The Cleveland Browns were 5-11 in 1981. They finished 4th in the AFC Central and 12th in the AFC.

1981 Stats

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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
276
5,915
1,138
5.2
1,929
474
4.1
4,339
624
7.0
40
353
364
131
196
37
109
971
Team Rank
24th
4th
1st
10th
20th
23rd
13th
3rd
3rd
18th
18th
8th
2nd
9th
4th
1st
19th
25th
Opponent
16
375
5,367
1,014
5.3
2,078
516
4.0
3,512
469
7.5
29
223
299
119
157
23
100
870
Opponent Rank
23rd
16th
4th
24th
18th
15th
15th
12th
4th
23rd
22nd
5th
12th
15th
10th
7th
19th
15th
Net
-99
+548
+124
-0.1
-149
-42
+0.0
+827
+155
-0.5
+11
+130
+65
+12
+39
+14
+9
+101
Net Rank
26th
7th
1st
18th
18th
20th
12th
3rd
2nd
22nd
22nd
5th
2nd
10th
4th
3rd
23rd
21st

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
1
0
.800
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
4
1
0
.800
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
2
0
.600
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
3
2
0
.600
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
3
0
.400
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
4
1
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
4
1
0
.800
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
2
0
.600
Broncos Broncos
3
2
0
.600

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
10/9
PHI PHI
@
NYG NYG
8:15 PM
Sun
10/12
DEN DEN
@
NYJ NYJ
9:30 AM
Sun
10/12
ARI ARI
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
LAR LAR
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM