1981 Cleveland Browns (NFL)

4th place American Football Conference Central Division 5-11-0 .313

Dave Adolph	Linebackers
Len Fontes	Defensive Backs
Jim Garrett	Offensive Backs
Paul Hackett	Quarterbacks
Rod Humeniuk	Offensive Line
Rich Kotite	Receivers
John Petercuskie	Special Teams
Tom Pratt	Defensive Line
Marty Schottenheimer	Defensive Coordinator

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/1/1981	N	Atlanta Falcons	24-10	W		Canton, OH	Fawcett Stadium	23921
Sat	8/8/1981	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	31-35	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	78610
Sat	8/15/1981	A	Buffalo Bills	13-10	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	32306
Sat	8/22/1981	H	Buffalo Bills	20-31	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	41495
Sat	8/29/1981	A	Green Bay Packers	18-35	L		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	56191
Mon	9/7/1981	H	San Diego Chargers	14-44	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	78904
Sun	9/13/1981	H	Houston Oilers	3-9	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	79483
Sun	9/20/1981	A	Cincinnati Bengals	20-17	W		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	52170
Sun	9/27/1981	H	Atlanta Falcons	28-17	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	78283
Sun	10/4/1981	A	Los Angeles Rams	16-27	L		Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Stadium	63924
Sun	10/11/1981	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	7-13	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	53250
Sun	10/18/1981	H	New Orleans Saints	20-17	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	76059
Sun	10/25/1981	H	Baltimore Colts	42-28	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	78986
Sun	11/1/1981	A	Buffalo Bills	13-22	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	78226
Sun	11/8/1981	A	Denver Broncos	20-23	L	OT	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74859
Sun	11/15/1981	A	San Francisco 49ers	15-12	W		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	52455
Sun	11/22/1981	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	10-32	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	77958
Sun	11/29/1981	H	Cincinnati Bengals	21-41	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	75186
Thu	12/3/1981	A	Houston Oilers	13-17	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	44502
Sat	12/12/1981	H	New York Jets	13-14	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	56866
Sun	12/20/1981	A	Seattle Seahawks	21-42	L		Seattle, WA	Kingdome	51435

