Cleveland Browns 1971 Topps Football Cards
(Complete Set)



Cleveland Browns 1970 Season

Cleveland Browns 1970 Team Photo
  • The NFL merges with the AFL to form the NFL with the American Football Conference and the National Football Conference. The Browns join the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cincinnati Bengals, and the Houston Oilers in the AFC Central Division
  • Browns Head Coach Blanton Collier who started with Paul Brown as an assistant coach in 1946 retires after the 1970 season because of a hearing problem. His record as the Browns head coach from 1963-1970 was 76 wins, 34 losses, 2 ties, and coaching his team to four NFL Championship games winning one of them in 1964
  • Because of concerns for quarterback Bill Nelsen's damaged knees the Browns trade Paul Warfield to the Miami Dolphins in order to draft Purdue QB Mike Phipps. This trade ended badly for the Browns as Warfield went on to win a Super Bowl with the Dolphins in their 1972 perfect season and Mike Phipps proved to be an ineffective NFL quarterback
  • On September 21, 1970 the Browns beat Joe Namath and the New York Jets 31-21 in the first televised Monday Night Football game. The broadcasters are play by play annoucer Keith Jackson and analysts Howard Cosell and former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Don Meredith
  • Paul Brown who had founded the Cleveland Browns in 1946 and was their head coach until Art Modell fired him 1962 founded a second team the Cincinnati Bengals in 1967. Their first two seasons of 1968 and 1969 were played in the AFL. In 1970 they joined the Browns in the Central Division of the AFC. On October 11, 1970 Paul Brown, the Bengals head coach, returned to Cleveland Municipal Stadium for the first time since he was fired. The Browns beat the Bengals 30-27 but the Bengals went on to win the Division with an 8-6 record
  • In the third game of the season the Browns defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 15-7 in Cleveland. On November 29, 1970 the Browns began a horrible streak of losing to the Steelers at their new home Three Rivers Stadium that would not end until sixteen years on October 5, 1986 when Bernie Kosar led the Browns to a 27-24 victory at Pittsburgh

1970 Season
Coach Blanton Collier - 7-7-0
Finished Second
AFC Central Division (Bengals 8-6-0)

Team Passing Leaders

PLAYER
GAMES
COMP
ATT
COMP %
YARDS
TD
INT
QB Rating
Bill Nelsen
12
159
313
50.8
2156
16
16
68.9
Mike Phipps
14
29
60
48.3
529
1
5
49.9
Don Gault
14
2
19
10.5
67
0
3
2.2

Team Rushing Leaders

PLAYER
GAMES
ATT
YARDS
AVG/ATT
AVG/GAME
LONGEST
TD
FUM
Leroy Kelly
13
206
656
3.2
50.5
33
6
3
Bo Scott
13
151
625
4.1
48.1
63
7
4

Team Receiving Leaders

PLAYER
GAMES
REC
YARDS
AVG/REC
AVG/GAME
LONGEST
TD
Bo Scott
13
40
351
8.8
27.0
24
4
Milt Morin
14
37
611
16.5
43.6
36
1
Fair Hooker
13
28
490
17.5
37.7
69
2
Gary Collins
12
26
351
13.5
29.3
28
4
Leroy Kelly
13
24
311
13.0
23.9
55
2

Punt Return Leaders

PLAYER
GAMES
RET
YARDS
AVG/RET
LONG
TD
Reece Morrison
14
15
133
8.9
34
0
Walt Sumner
14
8
70
8.8
38
0

Kick Return Leaders

PLAYER
GAMES
RET
YARDS
AVG/RET
LONG
TD
Homer Jones
14
29
739
25.5
94
1
Reece Morrison
14
7
153
21.9
36
0

Team Kicking Leader

PLAYER
GAMES
FGA
FGM
FG %
PAT/ATT
PAT/MADE
PAT %
POINTS
Don Cockroft
14
22
12
54.5
35
34
97.1
70

Team Punting Leader

PLAYER
GAMES
PUNTS
YARDS
LONG
BLOCKED
AVG/PUNT
Don Cockroft
14
71
3023
71
1
42.6

Team Interceptions Leaders

PLAYER
GAMES
INT
YARDS
TD
LONG
Erich Barnes
14
5
85
1
38
Walt Sumner
12
4
85
0
34
Dale Lindsey
14
2
65
1
56




Ernie Kellerman 1971 Topps #7 football card

Ernie Kellerman 1971 Topps
#7 football card





Gene Hickerson 1971 Topps #36 football card

Gene Hickerson 1971 Topps
#36 football card





Gary Collins 1971 Topps #75 football card

Gary Collins 1971 Topps
#75 football card





Walter Johnson 1971 Topps #104 football card

Walter Johnson 1971 Topps
#104 football card





Mike Phipps Rookie 1971 Topps #131 football card

Mike Phipps Rookie 1971 Topps
#131 football card





Leroy Kelly 1971 Topps #157 football card

Leroy Kelly 1971 Topps
#157 football card





Erich Barnes 1971 Topps #168 football card

Erich Barnes 1971 Topps
#168 football card





Don Cockroft Rookie 1971 Topps #193 football card

Don Cockroft Rookie 1971 Topps
#193 football card





Bill Nelsen 1971 Topps #220 football card

Bill Nelsen 1971 Topps
#220 football card





Milt Morin Rookie 1971 Topps #249 football card

Milt Morin Rookie 1971 Topps
#249 football card




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