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1987 Cleveland Browns

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Record: 10-5-0, Finished 1st in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 390 points (26.0/g), 3rd of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 239 points (15.9/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 151 points (10.1/g), 2nd.
 Expected W-L: 11.4-3.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.5/g), 8th.

Coached by Marty Schottenheimer (10-5-0)

1987 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 13 box L 0-1 @ New Orleans Saints 21 28 25 387 294 93 2 21 338 147 191
2 Sun September 20 box W 1-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 34 10 18 304 180 124 2 17 185 127 58 6
3 Sun October 4 box W 2-1 @ New England Patriots 20 10 22 348 131 217 3 10 141 110 31 1
4 Sun October 11 box L 2-2 Houston Oilers 10 15 9 169 119 50 4 17 317 143 174 2
5 Sun October 18 box W 3-2 @ Cincinnati Bengals 34 0 29 410 287 123 4 6 95 30 65 3
6 Mon October 26 box W 4-2 Los Angeles Rams 30 17 15 267 202 65 1 22 328 227 101 4
7 Sun November 1 box L 4-3 @ San Diego Chargers 24 27 19 339 267 72 3 22 414 286 128 2
8 Sun November 8 box W 5-3 Atlanta Falcons 38 3 24 365 192 173 1 13 243 126 117 2
9 Sun November 15 box W 6-3 Buffalo Bills 27 21 24 421 337 84 3 17 267 206 61 2
10 Sun November 22 box W 7-3 @ Houston Oilers 40 7 27 457 257 200 11 247 204 43 6
11 Sun November 29 box L 7-4 @ San Francisco 49ers 24 38 18 360 268 92 1 23 455 336 119 2
12 Sun December 6 box L 7-5 Indianapolis Colts 7 9 15 247 160 87 1 18 297 183 114 1
13 Sun December 13 box W 8-5 Cincinnati Bengals 38 24 19 390 237 153 1 24 417 352 65 2
14 Sun December 20 box W 9-5 @ Los Angeles Raiders 24 17 24 421 294 127 2 20 299 228 71 1
15 Sat December 26 box W 10-5 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 19 13 22 315 230 85 1 10 221 126 95 2
Playoffs
Division Sat January 9 box W 11-5 Indianapolis Colts 38 21
ConfChamp Sun January 17 box L 11-6 @ Denver Broncos 33 38

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 390 5200 985 5.3 310 291 482 3455 27 12 6.8 171 474 1745 16 3.7 110 29 17 29
Team Defense 239 4264 902 4.7 416 246 467 2831 15 23 5.7 134 401 1433 7 3.6 251 36 13 31
Lg Rank Offense 3 9 7 15 5 4 1 3 16 21 7 22 4 14
Lg Rank Defense 2 3 2 10 8 3 6 11 2 2 4 5 13 19

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%
Bernie Kosar* 24 QB 12 12 241 389 62.0 3033 22 5.7 9 2.3 54 7.8 7.3 12.6 252.8 95.4 22 129 7.1 6.6 5.4
Jeff Christensen 27 3 2 24 58 41.4 297 1 1.7 3 5.2 34 5.1 3.0 12.4 99.0 42.1 5 37 4.1 2.1 7.9
Gary Danielson 36 6 1 25 33 75.8 281 4 12.1 0 0.0 23 8.5 9.7 11.2 46.8 140.3 2 4 7.9 9.1 5.7
Herman Fontenot 24 12 0 1 1 100.0 14 0 0.0 0 0.0 14 14.0 14.0 14.0 1.2 118.7 0 0 14.0 14.0 0.0
Jeff Jaeger 23 K 10 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 25.7 15 291 482 60.4 3625 27 5.6 12 2.5 54 7.5 7.0 12.5 258.9 92.0 29 170 6.8 6.2 5.7
Opp Total 15 246 467 52.7 2831 15 3.2 23 4.9 6.1 4.2 11.5 188.7 61.4 34 257 5.7 3.4

