1978 Cleveland Browns - Pro Football Archives

1978 Cleveland Browns (NFL)

3rd place American Football Conference Central Division 8-8-0 .500

Buck Buchanan	Defensive Line
Jim Garrett	Offensive Backs
Rod Humeniuk	Offensive Line
Rich Kotite	Receivers
Dick MacPherson	Linebackers
John Petercuskie	Special Teams
Jim Shofner	Quarterbacks
Chuck Weber	Defensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Mon	8/7/1978	H	New York Giants	7-21	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	30636
Sat	8/12/1978	A	Buffalo Bills	20-10	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	23341
Mon	8/21/1978	H	Detroit Lions	14-10	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	31345
Sun	8/27/1978	A	New England Patriots	10-21	L		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	42696
Sun	9/3/1978	H	San Francisco 49ers	24-7	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	68973
Sun	9/10/1978	H	Cincinnati Bengals	13-10	W	OT	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	72691
Sun	9/17/1978	A	Atlanta Falcons	24-16	W		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	56648
Sun	9/24/1978	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	9-15	L	OT	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	49573
Sun	10/1/1978	H	Houston Oilers	13-16	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	72776
Sun	10/8/1978	A	New Orleans Saints	24-16	W		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	50158
Sun	10/15/1978	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	14-34	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	81302
Sun	10/22/1978	A	Kansas City Chiefs	3-17	L		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	41157
Sun	10/29/1978	H	Buffalo Bills	41-20	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	51409
Sun	11/5/1978	A	Houston Oilers	10-14	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	45827
Sun	11/12/1978	H	Denver Broncos	7-19	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	70856
Sun	11/19/1978	A	Baltimore Colts	45-24	W		Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	45341
Sun	11/26/1978	H	Los Angeles Rams	30-19	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	55158
Sun	12/3/1978	A	Seattle Seahawks	24-47	L		Seattle, WA	Kingdome	62262
Sun	12/10/1978	H	New York Jets	37-34	W	OT	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	36881
Sun	12/17/1978	A	Cincinnati Bengals	16-48	L		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	46985

