Cleveland Browns

9-7-0 • 3rd in AFC Central •
Logo for the 1979 Cleveland Browns

PPG

22.4

9th

OPP PPG

22.0

20th

RUSH YDS/G

142.6

14th

PASS YDS/G

239.9

4th

Overview Stats Scores & Schedule Roster Splits History

The Cleveland Browns were 9-7 in 1979. They finished 3rd in the AFC Central and 6th in the AFC.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule
DATE OPP SCORE
Sun
12/16
 		@
CIN logo CIN
L
12-16
Sun
12/9
 		@
OAK logo OAK
L
14-19
Sun
12/2
 		vs
HOU logo HOU
W
14-7
Sun
11/25
 		@
PIT logo PIT
L
30-33
Sun
11/18
 		vs
MIA logo MIA
W
30-24

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

3,793

Sipe

Sipe

RUSH YDS

1,294

Pruitt

Pruitt

REC YDS

982

Logan

Logan

1979 Division Standings

TEAM W L T PCT
Steelers logo Steelers
12 4 0 .750
Oilers logo Oilers
11 5 0 .688
Browns logo Browns
9 7 0 .563
Bengals logo Bengals
4 12 0 .250

1979 Stats

See stats
GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team 16 359 5,772 1,092 5.3 2,281 504 4.5 3,838 545 7.0 43 347 350 125 189 36 83 709
Team Rank 9th 3rd 6th 6th 14th 18th 3rd 4th 4th 13th 19th 10th 1st 14th 5th 1st 2nd 4th
Opponent 16 352 5,650 1,076 5.3 2,604 577 4.5 3,289 468 7.0 31 243 307 136 158 13 118 1,018
Opponent Rank 20th 24th 22nd 22nd 27th 23rd 26th 18th 16th 17th 21st 9th 17th 20th 18th 1st 3rd 3rd
Net +7 +122 +16 +0.0 -323 -73 +0.0 +549 +77 +0.0 +12 +104 +43 -11 +31 +23 -35 -309
Net Rank 15th 12th 12th 12th 20th 23rd 12th 5th 5th 14th 21st 6th 5th 20th 7th 1st 1st 1st

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