2012 Media Guide_PROOF.P - ClevelandBrowns.com

1978 (8-8)COACH: Sam RutiglianoDIVISION FINISH: 3rd AFC Central1978 USUAL STARTING LINEUPSOFFENSEWR 85 Dave LoganLT 73 Doug DiekenLG 65 Henry SheppardC 54 Tom DeLeoneRG 68 Robert E. JacksonRT 63 Barry DarrowTE 82 Ozzie NewsomeWR 33 Reggie RuckerQB 17 Brian SipeFB 43 Mike Pruitt30 Clea MillerRB 34 Greg PruittRADIO ANNOUNCERS:Gib Shanley, Jim Mueller (WHK 1420 AM)DEFENSELDE 74 Mike St. ClairLDT 66 Earl EdwardsRDT 72 Jerry SherkRDE 70 M. Mitchell, 64 J. JonesLOLB 59 Charlie HallMLB 52 Dick AmbroseROLB 86 Gerald Irons57 Clay MatthewsLCB 22 C. Scott, 28 R. BoltonRCB 21 Oliver DavisSS 20 Tony PetersFS 27 Thom DardenDATE RESULT OPPONENT ATT9/3 W, 24-7 San Francisco 49ers 68,9739/10 W, 13-10 (OT) Cincinnati Bengals 72,6919/17 W, 24-16 at Atlanta Falcons 56,6489/24 L, 9-15 (OT) at Pittsburgh Steelers 49,57310/1 L, 13-16 Houston Oilers 72,77610/8 W, 24-16 at New Orleans Saints 50,15810/15 L, 14-34 Pittsburgh Steelers 81,30210/22 L, 3-17 at Kansas City Chiefs 41,15710/29 W, 41-20 Buffalo Bills 51,40911/5 L, 10-14 at Houston Oilers 45,82711/12 L, 7-19 Denver Broncos 70,85611/19 W, 45-24 at Baltimore Colts 45,34111/26 W, 30-19 Los Angeles Rams 55,15812/3 L, 24-47 at Seattle Seahawks 62,26212/10 W, 37-34 (OT) New York Jets 36,88112/17 L, 16-48 at Cincinnati Bengals 46,985TEAM STATISTICS BROWNS OPPONENTTotal First Downs 293 329Rushing 133 117Passing 130 174Penalty 30 383rd Down: Made/Att 85/217 96/2303rd Down Pct. 39.2% 41.7%Total Net Yards 5,347 5,352Avg. Per Game 334.2 334.5Total Plays 1,036 1,083Avg. Per Play 5.2 4.9Net Yards Rushing 2,488 2,149Avg. Per Game 155.5 134.3Total Rushes 559 563Net Yards Passing 2,859 3,203Avg. Per Game 178.7 200.2Sacked/Yards Lost 35/278 31/232Gross Yards 3,137 3,435Attempts/Completions 442/236 489/265Completion Pct. 53.4% 54.2%Had Intercepted 21 27Punts/Avg. 79/39.1 82/38.4Net Punting Avg. 79/34.5 82/34.5Penalties/Yards Lost 127/1,165 131/1,110Fumbles/Ball Lost 50/29 35/18Touchdowns 40 42Rushing 17 19Passing 22 20Returns 1 3Avg. Time Of Possession 30:06 29:54SCORE BY PERIODS 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH OT TOTBrowns 50 115 85 78 6 — 334Opponents 46 99 60 145 6 — 356SCORING RU PA ST DF PAT 2RU 2PA FG SAF TPCockroft, Don 0 0 0 0 37/40 0 0 19/28 0 94Rucker, Reggie 0 8 0 0 0/0 0 0 0/0 0 48Hill, Calvin 1 6 0 0 0/0 0 0 0/0 0 42Pruitt, Mike 5 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0/0 0 30Pruitt, Greg 3 2 0 0 0/0 0 0 0/0 0 30Logan, Dave 0 4 0 0 0/0 0 0 0/0 0 24Newsome, Ozzie 2 2 0 0 0/0 0 0 0/0 0 24Sipe, Brian 3 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0/0 0 18Miller, Cleo 1 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0/0 0 6Collins, Larry 1 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0/0 0 6Davis, Oliver 