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(Top) 1 Offseason 1.1 Draft 2 Personnel 2.1 Staff / coaches 2.2 Final roster 3 Preseason 4 Regular season schedule 4.1 Season summary 4.1.1 Week 1 4.1.2 Week 2 4.1.3 Week 3 4.1.4 Week 4 4.1.5 Week 5 4.1.6 Week 6 4.1.7 Week 7 4.1.8 Week 8 4.1.9 Week 9 4.1.10 Week 10 4.1.11 Week 11 4.1.12 Week 12 4.1.13 Week 13 4.1.14 Week 14 4.2 Standings 5 References 6 External links

1973 Cleveland Browns season

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1973 Cleveland Browns season
Owner	Art Modell
General manager	Harold Sauerbrei
Head coach	Nick Skorich
Home field	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Local radio	WHK
Results
Record	7–5–2
Division place	3rd AFC Central
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	None
← 1972 Browns seasons 1974 →

The 1973 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 24th season with the National Football League. After a solid 1972 season, which included a playoff appearance, the Browns got off to a solid start, winning three of their first four games on the way to a 7-3-1 start. However, the Browns did not win another game the rest of the season and settled for third place with a 7-5-2 record.

Offseason

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Draft

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1973 Cleveland Browns draft
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 Wester	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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Personnel

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Staff / coaches

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**1973 Cleveland Browns staff**
	Front office Owner and President – Art Modell Executive Vice President/General Manager – Harold Sauerbrei Head coaches Head Coaches – Nick Skorich Offensive coaches Wide Receivers – Fran Polsfoot Offensive line – Jerry Smith			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator - Howard Brinker Defensive Line - Dick Modzelewski Secondary / Defensive Backs – Richie McCabe Special teams coaches Special Teams – Al Tabor Athletic Trainer - Leo Murphy

Final roster

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**1973 Cleveland Browns roster**

	Quarterbacks 13 Don Horn 15 Mike Phipps 17 Brian Sipe Running backs 30 Ken Brown 37 Hugh McKinnis 44 Leroy Kelly 34 Greg Pruitt 35 Bo ScottFB Wide receivers 88 Steve Holden 43 Fair Hooker 26 Billy Lefear 25 Frank Pitts 42 Gloster Richardson 48 Dave Sullivan Tight ends 83 Chip Glass 89 Milt Morin 85 Ken Smith		Offensive linemen 63 Joe CarolloT 64 Jim CopelandG 61 Bob DeMarcoC 65 John DemarieG 73 Doug DiekenT 66 Gene HickersonG 78 Bob McKayT Defensive linemen 74 Carl BarisichDT 84 Bob BriggsDE 71 Walter JohnsonDT 80 Joe JonesDE 53 Mel Long 81 Nick RomanDE 72 Jerry SherkDT		Linebackers 52 Billy Andrews OLB 60 Bob Babich 50 John Garlington OLB 59 Charlie Hall OLB 56 Jim Romaniszyn Defensive backs 23 Cliff Brooks 27 Thom DardenFS 28 Ben DavisCB 22 Clarence ScottCB 20 Jim StienkeCB 29 Walt SumnerCB Special teams 12 Don Cockroft K/P		Reserve lists -- Bob McClowryC Practice squad Vacant - none Rookies in italics

Preseason

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Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	August 6	San Francisco 49ers	L 16–27	0–1	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	65,707
2	August 11	atLos Angeles Rams	T 21–21	0–1–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	54,385
3	August 19	Cincinnati Bengals	W 24–6	1–1–1	Ohio Stadium	73,421
4	August 25	vs. Atlanta Falcons	W 20–17	2–1–1	Neyland Stadium	40,831
5	September 1	Detroit Lions	L 13–16	2–2–1	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	64,088
6	September 8	vs. New York Giants	L 10–21	2–3–1	Rubber Bowl	30,751

