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1979 Cleveland Browns

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 3rd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 359 points (22.4/g), 9th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 352 points (22.0/g), 20th.
 Differential of 7 points (0.4/g), 15th.
 Expected W-L: 8.2-7.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -12 (-0.8/g), 26th.

Coached by Sam Rutigliano (9-7-0)

1979 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 2 box W 1-0 @ New York Jets 25 22 24 423 292 131 4 24 390 161 229 2
2 Sun September 9 box W 2-0 @ Kansas City Chiefs 27 24 23 402 238 164 2 19 248 147 101 1
3 Sun September 16 box W 3-0 Baltimore Colts 13 10 16 321 197 124 2 13 283 185 98
4 Mon September 24 box W 4-0 Dallas Cowboys 26 7 15 311 229 82 1 20 394 271 123 5
5 Sun September 30 box L 4-1 @ Houston Oilers 10 31 24 309 201 108 4 17 270 76 194
6 Sun October 7 box L 4-2 Pittsburgh Steelers 35 51 24 458 365 93 5 21 522 161 361 1
7 Sun October 14 box L 4-3 Washington Redskins 9 13 21 304 137 167 3 13 310 221 89 1
8 Sun October 21 box W 5-3 Cincinnati Bengals 28 27 22 315 191 124 3 20 395 293 102 2
9 Sun October 28 box W 6-3 @ St. Louis Cardinals 38 20 27 418 192 226 2 16 282 173 109 3
10 Sun November 4 box W 7-3 @ Philadelphia Eagles 24 19 23 341 187 154 3 21 435 199 236 4
11 Sun November 11 box L 7-4 Seattle Seahawks 24 29 21 373 158 215 3 24 427 238 189 1
12 Sun November 18 box W 8-4 Miami Dolphins 30 24 25 493 345 148 2 15 317 196 121 3
13 Sun November 25 box L 8-5 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 30 33 22 345 283 62 1 36 606 351 255 3
14 Sun December 2 box W 9-5 Houston Oilers 14 7 23 335 137 198 2 13 249 128 121 2
15 Sun December 9 box L 9-6 @ Oakland Raiders 14 19 19 274 105 169 3 20 326 196 130 2
16 Sun December 16 box L 9-7 @ Cincinnati Bengals 12 16 21 350 234 116 4 15 196 50 146 2

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 359 5772 1092 5.3 350 289 545 3491 28 27 5.9 189 504 2281 16 4.5 125 44 17 36
Team Defense 352 5650 1076 5.3 478 271 468 3046 14 16 6.1 158 577 2604 25 4.5 307 32 16 13
Lg Rank Offense 9 3 1 4 6 3 26 14 18 14 15 3 23 13
Lg Rank Defense 20 24 14 16 19 4 23 20 23 27 27 26 25 14

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Brian Sipe 30 QB 16 16 9-7-0 286 535 53.5 3793 28 5.2 26 4.9 74 7.1 5.4 13.3 237.1 73.4 43 347 6.0 4.4 7.4
Mark Miller 23 2 0 2 8 25.0 31 0 0.0 1 12.5 17 3.9 -1.8 15.5 15.5 3.6 0 0 3.9 -1.8 0.0
Johnny Evans 23 P 16 0 1 2 50.0 14 0 0.0 0 0.0 14 7.0 7.0 14.0 0.9 72.9 0 0 7.0 7.0 0.0
Team Total 26.6 16 9-7-0 289 545 53.0 3838 28 5.1 27 5.0 74 7.0 5.3 13.3 239.9 72.1 43 347 5.9 4.3 7.3
Opp Total 16 271 468 57.9 3046 14 3.0 16 3.4 6.5 5.3 11.2 190.4 73.2 31 243 6.1 4.5

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Mike Pruitt* 25 FB 16 16 264 1294 9 77 4.9 80.9 16.5 41 372 9.1 2 50 2.6 23.3 1666 11 6
Greg Pruitt 28 rb 6 0 62 233 0 27 3.8 38.8 10.3 14 155 11.1 1 27 2.3 25.8 388 1 1
Calvin Hill 32 RB 14 0 53 193 1 33 3.6 13.8 3.8 38 381 10.0 2 31 2.7 27.2 574 3 1
Brian Sipe 30 QB 16 16 45 178 2 34 4.0 11.1 2.8 178 2 10
Cleo Miller 27 16 3 39 213 1 39 5.5 13.3 2.4 26 251 9.7 0 33 1.6 15.7 464 1 1
Dino Hall 24 RET 11 0 22 152 1 52 6.9 13.8 2.0 2 14 7.0 0 8 0.2 1.3 166 1 5
Pat Moriarty 24 16 0 14 11 2 8 0.8 0.7 0.9 1 17 17.0 0 17 0.1 1.1 28 2 0
Willis Adams 23 16 0 2 4 0 3 2.0 0.3 0.1 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.1 0.4 10 0 1
Ozzie Newsome 23 TE 16 16 1 6 0 6 6.0 0.4 0.1 55 781 14.2 9 74 3.4 48.8 787 9 0
Ricky Feacher 25 16 0 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 7 103 14.7 1 25 0.4 6.4 102 1 1
Mark Miller 23 2 0 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -1.0 0.5 -2 0 0
Dave Logan 25 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 59 982 16.6 7 46 3.7 61.4 982 7 1
Reggie Rucker 32 WR 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 43 749 17.4 6 54 2.7 46.8 749 6 0
Curtis Weathers 23 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 14 14.0 0 14 0.1 0.9 14 0 1
Keith Wright 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.2 2.6 13 0 0
Team Total 26.6 16 504 2281 16 77 4.5 142.6 31.5 289 3838 13.3 28 74 18.1 239.9 6119 44 29
Opp Total 16 577 2604 25 4.5 162.8 36.1 271 3046 11.2 14 16.9 190.4 5650 39 38

