1977 Cleveland Browns (NFL)

4th place American Football Conference Central Division 6-8-0 .429

Head Coach: Forrest Gregg (6-7-0); Dick Modzelewski (0-1-0)

Raymond Berry	Receivers
Walt Corey	Linebackers
Rod Humeniuk	Offensive Line
Billy Kinard	Defensive Backs
Dick Modzelewski	Defensive Coordinator
George Sefcik	Offensive Backs
Al Tabor	Special Teams

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Mon	8/8/1977	H	Washington Redskins	14-16	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	32554
Sat	8/13/1977	A	Minnesota Vikings	33-34	L		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	45370
Fri	8/19/1977	H	St. Louis Cardinals	19-10	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	31308
Thu	8/25/1977	H	Chicago Bears	14-7	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	36598
Sat	9/3/1977	A	Green Bay Packers	19-14	W		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	53180
Fri	9/9/1977	A	Detroit Lions	20-24	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	49168
Sun	9/18/1977	A	Cincinnati Bengals	13-3	W		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	52847
Mon	9/26/1977	H	New England Patriots	30-27	W	OT	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	76418
Sun	10/2/1977	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	14-28	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	79021
Sun	10/9/1977	H	Oakland Raiders	10-26	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	79178
Sun	10/16/1977	A	Houston Oilers	24-23	W		Houston, TX	Astrodome	47888
Sun	10/23/1977	A	Buffalo Bills	27-16	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	60905
Sun	10/30/1977	H	Kansas City Chiefs	44-7	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	60381
Sun	11/6/1977	H	Cincinnati Bengals	7-10	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	81932
Sun	11/13/1977	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	31-35	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	47055
Sun	11/20/1977	A	New York Giants	21-7	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	72576
Sun	11/27/1977	H	Los Angeles Rams	0-9	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	70352
Sun	12/4/1977	A	San Diego Chargers	14-37	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	37312
Sun	12/11/1977	H	Houston Oilers	15-19	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	30898
Sun	12/18/1977	A	Seattle Seahawks	19-20	L		Seattle, WA	Kingdome	61583

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
52	Dick Ambrose	MLB	6-0	228	24	Virginia	14	14
60	Bob Babich	MLB	6-2	231	30	Miami (Ohio)	14	0
28	Ron Bolton	LCB-RCB	6-2	170	27	Norfolk State	14	5
12	Don Cockroft	K-P	6-1	190	32	Adams State	14	0
9	Greg Coleman	P	6-0	182	23	Florida A&M	14	0
80	Reggie Craig	WR	6-1	190	24	Arkansas	5	0
27	Thom Darden	FS	6-2	195	27	Michigan	14	14
63	Barry Darrow	ROT	6-7	260	27	Montana Western; Montana	14	11
21	Oliver Davis	RCB	6-1	203	23	Tennessee State	14	14
54	Tom DeLeone	C	6-2	252	27	Ohio State	14	14
62	Al Dennis	LOG-ROG	6-4	250	26	Grambling State	14	1
73	Doug Dieken	LOT	6-5	253	28	Illinois	14	14
35	Brian Duncan	RB	6-0	201	25	Southern Methodist	14	0
66	Earl Edwards	LDT	6-6	264	31	Wichita State	14	14
48	Ken Ellis	LCB-RCB	5-11	190	30	Southern University	9	0
83	Ricky Feacher	WR	5-10	174	23	Mississippi Valley State	14	0
50	John Garlington	RLB	6-1	222	31	Louisiana State	13	0
55	Dave Graf	LLB	6-2	221	24	Penn State	14	0
59	Charlie Hall	LLB	6-3	220	29	Houston	14	14
86	Gerald Irons	RLB	6-2	230	30	Maryland-Eastern Shore	14	14
68	Bob Jackson	ROG	6-5	253	24	Duke	14	14
58	Mark Johnson	LLB-RLB	6-2	238	24	Missouri	7	0
64	Joe Jones	LDE	6-6	250	29	Tennessee State	14	14
47	Ricky Jones	SS-FS	6-1	224	22	Tuskegee	3	0
75	Bob Lingenfelter	ROT-LOT	6-7	277	23	Nebraska	14	3
85	Dave Logan	WR	6-4	221	23	Colorado	14	6
7	Terry Luck	QB	6-3	205	25	Nebraska	4	1
10	Dave Mays	QB	6-1	204	28	Texas Southern	7	4
30	Cleo Miller	RB	5-11	214	26	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	14	14
70	Mack Mitchell	RDE-RDT	6-7	246	25	Houston	14	5
84	Gary Parris	TE	6-2	226	27	Florida State	14	6
26	Eddie Payton	RB	5-8	175	26	Jackson State	2	0
20	Tony Peters	SS	6-1	185	24	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Oklahoma	14	14
38	Larry Poole	RB	6-1	195	25	Kent State	13	0
34	Greg Pruitt	RB	5-10	190	26	Oklahoma	14	14
43	Mike Pruitt	RB	6-0	225	23	Purdue	13	0
81	Oscar Roan	TE	6-6	215	26	UCLA; Southern Methodist	10	8
33	Reggie Rucker	WR	6-2	190	30	Boston University	14	14
74	Mike St. Clair	RDE	6-5	253	24	Iowa Central CC; Grambling State	11	10
22	Clarence Scott	LCB	6-0	190	28	Kansas State	14	9
65	Henry Sheppard	LOG	6-6	263	25	Southern Methodist	13	13
72	Jerry Sherk	RDT	6-4	250	29	Grays Harbor JC; Oklahoma State	7	6
78	Mickey Sims	RDT-LDT	6-5	278	22	South Carolina State	12	7
17	Brian Sipe	QB	6-1	190	28	Grossmont JC; San Diego State	9	9
79	Gerry Sullivan	C-OT	6-4	250	25	Illinois	14	0
42	Paul Warfield	WR	6-0	188	35	Ohio State	12	8
80	Larry Williams	WR	5-10	174	24	Texas Tech	3	0
25	Rolly Woolsey	SS-FS	6-1	182	24	Boise State	14	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	17	Robert Jackson	LB	Texas A&M
2	46	Tom Skladany	P-K	Ohio State
4	102	Oliver Davis	DB	Tennessee State
4	110	Mickey Sims	DT	South Carolina State
7	173	Kenny Randle	WR	Southern California
7	184	Blane Smith	TE	Purdue
7	188	Bob Lingenfelter	T	Nebraska
8	213	Bill Armstrong	DB	Wake Forest
9	240	Daryl Brown	DB	Tufts
10	269	Tom Burkett	T	North Carolina
11	296	Charlie Nash	WR	Arizona
12	325	Leo Tierney	C	Georgia Tech

