1981 Cleveland Browns: 5-11-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 3-5-0 (151 points scored, 202 allowed) Road record: 2-6-0 (125 points scored, 173 allowed) Head Coach: Sam Rutigliano 276 points scored (24th of 28 teams), 375 points allowed (23rd) NFL Averages: 20.7 points/game (330.8 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: 348 624 3,986 ( 4) 6.00 21 27 474 1,929 (20) 4.1 11 5,915 ( 4) 53 Defense: 275 469 3,289 (15) 6.60 28 15 516 2,078 (18) 4.0 14 5,367 (16) 35
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 9 Matt Bahr K 11 5'10 165 25 3 Penn State 10 Dave Jacobs K 5 5'7 155 24 2 Syracuse 12 Rick Trocano QB 6 6'0 188 22 R Pittsburgh 15 Steve Cox P 16 6'4 195 23 R Arkansas 16 Paul McDonald QB 12 6'2 185 23 2 Southern California 17 Brian Sipe QB 16 6'1 195 32 8 San Diego State 20 Judson Flint DB 16 6'0 201 24 2 California (PA) 22 Clarence Scott DB 16 6'0 190 32 11 Kansas State 24 Cleo Montgomery WR 4 5'8 183 26 2 Abilene Christian 24 Autry Beamon DB 14 6'1 190 27 7 East Texas State 26 Dino Hall RB 12 5'7 165 25 3 Rowan 27 Thom Darden DB 13 6'2 193 31 9 Michigan 28 Ron Bolton DB 16 6'2 170 31 10 Norfolk State 29 Hanford Dixon DB 16 5'11 182 22 R Southern Mississippi 30 Cleo Miller RB 12 5'11 214 29 8 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 33 Charles White RB 16 5'10 183 23 2 Southern California 33 Reggie Rucker WR 14 6'2 190 34 12 Boston University 34 Greg Pruitt RB 15 5'10 190 30 9 Oklahoma 35 Calvin Hill RB 4 6'3 227 34 13 Yale 43 Mike Pruitt RB 16 6'0 225 27 6 Purdue 48 Lawrence Johnson DB 16 5'11 204 24 3 Wisconsin 49 Clinton Burrell DB 2 6'2 192 25 3 Louisiana State 50 Don Goode LB 16 6'2 231 30 8 Kansas 51 Eddie Johnson LB 16 6'1 210 22 R Louisville 52 Dick Ambrose LB 16 6'0 228 28 7 Virginia 54 Tom DeLeone C 8 6'2 248 31 10 Ohio State 56 Robert Jackson LB 14 6'1 230 27 4 Texas A&M 57 Clay Matthews LB 16 6'2 230 25 4 Southern California 58 Bruce Huther LB 16 6'1 230 27 5 New Hampshire 63 Cody Risien OT 16 6'7 255 24 3 Texas A&M 64 Joe DeLamielleure OG 16 6'3 245 30 9 Michigan State 65 Henry Sheppard OG 9 6'6 263 28 6 Southern Methodist 68 Robert Jackson OG 16 6'5 260 28 7 Duke 71 Matt Miller OT 16 6'6 270 25 2 Colorado 72 Jerry Sherk DT 15 6'4 250 33 12 Oklahoma State 73 Doug Dieken OT 16 6'5 252 32 11 Illinois 77 Lyle Alzado DE 15 6'3 250 32 11 Yankton 79 Gerry Sullivan C 16 6'4 250 29 8 Illinois 80 Willis Adams WR 7 6'2 194 25 3 Houston 82 Ozzie Newsome TE 16 6'2 232 25 4 Alabama 83 Ricky Feacher WR 16 5'10 174 27 6 Mississippi Valley State 84 McDonald Oden TE 16 6'4 228 23 2 Tennessee State 85 Dave Logan WR 14 6'4 216 27 6 Colorado 86 Danny Fulton WR 5 6'2 186 25 2 Nebraska-Omaha 87 Curtis Weathers LB 13 6'5 220 25 3 Mississippi 90 Marshall Harris DE 15 6'6 261 25 2 Texas Christian 91 Henry Bradley DT 16 6'2 260 28 3 Alcorn State 92 Mike Robinson DE 10 6'5 260 25 R Arizona 94 Elvis Franks DE 16 6'4 238 24 2 Morgan State 97 Thomas Brown DE 16 6'4 245 24 2 Baylor
