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1978 Cleveland Browns Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-8-0, 3rd in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Sam Rutigliano (8-8-0)

Points For: 334 (20.9/g) 8th of 28

Points Against: 356 (22.3/g) 25th of 28

Expected W-L: 7.4-8.6

SRS: -2.00 (19th of 28), SOS: -0.62

Other Notable Asst.: Jim Garrett (Assistant Coach), Rich Kotite (Wide Receivers), Dick MacPherson (Linebackers), Jim Shofner (Quarterbacks) and Chuck Weber (Defensive Backfield)

Stadium: Cleveland Municipal Stadium

Principal Owner: Art Modell

General Manager: Peter Hadhazy

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +15000

Training Camp: Kent State (Kent, 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	334	5347	1036	5.2	50	29	293	236	442	2859	22	21	6.0	130	559	2488	17	4.5	133	128	1170	30
Opp. Stats	356	5352	1083	4.9	45	18	329	265	489	3203	20	27	6.2	175	563	2149	19	3.8	116	131	1110	38
Lg Rank Offense	8	5			25	28	11		10	8	6	12	10		16	5	10	4
Lg Rank Defense	25	25			5	12	27		28	28	20	7	25		12	11	19	13

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		San Francisco 49ers	24	7	18	393	180	213	3	18	295	164	131	6
2	Sun	September 10	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	2-0		Cincinnati Bengals	13	10	20	355	186	169	1	14	277	162	115	1
3	Sun	September 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0	@	Atlanta Falcons	24	16	17	308	198	110	3	17	234	147	87	4
4	Sun	September 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	3-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	9	15	19	199	102	97	2	18	339	200	139	3
5	Sun	October 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2		Houston Oilers	13	16	11	182	104	78	4	20	379	215	164	4
6	Sun	October 8	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2	@	New Orleans Saints	24	16	20	271	92	179	3	21	298	231	67	2
7	Sun	October 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-3		Pittsburgh Steelers	14	34	19	360	228	132	4	20	321	153	168
8	Sun	October 22	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-4	@	Kansas City Chiefs	3	17	11	162	51	111	3	17	238	48	190
9	Sun	October 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-4		Buffalo Bills	41	20	28	532	223	309	1	28	283	201	82	3
10	Sun	November 5	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-5	@	Houston Oilers	10	14	10	194	166	28	1	18	392	236	156	4
11	Sun	November 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-6		Denver Broncos	7	19	14	255	145	110	3	17	323	214	109	2
12	Sun	November 19	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-6	@	Baltimore Colts	45	24	20	480	309	171	2	22	329	267	62	1
13	Sun	November 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-6		Los Angeles Rams	30	19	16	357	227	130	3	24	363	215	148	5
14	Sun	December 3	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-7	@	Seattle Seahawks	24	47	24	452	259	193	6	28	418	235	183	2
15	Sun	December 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	8-7		New York Jets	37	34	29	519	283	236	5	20	369	266	103	5
16	Sun	December 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-8	@	Cincinnati Bengals	16	48	17	328	106	222	6	27	494	249	245	3

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Brian Sipe	29	QB	16	16	8-8-0	222	399	55.6	2906	21	5.3	15	3.8	69	7.3	6.64	13.1	181.6	80.7	29	229	6.78	6.25	5.66	2	2
2	Mark Miller	22	QB	8	0		13	39	33.3	212	1	2.6	4	10.3	44	5.4	1.33	16.3	26.5	21.5	5	47	11.36	3.75	0.11	0	0
3	Johnny Evans	22	P	16	0		1	1	100.0	19	0	0.0	0	0.0	19	19.0	19.00	19.0	1.2	118.7	0	0	0.00	19.00	19.00	0	0
4	Calvin Hill	31	RB	12	1		0	0		0	0		0						0.0		1	2	100.00	-2.00	-2.00	0	0
5	Greg Pruitt	27	RB	12	12		0	3	0.0	0	0	0.0	2	66.7		0.0	-30.00		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-30.00	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	8-8-0	236	442	53.4	2859	22	5.0	21	4.8	69	7.1	5.95	13.3	178.7	72.9	35	278	7.34	5.99	4.94	2	2

