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1980 Cleveland Browns

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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 1st in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 357 points (22.3/g), 8th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 310 points (19.4/g), 12th.
 Differential of 47 points (2.9/g), 10th.
 Expected W-L: 9.3-6.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +4 (0.2/g), 10th.

Coached by Sam Rutigliano (11-5-0)

1980 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 7 box L 0-1 @ New England Patriots 17 34 16 263 215 48 2 27 452 266 186 2
2 Mon September 15 box L 0-2 Houston Oilers 7 16 13 181 106 75 1 23 369 177 192 1
3 Sun September 21 box W 1-2 Kansas City Chiefs 20 13 26 385 282 103 3 14 251 157 94 1
4 Sun September 28 box W 2-2 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 34 27 22 400 308 92 2 24 417 337 80 2
5 Sun October 5 box L 2-3 Denver Broncos 16 19 18 358 255 103 1 17 239 157 82 1
6 Sun October 12 box W 3-3 @ Seattle Seahawks 27 3 24 387 211 176 1 20 323 205 118 1
7 Sun October 19 box W 4-3 Green Bay Packers 26 21 23 471 384 87 1 19 312 222 90 3
8 Sun October 26 box W 5-3 Pittsburgh Steelers 27 26 26 439 348 91 4 21 393 306 87 1
9 Mon November 3 box W 6-3 Chicago Bears 27 21 31 432 262 170 2 20 275 189 86 1
10 Sun November 9 box W 7-3 @ Baltimore Colts 28 27 25 403 192 211 3 26 356 246 110 1
11 Sun November 16 box L 7-4 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 13 16 14 266 171 95 1 21 319 240 79 4
12 Sun November 23 box W 8-4 Cincinnati Bengals 31 7 21 332 301 31 1 25 397 247 150 3
13 Sun November 30 box W 9-4 @ Houston Oilers 17 14 11 194 73 121 1 17 322 208 114 5
14 Sun December 7 box W 10-4 New York Jets 17 14 27 398 319 79 1 17 298 205 93 2
15 Sun December 14 box L 10-5 @ Minnesota Vikings 23 28 21 366 232 134 1 29 530 455 75
16 Sun December 21 box W 11-5 @ Cincinnati Bengals 27 24 18 313 256 57 3 20 373 248 125 4
Playoffs
Division Sun January 4 box L 11-6 Oakland Raiders 12 14

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 357 5588 1013 5.5 336 337 554 3915 30 14 6.8 207 436 1673 15 3.8 102 28 14 27
Team Defense 310 5626 1053 5.3 575 336 536 3865 23 22 6.8 197 485 1761 12 3.6 340 32 10 38
Lg Rank Offense 8 5 3 5 2 3 3 4 25 26 14 19 3 12
Lg Rank Defense 12 23 28 25 28 17 17 27 10 6 8 5 22 25

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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*+ 31 QB 16 16 337 554 60.8 4132 30 5.4 14 2.5 65 7.5 6.9 12.3 258.3 91.4 23 217 6.8 6.2 4.0
Team Total 26.6 16 337 554 60.8 4132 30 5.4 14 2.5 65 7.5 6.9 12.3 258.3 91.4 23 217 6.8 6.2 4.0
Opp Total 16 336 536 62.7 3865 23 4.3 22 4.1 7.2 5.8 11.5 241.6 81.6 32 224 6.8 5.1

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* 26 FB 16 16 249 1034 6 56 4.2 64.6 15.6 63 471 7.5 0 28 3.9 29.4 1505 6 9
Charles White 22 rb 14 7 86 279 5 16 3.2 19.9 6.1 17 153 9.0 1 31 1.2 10.9 432 6 1
Greg Pruitt 29 RB 16 9 40 117 0 19 2.9 7.3 2.5 50 444 8.9 5 43 3.1 27.8 561 5 1
Cleo Miller 28 16 0 28 139 3 50 5.0 8.7 1.8 2 8 4.0 0 7 0.1 0.5 147 3 2
Brian Sipe*+ 31 QB 16 16 20 55 1 24 2.8 3.4 1.3 55 1 3
Johnny Evans 24 P 16 0 3 -6 0 0 -2.0 -0.4 0.2 -6 0 0
Paul McDonald 22 15 0 3 -2 0 0 -0.7 -0.1 0.2 -2 0 2
Ozzie Newsome 24 TE 16 16 2 13 0 9 6.5 0.8 0.1 51 594 11.6 3 44 3.2 37.1 607 3 2
Willis Adams 24 16 0 2 7 0 15 3.5 0.4 0.1 8 165 20.6 0 39 0.5 10.3 172 0 0
Dino Hall 25 RET 16 0 2 26 0 19 13.0 1.6 0.1 26 0 0
Calvin Hill 33 15 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 0.7 0.1 27 383 14.2 6 50 1.8 25.5 394 6 0
Reggie Rucker 33 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 52 768 14.8 4 45 3.3 48.0 768 4 0
Dave Logan 26 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 51 822 16.1 4 65 3.2 51.4 822 4 0
Ricky Feacher 26 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 244 24.4 4 55 0.6 15.3 244 4 0
McDonald Oden 22 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 18 6.0 0 8 0.2 1.1 18 0 0
Keith Wright 24 RET 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 62 20.7 3 39 0.3 5.2 62 3 2
Team Total 26.6 16 436 1673 15 56 3.8 104.6 27.3 337 4132 12.3 30 65 21.1 258.3 5805 45 24
Opp Total 16 485 1761 12 3.6 110.1 30.3 336 3865 11.5 23 21.0 241.6 5626 35 23

