1946 Cleveland Browns (AAFC) |
| 1st place • Western Division • 12-2-0 .857 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Paul Brown |
| John Brickels | Backfield |
| Blanton Collier | Backfield |
| Bill Conkright | Ends/Centers |
| Fritz Heisler | Guards |
| Creighton Miller | Backfield |
| Bob Voigts | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/30/1946 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 35-20 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 35964 | |
| Fri | 9/6/1946 | H | Miami Seahawks | 44-0 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 60135 | |
| Fri | 9/13/1946 | A | Chicago Rockets | 20-6 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 51962 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1946 | A | Buffalo Bisons | 28-0 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 30302 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1946 | H | New York Yankees | 24-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 57084 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1946 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 26-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 43713 | |
| Sat | 10/12/1946 | A | New York Yankees | 7-0 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 34252 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1946 | H | Los Angeles Dons | 31-14 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 71134 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1946 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 20-34 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 70386 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1946 | A | Los Angeles Dons | 16-17 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 24800 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1946 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-7 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 41061 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1946 | H | Chicago Rockets | 51-14 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 60457 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1946 | H | Buffalo Bisons | 42-17 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 37054 | |
| Tue | 12/3/1946 | A | Miami Seahawks | 34-0 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 9083 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1946 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 66-14 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 14600 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/22/1946 | H | New York Yankees | 14-9 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 40469 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Chet Adams | 42 | LDT-ROT | 6-3 | 240 | 31 | Ohio University | 14 | 14 |
| Al Akins | 80 | HB-DB | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | Washington State; Washington | 4 | 0 |
| Ernie Blandin | 48 | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 248 | 27 | Tulane | 14 | 5 |
| George Cheroke | 34 | OG-MG | 5-9 | 195 | 25 | Ohio State | 14 | 1 |
| Tommy Colella | 92 | LDH-LOH | 6-0 | 187 | 28 | Canisius | 14 | 8 |
| Al Coppage | 59 | RDE-ROE | 6-1 | 195 | 30 | Oklahoma | 14 | 2 |
| Jim Daniell | 40 | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 230 | 28 | Ohio State | 14 | 9 |
| Fred Evans | 99 | DB-HB | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Notre Dame | 6 | 0 |
| Gene Fekete | 70 | FB-LLB | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Ohio State | 8 | 2 |
| Frank Gatski | 72 | LB-C | 6-2 | 233 | 25 | Marshall; Auburn | 11 | 1 |
| Otto Graham | 60 | QB-S | 6-1 | 196 | 25 | Northwestern | 14 | 14 |
| Don Greenwood | 85 | RDH-ROH | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Missouri; Illinois | 13 | 13 |
| Lou Groza | 46 | K-OT | 6-3 | 240 | 22 | Ohio State | 14 | 0 |
| John Harrington | 55 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 198 | 25 | Marquette | 13 | 13 |
| Lin Houston | 32 | ROG-MG | 6-0 | 213 | 25 | Ohio State | 14 | 5 |
| Edgar Jones | 90 | LOH-LDH | 5-10 | 193 | 28 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 13 |
| Alex Kapter | 39 | OG-DG | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | Northwestern | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Kolesar | 37 | OG-DG | 5-10 | 200 | 25 | Michigan | 2 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 56 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 191 | 23 | Ohio State | 14 | 7 |
| Cliff Lewis | 62 | S?-QB | 5-11 | 168 | 23 | Duke | 11 | 1 |
| Bill Lund | 82 | LOH-DB | 5-10 | 180 | 22 | Case Tech | 11 | 1 |
| Mel Maceau | 24 | C-LB | 6-1 | 203 | 25 | Marquette | 10 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 76 | FB-LLB | 6-1 | 232 | 26 | Nevada-Reno | 13 | 13 |
| John Rokisky | 54 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 202 | 27 | Duquesne | 6 | 0 |
| Lou Rymkus | 44 | ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 231 | 27 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Lou Saban | 66 | MLB-FB | 6-0 | 202 | 25 | Indiana | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Scarry | 20 | C-RLB | 6-0 | 214 | 26 | Waynesburg | 14 | 14 |
| Bud Schwenk | 64 | QB-DB? | 6-2 | 201 | 29 | Washington-St. Louis | 4 | 0 |
| Len Simonetti | 49 | OT-DT | 5-11 | 225 | 27 | Tennessee | 1 | 0 |
| Gaylon Smith | 74 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 202 | 30 | Southwestern (Tennessee) | 14 | 4 |
| Mac Speedie | 58 | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 203 | 26 | Utah | 14 | 11 |
| Bob Steuber | 88 | ROH-DB | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | Missouri; DePauw | 7 | 1 |
| Ray Terrell | 84 | ROH-DB | 6-0 | 185 | 27 | Mississippi | 10 | 6 |
| Eddie Ulinski | 36 | LOG | 5-11 | 203 | 27 | Marshall | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Willis | 30 | MG-ROG | 6-2 | 213 | 25 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| John Yonakor | 50 | RDE-ROE | 6-5 | 222 | 25 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| George Young | 52 | LDE-LOE | 6-3 | 214 | 22 | Georgia | 14 | 2 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 109 | 94 | 79 | 141 | 423 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 31 | 21 | 51 | 137 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 146 | 79 | 60 | 7 | / % | / % | 71 | 600 | |
| Opponents Totals | 160 | 89 | 56 | 15 | / % | / % | 48 | 326 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 0 | 45 | 47 | 95.7 | 13 | 29 | 44.8 | 0 | 84 |
| Dante Lavelli | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Mac Speedie | 7 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | |
