1981 Cleveland Browns

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Record: 5-11-0, Finished 4th in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 276 points (17.2/g), 24th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 375 points (23.4/g), 23rd.
Differential of -99 points (-6.2/g), 26th.
Expected W-L: 5.2-10.8.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -18 (-1.1/g), 28th.

Coached by Sam Rutigliano (5-11-0)

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1981 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Mon	September 7	box	L	0-1		San Diego Chargers	14	44	27	419	366	53	2	28	535	330	205
2	Sun	September 13	box	L	0-2		Houston Oilers	3	9	20	302	203	99	2	8	209	118	91	4
3	Sun	September 20	box	W	1-2	@	Cincinnati Bengals	20	17	31	422	237	185		15	281	233	48
4	Sun	September 27	box	W	2-2		Atlanta Falcons	28	17	26	385	207	178	5	14	262	150	112	4
5	Sun	October 4	box	L	2-3	@	Los Angeles Rams	16	27	16	318	240	78	1	29	410	197	213	1
6	Sun	October 11	box	L	2-4	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	7	13	26	445	279	166	3	19	365	199	166	1
7	Sun	October 18	box	W	3-4		New Orleans Saints	20	17	23	355	261	94	1	14	334	192	142	1
8	Sun	October 25	box	W	4-4		Baltimore Colts	42	28	30	562	431	131	6	18	357	239	118	3
9	Sun	November 1	box	L	4-5	@	Buffalo Bills	13	22	14	211	140	71	3	21	469	297	172	5
10	Sun	November 8	box	L	4-6	@	Denver Broncos	20	23	20	362	280	82	4	22	362	246	116	2
11	Sun	November 15	box	W	5-6	@	San Francisco 49ers	15	12	14	267	161	106	2	21	305	187	118	2
12	Sun	November 22	box	L	5-7		Pittsburgh Steelers	10	32	22	365	219	146	7	25	362	223	139	5
13	Sun	November 29	box	L	5-8		Cincinnati Bengals	21	41	23	349	224	125	3	24	356	226	130
14	Thu	December 3	box	L	5-9	@	Houston Oilers	13	17	28	367	177	190	2	7	154	120	34	1
15	Sat	December 12	box	L	5-10		New York Jets	13	14	17	334	260	74	2	18	314	150	164	2
16	Sun	December 20	box	L	5-11	@	Seattle Seahawks	21	42	27	452	301	151	10	16	292	182	110	4

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						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	276	5915	1138	5.2	364	348	624	3986	21	27	6.0	196	474	1929	11	4.1	131	53	26	37
Team Defense	375	5367	1014	5.3	479	275	469	3289	28	15	6.6	157	516	2078	14	4.0	299	35	20	23
Lg Rank Offense	24	4			2		3	4	12	23	17		23	20	21	13		28	28
Lg Rank Defense	23	16			11		4	15	25	27	25		15	18	10	15		19	9

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	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	32	QB	16	16	313	567	55.2	3876	17	3.0	25	4.4	62	6.8	5.2	12.4	242.3	68.2	34	310	5.9	4.3	5.7
Paul McDonald	23		12	0	35	57	61.4	463	4	7.0	2	3.5	46	8.1	7.2	13.2	38.6	95.9	6	43	6.7	5.9	9.5
Team Total	27.0		16		348	624	55.8	4339	21	3.4	27	4.3	62	7.0	5.3	12.5	271.2	70.7	40	353	6.0	4.5	6.0
Opp Total			16		275	469	58.6	3289	28	6.0	15	3.2		7.0	6.2	12.0	205.6	86.7	29	223	6.6	5.4

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					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	27	FB	16	15	247	1103	7	21	4.5	68.9	15.4	63	442	7.0	1	21	3.9	27.6	1545	8	5
Charles White	23	RB	16	9	97	342	1	26	3.5	21.4	6.1	27	219	8.1	0	21	1.7	13.7	561	1	8
Cleo Miller	29		12	3	52	165	2	13	3.2	13.8	4.3	16	139	8.7	0	17	1.3	11.6	304	2	0
Brian Sipe	32	QB	16	16	38	153	1	22	4.0	9.6	2.4								153	1	10
Greg Pruitt	30	rb	15	5	31	124	0	15	4.0	8.3	2.1	65	636	9.8	4	33	4.3	42.4	760	4	3
Calvin Hill	34		14	0	4	23	0	9	5.8	1.6	0.3	17	150	8.8	2	23	1.2	10.7	173	2	1
Ozzie Newsome*	25	TE	16	16	2	20	0	14	10.0	1.3	0.1	69	1002	14.5	6	62	4.3	62.6	1022	6	0
Paul McDonald	23		12	0	2	0	0	2	0.0	0.0	0.2								0	0	4
Ricky Feacher	27	wr	16	7	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	29	654	22.6	3	48	1.8	40.9	653	3	0
Dave Logan	27	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	31	497	16.0	4	40	2.2	35.5	497	4	0
Reggie Rucker	34	WR	14	11	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	27	532	19.7	1	49	1.9	38.0	532	1	0
Danny Fulton	25		5	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	38	19.0	0	27	0.4	7.6	38	0	0
Willis Adams	25		7	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	24	24.0	0	24	0.1	3.4	24	0	0
McDonald Oden	23		16	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.1	0.4	6	0	0
Team Total	27.0		16		474	1929	11	26	4.1	120.6	29.6	348	4339	12.5	21	62	21.8	271.2	6268	32	38
Opp Total			16		516	2078	14		4.0	129.9	32.3	275	3289	12.0	28		17.2	205.6	5367	42	31

