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
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
1
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

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
10/2
SF SF
@
LAR LAR
8:15 PM
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM