1981 Cleveland Browns Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 5-11-0, 4th in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Sam Rutigliano (5-11-0)

Points For: 276 (17.3/g) 24th of 28

Points Against: 375 (23.4/g) 23rd of 28

Expected W-L: 5.2-10.8

SRS: -6.49 (26th of 28), SOS: -0.31

Defensive Coordinator: Marty Schottenheimer

Other Notable Asst.: Dave Adolph (Defensive Line/Linebackers), Jim Garrett (Assistant Coach), Paul Hackett (Quarterbacks) and Rich Kotite (Wide Receivers)

Stadium: Cleveland Municipal Stadium

Principal Owner: Art Modell

General Manager: Peter Hadhazy

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +700

Training Camp: Kent State (Kent, Ohio)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	276	5915	1138	5.2	53	26	364	348	624	3986	21	27	6.0	196	474	1929	11	4.1	131	109	971	37
Opp. Stats	375	5367	1014	5.3	35	20	299	275	469	3289	28	15	6.6	157	516	2078	14	4.0	119	100	870	23
Lg Rank Offense	24	4			28	28	2		3	4	12	23	15		23	20	21	13
Lg Rank Defense	23	16			19	9	12		4	15	25	27	25		15	18	10	15

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Mon	September 7	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		San Diego Chargers	14	44	27	419	366	53	2	28	535	330	205		4.59	-29.35	-3.59
2	Sun	September 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2		Houston Oilers	3	9	20	302	203	99	2	8	209	118	91	4	-24.95	21.83	-3.87
3	Sun	September 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-2	@	Cincinnati Bengals	20	17	31	422	237	185		15	281	233	48		14.67	-7.04	-4.39
4	Sun	September 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-2		Atlanta Falcons	28	17	26	385	207	178	5	14	262	150	112	4	4.07	12.65	-4.61
5	Sun	October 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3	@	Los Angeles Rams	16	27	16	318	240	78	1	29	410	197	213	1	3.62	-13.94	-0.99
6	Sun	October 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-4	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	7	13	26	445	279	166	3	19	365	199	166	1	1.55	-2.55	0.33
7	Sun	October 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-4		New Orleans Saints	20	17	23	355	261	94	1	14	334	192	142	1	-1.08	0.06	1.40
8	Sun	October 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-4		Baltimore Colts	42	28	30	562	431	131	6	18	357	239	118	3	9.23	9.35	9.83
9	Sun	November 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-5	@	Buffalo Bills	13	22	14	211	140	71	3	21	469	297	172	5	-17.03	4.82	6.82
10	Sun	November 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	4-6	@	Denver Broncos	20	23	20	362	280	82	4	22	362	246	116	2	-9.91	0.79	6.93
11	Sun	November 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-6	@	San Francisco 49ers	15	12	14	267	161	106	2	21	305	187	118	2	-8.65	5.56	0.09
12	Sun	November 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-7		Pittsburgh Steelers	10	32	22	365	219	146	7	25	362	223	139	5	-13.38	-5.31	-4.18
13	Sun	November 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-8		Cincinnati Bengals	21	41	23	349	224	125	3	24	356	226	130		4.69	-13.24	-2.74
14	Thu	December 3	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-9	@	Houston Oilers	13	17	28	367	177	190	2	7	154	120	34	1	5.11	3.75	-6.46
15	Sat	December 12	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		5-10		New York Jets	13	14	17	334	260	74	2	18	314	150	164	2	-4.82	3.07	-0.97
16	Sun	December 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-11	@	Seattle Seahawks	21	42	27	452	301	151	10	16	292	182	110	4	-33.24	6.88	7.68

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Brian Sipe	32	QB	16	16	5-11-0	313	567	55.2	3876	17	3.0	25	4.4	173	44.4	62	6.8	5.5	12.4	242.3	68.2	34	310	5.66	5.93	4.6	2	2
2	Paul McDonald	23	QB	12	0		35	57	61.4	463	4	7.0	2	3.5	24	44.4	46	8.1	7.9	13.2	38.6	95.9	6	43	9.52	6.67	6.5	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	5-11-0	348	624	55.8	3986	21	3.4	27	4.3	197	44.4	62	7.0	5.7	12.5	249.1	70.7	40	353	6.02	6.00	4.81	2	2

