1980 Cleveland Browns: 11-5-0
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Home record: 6-2-0 (171 points scored, 137 allowed) Road record: 5-3-0 (186 points scored, 173 allowed) Head Coach: Sam Rutigliano
357 points scored (8th of 28 teams), 310 points allowed (12th) NFL Averages: 20.5 points/game (327.8 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: 337 554 3,915 ( 2) 6.79 30 14 436 1,673 (26) 3.8 15 5,588 ( 5) 28
Defense: 336 536 3,865 (28) 6.80 23 22 485 1,761 ( 6) 3.6 12 5,626 (23) 32
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 8 Johnny Evans P 16 6'1 197 24 3 North Carolina State 12 Don Cockroft K 16 6'1 195 35 13 Adams State 16 Paul McDonald QB 15 6'2 185 22 R Southern California 17 Brian Sipe QB 16 6'1 195 31 7 San Diego State 20 Judson Flint DB 13 6'0 201 23 1 California (PA) 21 Oliver Davis DB 15 6'1 205 26 4 Tennessee State 22 Clarence Scott DB 16 6'0 190 31 10 Kansas State 24 Autry Beamon DB 13 6'1 190 26 6 East Texas State 26 Dino Hall RB 16 5'7 165 24 2 Rowan 27 Thom Darden DB 16 6'2 193 30 8 Michigan 28 Ron Bolton DB 16 6'2 170 30 9 Norfolk State 30 Cleo Miller RB 16 5'11 214 28 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 33 Charles White RB 14 5'10 183 22 R Southern California 33 Reggie Rucker WR 16 6'2 190 33 11 Boston University 34 Greg Pruitt RB 16 5'10 190 29 8 Oklahoma 35 Calvin Hill RB 15 6'3 227 33 12 Yale 41 Jerry Wilkinson DE 7 6'9 260 24 2 Oregon State 43 Mike Pruitt RB 16 6'0 225 26 5 Purdue 48 Lawrence Johnson DB 2 5'11 204 23 2 Wisconsin 49 Clinton Burrell DB 15 6'2 192 24 2 Louisiana State 50 Don Goode LB 15 6'2 231 29 7 Kansas 52 Dick Ambrose LB 16 6'0 228 27 6 Virginia 53 Bill Cowher LB 16 6'3 225 23 R North Carolina State 54 Tom DeLeone C 16 6'2 248 30 9 Ohio State 55 John Mohring LB 14 6'3 240 23 1 C.W. Post 56 Robert Jackson LB 14 6'1 230 26 3 Texas A&M 57 Clay Matthews LB 14 6'2 230 24 3 Southern California 58 Cliff Odom LB 8 6'2 220 22 R Texas-Arlington 59 Charlie Hall LB 16 6'3 235 31 10 Houston 63 Cody Risien OT 16 6'7 255 23 2 Texas A&M 64 Joe DeLamielleure OG 16 6'3 245 29 8 Michigan State 65 Henry Sheppard OG 16 6'6 263 27 5 Southern Methodist 68 Robert Jackson OG 14 6'5 260 27 6 Duke 69 Joel Patten OT 6 6'6 240 22 R Duke 72 Jerry Sherk DE 1 6'4 250 32 11 Oklahoma State 73 Doug Dieken OT 16 6'5 252 31 10 Illinois 77 Lyle Alzado DE 16 6'3 250 31 10 Yankton 79 Gerry Sullivan C 16 6'4 250 28 7 Illinois 80 Willis Adams WR 16 6'2 194 24 2 Houston 82 Ozzie Newsome TE 16 6'2 232 24 3 Alabama 83 Ricky Feacher WR 16 5'10 174 26 5 Mississippi Valley State 84 McDonald Oden TE 16 6'4 228 22 R Tennessee State 85 Dave Logan WR 16 6'4 216 26 5 Colorado 87 Curtis Weathers TE 10 6'5 220 24 2 Mississippi 89 Keith Wright WR 12 5'10 175 24 3 Memphis 90 Marshall Harris DE 16 6'6 261 24 1 Texas Christian 91 Henry Bradley DT 16 6'2 260 27 2 Alcorn State 93 Ron Crews DT 16 6'3 256 24 R Nevada-Las Vegas 94 Elvis Franks DE 16 6'4 238 23 R Morgan State
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Brian Sipe 554 337 60.8 4,132 7.46 12.3 30 5.4 14 2.5 23 217 91.4
