1984 Cleveland Browns season

NFL team season August 2023 March 2026 Cleveland Browns 1984 Sam Rutigliano (fired October 22nd; 1-7 record)Marty Schottenheimer (interim; 4–4 record) Art Modell Cleveland Municipal Stadium 5–11 3rd AFC Central Did not qualify TE Ozzie Newsome AFC-Throwback1984-Uniform-CLE.PNG Browns seasons 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 President and Owner – Art Modell Assistant to the President – Ernie Accorsi Head coach – Sam Rutigliano Offensive coordinator – Joe Scannella Running backs – Keith Rowen Receivers – Joe Daniels Offensive line – Howard Mudd Defensive coordinator – Marty Schottenheimer Defensive line – Tom Pratt Linebackers – Dave Adolph Special assistant – Darvin Wallis Special teams – John Petercuskie Strength and Conditioning – Dave Redding Roster 1984 Cleveland Browns 10 Tom Flick 16 Paul McDonald American football  7 Terry Nugent American football y 44 Earnest Byner y 38 Johnny Davis American football 30 Boyce Green 43 Mike Pruitt 80 Willis Adams 86 Brian Brennan y 85 Bruce Davis wide receiver y 83 Ricky Feacher 89 Dwight Walker 83 Glen Young wide receiver 81 Harry Holt gridiron football 88 Darryl Lewis 82 Ozzie Newsome 61 Mike Baab C 64 Joe DeLamielleure G 54 Tom DeLeone C 73 Doug Dieken T 74 Paul Farren T/G 68 Robert Jackson G 62 George Lilja T/G 71 Robert Sikora no y T 99 Keith Baldwin DE 96 Reggie Camp DE 94 Elvis Franks DE 79 Bob Golic NT 78 Carl Hairston DE 72 Dave Puzzuoli NT 53 Stuart Anderson American football ILB 56 Chip Banks OLB 50 Tom Cousineau ILB 51 Eddie Johnson linebacker ILB 59 David Marshall gridiron football y ILB 57 Clay Matthews OLB 58 Scott Nicolas ILB 55 Curtis Weathers OLB 24 Greg Best American football SS 47 Larry Braziel CB 49 Clinton Burrell SS 29 Hanford Dixon CB 27 Al Gross American football SS 31 Frank Minnifield CB 40 Rod Perry American football CB 37 Chris Rockins y FS 20 Don Rogers safety y FS  9 Matt Bahr K 15 Steve Cox American football P/K 52 Dick Ambrose LB IR 88 Rickey Bolden y TE IR 75 Bill Contz T IR 63 Cody Risien T IR 87 Tim Stracka TE IR 25 Charles White American football RB IR 21 Mike Whitwell S IR 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 Game summaries Week 11 (Sunday, November 11, 1984): vs. San Francisco 49ers The Football Database. Retrieved 2022-Jun-29. Cleveland Browns 1984 2; text-align:center collapsed Week 11: San Francisco 49ers at Cleveland Browns November 11, 1984 1:00 p.m. EST 49ers (10–1) 6 7 14 14 Browns (2–9) 0 0 0 7 Cleveland Municipal Stadium • Cleveland, Ohio 60,092 45 °F °C; wind 15 mph km/h knots Fred Silva CBS Tom Brookshier (play-by-play) and Wayne Walker (color commentator) Pro Football Reference; San Francisco 49ers at Cleveland Browns – November 11, 1984 right San Francisco 49ers SF Cleveland Browns CLE Joe Montana 24/30, 263 YDS, 2 TDs, 1 INT Wendell Tyler 17 CAR, 87 YDS Freddie Solomon 5 REC, 105 YDS, 2 TDs Paul McDonald 13/33, 220 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT Boyce Green 13 CAR, 38 YDS Bruce Davis 4 REC, 64 YDS, 1 TD SF CLE collapsed 1 13:26 49ers FG 47 Wersching 3 0 1 7:16 49ers FG 26 Wersching 6 0 2 10:56 49ers RushTD Craig 20 good Wersching 13 0 3 4:34 49ers RushTD Craig 2 good Wersching 20 0 3 0:00 49ers RecTD Solomon Montana 60 good Wersching 27 0 4 10:33 49ers RecTD Solomon Montana 2 good Wersching 34 0 4 6:56 49ers RushTD Ring 5 good Wersching 41 0 4 3:38 Browns RecTD Davis McDonald 18 good Bahr 41 7 41 7 Point spread: 49ers by 6 Over/under: 35.0 (over) Time of game: 49ersGame statisticsBrowns23 First downs 1039–213 Rushes–yards 20–43263 Passing yards 22024–30–1 Passes Completions–Attempts–Interceptions 13–33–11–8 Sacked–yards 2–12255 Net passing yards 208468 Total yards 25190 Return yards 1252–38.5 Punts Number–Average yardage 6–37.01–1 Fumbles–lost 5–37–45 Penalties–yards 5–3235:27 Time of Possession 24:33 Week 12: at Atlanta Cleveland Browns 2;text-align:center; autocollapse Week 12: Cleveland Browns at Atlanta Falcons – Game summary November 18 1:00 p.m. EST Browns 10 3 0 10 Falcons 7 0 0 0 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta 28,280 55 F, relative humidity 50%, round (wind) 12 mph on Pat Haggerty NBC Gary Gerould (play–by–play) and Reggie Rucker (color commentator) 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 CLE – Boyce Green 30 carr, 121 yds ATL – Gerald Riggs 21 carr, 71 yds Top receivers CLE – Ozzie Newsome 5 rec, 97 yds, 1 TD ATL – Gerald Riggs 6 rec, 41 yds 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 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 Cleveland Category:Cleveland Browns seasons Cleveland Category:Long stubs with short prose