1977 Cleveland Browns

1977 Cleveland Browns season
Head Coach	Forrest Gregg Dick Modzelewski (interim)
Home Field	Cleveland Stadium
Results
Record	6–8–0
Place	4th AFC Central
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous Season	Next Season
1976	1978

The 1977 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 28th season with the National Football League. With one game left in the season, head coach Forrest Gregg was fired and replaced by Dick Modzelewski.

Offseason

NFL Draft

The following were selected in the 1977 NFL Draft.

Round	Overall	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	17	Robert L. Jackson	Linebacker	Texas A&M
2	46	Tom Skladany	Punter	Ohio State
4	102	Oliver Davis	Defensive Back	Tennessee State
4	110	Mickey Sims	Defensive Tackle	South Carolina State
6	162	Giovanni Strassini	Tight End	Ohio State
7	173	Kenny Randle	Wide Receiver	SMU
7	184	Blane Smith	Linebacker	Purdue
7	188	Bob Lingenfelter	Offensive Tackle	Nebraska
8	213	Bill Armstrong	Defensive Back	Wake Forest
9	240	Daryl Brown	Defensive Back	Tufts
10	269	Tom Burkett	Offensive Tackle	North Carolina
11	296	Charles Nash	Wide Receiver	Arizona
12	325	Leo Tierney	Center	Georgia Tech

Exhibition schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	August 8, 1977	Washington Redskins	L 16–14	32,554
2	August 13, 1977	at Minnesota Vikings	L 34–33	45,379
3	August 19, 1977	St. Louis Cardinals	W 19–10	31,308
4	August 25, 1977	Chicago Bears	W 14–7	36,598
5	September 3, 1977	at Green Bay Packers	W 19–14	53,180
6	September 9, 1977	at Detroit Lions	L 24–20	49,168

Regular season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 18, 1977	at Cincinnati Bengals	W 13–3	52,847
2	September 26, 1977	New England Patriots	W 30–27	76,418
3	October 2, 1977	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 28–14	80,588
4	October 9, 1977	Oakland Raiders	L 26–10	80,236
5	October 16, 1977	at Houston Oilers	W 24–23	47,888
6	October 23, 1977	at Buffalo Bills	W 27–16	60,905
7	October 30, 1977	Kansas City Chiefs	W 44–7	60,381
8	November 6, 1977	Cincinnati Bengals	L 10–7	81,932
9	November 13, 1977	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 35–31	47,055
10	November 20, 1977	at New York Giants	W 21–7	72,576
11	November 27, 1977	Los Angeles Rams	L 9–0	70,352
12	December 4, 1977	at San Diego Chargers	L 37–14	37,312
13	December 11, 1977	Houston Oilers	L 19–15	30,898
14	December 18, 1977	at Seattle Seahawks	L 20–19	61,583

Standings

AFC Central
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Pittsburgh Steelers	9	5	0	.643	283	243	W-1
Houston Oilers	8	6	0	.571	299	230	W-2
Cincinnati Bengals	8	6	0	.571	238	235	L-1
Cleveland Browns	6	8	0	.429	269	267	L-4

Personnel

Staff / Coaches

1977 Cleveland Browns final staff
	Front Office Owner and President – Art Modell Executive Vice President/General Manager – Peter Hadhazy Head Coaches Head Coach(es) – Forrest Gregg (games 1-15), Dick Modzelewski (interim for final game) Offensive Coaches Running Backs – George Sefcik Wide Receivers – Raymond Berry Offensive line – Rod Humenuik			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator - Dick Modzelewski Linebackers – Walt Corey Secondary / Defensive Backs – Billy Kinard Special Teams Coaches Special Teams – Al Tabor Film Coordinator - Ed Ulinski Athletic Trainer - Leo Murphy

Roster

1977 Cleveland Browns roster
Quarterbacks  7 Terry Luck 10 Dave Mays 17 Brian Sipe Running backs 30 Cleo Miller FB 34 Greg Pruitt 35 Brian Duncan 38 Larry Poole 43 Mike Pruitt FB Wide receivers 33 Reggie Rucker 42 Paul Warfield 80 Lawrence Williams 83 Ricky Feacher 85 Dave Logan 90 Reggie Craig Tight ends 81 Oscar Roan 84 Gary Parris		Offensive Linemen 54 Tom DeLeone C 62 Al Dennis G 63 Barry Darrow T 65 Henry Sheppard G 68 Robert E. Jackson G 73 Doug Dieken T 75 Bob Lingenfelter T 79 Gerry Sullivan T/C Defensive Linemen 64 Joe Jones DE 66 Earl Edwards DT 70 Mack Mitchell DE 72 Jerry Sherk DT 74 Mike St. Clair DE 78 Mickey Sims DT		Linebackers 47 Ricky Jones 50 John Garlington OLB 52 Dick Ambrose ILB 55 Dave Graf 58 Mark Johnson OLB 59 Charlie Hall OLB 60 Bob Babich ILB 86 Gerald Irons OLB Defensive backs 20 Tony Peters SS 21 Oliver Davis CB 22 Clarence Scott CB 25 Rolly Woolsey CB/PR 27 Thom Darden FS 28 Ron Bolton CB 48 Ken Ellis CB/S Special Teams  9 Greg Coleman P 12 Don Cockroft K 36 Eddie Payton KR		Reserve Lists  8 Gary Marangi QB (Inactive) Rookies in italics

External links

• 1977 Cleveland Browns season article at Wikipedia
• 1977 Cleveland Browns at Pro Football Reference
• 1977 Cleveland Browns Statistics at jt-sw.com
• 1977 Cleveland Browns Schedule at jt-sw.com
• 1977 Cleveland Browns at DatabaseFootball.com