1980 Cleveland Browns (NFL) |
| 1st place American Football Conference Central Division 11-5-0 .688 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Sam Rutigliano |
| Dave Adolph | Defensive Line |
| Len Fontes | Defensive Backs |
| Jim Garrett | Offensive Backs |
| Rod Humeniuk | Offensive Line |
| Rich Kotite | Receivers |
| Dick MacPherson | Linebackers |
| John Petercuskie | Special Teams |
| Marty Schottenheimer | Defensive Coordinator |
| Jim Shofner | Quarterbacks |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/9/1980 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 0-42 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 38055 | |
| Mon | 8/18/1980 | H | Washington Redskins | 3-12 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 54986 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1980 | A | Chicago Bears | 33-31 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 57688 | |
| Sat | 8/30/1980 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 16-38 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47262 | |
| Sun | 9/7/1980 | A | New England Patriots | 17-34 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 49222 | |
| Mon | 9/15/1980 | H | Houston Oilers | 7-16 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 80243 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1980 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 20-13 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 63614 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1980 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 34-27 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 65540 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1980 | H | Denver Broncos | 16-19 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 81065 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1980 | A | Seattle Seahawks | 27-3 | W | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 61366 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1980 | H | Green Bay Packers | 26-21 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 75548 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1980 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 27-26 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 79095 | |
| Mon | 11/3/1980 | H | Chicago Bears | 27-21 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 83224 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1980 | A | Baltimore Colts | 28-27 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 45369 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1980 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13-16 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 54563 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1980 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 31-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 79253 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1980 | A | Houston Oilers | 17-14 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 51514 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1980 | H | New York Jets | 17-14 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 78454 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1980 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 23-28 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 42202 | |
| Sun | 12/21/1980 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 27-24 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 50058 | |
| AFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/4/1981 | H | Oakland Raiders | 12-14 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 77655 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 80 | Willis Adams | WR | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | Navarro JC; Houston | 16 | 0 |
| 77 | Lyle Alzado | RDE | 6-3 | 254 | 31 | Yankton | 16 | 16 |
| 52 | Dick Ambrose | RILB | 6-0 | 228 | 27 | Virginia | 16 | 16 |
| 24 | Autry Beamon | S | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 13 | 0 |
| 28 | Ron Bolton | LCB | 6-2 | 170 | 30 | Norfolk State | 16 | 16 |
| 91 | Henry Bradley | NT | 6-2 | 262 | 27 | Alcorn State | 16 | 16 |
| 49 | Clinton Burrell | RCB | 6-1 | 192 | 24 | Louisiana State | 15 | 13 |
| 12 | Don Cockroft | K | 6-1 | 190 | 35 | Adams State | 16 | 0 |
| 53 | Bill Cowher | LILB | 6-3 | 225 | 23 | North Carolina State | 16 | 2 |
| 93 | Ron Crews | NT | 6-3 | 256 | 24 | Notre Dame; Nevada-Las Vegas | 16 | 0 |
| 27 | Thom Darden | FS | 6-2 | 195 | 30 | Michigan | 16 | 16 |
| 21 | Oliver Davis | RCB | 6-1 | 203 | 26 | Tennessee State | 15 | 1 |
| 64 | Joe DeLamielleure | ROG-LOG | 6-3 | 253 | 29 | Michigan State | 16 | 13 |
| 54 | Tom DeLeone | C | 6-2 | 252 | 30 | Ohio State | 16 | 16 |
| 73 | Doug Dieken | LOT | 6-5 | 253 | 31 | Illinois | 16 | 16 |
| 8 | Johnny Evans | P | 6-1 | 197 | 24 | North Carolina State | 16 | 0 |
| 83 | Ricky Feacher | WR | 5-10 | 174 | 26 | Mississippi Valley State | 16 | 0 |
| 20 | Judson Flint | CB | 6-0 | 201 | 23 | California (Pennsylvania); Memphis | 13 | 0 |
