1981 Cleveland Browns season

1981 Cleveland Browns season
Head Coach	Sam Rutigliano
Home Field	Cleveland Stadium
Results
Record	5–11–0
Place	4th AFC Central
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1980	1982

The 1981 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 32nd season with the National Football League.

Offseason[]

NFL Draft[]

The following were selected in the 1981 NFL Draft.

Round	Overall	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	22	Hanford Dixon	Defensive Back	Southern Miss
4	92	Mike Robinson	Defensive End	Arizona
5	134	Steve Cox	Punter	Arkansas
6	160	Ron Simmons	Defensive Tackle	Florida State
7	187	Eddie Johnson	Linebacker	Louisville
9	244	Randy Schleusener	Guard	Nebraska
10	271	Dean Prater	Defensive End	Oklahoma State
11	298	Larry Friday	Defensive Back	Mississippi State
12	325	Kevin McGill	Offensive Tackle	Oregon

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Regular season[]

Schedule[]

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 7, 1981	San Diego Chargers	L 44–14	78,904
2	September 13, 1981	Houston Oilers	L 9–3	79,483
3	September 20, 1981	at Cincinnati Bengals	W 20–17	52,170
4	September 27, 1981	Atlanta Falcons	W 28–17	78,283
5	October 4, 1981	at Los Angeles Rams	L 27–16	63,924
6	October 11, 1981	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 13–7	53,255
7	October 18, 1981	New Orleans Saints	W 20–17	76,059
8	October 25, 1981	Baltimore Colts	W 42–28	78,986
9	November 1, 1981	at Buffalo Bills	L 22–13	78,266
10	November 8, 1981	at Denver Broncos	L 23–20 (OT)	74,859
11	November 15, 1981	at San Francisco 49ers	W 15–12	52,455
12	November 22, 1981	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 32–10	77,958
13	November 29, 1981	Cincinnati Bengals	L 41–21	75,186
14	December 3, 1981	at Houston Oilers	L 17–13	44,502
15	December 12, 1981	New York Jets	L 14–13	56,866
16	December 20, 1981	at Seattle Seahawks	L 42–21	51,435

Standings[]

Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
AFC East
Cincinnati Bengals	12	4	0	.750	421	304
Pittsburgh Steelers	8	8	0	.500	356	297
Houston Oilers	7	9	0	.438	281	355
Cleveland Browns	5	11	0	.313	276	375

Roster[]

1981 Cleveland Browns roster

Quarterbacks

16 Paul McDonald
17 Brian Sipe

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

33 Reggie Rucker
80 Willis Adams
83 Ricky Feacher
85 Dave Logan
86 Danny Fulton

Tight Ends

82 Ozzie Newsome
84 McDonald Oden
87 Curtis Weathers LB

Offensive Linemen

54 Tom DeLeone C
63 Cody Risien T
64 Joe DeLamielleure G
65 Henry Sheppard G
68 Robert E. Jackson G
71 Matt Miller T
73 Doug Dieken T
79 Gerry Sullivan C/T

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

50 Don Goode OLB
51 Eddie Johnson ILB
52 Dick Ambrose ILB
56 Robert L. Jackson ILB
57 Clay Matthews OLB
58 Bruce Huther ILB

Defensive Backs

12 Rick Trocano FS/QB
20 Judson Flint CB
22 Clarence Scott SS
24 Autry Beamon FS
27 Thom Darden FS
28 Ron Bolton CB
29 Hanford Dixon CB
48 Lawrence Johnson CB
49 Clinton Burrell SS/CB

Special Teams

9 Matt Bahr K
10 Dave Jacobs K
15 Steve Cox P
24 Cleo Montgomery KR/PR
26 Dino Hall KR/PR

Reserve Lists

27 Gary Davis RB (Inactive)
53 Bill Cowher ILB (IR) File:Injury icon 2.svg
75 Ray Bloch T (Inactive)

Rookies in italics

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References[]

↑ "1981 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2009-07-26. http://www.webcitation.org/5iY0F0lE0. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cle/1981_roster.htm

1981 NFL seasonv · d · e
AFC	East	Central	West	East	Central	West	NFC
	Baltimore	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
	Buffalo	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	Los Angeles
	Miami	Houston	Oakland	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
	New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
	NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay
1981 NFL Draft • NFL Playoffs • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl XVI

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[1] "1981 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2009-07-26. http://www.webcitation.org/5iY0F0lE0. Retrieved 2009-07-24.

[2] ttp://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cle/1981_roster.htm

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