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Dino Hall 24 RET 11 0 29 295 0 47 10.2 50 1014 0 33 20.3 1475
Keith Wright 23 5 0 12 50 0 13 4.2 15 402 0 45 26.8 465
Ricky Feacher 25 16 0 2 51 0 27 25.5 153
Randy Rich 26 16 0 2 10 0 6 5.0 10
Robert E. Jackson 26 RG 16 16 1 18 0 18 18.0 18
Cleo Miller 27 16 3 1 14 0 14 14.0 478
Matt Miller 23 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Pat Moriarty 24 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 28
Greg Pruitt 28 rb 6 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 410
Curtis Weathers 23 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 14
Team Total 26.6 16 41 345 0 47 8.4 75 1531 0 45 20.4 7995
Opp Total 16 45 0 70 1324 0 18.9

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Don Cockroft 34 K 16 0 6 5 12 8 8 3 3 1 29 17 58.6% 43 38 88.4%
Johnny Evans 23 P 16 0 69 2844 59 2 41.2
Team Total 26.6 16 6 5 12 8 8 3 3 1 29 17 58.6% 43 38 88.4% 69 2844 59 2 41.2
Opp Total 16 35 22 62.9% 42 34 81.0% 80 3312 41.4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Willis Adams 23 16 0 1 0 0 0
Lyle Alzado 30 LDE 15 0 0 1 0 0
Dick Ambrose 26 MLB/lilb 15 14 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 0
Ron Bolton 29 LCB 16 16 3 20 0 13 0 2 2 0
Henry Bradley 26 5 0 0 1 0 0
Clinton Burrell 23 16 0 1 1 11 0
Thom Darden 29 FS 16 0 5 125 1 39 0 1 0 0
Oliver Davis 25 RCB 16 0 1 33 0 33 0 1 13 0
Ricky Feacher 25 16 0 1 1 0 0
Jack Gregory 35 RDE 16 0 0 1 0 0
Charlie Hall 31 LLB/lolb 16 16 2 14 0 11
Dino Hall 24 RET 11 0 5 1 0 0
Calvin Hill 32 RB 14 0 1 0 0 0
Dave Logan 25 WR 16 16 1 0 0 0
Clay Matthews 23 RLB/rolb 16 16 1 30 0 30 0 0 2 0 0 103
Cleo Miller 27 16 3 1 0 0 0
Pat Moriarty 24 16 0 0 1 0 0
Greg Pruitt 28 rb 6 0 1 1 0 0
Mike Pruitt* 25 FB 16 16 6 0 0 0
Clarence R. Scott 30 SS 16 16 3 56 0 29 0 1 0 0
Jerry Sherk 31 RDT 10 0 0 1 0 0
Mickey Sims 24 LDT/nt 16 0 0 3 0 0
Brian Sipe 30 QB 16 16 10 6 -8 0
Curtis Weathers 23 16 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.6 16 16 278 1 39 0 29 26 31 0 103
Opp Total 16 43 38 22

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Don Cockroft 34 K 16 0 38 17 89
Mike Pruitt* 25 FB 16 16 9 2 66
Ozzie Newsome 23 TE 16 16 9 54
Dave Logan 25 WR 16 16 7 42
Reggie Rucker 32 WR 16 0 6 36
Calvin Hill 32 RB 14 0 1 2 18
Pat Moriarty 24 16 0 2 12
Brian Sipe 30 QB 16 16 2 12
Thom Darden 29 FS 16 0 1 6
Ricky Feacher 25 16 0 1 6
Dino Hall 24 RET 11 0 1 6
Cleo Miller 27 16 3 1 6
Greg Pruitt 28 rb 6 0 1 6
Team Total 26.6 16 16 28 1 38 17 359
Opp Total 16 25 14 34 22 352