1983 Cleveland Browns Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Sam Rutigliano (9-7)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1983 Cleveland Browns RosterTeam Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Sam Rutigliano (9-7)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1983 Cleveland Browns Results
The Cleveland Browns of the National Football League ended the 1983 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
The Browns racked up 356 points, and the defensive squad allowed 342. Brian Sipe led the charge, passing for 3,566 yards. Ozzie Newsome snagged 89 passes for 970 yards.
Mike Pruitt ran for a team-leading 1,184 yards for Cleveland.
Tom Cousineau intercepted 4 errant tosses from the opposition. Clay Matthews sacked quarterbacks 6 times.
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 | 496 | 291 | 58.7 | 3566 | 7.2 | 26 | 5.2 | 23 | 4.6 | 66 | 27 | 233 | 79.1 |
| Paul McDonald | 68 | 32 | 47.1 | 341 | 5.0 | 1 | 1.5 | 4 | 5.9 | 27 | 6 | 38 | 42.6 |
| Dwight Walker | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Totals | 567 | 324 | 57.1 | 3932 | 6.9 | 27 | 4.8 | 28 | 4.9 | 66 | 33 | 271 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Pruitt | 293 | 1184 | 4.0 | 27 | 10 |
| Boyce Green | 104 | 497 | 4.8 | 29 | 3 |
| Dwight Walker | 19 | 100 | 5.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Brian Sipe | 26 | 56 | 2.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Johnny Davis | 13 | 42 | 3.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Bobby Jones | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Paul McDonald | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Harry Holt | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Dino Hall | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Willis Adams | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rocky Belk | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Totals | 465 | 1922 | 4.1 | 29 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ozzie Newsome | 89 | 970 | 10.9 | 66 | 6 |
| Dave Logan | 37 | 627 | 16.9 | 34 | 2 |
| Bobby Jones | 36 | 507 | 14.1 | 32 | 4 |
| Mike Pruitt | 30 | 157 | 5.2 | 21 | 2 |
| Harry Holt | 29 | 420 | 14.5 | 48 | 3 |
| Dwight Walker | 29 | 273 | 9.4 | 35 | 1 |
| Boyce Green | 25 | 167 | 6.7 | 33 | 1 |
| Willis Adams | 20 | 374 | 18.7 | 59 | 2 |
| Ricky Feacher | 13 | 217 | 16.7 | 42 | 3 |
| Rocky Belk | 5 | 141 | 28.2 | 64 | 2 |
| Johnny Davis | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dino Hall | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Doug Dieken | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Tim Stracka | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 324 | 3932 | 12.1 | 66 | 27 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Bahr | 40 | 38 | 95.0 | 24 | 21 | 87.5 | 101 |
| Steve Cox | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 40 | 38 | 95.0 | 25 | 22 | 88.0 | 104 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Gossett | 70 | 2854 | 40.8 | 60 |
| Totals | 70 | 2854 | 40.8 | 60 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight Walker | 29 | 627 | 21.6 | 38 | 0 |
| Boyce Green | 17 | 350 | 20.6 | 30 | 0 |
| Dino Hall | 11 | 237 | 21.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Vagas Ferguson | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Scott Nicolas | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Johnny Davis | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bill Contz | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 63 | 1290 | 20.5 | 38 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Cousineau | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Chip Banks | 3 | 95 | 31.7 | 65 | 1 |
| Mike Whitwell | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Hanford Dixon | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 35 | 0 |
| Lawrence Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarence Scott | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clinton Burrell | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Perry | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Al Gross | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Golic | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 1 |
| Totals | 22 | 296 | 13.5 | 65 | 2 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Matthews | 6.0 | 0.0 | |
| Elvis Franks | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
| Reggie Camp | 4.5 | 0.0 | |
| Chip Banks | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Tom Cousineau | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Bob Golic | 3.5 | 0.0 | |
| Dave Puzzuoli | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Whitwell | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Keith Baldwin | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Hanford Dixon | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 32.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Matthews | 106 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Dwight Walker | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Tom Cousineau | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Logan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Mike Pruitt | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Paul McDonald | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Clinton Burrell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Puzzuoli | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Elvis Franks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rod Perry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brian Sipe | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Al Gross | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Willis Adams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Harry Holt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Chip Banks | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dick Ambrose | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Boyce Green | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Tom DeLeone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ricky Feacher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 106 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 4 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Matt Bahr | 21 | 38 | 0 | 101 | ||||||||||
| Mike Pruitt | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||||||||
| Ozzie Newsome | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| Boyce Green | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Bobby Jones | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Harry Holt | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Ricky Feacher | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Rocky Belk | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Dave Logan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willis Adams | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Dwight Walker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Chip Banks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bob Golic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Doug Dieken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Steve Cox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 13 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 356 |
