1980 Cleveland Browns roster and stats

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

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Johnny Evans 66 2,530 38.3 7 12 0 38 245 32.5 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Don Cockroft 0/0 6/7 5/7 5/9 0/3 16/26 39/44 87 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Lyle Alzado 9.0 Dick Ambrose 1.0 Ron Bolton 6 62 0 Henry Bradley 3.0 Clinton Burrell 5 51 0 Thom Darden 2 42 0 Oliver Davis 1 70 0 Judson Flint 1.0 Elvis Franks 1.0 Don Goode 1.0 Charlie Hall 2.0 2 3 0 Marshall Harris 2.0 Robert Jackson 3.0 2 15 0 Lawrence Johnson 1 3 0 Clay Matthews 5.0 1 6 0 John Mohring 1.0 Cliff Odom 1.0 Clarence Scott 2 14 0 Jerry Wilkinson 1.0

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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