1977 Cleveland Browns Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-8
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Forrest Gregg (6-7)
Coach: Dick Modzelewski (0-1)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1977 Cleveland Browns RosterTeam Record: 6-8
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Forrest Gregg (6-7)
Coach: Dick Modzelewski (0-1)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1977 Cleveland Browns Results
The Cleveland Browns of the National Football League ended the 1977 season with a record of 6 wins and 8 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
Cleveland ran up 269 points, while the defensive squad conceded 267. Greg Pruitt carried the ball for a team-leading 1,086 yards for the Browns.
Brian Sipe passed for 1,233 yards. Cleo Miller snagged 41 passes, while Reggie Rucker added 565 receiving yards, while Greg Pruitt was targeted regularly, too.
Thom Darden picked off 6 opponent throws.
Forrest Gregg and Dick Modzelewski coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Sipe | 195 | 112 | 57.4 | 1233 | 6.3 | 9 | 4.6 | 14 | 7.2 | 52 | 16 | 114 | 61.8 |
| Dave Mays | 121 | 67 | 55.4 | 797 | 6.6 | 6 | 5.0 | 10 | 8.3 | 60 | 6 | 67 | 57.8 |
| Terry Luck | 50 | 25 | 50.0 | 316 | 6.3 | 1 | 2.0 | 7 | 14.0 | 33 | 1 | 8 | 37.2 |
| Greg Pruitt | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 28 | 3.1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 91.7 |
| Dave Logan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 377 | 208 | 55.2 | 2374 | 6.3 | 19 | 5.0 | 31 | 8.2 | 60 | 24 | 199 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Pruitt | 236 | 1086 | 4.6 | 78 | 3 |
| Cleo Miller | 163 | 756 | 4.6 | 38 | 4 |
| Mike Pruitt | 47 | 205 | 4.4 | 21 | 1 |
| Larry Poole | 38 | 118 | 3.1 | 12 | 1 |
| Brian Duncan | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 10 | 0 |
| Brian Sipe | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Paul Warfield | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Mays | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Terry Luck | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 1 | 0 |
| Greg Coleman | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Totals | 510 | 2200 | 4.3 | 78 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleo Miller | 41 | 291 | 7.1 | 28 | 1 |
| Greg Pruitt | 37 | 471 | 12.7 | 60 | 1 |
| Reggie Rucker | 36 | 565 | 15.7 | 40 | 2 |
| Gary Parris | 21 | 213 | 10.1 | 26 | 5 |
| Dave Logan | 19 | 284 | 14.9 | 42 | 1 |
| Paul Warfield | 18 | 251 | 13.9 | 52 | 2 |
| Larry Poole | 17 | 137 | 8.1 | 21 | 3 |
| Oscar Roan | 13 | 136 | 10.5 | 27 | 2 |
| Mike Pruitt | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Brian Duncan | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 1 |
| Reggie Craig | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Terry Luck | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 1 |
| Totals | 208 | 2374 | 11.4 | 60 | 19 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Coleman | 61 | 2389 | 39.2 | 58 |
| Don Cockroft | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 |
| Totals | 62 | 2419 | 39.0 | 58 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolly Woolsey | 32 | 290 | 9.1 | 44 | 0 |
| Eddie Payton | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Ricky Feacher | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Reggie Craig | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 38 | 322 | 8.5 | 44 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Duncan | 15 | 298 | 19.9 | 36 | 0 |
| Ricky Feacher | 11 | 219 | 19.9 | 26 | 0 |
| Lawrence Williams | 8 | 199 | 24.9 | 32 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 6 | 131 | 21.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Eddie Payton | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 34 | 0 |
| Ken Ellis | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Robert Jackson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Dick Ambrose | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bob Babich | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Rolly Woolsey | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 53 | 1075 | 20.3 | 36 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thom Darden | 6 | 107 | 17.8 | 49 | 1 |
| Gerald Irons | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 53 | 1 |
| Clarence Scott | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 49 | 1 |
| Oliver Davis | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Ron Bolton | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 43 | 0 |
| Tony Peters | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Charlie Hall | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rolly Woolsey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23 | 430 | 18.7 | 53 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Pruitt | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mack Mitchell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Jackson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cleo Miller | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Hall | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Ambrose | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Sipe | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Edwards | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Luck | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |||
| Mickey Sims | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Jones | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike St. Clair | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Henry Sheppard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Dieken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Irons | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ricky Feacher | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Duncan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Sherk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Thom Darden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Mays | 3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Payton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reggie Craig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reggie Rucker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Pruitt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Parris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Ellis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rolly Woolsey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Poole | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 34 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Don Cockroft | 17 | 30 | 0 | 81 | ||||||||||
| Cleo Miller | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Gary Parris | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Larry Poole | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Greg Pruitt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Paul Warfield | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Reggie Rucker | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Oscar Roan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Dave Logan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Mike Pruitt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Clarence Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Terry Luck | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Gerald Irons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Brian Duncan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Thom Darden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jerry Sherk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 269 |
