2000 Cleveland Browns season

2000 Cleveland Browns season
Head coach Chris Palmer
General manager Dwight Clark
Owner Al Lerner
Home field Cleveland Browns Stadium
Local radio WTAM · WMJI
Results
Record 3–13
Division place 6th AFC Central
Playoff finish did not qualify
Pro Bowlers none

The 2000 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 48th season with the National Football League and 52nd overall. It was the 2nd season of the "new Browns" which returned to the NFL in 1999.

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 behind the 1992 Seahawks and 1991 Colts.[3] Nevertheless, their four games without even 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.

Offseason

2000 NFL Draft

Draft order Player name Position College
Round Pick
1 1 Courtney Brown Defensive End Penn State
2 32 Dennis Northcutt Wide Receiver Arizona
3 63 Travis Prentice Running back Miami (Ohio)
3 79 JaJuan Dawson Wide Receiver Tulane
4 95 Lewis Sanders Cornerback Maryland
4 110 Aaron Shea Tight End/Fullback Michigan
5 130 Anthony Malbrough Defensive back Texas Tech
5 146 Lamar Chapman Defensive back Kansas State
6 183 Spergon Wynn Quarterback Southwest Texas State
6 206 Brad Bedell Offensive Lineman Colorado
7 207 Manuia Savea Offensive Lineman Arizona
7 209 Eric Chandler Defensive Lineman Jackson State
7 225 Rashidi Barnes Safety Colorado

Personnel

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 Assistant – Jon Fabris

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength – Tim Jorgensen
  • Assistant Strength – Joe Kim

Final roster

2000 Cleveland Browns final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

 Reserve lists


Practice squad


Rookies in italics
 60 Active, 3 Inactive, 1 Practice squad

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result TV Attendance
1 September 3, 2000 Jacksonville Jaguars L 27–7 CBS
72,418
2 September 10, 2000 at Cincinnati Bengals W 24–7 CBS
64,006
3 September 17, 2000 Pittsburgh Steelers W 23–20 CBS
73,018
4 September 24, 2000 at Oakland Raiders L 36–10 CBS
45,702
5 October 1, 2000 Baltimore Ravens L 12–0 CBS
73,018
6 October 8, 2000 at Arizona Cardinals L 29–21 CBS
39,148
7 October 15, 2000 at Denver Broncos L 44–10 CBS
75,811
8 October 22, 2000 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 22–0 CBS
57,659
9 October 29, 2000 Cincinnati Bengals L 12–3 CBS
73,118
10 November 5, 2000 New York Giants L 24–3 FOX
72,718
11 November 12, 2000 New England Patriots W 19–11 CBS
72,618
12 November 19, 2000 at Tennessee Titans L 24–10 CBS
68,498
13 November 26, 2000 at Baltimore Ravens L 44–7 CBS
68,361
14 December 3, 2000 at Jacksonville Jaguars L 48–0 CBS
51,262
15 December 10, 2000 Philadelphia Eagles L 35–24 FOX
72,318
16 December 17, 2000 Tennessee Titans L 24–0 CBS
72,318
17 Bye

Standings

AFC Central
W L T PCT PF PA STK
(1) Tennessee Titans 1330.813346191W4
(4) Baltimore Ravens 1240.750333165W7
Pittsburgh Steelers 970.563321255W2
Jacksonville Jaguars 790.438367327L2
Cincinnati Bengals 4120.250185359L1
Cleveland Browns 3130.188161419L5

Game Summaries

Week 6: at Arizona

Week 6: Cleveland Browns at Arizona Cardinals – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Browns 7 7 0721
Cardinals 0 16 10329

at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ

  • 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 (play–by–play) and Steve Tasker (color commentator)
Game information

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

  1. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-7611-2480-1, p. 216
  2. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-7611-2480-1, p. 215
  3. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1978 to 2012, in the regular season, sorted by ascending Points For.
  4. ↑ Pro Football Reference; In a single season, from 1940 to 2017, in the Regular Season, requiring Points For = 0, sorted by most games in season matching criteria
  5. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-7611-2480-1, p. 206
  6. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-7611-2480-1, p. 207
  7. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-7611-2480-1, p. 202
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