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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 3rd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 272 points (17.0/g), 20th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 275 points (17.2/g), 10th.
Differential of -3 points (-0.2/g), 13th.
Expected W-L: 7.9-8.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.3/g), 10th.
Simple Rating System: Total -1.0, Offense: -2.0, Defense: 1.0, SoS: -0.8, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Bill Belichick
Defensive Coordinator: Nick Saban
Training Camp: Browns' Training Facility (Berea, Ohio)
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| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 272 | 4492 | 883 | 5.1 | 242 | 238 | 398 | 2885 | 18 | 16 | 6.7 | 141 | 451 | 1607 | 7 | 3.6 | 85 | 28 | 12 | 16 |
| Team Defense | 275 | 4757 | 963 | 4.9 | 281 | 291 | 486 | 3152 | 23 | 13 | 5.9 | 170 | 429 | 1605 | 5 | 3.7 | 86 | 33 | 20 | 25 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 20 | 18 | 24 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 8 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 10 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 2 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 6 | boxscore | L | 0-1 | @ | Indianapolis Colts | 3 | 14 | 13 | 145 | 103 | 42 | 2 | 15 | 236 | 172 | 64 | 2 | |
| 2 | Mon | September 14 | boxscore | L | 0-2 | Miami Dolphins | 23 | 27 | 17 | 322 | 211 | 111 | 24 | 401 | 300 | 101 | 1 | |||
| 3 | Sun | September 20 | boxscore | W | 1-2 | @ | Los Angeles Raiders | 28 | 16 | 7 | 231 | 200 | 31 | 27 | 464 | 354 | 110 | 5 | ||
| 4 | Sun | September 27 | boxscore | L | 1-3 | Denver Broncos | 0 | 12 | 10 | 216 | 75 | 141 | 3 | 15 | 300 | 112 | 188 | 1 | ||
| 5 | Bye Week | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Sun | October 11 | boxscore | W | 2-3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17 | 9 | 12 | 253 | 168 | 85 | 1 | 20 | 348 | 228 | 120 | 1 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 18 | boxscore | W | 3-3 | Green Bay Packers | 17 | 6 | 20 | 300 | 158 | 142 | 1 | 16 | 280 | 208 | 72 | 2 | ||
| 8 | Sun | October 25 | boxscore | W | 4-3 | @ | New England Patriots | 19 | 17 | 18 | 288 | 165 | 123 | 14 | 253 | 176 | 77 | 4 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 1 | boxscore | L | 4-4 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 10 | 30 | 16 | 328 | 270 | 58 | 2 | 20 | 300 | 195 | 105 | 1 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 8 | boxscore | W | 5-4 | @ | Houston Oilers | 24 | 14 | 17 | 291 | 205 | 86 | 1 | 13 | 273 | 181 | 92 | 2 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 15 | boxscore | L | 5-5 | San Diego Chargers | 13 | 14 | 19 | 385 | 298 | 87 | 3 | 16 | 312 | 224 | 88 | 3 | ||
| 12 | Sun | November 22 | boxscore | L | 5-6 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 13 | 17 | 14 | 275 | 180 | 95 | 4 | 10 | 141 | 52 | 89 | 3 | |
| 13 | Sun | November 29 | boxscore | W | 6-6 | Chicago Bears | 27 | 14 | 12 | 178 | 47 | 131 | 16 | 320 | 247 | 73 | 4 | |||
| 14 | Sun | December 6 | boxscore | W | 7-6 | Cincinnati Bengals | 37 | 21 | 17 | 381 | 232 | 149 | 2 | 15 | 227 | 165 | 62 | 1 | ||
| 15 | Sun | December 13 | boxscore | L | 7-7 | @ | Detroit Lions | 14 | 24 | 14 | 321 | 260 | 61 | 3 | 19 | 276 | 121 | 155 | ||
| 16 | Sun | December 20 | boxscore | L | 7-8 | Houston Oilers | 14 | 17 | 19 | 285 | 140 | 145 | 3 | 21 | 318 | 214 | 104 | 3 | ||
| 17 | Sun | December 27 | boxscore | L | 7-9 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13 | 23 | 17 | 293 | 173 | 120 | 3 | 20 | 308 | 203 | 105 | ||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Mike Tomczak | 30 | QB | 12 | 8 | 4-4-0 | 120 | 211 | 56.9 | 1693 | 7 | 3.3 | 7 | 3.3 | 52 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 14.1 | 141.1 | 80.1 | 12 | 85 | 7.21 | 6.43 | 5.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| 19 | Bernie Kosar | 29 | qb | 7 | 7 | 2-5-0 | 103 | 155 | 66.5 | 1160 | 8 | 5.2 | 7 | 4.5 | 69 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 11.3 | 165.7 | 87.0 | 21 | 126 | 5.88 | 4.99 | 11.9 | |||
| 17 | Todd Philcox | 26 | qb | 2 | 1 | 1-0-0 | 13 | 27 | 48.1 | 217 | 3 | 11.1 | 1 | 3.7 | 69 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 16.7 | 108.5 | 97.3 | 1 | 6 | 7.54 | 8.07 | 3.6 | |||
| 8 | Brad Goebel | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 16.0 | 32.0 | 102.1 | 0 | 0 | 10.67 | 10.67 | 0.0 | |||||
| 21 | Eric Metcalf | 24 | PR/rb | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 | |||||
