1979 Cleveland Browns season

==Regular season==
===Schedule===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Week
! Date
! Opponent
! Result
! Attendance
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| 1
| September 2, 1979
| at [[New York Jets]]
| W 25–22
| <center>48,272</center>
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| 2
| September 9, 1979
| at [[Kansas City Chiefs]]
| W 27–24
| <center>42,181</center>
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| 3
| September 16, 1979
| [[Indianapolis Colts#The NFL Baltimore Colts|Baltimore Colts]]
| W 13–10
| <center>72,070</center>
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| 4
| September 24, 1979
| [[Dallas Cowboys]]
| W 26–7
| <center>80,123</center>
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| 5
| September 30, 1979
| at [[Tennessee Titans|Houston Oilers]]
| L 31–10
| <center>48,915</center>
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| 6
| October 7, 1979
| [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
| L 51–35
| <center>81,260</center>
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| 7
| October 14, 1979
| [[Washington Redskins]]
| L 13–9
| <center>63,323</center>
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| 8
| October 21, 1979
| [[Cincinnati Bengals]]
| W 28–27
| <center>75,119</center>
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| 9
| October 28, 1979
| at [[Arizona Cardinals|St. Louis Cardinals]]
| W 38–20
| <center>47,845</center>
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| 10
| November 4, 1979
| at [[Philadelphia Eagles]]
| W 24–19
| <center>69,019</center>
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| 11
| November 11, 1979
| [[Seattle Seahawks]]
| L 29–24
| <center>72,440</center>
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| 12
| November 18, 1979
| [[Miami Dolphins]]
| W 30–24
| <center>80,374</center>
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| 13
| November 25, 1979
| at [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
| L 33–30
| <center>69,112</center>
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| 14
| December 2, 1979
| [[Tennessee Titans|Houston Oilers]]
| W 14–7
| <center>69,112</center>
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| 15
| December 9, 1979
| at [[Oakland Raiders]]
| L 19–14
| <center>52,641</center>
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| 16
| December 16, 1979
| at [[Cincinnati Bengals]]
| L 16–12
| <center>42,183</center>
|}

===Standings===
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" border="1"
|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
| colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[AFC Central]]'''
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!Team!!W!!L!!T!!PCT!!PF!!PA
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[1979 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]]
|12||4||0||.750||416||262
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[1979 Houston Oilers season|Houston Oilers]]
|11||5||0||.688||362||331
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|align="left"| '''Cleveland Browns'''
|9||7||0||.563||359||352
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[1979 Cincinnati Bengals season|Cincinnati Bengals]]
|4||12||0||.250||337||421
|-
|}

===Roster===
{| class="toccolours" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! colspan="7" style="{{NFLPrimaryColor|Cleveland Browns}}; border: 2px solid #3E220C" | {{Tnavbar-header|'''1979 Cleveland Browns roster'''|Cleveland Browns roster|plain=1|fontcolor=white}}
|-
| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | '''Quarterbacks'''
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">15</span> [[Mark Miller (NFL)|Mark Miller]]
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">17</span> [[Brian Sipe]]

'''Running Backs'''
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">20</span> [[Doug Dennison]]
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">25</span> ''[[Pat Moriarty (American football)|Pat Moriarty]]''
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">30</span> [[Cleo Miller]] FB
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">34</span> [[Greg Pruitt]]
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">35</span> [[Calvin Hill]]
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">43</span> [[Mike Pruitt]] FB

'''Wide Receivers'''
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">33</span> [[Reggie Rucker]]
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">80</span> ''[[Willis Adams]]''
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">83</span> [[Ricky Feacher]]
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">85</span> [[Dave Logan (American football)|Dave Logan]]
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">88</span> ''[[John H. Smith]]{{dn|date=November 2011}}''
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">89</span> [[Keith Wright (wide receiver)|Keith Wright]] KR/PR

'''Tight Ends'''
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">82</span> [[Ozzie Newsome]]
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">87</span> ''[[Curtis Weathers]]'' LB

| style="width: 25px;" | 
| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | '''Offensive Linemen'''
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">54</span> [[Tom DeLeone]] C
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">63</span> ''[[Cody Risien]]'' G
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">64</span> [[George Buehler]] G
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">65</span> [[Henry Sheppard]] T
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">68</span> [[Robert E. Jackson (football player)|Robert E. Jackson]] G
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">71</span> ''[[Matt Miller (Offensive Tackle)|Matt Miller]]'' T
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">73</span> [[Doug Dieken]] T
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">79</span> [[Gerry Sullivan]] T/C

'''Defensive Linemen'''
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">72</span> [[Jerry Sherk]] DT
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">74</span> [[Mike St. Clair]] DT
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">77</span> [[Lyle Alzado]] DE
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">78</span> [[Mickey Sims]] DT
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">81</span> [[Jack Gregory (American football player)|Jack Gregory]] DE
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">91</span> ''[[Henry Bradley (American football)|Henry Bradley]]'' DT
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">92</span> ''[[Rich Dimler]]'' DT
| style="width: 25px;" | 
| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | '''Linebackers'''
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">47</span> [[Ricky Jones (American football)|Ricky Jones]]
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">52</span> [[Dick Ambrose]] ILB
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">55</span> [[Dave Graf]]
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">56</span> [[Robert L. Jackson (football player)|Robert L. Jackson]] ILB
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">57</span> [[Clay Matthews, Jr.|Clay Matthews]] OLB
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">59</span> [[Charlie Hall (linebacker)|Charlie Hall]] OLB
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">86</span> [[Gerald Irons]] OLB

'''Defensive Backs'''
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">21</span> [[Oliver Davis (American football)|Oliver Davis]] CB
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">22</span> [[Clarence Scott]] SS
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">24</span> [[Randy Rich]] S
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">27</span> [[Thom Darden]] FS
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">28</span> [[Ron Bolton]] CB
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">48</span> ''[[Lawrence Johnson (American football)|Lawrence Johnson]]'' CB
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">49</span> ''[[Clinton Burrell]]'' CB

'''Special Teams'''
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">&nbsp;8</span> [[Johnny Evans (American football)|Johnny Evans]] P/QB
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">12</span> [[Don Cockroft]] K
* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">26</span> ''[[Dino Hall]]'' KR


<small>''Rookies in italics''<br />


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