Franchise Index: Previous Season
Record: 5-11-0, Finished 4th in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 289 points (18.1/g), 25th of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 356 points (22.2/g), 20th.
Differential of -67 points (-4.2/g), 24th.
Expected W-L: 6.1-9.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.4/g), 25th.
Simple Rating System: Total -3.8, Offense: -3.2, Defense: -0.6, SoS: 0.4, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Bill Belichick
Defensive Coordinator: Rick Venturi
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 | 289 | 5076 | 985 | 5.2 | 293 | 324 | 555 | 3594 | 21 | 20 | 6.1 | 189 | 398 | 1482 | 5 | 3.7 | 83 | 31 | 11 | 21 |
| Team Defense | 356 | 5648 | 1082 | 5.2 | 342 | 360 | 573 | 3822 | 23 | 17 | 6.3 | 200 | 480 | 1826 | 15 | 3.8 | 112 | 24 | 7 | 30 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 25 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 22 | 27 | 20 | 17 | 5 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 20 | 24 | 28 | 20 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 26 | 28 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 3 | boxscore | L | 0-1 | @ | New England Patriots | 14 | 17 | 13 | 301 | 241 | 60 | 1 | 27 | 427 | 302 | 125 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 10 | boxscore | W | 1-1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 22 | 6 | 19 | 323 | 253 | 70 | 1 | 24 | 311 | 210 | 101 | 4 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 17 | boxscore | W | 2-1 | @ | Houston Oilers | 14 | 7 | 14 | 270 | 138 | 132 | 20 | 327 | 256 | 71 | 4 | ||
| 4 | Sun | September 24 | boxscore | W | 3-1 | Kansas City Chiefs | 35 | 17 | 23 | 345 | 221 | 124 | 1 | 14 | 322 | 263 | 59 | 2 | ||
| 5 | Mon | October 2 | boxscore | L | 3-2 | Buffalo Bills | 19 | 22 | 16 | 294 | 204 | 90 | 1 | 23 | 406 | 246 | 160 | 2 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 8 | boxscore | L | 3-3 | @ | Detroit Lions | 20 | 38 | 15 | 255 | 196 | 59 | 1 | 22 | 429 | 268 | 161 | 1 | |
| 7 | Bye Week | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Sun | October 22 | boxscore | L | 3-4 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 15 | 23 | 20 | 387 | 298 | 89 | 4 | 23 | 315 | 156 | 159 | 2 | ||
| 9 | Sun | October 29 | boxscore | W | OT | 4-4 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 29 | 26 | 26 | 480 | 301 | 179 | 2 | 27 | 384 | 292 | 92 | 4 |
| 10 | Sun | November 5 | boxscore | L | 4-5 | Houston Oilers | 10 | 37 | 25 | 367 | 265 | 102 | 5 | 16 | 277 | 141 | 136 | 1 | ||
| 11 | Mon | November 13 | boxscore | L | 4-6 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 20 | 7 | 120 | 43 | 77 | 1 | 22 | 310 | 157 | 153 | ||
| 12 | Sun | November 19 | boxscore | L | 4-7 | Green Bay Packers | 20 | 31 | 18 | 317 | 240 | 77 | 1 | 20 | 285 | 203 | 82 | 1 | ||
| 13 | Sun | November 26 | boxscore | L | 4-8 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17 | 20 | 19 | 253 | 178 | 75 | 3 | 19 | 318 | 258 | 60 | |||
| 14 | Sun | December 3 | boxscore | L | 4-9 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 13 | 31 | 19 | 313 | 287 | 26 | 2 | 25 | 416 | 230 | 186 | ||
| 15 | Sat | December 9 | boxscore | L | 4-10 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 11 | 27 | 10 | 201 | 172 | 29 | 4 | 26 | 436 | 325 | 111 | 2 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 17 | boxscore | W | 5-10 | Cincinnati Bengals | 26 | 10 | 23 | 400 | 241 | 159 | 1 | 16 | 312 | 247 | 65 | 1 | ||
| 17 | Sun | December 24 | boxscore | L | 5-11 | @ | Jacksonville Jaguars | 21 | 24 | 26 | 450 | 316 | 134 | 3 | 18 | 373 | 268 | 105 | ||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Vinny Testaverde | 32 | QB | 13 | 12 | 4-8-0 | 241 | 392 | 61.5 | 2883 | 17 | 4.3 | 10 | 2.6 | 70 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 12.0 | 221.8 | 87.8 | 17 | 87 | 6.84 | 6.57 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Eric Zeier | 23 | qb | 7 | 4 | 1-3-0 | 82 | 161 | 50.9 | 864 | 4 | 2.5 | 9 | 5.6 | 59 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 10.5 | 123.4 | 51.9 | 15 | 91 | 4.39 | 2.55 | 8.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 81 | Michael Jackson | 26 | WR | 13 | 10 | 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 | |||||
| 7 | Tom Tupa | 29 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 1.6 | 118.7 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | 25.00 | 0.0 | ||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 5-11-0 | 324 | 555 | 58.4 | 3772 | 21 | 3.8 | 20 | 3.6 | 70 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 11.6 | 235.8 | 76.6 | 32 | 178 | 6.12 | 5.30 | 5.5 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 360 | 573 | 62.8 | 4013 | 23 | 4.0 | 17 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 6.47 | 11.1 | 250.8 | 84.6 | 29 | 191 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 4.8 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 33 | Leroy Hoard | 27 | RB | 12 | 12 | 136 | 547 | 0 | 25 | 4.0 | 45.6 | 11.3 | 13 | 103 | 7.9 | 0 | 24 | 1.1 | 8.6 | 650 | 0 | 5 |