| 3 | Matt Stover | 24 | K | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -45.00 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 16 | 7-9-0 | 238 | 398 | 59.8 | 3102 | 18 | 4.5 | 16 | 4.0 | 69 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 13.0 | 193.9 | 82.7 | 34 | 217 | 6.68 | 5.84 | 7.9 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 291 | 486 | 59.9 | 3467 | 23 | 4.7 | 13 | 2.7 | 7.1 | 6.88 | 11.9 | 216.7 | 86.3 | 48 | 315 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 9.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 34 | Kevin Mack | 30 | fb | 12 | 6 | 169 | 543 | 6 | 37 | 3.2 | 45.3 | 14.1 | 13 | 81 | 6.2 | 0 | 23 | 1.1 | 6.8 | 624 | 6 | 1 |
| 44 | Tommy Vardell | 23 | FB | 14 | 10 | 99 | 369 | 0 | 35 | 3.7 | 26.4 | 7.1 | 13 | 128 | 9.8 | 0 | 23 | 0.9 | 9.1 | 497 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Eric Metcalf | 24 | PR/rb | 16 | 5 | 73 | 301 | 1 | 31 | 4.1 | 18.8 | 4.6 | 47 | 614 | 13.1 | 5 | 69 | 2.9 | 38.4 | 915 | 6 | 6 |
| 33 | Leroy Hoard | 24 | RB | 16 | 9 | 54 | 236 | 0 | 37 | 4.4 | 14.8 | 3.4 | 26 | 310 | 11.9 | 1 | 46 | 1.6 | 19.4 | 546 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Mike Tomczak | 30 | QB | 12 | 8 | 24 | 39 | 0 | 16 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 39 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| 28 | James Brooks | 34 | rb | 4 | 2 | 13 | 38 | 0 | 13 | 2.9 | 9.5 | 3.3 | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 4 | 0.5 | -0.3 | 37 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Randy Baldwin | 25 | KR | 15 | 0 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 11 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 20 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 61 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Bernie Kosar | 29 | qb | 7 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| 85 | Lawyer Tillman | 26 | WR | 11 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 7.5 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 25 | 498 | 19.9 | 0 | 52 | 2.3 | 45.3 | 513 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Michael Jackson | 23 | WR | 16 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 47 | 755 | 16.1 | 7 | 69 | 2.9 | 47.2 | 776 | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | Ron Wolfley | 30 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 1 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| 83 | Mark Bavaro | 29 | TE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25 | 315 | 12.6 | 2 | 39 | 1.6 | 19.7 | 315 | 2 | 0 | |
| 89 | Pete Holohan | 33 | te | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20 | 170 | 8.5 | 0 | 24 | 2.2 | 18.9 | 170 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Rico Smith | 23 | wr | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 0 | 21 | 0.5 | 6.4 | 64 | 0 | 0 | |
| 81 | Scott Galbraith | 25 | te | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 1 | 28 | 0.3 | 4.5 | 63 | 1 | 0 | |
| 80 | Shawn Collins | 25 | wr | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 11 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| 87 | Jamie Holland | 28 | wr | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 16 | 0.5 | 6.8 | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| 96 | James A. Jones | 23 | LDT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 87 | Keenan McCardell | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 16 | 451 | 1607 | 7 | 37 | 3.6 | 100.4 | 28.2 | 238 | 3102 | 13.0 | 18 | 69 | 14.9 | 193.9 | 4709 | 25 | 20 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 429 | 1605 | 5 | 3.7 | 100.3 | 26.8 | 291 | 3152 | 10.8 | 23 | 18.2 | 197.0 | 4757 | 28 | 33 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 21 | Eric Metcalf | 24 | PR/rb | 16 | 5 | 44 | 429 | 1 | 75 | 9.8 | 9 | 157 | 0 | 30 | 17.4 | 1501 |
| 23 | Randy Baldwin | 25 | KR | 15 | 0 | 30 | 675 | 0 | 47 | 22.5 | 736 | |||||
| 33 | Leroy Hoard | 24 | RB | 16 | 9 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 25 | 17.0 | 580 | |||||
| 44 | Tommy Vardell | 23 | FB | 14 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 7.0 | 511 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 16 | 44 | 429 | 1 | 75 | 9.8 | 43 | 880 | 0 | 47 | 20.5 | 6018 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 27 | 0 | 51 | 907 | 0 | 17.8 | |||||||||
