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1987 Cleveland Browns Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-5-0, 1st in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Marty Schottenheimer (10-5-0)

Points For: 390 (26.0/g) 3rd of 28

Points Against: 239 (15.9/g) 2nd of 28

Expected W-L: 11.4-3.6

SRS: 10.80 (2nd of 28), SOS: .74

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 38-21 vs. Indianapolis Colts
Lost Conference Championship 33-38 vs. Denver Broncos

Offensive Coordinator: Lindy Infante

Defensive Coordinator: Dave Adolph

Other Notable Asst.: Bill Cowher (Secondary), Joe Pendry (Running Backs) and Kurt Schottenheimer (Special Teams)

Stadium: Cleveland Municipal Stadium

Principal Owner: Art Modell

Executive VP of Football Operations/General Manager: Ernie Accorsi

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +600

Training Camp: Lakeland Community College (Kirtland, 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	390	5200	985	5.3	29	17	310	291	482	3455	27	12	6.8	171	474	1745	16	3.7	110	100	857	29
Opp. Stats	239	4264	902	4.7	36	13	251	246	467	2831	15	23	5.7	134	401	1433	7	3.6	86	120	1008	31
Lg Rank Offense	3	9			4	14	7		15	5	4	1	3		16	21	7	22
Lg Rank Defense	2	3			13	19	2		10	8	3	6	7		2	2	4	5

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	Sun	September 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	New Orleans Saints	21	28	25	387	294	93	2	21	338	147	191		15.13	-12.44	-6.58
2	Sun	September 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	34	10	18	304	180	124	2	17	185	127	58	6	-4.64	28.91	0.51
4	Sun	October 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1	@	New England Patriots	20	10	22	348	131	217	3	10	141	110	31	1	-9.71	21.43	-0.04
5	Sun	October 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2		Houston Oilers	10	15	9	169	119	50	4	17	317	143	174	2	-15.06	14.61	-1.85
6	Sun	October 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-2	@	Cincinnati Bengals	34	0	29	410	287	123	4	6	95	30	65	3	10.36	23.95	-0.07
7	Mon	October 26	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2		Los Angeles Rams	30	17	15	267	202	65	1	22	328	227	101	4	-1.59	16.15	-2.12
8	Sun	November 1	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	4-3	@	San Diego Chargers	24	27	19	339	267	72	3	22	414	286	128	2	-9.63	-2.44	9.59
9	Sun	November 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-3		Atlanta Falcons	38	3	24	365	192	173	1	13	243	126	117	2	17.31	15.36	-0.61
10	Sun	November 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3		Buffalo Bills	27	21	24	421	337	84	3	17	267	206	61	2	3.27	8.17	-5.29
11	Sun	November 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-3	@	Houston Oilers	40	7	27	457	257	200		11	247	204	43	6	15.46	22.88	-4.83
12	Sun	November 29	8:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-4	@	San Francisco 49ers	24	38	18	360	268	92	1	23	455	336	119	2	2.40	-12.90	-0.79
13	Sun	December 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-5		Indianapolis Colts	7	9	15	247	160	87	1	18	297	183	114	1	-9.01	7.13	-1.87
14	Sun	December 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-5		Cincinnati Bengals	38	24	19	390	237	153	1	24	417	352	65	2	17.03	-6.30	4.76
15	Sun	December 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-5	@	Los Angeles Raiders	24	17	24	421	294	127	2	20	299	228	71	1	11.13	-2.87	-2.67
16	Sat	December 26	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W		10-5	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	19	13	22	315	230	85	1	10	221	126	95	2	2.21	9.96	-2.48
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	January 9	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W		11-5		Indianapolis Colts	38	21	25	404	229	175	1	23	315	252	63	2	26.61	-2.48	-3.05
Conf. Champ.	Sun	January 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		11-6	@	Denver Broncos	33	38	25	464	336	128	4	24	412	256	156	1	11.03	-18.73	3.97

Passing

Passing Table
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	Awards
1	Bernie Kosar	24	QB	12	12	8-4-0	241	389	62.0	3033	22	5.7	9	2.3	140	50.4	54	7.8	7.9	12.6	252.8	95.4	22	129	5.35	7.07	7.2	0	0	PB,AP OPoY-3
2	Jeff Christensen	27	QB	3	2	1-1-0	24	58	41.4	297	1	1.7	3	5.2	14	30.2	34	5.1	3.1	12.4	99.0	42.1	5	37	7.94	4.13	2.3	1	1
3	Gary Danielson	36	QB	6	1	1-0-0	25	33	75.8	281	4	12.1	0	0.0	16	60.0	23	8.5	10.9	11.2	46.8	140.3	2	4	5.71	7.91	10.2	0	0
4	Herman Fontenot	24	RB	12	0		1	1	100.0	14	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	14	14.0	14.0	14.0	1.2	118.7	0	0	0.00	14.00	14.0	0	0
5	Jeff Jaeger	23	K	10	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			15	15	10-5-0	291	482	60.4	3455	27	5.6	12	2.5	171	48.5	54	7.5	7.5	12.5	230.3	92.0	29	170	5.68	6.76	6.76	1	1

