Английская Википедия:1981 Cleveland Browns season
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox NFL team season The 1981 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 32nd season with the National Football League. In a highly disappointing season filled with a number of key injuries at different stretches during the campaign, the Browns finished the year with five straight defeats, their longest losing streak since 1975, and dropped seven of their final eight games. By contrast, in 1980, the Browns enjoyed a five-game winning streak.
Season summary
The Browns had a similar kind of season in 1981—eight of the games were decided by six points or less, and five were decided by three points or less. Sipe threw more interceptions (25) than TDs (17), his completion rate fell to just over 55 percent and his quarterback rating plummeted to 68.2. FB Mike Pruitt rushed for more than 1,000 yards (1,103) for the third straight year in 1981, and caught 63 passes for the second season in a row. Tight end Ozzie Newsome set a team record (since broken) for receptions with 69 and had the second-most receiving yards in Browns history at the time with 1,002.
HB Greg Pruitt established a personal best with 65 catches.[1]
Ironically, through the 2022 NFL season the 1981 Browns are the only team since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970 to have beaten both eventual Super Bowl participants, the Super Bowl champion San Francisco 49ers and the AFC Champion Cincinnati Bengals, in the regular season while finishing with a losing record.
Offseason
NFL Draft
The following were selected in the 1981 NFL Draft.
| style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle;" | Round | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle;" | Overall | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle;" | Player | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle;" | Position | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle;" | 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 |
Regular season
Schedule
| style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Week | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Date | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Opponent | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Result | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Record | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Venue | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Attendance | style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Recap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Шаблон:Dow tooltip | San Diego Chargers | L 14–44 | 0–1 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 78,904 | Recap |
| 2 | September 13 | Houston Oilers | L 3–9 | 0–2 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 79,483 | Recap |
| 3 | September 20 | at Cincinnati Bengals | W 20–17 | 1–2 | Riverfront Stadium | 52,170 | Recap |
| 4 | September 27 | Atlanta Falcons | W 28–17 | 2–2 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 78,283 | Recap |
| 5 | October 4 | at Los Angeles Rams | L 16–27 | 2–3 | Anaheim Stadium | 63,924 | Recap |
| 6 | October 11 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | L 7–13 | 2–4 | Three Rivers Stadium | 53,255 | Recap |
| 7 | October 18 | New Orleans Saints | W 20–17 | 3–4 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 76,059 | Recap |
| 8 | October 25 | Baltimore Colts | W 42–28 | 4–4 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 78,986 | Recap |
| 9 | November 1 | at Buffalo Bills | L 13–22 | 4–5 | Rich Stadium | 78,266 | Recap |
| 10 | November 8 | at Denver Broncos | L 20–23 (OT) | 4–6 | Mile High Stadium | 74,859 | Recap |
| 11 | November 15 | at San Francisco 49ers | W 15–12 | 5–6 | Candlestick Park | 52,455 | Recap |
| 12 | November 22 | Pittsburgh Steelers | L 10–32 | 5–7 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 77,958 | Recap |
| 13 | November 29 | Cincinnati Bengals | L 21–41 | 5–8 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 75,186 | Recap |
| 14 | Шаблон:Dow tooltip | at Houston Oilers | L 13–17 | 5–9 | Houston Astrodome | 44,502 | Recap |
| 15 | Шаблон:Dow tooltip | New York Jets | L 13–14 | 5–10 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 56,866 | Recap |
| 16 | December 20 | at Seattle Seahawks | L 21–42 | 5–11 | Kingdome | 51,435 | Recap |
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Standings
Шаблон:1981 AFC Central standings
Personnel
Staff / Coaches
Roster
Game summaries
Week 4: vs. Atlanta
References
External links
- 1981 Cleveland Browns at Pro Football Reference
- 1981 Cleveland Browns Statistics at jt-sw.com
- 1981 Cleveland Browns Schedule at jt-sw.com
- 1981 Cleveland Browns at DatabaseFootball.com
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