| Don Greenwood | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Edgar Jones | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Marion Motley | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Gaylon Smith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Tommy Colella | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bill Lund | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Chet Adams | 2 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Otto Graham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| John Yonakor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Al Akins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gene Fekete | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Frank Gatski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bud Schwenk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ray Terrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Al Coppage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| John Rokisky | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 55 | 52 | 55 | 94.5 | 13 | 29 | 44.8 | 1 | 423 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 17 | 18 | 94.4 | 4 | 9 | 44.4 | 0 | 137 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 13 | 29 | 44.8 | 51 | 2/ | 6/ | 2/ | 1/ | 2/ | |
| Team Totals | 13 | 29 | 44.8 | 2/ | 6/ | 2/ | 1/ | 2/ | ||
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 9 | 44.4 | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Motley | 73 | 601 | 8.2 | 76t | 5 |
| Edgar Jones | 77 | 539 | 7.0 | 56 | 4 |
| Don Greenwood | 77 | 274 | 3.6 | 6 | |
| Gaylon Smith | 62 | 240 | 3.9 | 5 | |
| Tommy Colella | 30 | 118 | 3.9 | 50t | 2 |
| Ray Terrell | 39 | 117 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Gene Fekete | 26 | 106 | 4.1 | 1 | |
| Bill Lund | 23 | 72 | 3.1 | 1 | |
| Al Akins | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 1 | |
| Fred Evans | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Bob Steuber | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Dante Lavelli | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Eddie Ulinski | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bud Schwenk | 6 | -1 | -0.2 | 1 | |
| Lou Saban | 4 | -4 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| Cliff Lewis | 24 | -34 | -1.4 | 0 | |
| Otto Graham | 30 | -125 | -4.2 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 494 | 2007 | 4.1 | 76t | 27 |
| Opponents Totals | 546 | 1616 | 3.0 | 75t | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Graham | 174 | 95 | 54.6 | 74 | 1834 | 10.5 | 19.3 | 79t | 17 | 9.8 | 5 | 2.9 | 112.1 | |||
| Bud Schwenk | 23 | 15 | 65.2 | 8 | 276 | 12.0 | 18.4 | 63t | 4 | 17.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 146.0 | |||
| Cliff Lewis | 30 | 11 | 36.7 | 18 | 125 | 4.2 | 11.4 | 1 | 3.3 | 1 | 3.3 | 47.2 | ||||
| Don Greenwood | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Edgar Jones | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 3 | 4 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||
| Ray Terrell | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Lou Saban | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 237 | 123 | 51.9 | 107 | 2266 | 9.6 | 18.4 | 79t | 22 | 9.3 | 7 | 3.0 | 103.8 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 299 | 125 | 41.8 | 133 | 1317 | 4.4 | 10.5 | 52t | 8 | 2.7 | 41 | 13.7 | 24.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Lavelli | 40 | 843 | 21.1 | 63t | 8 |
| Mac Speedie | 24 | 564 | 23.5 | 79t | 7 |
| Marion Motley | 10 | 188 | 18.8 | 63 | 1 |
| John Harrington | 8 | 136 | 17.0 | 55 | 0 |
| John Yonakor | 7 | 98 | 14.0 | 52t | 2 |
| Gaylon Smith | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 0 | |
| Edgar Jones | 4 | 120 | 30.0 | 71t | 1 |
| Bill Lund | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 20t | 2 |
| Ray Terrell | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Don Greenwood | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| George Young | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| Al Coppage | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Lou Saban | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| John Rokisky | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 |
| Bob Steuber | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Fred Evans | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Gene Fekete | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 123 | 2266 | 18.4 | 79t | 22 |
| Opponents Totals | 125 | 1317 | 10.5 | 52 | 8 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Colella | 10 | 110 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Otto Graham | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 37t | 1 |
| Cliff Lewis | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | |
| Lou Saban | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Ray Terrell | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 76t | 1 |
| Don Greenwood | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Edgar Jones | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Mike Scarry | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Steuber | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Frank Gatski | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35t | 1 |
| Fred Evans | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bill Lund | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Al Akins | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Chet Adams | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Marion Motley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gaylon Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 589 | 14.4 | 76t | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 116 | 16.6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Colella | 47 | 1895 | 40.3 | 0 | ||||||
| Fred Evans | 8 | 296 | 37.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mac Speedie | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 58 | 2275 | 39.2 | 0 | 30.4 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 71 | 2955 | 41.6 | 76 | 1 | 537 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Colella | 8 | 172 | 21.5 | 58 | 0 | |
| Cliff Lewis | 8 | 133 | 16.6 | 56 | 0 | |
| Otto Graham | 12 | 129 | 10.8 | 0 | ||
| Edgar Jones | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 0 | ||
| Bill Lund | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Evans | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marion Motley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 537 | 13.8 | 58 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 510 | 13.1 | 75 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgar Jones | 12 | 307 | 25.6 | 96t | 1 | |
| Don Greenwood | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Terrell | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 28 | 0 | |
| Al Akins | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 44 | 0 | |
| Cliff Lewis | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 42 | 0 | |
| Bob Steuber | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| Marion Motley | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 20 | 0 | |
| Bill Lund | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Gene Fekete | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| John Harrington | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Mac Speedie | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 841 | 23.4 | 96t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 70 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chet Adams | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 54 | 30 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 23 | 35 | 30 | 65 | 2 |
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