1991 Cleveland Browns

1991 Cleveland Browns season
Head Coach	Bill Belichick
Home Field	Cleveland Stadium
Results
Record	6–10–0
Place	3rd AFC Central
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Uniform
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The 1991 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 42nd season with the National Football League. On August 5, Browns founder Paul Brown died at the age of 82.

1991 was the first of five seasons in Cleveland for head coach Bill Belichick.

Offseason

NFL Draft

The following were selected in the 1991 NFL Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL Team
Eric Turner	Defensive Back	1	2	UCLA
Pio Sagapolutele	Defensive Tackle	4	85	San Diego State
Michael Jackson	Tackle	6	141	Southern Mississippi
Raymond Irvin	Defensive Back	9	225	Central Florida
Todd Jones	Tackle	11	280	Henderson State

Personnel

Staff

1991 Cleveland Browns staff
	Head Coaches Head Coach – Bill Belichick Offensive Coaches Quarterbacks – Gary Tranquill Running Backs – Steve Crosby Receivers – Richard Mann Offensive Line – Hal Hunter Offense – Ernie Adams Offensive Assistant – Kevin Spencer			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator – Nick Saban Defensive Line – John Mitchell Inside Linebackers – Jim Bates Outside Linebackers – Don Blackmon Special Teams Coaches Special Teams – Scott O'Brien Strength and Conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Jerry Simmons

Final roster

1991 Cleveland Browns roster
	Quarterbacks 19 Bernie Kosar 17 Todd Philcox Running backs 23 Randy Baldwin 33 Leroy Hoard 34 Kevin Mack FB 20 Joe Morris KR 44 Lee Rouson Wide receivers 86 Brian Brennan  1 Michael Jackson 28 Tyrone Shavers 84 Webster Slaughter KR Tight ends 81 Scott Galbraith 48 Brian Kinchen LS		Offensive linemen 61 Mike Baab C 74 Paul Farren T 69 Dan Fike T 66 Tony Jones T 68 Ed King G 70 John Rienstra G 67 Chris Thome C -- Rick Trumbull T Defensive linemen 90 Rob Burnett 96 James Jones DT 97 Ernie Logan DT 92 Michael Dean Perry DT 98 Anthony Pleasant DE 75 Pio Sagapolutele DE 91 John Thornton DT		Linebackers 58 David Brandon OLB 52 Richard Brown MLB 99 Johnie Cooks OLB/MLB 53 Cedric Figaro MLB 57 Clay Matthews, Jr. OLB 50 Van Waiters OLB Defensive backs 37 Harlon Barnett SS 42 Latin Berry CB 36 Stephen Braggs CB 38 Odie Harris SS 39 Randy Hilliard CB 41 Alfred Jackson CB 43 Joe King FS 31 Frank Minnifield CB 22 Vince Newsome FS 29 Eric Turner FS Special teams 11 Brian Hansen P  3 Matt Stover K		Reserve lists -- Leonard Burton C (IR) 26 Raymond Clayborn CB (IR) 94 Frank Conover DT (IR) 27 Derrick Douglas RB (IR) 13 Jeff Francis QB (IR) 30 Thane Gash FS (PUP) -- Brian Greenfield P (IR) 23 Mark Harper CB (IR) -- Ray Irvin CB (IR) 40 Lynn James WR (IR) 59 Mike Johnson MLB (IR) 88 Reggie Langhorne WR (IR) 49 Bruce McGonnigal TE (IR) 21 Eric Metcalf RB/PR/KR (IR) 89 Mike Oliphant WR (IR) 80 Danny Peebles WR/KR (IR) 87 John Talley TE (IR) 85 Lawyer Tillman TE (PUP) 93 Mike Wise DE (IR) 78 Rob Woods T (IR) Practice/Taxi Squad -- Lonnie Brockman LB -- Newt Harrell G -- Archie Herring RB -- Pete Lucas T -- Charlie Oliver S Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 1, 1991	Dallas Cowboys	L 26–14	78,860
2	September 8, 1991	at New England Patriots	W 20–0	35,377
3	September 15, 1991	Cincinnati Bengals	W 14–13	78,269
4	September 22, 1991	at New York Giants	L 10–13	75,891
5	October 6, 1991	New York Jets	L 17–14	71,042
6	October 13, 1991	at Washington Redskins	L 42–17	54,715
7	October 20, 1991	at San Diego Chargers	W 30–24	48,440
8	October 27, 1991	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 17–14	78,285
9	November 3, 1991	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 23–21	55,077
10	November 10, 1991	Philadelphia Eagles	L 32–30	72,086
11	November 17, 1991	at Houston Oilers	L 28–24	58,155
12	November 24, 1991	Kansas City Chiefs	W 20–15	63,991
13	December 1, 1991	at Indianapolis Colts	W 31–0	57,539
14	December 8, 1991	Denver Broncos	L 17–7	73,539
15	December 15, 1991	Houston Oilers	L 17–14	55,680
16	December 22, 1991	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 17–10	47,070

Standings

Template:1991 AFC Central standings

External links

• 1991 Cleveland Browns season article at Wikipedia
• 1991 Cleveland Browns at Pro Football Reference (Profootballreference.com)
• 1991 Cleveland Browns Statistics at jt-sw.com
• 1991 Cleveland Browns Schedule at jt-sw.com
• 1991 Cleveland Browns at DatabaseFootball.com