# 1991 Cleveland Browns season

The 1991 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 42nd season with the National Football League. On August 5, Browns founder Paul Brown died at the age of 82.
1991 was the first of five seasons in Cleveland for head coach Bill Belichick. Under Belichick, the Browns managed a 6–10 record, while finishing in third place in the AFC Central.

## Offseason
### NFL draft

1991 Cleveland Browns draft :
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College |
| 1 | 2 | Eric Turner * | Safety | UCLA |
| 2 | 29 | Ed King | Guard | Auburn |
| 3 | 57 | James Jones | Defensive tackle | Northern Iowa |
| 4 | 85 | Pio Sagapolutele | Defensive tackle | San Diego State |
| 6 | 141 | Michael Jackson | Wide receiver | Southern Mississippi |
| 8 | 197 | Frank Conover | Defensive tackle | Syracuse |
| 9 | 225 | Raymond Irvin | Defensive back | Central Florida |
| 9 | 239 | Shawn Wiggins | Wide receiver | Wyoming |
| 10 | 252 | Brian Greenfield | Punter | Pittsburgh |
| 11 | 280 | Todd Jones | Offensive tackle | Henderson State |
| 12 | 308 | Elijah Austin | Defensive tackle | North Carolina State |
| Made roster * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career ||||||

## Trades Made

* Traded Bob Buczkowski to Seattle Seahawks for 9x16

## Preseason

| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | August 5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | L 10–23 | 0–1 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 64,753 |
| 2 | August 10 | New York Giants | W 16–10 | 1–1 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 54,445 |
| 3 | August 16 | at Washington Redskins | W 24–21 (OT) | 2–1 | RFK Stadium | 51,137 |
| 4 | August 23 | at Minnesota Vikings | L 7–31 | 2–2 | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome | 45,925 |

## Regular season
### Schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | September 1 | Dallas Cowboys | L 14–26 | 0–1 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 78,860 |
| 2 | September 8 | at New England Patriots | W 20–0 | 1–1 | Sullivan Stadium | 35,377 |
| 3 | September 15 | Cincinnati Bengals | W 14–13 | 2–1 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 78,269 |
| 4 | September 22 | at New York Giants | L 10–13 | 2–2 | Giants Stadium | 75,891 |
| 5 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 6 | October 6 | New York Jets | L 14–17 | 2–3 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 71,042 |
| 7 | October 13 | at Washington Redskins | L 17–42 | 2–4 | RFK Stadium | 54,715 |
| 8 | October 20 | at San Diego Chargers | W 30–24 | 3–4 | Jack Murphy Stadium | 48,440 |
| 9 | October 27 | Pittsburgh Steelers | W 17–14 | 4–4 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 78,285 |
| 10 | November 3 | at Cincinnati Bengals | L 21–23 | 4–5 | Riverfront Stadium | 55,077 |
| 11 | November 10 | Philadelphia Eagles | L 30–32 | 4–6 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 72,086 |
| 12 | November 17 | at Houston Oilers | L 24–28 | 4–7 | Houston Astrodome | 58,155 |
| 13 | November 24 | Kansas City Chiefs | W 20–15 | 5–7 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 63,991 |
| 14 | December 1 | at Indianapolis Colts | W 31–0 | 6–7 | Hoosier Dome | 57,539 |
| 15 | December 8 | Denver Broncos | L 7–17 | 6–8 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 73,539 |
| 16 | December 15 | Houston Oilers | L 14–17 | 6–9 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 55,680 |
| 17 | December 22 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | L 10–17 | 6–10 | Three Rivers Stadium | 47,070 |
| Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. |||||||

### Standings

AFC Central :
| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK |
| $^{(3)}$ Houston Oilers | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 5–1 | 10–2 | 386 | 251 | L1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 4–2 | 7–5 | 292 | 344 | W2 |
| Cleveland Browns | 6 | 10 | 0 | .375 | 2–4 | 6–6 | 293 | 298 | L3 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 3 | 13 | 0 | .188 | 1–5 | 2–10 | 263 | 435 | W1 |

### Season summary
#### Week 17 at Steelers

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Browns | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Steelers | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* Date: December 22
* Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: Sunny, 39 °F (4 °C)
* Game attendance: 47,070
* Referee: Pat Haggerty
* TV announcers (NBC): Don Criqui and Bob Trumpy
* Box Score, Box Score
Game information :
First quarter
PIT – Gary Anderson 34-yard field goal, 0:59. Steelers 3–0.
Second quarter
CLE – Matt Stover 19-yard field goal, 6:18. Tie 3–3.
Third quarter
PIT – Dwight Stone 65-yard pass from Bubby Brister (Gary Anderson kick), 0:16. Steelers 10–3.
Fourth quarter
PIT – Richard Shelton 57-yard interception return (Gary Anderson kick), 9:28. Steelers 17–3.
CLE – Michael Jackson 27-yard pass from Bernie Kosar (Matt Stover kick), 6:56. Steelers 17–10.
Top passers
CLE – Bernie Kosar – 28/49, 335 yards, TD, 3 INT
PIT – Bubby Brister – 7/26, 113 yards, TD
Top rushers
CLE – Joe Morris – 12 rushes, 26 yards
PIT – Tim Worley – 16 rushes, 84 yards
Top receivers
CLE – Webster Slaughter – 11 receptions, 138 yards
PIT – Dwight Stone – 3 receptions, 76 yards, TD :