
1980 Cleveland Browns Roster
Team Record: 11-5
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Sam Rutigliano (11-5)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1980 Cleveland Browns Results
The Cleveland Browns of the National Football League ended the 1980 season with a record of 11 wins and 5 losses, finishing first in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
Cleveland racked up 357 points, while the defensive squad allowed 310. Brian Sipe directed the offense, passing for 4,132 yards. Mike Pruitt snagged 63 passes, while Dave Logan added 822 receiving yards, while Greg Pruitt, Ozzie Newsome and Reggie Rucker each were targeted regularly also.
Mike Pruitt ran for a team-leading 1,034 yards for the Browns.
Ron Bolton picked off 6 errant tosses from the opposition.
Sam Rutigliano coached the team. The 1980 Cleveland Browns lost in the Division Playoff.
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# | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
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80 | Willis Adams | WR | August 22, 1956 | 6'2" | 194 | Houston | Weimar, TX USA | 16 | 0 |
77 | Lyle Alzado | RDE | April 3, 1949 | 6'3" | 255 | Yankton | Brooklyn, NY USA | 16 | 15 |
52 | Dick Ambrose | RILB | January 17, 1953 | 6'0" | 235 | Virginia | New Rochelle, NY USA | 16 | 16 |
24 | Autry Beamon | DB | November 12, 1953 | 6'1" | 190 | Texas A&M-Commerce | Terrell, TX USA | 13 | 0 |
28 | Ron Bolton | LCB | April 16, 1950 | 6'2" | 180 | Norfolk St. | Petersburg, VA USA | 16 | 16 |
91 | Henry Bradley | NT | September 4, 1953 | 6'2" | 261 | Alcorn St. | St. Joseph, LA USA | 16 | 16 |
49 | Clinton Burrell | RCB | September 4, 1956 | 6'1" | 192 | LSU | Franklin, LA USA | 15 | 13 |
12 | Don Cockroft | K | February 6, 1945 | 6'2" | 195 | Adams St. | Cheyenne, WY USA | 16 | 0 |
53 | Bill Cowher | LB | May 8, 1957 | 6'3" | 225 | North Carolina St. | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 16 | 2 |
93 | Ron Crews | NT-DE | October 9, 1956 | 6'4" | 256 | Notre Dame | Springfield, IL USA | 16 | 0 |
27 | Thom Darden | FS | August 28, 1950 | 6'2" | 195 | Michigan | Sandusky, OH USA | 16 | 16 |
21 | Oliver Davis | DB | August 29, 1954 | 6'1" | 203 | Tennessee St. | Columbus, GA USA | 15 | 1 |
64 | Joe DeLamielleure | RG | March 16, 1951 | 6'3" | 254 | Michigan St. | Detroit, MI USA | 16 | 13 |
54 | Tom DeLeone | C | August 13, 1950 | 6'2" | 248 | Ohio St. | Ravenna, OH USA | 16 | 16 |
73 | Doug Dieken | LT | February 12, 1949 | 6'5" | 254 | Illinois | Streator, IL USA | 16 | 16 |
8 | Johnny Evans | P | February 18, 1956 | 6'1" | 197 | North Carolina St. | High Point, NC USA | 16 | 0 |
83 | Ricky Feacher | WR | February 11, 1954 | 5'10" | 174 | Miss. Valley St. | Crystal River, FL USA | 16 | 0 |
20 | Judson Flint | DB | January 26, 1957 | 6'0" | 201 | Memphis | Farrell, PA USA | 13 | 0 |
94 | Elvis Franks | DE | July 9, 1957 | 6'4" | 252 | Morgan St. | Doucette, TX USA | 16 | 0 |
