Sunday, December 19, 1948
Buffalo Bills 7, Cleveland Browns 49| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills (8-8-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Cleveland Browns (15-0-0) | 7 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 49 |
| BUF | CLE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CLE | Edgar Jones 3 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | CLE | George Young 18 yard fumble return (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3rd | CLE | Edgar Jones 9 yard pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 21 |
| CLE | Marion Motley 29 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 28 | |
| BUF | Al Baldwin 10 yard pass from Jim Still (Graham Armstrong kick) | 7 | 28 | |
| 4th | CLE | Marion Motley 31 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 35 |
| CLE | Marion Motley 5 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 42 | |
| CLE | Lou Saban 39 yard interception return (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 49 |
| BUF | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-63-0 | 40-215-4 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-36-104-1-5 | 11-26-118-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 104 | 118 |
| Total yards | 167 | 333 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-3 | 6-3 |
| Turnovers | 8 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-27 | 9-90 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Rex Bumgardner | BUF | 11 | 34 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | ||||||
| Bill O'Connor | BUF | 3 | 41 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Jim Still | BUF | 6 | 18 | 80 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lou Tomasetti | BUF | 11 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||||
| Vic Kulbitski | BUF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Chet Mutryn | BUF | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| George Ratterman | BUF | 5 | 18 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 14 | ||||||||
| Al Baldwin | BUF | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Paul Gibson | BUF | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Don Schneider | BUF | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Marion Motley | CLE | 14 | 133 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Edgar Jones | CLE | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 19 |
| Otto Graham | CLE | 11 | 24 | 118 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dub Jones | CLE | 5 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Mac Speedie | CLE | 2 | 22 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Ollie Cline | CLE | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Dante Lavelli | CLE | 2 | 16 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Horace Gillom | CLE | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Ara Parseghian | CLE | 4 | 14 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Dean Sensanbaugher | CLE | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tom Colella | CLE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tony Adamle | CLE | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| George Terlep | CLE | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Chick Maggioli | BUF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Chet Mutryn | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Don Schneider | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 27 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Tony Adamle | CLE | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Colella | CLE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Otto Graham | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 0 | 46 | |||||||||
| Tommy James | CLE | 2 | 36 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||||||
| Cliff Lewis | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Marion Motley | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 | |||||||||
| Lou Saban | CLE | 1 | 39 | 1 | 39 | ||||||||||||||
| George Terlep | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | |||||||||
| George Ratterman | QB |
| Lou Tomasetti | FB |
| Chet Mutryn | LH |
| Rex Bumgardner | RH |
| Al Baldwin | LE |
| Graham Armstrong | LT |
| Hal Lahar | LG |
| Art Statuto | C |
| Rocco Pirro | RG |
| John Kerns | RT |
| Bill O'Connor | RE |
| Otto Graham | QB |
| Dub Jones | HB |
| Marion Motley | FB |
| Edgar Jones | LH |
| Mac Speedie | LE |
| Lou Groza | LT |
| Ed Ulinski | LG |
| Frank Gatski | C |
| Bob Gaudio | RG |
| Lou Rymkus | RT |
| Dante Lavelli | RE |