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| team = Cleveland Browns |
| team = Cleveland Browns |
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| year = 1974 |
| year = 1974 |
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| coach = [[Nick Skorich]] |
| coach = [[Nick Skorich]] |
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| owner = [[Art Modell]] |
| owner = [[Art Modell]] |
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| general_manager = [[Harold Sauerbrei]] |
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| stadium = [[Cleveland Municipal Stadium]] |
| stadium = [[Cleveland Municipal Stadium]] |
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| radio = [[WHK (AM)|WHK]] |
| radio = [[WHK (AM)|WHK]] |
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The '''1974 Cleveland Browns season''' was the team's 29th season, and 25th season with the [[National Football League]]. |
The '''1974 Cleveland Browns season''' was the team's 29th season, and 25th season with the [[National Football League]]. |
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The 1974 Browns were only the second Browns team to post a losing record in the 29-year history of the franchise.<ref>The other was the [[1956 Cleveland Browns season|1956 team]]</ref> |
The 1974 Browns were only the second Browns team to post a losing record in the 29-year history of the franchise to that point.<ref group="note">The other was the [[1956 Cleveland Browns season|1956 team]]</ref> |
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== Season summary == |
== Season summary == |
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The Browns finished 4–10 |
The Browns finished 4–10 and never looked good. All those great players who had led the Browns to much success through the 1960s and the early part of the 1970s, either had retired or were ready to do so. And, as mentioned, since the Browns had been picking at the tail end of the draft for so long, they had little in the way of reinforcements to step into those stars' shoes. |
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With the exception of the Denver Broncos, who had a modest 7–6–1 record, none of the teams the Browns defeated in 1974 finished above .500. The Browns topped the Broncos 23–21 by scoring two unanswered touchdowns at the end of the game behind a backup third year quarterback by the name of [[Brian Sipe]], out of San Diego State, who the Browns drafted in the thirteenth round of the 1972 draft, and had been on the team's taxi squad during his first two seasons with the team. They beat the 7–7 Houston Oilers 20–7, the 7–7 New England Patriots 21–14 and the 6–8 San Francisco 49ers 7–0 in a tundra-like setting after one of the worst snowstorms in Northeast Ohio history. |
With the exception of the Denver Broncos, who had a modest 7–6–1 record, none of the teams the Browns defeated in 1974 finished above .500. The Browns topped the Broncos 23–21 by scoring two unanswered touchdowns at the end of the game behind a backup third year quarterback by the name of [[Brian Sipe]], out of San Diego State, who the Browns drafted in the thirteenth round of the 1972 draft, and had been on the team's taxi squad during his first two seasons with the team. They beat the 7–7 Houston Oilers 20–7, the 7–7 New England Patriots 21–14 and the 6–8 San Francisco 49ers 7–0 in a tundra-like setting after one of the worst snowstorms in Northeast Ohio history. |
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Otherwise, it |
Otherwise, it was not good. The Browns offense could not score enough points behind the direction of quarterback Mike Phipps, taken with the No. 3 overall pick in the 1970 NFL Draft that was acquired when the club dealt HOF wide receiver Paul Warfield to the Miami Dolphins. And the defense had trouble stopping people. The Browns got off to a 1–5 start, getting humbled 33–7 by the Cincinnati Bengals in—by far—the most lopsided opening-day loss in franchise history to that point—and losing by 22 points (29–7) to the St. Louis Cardinals and by 16 (40–24) to the Oakland Raiders. They also were thumped by 24 (41–17) by the Dallas Cowboys in the next-to-last game of the season. |
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But pride is a hard thing to totally extinguish. The Browns players left from those great teams still had it, and despite the lack of overall talent on the club, it helped them to stay close in some other games. |
But pride is a hard thing to totally extinguish. The Browns players left from those great teams still had it, and despite the lack of overall talent on the club, it helped them to stay close in some other games. |
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They gave the eventual Super Bowl champion Steelers all they could handle in both meetings, losing 20–16 and 26–16, lost by 10 points (34–24) in the rematch with the Bengals, fell by five (15–10) to the 9–5 Buffalo Bills, lost 36–35 to the San Diego Chargers when Sipe fumbled the snap as the club was positioning the ball in the middle of the field for Don Cockroft to kick a game-winning field goal on the final play, and were beaten by four (28–24) in the rematch with the Oilers in the season finale. |
They gave the eventual Super Bowl champion Steelers all they could handle in both meetings, losing 20–16 and 26–16, lost by 10 points (34–24) in the rematch with the Bengals, fell by five (15–10) to the 9–5 Buffalo Bills, lost 36–35 to the San Diego Chargers when Sipe fumbled the snap as the club was positioning the ball in the middle of the field for Don Cockroft to kick a game-winning field goal on the final play, and were beaten by four (28–24) in the rematch with the Oilers in the season finale. |
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On the season as a whole, the Browns started games well and ended them well, being outscored just 62–61 in the first quarter and outscoring their foes 73–63 in the fourth. But in the middle two quarters combined, they were out-done by a whopping 219–117 count, and therein lies most of the reason why they gave up 344 points, the most in team history |
