1982 Cleveland Browns: 4-5-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 2-2-0 (54 points scored, 70 allowed) Road record: 2-3-0 (86 points scored, 112 allowed) Head Coach: Sam Rutigliano 140 points scored (23rd of 28 teams), 182 points allowed (17th) NFL Averages: 20.2 points/game (181.4 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: 174 334 1,845 (13) 5.12 9 16 256 873 (23) 3.4 7 2,718 (17) 24 Defense: 144 266 1,822 (14) 6.33 9 17 306 1,292 (26) 4.2 13 3,114 (23) 28
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 9 Matt Bahr K 9 5'10 165 26 4 Penn State 12 Rick Trocano QB 2 6'0 188 23 2 Pittsburgh 15 Steve Cox P 9 6'4 195 24 2 Arkansas 16 Paul McDonald QB 9 6'2 185 24 3 Southern California 17 Brian Sipe QB 6 6'1 195 33 9 San Diego State 20 Judson Flint DB 9 6'0 201 25 3 California (PA) 22 Clarence Scott DB 9 6'0 190 33 12 Kansas State 23 Mark Kafentzis DB 9 5'10 185 24 R Hawaii 26 Dino Hall RB 9 5'7 165 26 4 Rowan 27 Mike Whitwell WR 9 6'0 175 23 R Texas A&M 28 Ron Bolton DB 4 6'2 170 32 11 Norfolk State 29 Hanford Dixon DB 9 5'11 182 23 2 Southern Mississippi 30 Cleo Miller RB 5 5'11 214 30 9 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 33 Charles White RB 9 5'10 183 24 3 Southern California 34 David Green RB 9 5'10 200 29 1 Edinboro 36 Bill Jackson DB 9 6'1 202 22 R North Carolina 38 Johnny Davis RB 2 6'1 235 26 5 Alabama 42 Dwight Walker RB 9 5'10 185 23 R Nicholls State 43 Mike Pruitt RB 9 6'0 225 28 7 Purdue 47 Larry Braziel DB 6 6'0 184 28 4 Southern California 48 Lawrence Johnson DB 8 5'11 204 25 4 Wisconsin 49 Clinton Burrell DB 9 6'2 192 26 4 Louisiana State 50 Tom Cousineau LB 9 6'3 225 25 1 Ohio State 51 Eddie Johnson LB 9 6'1 210 23 2 Louisville 52 Dick Ambrose LB 9 6'0 228 29 8 Virginia 53 Bill Cowher LB 9 6'3 225 25 2 North Carolina State 54 Tom DeLeone C 9 6'2 248 32 11 Ohio State 55 Curtis Weathers LB 7 6'5 220 26 4 Mississippi 56 Chip Banks LB 9 6'4 233 23 R Southern California 57 Clay Matthews LB 2 6'2 230 26 5 Southern California 58 Scott Nicolas LB 9 6'3 226 22 R Miami 59 Kevin Turner LB 8 6'2 223 24 3 Pacific 61 Mike Baab C 7 6'4 270 22 R Texas 63 Cody Risien OT 9 6'7 255 25 4 Texas A&M 64 Joe DeLamielleure OG 9 6'3 245 31 10 Michigan State 68 Robert Jackson OG 9 6'5 260 29 8 Duke 70 Andy Frederick OT 7 6'6 265 28 6 New Mexico 71 Matt Miller OT 9 6'6 270 26 3 Colorado 73 Doug Dieken OT 9 6'5 252 33 12 Illinois 75 Mark Buben DT 3 6'3 260 25 3 Tufts 79 Bob Golic DT 6 6'2 248 25 4 Notre Dame 80 Willis Adams WR 1 6'2 194 26 4 Houston 82 Ozzie Newsome TE 9 6'2 232 26 5 Alabama 83 Ricky Feacher WR 9 5'10 174 28 7 Mississippi Valley State 84 McDonald Oden TE 9 6'4 245 24 3 Tennessee State 85 Dave Logan WR 9 6'4 216 28 7 Colorado 86 Danny Fulton WR 9 6'2 186 26 3 Nebraska-Omaha 90 Marshall Harris DE 9 6'6 261 26 3 Texas Christian 91 Henry Bradley DT 6 6'2 260 29 4 Alcorn State 92 Mike Robinson DE 8 6'5 270 26 2 Arizona 94 Elvis Franks DE 9 6'4 238 25 3 Morgan State 99 Keith Baldwin DE 9 6'4 245 22 R Texas A&M
