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1979 Cleveland Browns Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-7-0, 3rd in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Sam Rutigliano (9-7-0)

Points For: 359 (22.4/g) 9th of 28

Points Against: 352 (22.0/g) 20th of 28

Expected W-L: 8.2-7.8

SRS: 3.03 (9th of 28), SOS: 2.59

Other Notable Asst.: Dave Adolph (Defensive Line), 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 +5000

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	359	5772	1092	5.3	44	17	350	289	545	3491	28	27	5.9	189	504	2281	16	4.5	125	83	709	36
Opp. Stats	352	5650	1076	5.3	32	16	307	271	468	3046	14	16	6.1	158	577	2604	25	4.5	136	118	1018	13
Lg Rank Offense	9	3			23	13	1		4	6	3	26	12		18	14	15	3
Lg Rank Defense	20	24			25	14	17		16	19	4	23	20		23	27	27	26

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 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	1-0	@	New York Jets	25	22	24	423	292	131	4	24	390	161	229	2
2	Sun	September 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	Kansas City Chiefs	27	24	23	402	238	164	2	19	248	147	101	1
3	Sun	September 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0		Baltimore Colts	13	10	16	321	197	124	2	13	283	185	98
4	Mon	September 24	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-0		Dallas Cowboys	26	7	15	311	229	82	1	20	394	271	123	5
5	Sun	September 30	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-1	@	Houston Oilers	10	31	24	309	201	108	4	17	270	76	194
6	Sun	October 7	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-2		Pittsburgh Steelers	35	51	24	458	365	93	5	21	522	161	361	1
7	Sun	October 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-3		Washington Redskins	9	13	21	304	137	167	3	13	310	221	89	1
8	Sun	October 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-3		Cincinnati Bengals	28	27	22	315	191	124	3	20	395	293	102	2
9	Sun	October 28	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3	@	St. Louis Cardinals	38	20	27	418	192	226	2	16	282	173	109	3
10	Sun	November 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-3	@	Philadelphia Eagles	24	19	23	341	187	154	3	21	435	199	236	4
11	Sun	November 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-4		Seattle Seahawks	24	29	21	373	158	215	3	24	427	238	189	1
12	Sun	November 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	8-4		Miami Dolphins	30	24	25	493	345	148	2	15	317	196	121	3
13	Sun	November 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	8-5	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	30	33	22	345	283	62	1	36	606	351	255	3
14	Sun	December 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-5		Houston Oilers	14	7	23	335	137	198	2	13	249	128	121	2
15	Sun	December 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-6	@	Oakland Raiders	14	19	19	274	105	169	3	20	326	196	130	2
16	Sun	December 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-7	@	Cincinnati Bengals	12	16	21	350	234	116	4	15	196	50	146	2

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	30	QB	16	16	9-7-0	286	535	53.5	3793	28	5.2	26	4.9	74	7.1	5.95	13.3	237.1	73.4	43	347	7.44	5.96	4.91	5	7	AP-2,AP MVP-3,AP OPoY-3
2	Mark Miller	23	QB	2	0		2	8	25.0	31	0	0.0	1	12.5	17	3.9	-1.75	15.5	15.5	3.6	0	0	0.00	3.88	-1.75	0	0
3	Johnny Evans	23	P	16	0		1	2	50.0	14	0	0.0	0	0.0	14	7.0	7.00	14.0	0.9	72.9	0	0	0.00	7.00	7.00	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	9-7-0	289	545	53.0	3491	28	5.1	27	5.0	74	7.0	5.84	13.3	218.2	72.1	43	347	7.31	5.94	4.82	5	7

