1983 Cleveland Browns (NFL) |
| 2nd place • American Football Conference • Central Division • 9-7-0 .563 |
| Head Coach: Sam Rutigliano |
| Dave Adolph | Linebackers |
| Joe Daniels | Receivers |
| Jim Garrett | Research and Development |
| Howard Mudd | Offensive Line |
| John Petercuskie | Special Teams |
| Tom Pratt | Defensive Line |
| Dave Redding | Strength and Conditioning |
| Joe Scannella | Running Backs |
| Marty Schottenheimer | Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backfield |
| Larrye Weaver | Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/6/1983 | A | Green Bay Packers | 21-20 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 41866 | |
| Sat | 8/13/1983 | A | Buffalo Bills | 27-10 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 25886 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1983 | A | Denver Broncos | 10-19 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 73244 | |
| Fri | 8/26/1983 | H | Los Angeles Raiders | 20-17 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 61844 | |
| Sun | 9/4/1983 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 21-27 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 70087 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1983 | A | Detroit Lions | 31-26 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 60095 | |
| Thu | 9/15/1983 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 17-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 79700 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1983 | A | San Diego Chargers | 30-24 | W | OT | San Diego, CA | Jack Murphy Stadium | 49482 |
| Sun | 10/2/1983 | H | Seattle Seahawks | 9-24 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 75446 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1983 | H | New York Jets | 10-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 78235 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1983 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-44 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 59263 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1983 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 21-28 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 50047 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1983 | H | Houston Oilers | 25-19 | W | OT | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 66955 |
| Sun | 11/6/1983 | A | Green Bay Packers | 21-35 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 54089 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1983 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 20-0 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 56091 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1983 | A | New England Patriots | 30-0 | W | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 40987 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1983 | H | Baltimore Colts | 41-23 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 65812 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1983 | A | Denver Broncos | 6-27 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 70912 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1983 | A | Houston Oilers | 27-34 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 29746 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1983 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 30-17 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 72313 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Willis Adams | 80 | WR | 6-2 | 200 | 27 | Navarro JC; Houston | 16 | 6 |
| Dick Ambrose | 52 | LILB | 6-0 | 228 | 30 | Virginia | 6 | 6 |
| Mike Baab | 61 | C | 6-4 | 271 | 24 | Tarrant County JC; Austin JC (Minnesota); Texas | 15 | 15 |
| Matt Bahr | 9 | K | 5-10 | 175 | 27 | Penn State | 16 | 0 |
| Keith Baldwin | 99 | RDE | 6-5 | 270 | 23 | Texas A&M | 16 | 9 |
| Chip Banks | 56 | LOLB | 6-4 | 233 | 24 | Southern California | 16 | 16 |
| Rocky Belk | 88 | WR | 6-0 | 187 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 10 | 0 |
| Larry Braziel | 47 | LCB | 6-0 | 190 | 29 | Compton JC; Southern California | 13 | 7 |
| Thomas Brown | 97 | DE | 6-4 | 240 | 26 | Baylor | 16 | 0 |
| Clinton Burrell | 49 | SS | 6-1 | 192 | 27 | Louisiana State | 12 | 11 |
| Reggie Camp | 96 | LDE | 6-4 | 274 | 22 | California | 16 | 16 |
| Dale Carver | 59 | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | Georgia | 16 | 0 |
| Bill Contz | 75 | OT | 6-5 | 265 | 22 | Penn State | 16 | 0 |
| Tom Cousineau | 50 | RILB | 6-3 | 225 | 26 | Ohio State | 16 | 16 |
| Steve Cox | 15 | P-K | 6-4 | 195 | 25 | Arkansas | 7 | 0 |
| Johnny Davis | 38 | RB-FB | 6-1 | 235 | 27 | Alabama | 16 | 3 |
| Joe DeLamielleure | 64 | ROG | 6-3 | 253 | 32 | Michigan State | 16 | 16 |
| Tom DeLeone | 54 | C | 6-2 | 252 | 33 | Ohio State | 16 | 1 |
| Doug Dieken | 73 | LOT | 6-5 | 253 | 34 | Illinois | 16 | 16 |
| Hanford Dixon | 29 | RCB | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Southern Mississippi | 16 | 15 |
| Paul Farren | 74 | C | 6-5 | 275 | 23 | Boston University | 16 | 0 |
| Ricky Feacher | 83 | WR | 5-10 | 174 | 29 | Mississippi Valley State | 9 | 5 |
| Vagas Ferguson | 24 | RB | 6-0 | 213 | 26 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 |
| Elvis Franks | 94 | DE | 6-4 | 265 | 26 | Morgan State | 16 | 7 |