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	63	77	40	86	3
Opponents Totals	68	100	38	61	0

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		271	119	119	33	76/188 40.4%	/ %	125	1046
Opponents Totals		261	113	116	32	74/186 39.8%	/ %	117	979

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Don Cockroft	0	30	31	96.8	17	23	73.9	0	81
Cleo Miller	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Gary Parris	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Larry Poole	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Greg Pruitt	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Oscar Roan	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Reggie Rucker	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Paul Warfield	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Thom Darden	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Brian Duncan	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Gerald Irons	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dave Logan	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Terry Luck	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mike Pruitt	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Clarence Scott	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jerry Sherk	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	31	30	31	96.8	17	23	73.9	1	269
Opponents Totals	32	27	32	84.4	16	22	72.7	0	267

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Don Cockroft	17	23	73.9	0/0	6/6	6/8	5/9	0/1
Team Totals	17	23	73.9	0/0	6/6	6/8	5/9	0/1
Opponents Totals	16	22	72.7	1/1	6/6	7/9	2/5	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Greg Pruitt	236	1086	4.6	78t	3
Cleo Miller	163	756	4.6	38	4
Mike Pruitt	47	205	4.4	21	1
Larry Poole	38	118	3.1	12t	1
Brian Duncan	5	16	3.2	10	0
Brian Sipe	10	14	1.4	9	0
Reggie Rucker	2	6	3.0	3	0
Paul Warfield	1	2	2.0	2	0
Dave Mays	4	2	0.5	2	0
Terry Luck	3	-2	-0.7	1	0
Greg Coleman	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Team Totals	510	2200	4.3	78t	9
Opponents Totals	524	2098	4.0	41	14

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Brian Sipe	195	112	57.4	69	1233	6.3	11.0	52t	9	4.6	14	7.2	16	114	1119	61.8
Dave Mays	121	67	55.4	44	797	6.6	11.9	60	6	5.0	10	8.3	6	67	730	57.8
Terry Luck	50	25	50.0	18	316	6.3	12.6	33	1	2.0	7	14.0	1	8	308	37.2
Greg Pruitt	9	4	44.4	5	28	3.1	7.0	13	3	33.3	0	0.0	1	10	18	91.7
Dave Logan	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	377	208	55.2	138	2374	6.3	11.4	60	19	5.0	31	8.2	24	199	2175	56.8
Opponents Totals	340	184	54.1	133	2298	6.8	12.5	67t	15	4.4	23	6.8	31	281	2017	61.9

