1979 Cleveland Browns - Pro Football Archives

1979 Cleveland Browns (NFL)

3rd place American Football Conference Central Division 9-7-0 .563

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
Sat	8/4/1979	A	New York Giants	7-27	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	30905
Sat	8/11/1979	H	Baltimore Colts	24-3	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	43056
Sat	8/18/1979	A	Detroit Lions	10-21	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	55623
Fri	8/24/1979	A	Washington Redskins	21-9	W		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	40039
Sun	9/2/1979	A	New York Jets	25-22	W	OT	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	48472
Sun	9/9/1979	A	Kansas City Chiefs	27-24	W		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	42181
Sun	9/16/1979	H	Baltimore Colts	13-10	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	72070
Mon	9/24/1979	H	Dallas Cowboys	26-7	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	80123
Sun	9/30/1979	A	Houston Oilers	10-31	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	48915
Sun	10/7/1979	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	35-51	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	81260
Sun	10/14/1979	H	Washington Redskins	9-13	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	63323
Sun	10/21/1979	H	Cincinnati Bengals	28-27	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	75119
Sun	10/28/1979	A	St. Louis Cardinals	38-20	W		St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	47845
Sun	11/4/1979	A	Philadelphia Eagles	24-19	W		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	69019
Sun	11/11/1979	H	Seattle Seahawks	24-29	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	72440
Sun	11/18/1979	H	Miami Dolphins	30-24	W	OT	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	80374
Sun	11/25/1979	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	30-33	L	OT	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48773
Sun	12/2/1979	H	Houston Oilers	14-7	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	69112
Sun	12/9/1979	A	Oakland Raiders	14-19	L		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	52641
Sun	12/16/1979	A	Cincinnati Bengals	12-16	L		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	42183

