1948 Cleveland Browns (AAFC) |
| 1st place • Western Division • 14-0-0 1.000 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Paul Brown |
| John Brickels | Backfield |
| Blanton Collier | Backfield |
| Bill Edwards | Tackles |
| Dick Gallagher | Ends |
| Fritz Heisler | Guards |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/22/1948 | H | Buffalo Bills | 35-21 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 28059 | |
| Fri | 8/27/1948 | H | Baltimore Colts | 17-21 | L | Toledo, OH | Scott High School Stadium | 13417 | |
| Fri | 9/3/1948 | H | Los Angeles Dons | 19-14 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 60193 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1948 | A | Buffalo Bills | 42-13 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 35340 | |
| Fri | 9/17/1948 | A | Chicago Rockets | 28-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 30608 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1948 | H | Chicago Rockets | 21-10 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 37190 | |
| Tue | 10/5/1948 | A | Baltimore Colts | 14-10 | W | Baltimore, MD | Muncipal Stadium | 22329 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1948 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 30-17 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 31187 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1948 | H | Buffalo Bills | 31-14 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 28054 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1948 | H | New York Yankees | 35-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 46912 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1948 | H | Baltimore Colts | 28-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 32314 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1948 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 14-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 82769 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1948 | A | New York Yankees | 34-21 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 49981 | |
| Thu | 11/25/1948 | A | Los Angeles Dons | 31-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 60031 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1948 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 31-28 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 59785 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1948 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 31-21 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 9821 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/19/1948 | H | Buffalo Bills | 49-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 22981 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Tony Adamle | 74 | LLB-FB | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Chet Adams | 42 | LDT | 6-3 | 240 | 33 | Ohio University | 14 | 14 |
| Alex Agase | 35 | MLB-OG? | 5-10 | 210 | 26 | Illinois; Purdue; Illinois | 14 | 1 |
| Bill Boedeker | 99 | LOH | 5-11 | 192 | 24 | DePaul | 14 | 3 |
| Ollie Cline | 70 | FB | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Ohio State | 12 | 0 |
| Tommy Colella | 92 | LDH-LOH | 6-0 | 187 | 30 | Canisius | 13 | 13 |
| Bob Cowan | 80 | ROH | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Indiana | 14 | 7 |
| Frank Gatski | 22 | C | 6-2 | 233 | 27 | Marshall; Auburn | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Gaudio | 34 | ROG | 5-10 | 219 | 23 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| Horace Gillom | 59 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 221 | 27 | Ohio State; Nevada-Reno | 13 | 8 |
| Otto Graham | 60 | QB | 6-1 | 196 | 27 | Northwestern | 14 | 14 |
| Forrest Grigg | 48 | RDT | 6-2 | 294 | 22 | Tulsa | 14 | 14 |
| Lou Groza | 46 | LOT-K | 6-3 | 240 | 24 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Lin Houston | 32 | ROG | 6-0 | 213 | 27 | Ohio State | 14 | 2 |
| Weldon Humble | 38 | MLB | 6-1 | 221 | 27 | Rice; Louisiana-Lafayette; Rice | 13 | 13 |
| Tommy James | 82 | RDH-LDH | 5-10 | 184 | 25 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Dub Jones | 86 | ROH-RDH | 6-3 | 202 | 24 | Louisiana State; Tulane | 12 | 6 |
| Edgar Jones | 90 | LOH | 5-10 | 193 | 30 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 10 |
| Frank Kosikowski | 53 | RDE | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Marquette; Notre Dame | 13 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 56 | ROE | 6-1 | 191 | 25 | Ohio State | 8 | 7 |
| Cliff Lewis | 62 | S-QB | 5-11 | 168 | 25 | Duke | 14 | 14 |
| Mel Maceau | 24 | C | 6-1 | 203 | 27 | Marquette | 10 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 76 | FB | 6-1 | 232 | 28 | Nevada-Reno | 14 | 14 |
| Ara Parseghian | 85 | ROH | 5-9 | 193 | 25 | Akron; Miami (Ohio) | 13 | 2 |
| Benny Pucci | 45 | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 255 | 23 | none | 13 | 0 |
| Lou Rymkus | 44 | ROT | 6-4 | 231 | 29 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Lou Saban | 20 | RLB-C | 6-0 | 202 | 27 | Indiana | 14 | 14 |
| Dean Sensanbaugher | 94 | LOH | 5-9 | 190 | 23 | Ohio State; Army; Ohio State | 11 | 1 |
| Len Simonetti | 49 | ROT-RDT | 5-11 | 225 | 29 | Tennessee | 14 | 0 |
| Mac Speedie | 58 | LOE | 6-3 | 203 | 28 | Utah | 12 | 12 |
| George Terlep | 64/66 | QB | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | Notre Dame | 7 | 1 |
| Eddie Ulinski | 36 | LOG | 5-11 | 203 | 29 | Marshall | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Willis | 30 | MG | 6-2 | 213 | 27 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| John Yonakor | 50 | RDE-ROE | 6-5 | 222 | 27 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| George Young | 52 | LDE | 6-3 | 214 | 24 | Georgia | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | Jeff Durkota | B | Penn State |
| 3 | 18 | Ollie Cline | B | Ohio State |
| 7 | 41 | Tommy Thompson | C | William & Mary |
| 9 | 53 | Bill Smith | T | North Carolina |
| 11 | 65 | Ralph Maughan | C | Utah State |
| 12 | 73 | Dean Sensanbaugher | B | Ohio State |
| 13 | 81 | Mike Rubish | E | North Carolina |
| 14 | 89 | Alex Sarkisian | C | Northwestern |
| 15 | 97 | Dan Dworsky | B | Michigan |
| 16 | 105 | Scott Beasley | E | Nevada-Reno |
| 17 | 113 | Russ Steger | B | Illinois |
| 18 | 121 | Lou Hoitsma | E | William & Mary |
| 19 | 129 | Pete Ashbaugh | B | Notre Dame |
| 20 | 137 | Dave Templeton | G | Ohio State |
| 21 | 145 | Dwight Eddleman | B | Illinois |
| 22 | 153 | Lu Gambino | B | Maryland |
| 23 | 161 | Jim McDowell | G | William & Mary |
| 24 | 169 | Haywood Fowle | T | North Carolina |
| 25 | 177 | Ara Parseghian | B | Miami (Ohio) |
| 26 | 185 | Tod Saylor | E | Lafayette |
| 27 | 193 | Harry Caughron | T | William & Mary |
| 28 | 201 | Pete Lanzi | E | Youngstown State |
