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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

2005 Cleveland BrownsW2005 Cleveland Browns↗

NFL · AFC North · 6–10 (.375) · 4th in division · PF 232 · PA 301 · Coach Romeo Crennel

◀ 2004 2006 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

1. 2321Trent Dilfer
2. 1002Charlie Frye

Rushing (yds)

1. 1232Reuben Droughns
2. 78William Green
3. 53Charlie Frye

Receiving (yds)

1. 1009Antonio Bryant
2. 512Braylon Edwards
3. 441Dennis Northcutt

Sacks

1. 5Orpheus Roye
2. 5Alvin McKinley
3. 5Chaun Thompson

Interceptions

1. 3Brian Russell
2. 3Leigh Bodden
3. 2Daylon McCutcheon

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	927	1000
EPA per play	-0.14	-0.00
Pass EPA per play	-0.12	-0.00
Rush EPA per play	-0.17	-0.01
Success rate	39.4%	43.1%
Pass rate	58.4%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.03, success rate 41.4%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
2005-09-11	1	vs Cincinnati Bengals	L 13–27	0–1	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2005-09-18	2	@ Green Bay Packers	W 26–24	1–1	Lambeau Field
2005-09-25	3	@ Indianapolis Colts	L 6–13	1–2	RCA Dome
2005-10-09	5	vs Chicago Bears	W 20–10	2–2	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2005-10-16	6	@ Baltimore Ravens	L 3–16	2–3	M&T Bank Stadium
2005-10-23	7	vs Detroit Lions	L 10–13	2–4	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2005-10-30	8	@ Houston Texans	L 16–19	2–5	Reliant Stadium
2005-11-06	9	vs Tennessee Titans	W 20–14	3–5	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2005-11-13	10	@ Pittsburgh Steelers	L 21–34	3–6	Heinz Field
2005-11-20	11	vs Miami Dolphins	W 22–0	4–6	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2005-11-27	12	@ Minnesota Vikings	L 12–24	4–7	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2005-12-04	13	vs Jacksonville Jaguars	L 14–20	4–8	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2005-12-11	14	@ Cincinnati Bengals	L 20–23	4–9	Paul Brown Stadium
2005-12-18	15	@ Oakland Raiders	W 9–7	5–9	McAfee Coliseum
2005-12-24	16	vs Pittsburgh Steelers	L 0–41	5–10	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2006-01-01	17	vs Baltimore Ravens	W 20–16	6–10	Cleveland Browns Stadium

Roster (62)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
3	Derek Anderson	QB	6-6	235	Oregon State	0	ACT
8	Trent Dilfer	QB	6-4	247	Fresno State	11	ACT
9	Charlie Frye	QB	6-4	220	Akron	0	ACT
12	Doug Johnson	QB	6-2	218	Florida	5	CUT
36	Corey McIntyre	FB	6-0	245	West Virginia	3	ACT
42	Terrelle Smith	FB	6-0	246	Arizona State	5	ACT
29	Jason Wright	RB	5-10	212	Northwestern	1	CUT
31	William Green	RB	6-0	214	Boston College	3	ACT
34	Reuben Droughns	RB	5-11	220	Oregon; Merced College	5	ACT
44	Lee Suggs	RB	6-0	213	Virginia Tech	2	ACT
11	Brandon Rideau	WR	6-3	198	Kansas	0	ACT
16	Josh Cribbs	WR	6-1	192	Kent State	0	ACT
17	Braylon Edwards	WR	6-3	214	Michigan	0	RES
81	Antonio Bryant	WR	6-1	205	Pittsburgh	3	ACT
86	Dennis Northcutt	WR	5-11	172	Arizona	5	ACT
88	Frisman Jackson	WR	6-3	217	Western Illinois; Northern Illinois	3	ACT
82	Steve Heiden	TE	6-5	270	South Dakota State	6	RES
83	Aaron Shea	TE	6-3	248	Michigan	5	ACT
84	Billy Miller	TE	6-3	252	USC	6	CUT
87	John Owens	TE	6-3	255	Notre Dame	3	ACT
89	Paul Irons	TE	6-2	242	Florida State	0	ACT
50	Jeff Faine	C	6-3	291	Notre Dame	2	RES
61	Mike Pucillo	C	6-4	306	Auburn	3	ACT
62	Dwayne Ledford	C	6-4	300	East Carolina	6	ACT
20	Pete Hunter	CB	6-2	208	Virginia Union	3	ACT
23	Ray Mickens	CB	5-8	180	Texas A&M	9	ACT
24	Gary Baxter	CB	6-2	210	Baylor	4	RES
28	Leigh Bodden	CB	6-1	193	Duquesne	2	ACT
30	Antonio Perkins	CB	5-11	194	Oklahoma	0	ACT
33	Daylon McCutcheon	CB	5-10	190	USC	6	ACT
39	Michael Lehan	CB	6-0	200	Minnesota	2	ACT
75	Simon Fraser	DE	6-6	274	Ohio State	0	ACT
96	Kenard Lang	DE	6-3	257	Miami	8	ACT
97	Alvin McKinley	DE	6-3	294	Mississippi State; Holmes County JC	5	ACT
98	Nick Eason	DE	6-3	305	Clemson	2	ACT
99	Orpheus Roye	DE	6-4	330	Florida State; Jones County JC	9	ACT
69	J'Vonne Parker	DT	6-4	325	Rutgers; Howard	0	ACT
25	Chris Crocker	FS	5-11	197	Marshall	2	ACT
27	Brian Russell	FS	6-2	210	San Diego State; Penn	4	ACT
60	Cosey Coleman	G	6-4	310	Tennessee	5	ACT
63	Joe Andruzzi	G	6-3	315	Southern Connecticut State	8	ACT
68	Dave Yovanovits	G	6-3	300	Temple	2	ACT
53	Mason Unck	ILB	6-3	238	Arizona State	2	ACT
54	Andra Davis	ILB	6-1	255	Florida	3	ACT
58	Ben Taylor	ILB	6-2	238	Virginia Tech	3	ACT
94	Orlando Ruff	ILB	6-3	253	Furman	6	ACT
4	Phil Dawson	K	5-11	200	Texas	7	ACT
57	Jody Littleton	LS	6-1	240	Baylor	7	ACT
64	Ryan Pontbriand	LS	6-2	255	Rice	2	RES
78	Ethan Kelley	NT	6-2	338	Baylor	2	RES
95	Jason Fisk	NT	6-3	300	Stanford	10	ACT
51	Chaun Thompson	OLB	6-2	243	West Texas State	2	ACT
55	Matt Stewart	OLB	6-3	239	Vanderbilt	4	ACT
59	Nick Speegle	OLB	6-6	250	New Mexico	0	ACT
92	David McMillan	OLB	6-3	250	Kansas	0	ACT
10	Kyle Richardson	P	6-2	210	Arkansas State	8	ACT
21	Brodney Pool	SS	6-2	214	Oklahoma	0	ACT
26	Sean Jones	SS	6-1	220	Georgia	1	ACT
65	Kirk Chambers	T	6-7	315	Stanford	1	ACT
70	L.J. Shelton	T	6-6	345	Eastern Michigan	6	ACT
72	Ryan Tucker	T	6-6	315	TCU	8	ACT
74	Nat Dorsey	T	6-7	335	Georgia Tech	1	ACT