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	25	Virginia	16	16
60	Bob Babich	LB	6-2	231	31	Miami (Ohio)	16	0
69	Leo Biedermann	OT	6-7	254	23	Diablo Valley JC; California	16	0
28	Ron Bolton	LCB-RCB	6-2	170	28	Norfolk State	10	8
62	George Buehler	ROG	6-2	260	31	Stanford	11	2
12	Don Cockroft	K	6-1	190	33	Adams State	16	0
23	Larry Collins	RB	5-11	190	23	Texas A&M-Kingsville	15	1
27	Thom Darden	FS	6-2	195	28	Michigan	16	16
63	Barry Darrow	ROT	6-7	260	28	Montana Western; Montana	16	14
21	Oliver Davis	RCB	6-1	203	24	Tennessee State	13	13
54	Tom DeLeone	C	6-2	252	28	Ohio State	15	15
73	Doug Dieken	LOT	6-5	253	29	Illinois	16	16
66	Earl Edwards	LDT	6-6	264	32	Wichita State	16	16
8	Johnny Evans	P-QB	6-1	197	22	North Carolina State	16	0
61	Greg Fairchild	OG	6-4	257	24	Tulsa	2	0
85	Ricky Feacher	WR	5-10	174	24	Mississippi Valley State	16	1
55	Dave Graf	LB	6-2	221	25	Penn State	7	0
59	Charlie Hall	LLB	6-3	220	30	Houston	16	16
35	Calvin Hill	RB	6-3	228	31	Yale	12	0
86	Gerald Irons	RLB	6-2	230	31	Maryland-Eastern Shore	14	14
68	Bob Jackson	ROG-ROT	6-5	253	25	Duke	16	16
56	Robert Jackson	LB	6-1	230	24	Trinity Valley CC; Texas A&M	14	0
64	Joe Jones	LDE-RDE	6-6	250	30	Tennessee State	14	6
47	Ricky Jones	S	6-1	224	23	Tuskegee	15	0
85	Dave Logan	WR	6-4	221	24	Colorado	16	16
40	Tommy London	CB	6-1	197	24	North Carolina State	15	0
57	Clay Matthews	LB	6-2	242	22	Southern California	15	2
30	Cleo Miller	FB	5-11	214	27	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	15	9
15	Mark Miller	QB	6-2	176	22	Bowling Green State	8	0
70	Mack Mitchell	RDE	6-7	246	26	Houston	14	14
82	Ozzie Newsome	TE	6-2	228	22	Alabama	16	16
84	Gary Parris	TE	6-2	226	28	Florida State	16	0
20	Tony Peters	SS	6-1	185	25	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Oklahoma	16	16
34	Greg Pruitt	RB	5-10	190	27	Oklahoma	12	12
43	Mike Pruitt	FB-RB	6-0	225	24	Purdue	16	9
24	Randy Rich	CB	5-10	181	25	New Mexico	9	0
81	Oscar Roan	TE	6-6	215	27	UCLA; Southern Methodist	14	0
33	Reggie Rucker	WR	6-2	190	31	Boston University	16	16
74	Mike St. Clair	LDE	6-5	253	25	Iowa Central CC; Grambling State	16	12
22	Clarence Scott	LCB-SS	6-0	190	29	Kansas State	16	12
65	Henry Sheppard	LOG	6-6	263	26	Southern Methodist	14	14
77	Jerry Sherk	RDT	6-4	250	30	Grays Harbor JC; Oklahoma State	16	16
78	Mickey Sims	DT	6-5	278	23	South Carolina State	15	0
17	Brian Sipe	QB	6-1	190	29	Grossmont JC; San Diego State	16	16
79	Gerry Sullivan	LOG-C	6-4	250	26	Illinois	16	3
26	Tom Sullivan	RB	6-0	190	28	Miami (Florida)	4	0
51	Leo Tierney	C	6-3	239	24	Georgia Tech	2	0
71	Jesse Turnbow	DT	6-7	272	22	Tennessee	16	0
89	Keith Wright	WR	5-9	175	22	Memphis	16	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	12	Clay Matthews	LB	Southern California
1	23	Ozzie Newsome	WR	Alabama
2	39	Johnny Evans	P-QB	North Carolina State
3	67	Larry Collins	RB	Texas A&M-Kingsville
3	68	Mark Miller	QB	Bowling Green State
4	103	Pete Pullara	G	Tennessee-Chattanooga
5	122	Keith Wright	WR	Memphis
6	149	Al Pitts	C	Michigan State
8	205	Jesse Turnbow	DT	Tennessee
9	234	Jon Kramer	G	Baylor
10	261	Brent Watson	T	Tennessee
11	290	Larry Gillard	DT	Mississippi State
12	317	Leo Biedermann	T	California

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	50	115	85	78	6
Opponents Totals	46	99	60	145	6

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		293	133	130	30	85/217 39.2%	/ %	128	1170
Opponents Totals		329	116	175	38	96/230 41.7%	/ %	131	1110

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Don Cockroft	0	37	40	92.5	19	28	67.9	0	94
Reggie Rucker	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Calvin Hill	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Greg Pruitt	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Mike Pruitt	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Dave Logan	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Ozzie Newsome	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Brian Sipe	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Larry Collins	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Oliver Davis	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Cleo Miller	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mark Miller	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	40	37	40	92.5	19	28	67.9	0	334
Opponents Totals	42	36	41	87.8	22	29	75.9	1	356

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Don Cockroft	19	28	67.9	1/2	6/7	2/5	10/12	0/2
Team Totals	19	28	67.9	1/2	6/7	2/5	10/12	0/2
Opponents Totals	22	29	75.9	2/2	9/9	5/10	6/8	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Greg Pruitt	176	960	5.5	70t	3
Mike Pruitt	135	560	4.1	71t	5
Cleo Miller	89	336	3.8	18	1
Calvin Hill	80	289	3.6	21	1
Ozzie Newsome	13	96	7.4	33t	2
Brian Sipe	28	87	3.1	35	3
Larry Collins	22	64	2.9	19	1
Mark Miller	7	63	9.0	17	1
Reggie Rucker	2	14	7.0	9	0
Johnny Evans	2	12	6.0	12	0
Tom Sullivan	5	7	1.4	5	0
Team Totals	559	2488	4.5	71t	17
Opponents Totals	563	2149	3.8	39	19