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Dino Hall	26	RET	12	0	33	248	0	40	7.5	36	813	0	48	22.6	1061
Cleo Montgomery	26		4	0	17	121	0	17	7.1	14	334	0	38	23.9	455
Charles White	23	RB	16	9						12	243	0	32	20.3	804
Cleo Miller	29		12	3						3	35	0	22	11.7	339
Greg Pruitt	30	rb	15	5						3	82	0	30	27.3	842
Thomas Brown	24		16	4						2	17	0	10	8.5	17
Eddie Johnson	22		16	0						1	7	0	7	7.0	7
Matt Miller	25		16	0						1	6	0	6	6.0	6
Team Total	27.0		16		50	369	0	40	7.4	72	1537	0	48	21.3	8174
Opp Total			16		30		0			45	1156	0		25.7

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					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
Steve Cox	23	P	16	0									1		1		0.0%				68	2884	66	2	42.4
Matt Bahr	25	K	11	0	3	3	5	5	9	5	2		1		20	13	65.0%	22	22	100.0%
Dave Jacobs	24		5	0			3	2	6	2	1		2		12	4	33.3%	10	9	90.0%
Team Total	27.0		16		3	3	8	7	15	7	3		4		33	17	51.5%	32	31	96.9%	68	2884	66	2	42.4
Opp Total			16												34	21	61.8%	45	40	88.9%	78	3175			40.7

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Lyle Alzado	32	RDE	15	15								0	1	0	0
Dick Ambrose	28	RILB	16	16		1	0	0	0			0	2	0	0
Autry Beamon	28		14	4								0	1	5	0
Ron Bolton	31	LCB	16	16		1	3	0	3			0	2	0	0
Henry Bradley	28	NT	16	16								0	1	0	0
Thomas Brown	24		16	4								0	1	0	0
Thom Darden	31	FS	13	10		3	68	0	45			0	2	0	0
Judson Flint	24		16	0		2	33	0	33
Don Goode	30	LOLB	16	16		1	1	0	1
Dino Hall	26	RET	12	0								5	0	0	0
Calvin Hill	34		14	0								1	0	0	0
Robert L. Jackson	27	LILB	14	14								0	2	0	0
Eddie Johnson	22		16	0								0	1	0	0
Dave Logan	27	WR	14	14		1	0	0	0
Clay Matthews	25	ROLB	16	16		2	14	0	8		0	0	2	16	0	128
Paul McDonald	23		12	0								4	0	0	0
Cleo Montgomery	26		4	0								2	1	0	0
Greg Pruitt	30	rb	15	5								3	0	0	0
Mike Pruitt	27	FB	16	15								5	2	0	0
Mike Robinson	25		10	0								0	1	0	0
Clarence R. Scott	32	SS	16	16		4	46	0	26			0	3	0	0
Brian Sipe	32	QB	16	16								10	4	-39	0
Gerry Sullivan	29	c	16	8								0	2	0	0
Charles White	23	RB	16	9								8	3	0	0
Team Total	27.0		16			15	165	0	45		0	38	31	-18	0	128
Opp Total			16		40							31	11					1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
Matt Bahr	25	K	11	0			22	13		61
Mike Pruitt	27	FB	16	15	7	1				48
Ozzie Newsome*	25	TE	16	16		6				36
Dave Logan	27	WR	14	14		4				24
Greg Pruitt	30	rb	15	5		4				24
Dave Jacobs	24		5	0			9	4		21
Ricky Feacher	27	wr	16	7		3				18
Calvin Hill	34		14	0		2				12
Cleo Miller	29		12	3	2					12
Reggie Rucker	34	WR	14	11		1				6
Brian Sipe	32	QB	16	16	1					6
Charles White	23	RB	16	9	1					6
Team Total	27.0		16		11	21	31	17		274
Opp Total			16		14	28	40	21	1	375

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