1973 Cleveland Browns season

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1973 Cleveland Browns season
OwnerArt Modell
Head coachNick Skorich
Home fieldCleveland Municipal Stadium
Local radioWHK
Results
Record7–5–2
Division place3rd AFC Central
Playoff finishdid not qualify

The 1973 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 24th season with the National Football League.

Offseason

Draft

Main article: 1973 NFL Draft
draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 16 Steve Holden  WR Arizona St
1 22 Pete Adams  OG USC
2 30 Greg Pruitt  RB Oklahoma
2 47 Jim Stienke  DB Texas St
3 67 Bob Crum  DE Arizona
4 93 Andy Dorris  DE New Mexico St
4 100 Randy Mattingly  QB Evansville
6 150 Van Green  DB Shaw
9 228 Curtis Webster  OG Texas A&M-Commerce
10 256 Tommy Humphrey  C Abilene Christian
11 281 Carl Barisich  DT Princeton
12 306 Stan Simmons  TE Lewis & Clark
13 334 Jim Romaniszyn  LB Edinboro
14 359 Robert Popelka  DB SMU
15 384 Dave Sullivan  WR Virginia
16 412 George Greenfield  RB Murray St
17 437 Robert McClowry  C Michigan St
      Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Exhibition schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 August 6, 1973 San Francisco 49ers L 27–16
65,707
2 August 11, 1973 at Los Angeles Rams T 21–21
54,385
3 August 19, 1973 vs. Cincinnati Bengals at Columbus, Ohio W 24–6
73,421
4 August 25, 1973 vs. Atlanta Falcons at Knoxville W 20–17
40,831
5 September 1, 1973 Detroit Lions L 16–13
64,088
6 September 8, 1973 vs. New York Giants at Akron L 21–10
30,751

Regular season schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 16, 1973 Baltimore Colts W 24–14
74,303
2 September 23, 1973 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 33–6
49,396
3 September 30, 1973 New York Giants W 12–10
76,065
4 October 7, 1973 Cincinnati Bengals W 17–10
70,805
5 October 15, 1973 Miami Dolphins L 17–9
72,070
6 October 21, 1973 Houston Oilers W 42–13
61,146
7 October 28, 1973 San Diego Chargers T 16–16
68,244
8 November 4, 1973 at Minnesota Vikings L 26–3
45,590
9 November 11, 1973 at Houston Oilers W 23–13
37,230
10 November 18, 1973 at Oakland Raiders W 7–3
47,398
11 November 25, 1973 Pittsburgh Steelers W 21–16
67,773
12 December 2, 1973 at Kansas City Chiefs T 20–20
70,296
13 December 9, 1973 at Cincinnati Bengals L 34–17
58,266
14 December 16, 1973 at Los Angeles Rams L 30–17
73,948

Season summary

Week 1

1 234Total
Colts 0 770 14
• Browns 7 1070 24
Scoring summary
Q1CLEPitts 26 yard pass from Phipps (Cockroft kick)CLE 7–0
Q2BALSpeyrer 33 yard pass from Jones (Hunt kick)Tie 7–7
Q2CLECockroft 14 yard field goalCLE 10–7
Q2CLEScott 45 yard interception return (Cockroft kick)CLE 17–7
Q3BALHendricks 2 yard blocked punt return (Hunt kick)CLE 17–14
Q3CLEPitts 8 yard pass from Phipps (Cockroft kick)CLE 24–14

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Week 2

Week 3

1 234Total
Giants 0 1000 10
• Browns 0 066 12
Scoring summary
Q2NYGGogolak 20 yard field goalNYG 3–0
Q2NYGTucker 20 yard pass from Snead (Gogolak kick)NYG 10–0
Q3CLECockroft 11 yard field goalNYG 10–3
Q3CLECockroft 27 yard field goalNYG 10–6
Q4CLECockroft 30 yard field goalNYG 10–9
Q4CLECockroft 10 yard field goalCLE 12–10

