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1983 Cleveland Browns

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1983 Cleveland Browns season
Head Coach Sam Rutigliano
Home Field Cleveland Stadium
Results
Record 9–7–0
Place 2nd AFC Central
Playoff Finish did not qualify
Pro Bowlers Chip Banks LB
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The 1983 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 34th season with the National Football League, and their 38th season overall.

Season summary[]

In a season which was eerily similar to the 1979 campaign, which was arguably the beginning of "The Kardiac Kids" period, seven contests wered decided by seven points or less, with the Browns going 4-3. Like the '79 and '80 seasons, the Browns scored often and gave up almost as many points, with the Browns scoring 356 to their opponents' 342. Quarterback Brian Sipe, in his last season with the Browns before jumping to the USFL, had 26 touchdown passes and 23 interceptions, nearly the same ratio (28-to-26) he had had in 1979. It was a good way to go out for Sipe, who had lost his starting job to Paul McDonald late in the 1982 season and then re-gained it in the '83 training camp. Fullback Mike Pruitt, in his last great season with the Browns, rushed for 1,184 yards. And finally, in his last season in Cleveland before being traded to the Denver Broncos, wide receiver Dave Logan was second on the team in receptions with 37, but that was far behind the team-record 89 hauled in by Pro Football Hall of Fame tight end Ozzie Newsome in a season that could be dubbed "The Kardiac Kids' Last Hurrah".[1]

Offseason[]

NFL Draft[]

The following were selected in the 1983 NFL Draft.

Round Overall Player Position School/Club Team
2 41 Ron Brown Wide Receiver Arizona State
3 68 Reggie Camp Defensive End California
5 122 Bill Contz Offensive Tackle Penn State
6 145 Tim Stracka Tight End Wisconsin
6 149 Dave Puzzuoli Nose Tackle Pittsburgh
7 176 Rocky Belk Wide Receiver Miami (FL)
8 209 Mike McClearn Guard Temple
10 262 Thomas Hopkins Offensive Tackle Alabama A&M
11 288 Boyce Green Running Back Carson-Newman
11 305 Howard McAdoo Linebacker Michigan State
12 316 Paul Farren Offensive Tackle Boston University

[2]

Pre season[]

Regular season[]

Schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Result Record Att.
1 Sept. 4 Minnesota L 27–21 0-1
70,087
2 Sept. 11 at Detroit W 31–26 1-1
60,095
3 Sept. 15 Cincinnati W 17–7 2-1
79,700
4 Sept. 25 at San Diego W 30–24 3-1
49,482
5 Oct. 2 Seattle L 24–9 3-2
75,446
6 Oct. 9 NY Jets W 10–7 4-2
78,235
7 Oct. 16 at Pittsburgh L 44–17 4-3
59,263
8 Oct. 23 at Cincinnati L 28–21 4-4
50,047
9 Oct. 30 Houston W 25–19 5-4
68,851
10 Nov. 6 at Green Bay L 35–21 5-5
54,089
11 Nov. 13 Tampa Bay W 20–0 6-5
56,091
12 Nov. 20 at New England W 30–0 7-5
40,987
13 Nov. 27 Baltimore W 41–23 8-5
65,812
14 Dec. 4 at Denver L 27–6 8-6
70,912
15 Dec. 11 at Houston L 34–27 8-7
29,746
16 Dec. 18 Pittsburgh W 30–17 9-7
72,313

Standings[]

AFC Central
W L T PCT PF PA STK
Pittsburgh Steelers 10 6 0 .625 355 303 L-1
Cleveland Browns 9 7 0 .563 356 342 W-1
Cincinnati Bengals 7 9 0 .438 346 302 L-1
Houston Oilers 2 14 0 .125 288 460 L-1

Personnel[]

Staff / Coaches[]

1983 Cleveland Browns final staff
Front Office
  • President and Owner – Art Modell
  • Assistant to the President – Peter Hadhazy

Head Coaches

Offensive Coaches

  • Offensive Coordinator – Larrye Weaver
  • Offensive Backfield Coach - Joe Scanella
  • Running Backs – Jim Garrett
  • Receivers – Joe Daniels
  • Offensive Line – Howard Mudd
   Defensive Coaches
  • Defensive Coordinator – Marty Schottenheimer
  • Defensive Line – Tom Pratt
  • Linebackers – Dave Adolph
  • Special Assistant – Darvin Wallis

Special Teams Coaches

  • Special Teams – John Petercuskie

Strength and Conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Dave Redding
  • Film Coordinator - Ed Ulinski
  • Athletic Trainer - Leo Murphy

Roster[]

1983 Cleveland Browns roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • 24 Vagas Ferguson
  • 26 Dino Hall KR/PR
  • 30 Boyce Green
  • 38 Johnny Davis FB
  • 42 Dwight Walker KR/PR
  • 43 Mike Pruitt FB

Wide receivers

  • 80 Willis Adams
  • 83 Ricky Feacher
  • 85 Dave Logan
  • 88 Rocky Belk
  • 89 Bobby Jones

Tight ends

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

  • 72 Dave Puzzuoli NT
  • 79 Bob Golic NT
  • 94 Elvis Franks DE
  • 96 Reggie Camp DE
  • 97 Thomas Brown DE
  • 99 Keith Baldwin DE
 Linebackers
  • 50 Tom Cousineau ILB
  • 51 Eddie Johnson ILB
  • 52 Dick Ambrose ILB
  • 55 Curtis Weathers OLB
  • 56 Chip Banks OLB
  • 57 Clay Matthews OLB
  • 58 Scott Nicolas ILB
  • 59 Dale Carver ILB

Defensive backs

  • 21 Mike Whitwell FS
  • 22 Clarence Scott SS
  • 29 Hanford Dixon CB
  • 31 Al Gross S
  • 40 Rod Perry CB
  • 47 Larry Braziel CB
  • 48 Lawrence Johnson CB
  • 49 Clinton Burrell SS

Special Teams

  •  7 Jeff Gossett P
  •  9 Matt Bahr K
  • 15 Steve Cox Cox P

Rookies in italics

Awards and records[]

  • Brian Sipe, NFL Leader, Touchdown Passes (26), Tied with another player

References[]

  1. ↑ Season summary and statistics at Cleveland Browns.com
  2. ↑ 1983 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2009-07-29. Retrieved on 2009-07-27.

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