PAT RIOTS VS . BROW NS SERIES HISTORY BILL B ELICHICK IN CLEVELAND The Patriots and Browns will meet for Patri ots Head Coach Bill Belichick was the head c oach of the the 22nd time overall when the clubs Cleve land Browns for five seasons fr om 1991-95. Be lichick took square off on Su nday. over with the Browns comin g off of what was their w orst season The Patriots have won the last four in fra nchise history, a 3-13 campai gn in 1990. By 199 4, Belichick games datin g b ack to 2001. had coached the Bro wns to an 11-5 record and a pl ayoff berth. Cleveland lea ds the all-time s eries with The Browns’ 11 victo ries in 1994 are tied for the sec ond highest a 12-9 mark, i ncludin g one p ostseason sin gle-season win tot al in the history of the franchis e, and their game when th e Bill Belichick-le d Browns claime d a 20-13 victor y playo ff victory over the Patriots in the wild card round that over the Patriot s on New Year’s Day, 1995 in a Wild Card Playo ff seas on stands as th e franchise’s m ost recent play off win. In game at Clevela nd’s Municipal St adium. 1994 , the Browns all owed just 204 points – the fe west points The Patriots and Browns pla yed five times i n a si x-year spa n allow ed in the NFL th at season and t he fewest points allowed by from 1999-200 4 and then wen t three season s before the las t a def ense coached b y Belichick. Whil e with the Brow ns, Belichick meetin g in 2007, a 34- 17 New En glan d hired a si gnificant nu mber of coaches and scouts who have gone win at Gillette Stadium o n Oct. 7. on t o have success in the NFL or colle ge football. Belichick’s The Patriots are 4-7 overall in game s hires have produced NFL head coach, colle ge head c oaches, and played in Cleveland, includin g a 2- 1 NFL personnel direct ors/ general man aag ers, amon g many others record at Cleveland Bro wns Stadium. Th e who have attained su ccess in the foo tball world. Patriots’ last visit to C leveland was o n BILL BEL ICHICK’S CLE VELAND HIRES Dec. 5, 2004 when Ne w En gland took a (Curr ent NFL hea d coaches, assistant head coaches, 42-15 win. The Patriots have allowed th e coord inators, person nel directors, general mana gers and colle ge Browns to score fewer than 20 points in each o f the ten regular - head coaches hired t o positions with the Browns by Bi ll Belichick) season meetin gss between the te ams since 1992 Nam e C urrent Position Team Re gular Season – B rowns 11, Pat riots 9 Kirk Ferentz H ead Coach University of Iowa Date R esult Score H/A Stadi um Pat H ill H ead Coach Fresno Sta te 11/21/71 L 7-27 A Clevel and Municipal Eric Man gini H ead Coach Cleveland Browns 11/10/74 L 14-21 H Schaef er Stadium Nick Saban H ead Coach University of Alabama 09/26/77 L OT 27-30 A Clevel and Municipal Jim B ates D efensive Coordin ator Tampa Ba y Bucs 09/07/80 W 34-17 H Schaef er Stadium 11/21/82 L 7-10 A Clevel and Municipal Jim S chwartz H ead Coach Detroit Lio ns 11/20/83 L 0-30 H Sulliva n Stadium Scott O’Brien Sp ecial Teams Patriots 10/07/84 W 17-16 A Clevel and Municipal Ozzie Newsome Ge neral Mana ger/Exec . VP Baltimore Ravens 10/06/85 L 20-24 A Clevel and Municipal Scott Pioli G eneral Mana ger Kansas Cit y Chiefs 10/04/87 L 10-20 H Sulliva n Stadium Mike Tannenbaum G eneral Mana ger New York Jets 09/08/91 L 0-20 H Foxbor o Stadium LAST MEETI NG: 10/25/92 L 17-19 H Foxbor o Stadium PA TRIOTS 34, BR OWNS 17 12/19/93 W 20-17 A Clevel and Municipal October 7, 2 007 ¹ Gillette St adium (Att: 68,7 56) 11/06/94 L 6-13 A Clevel and Municipal 1 2 3 4 Final 09/03/95 W 17-14 H Foxbor o Stadium Clev eland Browns 0 0 3 14 — 17 10/03/99 W 19-7 A Clevel and Browns New En gland Patri ots 10 1 0 0 14 — 34 11/12/00 L 11-19 A Clevel and Browns 12/09/01 W 27-16 H Foxbor o Stadium Th e Patriots impro ved to 5-0 for th e third time in t eam history 10/26/03 W 9-3 H Gillett e Stadium with a 34-17 victor y over the Cle veland Browns at Gillette 12/05/04 W 42-15 A Clevel and Browns Stadi um. Tom Brady threw three tou chdown passes – including 10/07/07 W 34-17 H Gillett e Stadium two t o ti ght end Ben jaamin Watson, who recorded his first career Playoffs – Bro wns 1, Patriots 0 100- yard receivin g gaame and led th e team with 10 7 receivin g Date R esult Score H/A Stadi um yards on six receptio ns. Sammy Morri s paced the Pat riots’ potent 01/01/95 L 13-20 A Clevel and Municipal grou nd game with 1 02 rushin g yards on 21 carries. On defense, SERIES B REAKDOWN lineb acker Junior S eau intercepted two passes and Asante (Includin g Playoffs) Sam uel added anoth er interception, while Randall G ay scored a Overall Recor d ..................... ...................... ................ 