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Brian Sipe 185 101 54.6 1,064 5.75 10.5 4 2.2 8 4.3 13 117 60.7 Paul McDonald 149 73 49.0 993 6.66 13.6 5 3.4 8 5.4 13 95 59.5
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Ozzie Newsome 49 633 12.9 3 Charles White 34 283 8.3 0 Ricky Feacher 28 408 14.6 3 Dave Logan 23 346 15.0 2 Mike Pruitt 22 140 6.4 0 Dwight Walker 8 136 17.0 0 Dino Hall 5 78 15.6 1 Cleo Miller 3 20 6.7 0 Danny Fulton 1 9 9.0 0 McDonald Oden 1 4 4.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Mike Pruitt 143 516 3.6 3 Charles White 69 259 3.8 3 Cleo Miller 16 61 3.8 0 Brian Sipe 13 44 3.4 0 Dino Hall 2 14 7.0 0 Johnny Davis 4 3 0.8 1 Steve Cox 2 -11 -5.5 0 Paul McDonald 7 -13 -1.9 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Dino Hall 22 430 19.5 0 Dwight Walker 13 295 22.7 0 Scott Nicolas 2 16 8.0 0 David Green 1 13 13.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Dwight Walker 19 101 5.3 6 0 Dino Hall 4 33 8.2 0 0 |
1982 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 3 LB Chip Banks 138 USC 2 31 DE Keith Baldwin 63 Texas A&M 4 87 WR Dwight Walker 38 Nicholls State 5 115 C Mike Baab 148 Texas 6 162 WR Mike Whitwell 25 Texas A&M [pick acquired from DEN] 8 199 DB Mark Kafentzis 40 Hawaii 8 204 TE Van Heflin Vanderbilt [pick acquired from RAI] 8 211 DB Bill Jackson 9 North Carolina [pick acquired from WAS] 9 227 TE Milton Baker West Texas State 10 255 RB Ricky Floyd Southern Mississippi 11 282 QB Steve Michuta Grand Valley State 12 310 LB Scott Nicolas 85 Miami
Traded draft picks: #3 to BUF (Eugene Marve), #6 to DAL (Ken Hammond), #7 to BUF (Gary Anderson)
Transactions:
| 04-24-1982 | traded Cleveland's #1 pick in the 1983 draft, #3 pick in the 1984 draft and #5 pick in the 1985 draft to Bills for Tom Cousineau |
| 04-27-1982 | traded Robert L. Jackson to Broncos for Denver's #6 pick in the 1982 draft |
| 04-28-1982 | traded Greg Pruitt to Raiders for the Raiders' #11 pick in the 1983 draft |
| 04-28-1982 | traded Lyle Alzado to Raiders for the Raiders' #8 pick in the 1982 draft |
| 08-05-1982 | traded Bruce Huther to Bears for Chicago's #7 pick in the 1983 draft |
| 08-06-1982 | claimed Peter Perry on waivers from Chiefs |
| 08-22-1982 | traded Gerry Sullivan to Bears for Chicago's #6 pick in the 1983 draft |
| 09-01-1982 | claimed Bob Golic on waivers from Patriots |
| 09-02-1982 | Reggie Rucker retired |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 01/08/83 at Los Angeles Raiders L 10-27
1982 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/12/82 at Seattle Seahawks W 21-7 1-0-0 09/19/82 vs Philadelphia Eagles L 21-24 1-1-0 11/21/82 vs New England Patriots W 10-7 2-1-0 11/25/82 at Dallas Cowboys L 14-31 2-2-0 12/05/82 vs San Diego Chargers L 13-30 2-3-0 12/12/82 at Cincinnati Bengals L 10-23 2-4-0 12/19/82 vs Pittsburgh Steelers W 10-9 3-4-0 12/26/82 at Houston Oilers W 20-14 4-4-0 01/02/83 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 21-37 4-5-0