50 | Don Goode | LB | June 21, 1951 | 6'2" | 234 | Kansas | Houston, TX USA | 15 | 2 |
59 | Charlie Hall | LOLB | December 2, 1948 | 6'3" | 220 | Houston | Yoakum, TX USA | 16 | 16 |
26 | Dino Hall | KR | December 6, 1955 | 5'7" | 165 | Rowan | Atlantic City, NJ USA | 16 | 0 |
90 | Marshall Harris | LDE | December 6, 1955 | 6'6" | 261 | TCU | San Antonio, TX USA | 16 | 15 |
35 | Calvin Hill | RB | January 2, 1947 | 6'4" | 227 | Yale | Baltimore, MD USA | 15 | 0 |
56 | Robert Jackson | LILB | August 7, 1954 | 6'1" | 230 | Texas A&M | Houston, TX USA | 14 | 14 |
68 | Robert Jackson | G | April 1, 1953 | 6'2" | 255 | Duke | Charlotte, NC USA | 14 | 4 |
48 | Lawrence Johnson | DB | September 11, 1957 | 5'11" | 204 | Wisconsin | Gary, IN USA | 2 | 2 |
85 | Dave Logan | WR | February 2, 1954 | 6'4" | 219 | Colorado | Fargo, ND USA | 16 | 16 |
57 | Clay Matthews | ROLB | March 15, 1956 | 6'2" | 245 | USC | Palo Alto, CA USA | 14 | 13 |
16 | Paul McDonald | QB | February 23, 1958 | 6'2" | 185 | USC | Montebello, CA USA | 15 | 0 |
30 | Cleo Miller | RB | September 5, 1952 | 5'11" | 207 | Ark-Pine Bluff | Gould, AR USA | 16 | 0 |
55 | John Mohring | LB | November 14, 1956 | 6'3" | 240 | C.W. Post | Glen Cove, NY USA | 14 | 0 |
82 | Ozzie Newsome | TE | March 16, 1956 | 6'2" | 232 | Alabama | Muscle Shoals, AL USA | 16 | 16 |
84 | McDonald Oden | TE | March 28, 1958 | 6'4" | 234 | Tennessee St. | Franklin, TN USA | 16 | 0 |
58 | Cliff Odom | LB | August 15, 1958 | 6'2" | 237 | Texas-Arlington | Beaumont, TX USA | 8 | 0 |
69 | Joel Patten | T | February 7, 1958 | 6'7" | 310 | Duke | Augsburg, Germany | 8 | 0 |
34 | Greg Pruitt | RB | August 18, 1951 | 5'10" | 190 | Oklahoma | Houston, TX USA | 16 | 9 |
43 | Mike Pruitt | FB | April 3, 1954 | 6'0" | 222 | Purdue | Chicago, IL USA | 16 | 16 |
63 | Cody Risien | RT | March 22, 1957 | 6'7" | 269 | Texas A&M | Bryan, TX USA | 16 | 16 |
33 | Reggie Rucker | WR | September 21, 1947 | 6'2" | 195 | Boston Univ. | Washington, DC USA | 16 | 16 |
22 | Clarence Scott | SS | April 9, 1949 | 6'0" | 190 | Kansas St. | Atlanta, GA USA | 16 | 16 |
65 | Henry Sheppard | LG | November 12, 1952 | 6'6" | 255 | SMU | Cuero, TX USA | 16 | 15 |
72 | Jerry Sherk | DT | July 7, 1948 | 6'4" | 258 | Oklahoma St. | Grants Pass, OR USA | 1 | 1 |
17 | Brian Sipe | QB | August 8, 1949 | 6'1" | 195 | San Diego St. | San Diego, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
79 | Gerry Sullivan | T-C-G | January 15, 1952 | 6'4" | 250 | Illinois | Oak Park, IL USA | 16 | 0 |
87 | Curtis Weathers | LB-TE | September 16, 1956 | 6'5" | 224 | Mississippi | Memphis, TN USA | 10 | 0 |
25 | Charles White | RB | January 22, 1958 | 5'10" | 190 | USC | Los Angeles, CA USA | 14 | 7 |
41 | Jerry Wilkinson | DE | February 27, 1956 | 6'9" | 248 | Oregon St. | San Francisco, CA USA | 7 | 0 |
89 | Keith Wright | PR | January 30, 1956 | 5'10" | 172 | Memphis | Mercedes, TX USA | 12 | 0 |