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	25	Navarro JC; Houston	7	0
77	Lyle Alzado	RDE	6-3	254	32	Yankton	15	15
52	Dick Ambrose	RILB	6-0	228	28	Virginia	16	16
9	Matt Bahr	K	5-10	175	25	Penn State	11	0
23	Autry Beamon	FS	6-1	190	28	Texas A&M-Commerce	14	4
28	Ron Bolton	LCB	6-2	170	31	Norfolk State	16	16
91	Henry Bradley	NT	6-2	262	28	Alcorn State	16	16
97	Thomas Brown	LDE	6-4	240	24	Baylor	16	4
49	Clinton Burrell	FS	6-1	192	25	Louisiana State	2	2
15	Steve Cox	P-K	6-4	195	23	Arkansas	16	0
27	Thom Darden	FS	6-2	195	31	Michigan	13	10
64	Joe DeLamielleure	ROG	6-3	253	30	Michigan State	16	16
54	Tom DeLeone	C	6-2	252	31	Ohio State	8	8
73	Doug Dieken	LOT	6-5	253	32	Illinois	16	16
29	Hanford Dixon	RCB	5-11	190	23	Southern Mississippi	16	14
83	Ricky Feacher	WR	5-10	174	27	Mississippi Valley State	16	7
20	Judson Flint	CB	6-0	201	24	California (Pennsylvania); Memphis	16	0
94	Elvis Franks	RDE	6-4	265	24	Morgan State	16	1
86	Danny Fulton	WR	6-2	183	25	Nebraska; Nebraska-Omaha	5	0
50	Don Goode	LOLB	6-2	240	30	Kansas	16	16
26	Dino Hall	RB	5-7	165	26	Rowan	12	0
90	Marshall Harris	LDE	6-6	261	26	Texas Christian	15	12
35	Calvin Hill	RB	6-3	228	34	Yale	14	0
58	Bruce Huther	LILB	6-1	220	27	New Hampshire	16	2
68	Bob Jackson	LOG	6-5	253	28	Duke	16	14
56	Robert Jackson	LILB	6-1	230	27	Trinity Valley CC; Texas A&M	14	14
10	Dave Jacobs	K	5-7	153	24	Syracuse	5	0
51	Eddie Johnson	LB	6-1	225	22	Louisville	16	0
48	Lawrence Johnson	RCB	5-11	203	24	Wisconsin	16	2
85	Dave Logan	WR	6-4	221	27	Colorado	14	14
57	Clay Matthews	ROLB	6-2	242	25	Southern California	16	16
16	Paul McDonald	QB	6-2	185	23	Southern California	12	0
30	Cleo Miller	RB	5-11	214	30	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	12	3
71	Matt Miller	OT	6-6	270	25	Colorado	16	0
24	Cleo Montgomery	RB	5-9	183	25	Abilene Christian	4	0
82	Ozzie Newsome	TE	6-2	228	25	Alabama	16	16
84	McDonald Oden	TE	6-4	228	23	Tennessee State	16	0
34	Greg Pruitt	RB	5-10	190	30	Oklahoma	15	6
43	Mike Pruitt	FB	6-0	225	27	Purdue	16	15
63	Cody Risien	ROT	6-7	275	24	Texas A&M	16	16
92	Mike Robinson	DE	6-4	270	25	Oklahoma State; Arizona	10	0
33	Reggie Rucker	WR	6-2	190	34	Boston University	14	11
22	Clarence Scott	SS	6-0	190	32	Kansas State	16	16
65	Henry Sheppard	LOG	6-6	263	29	Southern Methodist	9	2
72	Jerry Sherk	NT	6-4	250	33	Grays Harbor JC; Oklahoma State	15	0
17	Brian Sipe	QB	6-1	190	32	Grossmont JC; San Diego State	16	16
79	Gerry Sullivan	C	6-4	250	29	Illinois	16	8
12	Rick Trocano	QB	6-0	188	22	Pittsburgh	6	0
55	Curtis Weathers	LB	6-5	230	25	Mississippi	13	0
25	Charles White	RB	5-10	190	23	Southern California	16	8

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	22	Hanford Dixon	DB	Southern Mississippi
4	92	Mike Robinson	DE	Arizona
5	134	Steve Cox	K	Arkansas
6	160	Ron Simmons	DT	Florida State
7	187	Eddie Johnson	LB	Louisville
9	244	Randy Schleusener	G	Nebraska
10	271	Dean Prater	DE	Oklahoma State
11	298	Larry Friday	DB	Mississippi State
12	325	Kevin McGill	T	Oregon

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	31	109	55	81	0
Opponents Totals	89	103	82	98	3

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	30:59	364	131	196	37	92/225 40.9%	/ %	109	971
Opponents Totals	29:01	299	119	157	23	78/212 36.8%	/ %	100	870

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Matt Bahr	0	22	22	100.0	13	20	65.0	0	61
Mike Pruitt	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Ozzie Newsome	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Dave Logan	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Greg Pruitt	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Dave Jacobs	0	9	10	90.0	4	12	33.3	0	21
Ricky Feacher	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Calvin Hill	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Cleo Miller	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Reggie Rucker	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Brian Sipe	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Charles White	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Steve Cox	0	0	0		0	1	0.0	0	0
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	32	31	32	96.9	17	33	51.5	1	276
Opponents Totals	45	40	45	88.9	21	34	61.8	1	375

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Matt Bahr	13	20	65.0	3/3	5/5	5/9	0/2	0/1
Steve Cox	0	1	0.0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/1
Dave Jacobs	4	12	33.3	0/0	2/3	2/6	0/1	0/2
Team Totals	17	33	51.5	3/3	7/8	7/15	0/3	0/4
Opponents Totals	21	34	61.8	1/1	8/12	6/9	5/11	1/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mike Pruitt	247	1103	4.5	21	7
Charles White	97	342	3.5	26	1
Cleo Miller	52	165	3.2	13	2
Brian Sipe	38	153	4.0	22	1
Greg Pruitt	31	124	4.0	15	0
Calvin Hill	4	23	5.8	9	0
Ozzie Newsome	2	20	10.0	14	0
Paul McDonald	2	0	0.0	2	0
Ricky Feacher	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Team Totals	474	1929	4.1	26	11
Opponents Totals	516	2078	4.0	79t	14

