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 (5-11-0)
Defensive Coordinator: Rick Venturi
Other Notable Asst.: Eric Mangini (Coaches Assistant) and Jim Schwartz (College/Pro Scout)
Training Camp: Browns Training Facility (Berea, Ohio)
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| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Vinny Testaverde | 32 | 8 | 12 | 241 for 392, 2,883 yards, 17 td, 10 int, & 18 rushes for 62 yards and 2 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 1st pick / 1987 |
| QB | Eric Zeier | 23 | Rook | 4 | 82 for 161, 864 yards, 4 td, 9 int, & 15 rushes for 80 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 84th pick / 1995 |
| RB | Leroy Hoard | 27 | 5 | 12 | 136 rushes for 547 yards, 0 td, & 13 catches for 103 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 45th pick / 1990 |
| WR | Michael Jackson | 26 | 4 | 10 | 44 catches for 714 yards, 9 td | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 141st pick / 1991 |
| WR | Andre Rison | 28 | 6 | 14 | 47 catches for 701 yards, 3 td, & 2 rushes for 0 yards and 0 td | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 22nd pick / 1989 |
| WR | Keenan McCardell | 25 | 3 | 5 | 56 catches for 709 yards, 4 td | Washington Redskins / 12th / 326th pick / 1991 |
| TE | Frank Hartley | 28 | 1 | 13 | 11 catches for 137 yards, 1 td | |
| TE | Brian Kinchen | 30 | 7 | 12 | 20 catches for 216 yards, 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 12th / 320th pick / 1988 |
| LT | Tony E. Jones | 29 | 7 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| LG | Wally Williams | 24 | 2 | 16 | ||
| C | Steve Everitt | 25 | 2 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 14th pick / 1993 |
| RG | Bob Dahl | 27 | 3 | 16 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1991 | |
| RT | Orlando Brown | 25 | 1 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Rob Burnett | 28 | 5 | 16 | 7.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 129th pick / 1990 |
| LDT | Tim Goad | 29 | 7 | 13 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 4th / 87th pick / 1988 |
| RDT | Dan Footman | 26 | 2 | 16 | 5.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1993 |
| RDE | Anthony Pleasant | 27 | 5 | 16 | 8.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1990 |
| LLB | Carl Banks | 33 | 11 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 3rd pick / 1984 |
| MLB | Pepper Johnson | 31 | 9 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 2nd / 51st pick / 1986 |
| RLB | Gerald Dixon | 26 | 2 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 78th pick / 1992 |
| RLB | Mike Caldwell | 24 | 2 | 6 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1993 |
| LCB | Antonio Langham | 23 | 1 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 9th pick / 1994 |
| RCB | Don Griffin | 31 | 9 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 162nd pick / 1986 |
| SS | Stevon Moore | 28 | 5 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 7th / 181st pick / 1989 |
| FS | Eric Turner | 27 | 4 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 2nd pick / 1991 | |
| FS | Vashone Adams | 22 | Rook | 6 | ||
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Matt Stover | 27 | 4 | 0 | 29 of 33 field goals & 26 of 26 extra points | New York Giants / 12th / 329th pick / 1990 |
| P | Tom Tupa | 29 | 7 | 0 | 65 punts for a 43.6 average, 0 blocked | Phoenix Cardinals / 3rd / 68th pick / 1988 |
| PR | Keenan McCardell | 25 | 3 | 5 | 13 punt returns for a 7.2 average and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 12th / 326th pick / 1991 |
| KR | Earnest Hunter | 25 | Rook | 0 | 23 kick returns for a 22.1 average and 0 td |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Vashone Adams | 22 | DB | 8 | 6 | 197 | 5-10 | Fort Hays St.,East. Michigan | 9/12/1973 | Rook | |
