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This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

2002 Cleveland BrownsW2002 Cleveland Browns↗

NFL · AFC North · 9–7 (.562) · 2nd in division · PF 344 · PA 320 · Coach Butch Davis · Lost Wild Card

◀ 2001 2003 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

1. 2842Tim Couch
2. 790Kelly Holcomb
3. 33Kevin Johnson

Rushing (yds)

1. 887William Green
2. 470Jamel White
3. 104Dennis Northcutt

Receiving (yds)

1. 964Quincy Morgan
2. 703Kevin Johnson
3. 601Dennis Northcutt

Sacks

1. 8Mark Word
2. 5.5Kenard Lang
3. 3Brant Boyer

Interceptions

1. 4Earl Little
2. 3Robert Griffith
3. 2Anthony Henry

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	990	1017
EPA per play	-0.01	-0.03
Pass EPA per play	+0.00	-0.02
Rush EPA per play	-0.04	-0.05
Success rate	40.9%	40.2%
Pass rate	59.4%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.03, success rate 42.2%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (17 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
2002-09-08	1	vs Kansas City Chiefs	L 39–40	0–1	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2002-09-15	2	vs Cincinnati Bengals	W 20–7	1–1	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2002-09-22	3	@ Tennessee Titans	W 31–28 OT	2–1	The Coliseum
2002-09-29	4	@ Pittsburgh Steelers	L 13–16 OT	2–2	Heinz Field
2002-10-06	5	vs Baltimore Ravens	L 21–26	2–3	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2002-10-13	6	@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 3–17	2–4	Raymond James Stadium
2002-10-20	7	vs Houston Texans	W 34–17	3–4	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2002-10-27	8	@ New York Jets	W 24–21	4–4	Giants Stadium
2002-11-03	9	vs Pittsburgh Steelers	L 20–23	4–5	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2002-11-17	11	@ Cincinnati Bengals	W 27–20	5–5	Paul Brown Stadium
2002-11-24	12	@ New Orleans Saints	W 24–15	6–5	Louisiana Superdome
2002-12-01	13	vs Carolina Panthers	L 6–13	6–6	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2002-12-08	14	@ Jacksonville Jaguars	W 21–20	7–6	Alltel Stadium
2002-12-15	15	vs Indianapolis Colts	L 23–28	7–7	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2002-12-22	16	@ Baltimore Ravens	W 14–13	8–7	Ravens Stadium
2002-12-29	17	vs Atlanta Falcons	W 24–16	9–7	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2003-01-05	WC	@ Pittsburgh Steelers	L 33–36		Heinz Field

