.3	12	65	3.6	76.2	50	21.3	1067	12	0	PB,AP-2
3	Milt Morin	26	TE	14	14	1	8	0	8	8.0	0.6	0.1	43	792	18.4	5	87	3.1	56.6	44	18.2	800	5	0	PB
4	Charlie Harraway	24	RB	13	5	91	334	0	23	3.7	25.7	7.0	12	162	13.5	1	63	0.9	12.5	103	4.8	496	1	2
5	Ernie Green	30	RB	8	7	41	152	0	14	3.7	19.0	5.1	16	142	8.9	2	62	2.0	17.8	57	5.2	294	2	0
6	Gary Collins	28	FL	5	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	9	230	25.6	0	39	1.8	46.0	9	25.6	230	0	0
7	Eppie Barney	24	FL	12	8	0	8	1	8		0.7	0.0	18	189	10.5	1	18	1.5	15.8	18	10.9	197	2	0
8	Charlie Leigh	23	RB	14	2	23	144	1	20	6.3	10.3	1.6	3	-4	-1.3	0	4	0.2	-0.3	26	5.4	140	1	1
9	Tommy McDonald	34	FL	9	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	113	16.1	1	42	0.8	12.6	7	16.1	113	1	0
10	Reece Morrison	23	RB	14	0	18	39	1	11	2.2	2.8	1.3	2	40	20.0	1	29	0.1	2.9	20	4.0	79	2	0
11	Frank Ryan	32	QB	7	3	11	64	0	19	5.8	9.1	1.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	11	5.8	64	0	2
12	Bill Nelsen	27	QB	14	11	13	30	1	18	2.3	2.1	0.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	13	2.3	30	1	2	AP-2,AP MVP-3
13	Ralph Smith	30	TE	14	0	1	13	0	13	13.0	0.9	0.1	2	11	5.5	0	7	0.1	0.8	3	8.0	24	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	447	2031	20	65	4.5	145.1	31.9	184	3039	16.5	27	87	13.1	217.1	631	8.0	5070	47	13

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Leroy Kelly	26	RB	2	2	33	115	1	35	3.5	57.5	16.5	5	73	14.6	1	45	2.5	36.5	38	4.9	188	2	0
2	Paul Warfield	26	LE	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	116	19.3	0	49	3.0	58.0	6	19.3	116	0	0
3	Milt Morin	26	TE	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	88	12.6	0	22	3.5	44.0	7	12.6	88	0	0
4	Charlie Harraway	24	RB	2	2	11	38	0	8	3.5	19.0	5.5	5	38	7.6	0	16	2.5	19.0	16	4.8	76	0	0
5	Gary Collins	28	FL	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	39	13.0	0	13	1.5	19.5	3	13.0	39	0	0
6	Ernie Green	30	RB	2	0	4	7	1	2	1.8	3.5	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	1.8	7	1	0
7	Frank Ryan	32	QB	1	0	2	0	0		0.0	0.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	0.0	0	0	2
8	Bill Nelsen	27	QB	1	1	2	-2	0	1	-1.0	-2.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-1.0	-2	0	1
	Team Totals			2	2	52	158	2	35	3.0	79.0	26.0	26	354	13.6	1	49	13.0	177.0	78	6.6	512	3	3

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Erich Barnes	33	LCB	14	14	3	64	1	40	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
2	Ben Davis	23	RCB	14	14	8	162	0	44	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2
3	Gene Hickerson	33	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
4	Jim Houston	31	LLB	14	14	3	11	0	7	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
5	Mike Howell	25	FS	14	14	6	55	0	24	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	Walter Johnson	26	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.5	0	PB
7	Ernie Kellermann	25	SS	14	14	6	29	0	12	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
8	Leroy Kelly	26	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-2
9	Bob Matheson	24	MLB	14	14	2	44	0	30	0	4	0	0	0.0	0
10	Ron Snidow	27	LDE	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.5	0
11	Dale Lindsey	25	RLB	12	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
12	Bill Nelsen	27	QB	14	11	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0.0	0	AP-2,AP MVP-3
13	Jim Kanicki	27	RDT	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.5	0
14	Bill Glass	33	RDE	10	8	2	21	1	17	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
15	Jack Gregory	24	RDE	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	0
16	Charlie Harraway	24	RB	13	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Marvin Upshaw	22	DT	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
18	Frank Ryan	32	QB	7	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	John Garlington	22	LB	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.5	0
20	Charlie Leigh	23	RB	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Bill Sabatino	23	DT	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
22	Billy Andrews	23	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Jim Copeland	23	G	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Nate James	23	DB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Wayne Meylan	22	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	0
26	Ralph Smith	30	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
27	Joe Taffoni	23	T	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Carl Ward	24	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	32	386	2	44	23	23	3	0	28.0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Erich Barnes	33	LCB	2	2	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	9	0	0.0	0	0
2	Ben Davis	23	RCB	2	2	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Jack Gregory	24	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
4	Mike Howell	25	FS	1	1	1	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Leroy Kelly	26	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Dale Lindsey	25	RLB	1	1	1	27	1	27	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Bill Nelsen	27	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Frank Ryan	32	QB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	5	52	1	27	0	3	2	9	0	1.0	0	0

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