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
Kevin Mack* 25 FB 12 12 201 735 5 22 3.7 61.3 16.8 32 223 7.0 1 17 2.7 18.6 958 6 6
Earnest Byner 25 RB 12 12 105 432 8 21 4.1 36.0 8.8 52 552 10.6 2 37 4.3 46.0 984 10 5
Larry Mason 26 3 3 56 207 2 22 3.7 69.0 18.7 5 26 5.2 1 15 1.7 8.7 233 3 4
Major Everett 27 4 3 34 95 0 16 2.8 23.8 8.5 8 41 5.1 0 10 2.0 10.3 136 0 0
Tim Manoa 23 12 0 23 116 0 35 5.0 9.7 1.9 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 0.7 124 0 1
Herman Fontenot 24 12 0 15 33 0 14 2.2 2.8 1.3 4 40 10.0 0 25 0.3 3.3 73 0 0
Bernie Kosar* 24 QB 12 12 15 22 1 7 1.5 1.8 1.3 22 1 2
Jeff Christensen 27 3 2 11 41 0 15 3.7 13.7 3.7 41 0 3
Stacey Driver 23 2 0 9 31 0 16 3.4 15.5 4.5 31 0 1
Gerald McNeil* 25 RET 12 0 1 17 0 17 17.0 1.4 0.1 8 120 15.0 2 39 0.7 10.0 137 2 2
Gary Danielson 36 6 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0 0 2
Johnny Davis 31 1 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 7.0 1.0 7 0 1
Mike Katolin 29 3 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0 0 1
David Verser 29 2 1 1 9 0 9 9.0 4.5 0.5 9 0 0
Webster Slaughter 23 WR 12 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 47 806 17.1 7 54 3.9 67.2 806 7 1
Brian Brennan 25 13 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 43 607 14.1 6 53 3.3 46.7 607 6 1
Ozzie Newsome 31 TE 13 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 34 375 11.0 0 25 2.6 28.8 375 0 0
Reggie Langhorne 24 WR 12 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 288 14.4 1 25 1.7 24.0 288 1 0
Perry Kemp 26 3 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 224 18.7 2 34 4.0 74.7 224 2 0
Clarence Weathers 25 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 153 13.9 2 37 0.9 12.8 153 2 0
Derek Tennell 23 11 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 102 11.3 3 24 0.8 9.3 102 3 0
Steve Pierce 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 21 10.5 0 13 1.0 10.5 21 0 0
Keith Tinsley 22 3 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 17 17.0 0 17 0.3 5.7 17 0 0
Louis Watson 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.5 4.5 9 0 0
Remi Watson 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 13 13.0 0 13 1.0 13.0 13 0 0
Team Total 25.7 15 474 1745 16 35 3.7 124.6 33.9 291 3625 12.5 27 54 20.8 258.9 5370 43 33
Opp Total 15 401 1433 7 3.6 95.5 26.7 246 2831 11.5 15 16.4 188.7 4264 22 26

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
Gerald McNeil* 25 RET 12 0 34 386 0 40 11.4 11 205 0 33 18.6 728
Glen Young 27 RET 10 0 18 412 0 44 22.9 412
Troy Wilson 22 3 3 10 101 0 17 10.1 101
Herman Fontenot 24 12 0 9 130 0 24 14.4 203
Tim Manoa 23 12 0 2 14 0 13 7.0 138
Keith Tinsley 22 3 1 2 31 0 18 15.5 48
Clayton Beauford 24 1 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 22
Earnest Byner 25 RB 12 12 1 2 0 2 2.0 986
Stacey Driver 23 2 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 47
David Grayson 23 rolb 11 5 1 6 0 6 6.0 6
Reggie Langhorne 24 WR 12 12 1 8 0 8 8.0 296
Larry Mason 26 3 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 233
Team Total 25.7 15 44 487 0 40 11.1 48 846 0 44 17.6 6703
Opp Total 15 17 0 72 1343 0 18.7

