1975 Cleveland Browns season

1975 Cleveland Browns season
Head Coach	Forrest Gregg
Home Field	Cleveland Stadium
Results
Record	3–11–0
Place	4th AFC Central
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1974	1976

The 1975 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 26th season with the National Football League.

Offseason

NFL Draft

The following were selected in the 1975 NFL Draft.

Round	Overall	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	5	Mack Mitchell	Defensive End	Houston
3	57	Oscar Roan	Tight End	SMU
4	82	Tony Peters	Cornerback	Oklahoma
5	109	John Zimba	Defensive End	Villanova
5	119	Jim Cope	Linebacker	Ohio State
6	150	Charles Miller	Cornerback	West Virginia
6	154	Henry Hynoski	Running Back	Temple
7	161	Merle Wang	Offensive Tackle	TCU
8	186	Barry Santini	Tight End	Purdue
9	213	Larry Poole	Running Back	Kent State
9	215	Floyd Hogan	Safety	Arkansas
10	238	Stan Lewis	Defensive End	Wayne (NE) College
11	265	Tom Marinelli	Guard	Boston College
12	290	Dick Ambrose	Linebacker	Virginia
13	317	Willie Armstead	Wide Receiver	Utah
14	341	Tim Barrett	Running Back	John Carroll
15	369	Willie Moore	Defensive Tackle	Johnson C. Smith
16	394	J.K. McKay	Wide Receiver	USC
17	421	Dave Graf	Linebacker	Penn State

Exhibition schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	August 10, 1975	at San Francisco 49ers	L 17–13	45,560
2	August 16, 1975	Philadelphia Eagles	W 14–6	35,769
3	August 22, 1975	at Washington Redskins	L 23–14	15,513
4	September 1, 1975	Buffalo Bills	L 34–20	31,155
5	September 7, 1975	vs. New York Giants at Seattle	W 24–20	20,000
6	September 13, 1975	Detroit Lions	L 27–24	32,341

Regular season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 21, 1975	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 24–17	52,874
2	September 28, 1975	Minnesota Vikings	L 42–10	68,064
3	October 5, 1975	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 42–6	73,595
4	October 12, 1975	Houston Oilers	L 40–10	46,531
5	October 19, 1975	at Denver Broncos	L 16–15	52,590
6	October 26, 1975	Washington Redskins	L 23–7	56,702
7	November 2, 1975	at Baltimore Colts	L 21–7	35,235
8	November 9, 1975	at Detroit Lions	L 21–10	75,283
9	November 16, 1975	at Oakland Raiders	L 38–17	50,461
10	November 23, 1975	Cincinnati Bengals	W 35–23	56,427
11	November 30, 1975	New Orleans Saints	W 17–16	44,753
12	December 7, 1975	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 31–17	47,962
13	December 14, 1975	Kansas City Chiefs	W 40–14	44,368
14	December 21, 1975	at Houston Oilers	L 21–10	43,770

Standings

AFC Central
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Pittsburgh Steelers	12	2	0	.857	373	162
Cincinnati Bengals	11	3	0	.786	340	246
Houston Oilers	10	4	0	.714	293	226
Cleveland Browns	3	11	0	.214	218	372

Roster

1975 Cleveland Browns roster
Quarterbacks 15 Mike Phipps 16 Will Cureton 17 Brian Sipe Running Backs 30 Ken Brown 31 Cleo Miller 34 Greg Pruitt KR/PR 36 Henry Hynoski 37 Hugh McKinnis FB 38 Larry Poole 39 Billy Pritchett FB Wide Receivers 26 Billy Lefear KR 33 Reggie Rucker 80 Willie Miller PR 88 Steve Holden Tight Ends 81 Oscar Roan 84 Gary Parris 89 Milt Morin		Offensive Linemen 54 Tom DeLeone C 63 Barry Darrow T 65 John Demarie C/G 67 Chuck Hutchison G 68 Robert E. Jackson G 73 Doug Dieken T 78 Bob McKay T 79 Gerry Sullivan T/C Defensive Linemen 64 Joe Jones DE 70 Mack Mitchell DE 71 Walter Johnson DT 72 Jerry Sherk DT 74 Carl Barisich DT 75 Stan Lewis DE 77 Ron East DE		Linebackers 50 John Garlington OLB 52 Dick Ambrose MLB 55 Dave Graf MLB 56 Jack LeVeck 59 Charlie Hall OLB 60 Bob Babich Defensive Backs 20 Tony Peters CB 21 Van Green SS 22 Clarence Scott CB 24 Pete Athas CB/S 28 Eddie Brown S 42 Neal Craig FS 48 John Pitts S 49 Jim Hill S Special Teams 12 Don Cockroft K/P		Reserve Lists 27 Thom Darden FS (IR) 10px Rookies in italics

Awards and records

Milestones

• Greg Pruitt, 304 Combined Net Yards vs. the Cincinnati Bengals, November 23,