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
80	Willis Adams	WR	6-2	200	23	Navarro JC; Houston	16	0
77	Lyle Alzado	LDE-RDE-RDT	6-3	254	30	Yankton	15	15
52	Dick Ambrose	MLB-LILB	6-0	228	26	Virginia	15	14
28	Ron Bolton	LCB	6-2	170	29	Norfolk State	16	16
91	Henry Bradley	DT	6-2	262	26	Alcorn State	5	0
64	George Buehler	LOG	6-2	260	32	Stanford	11	6
49	Clinton Burrell	CB	6-1	192	23	Louisiana State	16	0
12	Don Cockroft	K	6-1	190	34	Adams State	16	0
27	Thom Darden	FS	6-2	195	29	Michigan	16	16
21	Oliver Davis	RCB	6-1	203	25	Tennessee State	16	16
54	Tom DeLeone	C	6-2	252	29	Ohio State	16	16
73	Doug Dieken	LOT	6-5	253	30	Illinois	16	16
92	Rich Dimler	RDT	6-6	260	23	Southern California	12	2
8	Johnny Evans	P-QB	6-1	197	23	North Carolina State	16	0
83	Ricky Feacher	WR	5-10	174	25	Mississippi Valley State	16	0
55	Dave Graf	LB	6-2	221	26	Penn State	16	0
81	Jack Gregory	RDE	6-5	249	35	Tennessee-Chattanooga; Delta State	16	11
59	Charlie Hall	LLB-LOLB	6-3	220	31	Houston	16	16
26	Dino Hall	RB	5-7	165	24	Rowan	11	0
35	Calvin Hill	RB	6-3	228	32	Yale	14	7
86	Gerald Irons	LB	6-2	230	32	Maryland-Eastern Shore	16	0
68	Bob Jackson	ROG	6-5	253	26	Duke	16	16
56	Robert Jackson	RILB-MLB	6-1	230	25	Trinity Valley CC; Texas A&M	16	5
49	Lawrence Johnson	CB	5-11	203	22	Wisconsin	16	0
47	Ricky Jones	S	6-1	224	24	Tuskegee	16	0
85	Dave Logan	WR	6-4	221	25	Colorado	16	16
57	Clay Matthews	RLB-ROLB	6-2	242	23	Southern California	16	16
30	Cleo Miller	FB	5-11	214	28	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	16	3
15	Mark Miller	QB	6-2	176	23	Bowling Green State	2	0
71	Matt Miller	OT	6-6	270	23	Colorado	16	0
25	Pat Moriarty	RB	6-0	195	24	Georgia Tech	16	0
82	Ozzie Newsome	TE	6-2	228	23	Alabama	16	16
34	Greg Pruitt	RB	5-10	190	28	Oklahoma	6	6
43	Mike Pruitt	FB	6-0	225	25	Purdue	16	16
24	Randy Rich	CB	5-10	181	26	New Mexico	16	10
63	Cody Risien	LOG	6-7	275	22	Texas A&M	16	10
33	Reggie Rucker	WR	6-2	190	32	Boston University	16	16
74	Mike St. Clair	LDE	6-5	253	26	Iowa Central CC; Grambling State	16	7
22	Clarence Scott	SS	6-0	190	30	Kansas State	16	16
65	Henry Sheppard	ROT	6-6	263	27	Southern Methodist	16	16
72	Jerry Sherk	RDT	6-4	250	31	Grays Harbor JC; Oklahoma State	10	10
78	Mickey Sims	LDT-NT	6-5	278	24	South Carolina State	16	16
17	Brian Sipe	QB	6-1	190	30	Grossmont JC; San Diego State	16	16
88	John Smith	WR	6-0	175	23	Tennessee State	6	0
79	Gerry Sullivan	C-OT	6-4	250	27	Illinois	16	0
87	Curtis Weathers	TE	6-5	230	23	Mississippi	16	0
89	Keith Wright	WR	5-9	175	23	Memphis	5	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	20	Willis Adams	WR	Houston
2	40	Lawrence Johnson	DB	Wisconsin
2	47	Sam Claphan	T	Oklahoma
3	70	Jim Ramey	DE	Kentucky
4	95	Matt Miller	T	Colorado
5	124	Rich Dimler	DT	Southern California
6	151	Clinton Burrell	DB	Louisiana State
6	163	Jim Ronan	DT	Minnesota
7	183	Cody Risien	T	Texas A&M
8	204	Kent Perkov	DE	San Diego State
9	234	Carl McGee	LB	Duke
9	241	Curtis Weathers	TE	Mississippi
10	261	John Smith	WR	Tennessee State
11	287	Randy Poeschl	DE	Nebraska
12	315	Dee Methvin	C	Tulane

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	91	59	78	122	9
Opponents Totals	94	81	60	114	3

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		350	125	189	36	99/222 44.6%	/ %	83	709
Opponents Totals		307	136	158	13	105/240 43.8%	/ %	118	1018

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Don Cockroft	0	38	43	88.4	17	29	58.6	89
Mike Pruitt	11	0	0		0	0		66
Ozzie Newsome	9	0	0		0	0		54
Dave Logan	7	0	0		0	0		42
Reggie Rucker	6	0	0		0	0		36
Calvin Hill	3	0	0		0	0		18
Pat Moriarty	2	0	0		0	0		12
Brian Sipe	2	0	0		0	0		12
Thom Darden	1	0	0		0	0		6
Ricky Feacher	1	0	0		0	0		6
Dino Hall	1	0	0		0	0		6
Cleo Miller	1	0	0		0	0		6
Greg Pruitt	1	0	0		0	0		6
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0
Team Totals	45	38	44	86.4	17	29	58.6	359
Opponents Totals	42	34	42	81.0	22	35	62.9	352

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Don Cockroft	17	29	58.6	0/0	5/6	8/12	3/8	1/3
Team Totals	17	29	58.6	0/0	5/6	8/12	3/8	1/3
Opponents Totals	22	35	62.9	1/2	6/9	9/13	6/11	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mike Pruitt	264	1294	4.9	77t	9
Greg Pruitt	62	233	3.8	27	0
Cleo Miller	39	213	5.5	39t	1
Calvin Hill	53	193	3.6	33	1
Brian Sipe	45	178	4.0	34	2
Dino Hall	22	152	6.9	52t	1
Pat Moriarty	14	11	0.8	8	2
Ozzie Newsome	1	6	6.0	6	0
Willis Adams	2	4	2.0	3	0
Ricky Feacher	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Mark Miller	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Team Totals	504	2281	4.5	77t	16
Opponents Totals	577	2604	4.5	71t	25

