1949 Cleveland Browns (AAFC) |
| 1st place • 9-1-2 .900 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| First Round Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/4/1949 | H | Buffalo Bills | 31-21 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 17270 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/11/1949 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 21-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 22550 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Tony Adamle | 74 | LLB | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | Ohio State | 2 | 0 |
| Alex Agase | 35 | MLB | 5-10 | 210 | 27 | Illinois; Purdue; Illinois | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Gatski | 33 | C | 6-2 | 233 | 28 | Marshall; Auburn | 2 | 2 |
| Bob Gaudio | 34 | RG | 5-10 | 219 | 24 | Ohio State | 2 | 0 |
| Horace Gillom | 59 | RE | 6-1 | 221 | 28 | Ohio State; Nevada-Reno | 2 | 1 |
| Otto Graham | 60 | QB | 6-1 | 196 | 28 | Northwestern | 2 | 2 |
| Forrest Grigg | 48 | RDT | 6-2 | 294 | 23 | Tulsa | 2 | 0 |
| Lou Groza | 46 | LOT | 6-3 | 240 | 25 | Ohio State | 2 | 2 |
| Lin Houston | 32 | ROG | 6-0 | 213 | 28 | Ohio State | 2 | 2 |
| Weldon Humble | 38 | RT | 6-1 | 221 | 28 | Rice; Louisiana-Lafayette; Rice | 2 | 0 |
| Tommy James | 82 | RDH | 5-10 | 184 | 26 | Ohio State | 2 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 86 | ROH | 6-3 | 202 | 25 | Louisiana State; Tulane | 2 | 2 |
| Edgar Jones | 90 | LOH | 5-10 | 193 | 31 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 2 |
| Warren Lahr | 80 | LDH | 5-11 | 189 | 26 | Western Reserve | 2 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 56 | ROE | 6-1 | 191 | 26 | Ohio State | 2 | 1 |
| Cliff Lewis | 61 | S | 5-11 | 168 | 26 | Duke | 2 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 76 | FB | 6-1 | 232 | 29 | Nevada-Reno | 2 | 2 |
| Bill O'Connor | 53 | LE | 6-4 | 220 | 23 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 |
| Derrell Palmer | 42 | LDT | 6-2 | 240 | 27 | Texas Christian | 2 | 0 |
| Lou Rymkus | 44 | ROT | 6-4 | 231 | 30 | Notre Dame | 2 | 2 |
| Lou Saban | 20 | RLB | 6-0 | 202 | 28 | Indiana | 2 | 0 |
| Mac Speedie | 58 | LOE | 6-3 | 203 | 29 | Utah | 2 | 2 |
| Joe Spencer | 49 | RT | 6-2 | 239 | 26 | Oklahoma State | 2 | 0 |
| Ed Sustersic | 70 | FB | 6-0 | 205 | 27 | Findlay | 2 | 0 |
| Tommy Thompson | 23 | C | 6-1 | 221 | 22 | William & Mary | 1 | 0 |
| Eddie Ulinski | 36 | LOG | 5-11 | 203 | 30 | Marshall | 2 | 2 |
| Bill Willis | 45 | MG | 6-2 | 213 | 28 | Ohio State | 2 | 0 |
| John Yonakor | 50 | RDE | 6-5 | 222 | 28 | Notre Dame | 2 | 0 |
| George Young | 52 | LDE | 6-3 | 214 | 25 | Georgia | 2 | 0 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 17 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 52 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 31 | 15 | 15 | 1 | / % | / % | 5 | 58 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 10 | 20 | 3 | / % | / % | 2 | 20 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dub Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Edgar Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Lou Groza | 0 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Warren Lahr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dante Lavelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Marion Motley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 7 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 52 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 28 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| OWN | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| OPP | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Motley | 16 | 113 | 7.1 | 63t | 1 |
| Edgar Jones | 22 | 73 | 3.3 | 2 | |
| Otto Graham | 10 | 65 | 6.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 1 | |
| Warren Lahr | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Tommy James | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 61 | 289 | 4.7 | 4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 202 | 3.5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Graham | 60 | 29 | 48.3 | 29 | 454 | 7.6 | 15.7 | 57t | 2 | 3.3 | 2 | 3.3 | 3 | 17 | 437 | 71.1 |
| Team Totals | 60 | 29 | 48.3 | 29 | 454 | 7.6 | 15.7 | 2 | 3.3 | 2 | 3.3 | 3 | 17 | 437 | 71.1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 67 | 30 | 44.8 | 35 | 401 | 6.0 | 13.4 | 4 | 6.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 4 | 44 | 357 | 71.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Lavelli | 9 | 152 | 16.9 | 57t | 1 | ||
| Mac Speedie | 8 | 150 | 18.8 | 37 | 0 | ||
| Edgar Jones | 7 | 83 | 11.9 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Marion Motley | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | 0 | |||
| Dub Jones | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 49t | 1 | ||
| Team Totals | 29 | 454 | 15.7 | 2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 401 | 13.4 | 4 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Lahr | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52t | 1 |
| Lou Saban | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 88 | 44.0 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Gillom | 8 | 338 | 42.3 | 0 | 42 | |||||
| Team Totals | 8 | 338 | 42.3 | 52 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 465 | 42.3 | 60 | 0 | 80 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Lewis | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 0 | ||
| Warren Lahr | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 13 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 7 | 80 | 11.4 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Lahr | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Dub Jones | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
| Marion Motley | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 6 | 117 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 22 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 4.0 | 44.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 3.0 | 17.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forrest Grigg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy James | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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