1978 Cleveland Browns roster and stats

1978 Cleveland Browns: 8-8-0
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Home record: 5-3-0 (179 points scored, 159 allowed) Road record: 3-5-0 (155 points scored, 197 allowed) Head Coach: Sam Rutigliano 334 points scored (8th of 28 teams), 356 points allowed (25th) NFL Averages: 18.3 points/game (293.3 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 236 442 2,859 ( 8) 5.99 22 21 559 2,488 ( 5) 4.5 17 5,347 ( 5) 50 Defense: 265 489 3,203 (28) 6.16 20 27 563 2,149 (11) 3.8 19 5,352 (25) 45

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 8 Johnny Evans P 16 6'1 197 22 R North Carolina State 12 Don Cockroft K 16 6'1 190 33 11 Adams State 15 Mark Miller QB 8 6'2 176 22 R Bowling Green 17 Brian Sipe QB 16 6'1 190 29 5 San Diego State 20 Tony Peters DB 16 6'1 192 25 4 Oklahoma 21 Oliver Davis DB 13 6'1 200 24 2 Tennessee State 22 Clarence Scott DB 16 6'0 180 29 8 Kansas State 23 Larry Collins RB 15 5'11 189 23 R Texas A&I 24 Randy Rich DB 9 5'10 181 24 2 New Mexico 26 Tom Sullivan RB 4 6'0 190 28 7 Miami 27 Thom Darden DB 16 6'2 193 28 6 Michigan 28 Ron Bolton DB 10 6'2 170 28 7 Norfolk State 30 Cleo Miller RB 15 5'11 202 26 5 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 33 Reggie Rucker WR 15 6'2 190 31 9 Boston University 34 Greg Pruitt RB 12 5'10 190 27 6 Oklahoma 35 Calvin Hill RB 12 6'3 227 31 10 Yale 40 Tom London DB 15 6'1 197 24 1 North Carolina State 43 Mike Pruitt RB 16 6'0 214 24 3 Purdue 47 Ricky Jones DB 15 6'1 195 23 2 Tuskegee 51 Leo Tierney C 2 6'3 248 24 1 Georgia Tech 52 Dick Ambrose LB 16 6'0 235 25 4 Virginia 54 Tom DeLeone C 15 6'2 248 28 7 Ohio State 55 Dave Graf LB 7 6'2 215 25 4 Penn State 56 Robert Jackson LB 14 6'1 230 24 1 Texas A&M 57 Clay Matthews LB 15 6'2 230 22 R Southern California 59 Charlie Hall LB 16 6'3 235 29 8 Houston 60 Bob Babich LB 16 6'2 231 31 9 Miami (Ohio) 61 Greg Fairchild OG 2 6'4 257 24 3 Tulsa 63 Barry Darrow OT 16 6'7 260 28 5 Montana 64 Joe Jones DE 14 6'6 250 30 8 Tennessee State 64 George Buehler OG 11 6'2 270 31 10 Stanford 65 Henry Sheppard OG 14 6'6 246 25 3 Southern Methodist 66 Earl Edwards DT 16 6'6 256 32 10 Wichita State 68 Robert Jackson OG 16 6'5 250 25 4 Duke 69 Leo Biedermann OT 16 6'7 254 23 R California 70 Mack Mitchell DE 14 6'7 245 26 4 Houston 71 Jesse Turnbow DT 16 6'7 272 22 R Tennessee 72 Jerry Sherk DT 16 6'4 250 30 9 Oklahoma State 73 Doug Dieken OT 16 6'5 252 29 8 Illinois 74 Mike St. Clair DE 16 6'5 245 25 3 Grambling 78 Mickey Sims DT 15 6'5 282 23 2 South Carolina State 79 Gerry Sullivan C 16 6'4 250 26 5 Illinois 81 Oscar Roan TE 14 6'6 214 27 4 Southern Methodist 82 Ozzie Newsome TE 16 6'2 225 22 R Alabama 83 Ricky Feacher WR 16 5'10 174 24 3 Mississippi Valley State 84 Gary Parris TE 16 6'2 226 28 6 Florida State 85 Dave Logan WR 16 6'4 226 24 3 Colorado 86 Gerald Irons LB 14 6'2 230 31 9 Maryland Eastern Shore 89 Keith Wright WR 16 5'10 172 22 R Memphis

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Brian Sipe 399 222 55.6 2,906 7.28 13.1 21 5.3 15 3.8 29 229 80.7 Mark Miller 39 13 33.3 212 5.44 16.3 1 2.6 4 10.3 5 47 21.5 Greg Pruitt 3 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 2 66.7 0 0 0.0 Johnny Evans 1 1 100.0 19 19.00 19.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8 Calvin Hill 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 2 0