0 0 0 1 0/0 0 0 0/0 0 6Miller, Mark 1 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0/0 0 6Browns 17 22 0 1 37/40 0 0 19/28 0 334Opponents 19 20 3 0 36/41 0 0 22/29 1 356RUSHING NO YDS AVG LG TDPruitt, Greg 176 960 5.5 70t 3Pruitt, Mike 135 560 4.1 71t 5Miller, Cleo 89 336 3.8 18 1Hill, Calvin 80 289 3.6 21 1Sipe, Brian 28 87 3.1 35 3Collins, Larry 22 64 2.9 19 1Newsome, Ozzie 13 96 7.4 33t 2Miller, Mark 7 63 9.0 17 1Sullivan, Tom 5 7 1.4 5 0Rucker, Reggie 2 14 7.0 9 0Evans, Johnny 2 12 6.0 12 0Browns 559 2,488 4.5 71t 17Opponents 563 2,149 3.8 39 19RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TDRucker, Reggie 43 893 20.8 69t 8Newsome, Ozzie 38 589 15.5 47 2Pruitt, Greg 38 292 7.7 26t 2Logan, Dave 37 585 15.8 44 4Hill, Calvin 25 334 13.4 53t 6Miller, Cleo 20 152 7.6 23 0Pruitt, Mike 20 112 5.6 15 0Wright, Keith 8 76 9.5 20 0Feacher, Ricky 4 76 19.0 42 0Sullivan, Tom 1 20 20.0 20 0Parris, Gary 1 4 4.0 4 0Collins, Larry 1 4 4.0 4 0Browns 236 3,137 13.3 69t 22Opponents 265 3,435 13.0 72t 20INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TDDarden, Thom 10* 200 20.0 46 0Davis, Oliver 6 65 10.8 33 1Scott, Clarence 3 15 5.0 7 0Ambrose, Dick 2 46 23.0 39 0Irons, Gerald 2 9 4.5 9 0Peters, Tony 2 7 3.5 7 0Hall, Charlie 1 6 6.0 6 0Matthews, Clay 1 5 5.0 5 0Browns 27 353 13.1 46 1Opponents 21 343 16.3 65 2PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 TB LG BLKEvans, Johnny 79 3,089 39.1 16 8 65 0Browns 79 3,089 39.1 16 8 65 0Opponents 82 3,146 38.4 14 9 56 0PUNT RETURNS NO FC YDS AVG LG TDWright, Keith 37 16 288 7.8 42 0Newsome, Ozzie 2 1 29 14.5 24 0Browns 39 17 317 8.1 42 0Opponents 41 5 366 8.9 39 0KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TDCollins, Larry 32 709 22.2 41 0Wright, Keith 30 789 26.3 86 0Sullivan, Tom 4 90 22.5 27 0Rich, Randy 2 43 21.5 24 0Pruitt, Greg 1 31 31.0 31 0Jackson, Robert E. 1 19 19.0 19 0Miller, Cleo 1 15 15.0 15 0Rucker, Reggie 1 1 1.0 1 0Browns 72 1,697 23.6 86 0Opponents 72 1,469 20.4 95t 1FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ TOTCockroft, Don 1/2 6/7 2/5 10/12 0/2 19/28Browns 1/2 6/7 2/5 10/12 0/2 19/28Opponents 2/2 9/9 5/10 6/8 0/0 22/29PASSING ATT CMP YDS PCT AV/AT TD TD% INT INT% LG TKLD RATNGSipe, Brian 399 222 2,906 55.6 7.28 21 5.3 15 3.8 69t 29/229 80.7Miller, Mark 39 13 212 33.3 5.44 1 2.6 4 10.3 44 5/47 21.5Evans, Johnny 1 1 19 100.0 19.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 118.8Pruitt, Greg 3 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 2 66.7 0 0/0 0.0Hill, Calvin 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1/2 39.6Browns 442 236 3,137 53.4 7.10 22 5.0 21 4.8 69t 35/278 72.9Opponents 489 265 3,435 54.2 7.02 20 4.1 27 5.5 72t 31/232 67.1* Led NFLALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS 205