Roster (60)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
2	Tim Couch	QB	6-4	220	Kentucky	3	ACT
10	Kelly Holcomb	QB	6-2	216	Middle Tennessee State	7	ACT
12	Josh Booty	QB	6-2	221	LSU	1	ACT
16	Kevin Thompson	QB	6-5	236	Penn State	2	ACT
34	R.J. Bowers	FB	6-0	250	Grove City College	1	ACT
29	James Jackson	RB	5-10	215	Miami	1	ACT
30	Jamel White	RB	5-9	222	South Dakota	2	ACT
31	William Green	RB	6-0	214	Boston College	0	ACT
81	Quincy Morgan	WR	6-1	215	Kansas State; Kansas City Junior College; Blinn College	1	ACT
84	Andre King	WR	5-11	195	Miami	1	ACT
85	Kevin Johnson	WR	5-11	195	Syracuse	3	ACT
86	Dennis Northcutt	WR	5-11	172	Arizona	2	ACT
87	Andre Davis	WR	6-1	200	Virginia Tech	0	ACT
88	Frisman Jackson	WR	6-3	217	Western Illinois; Northern Illinois	0	ACT
80	Aaron Shea	TE	6-3	248	Michigan	2	RES
82	Steve Heiden	TE	6-5	270	South Dakota State	3	ACT
83	Mark Campbell	TE	6-6	260	Michigan	3	ACT
89	Darnell Sanders	TE	6-6	270	Ohio State	0	ACT
64	Dave Wohlabaugh	C	6-3	296	Syracuse	7	ACT
67	Melvin Fowler	C	6-3	310	Maryland	0	ACT
21	Lewis Sanders	CB	6-1	210	Maryland	2	ACT
25	Corey Fuller	CB	5-10	220	Florida State	7	ACT
33	Daylon McCutcheon	CB	5-10	190	USC	3	ACT
37	Anthony Henry	CB	6-1	207	University of South Florida	1	ACT
42	Raymond Walls	CB	5-11	189	Southern Mississippi	1	ACT
43	Kalvin Pearson	CB	5-10	200	Grambling State; Morehouse College	0	CUT
78	Tyrone Rogers	DE	6-5	280	Alabama State	3	ACT
90	Mark Word	DE	6-5	305	Jacksonville State; Hinds CC	3	ACT
92	Courtney Brown	DE	6-4	285	Penn State	2	RES
93	Cedric Scott	DE	6-5	290	Southern Mississippi	1	ACT
96	Kenard Lang	DE	6-3	257	Miami	5	ACT
70	Alvin McKinley	DT	6-3	294	Mississippi State; Holmes County JC	2	ACT
75	Damian Gregory	DT	6-2	305	Illinois State; Indiana	2	CUT
93	Mark Smith	DT	6-3	302	Auburn; Hinds CC; Navarro	5	CUT
94	Gerard Warren	DT	6-4	330	Florida	1	ACT
97	Ryan Kuehl	DT	6-5	276	Virginia	7	ACT
99	Orpheus Roye	DT	6-4	330	Florida State; Jones County JC	6	ACT
20	Earl Little	FS	6-0	202	Miami; Michigan	5	ACT
23	Devin Bush	FS	6-0	210	Florida State	7	ACT
60	Shaun O'Hara	G	6-3	303	Rutgers	2	ACT
66	Paul Zukauskas	G	6-5	320	Boston College	1	ACT
68	Chad Beasley	G	6-5	305	Virginia Tech	0	ACT
79	Barry Stokes	G	6-4	310	Eastern Michigan	6	ACT
4	Phil Dawson	K	5-11	200	Texas	4	ACT
50	Earl Holmes	MLB	6-2	242	Florida A&M	6	ACT
52	Brant Boyer	MLB	6-1	240	Arizona; Snow	8	ACT
54	Andra Davis	MLB	6-1	255	Florida	0	ACT
51	Lenoy Jones	OLB	6-1	235	TCU	6	ACT
56	Darren Hambrick	OLB	6-2	227	South Carolina; Florida	4	ACT
57	Dwayne Rudd	OLB	6-2	235	Alabama	5	ACT
58	Ben Taylor	OLB	6-2	238	Virginia Tech	0	RES
59	Kevin Bentley	OLB	6-0	248	Northwestern	0	ACT
17	Chris Gardocki	P	6-1	192	Clemson	11	ACT
22	Michael Jameson	S	5-11	205	Texas A&M	1	ACT
24	Robert Griffith	SS	6-0	202	San Diego State	8	ACT
36	Chris Akins	SS	5-11	200	University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff; Arkansas	3	ACT
69	Roger Chanoine	T	6-4	305	Temple	4	CUT
72	Ryan Tucker	T	6-6	315	TCU	5	ACT
73	Joaquin Gonzalez	T	6-5	300	Miami	0	ACT
77	Ross Verba	T	6-4	305	Iowa	5	ACT

Depth chart, week 21

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Dave Wohlabaugh	Melvin Fowler
HB	William Green	Jamel White
LG	Barry Stokes	Chad Beasley
LT	Ross Verba
QB	Kelly Holcomb	Josh Booty
RG	Shaun O'Hara	Paul Zukauskas
RT	Ryan Tucker	Joaquin Gonzalez
TE	Mark Campbell	Steve Heiden	Darnell Sanders
WR	Quincy Morgan	Kevin Johnson	Dennis Northcutt

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
DE	Tyrone Rogers	Kenard Lang	Cedric Scott
DT	Gerard Warren	Orpheus Roye	Alvin McKinley
FS	Earl Little	Devin Bush
LCB	Corey Fuller	Lewis Sanders
MLB	Earl Holmes	Brant Boyer
RCB	Daylon McCutcheon	Anthony Henry
SLB	Darren Hambrick	Lenoy Jones
SS	Robert Griffith	Michael Jameson
WLB	Dwayne Rudd	Kevin Bentley

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Chris Gardocki
K	Phil Dawson
KR	Andre Davis	Frisman Jackson
LS	Ryan Kuehl	Shaun O'Hara
P	Chris Gardocki
PR	Dennis Northcutt	Andre Davis

Biggest contracts on the books in 2002

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Tim Couch	QB	1999	7	$48.0M	$6.8M	$12.2M	12.0%
Courtney Brown	ED	2000	7	$44.9M	$6.4M	$10.9M	10.3%
Phil Dawson	K	2002	4	$3.1M	$782,500	$800,000	1.1%

Contracts whose term covers this season (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is against the cap of the signing year.

Trades in 2002 (4)

Date	Trade
2002-03-11	CLV → MIA: 2004 round None (conditional) MIA → CLV: J.J. Johnson
2002-04-20	CLV → JAX: Wali Rainer, 2002 round 3 pick 79 JAX → CLV: 2002 round 3 pick 76
2002-04-21	CLV → OAK: 2002 round 5 pick 147, 2002 round 6 pick 189 OAK → CLV: 2002 round 4 pick 122
2002-08-31	CLV → SDG: 2003 round 7 pick 236 (conditional), Brandon Drumm SDG → CLV: Steve Heiden