The Browns threw for 240 yards to increase their season total to 4,155, fourth-most in franchise history. This is the fourth time in team history that the club threw for 4,000 yards and rushed for 1,500 yards in the same season (1980, 1981 and 1986).
BROWNS MOST PASSING YARDS IN A SEASON
Year Games Comp. Att. Yards
1. 2013 16 379 681 4,372
2. 1981 16 348 624 4,339
3. 1980 16 337 554 4,132
4. 2015 16 371 609 4,115
5. 1986 16 315 538 4,018
The Browns rushed for 86 yards. Over the last four games, the team averaged 160.5 rushing yards per game.
TE Gary Barnidge tied a career-high with eight receptions for 66 yards. Barnidge led the team this year with 79 receptions, 1,043 receiving yards and nine receiving touchdowns. Barnidge's 1,043 receiving yards were the second-most by a Browns tight end in a season and seventh-most by any Browns player. He joined Ozzie Newsome (1981, 1984) and Kellen Winslow (2007) as the only Browns tight ends to record 1,000 receiving yards in a season. Barnidge's 79 receptions were the sixth-most by a Browns tight end in a season and ninth-most by any Browns player.
MOST RECEIVING YARDS BY A BROWNS TIGHT END IN A SEASON
Player Year Total
1. Kellen Winslow 2007 1,106
2. Gary Barnidge 2015 1,043
3. Ozzie Newsome 1981 1,002
4. Ozzie Newsome 1984 1,001
5. Ozzie Newsome 1983 970
MOST RECEIVING YARDS BY A BROWN IN A SEASON
Player Year Total
1. Josh Gordon 2013 1,646
2. Braylon Edwards 2007 1,289
3. Webster Slaughter 1989 1,236
4. Kellen Winslow 2007 1,106
5. Kevin Johnson 2001 1,097
6. Paul Warfield 1968 1,067
7. Gary Barnidge 2015 1,043
8. Antonio Brown 2005 1,009
9. Ozzie Newsome 1981 1,002
10. Ozzie Newsome 1984 1,001
MOST RECEPTIONS BY A BROWNS TIGHT END IN A SEASON
Player Year Total
1. Ozzie Newsome 1983 89
Ozzie Newsome 1984 89
Kellen Winslow 2006 89
4. Kellen Winslow 2007 82
5. Jordan Cameron 2013 80
6. Gary Barnidge 2015 79
7. Ozzie Newsome 1981 69
MOST RECEPTIONS BY A BROWN IN A SEASON
Player Year Total
1. Ozzie Newsome 1983 89
Ozzie Newsome 1984 89
Kellen Winslow 2006 89
4. Josh Gordon 2013 87
5. Kevin Johnson 2001 84
6. Kellen Winslow 2007 82
7. Jordan Cameron 2013 80
Braylon Edwards 2007 80
9. Gary Barnidge 2015 79
10. Antonio Bryant 2005 69
Ozzie Newsome 1981 69
RB Duke Johnson Jr. recorded four receptions for 34 yards. On the season, he finished with 61 receptions, tied for the second-most by a Browns rookie.
BROWNS ROOKIE RECEPTION LEADERS
Player Pos. Year Total
1. Kevin Johnson WR 1999 66
2. Duke Johnson Jr. RB 2015 61
Greg Little WR 2011 61
4. Eric Metcalf RB 1989 54
5. Paul Warfield WR 1964 52
LB Craig Robertson recorded an interception and a recovered a fumble.
LB Karlos Dansby recorded a team-high seven tackles and forced a fumble. He led the team this season with 108 tackles. Dansby finished with two forced fumbles on the year to increase his career total to 18.
DB Jordan Poyer registered his second interception of the season.
K Travis Coons tied a career-high with four made field goals. He finished the season with 106 points and is the first Brown to reach the century mark since K Phil Dawson (120) in 2012. On the season, Coons finished 28 of 32 on field goal attempts and 22 of 24 on PATs.
LT Joe Thomas extended his consecutive-snaps streak to 8,959, the longest active stretch in the league. Thomas has started all 144 games and hasn't missed an offensive play since being selected by the Browns with the third overall pick in the 2007 draft.
OL Joe Thomas (144) and OL Alex Mack (101) have each appeared in and started more than 100 games with the Browns. Respectively, Thomas and Mack rank first and third in starts for the club since 1999.
BROWNS STARTS 1999-2015
Player Years Pos. Starts
1. Joe Thomas 2007-15 OL 144
2. Orpheus Roye 2000-07 DL 102
3. Alex Mack 2009-15 OL 101
4. D'Qwell Jackson 2006-13 LB 96
Daylon McCutcheon 1999-05 DB 96
WR Terrelle Pryor recorded one reception for 42 yards. After entering the NFL in 2011, he played quarterback until converting to wide receiver this year. Pryor entered the game with one career reception for 22 yards, which came on Dec. 23, 2012.
WR Taylor Gabriel left the game with an eye injury and did not return.
