Paul Brian McDonald
Position: QB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: February 23, 1958 in Montebello, CA
College: USC (school history)
Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 4th round (109th overall) of the 1980 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 15 (5467th overall since 1950)
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Output includes all games from 1960 to 2011.
Career Game Log: Regular Season · Playoffs
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | |||||||
| 1 | 1980 | 8 | 1980-10-26 | 22-246 | CLE | PIT | W 27-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 2 | 1980 | 10 | 1980-11-09 | 22-260 | CLE | @ | BAL | W 28-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | 1980 | 12 | 1980-11-23 | 22-274 | CLE | CIN | W 31-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | |||||||
| 4 | 1981 | 6 | 1981-10-11 | 23-230 | CLE | @ | PIT | L 7-13 | 8 | 16 | 50.0% | 106 | 0 | 1 | 45.3 | 6.63 | 3.81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | 1981 | 9 | 1981-11-01 | 23-251 | CLE | @ | BUF | L 13-22 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 6 | 1981 | 13 | 1981-11-29 | 23-279 | CLE | CIN | L 21-41 | 3 | 6 | 50.0% | 60 | 1 | 0 | 125.0 | 10.00 | 13.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | 1981 | 16 | 1981-12-20 | 23-300 | CLE | @ | SEA | L 21-42 | 24 | 34 | 70.6% | 297 | 3 | 1 | 114.5 | 8.74 | 9.18 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | |||||||
| 8 | 1982 | 4 | 1982-11-25 | 24-275 | CLE | @ | DAL | L 14-31 | 9 | 15 | 60.0% | 151 | 1 | 1 | 88.5 | 10.07 | 8.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 9 | 1982 | 6 | 1982-12-12 | 24-292 | CLE | @ | CIN | L 10-23 | 5 | 13 | 38.5% | 54 | 0 | 2 | 11.9 | 4.15 | -2.77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 10 | 1982 | 7 | 1982-12-19 | 24-299 | CLE | PIT | W 10-9 | * | 19 | 40 | 47.5% | 227 | 0 | 1 | 54.9 | 5.68 | 4.55 | 4 | -5 | -1.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 1982 | 8 | 1982-12-26 | 24-306 | CLE | @ | HOU | W 20-14 | * | 18 | 34 | 52.9% | 248 | 1 | 0 | 86.4 | 7.29 | 7.88 | 2 | -11 | -5.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 1982 | 9 | 1983-01-02 | 24-313 | CLE | @ | PIT | L 21-37 | * | 22 | 47 | 46.8% | 313 | 3 | 4 | 54.7 | 6.66 | 4.11 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | |||||||
| 13 | 1983 | 1 | 1983-09-04 | 25-193 | CLE | MIN | L 21-27 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | -45.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | 1983 | 6 | 1983-10-09 | 25-228 | CLE | NYJ | W 10-7 | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56.2 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | 1983 | 8 | 1983-10-23 | 25-242 | CLE | @ | CIN | L 21-28 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | -5 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 | -5.00 | -5.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | 1983 | 9 | 1983-10-30 | 25-249 | CLE | HOU | W 25-19 | * | 19 | 41 | 46.3% | 209 | 1 | 2 | 49.7 | 5.10 | 3.39 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | 1983 | 10 | 1983-11-06 | 25-256 | CLE | @ | GNB | L 21-35 | * | 11 | 23 | 47.8% | 134 | 0 | 1 | 48.1 | 5.83 | 3.87 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | |||||||
