1948 Cleveland Browns (AAFC) |
| 1st place • Western Division • 14-0-0 1.000 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| 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 | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Ohio State | 1 | 0 |
| Chet Adams | 42 | LDT | 6-3 | 240 | 33 | Ohio University | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Agase | 35 | G | 5-10 | 210 | 26 | Illinois; Purdue; Illinois | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Boedeker | 99 | HB | 5-11 | 192 | 24 | DePaul | 1 | 0 |
| Ollie Cline | 70 | FB | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Ohio State | 1 | 0 |
| Tommy Colella | 92 | LDH | 6-0 | 187 | 30 | Canisius | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Cowan | 80 | HB | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Indiana | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Gatski | 22 | C | 6-2 | 233 | 27 | Marshall; Auburn | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Gaudio | 34 | ROG | 5-10 | 219 | 23 | Ohio State | 1 | 1 |
| Horace Gillom | 59 | E | 6-1 | 221 | 27 | Ohio State; Nevada-Reno | 1 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 60 | QB | 6-1 | 196 | 27 | Northwestern | 1 | 1 |
| Forrest Grigg | 48 | RDT | 6-2 | 294 | 22 | Tulsa | 1 | 0 |
| Lou Groza | 46 | LOT | 6-3 | 240 | 24 | Ohio State | 1 | 1 |
| Lin Houston | 32 | G | 6-0 | 213 | 27 | Ohio State | 1 | 0 |
| Weldon Humble | 38 | MLB | 6-1 | 221 | 27 | Rice; Louisiana-Lafayette; Rice | 1 | 0 |
| Tommy James | 82 | RDH | 5-10 | 184 | 25 | Ohio State | 1 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 86 | ROH | 6-3 | 202 | 24 | Louisiana State; Tulane | 1 | 1 |
| Edgar Jones | 90 | LOH | 5-10 | 193 | 30 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 |
| Frank Kosikowski | 53 | E | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Marquette; Notre Dame | 1 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 56 | ROE | 6-1 | 191 | 25 | Ohio State | 1 | 1 |
| Cliff Lewis | 62 | S | 5-11 | 168 | 25 | Duke | 1 | 0 |
| Mel Maceau | 24 | C | 6-1 | 203 | 27 | Marquette | 1 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 76 | FB | 6-1 | 232 | 28 | Nevada-Reno | 1 | 1 |
| Ara Parseghian | 85 | HB | 5-9 | 193 | 25 | Akron; Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 0 |
| Benny Pucci | 45 | T | 6-4 | 255 | 23 | none | 1 | 0 |
| Lou Rymkus | 44 | ROT | 6-4 | 231 | 29 | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 |
| Lou Saban | 20 | RLB | 6-0 | 202 | 27 | Indiana | 1 | 0 |
| Dean Sensanbaugher | 94 | HB | 5-9 | 190 | 23 | Ohio State; Army; Ohio State | 1 | 0 |
| Len Simonetti | 49 | T | 5-11 | 225 | 29 | Tennessee | 1 | 0 |
| Mac Speedie | 58 | LOE | 6-3 | 203 | 28 | Utah | 1 | 1 |
| George Terlep | 64/66 | QB | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 |
| Eddie Ulinski | 36 | LOG | 5-11 | 203 | 29 | Marshall | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Willis | 30 | MG | 6-2 | 213 | 27 | Ohio State | 1 | 0 |
| John Yonakor | 50 | RDE | 6-5 | 222 | 27 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 |
| George Young | 52 | LDE | 6-3 | 214 | 24 | Georgia | 1 | 0 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 7 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 49 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | / % | / % | 7 | 27 | |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | / % | / % | 9 | 90 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Motley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Edgar Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Lou Groza | 0 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Lou Saban | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| George Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 7 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 49 |
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| OWN | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| OPP | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Motley | 14 | 133 | 9.5 | 3 | |
| Edgar Jones | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 1 | |
| Dub Jones | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Ollie Cline | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Ara Parseghian | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Dean Sensanbaugher | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Adamle | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| George Terlep | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 40 | 215 | 5.4 | 4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 63 | 1.9 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Graham | 24 | 11 | 45.8 | 12 | 118 | 4.9 | 10.7 | 1 | 4.2 | 1 | 4.2 | 118 | 57.3 | |||
| Edgar Jones | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 26 | 11 | 42.3 | 14 | 118 | 4.5 | 10.7 | 1 | 3.8 | 1 | 3.8 | 53.0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 11 | 30.6 | 20 | 104 | 2.9 | 9.5 | 1 | 2.8 | 5 | 13.9 | 9.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgar Jones | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 1 | |||
| Mac Speedie | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |||
| Dante Lavelli | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |||
| Dub Jones | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |||
| Horace Gillom | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Marion Motley | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 11 | 118 | 10.7 | 1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 104 | 9.5 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy James | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| Lou Saban | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39t | 1 |
| Tony Adamle | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Colella | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 3 | 98 | 32.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 255 | 42.5 | 0 | 41 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Lewis | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| George Terlep | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 0 | 41 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dub Jones | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 | |
| Marion Motley | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 46 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Rymkus | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| George Young | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | |||
| Team Totals | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
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