Regular season schedule

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Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 16	Baltimore Colts	W 24–14	1–0	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	74,303	Recap
2	September 23	atPittsburgh Steelers	L 6–33	1–1	Three Rivers Stadium	49,396	Recap
3	September 30	New York Giants	W 12–10	2–1	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	76,065	Recap
4	October 7	Cincinnati Bengals	W 17–10	3–1	Cleveland Browns Stadium	70,805	Recap
5	October 15	Miami Dolphins	L 9–17	3–2	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	72,070	Recap
6	October 21	Houston Oilers	W 42–13	4–2	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	61,146	Recap
7	October 28	San Diego Chargers	T 16–16	4–2–1	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	68,244	Recap
8	November 4	atMinnesota Vikings	L 3–26	4–3–1	Metropolitan Stadium	45,590	Recap
9	November 11	atHouston Oilers	W 23–13	5–3–1	Houston Astrodome	37,230	Recap
10	November 18	atOakland Raiders	W 7–3	6–3–1	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	47,398	Recap
11	November 25	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 21–16	7–3–1	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	67,773	Recap
12	December 2	atKansas City Chiefs	T 20–20	7–3–2	Arrowhead Stadium	70,296	Recap
13	December 9	atCincinnati Bengals	L 17–34	7–4–2	Riverfront Stadium	58,266	Recap
14	December 16	atLos Angeles Rams	L 17–30	7–5–2	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	73,948	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Season summary

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Week 1

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	1	2	3	4	Total
Colts	0	7	7	0	14
• Browns	7	10	7	0	24

Date: September 16
Location: Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 74,303
Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C); wind 9 mph (14 km/h)

Scoring summary

Q1	CLE	Pitts 26 yard pass from Phipps (Cockroft kick)	CLE 7–0

Q2	BAL	Speyrer 33 yard pass from Jones (Hunt kick)	Tie 7–7

Q2	CLE	Cockroft 14 yard field goal	CLE 10–7

Q2	CLE	Scott 45 yard interception return (Cockroft kick)	CLE 17–7

Q3	BAL	Hendricks 2 yard blocked punt return (Hunt kick)	CLE 17–14

Q3	CLE	Pitts 8 yard pass from Phipps (Cockroft kick)	CLE 24–14

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Week 2

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Week 3

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	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	0	10	0	0	10
• Browns	0	0	6	6	12

Date: September 30
Location: Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 76,065
Game weather: 62 °F (17 °C); wind 9 mph (14 km/h)

Scoring summary

Q2	NYG	Gogolak 20 yard field goal	NYG 3–0

Q2	NYG	Tucker 20 yard pass from Snead (Gogolak kick)	NYG 10–0

Q3	CLE	Cockroft 11 yard field goal	NYG 10–3

Q3	CLE	Cockroft 27 yard field goal	NYG 10–6

Q4	CLE	Cockroft 30 yard field goal	NYG 10–9

Q4	CLE	Cockroft 10 yard field goal	CLE 12–10

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Week 4

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	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	3	0	0	7	10
• Browns	0	7	7	3	17

Date: October 7
Location: Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 70,805
Game weather: 60 °F (16 °C); wind 4 mph (6.4 km/h)

Scoring summary

Q1	CIN	Muhlmann 38 yard field goal	CIN 3–0

Q2	CLE	Kelly 3 yard run (Cockroft kick)	CLE 7–3

Q3	CLE	Kelly 7 yard run (Cockroft kick)	CLE 14–3

Q4	CIN	Curtis 60 yard pass from Anderson (Muhlmann kick)	CLE 14–10

Q4	CLE	Cockroft 24 yard field goal	CLE 17–10

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Week 5

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Week 6

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	1	2	3	4	Total
Oilers	0	0	13	0	13
• Browns	14	14	0	14	42

Date: October 21
Location: Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 51 °F (11 °C); wind 6 mph (9.7 km/h)