| 18 | 1984 | 1 | 1984-09-03 | 26-193 | CLE | @ | SEA | L 0-33 | * | 8 | 27 | 29.6% | 114 | 0 | 2 | 13.8 | 4.22 | 0.89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | 1984 | 2 | 1984-09-09 | 26-199 | CLE | @ | RAM | L 17-20 | * | 18 | 35 | 51.4% | 263 | 1 | 1 | 73.9 | 7.51 | 6.80 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | 1984 | 3 | 1984-09-16 | 26-206 | CLE | DEN | L 14-24 | * | 22 | 42 | 52.4% | 282 | 0 | 3 | 43.9 | 6.71 | 3.50 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | 1984 | 4 | 1984-09-23 | 26-213 | CLE | PIT | W 20-10 | * | 15 | 28 | 53.6% | 293 | 2 | 1 | 99.3 | 10.46 | 10.29 | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | 1984 | 5 | 1984-09-30 | 26-220 | CLE | @ | KAN | L 6-10 | * | 17 | 38 | 44.7% | 186 | 0 | 4 | 20.2 | 4.89 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 23 | 1984 | 6 | 1984-10-07 | 26-227 | CLE | NWE | L 16-17 | * | 23 | 37 | 62.2% | 320 | 1 | 1 | 87.7 | 8.65 | 7.97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 24 | 1984 | 7 | 1984-10-14 | 26-234 | CLE | NYJ | L 20-24 | * | 25 | 37 | 67.6% | 299 | 0 | 0 | 92.1 | 8.08 | 8.08 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 1 | -4 | -4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | 1984 | 8 | 1984-10-21 | 26-241 | CLE | @ | CIN | L 9-12 | * | 27 | 47 | 57.4% | 300 | 0 | 2 | 58.8 | 6.38 | 4.47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | 1984 | 9 | 1984-10-28 | 26-248 | CLE | NOR | L 14-16 | * | 16 | 23 | 69.6% | 193 | 2 | 0 | 124.0 | 8.39 | 10.13 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 27 | 1984 | 10 | 1984-11-04 | 26-255 | CLE | @ | BUF | W 13-10 | * | 7 | 18 | 38.9% | 86 | 0 | 1 | 31.3 | 4.78 | 2.28 | 5 | -3 | -0.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | 1984 | 11 | 1984-11-11 | 26-262 | CLE | SFO | L 7-41 | * | 13 | 33 | 39.4% | 220 | 1 | 1 | 60.2 | 6.67 | 5.91 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 29 | 1984 | 12 | 1984-11-18 | 26-269 | CLE | @ | ATL | W 23-7 | * | 13 | 23 | 56.5% | 205 | 2 | 1 | 97.2 | 8.91 | 8.70 | 2 | -8 | -4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | 1984 | 13 | 1984-11-25 | 26-276 | CLE | HOU | W 27-10 | * | 16 | 26 | 61.5% | 151 | 3 | 1 | 100.0 | 5.81 | 6.38 | 1 | -4 | -4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 31 | 1984 | 14 | 1984-12-02 | 26-283 | CLE | CIN | L 17-20 | * | 18 | 24 | 75.0% | 191 | 1 | 0 | 111.6 | 7.96 | 8.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 32 | 1984 | 15 | 1984-12-09 | 26-290 | CLE | @ | PIT | L 20-23 | * | 19 | 33 | 57.6% | 211 | 1 | 4 | 47.2 | 6.39 | 1.55 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 33 | 1984 | 16 | 1984-12-16 | 26-297 | CLE | @ | HOU | W 27-20 | * | 14 | 22 | 63.6% | 158 | 0 | 1 | 66.1 | 7.18 | 5.14 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 Games | 411 | 767 | 53.6% | 5269 | 24 | 37 | 65.7 | 6.87 | 5.32 | 37 | 6 | 0.16 | 1 | 1 | -4 | -4.00 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | ||||||
| 1 | 1980 | 17 | 1981-01-04 | 22-316 | CLE | OAK | L 12-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -11 | -11.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | ||||||
| 2 | 1982 | 10 | 1983-01-08 | 24-319 | CLE | @ | RAI | L 10-27 | * | 18 | 37 | 48.6% | 281 | 1 | 0 | 83.3 | 7.59 | 8.14 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 |
| 2 Games | 18 | 37 | 48.6% | 281 | 1 | 0 | 83.3 | 7.59 | 8.14 | 2 | -4 | -2.00 | 0 | |||||||||