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Brian Sipe	567	313	55.2	229	3876	6.8	12.4	62	17	3.0	25	4.4	34	310	3566	68.2
Paul McDonald	57	35	61.4	20	463	8.1	13.2	46	4	7.0	2	3.5	6	43	420	95.9
Team Totals	624	348	55.8	249	4339	7.0	12.5	62	21	3.4	27	4.3	40	353	3986	70.7
Opponents Totals	469	275	58.6	179	3512	7.5	12.8	60t	28	6.0	15	3.2	29	223	3289	88.7

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ozzie Newsome	69	1002	14.5	62	6
Greg Pruitt	65	636	9.8	33	4
Mike Pruitt	63	442	7.0	21	1
Dave Logan	31	497	16.0	40t	4
Ricky Feacher	29	654	22.6	48	3
Reggie Rucker	27	532	19.7	49	1
Charles White	27	219	8.1	21	0
Calvin Hill	17	150	8.8	23	2
Cleo Miller	16	139	8.7	17	0
Danny Fulton	2	38	19.0	27	0
Willis Adams	1	24	24.0	24	0
McDonald Oden	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	348	4339	12.5	62	21
Opponents Totals	275	3512	12.8	60t	28

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Clarence Scott	4	46	11.5	26	0
Thom Darden	3	68	22.7	45	0
Judson Flint	2	33	16.5	33	0
Clay Matthews	2	14	7.0	8	0
Ron Bolton	1	3	3.0	3	0
Don Goode	1	1	1.0	1	0
Dick Ambrose	1	0	0.0	0	0
Dave Logan	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	15	165	11.0	45	0
Opponents Totals	27	347	12.9	82t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Steve Cox	68	2884	42.4	66	2	12	11	253	2391	34.2
Team Totals	70	2884	41.2	66	2	12	11	253	2391	34.2
Opponents Totals	78	3173	40.7	59	0	6	20	369	2684	34.4

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Dino Hall	33	6	248	7.5	40
Cleo Montgomery	17	0	121	7.1	17
Team Totals	50	6	369	7.4	40
Opponents Totals	30	4	253	8.4	34

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Dino Hall	36	0	813	22.6	48
Cleo Montgomery	14	0	334	23.9	38
Charles White	12	0	243	20.3	32
Greg Pruitt	3	0	82	27.3	30
Cleo Miller	3	0	35	11.7	22
Thomas Brown	2	0	17	8.5	10
Eddie Johnson	1	0	7	7.0	7
Matt Miller	1	0	6	6.0	6
Team Totals	72	0	1537	21.3	48
Opponents Totals	45		1156	25.7	88

SACKS	NO	YDS
Lyle Alzado	8.5
Clay Matthews	5.0
Don Goode	3.5
Thomas Brown	3.0
Robert Jackson	2.0
Mike Robinson	2.0
Marshall Harris	2.0
Clarence Scott	1.0
Elvis Franks	1.0
Team Totals	29.0	223.0
Opponents Totals	40.0	353.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Lyle Alzado	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dick Ambrose	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Autry Beamon	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
Ron Bolton	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Henry Bradley	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Thomas Brown	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Thom Darden	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Dino Hall	5		0	0	0	0	0
Calvin Hill	1		0	0	0	0	0
Robert Jackson	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Eddie Johnson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Clay Matthews	0	0	0	2	2	16	0
Paul McDonald	4		0	0	0	0	0
Cleo Montgomery	2		1	0	1	0	0
Greg Pruitt	3		0	0	0	0	0
Mike Pruitt	5		2	0	2	0	0
Mike Robinson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Clarence Scott	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Brian Sipe	10		4	0	4	-39	0
Gerry Sullivan	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Charles White	8		3	0	3	0	0
Team Totals	38	27	11	20	31	-18	0
Opponents Totals	31	20	10	26	36		2