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1984 Cleveland Browns

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Record: 5-11-0, Finished 3rd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 250 points (15.6/g), 25th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 297 points (18.6/g), 6th.
 Differential of -47 points (-2.9/g), 21st.
 Expected W-L: 6.4-9.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -4 (-0.2/g), 18th.

Coached by Sam Rutigliano (1-7-0) and Marty Schottenheimer (4-4-0)

1984 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 Mon September 3 box L 0-1 @ Seattle Seahawks 0 33 10 120 68 52 5 20 307 162 145 3
2 Sun September 9 box L 0-2 @ Los Angeles Rams 17 20 16 333 251 82 2 14 226 90 136 3
3 Sun September 16 box L 0-3 Denver Broncos 14 24 21 310 231 79 4 18 297 164 133 2
4 Sun September 23 box W 1-3 Pittsburgh Steelers 20 10 17 413 285 128 1 12 219 148 71 3
5 Sun September 30 box L 1-4 @ Kansas City Chiefs 6 10 16 186 108 78 4 17 234 139 95 4
6 Sun October 7 box L 1-5 New England Patriots 16 17 23 349 305 44 2 14 254 145 109
7 Sun October 14 box L 1-6 New York Jets 20 24 26 384 267 117 1 19 336 144 192 3
8 Sun October 21 box L 1-7 @ Cincinnati Bengals 9 12 24 324 268 56 4 18 296 176 120 2
9 Sun October 28 box L 1-8 New Orleans Saints 14 16 17 262 179 83 18 373 262 111 1
10 Sun November 4 box W 2-8 @ Buffalo Bills 13 10 16 284 73 211 3 13 183 77 106 2
11 Sun November 11 box L 2-9 San Francisco 49ers 7 41 10 251 208 43 4 23 468 255 213 2
12 Sun November 18 box W 3-9 @ Atlanta Falcons 23 7 17 330 217 113 2 18 210 139 71 4
13 Sun November 25 box W 4-9 Houston Oilers 27 10 18 262 142 120 2 11 147 38 109 2
14 Sun December 2 box L 4-10 Cincinnati Bengals 17 20 20 279 183 96 21 348 229 119 1
15 Sun December 9 box L 4-11 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 20 23 21 342 202 140 4 16 347 222 125 2
16 Sun December 16 box W 5-11 @ Houston Oilers 27 20 23 399 145 254 1 18 396 306 90 1

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 250 4828 1039 4.6 295 273 495 3132 14 23 5.7 180 489 1696 10 3.5 89 39 16 26
Team Defense 297 4641 995 4.7 437 261 458 2696 15 20 5.4 145 494 1945 10 3.9 270 35 15 22
Lg Rank Offense 25 24 19 17 18 24 19 17 14 21 23 26 18 14
Lg Rank Defense 6 2 2 5 3 3 13 5 13 15 2 15 14 12

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%
Paul McDonald 26 QB 16 16 5-11-0 271 493 55.0 3472 14 2.8 23 4.7 64 7.0 5.2 12.8 217.0 67.3 53 345 5.7 4.1 9.7
Steve Cox 26 P 16 0 1 1 100.0 16 0 0.0 0 0.0 16 16.0 16.0 16.0 1.0 118.7 0 0 16.0 16.0 0.0
Tom Flick 26 1 0 1 1 100.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 79.2 2 13 -3.7 -3.7 66.7
Team Total 26.2 16 5-11-0 273 495 55.2 3490 14 2.8 23 4.6 64 7.1 5.2 12.8 218.1 67.5 55 358 5.7 4.1 10.0
Opp Total 16 261 458 57.0 2696 15 3.3 20 4.4 5.9 4.2 10.3 168.5 66.8 43 353 5.4 3.2

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
Boyce Green 24 RB 16 10 202 673 0 29 3.3 42.1 12.6 12 124 10.3 1 44 0.8 7.8 797 1 3
Mike Pruitt 30 rb 10 7 163 506 6 14 3.1 50.6 16.3 5 29 5.8 0 9 0.5 2.9 535 6 1
Earnest Byner 22 RET 16 3 72 426 2 54 5.9 26.6 4.5 11 118 10.7 0 26 0.7 7.4 544 2 3
Charles White 26 10 1 24 62 0 8 2.6 6.2 2.4 5 29 5.8 0 17 0.5 2.9 91 0 0
Paul McDonald 26 QB 16 16 22 4 1 10 0.2 0.3 1.4 1 -4 -4.0 0 -4 0.1 -0.3 0 1 16
Johnny Davis 28 16 4 3 15 1 8 5.0 0.9 0.2 15 1 0
Harry Holt 27 TE 12 8 1 12 0 12 12.0 1.0 0.1 20 261 13.1 0 36 1.7 21.8 273 0 0
Dwight Walker 25 11 1 1 -8 0 -8 -8.0 -0.7 0.1 10 122 12.2 0 25 0.9 11.1 114 0 1
Bruce Davis 21 14 1 1 6 0 6 6.0 0.4 0.1 7 119 17.0 2 43 0.5 8.5 125 2 2
Ozzie Newsome*+ 28 TE 16 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 89 1001 11.2 5 52 5.6 62.6 1001 5 0
Brian Brennan 22 RET 15 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 35 455 13.0 3 52 2.3 30.3 455 3 1
Duriel Harris 30 WR 11 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 32 512 16.0 2 43 2.9 46.5 512 2 0
Ricky Feacher 30 16 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 382 17.4 1 64 1.4 23.9 382 1 0
Willis Adams 28 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 261 12.4 0 24 1.3 16.3 261 0 1
Rickey Bolden 23 TE 12 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 19 19.0 0 19 0.1 1.6 19 0 1
Tim Stracka 25 6 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 15 15.0 0 15 0.2 2.5 15 0 0
Glen Young 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 47 47.0 0 47 0.5 23.5 47 0 0
Team Total 26.2 16 489 1696 10 54 3.5 106.0 30.6 273 3490 12.8 14 64 17.1 218.1 5186 24 31
Opp Total 16 494 1945 10 3.9 121.6 30.9 261 2696 10.3 15 16.3 168.5 4641 25 34