On the season as a whole, the Browns started games well and ended them well, being outscored just 62–61 in the first quarter and outscoring their foes 73–63 in the fourth. But in the middle two quarters combined, they were out-done by a whopping 219–117 count, and therein lies most of the reason why they gave up 344 points, the most in team history to that time. |
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== Offseason == |
== Offseason == |
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=== NFL Draft === |
=== NFL Draft === |
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The following were selected in the [[1974 NFL |
The following were selected in the [[1974 NFL draft]]. |
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| '''Round''' || '''Overall''' || '''Player''' || '''Position''' || '''School/Club Team''' |
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! Round !! Selection !! Player !! Position !! College !! Notes |
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|2||40||[[Billy Corbett]]||Offensive tackle|| [[Johnson C. Smith Golden Bulls|Johnson C. Smith]] |
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|5||118||[[Mark Ilgenfritz]]||Defensive end|| [[1973 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|Vanderbilt]] |
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|6||146||[[Billy Pritchett]]||Running back|| [[West Texas A&M Buffaloes football|West Texas A&M]] |
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|7||163||Bob Herrick||Wide receiver|| [[1973 Purdue Boilermakers football team|Purdue]] |
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|6||146||[[Billy Pritchett]]||Running back|| [[West Texas A&M University|West Texas A&M]] |
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|7||171||[[Gerry Sullivan]]||Offensive tackle|| [[1973 Illinois Fighting Illini football team|Illinois]] |
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|8||199||[[Eddie Brown (safety)|Eddie Brown]]||Defensive back|| [[1973 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]] |
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|9||224||Dan Scott||Guard|| [[1973 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State]] |
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|10||238||Mike Puestow||Wide receiver|| [[1973 North Dakota State Bison football team|North Dakota State]] |
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|11||274||Tom Gooden||Kicker|| [[Harding Bisons football|Harding]] |
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|12||302||Ron McNeil||Defensive end|| [[1973 North Carolina Central Eagles football team|North Carolina Central]] |
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|11||274||Tom Gooden||Kicker|| [[Harding University|Harding]] |
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|13||327||[[Mike Siefert]]||Defensive end|| [[1973 Wisconsin Badgers football team|Wisconsin]] |
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|13||327||[[Mike Siefert]]||Defensive end|| [[Wisconsin Badgers football|Wisconsin]] |
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|14||352||[[Bob Hunt (American football)|Bob Hunt]]||Running back|| [[Heidelberg University (Ohio)|Heidelberg]] |
|14||352||[[Bob Hunt (American football)|Bob Hunt]]||Running back|| [[Heidelberg University (Ohio)|Heidelberg]] |
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|15||380||Ransom Terrell||Linebacker|| [[Arizona Wildcats football|Arizona]] |
|15||380||Ransom Terrell||Linebacker|| [[1973 Arizona Wildcats football team|Arizona]] |
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|16||407||[[Preston Anderson]]||Defensive back|| [[Rice Owls football|Rice]] |
|16||407||[[Preston Anderson]]||Defensive back|| [[1973 Rice Owls football team|Rice]] |
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|17||430||Carlton Buchanan||Defensive tackle|| [[Southwestern Oklahoma State |
|17||430||Carlton Buchanan||Defensive tackle|| [[Southwestern Oklahoma State Bulldogs football|SW Oklahoma]] |
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|}<ref>{{cite web|title=1974 NFL Draft Listing – Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1974.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531154014/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1975.htm |archive-date=2009-05-31 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-07-23 }}</ref> |
|}<ref>{{cite web|title=1974 NFL Draft Listing – Pro-Football-Reference.com |website=[[Pro-Football-Reference.com]] |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1974.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531154014/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1975.htm |archive-date=2009-05-31 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-07-23 }}</ref> |
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==Personnel== |
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=== Staff / Coaches === |
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{{NFL final staff |
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| year = 1974 |
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| team = Cleveland Browns |
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| front_office = |
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* Owner and president – [[Art Modell]] |
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* Executive vice president/general manager – [[Harold Sauerbrei]] |
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* Vice President of Player Personnel - [[Bob Nussbaumer]] |
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| head_coach = |
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* Head coaches – [[Nick Skorich]] |
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| offensive = |
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* Wide receivers – [[Fran Polsfoot]] |
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* Offensive line – [[Forrest Gregg]] |
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| defensive = |
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* Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Line - [[Dick Modzelewski]] |
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* Linebackers – [[Dale Lindsey]] |