| 85 | Derrick Alexander | 24 | WR | 14 | 2 | 195 | 6-2 | Michigan | 11/6/1971 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 29th pick / 1994 |
| 70 | Herman Arvie | 25 | T | 15 | 2 | 312 | 6-4 | Grambling St. | 10/12/1970 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 124th pick / 1993 |
| 58 | Carl Banks | 33 | LB | 16 | 16 | 235 | 6-4 | Michigan St. | 8/29/1962 | 11 | New York Giants / 1st / 3rd pick / 1984 |
| 83 | Michael Bates | 26 | RB | 13 | 0 | 189 | 5-10 | Arizona | 12/19/1969 | 2 | Seattle Seahawks / 6th / 150th pick / 1992 |
| 89 | Harold Bishop | 25 | TE | 13 | 3 | 254 | 6-4 | LSU | 4/8/1970 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 69th pick / 1994 |
| 36 | Issac Booth | 24 | DB | 9 | 1 | 193 | 6-5 | California | 5/23/1971 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 141st pick / 1994 |
| 24 | Donny Brady | 22 | DB | 2 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Wisconsin | 11/24/1973 | Rook | |
| 77 | Orlando Brown | 25 | T | 16 | 16 | 360 | 6-7 | Central State (OH),South Carolina St. | 12/12/1970 | 1 | |
| 90 | Rob Burnett | 28 | DE | 16 | 16 | 265 | 6-4 | Syracuse | 8/27/1967 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 129th pick / 1990 |
| 21 | Earnest Byner | 33 | RB | 16 | 2 | 215 | 5-10 | East Carolina | 9/15/1962 | 11 | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 280th pick / 1984 |
| 56 | Mike Caldwell | 24 | LB | 16 | 6 | 235 | 6-2 | Middle Tenn. St. | 8/31/1971 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1993 |
| 72 | Bob Dahl | 27 | G-T | 16 | 16 | 318 | 6-5 | Notre Dame | 1/15/1968 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1991 |
| 26 | Mike Davis | 23 | DB | 3 | 0 | 192 | 6-1 | Cincinnati | 1/14/1972 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 119th pick / 1994 |
| 60 | Jed DeVries | 24 | T | 2 | 0 | 300 | 6-6 | Utah St. | 1/6/1971 | Rook | |
| 51 | Gerald Dixon | 26 | LB | 16 | 9 | 250 | 6-3 | South Carolina | 6/20/1969 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 78th pick / 1992 |
| 61 | Steve Everitt | 25 | C-G | 15 | 14 | 300 | 6-5 | Michigan | 8/21/1970 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 14th pick / 1993 |
| 78 | Dan Footman | 26 | DE-DT-NT | 16 | 16 | 290 | 6-5 | Florida St. | 1/13/1969 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1993 |
| 94 | Mike Frederick | 23 | DE | 16 | 0 | 280 | 6-5 | Virginia | 8/6/1972 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 94th pick / 1995 |
| 73 | Tim Goad | 29 | NT-DT | 16 | 13 | 280 | 6-3 | North Carolina | 2/28/1966 | 7 | New England Patriots / 4th / 87th pick / 1988 |
| 28 | Don Griffin | 31 | DB | 16 | 16 | 176 | 6-0 | Middle Tenn. St. | 3/17/1964 | 9 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 162nd pick / 1986 |
| 25 | Dana Hall | 26 | DB | 15 | 2 | 208 | 6-3 | Washington | 7/8/1969 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 18th pick / 1992 |
| 48 | Frank Hartley | 28 | TE | 15 | 13 | 268 | 6-2 | Illinois | 12/15/1967 | 1 | |
| 93 | Travis Hill | 26 | LB | 4 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 10/3/1969 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 180th pick / 1993 |
| 33 | Leroy Hoard | 27 | RB | 12 | 12 | 225 | 5-11 | Michigan | 5/15/1968 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 45th pick / 1990 |
| 23 | Earnest Hunter | 25 | RB | 10 | 0 | 201 | 5-8 | SE Oklahoma St. | 12/21/1970 | Rook | |
| 81 | Michael Jackson | 26 | WR | 13 | 10 | 195 | 6-4 | Southern Miss | 4/12/1969 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 141st pick / 1991 |
| 41 | Tim Jacobs | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 187 | 5-10 | Delaware | 4/5/1970 | 2 | |
| 52 | Pepper Johnson | 31 | LB | 16 | 16 | 250 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 7/29/1964 | 9 | New York Giants / 2nd / 51st pick / 1986 |
| 66 | Tony E. Jones | 29 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 290 | 6-5 | West. Carolina | 5/24/1966 | 7 | |
