1984 Cleveland Browns season

NFL team season

The 1984 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 35th season with the National Football League. At the season's mid-way point, head coach Sam Rutigliano was fired after starting 1–7. He was replaced by defensive coordinator Marty Schottenheimer, who went 4–4 to finish the season. Schottenheimer would coach the Browns until 1988, guiding the Browns to a .620 winning percentage in his tenure with the team.

Personnel

Staff

1984 Cleveland Browns staff

Front office

  • President and Owner – Art Modell
  • Assistant to the President – Ernie Accorsi

Head coaches

  • Head coach – Sam Rutigliano

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator – Joe Scannella
  • Running backs – Keith Rowen
  • Receivers – Joe Daniels
  • Offensive line – Howard Mudd
 Defensive coaches
  • Defensive coordinator – Marty Schottenheimer
  • Defensive line – Tom Pratt
  • Linebackers – Dave Adolph
  • Special assistant – Darvin Wallis

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams – John Petercuskie

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Dave Redding

Roster

1984 Cleveland Browns roster
Quarterbacks
  • 16 Paul McDonald
  • 7 Terry Nugent
  • 10 Tom Flick

Running backs

  • 35 James Black
  • 44 Earnest Byner
  • 30 Boyce Green
  • 43 Mike Pruitt
  • 25 Charles White

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists

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Practice squad



Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 3 at Seattle Seahawks L 0–33 0–1 Kingdome 59,540
2 September 9 at Los Angeles Rams L 17–20 0–2 Anaheim Stadium 43,043
3 September 16 Denver Broncos L 14–24 0–3 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 61,980
4 September 23 Pittsburgh Steelers W 20–10 1–3 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 77,312
5 September 30 at Kansas City Chiefs L 6–10 1–4 Arrowhead Stadium 40,785
6 October 7 New England Patriots L 16–17 1–5 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 53,036
7 October 14 New York Jets L 20–24 1–6 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 55,673
8 October 21 at Cincinnati Bengals L 9–12 1–7 Riverfront Stadium 50,667
9 October 28 New Orleans Saints L 14–16 1–8 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 52,489
10 November 4 at Buffalo Bills W 13–10 2–8 Rich Stadium 33,343
11 November 11 San Francisco 49ers L 7–41 2–9 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 60,092
12 November 18 at Atlanta Falcons W 23–7 3–9 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 28,280
13 November 25 Houston Oilers W 27–10 4–9 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 46,077
14 December 2 Cincinnati Bengals L 17–20 4–10 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 51,774
15 December 9 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 20–23 4–11 Three Rivers Stadium 55,825
16 December 16 at Houston Oilers W 27–20 5–11 Houston Astrodome 33,676

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

AFC Central
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 W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Pittsburgh Steelers(3) 9 7 0 .563 3–3 6–6 387 310 W2
Cincinnati Bengals 8 8 0 .500 5–1 6–6 339 339 W4
Cleveland Browns 5 11 0 .313 3–3 4–8 250 297 W1
Houston Oilers 3 13 0 .188 1–5 3–9 240 437 L2

Game summaries

Week 11 (Sunday, November 11, 1984): vs. San Francisco 49ers

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Week 11: San Francisco 49ers at Cleveland Browns
Period 1 2 34Total
49ers (10–1) 6 7 141441
Browns (2–9) 0 0 077

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium • Cleveland, Ohio

  • Date: November 11, 1984
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C); wind 15 miles per hour (24 km/h; 13 kn)
  • Game attendance: 60,092
  • Referee: Fred Silva
  • TV announcers (CBS): Tom Brookshier (play-by-play) and Wayne Walker (color commentator)
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Team Category Player Statistics
SF Passing Joe Montana 24/30, 263 YDS, 2 TDs, 1 INT
Rushing Wendell Tyler 17 CAR, 87 YDS
Receiving Freddie Solomon 5 REC, 105 YDS, 2 TDs
CLE Passing Paul McDonald 13/33, 220 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing Boyce Green 13 CAR, 38 YDS
Receiving Bruce Davis 4 REC, 64 YDS, 1 TD
Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP SF CLE
1 13:26 49ers 47-yard field goal by Wersching 3 0
1 7:16 49ers 26-yard field goal by Wersching 6 0
2 10:56 49ers Craig 20-yard touchdown run, Wersching kick good 13 0
3 4:34 49ers Craig 2-yard touchdown run, Wersching kick good 20 0
3 0:00 49ers Solomon 60-yard touchdown reception from Montana, Wersching kick good 27 0
4 10:33 49ers Solomon 2-yard touchdown reception from Montana, Wersching kick good 34 0
4 6:56 49ers Ring 5-yard touchdown run, Wersching kick good 41 0
4 3:38 Browns Davis 18-yard touchdown reception from McDonald, Bahr kick good 41 7
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 41 7
  • Point spread: 49ers by 6
  • Over/Under: 35.0 (over)
  • Time of Game:
49ers Game Statistics Browns
23 First downs 10
39–213 Rushes–yards 20–43
263 Passing yards 220
24–30–1 Passes 13–33–1
1–8 Sacked–yards 2–12
255 Net passing yards 208
468 Total yards 251
90 Return yards 125
2–38.5 Punts 6–37.0
1–1 Fumbles–lost 5–3
7–45 Penalties–yards 5–32
35:27 Time of Possession 24:33

Week 12: at Atlanta

Week 12: Cleveland Browns at Atlanta Falcons – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Browns 10 3 01023
Falcons 7 0 007

at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta

  • Date: November 18
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: 55 °F (13 °C), relative humidity 50%, round (wind) 12 mph (19 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 28,280
  • Referee: Pat Haggerty
  • TV announcers (NBC): Gary Gerould (play–by–play) and Reggie Rucker (color commentator)
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Game information

First quarter

  • ATL (4:13) – Bailey 20 yard pass from Bartkowski (Luckhurst kick)
    Falcons 7, Browns 0
  • CLE (11:35) – Davis 33 yard pass from McDonald (Bahr kick)
    Browns 7, Falcons 7
  • CLE (14:26) – Bahr 27 yard field goal
    Browns 10, Falcons 7

Second quarter

  • CLE (6:51) – Bahr 46 yard field goal
    Browns 13, Falcons 7

Third quarter

  • No scoring plays

Fourth quarter

  • CLE (1:49) – Newsome 16 yard pass from McDonald (Bahr kick)
    Browns 20, Falcons 7
  • CLE (9:26) – Bahr 20 yard field goal
    Browns 23, Falcons 7

Top passers

  • CLE – Paul McDonald 13/23, 205 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
  • ATL – Steve Bartkowski 19/28, 191 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT

Top rushers

Top receivers

Turnovers

  • CLE – 2
  • ATL – 4

Week 13 at Houston

Paul McDonald threw three touchdown passes, two to Brian Brennan and the Browns defense stifled the Houston offense. The Browns are 3-2 under Marty Schotteheimer and the 27 points were the most their offense has scored this season. "The Browns is a very active team, using all their assets", said Oilers' coach Hugh Campbell.

References

  1. ^ The Football Database. Retrieved 2022-Jun-29.
  2. ^ Pro Football Reference; San Francisco 49ers at Cleveland Browns – November 11, 1984

External links

  • 1984 Cleveland Browns at Pro-Football-Reference.com
  • 1984 Cleveland Browns Statistics at jt-sw.com
  • 1984 Cleveland Browns Schedule at jt-sw.com
  • 1984 Cleveland Browns at DatabaseFootball.com
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