| 29 | 209 | George Roman | T | Case Western Reserve |
| 30 | 217 | Mel Sheehan | E | Missouri |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 110 | 83 | 141 | 55 | 389 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 71 | 21 | 63 | 190 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 243 | 123 | 104 | 16 | / % | / % | 77 | 761 | |
| Opponents Totals | 171 | 84 | 74 | 13 | / % | / % | 76 | 657 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 0 | 51 | 52 | 98.1 | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 0 | 75 |
| Edgar Jones | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Marion Motley | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Otto Graham | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Bill Boedeker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bob Cowan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Dante Lavelli | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Mac Speedie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Dub Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ara Parseghian | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tony Adamle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Horace Gillom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dean Sensanbaugher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| George Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 52 | 51 | 52 | 98.1 | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 1 | 389 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 25 | 26 | 96.2 | 3 | 8 | 37.5 | 0 | 190 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 53 | 1/ | 1/ | 3/ | 1/ | 2/ | |
| Team Totals | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 1/ | 1/ | 3/ | 1/ | 2/ | ||
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 8 | 37.5 | 1/ | 0/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Motley | 157 | 964 | 6.1 | 5 | |
| Edgar Jones | 100 | 400 | 4.0 | 5 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 78 | 254 | 3.3 | 3 | |
| Dub Jones | 33 | 149 | 4.5 | 1 | |
| Otto Graham | 23 | 146 | 6.3 | 6 | |
| Ara Parseghian | 32 | 135 | 4.2 | 1 | |
| Ollie Cline | 29 | 129 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Bob Cowan | 33 | 99 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Tony Adamle | 17 | 88 | 5.2 | 1 | |
| Tommy Colella | 14 | 60 | 4.3 | 1 | |
| Dean Sensanbaugher | 18 | 59 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| Cliff Lewis | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| Dante Lavelli | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tommy James | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mac Speedie | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| George Terlep | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Gaudio | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 544 | 2557 | 4.7 | 25 | |
| Opponents Totals | 436 | 1519 | 3.5 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Graham | 333 | 173 | 52.0 | 145 | 2713 | 8.1 | 15.7 | 78t | 25 | 7.5 | 15 | 4.5 | 85.6 | |||
| Cliff Lewis | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 4 | 69 | 8.6 | 17.3 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 119.3 | ||||
| George Terlep | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 27 | 13.5 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 56.3 | |||
| Marion Motley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 344 | 178 | 51.7 | 150 | 2809 | 8.2 | 15.8 | 78t | 26 | 7.6 | 16 | 4.7 | 85.0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 354 | 159 | 44.9 | 171 | 2097 | 5.9 | 13.2 | 78t | 14 | 4.0 | 24 | 6.8 | 49.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac Speedie | 58 | 816 | 14.1 | 56 | 4 |
| Dante Lavelli | 25 | 463 | 18.5 | 54t | 5 |
| Horace Gillom | 20 | 295 | 14.8 | 1 | |
| Bob Cowan | 15 | 265 | 17.7 | 63t | 4 |
| Edgar Jones | 14 | 293 | 20.9 | 5 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 13 | 237 | 18.2 | 51 | 2 |
| Marion Motley | 13 | 192 | 14.8 | 78t | 2 |
| Dub Jones | 9 | 119 | 13.2 | 2 | |
| John Yonakor | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Ara Parseghian | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 17 | 1 |
| George Young | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tommy James | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 178 | 2809 | 15.8 | 78t | 26 |
| Opponents Totals | 159 | 2097 | 13.2 | 78 | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Lewis | 9 | 103 | 11.4 | 0 | |
| Lou Saban | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | |
| Tommy James | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| Tommy Colella | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ara Parseghian | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 | 0 |
| Weldon Humble | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| John Yonakor | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 283 | 11.8 | 56 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 359 | 22.4 | 51 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Colella | 49 | 1716 | 35.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Horace Gillom | 6 | 227 | 37.8 | 0 | ||||||
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 56 | 1961 | 35.0 | 0 | 356 | 28.7 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 73 | 0 | 385 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Lewis | 26 | 258 | 9.9 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Colella | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy James | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 0 | ||
| Otto Graham | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 385 | 9.9 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 356 | 11.1 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Motley | 14 | 337 | 24.1 | 0 | ||
| Cliff Lewis | 7 | 147 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Boedeker | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 0 | ||
| Ollie Cline | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 25 | 0 | |
| Bob Cowan | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 21 | 0 | |
| Ara Parseghian | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Dub Jones | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 18 | 0 | |
| Mac Speedie | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Horace Gillom | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | ||
| Dante Lavelli | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 40 | 752 | 18.8 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 61 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Young | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 25 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 39 | 0 |
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