The 1990 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 41st season with the National Football League.
The season was the second for head coach Bud Carson, but the Browns started the season 2–7. They failed to approach their 9–6–1 record from 1989, finishing 3–13 and missing the playoffs for the first time since 1984. Carson was fired one day after a Week Nine shutout loss to the eventual AFC Champion Buffalo Bills. He was replaced by former Browns quarterback Jim Shofner, who finished the season with only one additional win.
The 1990 Browns surrendered 462 points, the largest number scored against any NFL team during the 1990s.Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1990 to 1999, in the NFL, in the regular season, sorted by descending Points Allowed Their -234 point differential is the third-worst figure for any 1990s NFL season and even worse than the 1999 Browns expansion team.Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1990 to 1999, in the NFL, in the regular season, sorted by ascending Points Differential After the season, Al Baker retired.
Offseason
NFL draft
Personnel
Roster
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 9 Pittsburgh Steelers W 13–3 1–0 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 78,298 2 September 16 at New York Jets L 21–24 1–1 Giants Stadium 67,354 3 September 23 San Diego Chargers L 14–24 1–2 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 77,429 4 September 30 at Kansas City Chiefs L 0–34 1–3 Arrowhead Stadium 75,462 5 October 8 at Denver Broncos W 30–29 2–3 Mile High Stadium 74,814 6 October 14 at New Orleans Saints L 20–25 2–4 Louisiana Superdome 68,608 7 October 22 Cincinnati Bengals L 13–34 2–5 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 78,567 8 October 28 at San Francisco 49ers L 17–20 2–6 Candlestick Park 63,672 9 November 4 Buffalo Bills L 0–42 2–7 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 78,331 10 Bye 11 November 18 Houston Oilers L 23–35 2–8 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 76,726 12 November 25 Miami Dolphins L 13–30 2–9 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 70,225 13 December 2 Los Angeles Rams L 23–38 2–10 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 61,981 14 December 9 at Houston Oilers L 14–58 2–11 Houston Astrodome 54,469 15 December 16 Atlanta Falcons W 13–10 3–11 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 46,536 16 December 23 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 0–35 3–12 Three Rivers Stadium 51,665 17 December 30 at Cincinnati Bengals L 14–21 3–13 Riverfront Stadium 60,041 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Standings
Game summaries
Week 15: vs. Atlanta
Week 17 at Bengals
References
External links 1990 Cleveland Browns at Pro Football Reference (Profootballreference.com) 1990 Cleveland Browns Statistics at jt-sw.com 1990 Cleveland Browns Schedule at jt-sw.com at DatabaseFootball.com