| 94 | Elvis Franks | DE | 6-4 | 265 | 23 | Morgan State | 16 | 0 |
| 50 | Don Goode | ROLB | 6-2 | 240 | 29 | Kansas | 15 | 2 |
| 59 | Charlie Hall | LOLB | 6-3 | 220 | 32 | Houston | 16 | 16 |
| 26 | Dino Hall | RB | 5-7 | 165 | 25 | Rowan | 16 | 0 |
| 90 | Marshall Harris | LDE | 6-6 | 261 | 25 | Texas Christian | 16 | 15 |
| 35 | Calvin Hill | RB | 6-3 | 228 | 33 | Yale | 15 | 0 |
| 68 | Bob Jackson | ROG | 6-5 | 253 | 27 | Duke | 14 | 4 |
| 56 | Robert Jackson | LILB | 6-1 | 230 | 26 | Trinity Valley CC; Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| 48 | Lawrence Johnson | RCB | 5-11 | 203 | 23 | Wisconsin | 2 | 2 |
| 85 | Dave Logan | WR | 6-4 | 221 | 26 | Colorado | 16 | 16 |
| 57 | Clay Matthews | ROLB | 6-2 | 242 | 24 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| 16 | Paul McDonald | QB | 6-2 | 185 | 22 | Southern California | 15 | 0 |
| 30 | Cleo Miller | FB | 5-11 | 214 | 29 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 16 | 0 |
| 55 | John Mohring | LB | 6-3 | 230 | 24 | Long Island-Post | 14 | 0 |
| 82 | Ozzie Newsome | TE | 6-2 | 228 | 24 | Alabama | 16 | 16 |
| 84 | McDonald Oden | TE | 6-4 | 228 | 22 | Tennessee State | 16 | 0 |
| 58 | Cliff Odom | LB | 6-2 | 237 | 22 | Texas-Arlington | 8 | 0 |
| 69 | Joel Patten | OG | 6-7 | 307 | 22 | Duke | 6 | 0 |
| 34 | Greg Pruitt | RB | 5-10 | 190 | 29 | Oklahoma | 16 | 9 |
| 43 | Mike Pruitt | FB | 6-0 | 225 | 26 | Purdue | 16 | 16 |
| 63 | Cody Risien | ROT | 6-7 | 275 | 23 | Texas A&M | 16 | 16 |
| 33 | Reggie Rucker | WR | 6-2 | 190 | 33 | Boston University | 16 | 16 |
| 22 | Clarence Scott | SS | 6-0 | 190 | 31 | Kansas State | 16 | 16 |
| 65 | Henry Sheppard | LOG | 6-6 | 263 | 28 | Southern Methodist | 16 | 15 |
| 72 | Jerry Sherk | LDE | 6-4 | 250 | 32 | Grays Harbor JC; Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Brian Sipe | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 31 | Grossmont JC; San Diego State | 16 | 16 |
| 79 | Gerry Sullivan | OT | 6-4 | 250 | 28 | Illinois | 16 | 0 |
| 87 | Curtis Weathers | TE | 6-5 | 230 | 24 | Mississippi | 10 | 0 |
| 25 | Charles White | RB | 5-10 | 190 | 22 | Southern California | 14 | 7 |
| 70 | Jerry Wilkinson | DE | 6-9 | 260 | 24 | Oregon State | 7 | 0 |
| 89 | Keith Wright | WR | 5-9 | 175 | 24 | Memphis | 12 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 27 | Charles White | RB | Southern California |
| 2 | 54 | Cleveland Crosby | DE | Arizona |
| 3 | 72 | Cliff Odom | LB | Texas-Arlington |
| 4 | 99 | Ron Crews | DE | Nevada-Las Vegas |
| 4 | 109 | Paul McDonald | QB | Southern California |
| 5 | 116 | Elvis Franks | DE | Morgan State |
| 8 | 209 | Jeff Copeland | LB | Texas Tech |
| 9 | 236 | Roy Dewalt | RB | Texas-Arlington |
| 10 | 263 | Kevin Fidel | C | San Diego State |
| 11 | 294 | Roland Sales | B | Arkansas |
| 12 | 321 | Marcus Jackson | DT | Purdue |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 41 | 134 | 84 | 98 | |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 69 | 109 | 100 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 336 | 102 | 207 | 27 | 98/207 47.3% | / % | 117 | 1042 | |
| Opponents Totals | 340 | 105 | 197 | 38 | 105/220 47.7% | / % | 96 | 766 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cockroft | 0 | 39 | 44 | 88.6 | 16 | 26 | 61.5 | 0 | 87 |
| Calvin Hill | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Mike Pruitt | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Charles White | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Greg Pruitt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Ricky Feacher | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Dave Logan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Reggie Rucker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Cleo Miller | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ozzie Newsome | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Keith Wright | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Brian Sipe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 45 | 39 | 45 | 86.7 | 16 | 26 | 61.5 | 0 | 357 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 32 | 37 | 86.5 | 18 | 29 | 62.1 | 1 | 310 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cockroft | 16 | 26 | 61.5 | 0 | 45 | 0/0 | 6/7 | 5/7 | 5/9 | 0/3 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 26 | 61.5 | 0 | 45 | 0/0 | 6/7 | 5/7 | 5/9 | 0/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 29 | 62.1 | 3/3 | 7/7 | 5/11 | 3/6 | 0/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Pruitt | 249 | 1034 | 4.2 | 56t | 6 |
| Charles White | 86 | 279 | 3.2 | 16 | 5 |
| Cleo Miller | 28 | 139 | 5.0 | 50 | 3 |
| Greg Pruitt | 40 | 117 | 2.9 | 19 | 0 |
| Brian Sipe | 20 | 55 | 2.8 | 24 | 1 |
| Dino Hall | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Willis Adams | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Paul McDonald | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Evans | 3 | -6 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 436 | 1673 | 3.8 | 56t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 485 | 1761 | 3.6 | 32 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Sipe | 554 | 337 | 60.8 | 203 | 4132 | 7.5 | 12.3 | 65 | 30 | 5.4 | 14 | 2.5 | 23 | 217 | 3915 | 91.4 |