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
Keith Wright 24 RET 12 0 29 129 0 15 4.4 25 576 0 50 23.0 767
Dino Hall 25 RET 16 0 6 41 0 14 6.8 32 691 0 40 21.6 758
Cleo Miller 28 16 0 2 22 0 13 11.0 169
Thom Darden 30 FS 16 16 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -1
Judson Flint 23 13 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Robert E. Jackson 27 14 4 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Charles White 22 rb 14 7 1 20 0 20 20.0 452
Team Total 26.6 16 35 170 0 15 4.9 63 1308 0 50 20.8 7283
Opp Total 16 38 0 71 1018 0 14.3

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 35 K 16 0 7 6 8 5 9 5 2 26 16 61.5% 44 39 88.6%
Johnny Evans 24 P 16 0 66 2530 56 0 38.3
Team Total 26.6 16 7 6 8 5 9 5 2 26 16 61.5% 44 39 88.6% 66 2530 56 0 38.3
Opp Total 16 29 18 62.1% 37 32 86.5% 63 2356 37.4

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
Autry Beamon 27 13 0 0 1 0 0
Ron Bolton 30 LCB 16 16 6 62 0 29
Henry Bradley 27 NT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Clinton Burrell 24 RCB 15 13 5 51 0 29
Thom Darden 30 FS 16 16 2 42 0 23 1 0 0 0
Oliver Davis 26 15 1 1 70 0 70
Doug Dieken* 31 LT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Ricky Feacher 26 16 0 0 1 0 0
Judson Flint 23 13 0 0 1 4 0
Elvis Franks 23 16 0 0 1 0 0
Charlie Hall 32 LOLB 16 16 2 3 0 3
Dino Hall 25 RET 16 0 0 3 0 0
Marshall Harris 25 LDE 16 15 0 1 0 0
Robert L. Jackson 26 LILB 14 14 2 15 0 9
Lawrence Johnson 23 2 2 1 3 0 3 0 1 0 0
Clay Matthews 24 ROLB 14 13 1 6 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 83
Paul McDonald 22 15 0 2 0 -9 0
Cleo Miller 28 16 0 2 0 0 0
John Mohring 24 14 0 0 1 0 0
Ozzie Newsome 24 TE 16 16 2 0 0 0
Greg Pruitt 29 RB 16 9 1 0 0 0
Mike Pruitt* 26 FB 16 16 9 3 0 0
Clarence R. Scott 31 SS 16 16 2 14 0 9
Brian Sipe*+ 31 QB 16 16 3 1 -4 0
Gerry Sullivan 28 16 0 1 1 -10 0
Charles White 22 rb 14 7 1 1 0 0
Keith Wright 24 RET 12 0 2 0 0 0
Team Total 26.6 16 22 266 0 70 0 24 19 -19 0 83
Opp Total 16 23 23 13 1

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 35 K 16 0 39 16 87
Calvin Hill 33 15 0 6 36
Mike Pruitt* 26 FB 16 16 6 36
Charles White 22 rb 14 7 5 1 36
Greg Pruitt 29 RB 16 9 5 30
Ricky Feacher 26 16 0 4 24
Dave Logan 26 WR 16 16 4 24
Reggie Rucker 33 WR 16 16 4 24
Cleo Miller 28 16 0 3 18
Ozzie Newsome 24 TE 16 16 3 18
Keith Wright 24 RET 12 0 3 18
Brian Sipe*+ 31 QB 16 16 1 6
Team Total 26.6 16 15 30 39 16 357
Opp Total 16 12 23 32 18 1 310