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	Mike Pruitt	25	FB	16	16	264	1294	9	77	4.9	80.9	16.5	41	372	9.1	2	50	2.6	23.3	305	5.5	1666	11	6	PB
2	Dave Logan	25	WR	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	59	982	16.6	7	46	3.7	61.4	59	16.6	982	7	1
3	Ozzie Newsome	23	TE	16	16	1	6	0	6	6.0	0.4	0.1	55	781	14.2	9	74	3.4	48.8	56	14.1	787	9	0	AP-2
4	Reggie Rucker	32	WR	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	43	749	17.4	6	54	2.7	46.8	43	17.4	749	6	0
5	Calvin Hill	32	RB	14	7	53	193	1	33	3.6	13.8	3.8	38	381	10.0	2	31	2.7	27.2	91	6.3	574	3	1
6	Cleo Miller	27	RB	16	3	39	213	1	39	5.5	13.3	2.4	26	251	9.7	0	33	1.6	15.7	65	7.1	464	1	1
7	Greg Pruitt	28	RB	6	6	62	233	0	27	3.8	38.8	10.3	14	155	11.1	1	27	2.3	25.8	76	5.1	388	1	1
8	Brian Sipe	30	QB	16	16	45	178	2	34	4.0	11.1	2.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	45	4.0	178	2	10	AP-2,AP MVP-3,AP OPoY-3
9	Dino Hall	24	RB	11	0	22	152	1	52	6.9	13.8	2.0	2	14	7.0	0	8	0.2	1.3	24	6.9	166	1	5
10	Ricky Feacher	25	WR	16	0	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	7	103	14.7	1	25	0.4	6.4	8	12.8	102	1	1
11	Pat Moriarty	24	RB	16	0	14	11	2	8	0.8	0.7	0.9	1	17	17.0	0	17	0.1	1.1	15	1.9	28	2	0
12	Curtis Weathers	23	TE	16	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	14	14.0	0	14	0.1	0.9	1	14.0	14	0	1
13	Keith Wright	23	WR	5	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	13	13.0	0	13	0.2	2.6	1	13.0	13	0	0
14	Willis Adams	23	WR	16	0	2	4	0	3	2.0	0.3	0.1	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.1	0.4	3	3.3	10	0	1
15	Mark Miller	23	QB	2	0	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-1.0	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-2.0	-2	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	504	2281	16	77	4.5	142.6	31.5	289	3838	13.3	28	74	18.1	239.9	793	7.7	6119	44	28

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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	Ron Bolton	29	LCB	16	16	3	20	0	13	0	2	2	0	0.0		0
2	Thom Darden	29	FS	16	16	5	125	1	39	0	1	0	0	0.0		0	AP-2
3	Oliver Davis	25	RCB	16	16	1	33	0	33	0	1	13	0	0.0		0
4	Charlie Hall	31	LLB/LOLB	16	16	2	14	0	11	0	0	0	0	0.0		0
5	Dave Logan	25	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0
6	Clay Matthews	23	RLB/ROLB	16	16	1	30	0	30	0	2	0	0	2.0	103	0
7	Mike Pruitt	25	FB	16	16	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0.0		0	PB
8	Clarence Scott	30	SS	16	16	3	56	0	29	0	1	0	0	1.0		0
9	Mickey Sims	24	LDT/NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.0		0
10	Brian Sipe	30	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	10	6	-8	0	0.0		0	AP-2,AP MVP-3,AP OPoY-3
11	Lyle Alzado	30	LDE	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.0		0
12	Dick Ambrose	26	MLB/LILB	15	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	13	0	0.0		0
13	Jack Gregory	35	RDE	16	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.5		0
14	Jerry Sherk	31	RDT	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12.0		0
15	Calvin Hill	32	RB	14	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0
16	Mike St. Clair	26	DE	16	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0		0
17	Greg Pruitt	28	RB	6	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0		0
18	Robert Jackson	25	RILB	16	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0		0
19	Cleo Miller	27	RB	16	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0
20	Willis Adams	23	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0
21	Henry Bradley	26	NT	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0		0
22	Clinton Burrell	23	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11	0	0.0		0
23	Ricky Feacher	25	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0		0
24	Dave Graf	26	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5		0
25	Dino Hall	24	RB	11	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0		0
26	Gerald Irons	32	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5		0
27	Ricky Jones	24	SS	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5		0
28	Pat Moriarty	24	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
29	Curtis Weathers	23	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0
	Team Totals			16	16	16	278	1	39	29	26	31	0	31.0	103	0

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