| 21 | Earnest Byner | 33 | rb | 16 | 2 | 115 | 432 | 2 | 23 | 3.8 | 27.0 | 7.2 | 61 | 494 | 8.1 | 2 | 29 | 3.8 | 30.9 | 926 | 4 | 1 |
| 34 | Lorenzo White | 29 | rb | 12 | 2 | 62 | 163 | 1 | 11 | 2.6 | 13.6 | 5.2 | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 0 | 28 | 0.7 | 5.3 | 227 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Earnest Hunter | 25 | KR | 10 | 0 | 30 | 100 | 0 | 15 | 3.3 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | 17 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 142 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Vinny Testaverde | 32 | QB | 13 | 12 | 18 | 62 | 2 | 14 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 69 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Eric Zeier | 23 | qb | 7 | 4 | 15 | 80 | 0 | 17 | 5.3 | 11.4 | 2.1 | 80 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| 22 | Ricky Powers | 25 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 51 | 0 | 15 | 3.6 | 17.0 | 4.7 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | |
| 44 | Tommy Vardell | 26 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 0 | 7 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| 80 | Andre Rison | 28 | WR | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 47 | 701 | 14.9 | 3 | 59 | 2.9 | 43.8 | 701 | 3 | 1 |
| 85 | Derrick Alexander | 24 | wr | 14 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 15 | 216 | 14.4 | 0 | 40 | 1.1 | 15.4 | 245 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Tom Tupa | 29 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 87 | Keenan McCardell | 25 | PR/wr | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 56 | 709 | 12.7 | 4 | 36 | 3.5 | 44.3 | 709 | 4 | 0 | |
| 81 | Michael Jackson | 26 | WR | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 44 | 714 | 16.2 | 9 | 70 | 3.4 | 54.9 | 714 | 9 | 1 | |
| 88 | Brian Kinchen | 30 | TE | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20 | 216 | 10.8 | 0 | 41 | 1.5 | 16.6 | 216 | 0 | 1 | |
| 89 | Harold Bishop | 25 | te | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16 | 135 | 8.4 | 0 | 21 | 1.2 | 10.4 | 135 | 0 | 0 | |
| 84 | Rico Smith | 26 | wr | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13 | 173 | 13.3 | 1 | 29 | 3.3 | 43.3 | 173 | 1 | 1 | |
| 48 | Frank Hartley | 28 | TE | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 | 137 | 12.5 | 1 | 23 | 0.7 | 9.1 | 137 | 1 | 1 | |
| 86 | Walter Reeves | 30 | te | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 1 | 3 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| 42 | Louis Riddick | 26 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 25 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 398 | 1482 | 5 | 29 | 3.7 | 92.6 | 24.9 | 324 | 3772 | 11.6 | 21 | 70 | 20.3 | 235.8 | 5254 | 26 | 25 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 480 | 1826 | 15 | 3.8 | 114.1 | 30.0 | 360 | 3822 | 10.6 | 23 | 22.5 | 238.9 | 5648 | 38 | 20 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 85 | Derrick Alexander | 24 | wr | 14 | 2 | 9 | 122 | 1 | 69 | 13.6 | 21 | 419 | 0 | 42 | 20.0 | 786 |
| 23 | Earnest Hunter | 25 | KR | 10 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 17 | 13.3 | 23 | 508 | 0 | 37 | 22.1 | 690 |
| 87 | Keenan McCardell | 25 | PR/wr | 16 | 5 | 13 | 93 | 0 | 17 | 7.2 | 9 | 161 | 0 | 28 | 17.9 | 963 |
| 83 | Michael Bates | 26 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 176 | 0 | 38 | 19.6 | 176 | ||||||
| 21 | Earnest Byner | 33 | rb | 16 | 2 | 5 | 98 | 0 | 27 | 19.6 | 1024 | |||||
| 22 | Ricky Powers | 25 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 20 | 18.0 | 111 | ||||||
| 94 | Mike Frederick | 23 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 8.0 | 16 | ||||||
| 51 | Gerald Dixon | 26 | RLB | 16 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | |||||
| 33 | Leroy Hoard | 27 | RB | 12 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 663 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 25 | 255 | 1 | 69 | 10.2 | 74 | 1455 | 0 | 42 | 19.7 | 6964 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 34 | 0 | 63 | 1172 | 0 | 18.6 | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 7 | Tom Tupa | 29 | P | 16 | 0 | 65 | 2831 | 64 | 0 | 43.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Matt Stover | 27 | K | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 29 | 87.9% | 26 | 26 | 100.0% | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 29 | 87.9% | 26 | 26 | 100.0% | 65 | 2831 | 64 | 0 | 43.6 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 34 | 26 | 76.5% | 36 | 34 | 94.4% | 59 | 2460 | 41.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 52 | Pepper Johnson | 31 | MLB | 16 | 16 | 2.0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 30 | |