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Brian Sipe	399	222	55.6	162	2906	7.3	13.1	69t	21	5.3	15	3.8	29	229	2677	80.7
Mark Miller	39	13	33.3	22	212	5.4	16.3	44	1	2.6	4	10.3	5	47	165	21.5
Johnny Evans	1	1	100.0	0	19	19.0	19.0	19	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	19	118.8
Greg Pruitt	3	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	2	66.7	1	2	-2	0.0
Team Totals	442	236	53.4	185	3137	7.1	13.3	69t	22	5.0	21	4.8	35	278	2859	72.9
Opponents Totals	489	265	54.2	197	3435	7.0	13.0	72t	20	4.1	27	5.5	31	232	3203	67.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Reggie Rucker	43	893	20.8	69t	8
Ozzie Newsome	38	589	15.5	47	2
Greg Pruitt	38	292	7.7	26t	2
Dave Logan	37	585	15.8	44	4
Calvin Hill	25	334	13.4	53t	6
Cleo Miller	20	152	7.6	23	0
Mike Pruitt	20	112	5.6	15	0
Keith Wright	8	76	9.5	20	0
Ricky Feacher	4	76	19.0	42	0
Tom Sullivan	1	20	20.0	20	0
Larry Collins	1	4	4.0	4	0
Gary Parris	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team Totals	236	3137	13.3	69t	22
Opponents Totals	265	3435	13.0	72t	20

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Thom Darden	10	200	20.0	46	0
Oliver Davis	6	65	10.8	33	1
Clarence Scott	3	15	5.0	7	0
Dick Ambrose	2	46	23.0	39	0
Gerald Irons	2	9	4.5	9	0
Tony Peters	2	7	3.5	7	0
Charlie Hall	1	6	6.0	6	0
Clay Matthews	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	27	353	13.1	46	1
Opponents Totals	21	343	16.3	65	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Johnny Evans	79	3089	39.1	65	8	16	366	2563	32.4
Team Totals	79	3089	39.1	65	8	16	366	2563	32.4
Opponents Totals	82	3146	38.4	56	9	14	317	2649	32.3

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Keith Wright	37	16	288	7.8	42
Ozzie Newsome	2	1	29	14.5	24
Team Totals	39	17	317	8.1	42
Opponents Totals	41	6	366	8.9	39

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Keith Wright	30	789	26.3	86	0
Larry Collins	32	709	22.2	41	0
Tom Sullivan	4	90	22.5	27	0
Randy Rich	2	43	21.5	24	0
Greg Pruitt	1	31	31.0	31	0
Bob Jackson	1	19	19.0	19	0
Cleo Miller	1	15	15.0	15	0
Reggie Rucker	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	72	1697	23.6	86	0
Opponents Totals	72	1469	20.4	95t	1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Dick Ambrose	0	0	0	1	1	0
Ron Bolton	0	0	0	3	3	43
Larry Collins	4		1	0	1	0
Thom Darden	0	0	1	1	2	0
Barry Darrow	0	0	1	0	1	0
Tom DeLeone	0	0	1	0	1	0
Doug Dieken	0	0	2	0	2	0
Johnny Evans	0	0	1	0	1	0
Ricky Feacher	0	0	0	1	1	0
Charlie Hall	0	0	0	1	1	0
Calvin Hill	2		0	0	0	0
Gerald Irons	1		0	0	0	0
Ricky Jones	0	0	1	0	1	0
Dave Logan	0	0	1	0	1	0
Cleo Miller	2		1	0	1	1
Mark Miller	1		0	0	0	-3
Mack Mitchell	0	0	0	2	2	0
Ozzie Newsome	1		0	0	0	0
Gary Parris	0	0	0	1	1	0
Greg Pruitt	12		1	0	1	0
Mike Pruitt	3		2	0	2	0
Randy Rich	0	0	0	1	1	0
Reggie Rucker	3		0	0	0	0
Mike St. Clair	0	0	0	3	3	-5
Clarence Scott	0	0	0	1	1	0
Henry Sheppard	0	0	1	0	1	0
Mickey Sims	0	0	0	2	2	0
Brian Sipe	12		4	0	4	-11
Gerry Sullivan	2		1	0	1	-26
Tom Sullivan	1		0	0	0	0
Keith Wright	6		2	1	3	0
Team Totals	50	29	21	18	39	-1
Opponents Totals	35	18	15	29	44