Passing Table
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	Awards
1	Bernie Kosar	24	QB	2	2	1-1-0	46	72	63.9	585	6	8.3	2	2.8	28	52.7	53	8.1	8.5	12.7	292.5	105.4	2	20	2.70	7.64	8.0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	1-1-0	46	72	63.9	565	6	8.3	2	2.8	28	52.7	53	8.7	8.5	12.7	282.5	105.3	2	20	2.70	7.81	8.16	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

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	Earnest Byner	25	RB	12	12	105	432	8	36	57.1	21	4.1	36.0	8.8	68	52	552	10.6	2	25	66.2	37	4.3	46.0	76.5	8.1	157	6.3	984	10	5
2	Kevin Mack	25	FB	12	12	201	735	5	41	50.7	22	3.7	61.3	16.8	44	32	223	7.0	1	12	47.7	17	2.7	18.6	72.7	5.1	233	4.1	958	6	6	PB
3	Webster Slaughter	23	WR	12	12	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	86	47	806	17.1	7	35	52.3	54	3.9	67.2	54.7	9.4	47	17.1	806	7	1
4	Brian Brennan	25	WR	13	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	65	43	607	14.1	6	28	58.5	53	3.3	46.7	66.2	9.3	43	14.1	607	6	1
5	Ozzie Newsome	31	TE	13	13	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	46	34	375	11.0	0	15	63.0	25	2.6	28.8	73.9	8.2	34	11.0	375	0	0
6	Reggie Langhorne	24	WR	12	12	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	37	20	288	14.4	1	14	43.2	25	1.7	24.0	54.1	7.8	20	14.4	288	1	0
7	Larry Mason	26	RB	3	3	56	207	2	12	48.2	22	3.7	69.0	18.7	14	5	26	5.2	1	2	21.4	15	1.7	8.7	35.7	1.9	61	3.8	233	3	4
8	Perry Kemp	26	WR	3	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	23	12	224	18.7	2	10	43.5	34	4.0	74.7	52.2	9.7	12	18.7	224	2	0
9	Clarence Weathers	25	WR	12	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	24	11	153	13.9	2	9	45.8	37	0.9	12.8	45.8	6.4	11	13.9	153	2	0
10	Gerald McNeil	25	WR	12	0	1	17	0	1	100.0	17	17.0	1.4	0.1	12	8	120	15.0	2	7	66.7	39	0.7	10.0	66.7	10.0	9	15.2	137	2	2	PB
11	Major Everett	27	RB	4	3	34	95	0	8	44.1	16	2.8	23.8	8.5	13	8	41	5.1	0	1	38.5	10	2.0	10.3	61.5	3.2	42	3.2	136	0	0
12	Tim Manoa	23	RB	12	0	23	116	0	4	47.8	35	5.0	9.7	1.9	2	1	8	8.0	0	0	50.0	8	0.1	0.7	50.0	4.0	24	5.2	124	0	1
13	Derek Tennell	23	TE	11	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	12	9	102	11.3	3	8	75.0	24	0.8	9.3	75.0	8.5	9	11.3	102	3	0
14	Herman Fontenot	24	RB	12	0	15	33	0	1	26.7	14	2.2	2.8	1.3	8	4	40	10.0	0	1	37.5	25	0.3	3.3	50.0	5.0	19	3.8	73	0	0
15	Jeff Christensen	27	QB	3	2	11	41	0	3	45.5	15	3.7	13.7	3.7	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			11	3.7	41	0	3
16	Stacey Driver	23	RB	2	0	9	31	0	1	33.3	16	3.4	15.5	4.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			9	3.4	31	0	1
17	Bernie Kosar	24	QB	12	12	15	22	1	2	20.0	7	1.5	1.8	1.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			15	1.5	22	1	2	PB,AP OPoY-3
18	Steve Pierce	24	WR	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	2	21	10.5	0	2	33.3	13	1.0	10.5	33.3	3.5	2	10.5	21	0	0
19	Keith Tinsley	22	WR	3	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	1	17	17.0	0	1	25.0	17	0.3	5.7	25.0	4.3	1	17.0	17	0	0
20	Remi Watson	23	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	13	13.0	0	1	100.0	13	1.0	13.0	100.0	13.0	1	13.0	13	0	0
21	David Verser	29	WR	2	1	1	9	0	0	0.0	9	9.0	4.5	0.5	3	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	9.0	9	0	0
22	Louis Watson	24	WR	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	9	9.0	0	0	0.0	9	0.5	4.5	50.0	4.5	1	9.0	9	0	0
23	Johnny Davis	31	RB	1	0	1	7	0	0	0.0	7	7.0	7.0	1.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	7.0	7	0	1
24	Gary Danielson	36	QB	6	1	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	0.0	0	0	2
25	Mike Katolin	29	C	3	3	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	0.0	0	0	1
26	Travis Tucker	24	TE	4	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
	Team Totals			15	15	474	1745	16	109	48.7	35	3.7	116.3	31.6	471	291	3625	12.5	27	171	52.7	54	19.4	241.7	61.8	7.7	765	7.0	5370	43	30

