1946 Cleveland Browns (AAFC) |
| 1st place • Western Division • 12-2-0 .857 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/22/1946 | H | New York Yankees | 14-9 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 40469 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Chet Adams | 42 | OT-DT | 6-3 | 240 | 31 | Ohio University | 1 | 0 |
| Ernie Blandin | 48 | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 248 | 27 | Tulane | 1 | 1 |
| Tommy Colella | 92 | B | 6-0 | 187 | 28 | Canisius | 1 | 0 |
| Gene Fekete | 70 | B | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Ohio State | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Gatski | 72 | C-LB | 6-2 | 233 | 25 | Marshall; Auburn | 1 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 60 | QB-S | 6-1 | 196 | 25 | Northwestern | 1 | 1 |
| Don Greenwood | 85 | ROH-RDH | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Missouri; Illinois | 1 | 1 |
| Lou Groza | 46 | K | 6-3 | 240 | 22 | Ohio State | 1 | 0 |
| John Harrington | 55 | OE-DE | 6-3 | 198 | 25 | Marquette | 1 | 0 |
| Lin Houston | 32 | ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 213 | 25 | Ohio State | 1 | 1 |
| Edgar Jones | 90 | LOH-LDH | 5-10 | 193 | 28 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 |
| Dante Lavelli | 56 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 191 | 23 | Ohio State | 1 | 1 |
| Mel Maceau | 24 | C-LB | 6-1 | 203 | 25 | Marquette | 1 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 76 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 232 | 26 | Nevada-Reno | 1 | 1 |
| Lou Rymkus | 44 | ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 231 | 27 | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 |
| Lou Saban | 66 | B | 6-0 | 202 | 25 | Indiana | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Scarry | 20 | C-LB | 6-0 | 214 | 26 | Waynesburg | 1 | 1 |
| Len Simonetti | 49 | OT-DT | 5-11 | 225 | 27 | Tennessee | 1 | 0 |
| Mac Speedie | 58 | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 203 | 26 | Utah | 1 | 1 |
| Ray Terrell | 84 | B | 6-0 | 185 | 27 | Mississippi | 1 | 0 |
| Eddie Ulinski | 36 | LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 203 | 27 | Marshall | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Willis | 30 | OG-DG | 6-2 | 213 | 25 | Ohio State | 1 | 0 |
| John Yonakor | 50 | OE-DE | 6-5 | 222 | 25 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 |
| George Young | 52 | OE-DE | 6-3 | 214 | 22 | Georgia | 1 | 0 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | / % | / % | 5 | 25 | |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | / % | / % | 4 | 20 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Lavelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Marion Motley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lou Groza | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Chet Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 9 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Chet Adams | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| OWN | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| OPP | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Motley | 13 | 98 | 7.5 | 50 | 1 |
| Edgar Jones | 10 | 16 | 1.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Tommy Colella | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Don Greenwood | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Ray Terrell | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 3 | -19 | -6.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 37 | 112 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 65 | 2.2 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Graham | 27 | 16 | 59.3 | 10 | 213 | 7.9 | 13.3 | 23 | 1 | 3.7 | 1 | 3.7 | 2 | 23 | 190 | 81.3 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 16 | 59.3 | 10 | 213 | 7.9 | 13.3 | 1 | 3.7 | 1 | 3.7 | 81.3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 11 | 81 | 4.1 | 10.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 31.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Lavelli | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 23 | 1 | ||
| Mac Speedie | 6 | 71 | 11.8 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Edgar Jones | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| John Yonakor | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Don Greenwood | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 16 | 213 | 13.3 | 1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 81 | 10.1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Graham | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Colella | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 72 | 36.0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 72 | 36.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 161 | 32.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 141 | 28.2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Graham | 5 | 0 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 0 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Greenwood | 2 | 0 | 25 | 12.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Edgar Jones | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Yonakor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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