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

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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

Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
AFC Central
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

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

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) File:Injury icon 2.svg

Rookies in italics

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Postseason

Awards and records

Milestones

Greg Pruitt, 304 Combined Net Yards vs. the Cincinnati Bengals, November 23,^[3]

References

↑ "1975 NFL Draft Listing – Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2009-07-25. http://www.webcitation.org/5iXTbmpyH. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cle/1975_roster.htm
↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 443

1975 NFL seasonv · d · e
AFC	East	Central	West	East	Central	West	NFC
	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
1975 NFL Draft • NFL Playoffs • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl X

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[1] "1975 NFL Draft Listing – Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2009-07-25. http://www.webcitation.org/5iXTbmpyH. Retrieved 2009-07-23.

[2] ttp://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cle/1975_roster.htm

[3] NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 443

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