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 Roster
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:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dino Hall	39	284	7.3	19
Dwight Walker	3	26	8.7	13
Totals	42	310	7.4	19

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dwight Walker	29	627	21.6	38
Boyce Green	17	350	20.6	30
Dino Hall	11	237	21.5	28
Vagas Ferguson	2	36	18.0	27
Scott Nicolas	2	29	14.5	15
Johnny Davis	1	8	8.0	8
Bill Contz	1	3	3.0	3
Totals	63	1290	20.5	38

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
Clay Matthews	6.0
Elvis Franks	5.0
Reggie Camp	4.5
Chip Banks	4.0
Tom Cousineau	4.0
Bob Golic	3.5
Dave Puzzuoli	2.0
Mike Whitwell	1.0
Keith Baldwin	1.0
Hanford Dixon	1.0
Totals	32.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FF
Clay Matthews	106	106	0		0	0	0	4
Dwight Walker					1	3	0	0
Tom Cousineau				0	0	2	14	0
Dave Logan					1	2	0	0
Mike Pruitt					4	2	0	0
Paul McDonald					1	1	0	0
Clinton Burrell				0	0	1	0	0
Dave Puzzuoli					0	1	2	0
Elvis Franks					0	1	0	0
Rod Perry				0	0	1	0	0
Brian Sipe					6	1	0	0
Al Gross				0	0	1	4	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
Boyce Green					4	0	0	0
Tom DeLeone					1	0	0	0
Ricky Feacher					1	0	0	0
Totals	106	106	0	0	21	20	20	4

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Matt Bahr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	38	0			101
Mike Pruitt	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			72
Ozzie Newsome	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			36
Boyce Green	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Bobby Jones	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Harry Holt	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Ricky Feacher	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Rocky Belk	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Dave Logan	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Willis Adams	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Dwight Walker	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Chip Banks	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Bob Golic	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Doug Dieken	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Steve Cox	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			3
Totals	13	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	22	38	0	0	0	356