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Cleo Miller	41	291	7.1	28	1
Greg Pruitt	37	471	12.7	60	1
Reggie Rucker	36	565	15.7	40	2
Gary Parris	21	213	10.1	26t	5
Dave Logan	19	284	14.9	42	1
Paul Warfield	18	251	13.9	52t	2
Larry Poole	17	137	8.1	21	3
Oscar Roan	13	136	10.5	27	2
Mike Pruitt	3	12	4.0	6	0
Brian Duncan	1	5	5.0	5t	1
Reggie Craig	1	5	5.0	5	0
Terry Luck	1	4	4.0	4t	1
Team Totals	208	2374	11.4	60	19
Opponents Totals	184	2298	12.5	67t	15

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Thom Darden	6	107	17.8	49	1
Gerald Irons	3	99	33.0	53t	1
Clarence Scott	3	72	24.0	49t	1
Oliver Davis	3	71	23.7	32	0
Ron Bolton	3	50	16.7	43	0
Tony Peters	2	29	14.5	25	0
Charlie Hall	1	2	2.0	2	0
Joe Jones	1	0	0.0	0	0
Rolly Woolsey	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	23	430	18.7	53t	3
Opponents Totals	31	351	11.3	53	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Greg Coleman	61	2389	39.2	58	2	23	558	1791	29.4
Don Cockroft	1	30	30.0	30	1	0	0	10	10.0
Team Totals	62	2419	39.0	58	3	23	558	1801	29.1
Opponents Totals	70	2641	37.7	67	5	16	322	2219	31.7

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rolly Woolsey	32	3	290	9.1	44	0
Eddie Payton	3	0	17	5.7	16	0
Ricky Feacher	2	0	15	7.5	15	0
Reggie Craig	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	38	3	322	8.5	44	0
Opponents Totals	31	1	558	18.0	91t	3

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Brian Duncan	15	298	19.9	36
Ricky Feacher	11	219	19.9	26
Larry Williams	8	199	24.9	32
Mike Pruitt	6	131	21.8	31
Ken Ellis	5	80	16.0	30
Eddie Payton	4	91	22.8	34
Bob Jackson	1	21	21.0	21
Dick Ambrose	1	20	20.0	20
Bob Babich	1	14	14.0	14
Rolly Woolsey	1	2	2.0	2
Team Totals	53	1075	20.3	36
Opponents Totals	50	986	19.7	45

SACKS	NO	YDS
Joe Jones	9.5
Mack Mitchell	9.5
Mike St. Clair	4.0
Jerry Sherk	3.0
Earl Edwards	2.0
Gerald Irons	2.0
Mickey Sims	1.0
Team Totals	31.0	281.0
Opponents Totals	24.0	199.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Dick Ambrose	0	0	0	2	2	0
Reggie Craig	1		0	0	0	0
Thom Darden	1		0	0	0	0
Doug Dieken	0	0	1	0	1	0
Brian Duncan	0	0	0	1	1	0
Earl Edwards	0	0	0	2	2	0
Ken Ellis	1		0	0	0	0
Ricky Feacher	2		0	1	1	0
Charlie Hall	0	0	0	2	2	0
Gerald Irons	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bob Jackson	0	0	1	1	2	0
Joe Jones	0	0	0	1	1	0
Terry Luck	1		1	0	1	-1
Dave Mays	3		0	0	0	-1
Cleo Miller	5		2	0	2	0
Mack Mitchell	0	0	0	2	2	0
Gary Parris	1		0	0	0	0
Eddie Payton	1		0	0	0	0
Larry Poole	1		0	0	0	0
Greg Pruitt	8		3	0	3	0
Mike Pruitt	1		0	0	0	0
Reggie Rucker	2		0	0	0	0
Mike St. Clair	0	0	0	1	1	0
Henry Sheppard	0	0	1	0	1	0
Jerry Sherk	0	0	0	1	1	0
Mickey Sims	0	0	0	1	1	8
Brian Sipe	4		2	0	2	0
Rolly Woolsey	2		0	0	0	0
Team Totals	34	23	11	16	27	6
Opponents Totals	32	16	13	22	35