| 0-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 11 | Brian Hansen | 32 | P | 16 | 0 | 74 | 3083 | 73 | 1 | 41.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Matt Stover | 24 | K | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 21 | 72.4% | 30 | 29 | 96.7% | |||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 21 | 72.4% | 30 | 29 | 96.7% | 74 | 3083 | 73 | 1 | 41.7 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 29 | 24 | 82.8% | 29 | 29 | 100.0% | 74 | 3293 | 44.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 59 | Mike Johnson | 30 | MLB | 16 | 16 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 176 | 0 | |
| 29 | Eric Turner | 24 | SS | 15 | 13 | 1.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 0 | |
| 57 | Clay Matthews | 36 | RLB | 16 | 16 | 9.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 0 | |
| 90 | Rob Burnett | 25 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | ||||||
| 27 | Stevon Moore | 25 | db | 13 | 3 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 115 | 1 | 57 | 0 | ||||||
| 92 | Michael Dean Perry | 27 | RDT | 14 | 14 | 8.5 | 51 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 98 | Anthony Pleasant | 24 | RDE | 16 | 14 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | ||||||
| 58 | David Brandon | 27 | LLB | 16 | 15 | 1.0 | 2 | 123 | 1 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 48 | 0 | |
| 24 | Terry Taylor | 31 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||
| 96 | James A. Jones | 23 | LDT | 16 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||||||
| 39 | Randy Hilliard | 25 | db | 16 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||||||
| 94 | Bill E. Johnson | 24 | dt | 15 | 3 | 2.0 | 25 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 47 | Barry Wilburn | 29 | db | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||||||
| 52 | Richard Brown | 27 | 10 | 0 | 1.0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 97 | Ernie Logan | 24 | 16 | 0 | 1.0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 53 | Cedric Figaro | 26 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| 75 | Pio Sagapolutele | 23 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 37 | Harlon Barnett | 25 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 21 | Eric Metcalf | 24 | PR/rb | 16 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 50 | Frank Stams | 27 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 22 | Vince Newsome | 31 | FS | 16 | 16 | 2.0 | 3 | 55 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||||||||
| 18 | Mike Tomczak | 30 | QB | 12 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -7 | 0 | |||||||||
| 33 | Leroy Hoard | 24 | RB | 16 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 31 | Frank Minnifield | 32 | LCB | 10 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 28 | Everson Walls | 33 | lcb | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||||||||
| 11 | Brian Hansen | 32 | P | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 23 | Randy Baldwin | 25 | KR | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 28 | James Brooks | 34 | rb | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 80 | Shawn Collins | 25 | wr | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 19 | Bernie Kosar | 29 | qb | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 34 | Kevin Mack | 30 | fb | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 85 | Lawyer Tillman | 26 | WR | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 16 | 48.0 | 13 | 222 | 1 | 92 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 152 | 3 | 863 | 0 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 34 | 33 | 13 | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Matt Stover | 24 | K | 16 | 0 | 29 | 21 | 92 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Michael Jackson | 23 | WR | 16 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Eric Metcalf | 24 | PR/rb | 16 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||
| 34 | Kevin Mack | 30 | fb | 12 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 83 | Mark Bavaro | 29 | TE | 16 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 58 | David Brandon | 27 | LLB | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| 81 | Scott Galbraith | 25 | te | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 33 | Leroy Hoard | 24 | RB | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 59 | Mike Johnson | 30 | MLB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 96 | James A. Jones | 23 | LDT | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Stevon Moore | 25 | db | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Ron Wolfley | 30 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 16 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 29 | 21 | 272 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 5 | 23 | 29 | 24 | 275 |