| Team Totals | 554 | 337 | 60.8 | 203 | 4132 | 7.5 | 12.3 | 65 | 30 | 5.4 | 14 | 2.5 | 23 | 217 | 3915 | 91.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 536 | 336 | 62.7 | 178 | 4089 | 7.6 | 12.2 | 72 | 23 | 4.3 | 22 | 4.1 | 32 | 224 | 3865 | 83.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Pruitt | 63 | 471 | 7.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker | 52 | 768 | 14.8 | 45 | 4 |
| Dave Logan | 51 | 822 | 16.1 | 65 | 4 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 51 | 594 | 11.6 | 44 | 3 |
| Greg Pruitt | 50 | 444 | 8.9 | 43 | 5 |
| Calvin Hill | 27 | 383 | 14.2 | 50 | 6 |
| Charles White | 17 | 153 | 9.0 | 31t | 1 |
| Ricky Feacher | 10 | 244 | 24.4 | 55t | 4 |
| Willis Adams | 8 | 165 | 20.6 | 39 | 0 |
| Keith Wright | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 39t | 3 |
| McDonald Oden | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Cleo Miller | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 337 | 4132 | 12.3 | 65 | 30 |
| Opponents Totals | 336 | 4089 | 12.2 | 72 | 23 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Bolton | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Clinton Burrell | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 29 | 0 |
| Thom Darden | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Robert Jackson | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Clarence Scott | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Charlie Hall | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Oliver Davis | 1 | 70 | 70.0 | 53 | 0 |
| Clay Matthews | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Lawrence Johnson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 266 | 12.1 | 53 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 270 | 19.3 | 93t | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Evans | 66 | 2530 | 38.3 | 56 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 245 | 2145 | 32.5 |
| Team Totals | 66 | 2530 | 38.3 | 56 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 245 | 2145 | 32.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 63 | 2356 | 37.4 | 62 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 170 | 2106 | 33.4 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Wright | 29 | 4 | 129 | 4.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Dino Hall | 6 | 3 | 41 | 6.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 35 | 7 | 170 | 4.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 6 | 245 | 6.4 | 15 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Wright | 25 | 576 | 23.0 | 50 | 0 | |
| Dino Hall | 32 | 691 | 21.6 | 40 | 0 | |
| Cleo Miller | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Charles White | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Judson Flint | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thom Darden | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 63 | 1308 | 20.8 | 50 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 71 | 1018 | 14.3 | 31 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Lyle Alzado | 9.0 | |
| Dick Ambrose | 1.0 | |
| Henry Bradley | 3.0 | |
| Charlie Hall | 2.0 | |
| Marshall Harris | 2.0 | |
| Robert Jackson | 3.0 | |
| Clay Matthews | 5.0 | |
| Judson Flint | 1.0 | |
| Elvis Franks | 1.0 | |
| Don Goode | 1.0 | |
| John Mohring | 1.0 | |
| Cliff Odom | 1.0 | |
| Jerry Wilkinson | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 32.0 | 224.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23.0 | 217.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autry Beamon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Bradley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Thom Darden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Dieken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky Feacher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Judson Flint | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Elvis Franks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dino Hall | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Marshall Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clay Matthews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul McDonald | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -9 | 0 | |
| Cleo Miller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Mohring | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Pruitt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Pruitt | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Sipe | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 | |
| Gerry Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -10 | 0 | |
| Charles White | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Wright | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 24 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 19 | -19 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 0 |
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