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Greg Pruitt	27	RB	12	12	176	960	3	70	5.5	80.0	14.7	38	292	7.7	2	26	3.2	24.3	214	5.9	1252	5	12
2	Reggie Rucker	31	WR	15	15	2	14	0	9	7.0	0.9	0.1	43	893	20.8	8	69	2.9	59.5	45	20.2	907	8	3
3	Ozzie Newsome	22	TE	16	16	13	96	2	33	7.4	6.0	0.8	38	589	15.5	2	47	2.4	36.8	51	13.4	685	4	1
4	Mike Pruitt	24	FB	16	9	135	560	5	71	4.1	35.0	8.4	20	112	5.6	0	15	1.3	7.0	155	4.3	672	5	3
5	Calvin Hill	31	RB	12	1	80	289	1	21	3.6	24.1	6.7	25	334	13.4	6	53	2.1	27.8	105	5.9	623	7	2
6	Dave Logan	24	WR	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	37	585	15.8	4	44	2.3	36.6	37	15.8	585	4	0
7	Cleo Miller	26	RB	15	9	89	336	1	18	3.8	22.4	5.9	20	152	7.6	0	23	1.3	10.1	109	4.5	488	1	2
8	Brian Sipe	29	QB	16	16	28	87	3	35	3.1	5.4	1.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	28	3.1	87	3	12
9	Ricky Feacher	24	WR	16	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	76	19.0	0	42	0.3	4.8	4	19.0	76	0	0
10	Keith Wright	22	WR	16	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	76	9.5	0	20	0.5	4.8	8	9.5	76	0	6
11	Larry Collins	23	RB	15	1	22	64	1	19	2.9	4.3	1.5	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.1	0.3	23	3.0	68	1	4
12	Mark Miller	22	QB	8	0	7	63	1	17	9.0	7.9	0.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	9.0	63	1	1
13	Tom Sullivan	28	RB	4	0	5	7	0	5	1.4	1.8	1.3	1	20	20.0	0	20	0.3	5.0	6	4.5	27	0	1
14	Johnny Evans	22	P	16	0	2	12	0	12	6.0	0.8	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	6.0	12	0	0
15	Gary Parris	28	TE	16	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.1	0.3	1	4.0	4	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	559	2488	17	71	4.5	155.5	34.9	236	3137	13.3	22	69	14.8	196.1	795	7.1	5625	39	47

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Dick Ambrose	25	MLB	16	16	2	46	0	39	0	1	0	0	0.5		0
2	Thom Darden	28	FS	16	16	10	200	0	46	0	2	0	0	0.0		0	PB,AP-2
3	Doug Dieken	29	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0		0
4	Earl Edwards	32	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5		0
5	Charlie Hall	30	LLB	16	16	1	6	0	6	0	1	0	0	2.5		0
6	Dave Logan	24	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
7	Ozzie Newsome	22	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0
8	Jerry Sherk	30	RDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0		0
9	Brian Sipe	29	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	12	4	-11	0	0.0		0
10	Tom DeLeone	28	C	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0		0
11	Tony Peters	25	SS	16	15	2	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	2.0		0
12	Reggie Rucker	31	WR	15	15	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0		0
13	Barry Darrow	28	RT	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
14	Gerald Irons	31	RLB	14	14	2	9	0	9	1	0	0	0	3.5		0
15	Mack Mitchell	26	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7.0		0
16	Henry Sheppard	26	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
17	Oliver Davis	24	RCB	13	13	6	65	1	33	0	0	0	0	0.0		0
18	Greg Pruitt	27	RB	12	12	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0.0		0
19	Clarence Scott	29	LCB	16	12	3	15	0	7	0	1	0	0	1.0		0
20	Mike St. Clair	25	LDE	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	-5	0	5.0		0
21	Cleo Miller	26	RB	15	9	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0.0		0
22	Mike Pruitt	24	FB	16	9	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0		0
23	Ron Bolton	28	LCB	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	43	0	0.0		0
24	Joe Jones	30	RDE	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0		0
25	Gerry Sullivan	26	C	16	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	-26	0	0.0		0
26	Clay Matthews	22	LB	15	2	1	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	1.0	34	0
27	Larry Collins	23	RB	15	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0		0
28	Ricky Feacher	24	WR	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
29	Calvin Hill	31	RB	12	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0		0
30	Johnny Evans	22	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
31	Ricky Jones	23	SS	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
32	Mark Miller	22	QB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-3	0	0.0		0
33	Gary Parris	28	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
34	Randy Rich	25	DB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
35	Mickey Sims	23	DT	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0		0
36	Tom Sullivan	28	RB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0
37	Keith Wright	22	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0.0		0
	Team Totals			16	16	27	353	1	46	50	39	-1	0	31.0	34	0

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