| 88 | Brian Kinchen | 30 | TE | 13 | 12 | 240 | 6-2 | LSU | 8/6/1965 | 7 | Miami Dolphins / 12th / 320th pick / 1988 |
| 38 | Antonio Langham | 23 | DB | 16 | 16 | 181 | 6-0 | Alabama | 7/31/1972 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 9th pick / 1994 |
| 87 | Keenan McCardell | 25 | WR | 16 | 5 | 191 | 6-1 | UNLV | 1/6/1970 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 12th / 326th pick / 1991 |
| 99 | Rich McKenzie | 24 | LB | 8 | 0 | 258 | 6-2 | Penn St. | 4/15/1971 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 153rd pick / 1993 |
| 62 | Eric Moore | 30 | G-T | 1 | 0 | 293 | 6-5 | Indiana | 1/21/1965 | 7 | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1988 |
| 27 | Stevon Moore | 28 | DB | 16 | 16 | 210 | 5-11 | Mississippi | 2/9/1967 | 5 | New York Jets / 7th / 181st pick / 1989 |
| 98 | Anthony Pleasant | 27 | DE-DT | 16 | 16 | 280 | 6-5 | Tennessee St. | 1/27/1968 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1990 |
| 59 | Craig Powell | 24 | LB | 3 | 3 | 230 | 6-4 | Ohio St. | 11/13/1971 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 30th pick / 1995 |
| 22 | Ricky Powers | 25 | RB | 3 | 0 | 213 | 6-0 | Michigan | 11/30/1970 | Rook | |
| 86 | Walter Reeves | 30 | TE | 5 | 3 | 270 | 6-4 | Auburn | 12/16/1965 | 6 | Phoenix Cardinals / 2nd / 40th pick / 1989 |
| 42 | Louis Riddick | 26 | DB | 16 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 3/15/1969 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 9th / 248th pick / 1991 |
| 80 | Andre Rison | 28 | WR | 16 | 14 | 188 | 6-1 | Michigan St. | 3/18/1967 | 6 | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 22nd pick / 1989 |
| 75 | Pio Sagapolutele | 26 | DT-DE | 15 | 3 | 297 | 6-6 | San Diego St. | 11/28/1969 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 85th pick / 1991 |
| 84 | Rico Smith | 26 | WR | 4 | 2 | 185 | 6-0 | Colorado | 1/14/1969 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 143rd pick / 1992 |
| 50 | Frank Stams | 30 | LB | 4 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 7/17/1965 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 45th pick / 1989 |
| 3 | Matt Stover | 27 | K | 16 | 0 | 178 | 5-11 | Louisiana Tech | 1/27/1968 | 4 | New York Giants / 12th / 329th pick / 1990 |
| 54 | Eddie Sutter | 26 | LB | 16 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Northwestern | 10/3/1969 | 2 | |
| 12 | Vinny Testaverde | 32 | QB | 13 | 12 | 235 | 6-5 | Miami (FL) | 11/13/1963 | 8 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 1st pick / 1987 |
| 20 | Johnny Thomas | 31 | DB | 16 | 0 | 188 | 5-9 | Baylor | 8/3/1964 | 7 | Washington Redskins / 7th / 192nd pick / 1987 |
| 37 | Bennie Thompson | 32 | DB | 13 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Grambling St. | 2/10/1963 | 6 | |
| 7 | Tom Tupa | 29 | QB-P | 16 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | Ohio St. | 2/6/1966 | 7 | Phoenix Cardinals / 3rd / 68th pick / 1988 |
| 29 | Eric Turner | 27 | DB | 8 | 8 | 208 | 6-1 | UCLA | 9/20/1968 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 2nd pick / 1991 |
| 44 | Tommy Vardell | 26 | RB | 5 | 0 | 234 | 6-2 | Stanford | 2/20/1969 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 9th pick / 1992 |
| 79 | Larry Webster | 26 | DT-DE | 10 | 0 | 310 | 6-5 | Maryland | 1/18/1969 | 3 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 70th pick / 1992 |
| 34 | Lorenzo White | 29 | RB | 12 | 2 | 222 | 5-11 | Michigan St. | 4/12/1966 | 7 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1988 |
| 63 | Wally Williams | 24 | G-C | 16 | 16 | 305 | 6-2 | Florida A&M | 2/19/1971 | 2 | |
| 10 | Eric Zeier | 23 | QB | 7 | 4 | 214 | 6-1 | Georgia | 9/6/1972 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 84th pick / 1995 |
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 237.8 | 6-2.2 | 3.6 |