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Brian Sipe 567 313 55.2 3,876 6.84 12.4 17 3.0 25 4.4 34 310 68.2 Paul McDonald 57 35 61.4 463 8.12 13.2 4 7.0 2 3.5 6 43 95.9
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Ozzie Newsome 69 1,002 14.5 6 Greg Pruitt 65 636 9.8 4 Mike Pruitt 63 442 7.0 1 Dave Logan 31 497 16.0 4 Ricky Feacher 29 654 22.6 3 Reggie Rucker 27 532 19.7 1 Charles White 27 219 8.1 0 Calvin Hill 17 150 8.8 2 Cleo Miller 16 139 8.7 0 Danny Fulton 2 38 19.0 0 Willis Adams 1 24 24.0 0 McDonald Oden 1 6 6.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Mike Pruitt 247 1,103 4.5 7 Charles White 97 342 3.5 1 Cleo Miller 52 165 3.2 2 Brian Sipe 38 153 4.0 1 Greg Pruitt 31 124 4.0 0 Calvin Hill 4 23 5.8 0 Ozzie Newsome 2 20 10.0 0 Paul McDonald 2 0 0.0 0 Ricky Feacher 1 -1 -1.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Dino Hall 36 813 22.6 0 Cleo Montgomery 14 334 23.9 0 Charles White 12 243 20.2 0 Greg Pruitt 3 82 27.3 0 Cleo Miller 3 35 11.7 0 Thomas Brown 2 17 8.5 0 Eddie Johnson 1 7 7.0 0 Matt Miller 1 6 6.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Dino Hall 33 248 7.5 6 0 Cleo Montgomery 17 121 7.1 0 0 |
1981 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 22 DB Hanford Dixon 131 Southern Mississippi 4 92 DE Mike Robinson 18 Arizona [pick acquired from WAS] 5 134 P Steve Cox 89 Arkansas 6 160 DT Ron Simmons Florida State 7 187 LB Eddie Johnson 148 Louisiana Tech 9 244 OG Randy Schleusener Nebraska 10 271 DE Dean Prater 77 Oklahoma State 11 298 DB Larry Friday 1 Mississippi State 12 325 OT Kevin McGill Oregon
Traded draft picks: #2 to BUF (Chris Williams), #3 to KC via DEN (Roger Taylor), #4 to SD (Eric Sievers), #8 to NYJ (J.C. Watts)
Transactions:
| 01-1981 | traded Washington's #10 pick and New England's #10 pick in the 1982 draft to Redskins for Washington's #8 pick in the 1982 draft |
| 05-05-1981 | traded an unspecified #4 pick and Cleveland's #7 pick in the 1982 draft to Bills for Terry Miller |
| 08-25-1981 | traded Cleveland's #6 pick in the 1982 draft to Cowboys for Bruce Huther |
| 08-25-1981 | traded Cleveland's #7 pick in the 1983 draft to Eagles for Thomas Brown |
| 10-06-1981 | traded Matt Bahr to 49ers for San Francisco's #9 pick in the 1983 draft |
1981 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/07/81 vs San Diego Chargers L 14-44 0-1-0 09/13/81 vs Houston Oilers L 3-9 0-2-0 09/20/81 at Cincinnati Bengals W 20-17 1-2-0 09/27/81 vs Atlanta Falcons W 28-17 2-2-0 10/04/81 at Los Angeles Rams L 16-27 2-3-0 10/11/81 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 7-13 2-4-0 10/18/81 vs New Orleans Saints W 20-17 3-4-0 10/25/81 vs Baltimore Colts W 42-28 4-4-0 11/01/81 at Buffalo Bills L 13-22 4-5-0 11/08/81 at Denver Broncos L 20-23 (OT) 4-6-0 11/15/81 at San Francisco 49ers W 15-12 5-6-0 11/22/81 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 10-32 5-7-0 11/29/81 vs Cincinnati Bengals L 21-41 5-8-0 12/03/81 at Houston Oilers L 13-17 5-9-0 12/12/81 vs New York Jets L 13-14 5-10-0 12/20/81 at Seattle Seahawks L 21-42 5-11-0