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* Secondary / defensive backs – [[Richie McCabe]] |
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| special_teams = |
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* Special teams – [[Al Tabor]] |
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* Film Coordinator - [[Ed Ulinski]] |
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* Athletic Trainer - Leo Murphy |
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}} |
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=== Roster === |
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! colspan="7" style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Cleveland Browns|border=2}};" | 1974 Cleveland Browns roster |
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| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | '''Quarterbacks''' |
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* 16 ''[[Will Cureton]]'' |
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* 15 [[Mike Phipps]] |
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* 17 [[Brian Sipe]] |
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'''Running backs''' |
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* 30 [[Ken Brown (running back)|Ken Brown]] |
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* 31 ''[[Bob Hunt (American football)|Bob Hunt]]'' |
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* 34 [[Greg Pruitt]] KR/PR |
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* 35 [[Bo Scott]] FB |
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* 37 [[Hugh McKinnis]] FB |
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'''Wide receivers''' |
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* 18 [[Ben Hawkins (American football)|Ben Hawkins]] |
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* 26 [[Billy Lefear]] KR |
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* 42 [[Gloster Richardson]] |
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* 43 [[Fair Hooker]] |
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* 48 [[Dave Sullivan (American football)|Dave Sullivan]] |
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* 82 [[Tim George]] |
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* 83 [[Jubilee Dunbar]] |
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* 88 [[Steve Holden (American football)|Steve Holden]] |
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'''Tight ends''' |
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* 84 [[Jim Thaxton]] |
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* 89 [[Milt Morin]] |
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| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | '''Offensive linemen''' |
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* 54 [[Tom DeLeone]] C |
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* 61 [[Bob DeMarco]] C |
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* 62 [[Glen Holloway]] G |
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* 63 [[Barry Darrow]] T |
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* 64 [[Jim Copeland (American football)|Jim Copeland]] T |
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* 65 [[John Demarie]] G |
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* 67 [[Chuck Hutchison]] G |
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* 69 ''[[Pete Adams]]'' G |
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* 73 [[Doug Dieken]] T |
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* 78 [[Bob McKay]] T/G |
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* 79 ''[[Gerry Sullivan]]'' T/C |
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'''Defensive linemen''' |
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* 66 ''[[Mike Seifert]]'' DE |
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* 71 [[Walter Johnson (defensive tackle)|Walter Johnson]] DT |
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* 72 [[Jerry Sherk]] DT |
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* 74 [[Carl Barisich]] DT |
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* 75 [[Allen Aldridge (defensive end)|Allen Aldridge]] DE |
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* 77 ''[[Mark Ilgenfritz]]'' DE |
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* 81 [[Nick Roman]] DE |
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| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | '''Linebackers''' |
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* 50 [[John Garlington]] OLB |
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* 52 [[Billy Andrews]] |
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* 53 [[Mel Long]] MLB |
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* 56 [[Jim Romaniszyn]] |
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* 59 [[Charlie Hall (linebacker)|Charlie Hall]] OLB |
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* 60 [[Bob Babich (linebacker)|Bob Babich]] MLB |
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'''Defensive backs''' |
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* 21 [[Van Green]] SS/CB |
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* 22 [[Clarence Scott]] CB |
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* 23 [[Clifford Brooks]] CB |
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* 27 [[Thom Darden]] FS/PR |
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* 28 ''[[Eddie Brown (safety)|Eddie Brown]]'' S |
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* 29 [[Walt Sumner]] S |
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* 40 ''[[Preston Anderson]]'' S |
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'''Special teams''' |
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* 10 ''[[Chris Gartner]]'' K |
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* 12 [[Don Cockroft]] K/P |
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<small>''rookies in italics''</small> |
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== Exhibition schedule == |
== Exhibition schedule == |