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Mike Pruitt	27	FB	16	16	247	1103	7	79	59.1	21	4.5	68.9	15.4	94	63	442	7.0	1	23	51.1	21	3.9	27.6	67.0	4.7	310	5.0	1545	8	5
2	Ozzie Newsome	25	TE	16	16	2	20	0	1	100.0	14	10.0	1.3	0.1	118	69	1002	14.5	6	42	54.2	62	4.3	62.6	58.5	8.5	71	14.4	1022	6	0	PB,AP-2
3	Greg Pruitt	30	RB	15	6	31	124	0	5	32.3	15	4.0	8.3	2.1	92	65	636	9.8	4	37	51.1	33	4.3	42.4	70.7	6.9	96	7.9	760	4	3
4	Ricky Feacher	27	WR	16	7	1	-1	0	0	0.0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	66	29	654	22.6	3	24	43.9	48	1.8	40.9	43.9	9.9	30	21.8	653	3	0
5	Charles White	23	RB	16	8	97	342	1	24	48.5	26	3.5	21.4	6.1	35	27	219	8.1	0	7	48.6	21	1.7	13.7	77.1	6.3	124	4.5	561	1	8
6	Reggie Rucker	34	WR	14	11	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	69	27	532	19.7	1	21	39.1	49	1.9	38.0	39.1	7.7	27	19.7	532	1	0
7	Dave Logan	27	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	64	31	497	16.0	4	26	48.4	40	2.2	35.5	48.4	7.8	31	16.0	497	4	0
8	Cleo Miller	29	RB	12	2	52	165	2	10	50.0	13	3.2	13.8	4.3	22	16	139	8.7	0	4	59.1	17	1.3	11.6	72.7	6.3	68	4.5	304	2	0
9	Calvin Hill	34	RB	14	0	4	23	0	1	50.0	9	5.8	1.6	0.3	29	17	150	8.8	2	10	51.7	23	1.2	10.7	58.6	5.2	21	8.2	173	2	1
10	Brian Sipe	32	QB	16	16	38	153	1	10	42.1	22	4.0	9.6	2.4	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			38	4.0	153	1	10
11	Danny Fulton	25	WR	5	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	2	38	19.0	0	2	66.7	27	0.4	7.6	66.7	12.7	2	19.0	38	0	0
12	Willis Adams	25	WR	7	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	1	24	24.0	0	1	25.0	24	0.1	3.4	25.0	6.0	1	24.0	24	0	0
13	McDonald Oden	23	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	6	6.0	0	0	0.0	6	0.1	0.4	100.0	6.0	1	6.0	6	0	0
14	Paul McDonald	23	QB	12	0	2	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	0.0	0	0	4
	Team Totals			16	16	474	1929	11	130	52.5	26	4.1	120.6	29.6	597	348	4339	12.5	21	197	49.2	62	21.8	271.2	58.3	7.3	822	7.6	6268	32	31

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Dick Ambrose	28	RILB	16	16	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2	Ron Bolton	31	LCB	16	16	1	3	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
3	Henry Bradley	28	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
4	Don Goode	30	LOLB	16	16	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	3.5	0	0	0	0
5	Clay Matthews	25	ROLB	16	16	2	14	0	8	0	0	2	16	0	5.0	128	128	0	0
6	Mike Pruitt	27	FB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Clarence Scott	32	SS	16	16	4	46	0	26	0	0	3	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
8	Brian Sipe	32	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	10	4	-39	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Lyle Alzado	32	RDE	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.5	0	0	0	0
10	Robert Jackson	27	LILB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
11	Dave Logan	27	WR	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Marshall Harris	26	LDE	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
13	Thom Darden	31	FS	13	10	3	68	0	45	1	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Gerry Sullivan	29	C	16	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Charles White	23	RB	16	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Greg Pruitt	30	RB	15	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Autry Beamon	28	DB	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Thomas Brown	24	DE	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
19	Elvis Franks	24	DE	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
20	Judson Flint	24	DB	16	0	2	33	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Dino Hall	26	RB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Calvin Hill	34	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Eddie Johnson	22	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Paul McDonald	23	QB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Cleo Montgomery	25	WR	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Mike Robinson	25	DE	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	15	165	0	45	12	38	31	-18	0	29.0	128	128	0	0

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