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2000 Cleveland Browns season

52nd season in franchise history From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The 2000 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 48th season with the National Football League and 52nd overall. It was the second season of the "New Browns", which returned to the NFL in 1999.

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Kicker Phil Dawson was the Browns’ leading scorer with 59 points.[1] The Browns total offense ranked 31st (last) in the league, while their total defense ranked 26th in the league.[2] The 2000 Browns’ 161 points scored (10.06 per game) is the third-fewest ever by a team in a 16-game schedule, tied with the 1998 Eagles and behind the 1992 Seahawks and 1991 Colts.[3] Additionally, their four games without scoring is the most in the NFL since the 1977 Buccaneers failed to score six times;[4] by contrast the 2016 and 2017 Browns went a combined 1–31 but never failed to score a point in any game. The 1999 Browns scored 217 points, or 3.50 more per game than in 2000.

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Offseason

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2000 NFL draft

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Undrafted free agents

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Personnel

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Staff

2000 Cleveland Browns staff

Front office

  • Owner and chairman – Alfred Lerner
  • President and chief executive officer – Carmen Policy
  • Executive vice president/director of football operations – Dwight Clark
  • Executive director of player personnel – Joe Collins
  • Director of college personnel – Phil Neri
  • Director of pro personnel – Keith Kidd

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams – Mark Michaels
  • Special teams/defensive assistant – Jon Fabris

Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – Tim Jorgensen
  • Assistant strength/pass rush consultant – Joe Kim

Final roster

2000 Cleveland Browns roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams (ST)

Practice squad
  • 49 Kyle Allamon TE
  • 70 Steve Estes T
  • 48 Rod Monroe TE
  • 12 Drew O'Connor WR
  • 47 Rashon Spikes RB

Reserve

Rookies in italics
53 active, 15 reserve, 5 practice squad
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Preseason

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Regular season

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Schedule

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Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

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Game summaries

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Week 1: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars

Week 1: Jacksonville Jaguars at Cleveland Browns – Game summary
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at Cleveland Browns Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

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Week 2: at Cincinnati Bengals

Week 2: Cleveland Browns at Cincinnati Bengals – Game summary
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at Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

  • Date: September 10
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
  • Game weather: 74 °F (23 °C)
  • Game attendance: 64,006
  • Referee: Phil Luckett
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With their first win over the Bengals since 1995, the Browns improved to 1-1 while also securing their first victory since Week 10 of 1999, snapping a 7 game losing streak.

Week 3: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 3: Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns – Game summary
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at Cleveland Browns Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

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With their first win at home against Pittsburgh since 1993, the Browns improved to 2-1. Their first time above .500 since 1995.

Week 6: at Arizona Cardinals

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at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

  • Date: October 8
  • Game time: 4:15 p.m. EDT
  • Game weather: 87 °F (30.6 °C), relative humidity 25%, wind 15 miles per hour (24 km/h; 13 kn)
  • Game attendance: 44,296
  • Referee: Tom White
  • TV announcers (CBS): Don Criqui and Steve Tasker
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Week 14: at Jacksonville Jaguars

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at Alltel Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida

  • Date: December 3
  • Game time: 4:15 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Clear, 46 °F (8 °C)
  • Game attendance: 51,262
  • Referee: Ron Blum
  • TV announcers (CBS): Don Criqui and Steve Tasker
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Best performances

  • Tim Couch, Week 3, 316 Passing Yards vs. Pittsburgh Steelers[5]
  • Doug Pederson, Week 15, 309 Passing Yards vs. Philadelphia Eagles[6]

Awards and records

  • Led NFL, yards punted, 4,919 yards[7]

References

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