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.NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, , p.287
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. The Browns won their first game of the season by beating Belichick's future team, the Patriots.
Offseason
NFL draft
Undrafted free agents
+ 1991 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegeNathaniel BoltonWide receiverMississippi College
Trades made Traded Bob Buczkowski to Seattle Seahawks for 9x16
Personnel
Staff
Roster
Preseason Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 10–23 0–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 64,753 2 New York Giants W 16–10 1–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 54,445 3 at Washington Redskins W 24–21 2–1 RFK Stadium 51,137 4 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 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
Season summary
Week 17 at Steelers
References
External links 1991 Cleveland Browns at Pro Football Reference (Profootballreference.com) 1991 Cleveland Browns Statistics at jt-sw.com 1991 Cleveland Browns Schedule at jt-sw.com at DatabaseFootball.com