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1961 Cleveland Browns Stats

The following are the final regular season statistics for the 1961 Cleveland Browns.

Passing

Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	YPA	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Milt PlumM. Plum	302	177	58.6	2,416	8.0	18	6.0	10	3.3	77	--	--	90.3
Len DawsonL. Dawson	15	7	46.7	85	5.7	1	6.7	3	20.0	17t	--	--	47.2
Jim BrownJ. Brown	3	1	33.3	37	12.3	1	33.3	0	0.0	37t	--	--	120.8
Cleveland	320	185	57.8	2,538	7.9	20	6.2	13	4.1	77	--	--	87.2

Rushing

Player	Gms	Att	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Jim BrownJ. Brown	--	305	1,408	4.62	--	38	8
Bobby MitchellB. Mitchell	--	101	548	5.43	--	56t	5
Tom WatkinsT. Watkins	--	43	209	4.86	--	21	0
Bobby FranklinB. Franklin	--	1	12	12.00	--	12t	1
Preston PowellP. Powell	--	1	5	5.00	--	5	0
Rich KreitlingR. Kreitling	--	0	4	0.00	--	4	0
Mike McCormackM. McCormack	--	0	4	0.00	--	4	0
Len DawsonL. Dawson	--	1	-10	-10.00	--	-10	0
Milt PlumM. Plum	--	24	-17	-0.71	--	14	1
Cleveland	--	476	2,163	4.54	--	56t	15

Receiving

Player	Gms	Rec	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Ray RenfroR. Renfro	--	48	834	17.38	--	57	6
Jim BrownJ. Brown	--	46	459	9.98	--	77t	2
Bobby MitchellB. Mitchell	--	32	368	11.50	--	52t	3
Rich KreitlingR. Kreitling	--	21	229	10.90	--	19	3
Gern NaglerG. Nagler	--	19	241	12.68	--	21t	1
Leon ClarkeL. Clarke	--	11	211	19.18	--	41t	2
Tom WatkinsT. Watkins	--	4	66	16.50	--	35	1
Bob CrespinoB. Crespino	--	2	62	31.00	--	49	1
Charley FergusonC. Ferguson	--	2	68	34.00	--	60t	1
Cleveland	--	185	2,538	13.72	--	77t	20

Kickoff Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Bobby MitchellB. Mitchell	16	428	26.75	91t	1
Preston PowellP. Powell	16	321	20.06	36	0
Tom WatkinsT. Watkins	9	226	25.11	47	0
Sam BakerS. Baker	3	57	19.00	25	0
Jim BrownJ. Brown	2	50	25.00	26	0
Larry StephensL. Stephens	1	15	15.00	15	0
Ross FichtnerR. Fichtner	1	11	11.00	11	0
Errol LindenE. Linden	1	5	5.00	5	0
Johnny BrewerJ. Brewer	1	2	2.00	2	0
Cleveland	50	1,115	22.30	91t	1

Punt Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Bobby MitchellB. Mitchell	14	164	11.71	64t	1
Jim ShofnerJ. Shofner	14	119	8.50	21	0
Cleveland	28	283	10.11	64t	1

Punting

	Punting					Opponent Returns
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds	TD
Sam BakerS. Baker	53	2,296	43.3	62	0	--	--	--
Cleveland	53	2,296	43.3	62	0	--	--	--

Kicking

Player	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Pts
Lou GrozaL. Groza	37/38	16/23	--	--	--	--	--	0	85
Cleveland	37/38	16/23	--	--	--	--	--	0	85

Defense

	Interceptions					Sacks
Player	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack	YdsL
Galen FissG. Fiss	1	13	13.00	13	0	--	--
Don FlemingD. Fleming	3	62	20.67	41	0	--	--
Bobby FranklinB. Franklin	2	20	10.00	20	0	--	--
Walt MichaelsW. Michaels	2	17	8.50	15	0	--	--
Bernie ParrishB. Parrish	7	40	5.71	15	0	--	--
Jim ShofnerJ. Shofner	5	8	1.60	5	0	--	--
Cleveland	20	160	8.00	41	0	--	--

Scoring

	Touchdowns										Kicking		Misc
Player	Tot	R	P	KR	PR	IR	FR	BK	BP	FGR	PAT	FG	Conv	Saf	Pts
Lou GrozaL. Groza	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37/38	16/23	0	0	85
Jim BrownJ. Brown	10	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	60
Bobby MitchellB. Mitchell	10	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	60
Ray RenfroR. Renfro	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	36
Rich KreitlingR. Kreitling	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	18
Leon ClarkeL. Clarke	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Vince CostelloV. Costello	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Bob CrespinoB. Crespino	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Charley FergusonC. Ferguson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Bobby FranklinB. Franklin	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Gern NaglerG. Nagler	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Bernie ParrishB. Parrish	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Milt PlumM. Plum	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Tom WatkinsT. Watkins	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Len DawsonL. Dawson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
Cleveland	39	15	20	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	37/38	16/23	0	0	319

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