| Bob Golic | 79 | NT | 6-2 | 261 | 26 | Notre Dame | 16 | 16 |
| Jeff Gossett | 7 | P | 6-2 | 197 | 26 | Eastern Illinois | 16 | 0 |
| Boyce Green | 30 | FB-RB | 5-11 | 215 | 23 | Carson-Newman | 13 | 2 |
| Al Gross | 31 | S | 6-3 | 195 | 22 | Arizona | 16 | 0 |
| Dino Hall | 26 | RB | 5-7 | 165 | 28 | Rowan | 16 | 0 |
| Harry Holt | 81 | TE | 6-4 | 240 | 26 | Arizona | 15 | 11 |
| Thomas Hopkins | 78 | OT | 6-6 | 260 | 23 | Alabama A&M | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Jackson | 68 | LOG | 6-5 | 253 | 30 | Duke | 16 | 16 |
| Eddie Johnson | 51 | LILB | 6-1 | 225 | 24 | Louisville | 16 | 2 |
| Lawrence Johnson | 48 | LCB | 5-11 | 203 | 26 | Wisconsin | 16 | 6 |
| Bobby Jones | 89 | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 28 | Youngstown State | 15 | 11 |
| Dave Logan | 85 | WR | 6-4 | 221 | 29 | Colorado | 16 | 12 |
| Clay Matthews | 57 | ROLB | 6-2 | 242 | 27 | Southern California | 16 | 16 |
| Paul McDonald | 16 | QB | 6-2 | 185 | 25 | Southern California | 16 | 2 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 82 | TE | 6-2 | 228 | 27 | Alabama | 16 | 16 |
| Scott Nicolas | 58 | LILB | 6-3 | 226 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 16 | 8 |
| Rod Perry | 40 | RCB-LCB | 5-9 | 180 | 30 | Fresno CC; Colorado | 16 | 4 |
| Mike Pruitt | 45 | FB | 6-0 | 225 | 29 | Purdue | 15 | 14 |
| Dave Puzzuoli | 72 | NT | 6-3 | 260 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 16 | 0 |
| Cody Risien | 63 | ROT | 6-7 | 275 | 26 | Texas A&M | 16 | 16 |
| Clarence Scott | 22 | SS | 6-0 | 190 | 34 | Kansas State | 16 | 5 |
| Brian Sipe | 17 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 34 | Grossmont JC; San Diego State | 15 | 14 |
| Tim Stracka | 87 | TE | 6-3 | 225 | 24 | Wisconsin | 13 | 0 |
| Dwight Walker | 42 | RB | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | Nicholls State | 16 | 0 |
| Curtis Weathers | 55 | LB | 6-5 | 230 | 27 | Mississippi | 16 | 0 |
| Mike Whitwell | 21 | FS | 6-0 | 175 | 25 | Texas A&M | 16 | 16 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 41 | Ron Brown | WR | Arizona State |
| 3 | 68 | Reggie Camp | DE | California |
| 5 | 122 | Bill Contz | T | Penn State |
| 6 | 145 | Tim Stracka | TE | Wisconsin |
| 6 | 149 | Dave Puzzuoli | DT | Pittsburgh |
| 7 | 176 | Rocky Belk | WR | Miami (Florida) |
| 8 | 209 | Mike McClearn | G | Temple |
| 10 | 262 | Thomas Hopkins | T | Alabama A&M |
| 11 | 288 | Boyce Green | RB | Carson-Newman |
| 11 | 305 | Howard McAdoo | LB | Michigan State |
| 12 | 316 | Paul Farren | T | Boston University |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 76 | 120 | 82 | 66 | 12 | 356 |
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 125 | 63 | 84 | 0 | 342 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 30:50 | 327 | 113 | 186 | 28 | 99/223 44.4% | / % | 115 | 991 |
| Opponents Totals | 29:10 | 309 | 138 | 155 | 16 | 82/204 40.2% | / % | 105 | 940 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Bahr | 0 | 38 | 40 | 95.0 | 21 | 24 | 87.5 | 0 | 101 |
| Mike Pruitt | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Ozzie Newsome | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Boyce Green | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bobby Jones | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ricky Feacher | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Harry Holt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Willis Adams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Rocky Belk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dave Logan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Chip Banks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Doug Dieken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Golic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dwight Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steve Cox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Team Totals | 42 | 38 | 40 | 95.0 | 22 | 25 | 88.0 | 0 | 356 |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 40 | 42 | 95.2 | 16 | 22 | 72.7 | 1 | 342 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Bahr | 21 | 24 | 87.5 | 0 | 47 | 1/1 | 9/9 | 5/6 | 6/7 | 0/1 |
| Steve Cox | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 58 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 25 | 88.0 | 0 | 58 | 1/1 | 9/9 | 5/6 | 6/7 | 1/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 22 | 72.7 | 2/3 | 5/6 | 4/6 | 2/5 | 1/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Pruitt | 293 | 1184 | 4.0 | 27 | 10 |
| Boyce Green | 104 | 497 | 4.8 | 29 | 3 |
| Dwight Walker | 19 | 100 | 5.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Brian Sipe | 26 | 56 | 2.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Johnny Davis | 13 | 42 | 3.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Bobby Jones | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Paul McDonald | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Harry Holt | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Willis Adams | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dino Hall | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rocky Belk | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 465 | 1922 | 4.1 | 29 | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 528 | 2065 | 3.9 | 40 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Sipe | 496 | 291 | 58.7 | 182 | 3566 | 7.2 | 12.3 | 66t | 26 | 5.2 | 23 | 4.6 | 27 | 233 | 3333 | 79.1 |
