1981 Cleveland Browns Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-11
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Sam Rutigliano (5-11)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1981 Cleveland Browns RosterTeam Record: 5-11
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Sam Rutigliano (5-11)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1981 Cleveland Browns Results
The Cleveland Browns of the National Football League ended the 1981 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
Cleveland racked up 276 points, while the defense yielded 375. Brian Sipe directed the offense, passing for 3,876 yards. Ozzie Newsome snagged 69 passes for 1,002 yards. Mike Pruitt and Greg Pruitt were targeted regularly also.
Mike Pruitt ran for a team-leading 1,103 yards for the Browns.
Clarence Scott intercepted 4 errant tosses from the opposition.
Sam Rutigliano 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 | 567 | 313 | 55.2 | 3876 | 6.8 | 17 | 3.0 | 25 | 4.4 | 62 | 34 | 310 | 68.2 |
| Paul McDonald | 57 | 35 | 61.4 | 463 | 8.1 | 4 | 7.0 | 2 | 3.5 | 46 | 6 | 43 | 95.9 |
| Totals | 624 | 348 | 55.8 | 4339 | 7.0 | 21 | 3.4 | 27 | 4.3 | 62 | 40 | 353 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Pruitt | 247 | 1103 | 4.5 | 21 | 7 |
| Charles White | 97 | 342 | 3.5 | 26 | 1 |
| Cleo Miller | 52 | 165 | 3.2 | 13 | 2 |
| Brian Sipe | 38 | 153 | 4.0 | 22 | 1 |
| Greg Pruitt | 31 | 124 | 4.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Paul McDonald | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ricky Feacher | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 474 | 1929 | 4.1 | 26 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ozzie Newsome | 69 | 1002 | 14.5 | 62 | 6 |
| Greg Pruitt | 65 | 636 | 9.8 | 33 | 4 |
| Mike Pruitt | 63 | 442 | 7.0 | 21 | 1 |
| Dave Logan | 31 | 497 | 16.0 | 40 | 4 |
| Ricky Feacher | 29 | 654 | 22.6 | 48 | 3 |
| Reggie Rucker | 27 | 532 | 19.7 | 49 | 1 |
| Charles White | 27 | 219 | 8.1 | 21 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 17 | 150 | 8.8 | 23 | 2 |
| Cleo Miller | 16 | 139 | 8.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Danny Fulton | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Willis Adams | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| McDonald Oden | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 348 | 4339 | 12.5 | 62 | 21 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Bahr | 22 | 22 | 100.0 | 20 | 13 | 65.0 | 61 |
| Dave Jacobs | 10 | 9 | 90.0 | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 21 |
| Steve Cox | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 32 | 31 | 96.9 | 33 | 17 | 51.5 | 82 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dino Hall | 36 | 813 | 22.6 | 48 | 0 |
| Cleo Montgomery | 14 | 334 | 23.9 | 38 | 0 |
| Charles White | 12 | 243 | 20.2 | 32 | 0 |
| Greg Pruitt | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Cleo Miller | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Thomas Brown | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Eddie Johnson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Matt Miller | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 72 | 1537 | 21.3 | 48 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Scott | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Thom Darden | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 45 | 0 |
| Judson Flint | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Clay Matthews | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ron Bolton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Don Goode | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Logan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Ambrose | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 165 | 11.0 | 45 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Matthews | 128 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Sipe | 10 | 4 | -39 | 0 | |||||
| Charles White | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Clarence Scott | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gerry Sullivan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dick Ambrose | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ron Bolton | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Pruitt | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Robert Jackson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Thom Darden | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Robinson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Eddie Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Henry Bradley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Cleo Montgomery | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Autry Beamon | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lyle Alzado | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Thomas Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dino Hall | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Greg Pruitt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Calvin Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Paul McDonald | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 128 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 31 | -18 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Matt Bahr | 13 | 22 | 0 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Mike Pruitt | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Ozzie Newsome | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Greg Pruitt | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Dave Logan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Dave Jacobs | 4 | 9 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Feacher | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Calvin Hill | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Cleo Miller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Reggie Rucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Charles White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Brian Sipe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 274 |
