Editing (section) 1979 Cleveland Browns season 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor ==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;"> 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 /> |}<noinclude> </noinclude> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. 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