| Paul McDonald | 68 | 32 | 47.1 | 32 | 341 | 5.0 | 10.7 | 27 | 1 | 1.5 | 4 | 5.9 | 6 | 38 | 303 | 42.6 |
| Dwight Walker | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 25 | 8.3 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 |
| Team Totals | 567 | 324 | 57.1 | 215 | 3932 | 6.9 | 12.1 | 66t | 27 | 4.8 | 28 | 4.9 | 33 | 271 | 3661 | 73.9 |
| Opponents Totals | 469 | 280 | 59.7 | 167 | 3316 | 7.1 | 11.8 | 80t | 22 | 4.7 | 22 | 4.7 | 32 | 239 | 3077 | 77.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ozzie Newsome | 89 | 970 | 10.9 | 66t | 6 |
| Dave Logan | 37 | 627 | 16.9 | 34 | 2 |
| Bobby Jones | 36 | 507 | 14.1 | 32t | 4 |
| Mike Pruitt | 30 | 157 | 5.2 | 21 | 2 |
| Harry Holt | 29 | 420 | 14.5 | 48t | 3 |
| Dwight Walker | 29 | 273 | 9.4 | 35 | 1 |
| Boyce Green | 25 | 167 | 6.7 | 33 | 1 |
| Willis Adams | 20 | 374 | 18.7 | 59 | 2 |
| Ricky Feacher | 13 | 217 | 16.7 | 42t | 3 |
| Rocky Belk | 5 | 141 | 28.2 | 64t | 2 |
| Johnny Davis | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dino Hall | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Doug Dieken | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14t | 1 |
| Tim Stracka | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 324 | 3932 | 12.1 | 66t | 27 |
| Opponents Totals | 280 | 3316 | 11.8 | 80t | 22 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Cousineau | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Chip Banks | 3 | 95 | 31.7 | 65t | 1 |
| Mike Whitwell | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Hanford Dixon | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 35 | 0 |
| Clinton Burrell | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarence Scott | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Perry | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Al Gross | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Golic | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 296 | 13.5 | 65t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 508 | 18.1 | 73t | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Gossett | 70 | 2854 | 40.8 | 60 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 309 | 2385 | 34.1 |
| Team Totals | 70 | 2854 | 40.8 | 60 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 309 | 2385 | 34.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 73 | 2954 | 40.5 | 61 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 310 | 2544 | 34.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dino Hall | 39 | 12 | 284 | 7.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Dwight Walker | 3 | 0 | 26 | 8.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 42 | 12 | 310 | 7.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 10 | 309 | 10.3 | 66 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight Walker | 29 | 0 | 627 | 21.6 | 38 | 0 |
| Boyce Green | 17 | 0 | 350 | 20.6 | 30 | 0 |
| Dino Hall | 11 | 0 | 237 | 21.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Vagas Ferguson | 2 | 0 | 36 | 18.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Scott Nicolas | 2 | 0 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Johnny Davis | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bill Contz | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 63 | 0 | 1290 | 20.5 | 38 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 1155 | 18.9 | 93t | 1 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Clay Matthews | 6.0 | |
| Elvis Franks | 5.0 | |
| Reggie Camp | 4.5 | |
| Tom Cousineau | 4.0 | |
| Chip Banks | 4.0 | |
| Bob Golic | 3.5 | |
| Dave Puzzuoli | 2.0 | |
| Mike Whitwell | 1.0 | |
| Hanford Dixon | 1.0 | |
| Keith Baldwin | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 32.0 | 239.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 33.0 | 271.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willis Adams | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Ambrose | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chip Banks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clinton Burrell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Cousineau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| Tom De Leone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ricky Feacher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elvis Franks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Boyce Green | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Gross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Harry Holt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Logan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul McDonald | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rod Perry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Puzzuoli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Brian Sipe | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dwight Walker | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 21 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 29 | 1 |
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