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
Jeff Jaeger 23 K 10 0 6 6 6 3 9 5 1 22 14 63.6% 33 33 100.0%
Jeff Gossett 30 P 5 0 19 769 55 0 40.5
George Winslow 24 5 0 18 616 45 0 34.2
Matt Bahr 31 3 0 2 2 3 2 5 4 80.0% 10 9 90.0%
Dale Walters 26 2 0 11 400 56 0 36.4
Lee Johnson 26 3 0 9 317 66 0 35.2
Brian Franco 28 2 0 3 3 1 4 3 75.0% 2 2 100.0%
Chris Kelley 23 2 0 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 25.7 15 11 11 10 5 9 5 1 31 21 67.7% 46 45 97.8% 57 2102 66 0 36.9
Opp Total 15 25 17 68.0% 26 26 100.0% 81 3038 37.5

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
Carl Hairston 35 RDE 14 14 8.0 0 1 0 0
Clay Matthews* 31 ROLB 12 12 2.5 3 62 1 36 0 0 2 0 0 72
Kevin Mack* 25 FB 12 12 6 1 0 0
Earnest Byner 25 RB 12 12 5 1 0 0
Dave Puzzuoli 26 12 1 5.5
Larry Mason 26 3 3 4 1 0 0
Felix Wright 28 FS 12 7 4 152 1 68 0 1 0 0
Al Baker 31 12 1 3.5 0 1 0 0
Sam Clancy 29 LDE 13 8 2.0 0 2 0 0
Gary Danielson 36 6 1 2 2 -2 0
Mike Johnson 25 RILB 11 10 2.0 1 3 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 98
Frank Minnifield* 27 LCB 12 12 4 24 0 27
Jeff Christensen 27 3 2 3 0 -3 0
Tim Crawford 25 3 3 3.0
Hanford Dixon*+ 29 RCB 12 12 3 5 0 6
Mark Harper 26 12 0 1.0 2 16 0 16
Eddie Johnson 28 LILB 12 11 1.0 1 11 0 11 0 1 0 0
Bernie Kosar* 24 QB 12 12 2 1 -3 0
Chris Rockins 25 12 1 2 25 0 15 0 1 0 0
Troy Wilson 22 3 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Brian Brennan 25 13 1 1 1 0 0
Johnny Davis 31 1 0 1 1 0 0
Ray Ellis 28 SS 12 10 0 2 27 1
David Grayson 23 rolb 11 5 1.0 0 1 17 1
Tim Manoa 23 12 0 1 1 0 0
Gerald McNeil* 25 RET 12 0 2 0 0 0
DeJuan Robinson 22 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 0
Mike Rusinek 24 3 3 1.0 0 1 0 0
Bob Golic* 30 NT 12 12 1.5
Reggie Camp 26 lde 6 5 1.0
Alex Carter 24 3 1 1.0
Stacey Driver 23 2 0 1 0 0 0
Donnie Echols 30 3 0 0 1 0 0
Paul Farren 27 LT 12 12 0 1 0 0
Alvin Horn 22 3 3 1 28 0 28
Jeff Jaeger 23 K 10 0 0 1 0 0
Mike Katolin 29 3 3 1 0 0 0
Tom Polley 25 2 2 0 1 0 0
Webster Slaughter 23 WR 12 12 1 0 0 0
Frank Winters 23 12 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 25.7 15 34.0 23 366 2 68 3 33 28 46 2 170
Opp Total 15 29 26 13 3

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
Jeff Jaeger 23 K 10 0 33 14 75
Earnest Byner 25 RB 12 12 8 2 60
Webster Slaughter 23 WR 12 12 7 42
Brian Brennan 25 13 1 6 36
Kevin Mack* 25 FB 12 12 5 1 36
Matt Bahr 31 3 0 9 4 21
Larry Mason 26 3 3 2 1 18
Derek Tennell 23 11 2 3 18
Perry Kemp 26 3 3 2 12
Gerald McNeil* 25 RET 12 0 2 12
Clarence Weathers 25 12 0 2 12
Brian Franco 28 2 0 2 3 11
Ray Ellis 28 SS 12 10 1 6
David Grayson 23 rolb 11 5 1 6
Bernie Kosar* 24 QB 12 12 1 6
Reggie Langhorne 24 WR 12 12 1 6
Clay Matthews* 31 ROLB 12 12 1