9-1 2 touch down on a fum ble recovery as the Patriots too k advanta ge Record in New England ............ ........................ ................... 5- 5 of a plus-four turno ver differential and scored 21 points off Schaefe r/Sullivan/Foxbo ro Stadium ........ ................... 3- 5 turno vers. New En gland took a 20- 0 halftime lead, scorin g 14 Gillette Stadium ............ ........................ ................... 2- 0 point s off of two Clev eland turnovers. Record in Clevel and ................. ........................ ................... 4- 7 CONNECTI ONS Clevelan d Municipal Sta dium ................. ................... 2- 6 NE W ENGLAND TI ES Clevelan d Browns Stadiu m .................... ................... 2- 1 ¾ Cleveland Browns Head Coach Eric Man gini is a Hartford, Bill Belichick vs. Cleveland ........ ........................ ................... 4- 1 Conn. native, lett ered in football at Wesleyan Uni versity, and Eric Man gini vs. New En gland ... ........................ ................... 2- 5 spent six seasons (2000-05) on t he Patriots coac hin g staff – PASSING PE RFORMANCE S fi ve as the defen sive backs coac h and one as th e defensive Tom Brady is sl ated to start a gaainst Cleveland for the fifth tim e coordinator. in his career. B rady has starte d only one gam e at Cleveland, a FOR MER PATRIOT S 2004 game that the Patriots wo n 42-15. ¾ Cleveland Assi stant Head Coach/Speci al Teams Tom Brady vs. Cleveland (4- 0) Coordinator Br ad Seely was N ew En gland’s sp ecial teams Date H/A A C Yd % TD I R atin g W/L Sco re coordinator for 1 0 seasons (1999- 2008). 12/09/01 H 28 19 218 . 679 0 2 61.3 W 27- 16 ¾ Browns Offensi ve Coordinat or Brian Dab oll was a 10/26/03 H 33 20 259 . 606 0 0 85.3 W 9 -3 member of the Patriots coachin g staff from 20 00-06, as a 12/05/04 A 20 11 157 . 550 1 1 76.5 W 42- 15 defensive assista nt from 2000-01 , and as the wi de receivers 10/07/07 H 38 22 265 . 579 3 0 57.9 W 34- 17 coach from 2002- 06. Total 1 19 72 899 . 605 4 1 84.7 4 -0 PATRIOTS VS . BROWNS CONNECTIONS (continued) TALE OF THE TAPE ¾ Cleveland Defensive Coordinator Rob Ryan was New 2010 Regular Season New England Cleveland England’s linebackers coach from 2000-03. Record 6-1 2-5 ¾ Browns Defensive Line Coach Bryan Cox played Divisional Standings 1st 3rd linebacker for the 2001 Super Bowl-winning Patriots. Total Yards Gained 2,312 2,044 ¾ Cleveland Assistant Offensive Line Coach Andy Total Offense (Rank) 330.3 (19) 292.0 (28) Dickerson was a Tufts University graduate assistant in Rush Offense 112.7 (14) 101.1 (19) 2003, then spent the 2004-05 seasons as a member of the Pass Offense 217.6 (16) 190.9 (23) Patriots operations department. Points Per Game 29.3 (1) 16.8 (31) ¾ Browns Quarterbacks Coach Carl Smith was the New Touchdowns Scored 25 13 England Patriots assistant head coach/quarterbacks coach in Third Down Conversion Pct. 46.4 37.8 1997 and the tight ends coach from 1998-99. Team Passer Rating 96.6 74.9 ¾ Browns TE Benjamin Watson was a member of the New Total Yards Allowed 2,688 2,488 England Patriots from 2004-09. Total Defense (Rank) 384.0 (28) 355.4 (22) ¾ Cleveland OL Billy Yates played for the Patriots from 2005- Rush Defense 101.6 (11t) 111.3 (19) 08. Pass Defense 282.4 (31) 244.1 (26) ¾ Browns DB Ray Ventrone was a New England Patriot from Points Allowed/Game 22.0 (21) 20.3 (12) 2007-08 and his younger brother, S Ross Ventrone , is Touchdowns Allowed 17 16 currently on the Patriots Practice squad.