Team Summary [+]
1978 Cleveland Browns
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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 3rd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 334 points (20.9/g), 8th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 356 points (22.2/g), 25th.
Differential of -22 points (-1.4/g), 20th.
Expected W-L: 7.4-8.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.3/g), 22nd.
Simple Rating System: Total -2.0, Offense: 2.5, Defense: -4.5, SoS: -0.6, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by Sam Rutigliano(8-8-0)
Training Camp: Kent State (Kent, Ohio)
Players[+]
- Pos · # · College
- Dick Ambrose
MLB · #52 · Virginia
- Bob Babich
mlb · #60 · Miami (OH)
- Leo Biedermann
t · #69 · Diablo Valley J.C.; California
- Ron Bolton
lcb · #28 · Norfolk State
- George Buehler
rg · #62 · Stanford
- Don Cockroft
K · #12 · Adams St.
- Larry Collins
KR · #23 · Texas A&M-Kingsville
- Thom Darden
FS · #27 · Michigan
- Barry Darrow
RT · #63 · West. Montana; Montana
- Oliver Davis
RCB · #21 · Tennessee St.
- Tom DeLeone
C · #54 · Ohio St.
- Doug Dieken
LT · #73 · Illinois
- Earl Edwards
LDT · #66 · Wichita St.
- Johnny Evans
P · #8 · No. Carolina St.
- Greg Fairchild
g · #61 · Tulsa
- Ricky Feacher
wr · #83 · Mississippi Valley State
- Dave Graf
lb · #55 · Penn State
- Charlie Hall
LLB · #59 · Houston
- Calvin Hill
rb · #35 · Yale
- Gerald Irons
RLB · #86 · Maryland-Eastern Shore
- Robert E. Jackson
RG · #68 · Duke
- Robert L. Jackson
lb · #56 · Trinity Valley CC (TX); Texas A&M
- Joe Jones
rde · #64 · Tennessee State
- Ricky Jones
lb · #47 · Tuskegee
- Dave Logan
WR · #85 · Colorado
- Tom London
db · #40 · North Carolina State
- Clay Matthews
rolb · #57 · USC
- Cleo Miller
rb · #30 · Arkansas-Pine Bluff
- Mark Miller
qb · #15 · Bowling Green State
- Mack Mitchell
RDE · #70 · Houston
- Ozzie Newsome
TE · #82 · Alabama
- Gary Parris
te · #84 · Florida State
- Tony Peters
SS · #20 · Northeastern Oklahoma A&M; Oklahoma
- Greg Pruitt
RB · #34 · Oklahoma
- Mike Pruitt
FB · #43 · Purdue
- Randy Rich
db · #24 · New Mexico
- Oscar Roan
te · #81 · UCLA; SMU
- Reggie Rucker
WR · #33 · Boston University
- Clarence R. Scott
LCB · #22 · Kansas State
- Henry Sheppard
LG · #65 · SMU
- Jerry Sherk
RDT · #72 · Grays Harbor J.C.; Oklahoma State
- Mickey Sims
rdt · #78 · South Carolina State
- Brian Sipe
QB · #17 · Grossmont J.C.; San Diego State
- Mike St. Clair
LDE · #74 · Central (IA); Grambling State
- Gerry Sullivan
t · #79 · Illinois
- Tom Sullivan
rb · #26 · Miami (FL)
- Leo Tierney
c · #51 · Georgia Tech
- Jesse Turnbow
dt · #71 · Tennessee
- Keith Wright
PR · #89 · Memphis
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