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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)
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1980 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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| Division | Sun | January 4 | box | L | 11-6 | Oakland Raiders | 12 | 14 | |||||||||||