Scoring summary

Q1	CLE	Kelly 8 yard run (Cockroft kick)	CLE 7–0

Q1	CLE	Phipps 1 yard run (Cockroft kick)	CLE 14–0

Q2	CLE	Hooker 21 yard pass from Phipps (Cockroft kick)	CLE 21–0

Q2	CLE	Pitts 3 yard pass from Phipps (Cockroft kick)	CLE 28–0

Q3	HOU	Hinton 34 yard pass from Pastorini (Butler kick)	CLE 28–7

Q3	HOU	Butler 9 yard field goal	CLE 28–10

Q3	HOU	Butler 31 yard field goal	CLE 28–13

Q4	CLE	Phipps 13 yard run (Cockroft kick)	CLE 35–13

Q4	CLE	Scott 2 yard pass from Horn (Cockroft kick)	CLE 42–13

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Week 7

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Week 8

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	1	2	3	4	Total
Browns	3	0	0	0	3
• Vikings	3	6	7	10	26

Date: November 4
Location: Metropolitan Stadium
Game start: 1:00 p.m. CST
Game weather: 27 °F (−3 °C); wind 11 mph (18 km/h)

Scoring summary

Q1	CLE	Don Cockroft 27 yard field goal	CLE 3–0

Q1	MIN	Fred Cox 16 yard field goal	Tied 3–3

Q2	MIN	Fred Cox 23 yard field goal	MIN 6–3

Q2	MIN	Fred Cox 33 yard field goal	MIN 9–3

Q3	MIN	Oscar Reed 3 yard rush (Cox kick)	MIN 16–3

Q4	MIN	Stu Voigt 7 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Cox kick)	MIN 23–3

Q4	MIN	Fred Cox 41 yard field goal	MIN 26–3

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Week 9

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	1	2	3	4	Total
• Browns	17	0	3	3	23
Oilers	0	3	3	7	13

Date: November 11
Location: Houston Astrodome
Game start: 2:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: Indoors (dome)

Scoring summary

Q1	CLE	Cockroft 30 yard field goal	CLE 3–0

Q1	CLE	Phipps 1 yard run (Cockroft kick)	CLE 10–0

Q1	CLE	Pruitt 53 yard run (Cockroft kick)	CLE 17–0

Q2	HOU	Butler 27 yard field goal	CLE 17–3

Q3	HOU	Butler 46 yard field goal	CLE 17–6

Q3	CLE	Cockroft 22 yard field goal	CLE 20–6

Q4	CLE	Cockroft 45 yard field goal	CLE 23–6

Q4	HOU	Alston 39 yard pass from Dickey (Butler kick)	CLE 23–13

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Week 10

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	1	2	3	4	Total
• Browns	0	7	0	0	7
Raiders	0	0	0	3	3

Date: November 18
Location: Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 53 °F (12 °C); wind 18 mph (29 km/h)

Scoring summary

Q2	CLE	Hooker 7 yard pass from Phipps (Cockroft kick)	CLE 7–0

Q4	OAK	Blanda 23 yard field goal	CLE 7–3

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Week 11

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	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	7	3	3	3	16
• Browns	7	7	0	7	21

Date: November 25
Location: Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 50 °F (10 °C); wind 15 mph (24 km/h)

Scoring summary

Q1	PIT	Shanklin 9 yard pass from Gilliam (Gerela kick)	PIT 7–0

Q1	CLE	Phipps 1 yard run (Cockroft kick)	Tie 7–7

Q2	CLE	Pruitt 15 yard pass from Phipps (Cockroft kick)	CLE 14–7

Q2	PIT	Gerela 24 yard field goal	CLE 14–10

Q3	PIT	Gerela 14 yard field goal	CLE 14–13

Q4	PIT	Gerela 20 yard field goal	PIT 16–14

Q4	CLE	Pruitt 19 yard run (Cockroft kick)	CLE 21–16

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Week 12

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Week 13

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Week 14

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Standings

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AFC Central
view talk edit	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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^ "1973 NFL Draft Listing – Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on May 31, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.

^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 5, 2015.

^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 6, 2015.

^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 9, 2015.

^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 13, 2015.

^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2015.

^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 19, 2015.

External links

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1973 Cleveland Browns at Pro Football Reference
1973 Cleveland Browns Statistics at jt-sw.com
1973 Cleveland Browns Schedule at jt-sw.com
1973 Cleveland Browns at DatabaseFootball.com

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1973 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Baltimore	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Buffalo	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	Los Angeles
Miami	Houston	Oakland	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets			Washington

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