Depth chart, week 17

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
RB	Reuben Droughns	William Green	Lee Suggs
C	Mike Pucillo	Dwayne Ledford
FB	Terrelle Smith	Corey McIntyre
LG	Joe Andruzzi	Mike Pucillo
LT	L.J. Shelton	Kirk Chambers
QB	Charlie Frye	Trent Dilfer	Derek Anderson
RG	Cosey Coleman	Dave Yovanovits
RT	Ryan Tucker	Nat Dorsey
TE	Aaron Shea	Paul Irons
WR	Dennis Northcutt	Antonio Bryant	Brandon Rideau

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
FS	Brian Russell	Brodney Pool
LCB	Daylon McCutcheon	Ray Mickens	Antonio Perkins
LE	Orpheus Roye	Simon Fraser
LLB	Matt Stewart	Kenard Lang	David McMillan
MLB	Andra Davis	Orlando Ruff
NT	Jason Fisk	J'Vonne Parker
RCB	Leigh Bodden	Michael Lehan	Pete Hunter
RE	Alvin McKinley	Nick Eason
RLB	Chaun Thompson	Nick Speegle
SS	Chris Crocker	Sean Jones
WLB	Ben Taylor	Mason Unck

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Kyle Richardson
K	Phil Dawson
KR	Josh Cribbs	William Green
LS	Jody Littleton
P	Kyle Richardson
PR	Dennis Northcutt	Antonio Perkins

Biggest contracts on the books in 2005

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Courtney Brown	ED	2004	2	$14.7M	$7.3M	$2.0M	9.1%
Tim Couch	QB	1999	7	$48.0M	$6.8M	$12.2M	12.0%
Courtney Brown	ED	2003	3	$20.5M	$6.8M	$1.0M	9.1%
Courtney Brown	ED	2000	7	$44.9M	$6.4M	$10.9M	10.3%
Kellen Winslow	TE	2005	6	$24.0M	$3.9M	$4.4M	4.6%
Kellen Winslow	TE	2004	6	$15.3M	$2.5M	$11.1M	3.2%
Phil Dawson	K	2005	5	$7.0M	$1.4M	$1.6M	1.6%
Phil Dawson	K	2002	4	$3.1M	$782,500	$800,000	1.1%
Jason Wright	RB	2005	2	$690,000	$345,000	$0	0.4%
Lance Moore	WR	2005	1	$232,000	$232,000	$2,000	0.3%
Jason Wright	RB	2005	1	$79,900	$79,900	$0	0.1%

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

Trades in 2005 (6)

Date	Trade
2005-03-03	CLV → DEN: Gerard Warren DEN → CLV: 2005 round 4 pick 126
2005-03-07	CLV → SEA: 2005 round 4 pick 126 SEA → CLV: Trent Dilfer
2005-03-18	CLV → DEN: Ebenezer Ekuban, Michael Myers DEN → CLV: Reuben Droughns
2005-04-24	CLV → TB: Luke McCown TB → CLV: 2005 round 6 pick 203, Andrew Hoffman
2005-08-22	CLV → NWE: Andre Davis
2005-09-03	CLV → MIN: Melvin Fowler MIN → CLV: Nat Dorsey