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Reggie Rucker          43    893   20.8    8
Ozzie Newsome          38    589   15.5    2
Greg Pruitt            38    292    7.7    2
Dave Logan             37    585   15.8    4
Calvin Hill            25    334   13.4    6
Cleo Miller            20    152    7.6    0
Mike Pruitt            20    112    5.6    0
Keith Wright            8     76    9.5    0
Ricky Feacher           4     76   19.0    0
Tom Sullivan            1     20   20.0    0
Gary Parris             1      4    4.0    0
Larry Collins           1      4    4.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Greg Pruitt           176    960    5.5    3
Mike Pruitt           135    560    4.1    5
Cleo Miller            89    336    3.8    1
Calvin Hill            80    289    3.6    1
Ozzie Newsome          13     96    7.4    2
Brian Sipe             28     87    3.1    3
Larry Collins          22     64    2.9    1
Mark Miller             7     63    9.0    1
Reggie Rucker           2     14    7.0    0
Johnny Evans            2     12    6.0    0
Tom Sullivan            5      7    1.4    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Larry Collins          32    709   22.2    0
Keith Wright           30    789   26.3    0
Tom Sullivan            4     90   22.5    0
Randy Rich              2     43   21.5    0
Greg Pruitt             1     31   31.0    0
Robert Jackson          1     19   19.0    0
Cleo Miller             1     15   15.0    0
Reggie Rucker           1      1    1.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Keith Wright           37    288    7.8   16    0
Ozzie Newsome           2     29   14.5    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Johnny Evans 79 3,089 39.1 8 16 0 41 366 32.4 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Don Cockroft 1/2 6/7 2/5 10/12 0/2 19/28 37/40 94 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Dick Ambrose 0.5 2 46 0 Thom Darden 10 200 0 Oliver Davis 6 65 1 Earl Edwards 4.5 Charlie Hall 2.5 1 6 0 Gerald Irons 3.5 2 9 0 Joe Jones 1.0 Clay Matthews 1.0 1 5 0 Mack Mitchell 7.0 Tony Peters 2.0 2 7 0 Clarence Scott 1.0 3 15 0 Jerry Sherk 3.0 Mike St. Clair 5.0

1978 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 12 LB Clay Matthews 278 USC 1 23 WR Ozzie Newsome 198 Alabama [pick acquired from LA] 2 39 P Johnny Evans 48 North Carolina State 3 67 RB Larry Collins 23 Texas A&I [pick acquired from DET] 3 68 QB Mark Miller 10 Bowling Green 4 103 OG Pete Pullara Tennessee-Chattanooga [pick acquired from WAS via LA] 5 122 WR Keith Wright 33 Memphis 6 149 C Al Pitts Michigan State 8 205 DT Jesse Turnbow 16 Tennessee 9 234 OG Jon Kramer Baylor 10 261 OT Brent Watson Tennessee 11 290 DT Larry Gillard Mississippi State 12 317 OT Leo Biedermann 16 California

Traded draft picks: #4 to MIA (Gerald Small), #7 to MIA (Karl Baldischwiler)

Transactions:

04-25-1978	traded Tom Skladany to Rams for a #3 pick in the 1978 draft and a #3 pick in the 1979 draft (trade voided when Skladany did not sign)
04-27-1978	traded the rights to Tom Skladany to Lions for Detroit's #3 pick in the 1978 draft and #7 pick in the 1979 draft
05-02-1978	traded Chicago's #1 pick in the 1978 draft to Rams for Los Angeles' #1 pick and Washington's #4 pick in the 1978 draft
06-02-1978	Patriots signed Ken Ellis as a free agent
08-09-1978	traded Cleveland's #7 pick in the 1979 draft to Eagles for Tom Sullivan
09-26-1978	placed Tom Sullivan on injured reserve
10-04-1978	traded Cleveland's #5 pick in the 1980 draft to Raiders for George Buehler
10-24-1978	placed Dave Graf on injured reserve

1978 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/03/78    vs San Francisco 49ers     W 24-7        1-0-0
09/10/78    vs Cincinnati Bengals      W 13-10 (OT)  2-0-0
09/17/78    at Atlanta Falcons         W 24-16       3-0-0
09/24/78    at Pittsburgh Steelers     L 9-15 (OT)   3-1-0
10/01/78    vs Houston Oilers          L 13-16       3-2-0
10/08/78    at New Orleans Saints      W 24-16       4-2-0
10/15/78    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     L 14-34       4-3-0
10/22/78    at Kansas City Chiefs      L 3-17        4-4-0
10/29/78    vs Buffalo Bills           W 41-20       5-4-0
11/05/78    at Houston Oilers          L 10-14       5-5-0
11/12/78    vs Denver Broncos          L 7-19        5-6-0
11/19/78    at Baltimore Colts         W 45-24       6-6-0
11/26/78    vs Los Angeles Rams        W 30-19       7-6-0
12/03/78    at Seattle Seahawks        L 24-47       7-7-0
12/10/78    vs New York Jets           W 37-34 (OT)  8-7-0
12/17/78    at Cincinnati Bengals      L 16-48       8-8-0

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