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| [[1974 San Francisco 49ers season|San Francisco 49ers]] |
| [[1974 San Francisco 49ers season|San Francisco 49ers]] |
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| '''W''' 7–0 |
| '''W''' 7–0 |
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| 4–8 |
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| Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
| Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
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| 24,559 |
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| at [[1974 Dallas Cowboys season|Dallas Cowboys]] |
| at [[1974 Dallas Cowboys season|Dallas Cowboys]] |
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| '''L''' 17–41 |
| '''L''' 17–41 |
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| 4–9 |
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| [[Texas Stadium]] |
| [[Texas Stadium]] |
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| 48,754 |
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| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197412150oti.htm Recap] |
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197412150oti.htm Recap] |
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| colspan="8" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Cleveland Browns|year=1974|border=2}}"|'''Note:''' Intra-division opponents are in '''bold''' text. |
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'''Note:''' Intra-division opponents are in '''bold''' text. |
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=== Standings === |
=== Standings === |
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{{1974 AFC Central standings}} |
{{1974 AFC Central standings}} |
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==Notes== |
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{{reflist|group=note}} |
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! colspan="7" style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Cleveland Browns|border=2}};" | 1974 Cleveland Browns roster |
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| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | '''Quarterbacks''' |
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* 16 ''[[Will Cureton]]'' |
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* 15 [[Mike Phipps]] |
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* 17 ''[[Brian Sipe]]'' |
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'''Running backs''' |
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* 30 [[Ken Brown (running back)|Ken Brown]] |
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* 31 ''[[Bob Hunt (American football)|Bob Hunt]]'' |
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* 34 [[Greg Pruitt]] KR/PR |
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* 35 [[Bo Scott]] FB |
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* 37 [[Hugh McKinnis]] FB |
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'''Wide receivers''' |
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* 18 [[Ben Hawkins (American football)|Ben Hawkins]] |
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* 26 [[Billy Lefear]] KR |
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* 42 [[Gloster Richardson]] |
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* 43 [[Fair Hooker]] |
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* 48 [[Dave Sullivan (American football)|Dave Sullivan]] |
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* 82 [[Tim George]] |
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* 83 [[Jubilee Dunbar]] |
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* 88 [[Steve Holden (American football)|Steve Holden]] |
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'''Tight ends''' |
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* 84 [[Jim Thaxton]] |
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* 89 [[Milt Morin]] |
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| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | '''Offensive Linemen''' |
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* 54 [[Tom DeLeone]] C |
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* 61 [[Bob DeMarco]] C |
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* 62 [[Glen Holloway]] G |
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* 63 [[Barry Darrow]] T |
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* 64 [[Jim Copeland (American football)|Jim Copeland]] T |
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* 65 [[John Demarie]] G |
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* 67 [[Chuck Hutchison]] G |
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* 69 ''[[Pete Adams]]'' G |
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* 73 [[Doug Dieken]] T |
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* 78 [[Bob McKay]] T/G |
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* 79 ''[[Gerry Sullivan]]'' T/C |
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'''Defensive Linemen''' |
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* 66 ''[[Mike Seifert]]'' DE |
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* 71 [[Walter Johnson (defensive tackle)|Walter Johnson]] DT |
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* 72 [[Jerry Sherk]] DT |
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* 74 [[Carl Barisich]] DT |
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* 75 [[Allen Aldridge (defensive end)|Allen Aldridge]] DE |
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* 77 ''[[Mark Ilgenfritz]]'' DE |
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* 81 [[Nick Roman]] DE |
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| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | '''Linebackers''' |
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* 50 [[John Garlington]] OLB |
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* 52 [[Billy Andrews]] |
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* 53 [[Mel Long]] MLB |
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* 56 [[Jim Romaniszyn]] |