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	Earnest Byner	25	RB	2	1	38	189	2	11	68.4	25	5.0	94.5	19.0	14	11	156	14.2	2	7	57.1	53	5.5	78.0	78.6	11.1	49	7.0	345	4	2
2	Kevin Mack	25	FB	2	2	18	99	0	7	55.6	27	5.5	49.5	9.0	7	7	45	6.4	0	0	85.7	9	3.5	22.5	100.0	6.4	25	5.8	144	0	2
3	Ozzie Newsome	31	TE	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	12	7	100	14.3	0	4	50.0	25	3.5	50.0	58.3	8.3	7	14.3	100	0	0
4	Reggie Langhorne	24	WR	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	3	87	29.0	2	3	75.0	39	1.5	43.5	75.0	21.8	3	29.0	87	2	0
5	Brian Brennan	25	WR	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	12	7	73	10.4	1	6	50.0	19	3.5	36.5	58.3	6.1	7	10.4	73	1	1
6	Webster Slaughter	23	WR	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	10	5	67	13.4	1	4	50.0	24	2.5	33.5	50.0	6.7	5	13.4	67	1	0
7	Clarence Weathers	25	WR	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	2	24	12.0	0	1	50.0	19	1.0	12.0	100.0	12.0	2	12.0	24	0	0
8	Herman Fontenot	24	RB	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	2	20	10.0	0	1	50.0	11	1.0	10.0	50.0	5.0	2	10.0	20	0	0
9	Tim Manoa	23	RB	1	0	4	10	0	0	25.0	6	2.5	10.0	4.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			4	2.5	10	0	0
10	Gerald McNeil	25	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	8	8.0	0	1	100.0	8	1.0	8.0	100.0	8.0	1	8.0	8	0	0
11	Bernie Kosar	24	QB	1	1	1	5	0	0	100.0	5	5.0	5.0	1.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	5.0	5	0	0
12	Derek Tennell	23	TE	2	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	5	5.0	0	1	50.0	5	0.5	2.5	50.0	2.5	1	5.0	5	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	61	303	2	18	62.3	27	5.0	151.5	30.5	68	46	585	12.7	6	28	57.4	53	23.0	292.5	67.6	8.6	107	8.3	888	8	5

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						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	Carl Hairston	35	RDE	14	14	0	40	0	40	3	0	1	0	0	8.0	0	0	0	0
2	Earnest Byner	25	RB	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
3	Hanford Dixon	29	RCB	12	12	3	5	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1
4	Paul Farren	27	LT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	Bob Golic	30	NT	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.5	0	0	0	0	PB
6	Bernie Kosar	24	QB	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP OPoY-3
7	Kevin Mack	25	FB	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
8	Clay Matthews	31	ROLB	12	12	3	62	1	36	1	0	2	0	0	2.5	72	72	0	0	PB
9	Frank Minnifield	27	LCB	12	12	4	24	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
10	Webster Slaughter	23	WR	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Ray Ellis	28	SS	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	27	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Eddie Johnson	28	LILB	12	11	1	11	0	11	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
13	Mike Johnson	25	RILB	11	10	1	3	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	2.0	98	98	0	0
14	Sam Clancy	29	LDE	13	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
15	Felix Wright	28	FS	12	7	4	152	1	68	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Reggie Camp	26	LDE	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
17	David Grayson	23	ROLB	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	1	1.0	0	0	0	0
18	Tim Crawford	25	LB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
19	Alvin Horn	22	DB	3	3	1	28	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Mike Katolin	29	C	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Larry Mason	26	RB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	DeJuan Robinson	22	DB	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Mike Rusinek	24	NT	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
24	Troy Wilson	22	DB	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Jeff Christensen	27	QB	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	-3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Tom Polley	25	LB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Al Baker	31	DE	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.5	0	0	0	0
28	Brian Brennan	25	WR	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Alex Carter	24	DE	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
30	Gary Danielson	36	QB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	-2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Dave Puzzuoli	26	NT	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	0	0	0	0
32	Johnny Davis	31	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
33	Stacey Driver	23	RB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
34	Donnie Echols	30	TE	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
35	Mark Harper	26	DB	12	0	2	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
36	Jeff Jaeger	23	K	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
37	Tim Manoa	23	RB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
38	Gerald McNeil	25	WR	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
39	Chris Rockins	25	DB	12	0	2	25	0	15	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
40	Frank Winters	23	C	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			15	15	23	366	2	68	9	33	28	46	2	34.0	170	170	0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Kevin Mack	25	FB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Felix Wright	28	FS	2	2	2	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Earnest Byner	25	RB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Sam Clancy	29	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
5	Frank Minnifield	27	LCB	1	1	1	48	1	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Dave Puzzuoli	26	NT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
7	Al Baker	31	DE	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0
8	Brian Brennan	25	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	Herman Fontenot	24	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
10	D.D. Hoggard	26	DB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	1
	Team Totals			2	2	3	61	1	48	0	0	5	1	0	0	4.0	0	1

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