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Week 4

1 234Total
Bengals 3 007 10
• Browns 0 773 17
Scoring summary
Q1CINMuhlmann 38 yard field goalCIN 3–0
Q2CLEKelly 3 yard run (Cockroft kick)CLE 7–3
Q3CLEKelly 7 yard run (Cockroft kick)CLE 14–3
Q4CINCurtis 60 yard pass from Anderson (Muhlmann kick)CLE 14–10
Q4CLECockroft 24 yard field goalCLE 17–10

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Week 5

Week 6

1 234Total
Oilers 0 0130 13
• Browns 14 14014 42
Scoring summary
Q1CLEKelly 8 yard run (Cockroft kick)CLE 7–0
Q1CLEPhipps 1 yard run (Cockroft kick)CLE 14–0
Q2CLEHooker 21 yard pass from Phipps (Cockroft kick)CLE 21–0
Q2CLEPitts 3 yard pass from Phipps (Cockroft kick)CLE 28–0
Q3HOUHinton 34 yard pass from Pastorini (Butler kick)CLE 28–7
Q3HOUButler 9 yard field goalCLE 28–10
Q3HOUButler 31 yard field goalCLE 28–13
Q4CLEPhipps 13 yard run (Cockroft kick)CLE 35–13
Q4CLEScott 2 yard pass from Horn (Cockroft kick)CLE 42–13

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Week 7

Week 8

1 234Total
Browns 3 000 3
• Vikings 3 6710 26
Scoring summary
Q1CLEDon Cockroft 27 yard field goalCLE 3–0
Q1MINFred Cox 16 yard field goalTied 3–3
Q2MINFred Cox 23 yard field goalMIN 6–3
Q2MINFred Cox 33 yard field goalMIN 9–3
Q3MINOscar Reed 3 yard rush (Cox kick)MIN 16–3
Q4MINStu Voigt 7 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Cox kick)MIN 23–3
Q4MINFred Cox 41 yard field goalMIN 26–3

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Week 9

1 234Total
• Browns 17 033 23
Oilers 0 337 13
Scoring summary
Q1CLECockroft 30 yard field goalCLE 3–0
Q1CLEPhipps 1 yard run (Cockroft kick)CLE 10–0
Q1CLEPruitt 53 yard run (Cockroft kick)CLE 17–0
Q2HOUButler 27 yard field goalCLE 17–3
Q3HOUButler 46 yard field goalCLE 17–6
Q3CLECockroft 22 yard field goalCLE 20–6
Q4CLECockroft 45 yard field goalCLE 23–6
Q4HOUAlston 39 yard pass from Dickey (Butler kick)CLE 23–13

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Week 10

1 234Total
• Browns 0 700 7
Raiders 0 003 3
Scoring summary
Q2CLEHooker 7 yard pass from Phipps (Cockroft kick)CLE 7–0
Q4OAKBlanda 23 yard field goalCLE 7–3

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Week 11

1 234Total
Steelers 7 333 16
• Browns 7 707 21
Scoring summary
Q1PITShanklin 9 yard pass from Gilliam (Gerela kick)PIT 7–0
Q1CLEPhipps 1 yard run (Cockroft kick)Tie 7–7
Q2CLEPruitt 15 yard pass from Phipps (Cockroft kick)CLE 14–7
Q2PITGerela 24 yard field goalCLE 14–10
Q3PITGerela 14 yard field goalCLE 14–13
Q4PITGerela 20 yard field goalPIT 16–14
Q4CLEPruitt 19 yard run (Cockroft kick)CLE 21–16

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Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Standings

AFC Central
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Cincinnati Bengals 10 4 0 .714 4–2 8–3 286 231 W6
Pittsburgh Steelers 10 4 0 .714 4–2 7–4 347 210 W2
Cleveland Browns 7 5 2 .571 4–2 6–3–2 234 255 L2
Houston Oilers 1 13 0 .071 0–6 1–10 199 447 L6

References

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