most passing yards by a cleveland brown in a season before 1989

Before 1989, Brian Sipe had the most passing yards for the Browns in a season, with 4,132 yards in 1980.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	4,132	1980	CLE	16	337	554	60.8	7.5	258.3	30	14	91.4	5.4	2.5	23	217
2	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	3,876	1981	CLE	16	313	567	55.2	6.8	242.3	17	25	68.2	3.0	4.4	34	310
3	Bernie Kosar B. Kosar	3,854	1986	CLE	16	310	531	58.4	7.3	240.9	17	10	83.8	3.2	1.9	39	274
4	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	3,793	1979	CLE	16	286	535	53.5	7.1	237.1	28	26	73.4	5.2	4.9	43	347
5	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	3,566	1983	CLE	15	291	496	58.7	7.2	237.7	26	23	79.1	5.2	4.6	27	233
6	Paul McDonald P. McDonald	3,472	1984	CLE	16	271	493	55.0	7.0	217.0	14	23	67.3	2.8	4.7	53	345
7	Bernie Kosar B. Kosar	3,033	1987	CLE	12	241	389	62.0	7.8	252.8	22	9	95.4	5.7	2.3	22	129
8	Frank Ryan F. Ryan	2,974	1966	CLE	14	200	382	52.4	7.8	212.4	29	14	88.2	7.6	3.7
9	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	2,906	1978	CLE	16	222	399	55.6	7.3	181.6	21	15	80.7	5.3	3.8	29	229
10	Otto Graham O. Graham	2,816	1952	CLE	12	181	364	49.7	7.7	234.7	20	24	66.6	5.5	6.6
11	Bill Nelsen B. Nelsen	2,743	1969	CLE	14	190	352	54.0	7.8	195.9	23	19	78.8	6.5	5.4	17	164
12	Otto Graham O. Graham	2,722	1953	CLE	12	167	258	64.7	10.6	226.8	11	9	99.7	4.3	3.5
13	Milt Plum M. Plum	2,416	1961	CLE	14	177	302	58.6	8.0	172.6	18	10	90.3	6.0	3.3
14	Frank Ryan F. Ryan	2,404	1964	CLE	14	174	334	52.1	7.2	171.7	25	19	76.7	7.5	5.7
15	Bill Nelsen B. Nelsen	2,366	1968	CLE	14	152	293	51.9	8.1	169.0	19	10	86.4	6.5	3.4
16	Bill Nelsen B. Nelsen	2,319	1971	CLE	14	174	325	53.5	7.1	165.6	13	23	60.3	4.0	7.1	22	222
17	Milt Plum M. Plum	2,297	1960	CLE	12	151	250	60.4	9.2	191.4	21	5	110.4	8.4	2.0
18	Otto Graham O. Graham	2,205	1951	CLE	12	147	265	55.5	8.3	183.8	17	16	79.2	6.4	6.0
19	Bill Nelsen B. Nelsen	2,156	1970	CLE	12	159	313	50.8	6.9	179.7	16	16	68.9	5.1	5.1	8	79
20	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	2,113	1976	CLE	14	178	312	57.1	6.8	150.9	17	14	77.3	5.4	4.5	16	142
21	Otto Graham O. Graham	2,092	1954	CLE	12	142	240	59.2	8.7	174.3	11	17	73.5	4.6	7.1
22	Frank Ryan F. Ryan	2,026	1967	CLE	13	136	280	48.6	7.2	155.8	20	16	72.7	7.1	5.7
23	Frank Ryan F. Ryan	2,026	1963	CLE	13	135	256	52.7	7.9	155.8	25	13	90.4	9.8	5.1
24	Mike Phipps M. Phipps	1,994	1972	CLE	14	144	305	47.2	6.5	142.4	13	16	61.0	4.3	5.2	23	183
25	Milt Plum M. Plum	1,992	1959	CLE	12	156	266	58.6	7.5	166.0	14	8	87.2	5.3	3.0

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