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:
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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 |
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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