1984 Cleveland Browns Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-11
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Sam Rutigliano (1-7)
Coach: Marty Schottenheimer (4-4)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1984 Cleveland Browns StatisticsTeam Record: 5-11
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Sam Rutigliano (1-7)
Coach: Marty Schottenheimer (4-4)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1984 Cleveland Browns Results
The Cleveland Browns of the National Football League ended the 1984 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
Cleveland stumbled, scoring only 250 points, while the solid defense conceded 297. Paul McDonald led the charge, passing for 3,472 yards. Ozzie Newsome topped the receiving corps, snagging 89 passes for 1,001 yards.
Boyce Green ran for a team-leading 673 yards for the Browns, while Mike Pruitt also contributed to the rushing attack.
Hanford Dixon and Al Gross each snatched 5 errant tosses from the opposition. Reggie Camp paced the defensive unit with 14 quarterback sacks.
Sam Rutigliano and Marty Schottenheimer coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Willis Adams | WR | August 22, 1956 | 6'2" | 194 | Houston | Weimar, TX USA | 16 | 1 |
| 53 | Stuart Anderson | LB | December 25, 1959 | 6'1" | 238 | Virginia | Mathews, VA USA | 4 | 0 |
| 61 | Mike Baab | C | December 6, 1959 | 6'4" | 270 | Texas | Fort Worth, TX USA | 16 | 16 |
| 9 | Matt Bahr | K | July 6, 1956 | 5'10" | 175 | Penn St. | Philadelphia, PA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 99 | Keith Baldwin | RDE | October 13, 1960 | 6'4" | 263 | Texas A&M | Houston, TX USA | 16 | 16 |
| 56 | Chip Banks | LOLB | September 18, 1959 | 6'4" | 243 | USC | Fort Lawton, OK USA | 16 | 16 |
| 24 | Greg Best | DB | January 14, 1960 | 5'10" | 185 | Kansas St. | New Brighton, PA USA | 5 | 0 |
| 31 | James Black | RB | April 3, 1962 | 5'11" | 198 | Akron | Lima, OH USA | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Rickey Bolden | TE | September 8, 1961 | 6'6" | 274 | SMU | Dallas, TX USA | 12 | 9 |
| 47 | Larry Braziel | DB | September 25, 1954 | 6'0" | 188 | USC | Fort Worth, TX USA | 13 | 1 |
| 86 | Brian Brennan | PR | February 15, 1962 | 5'9" | 178 | Boston Col. | Bloomfield, MI USA | 15 | 4 |
| 89 | Preston Brown | WR | March 2, 1958 | 5'10" | 184 | Vanderbilt | Nashville, TN USA | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | Clinton Burrell | DB | September 4, 1956 | 6'1" | 192 | LSU | Franklin, LA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 44 | Earnest Byner | KR | September 15, 1962 | 5'10" | 215 | East Carolina | Milledgeville, GA USA | 16 | 3 |
| 96 | Reggie Camp | LDE | February 28, 1961 | 6'4" | 274 | California | San Francisco, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 75 | Bill Contz | RT | December 5, 1961 | 6'5" | 268 | Penn St. | Belle Vernon, PA USA | 15 | 9 |
| 50 | Tom Cousineau | RILB | May 6, 1957 | 6'3" | 225 | Ohio St. | Fairview Park, OH USA | 16 | 16 |
| 15 | Steve Cox | P | May 11, 1958 | 6'4" | 195 | Tulsa | Shreveport, LA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 85 | Bruce Davis | WR | February 25, 1963 | 5'8" | 160 | Baylor | Dallas, TX USA | 14 | 1 |
| 38 | Johnny Davis | RB | July 17, 1956 | 6'1" | 235 | Alabama | Montgomery, AL USA | 16 | 4 |
| 64 | Joe DeLamielleure | RG | March 16, 1951 | 6'3" | 254 | Michigan St. | Detroit, MI USA | 16 | 16 |
| 54 | Tom DeLeone | C | August 13, 1950 | 6'2" | 248 | Ohio St. | Ravenna, OH USA | 15 | 0 |