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Brian Sipe	535	286	53.5	223	3793	7.1	13.3	74	28	5.2	26	4.9	43	347	3446	73.4
Johnny Evans	2	1	50.0	1	14	7.0	14.0	14	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	14	72.9
Mark Miller	8	2	25.0	5	31	3.9	15.5	17	0	0.0	1	12.5	0	0	31	3.6
Team Totals	545	289	53.0	229	3838	7.0	13.3	74	28	5.1	27	5.0	43	347	3491	72.1
Opponents Totals	468	271	57.9	181	3289	7.0	12.1	62	14	3.0	16	3.4	31	243	3046	75.3

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dave Logan	59	982	16.6	46	7
Ozzie Newsome	55	781	14.2	74	9
Reggie Rucker	43	749	17.4	54	6
Mike Pruitt	41	372	9.1	50t	2
Calvin Hill	38	381	10.0	31	2
Cleo Miller	26	251	9.7	33	0
Greg Pruitt	14	155	11.1	27	1
Ricky Feacher	7	103	14.7	25	1
Dino Hall	2	14	7.0	8	0
Pat Moriarty	1	17	17.0	17	0
Curtis Weathers	1	14	14.0	14	0
Keith Wright	1	13	13.0	13	0
Willis Adams	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	289	3838	13.3	74	28
Opponents Totals	271	3289	12.1	62	14

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Thom Darden	5	125	25.0	39t	1
Clarence Scott	3	56	18.7	29	0
Ron Bolton	3	20	6.7	13	0
Charlie Hall	2	14	7.0	11	0
Oliver Davis	1	33	33.0	33	0
Clay Matthews	1	30	30.0	30	0
Dick Ambrose	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	16	278	17.4	39t	1
Opponents Totals	27	315	11.7	50	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Johnny Evans	69	2844	41.2	59	2	9	7	375	2289	32.2
Team Totals	71	2844	40.1	59	2	9	7	375	2289	32.2
Opponents Totals	80	3313	41.4	61	0	9	11	345	2788	34.9

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Dino Hall	29	5	295	10.2	47
Keith Wright	12	6	50	4.2	13
Clinton Burrell	0	2	0
Ozzie Newsome	0	1	0
Team Totals	41	14	345	8.4	47
Opponents Totals	45	2	375	8.3	38

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Dino Hall	50	1014	20.3	33
Keith Wright	15	402	26.8	45
Ricky Feacher	2	51	25.5	27
Randy Rich	2	10	5.0	6
Greg Pruitt	1	22	22.0	22
Bob Jackson	1	18	18.0	18
Cleo Miller	1	14	14.0	14
Matt Miller	1	0	0.0	0
Pat Moriarty	1	0	0.0	0
Curtis Weathers	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	75	1531	20.4	45
Opponents Totals	70	1324	18.9	51

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Willis Adams	1		0	0	0	0	0
Lyle Alzado	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dick Ambrose	0	0	0	1	1	13	0
Ron Bolton	0	0	1	1	2	2	0
Henry Bradley	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Clinton Burrell	1		0	1	1	11	0
Thom Darden	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Oliver Davis	0	0	0	1	1	13	0
Ricky Feacher	1		0	1	1	0	0
Jack Gregory	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dino Hall	5		1	0	1	0	0
Calvin Hill	1		0	0	0	0	0
Dave Logan	1		0	0	0	0	0
Clay Matthews	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Cleo Miller	1		0	0	0	0	0
Pat Moriarty	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Greg Pruitt	1		1	0	1	0	0
Mike Pruitt	6		0	0	0	0	0
Clarence Scott	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jerry Sherk	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mickey Sims	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Brian Sipe	10		6	0	6	-8	0
Curtis Weathers	1		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	29	19	10	16	26	31	0
Opponents Totals	38	16	22	17	39		1