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* 59 [[Charlie Hall (linebacker)|Charlie Hall]] OLB |
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* 60 [[Bob Babich (linebacker)|Bob Babich]] MLB |
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'''Defensive backs''' |
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* 21 [[Van Green]] SS/CB |
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* 22 [[Clarence Scott]] CB |
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* 23 [[Clifford Brooks]] CB |
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* 27 [[Thom Darden]] FS/PR |
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* 28 ''[[Eddie Brown (safety)|Eddie Brown]]'' S |
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* 29 [[Walt Sumner]] S |
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* 40 ''[[Preston Anderson]]'' S |
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'''Special Teams''' |
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* 10 ''[[Chris Gartner]]'' K |
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* 12 [[Don Cockroft]] K/P |
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<small>''Rookies in italics''</small> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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{{Reflist}} |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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* [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cle/1974.htm 1974 Cleveland Browns] at Pro Football Reference |
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* [http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/stats.nsf/Annual/1974-cle 1974 Cleveland Browns Statistics] at jt-sw.com |
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* [http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/results.nsf/Teams/1974-cle 1974 Cleveland Browns Schedule] at jt-sw.com |
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* [http://www.databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=CLE&lg=nfl&yr=1974 1974 Cleveland Browns] at DatabaseFootball.com |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111025154730/http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/history/year-by-year-results/1974.html Season summary and team stats at Cleveland Browns.com] |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111025154730/http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/history/year-by-year-results/1974.html Season summary and team stats at Cleveland Browns.com] |
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Latest revision as of 17:12, 10 August 2024
1974 Cleveland Browns season | |
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Owner | Art Modell |
General manager | Harold Sauerbrei |
Head coach | Nick Skorich |
Home field | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
Local radio | WHK |
Results | |
Record | 4–10 |
Division place | 4th AFC Central |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Pro Bowlers | None |
The 1974 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 29th season, and 25th season with the National Football League.
The 1974 Browns were only the second Browns team to post a losing record in the 29-year history of the franchise to that point.[note 1]
Season summary
[edit]The Browns finished 4–10 and never looked good. All those great players who had led the Browns to much success through the 1960s and the early part of the 1970s, either had retired or were ready to do so. And, as mentioned, since the Browns had been picking at the tail end of the draft for so long, they had little in the way of reinforcements to step into those stars' shoes.
With the exception of the Denver Broncos, who had a modest 7–6–1 record, none of the teams the Browns defeated in 1974 finished above .500. The Browns topped the Broncos 23–21 by scoring two unanswered touchdowns at the end of the game behind a backup third year quarterback by the name of Brian Sipe, out of San Diego State, who the Browns drafted in the thirteenth round of the 1972 draft, and had been on the team's taxi squad during his first two seasons with the team. They beat the 7–7 Houston Oilers 20–7, the 7–7 New England Patriots 21–14 and the 6–8 San Francisco 49ers 7–0 in a tundra-like setting after one of the worst snowstorms in Northeast Ohio history.
Otherwise, it was not good. The Browns offense could not score enough points behind the direction of quarterback Mike Phipps, taken with the No. 3 overall pick in the 1970 NFL Draft that was acquired when the club dealt HOF wide receiver Paul Warfield to the Miami Dolphins. And the defense had trouble stopping people. The Browns got off to a 1–5 start, getting humbled 33–7 by the Cincinnati Bengals in—by far—the most lopsided opening-day loss in franchise history to that point—and losing by 22 points (29–7) to the St. Louis Cardinals and by 16 (40–24) to the Oakland Raiders. They also were thumped by 24 (41–17) by the Dallas Cowboys in the next-to-last game of the season.
But pride is a hard thing to totally extinguish. The Browns players left from those great teams still had it, and despite the lack of overall talent on the club, it helped them to stay close in some other games.
They gave the eventual Super Bowl champion Steelers all they could handle in both meetings, losing 20–16 and 26–16, lost by 10 points (34–24) in the rematch with the Bengals, fell by five (15–10) to the 9–5 Buffalo Bills, lost 36–35 to the San Diego Chargers when Sipe fumbled the snap as the club was positioning the ball in the middle of the field for Don Cockroft to kick a game-winning field goal on the final play, and were beaten by four (28–24) in the rematch with the Oilers in the season finale.
On the season as a whole, the Browns started games well and ended them well, being outscored just 62–61 in the first quarter and outscoring their foes 73–63 in the fourth. But in the middle two quarters combined, they were out-done by a whopping 219–117 count, and therein lies most of the reason why they gave up 344 points, the most in team history to that time.
Offseason
[edit]NFL Draft
[edit]The following were selected in the 1974 NFL draft.