| 73 | Doug Dieken | LT | February 12, 1949 | 6'5" | 254 | Illinois | Streator, IL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 29 | Hanford Dixon | RCB | December 25, 1958 | 5'11" | 186 | Southern Miss | Mobile, AL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 53 | Jim Dumont | LB | July 16, 1961 | 6'1" | 224 | Rutgers | Bristol, PA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 74 | Paul Farren | RT | December 24, 1960 | 6'5" | 272 | Boston Univ. | Weymouth, MA USA | 15 | 6 |
| 83 | Ricky Feacher | WR | February 11, 1954 | 5'10" | 174 | Miss. Valley St. | Crystal River, FL USA | 16 | 3 |
| 10 | Tom Flick | QB | August 30, 1958 | 6'2" | 190 | Washington | Patuxent River, MD USA | 1 | 0 |
| 94 | Elvis Franks | DE | July 9, 1957 | 6'4" | 252 | Morgan St. | Doucette, TX USA | 16 | 0 |
| 79 | Bob Golic | NT | October 26, 1957 | 6'2" | 264 | Notre Dame | Cleveland, OH USA | 15 | 15 |
| 30 | Boyce Green | RB | June 24, 1960 | 5'11" | 215 | Carson-Newman | Beaufort, SC USA | 16 | 10 |
| 27 | Al Gross | SS | January 4, 1961 | 6'3" | 191 | Arizona | Stockton, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 78 | Carl Hairston | DE-DT-LB | December 15, 1952 | 6'3" | 260 | Md-Eastern Shore | Martinsville, VA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 84 | Duriel Harris | WR | November 27, 1954 | 5'11" | 179 | New Mexico St. | Port Arthur, TX USA | 11 | 11 |
| 81 | Harry Holt | TE | December 29, 1957 | 6'4" | 236 | Arizona | Harlingen, TX USA | 12 | 8 |
| 68 | Robert Jackson | LG | April 1, 1953 | 6'2" | 255 | Duke | Charlotte, NC USA | 16 | 16 |
| 51 | Eddie Johnson | LILB | February 3, 1959 | 6'1" | 220 | Louisville | Albany, GA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 48 | Lawrence Johnson | DB | September 11, 1957 | 5'11" | 204 | Wisconsin | Gary, IN USA | 6 | 3 |
| 88 | Darryl Lewis | TE | April 16, 1961 | 6'6" | 232 | Texas-Arlington | Mount Pleasant, TX USA | 2 | 0 |
| 62 | George Lilja | G | March 3, 1958 | 6'4" | 264 | Michigan | Evergreen Park, IL USA | 4 | 1 |
| 59 | David Marshall | LB | January 3, 1961 | 6'3" | 220 | East. Michigan | Cleveland, OH USA | 16 | 0 |
| 57 | Clay Matthews | ROLB | March 15, 1956 | 6'2" | 245 | USC | Palo Alto, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 16 | Paul McDonald | QB | February 23, 1958 | 6'2" | 185 | USC | Montebello, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 31 | Frank Minnifield | LCB | January 1, 1960 | 5'9" | 180 | Louisville | Lexington, KY USA | 15 | 12 |
| 82 | Ozzie Newsome | TE | March 16, 1956 | 6'2" | 232 | Alabama | Muscle Shoals, AL USA | 16 | 15 |
| 58 | Scott Nicolas | LB | August 7, 1960 | 6'3" | 226 | Miami (FL) | Wichita Falls, TX USA | 16 | 0 |
| 40 | Rod Perry | DB | September 11, 1953 | 5'9" | 178 | Colorado | Fresno, CA USA | 8 | 0 |
| 66 | Ted Petersen | T-C-G | February 7, 1955 | 6'5" | 244 | East. Illinois | Kankakee, IL USA | 4 | 0 |
| 43 | Mike Pruitt | RB | April 3, 1954 | 6'0" | 222 | Purdue | Chicago, IL USA | 10 | 7 |
| 72 | Dave Puzzuoli | NT | January 12, 1961 | 6'3" | 260 | Pittsburgh | Greenwich, CT USA | 16 | 1 |
| 37 | Chris Rockins | DB | May 18, 1962 | 6'0" | 195 | Oklahoma St. | Sherman, TX USA | 16 | 2 |
| 20 | Don Rogers | FS | September 17, 1962 | 6'1" | 206 | UCLA | Texarkana, AR USA | 15 | 14 |
| 87 | Tim Stracka | TE | September 27, 1959 | 6'3" | 225 | Wisconsin | Madison, WI USA | 6 | 1 |
| 42 | Dwight Walker | RB | January 10, 1959 | 5'10" | 185 | Nicholls St. | Metairie, LA USA | 11 | 1 |
| 55 | Curtis Weathers | LB | September 16, 1956 | 6'5" | 224 | Mississippi | Memphis, TN USA | 16 | 1 |
| 25 | Charles White | RB | January 22, 1958 | 5'10" | 190 | USC | Los Angeles, CA USA | 10 | 1 |
| 83 | Glen Young | WR | October 11, 1960 | 6'2" | 205 | Mississippi St. | Greenwood, MS USA | 2 | 1 |