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Mike Pruitt 63 471 7.5 0 Reggie Rucker 52 768 14.8 4 Dave Logan 51 822 16.1 4 Ozzie Newsome 51 594 11.6 3 Greg Pruitt 50 444 8.9 5 Calvin Hill 27 383 14.2 6 Charles White 17 153 9.0 1 Ricky Feacher 10 244 24.4 4 Willis Adams 8 165 20.6 0 Keith Wright 3 62 20.7 3 McDonald Oden 3 18 6.0 0 Cleo Miller 2 8 4.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Mike Pruitt 249 1,034 4.2 6 Charles White 86 279 3.2 5 Cleo Miller 28 139 5.0 3 Greg Pruitt 40 117 2.9 0 Brian Sipe 20 55 2.8 1 Dino Hall 2 26 13.0 0 Ozzie Newsome 2 13 6.5 0 Calvin Hill 1 11 11.0 0 Willis Adams 2 7 3.5 0 Paul McDonald 3 -2 -0.7 0 Johnny Evans 3 -6 -2.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Dino Hall 32 691 21.6 0 Keith Wright 25 576 23.0 0 Cleo Miller 2 22 11.0 0 Charles White 1 20 20.0 0 Judson Flint 1 0 0.0 0 Robert Jackson 1 0 0.0 0 Thom Darden 1 -1 -1.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Keith Wright 29 129 4.4 4 0 Dino Hall 6 41 6.8 3 0 |
1980 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 27 RB Charles White 108 USC [pick acquired from LA] 2 54 DE Cleveland Crosby 9 Arizona [pick acquired from SD via LA] 3 72 LB Cliff Odom 167 Texas-Arlington 4 99 DE Ron Crews 16 Nevada-Las Vegas 4 109 QB Paul McDonald 85 USC [pick acquired from LA] 5 116 DE Elvis Franks 83 Morgan State [pick acquired from GB via LA] 8 209 LB Jeff Copeland Texas Tech 9 236 RB Roy Dewalt Texas-Arlington 10 263 C Kevin Fidel San Diego State 11 294 RB Roland Sales Arkansas 12 321 DT Marcus Jackson 1 Purdue
Traded draft picks: #1 to LA (Johnnie Johnson), #2 to DEN (Rulon Jones), #5 to OAK (Kenny Lewis), #6 to SD (LaRue Harrington), #7 to NYG (Chris Linnin)
Transactions:
| 01-28-1980 | traded the Jets' #8 pick in the 1981 draft to Jets for Marshall Harris |
| 02-07-1980 | traded Ernie Price to Patriots for New England's #10 pick in the 1981 draft |
| 02-07-1980 | traded Mike St. Clair to Patriots for New England's #6 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 04-29-1980 | traded Seattle's #1 pick and New England's #6 pick in the 1980 draft to Rams for Los Angeles' #1 and #4 picks, San Diego's #2 pick and Green Bay's #5 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 07-22-1980 | Gerald Irons retired |
| 08-27-1980 | traded Cleveland's #4 pick in the 1981 draft and #4 pick in the 1983 draft to Chargers for Don Goode |
| 09-01-1980 | traded Cleveland's #2 pick in the 1981 draft and #3 pick in the 1982 draft to Bills for Joe DeLamielleure |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 01/04/81 vs Oakland Raiders L 12-14
1980 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/07/80 at New England Patriots L 17-34 0-1-0 09/15/80 vs Houston Oilers L 7-16 0-2-0 09/21/80 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 20-13 1-2-0 09/28/80 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 34-27 2-2-0 10/05/80 vs Denver Broncos L 16-19 2-3-0 10/12/80 at Seattle Seahawks W 27-3 3-3-0 10/19/80 vs Green Bay Packers W 26-21 4-3-0 10/26/80 vs Pittsburgh Steelers W 27-26 5-3-0 11/03/80 vs Chicago Bears W 27-21 6-3-0 11/09/80 at Baltimore Colts W 28-27 7-3-0 11/16/80 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 13-16 7-4-0 11/23/80 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 31-7 8-4-0 11/30/80 at Houston Oilers W 17-14 9-4-0 12/07/80 vs New York Jets W 17-14 10-4-0 12/14/80 at Minnesota Vikings L 23-28 10-5-0 12/21/80 at Cincinnati Bengals W 27-24 11-5-0
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