The 1984 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 35th season with the National Football League. At the season's mid-way point, head coach Sam Rutigliano was fired after starting 1–7. He was replaced by defensive coordinator Marty Schottenheimer, who went 4–4 to finish the season. Schottenheimer would coach the Browns until 1988, guiding the Browns to a .620 winning percentage in his tenure with the team.
Personnel
Staff
Roster
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 3 at Seattle Seahawks L 0–33 0–1 Kingdome 59,540 2 September 9 at Los Angeles Rams L 17–20 0–2 Anaheim Stadium 43,043 3 September 16 Denver Broncos L 14–24 0–3 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 61,980 4 September 23 Pittsburgh Steelers W 20–10 1–3 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 77,312 5 September 30 at Kansas City Chiefs L 6–10 1–4 Arrowhead Stadium 40,785 6 October 7 New England Patriots L 16–17 1–5 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 53,036 7 October 14 New York Jets L 20–24 1–6 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 55,673 8 October 21 at Cincinnati Bengals L 9–12 1–7 Riverfront Stadium 50,667 9 October 28 New Orleans Saints L 14–16 1–8 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 52,489 10 November 4 at Buffalo Bills W 13–10 2–8 Rich Stadium 33,343 11 November 11 San Francisco 49ers L 7–41 2–9 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 60,092 12 November 18 at Atlanta Falcons W 23–7 3–9 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 28,280 13 November 25 Houston Oilers W 27–10 4–9 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 46,077 14 December 2 Cincinnati Bengals L 17–20 4–10 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 51,774 15 December 9 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 20–23 4–11 Three Rivers Stadium 55,825 16 December 16 at Houston Oilers W 27–20 5–11 Houston Astrodome 33,676 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Standings
Game summaries
Week 11 (Sunday, November 11, 1984): vs. San Francisco 49ers The Football Database. Retrieved 2022-Jun-29.
Point spread: 49ers by 6 Over/under: 35.0 (over) Time of game:
49ersGame statisticsBrowns23 First downs 1039–213 Rushes–yards 20–43263 Passing yards 22024–30–1 13–33–11–8 Sacked–yards 2–12255 Net passing yards 208468 Total yards 25190 Return yards 1252–38.5 6–37.01–1 Fumbles–lost 5–37–45 Penalties–yards 5–3235:27 Time of Possession 24:33
Week 12: at Atlanta
Week 13 at Houston Paul McDonald threw three touchdown passes, two to Brian Brennan and the Browns defense stifled the Houston offense. The Browns are 3-2 under Marty Schotteheimer and the 27 points were the most their offense has scored this season. "The Browns is a very active team, using all their assets", said Oilers' coach Hugh Campbell.
References
External links 1984 Cleveland Browns at Pro-Football-Reference.com 1984 Cleveland Browns Statistics at jt-sw.com 1984 Cleveland Browns Schedule at jt-sw.com at DatabaseFootball.com