Round | Selection | Player | Position | College | Notes |
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2 | 40 | Billy Corbett | Offensive tackle | Johnson C. Smith | |
5 | 118 | Mark Ilgenfritz | Defensive end | Vanderbilt | |
6 | 146 | Billy Pritchett | Running back | West Texas A&M | |
7 | 163 | Bob Herrick | Wide receiver | Purdue | |
7 | 171 | Gerry Sullivan | Offensive tackle | Illinois | |
8 | 199 | Eddie Brown | Defensive back | Tennessee | |
9 | 224 | Dan Scott | Guard | Ohio State | |
10 | 238 | Mike Puestow | Wide receiver | North Dakota State | |
11 | 274 | Tom Gooden | Kicker | Harding | |
12 | 302 | Ron McNeil | Defensive end | North Carolina Central | |
13 | 327 | Mike Siefert | Defensive end | Wisconsin | |
14 | 352 | Bob Hunt | Running back | Heidelberg | |
15 | 380 | Ransom Terrell | Linebacker | Arizona | |
16 | 407 | Preston Anderson | Defensive back | Rice | |
17 | 430 | Carlton Buchanan | Defensive tackle | SW Oklahoma |
Personnel
[edit]Staff / Coaches
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Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
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Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
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Roster
[edit]Exhibition schedule
[edit]Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance |
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1 | August 2 | at Los Angeles Rams | L 21–24 | 0–1 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 28,021 |
2 | August 12 | San Francisco 49ers | W 21–20 | 1–1 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 24,008 |
3 | August 17 | vs. Baltimore Colts | L 3–37 | 1–2 | Tampa Stadium | 25,116 |
4 | August 24 | Washington Redskins | L 17–20 | 1–3 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 44,528 |
5 | September 1 | vs. Cincinnati Bengals | W 21–17 | 2–3 | Ohio Stadium | 36,326 |
6 | September 7 | at Detroit Lions | L 7–21 | 2–4 | Tiger Stadium | 42,905 |
Regular season
[edit]Zeitplan
[edit]Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Game Recap |
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1 | September 15 | at Cincinnati Bengals | L 7–33 | 0–1 | Riverfront Stadium | 53,113 | Recap |
2 | September 22 | Houston Oilers | W 20–7 | 1–1 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 58,988 | Recap |
3 | September 29 | at St. Louis Cardinals | L 7–29 | 1–2 | Busch Memorial Stadium | 43,472 | Recap |
4 | October 6 | Oakland Raiders | L 24–40 | 1–3 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 65,247 | Recap |
5 | October 13 | Cincinnati Bengals | L 24–34 | 1–4 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 70,897 | Recap |
6 | October 20 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | L 16–20 | 1–5 | Three Rivers Stadium | 48,100 | Recap |
7 | October 27 | Denver Broncos | W 23–21 | 2–5 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 60,478 | Recap |
8 | November 3 | at San Diego Chargers | L 35–36 | 2–6 | San Diego Stadium | 36,631 | Recap |
9 | November 10 | at New England Patriots | W 21–14 | 3–6 | Schaefer Stadium | 61,279 | Recap |
10 | November 17 | Pittsburgh Steelers | L 16–26 | 3–7 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 77,739 | Recap |
11 | November 24 | Buffalo Bills | L 10–15 | 3–8 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 66,504 | Recap |
12 | December 1 | San Francisco 49ers | W 7–0 | 4–8 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 24,559 | Recap |
13 | December 7 | at Dallas Cowboys | L 17–41 | 4–9 | Texas Stadium | 48,754 | Recap |
14 | December 15 | at Houston Oilers | L 24–28 | 4–10 | Astrodome | 37,910 | Recap |
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. |
Standings
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W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK | |
Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4–2 | 7–3–1 | 305 | 189 | W2 |
Houston Oilers | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 4–2 | 7–4 | 236 | 282 | W1 |
Cincinnati Bengals | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 3–3 | 5–6 | 283 | 259 | L3 |
Cleveland Browns | 4 | 10 | 0 | .286 | 1–5 | 3–8 | 251 | 344 | L2 |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1974 NFL Draft Listing – Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on May 31, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
External links
[edit]- 1974 Cleveland Browns at Pro Football Reference
- 1974 Cleveland Browns Statistics at jt-sw.com
- 1974 Cleveland Browns Schedule at jt-sw.com
- 1974 Cleveland Browns at DatabaseFootball.com
- Season summary and team stats at Cleveland Browns.com