| 27 | Stevon Moore | 28 | SS | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 5 | 55 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 79 | 13 | ||||||
| 38 | Antonio Langham | 23 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 66 | 8 | |||||||
| 56 | Mike Caldwell | 24 | rlb | 16 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 58 | 12 | |||||||
| 51 | Gerald Dixon | 26 | RLB | 16 | 9 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 14 | ||
| 28 | Don Griffin | 31 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 7 | ||
| 90 | Rob Burnett | 28 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 15 | ||||||
| 58 | Carl Banks | 33 | LLB | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 17 | ||||||
| 98 | Anthony Pleasant | 27 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 8.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 10 | ||||||
| 29 | Eric Turner | 27 | FS | 8 | 8 | 40 | 17 | ||||||||||||
| 73 | Tim Goad | 29 | LDT | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 38 | 11 | |||||||
| 78 | Dan Footman | 26 | RDT | 16 | 16 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6 | ||||||
| 25 | Dana Hall | 26 | db | 15 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 26 | 7 | ||||||
| 43 | Vashone Adams | 22 | fs | 8 | 6 | 23 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 41 | Tim Jacobs | 25 | 14 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 79 | Larry Webster | 26 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 75 | Pio Sagapolutele | 26 | dt | 15 | 3 | 0.5 | 14 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 94 | Mike Frederick | 23 | 16 | 0 | 1.5 | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 36 | Issac Booth | 24 | db | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||||
| 42 | Louis Riddick | 26 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 99 | Rich McKenzie | 24 | 8 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
| 20 | Johnny Thomas | 31 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| 37 | Bennie Thompson | 32 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 33 | Leroy Hoard | 27 | RB | 12 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 85 | Derrick Alexander | 24 | wr | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 23 | Earnest Hunter | 25 | KR | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 12 | Vinny Testaverde | 32 | QB | 13 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -5 | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 | Eric Zeier | 23 | qb | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -5 | 0 | |||||||||
| 21 | Earnest Byner | 33 | rb | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 48 | Frank Hartley | 28 | TE | 15 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 81 | Michael Jackson | 26 | WR | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 88 | Brian Kinchen | 30 | TE | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 80 | Andre Rison | 28 | WR | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 34 | Lorenzo White | 29 | rb | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 77 | Orlando Brown | 25 | RT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 61 | Steve Everitt | 25 | C | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 66 | Tony E. Jones | 29 | LT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 84 | Rico Smith | 26 | wr | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 29.0 | 17 | 230 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 10 | 25 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 769 | 198 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 32 | 20 | 13 | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Matt Stover | 27 | K | 16 | 0 | 26 | 29 | 113 | ||||||||||
| 81 | Michael Jackson | 26 | WR | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 54 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Earnest Byner | 33 | rb | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||
| 87 | Keenan McCardell | 25 | PR/wr | 16 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 80 | Andre Rison | 28 | WR | 16 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Vinny Testaverde | 32 | QB | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 85 | Derrick Alexander | 24 | wr | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 56 | Mike Caldwell | 24 | rlb | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 51 | Gerald Dixon | 26 | RLB | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 48 | Frank Hartley | 28 | TE | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 86 | Walter Reeves | 30 | te | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 84 | Rico Smith | 26 | wr | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Lorenzo White | 29 | rb | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Eric Zeier | 23 | qb | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 26 | 29 | 289 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 34 | 26 | 356 |