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
Brian Brennan 22 RET 15 4 25 199 0 19 8.0 654
Earnest Byner 22 RET 16 3 22 415 0 28 18.9 959
Bruce Davis 21 14 1 18 369 0 40 20.5 494
Duriel Harris 30 WR 11 11 9 73 0 13 8.1 585
Preston Brown 26 2 0 8 136 0 26 17.0 136
Dwight Walker 25 11 1 6 50 0 13 8.3 164
Charles White 26 10 1 5 80 0 23 16.0 171
Glen Young 24 2 1 5 134 0 36 26.8 181
Bill Contz 23 RT 15 9 1 10 0 10 10.0 10
Harry Holt 27 TE 12 8 1 1 0 1 1.0 274
Scott Nicolas 24 16 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
Team Total 26.2 16 40 322 0 19 8.1 61 1157 0 40 19.0 6665
Opp Total 16 43 0 52 1159 0 22.3

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
Steve Cox 26 P 16 0 3 1 3 1 33.3% 74 3213 69 2 43.4
Matt Bahr 28 K 16 0 3 3 12 12 7 2 9 6 1 1 32 24 75.0% 25 25 100.0%
Team Total 26.2 16 3 3 12 12 7 2 9 6 4 2 35 25 71.4% 25 25 100.0% 74 3213 69 2 43.4
Opp Total 16 33 29 87.9% 30 30 100.0% 77 3126 40.6

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
Paul McDonald 26 QB 16 16 16 5 -5 0
Reggie Camp 23 LDE 16 16 14.0 0 1 0 0
Clay Matthews 28 ROLB 16 16 12.0 3 0 1 0 0 126
Al Gross 23 SS 16 16 5 103 0 47 0 2 28 0
Chip Banks 25 LOLB 16 16 2.5 1 8 0 8 0 3 17 0
Hanford Dixon 26 RCB 16 16 5 31 0 18 0 1 0 0
Earnest Byner 22 RET 16 3 3 2 55 1
Boyce Green 24 RB 16 10 3 2 0 0
Keith Baldwin 24 RDE 16 16 4.5
Tom Cousineau 27 RILB 16 16 2 9 0 9 0 2 0 0
Carl Hairston 32 16 0 4.0
Bob Golic 27 NT 15 15 2.0 0 1 18 0
Frank Minnifield 24 LCB 15 12 1 26 0 26 0 2 10 0
Dave Puzzuoli 23 16 1 2.0 0 1 0 0
Eddie Johnson 25 LILB 16 16 0.5 2 3 0 3
Bruce Davis 21 14 1 2 0 0 0
Mike Pruitt 30 rb 10 7 1 1 0 0
Elvis Franks 27 16 0 1.5
Willis Adams 28 16 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Baab 25 C 16 16 1 0 -11 0
Rickey Bolden 23 TE 12 9 1 0 0 0
Brian Brennan 22 RET 15 4 1 0 0 0
Joe DeLamielleure 33 RG 16 16 0 1 0 0
Doug Dieken 35 LT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Paul Farren 24 rt 15 6 0 1 0 0
Tom Flick 26 1 0 1 0 0 0
Robert E. Jackson 31 LG 16 16 0 1 0 0
Lawrence Johnson 27 6 3 1 0 0 0
Scott Nicolas 24 16 0 0 1 0 0
Rod Perry 31 8 0 1 17 0 17
Chris Rockins 22 16 2 1 0 0 0
Don Rogers 22 FS 15 14 1 39 0 39
Dwight Walker 25 11 1 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.2 16 43.0 20 236 0 47 3 31 29 112 1 126
Opp Total 16 55 34 19

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
Matt Bahr 28 K 16 0 25 24 97
Mike Pruitt 30 rb 10 7 6 36
Ozzie Newsome*+ 28 TE 16 15 5 30
Brian Brennan 22 RET 15 4 3 18
Earnest Byner 22 RET 16 3 2 1 18
Bruce Davis 21 14 1 2 12
Duriel Harris 30 WR 11 11 2 12
Johnny Davis 28 16 4 1 6
Ricky Feacher 30 16 3 1 6
Boyce Green 24 RB 16 10 1 6
Paul McDonald 26 QB 16 16 1 6
Steve Cox 26 P 16 0 1 3
Team Total 26.2 16 10 14 1 25 25 250
Opp Total 16 10 15 30 29 297