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1946 Cleveland Browns

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Record: 12-2-0, Finished 1st in AAFC West Division
AAFC Season Summary

1946 AAFC Champions

Scored 423 points (30.2/g), 1st of 9 in the AAFC.
 Allowed 137 points (9.8/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 286 points (20.4/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 13.1-0.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +27 (1.9/g), 1st.

Coached by Paul Brown (12-2-0)

1946 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Fri September 6 box W 1-0 Miami Seahawks 44 0 13 345 167 178 1 5 27 28 -1 4
2 Fri September 13 box W 2-0 @ Chicago Rockets 20 6 8 256 31 225 1 8 228 81 147 4
3 Sun September 22 box W 3-0 @ Buffalo Bisons 28 0 9 329 190 139 3 14 164 49 115 5
4 Sun September 29 box W 4-0 New York Yankees 24 7 11 295 144 151 5 7 149 113 36 5
5 Sun October 6 box W 5-0 Brooklyn Dodgers 26 7 11 259 107 152 1 12 177 140 37 6
6 Sat October 12 box W 6-0 @ New York Yankees 7 0 5 67 43 24 10 237 47 190 5
7 Sun October 20 box W 7-0 Los Angeles Dons 31 14 10 353 129 224 3 21 395 121 274 3
8 Sun October 27 box L 7-1 San Francisco 49ers 20 34 15 338 284 54 6 16 357 180 177 2
9 Sun November 3 box L 7-2 @ Los Angeles Dons 16 17 13 284 241 43 3 12 291 71 220 3
10 Sun November 10 box W 8-2 @ San Francisco 49ers 14 7 9 271 174 97 2 14 212 69 143 4
11 Sun November 17 box W 9-2 Chicago Rockets 51 14 8 360 151 209 2 9 156 115 41 8
12 Sun November 24 box W 10-2 Buffalo Bisons 42 17 10 455 163 292 2 19 256 123 133 3
13 Tue December 3 box W 11-2 @ Miami Seahawks 34 0 11 233 74 159 2 5 46 38 8 9
14 Sun December 8 box W 12-2 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 66 14 13 451 358 93 3 8 239 153 86 6
Playoffs
Champ December 22 box W 13-2 New York Yankees 14 9

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 423 4244 733 5.8 146 123 237 2266 22 7 9.6 60 496 1978 27 4.0 79 37 30 7
Team Defense 137 2933 845 3.5 231 125 299 1317 8 41 4.4 56 546 1616 8 3.0 160 64 23 15
Lg Rank Offense 1 1 6 8 1 1 2 1 6 3 1 2 2 8
Lg Rank Defense 2 3 7 8 2 2 1 1 8 5 3 3 1 4

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Otto Graham 25 QB 14 9 95 174 54.6 1834 17 9.8 5 2.9 79 10.5 10.2 19.3 131.0 112.1
Cliff Lewis 23 10 2 11 30 36.7 125 1 3.3 1 3.3 0 4.2 3.0 11.4 12.5 47.2
Bud Schwenk 28 4 0 15 23 65.2 276 4 17.4 0 0.0 63 12.0 13.7 18.4 69.0 146.0
Edgar Jones 26 LH 14 13 1 4 25.0 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 1.0 1.0 4.0 0.3 39.6
Lou Saban 25 14 2 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 33.3 0 0.0 -15.0 0.0 0.0
Ray Terrell 27 9 4 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Don Greenwood 25 RH 13 10 1 1 100.0 27 0 0.0 0 0.0 27 27.0 27.0 27.0 2.1 118.7
Team Total 25.8 14 123 237 51.9 2266 22 9.3 7 3.0 79 9.6 9.2 18.4 161.9 103.8
Opp Total 14 125 299 41.8 1317 8 2.7 41 13.7 4.4 -1.5 10.5 94.1 24.6 0 0 4.4 -1.5

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Don Greenwood 25 RH 13 10 77 274 6 0 3.6 21.1 5.9 4 0 0.0 0 0 0.3 0.0 274 6 0
Edgar Jones 26 LH 14 13 77 539 4 56 7.0 38.5 5.5 4 120 30.0 1 0 0.3 8.6 659 5 0
Marion Motley 26 FB 13 10 73 601 5 76 8.2 46.2 5.6 10 188 18.8 1 63 0.8 14.5 789 6 0
Gaylon Smith 30 14 1 62 240 5 0 3.9 17.1 4.4 7 73 10.4 0 0 0.5 5.2 313 5 0
Ray Terrell 27 9 4 39 117 0 0 3.0 13.0 4.3 4 21 5.3 0 0 0.4 2.3 138 0 0
Tom Colella 28 P 14 2 30 118 2 50 3.9 8.4 2.1 1 12 12.0 1 12 0.1 0.9 130 3 0
Otto Graham 25 QB 14 9 30 -125 1 0 -4.2 -8.9 2.1 -125 1 0
Gene Fekete 24 6 2 26 106 1 0 4.1 17.7 4.3 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.2 0.3 108 1 0
Cliff Lewis 23 10 2 24 -34 0 0 -1.4 -3.4 2.4 -34 0 0
Bill Lund 22 10 2 23 72 1 0 3.1 7.2 2.3 4 64 16.0 2 0 0.4 6.4 136 3 0
Fred Evans 25 6 0 8 27 0 0 3.4 4.5 1.3 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.2 1.2 34 0 0
Bob Steuber 25 6 1 8 19 0 0 2.4 3.2 1.3 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.2 1.5 28 0 0
Bud Schwenk 28 4 0 6 -1 1 0 -0.2 -0.3 1.5 -1 1 0
Al Akins 25 4 0 5 42 1 0 8.4 10.5 1.3 42 1 0
Lou Saban 25 14 2 4 -4 0 0 -1.0 -0.3 0.3 1 45 45.0 0 45 0.1 3.2 41 0 0
Dante Lavelli 23 RE 14 8 1 14 0 14 14.0 1.0 0.1 40 843 21.1 8 63 2.9 60.2 857 8 0
Ed Ulinski 27 LG 14 11 1 2 0 0 2.0 0.1 0.1 2 0 0
Mac Speedie 26 LE 14 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 564 23.5 7 79 1.7 40.3 564 7 0
John Harrington 25 12 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 136 17.0 0 0 0.7 11.3 136 0 0
John Yonakor 25 re 14 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 98 14.0 2 0 0.5 7.0 98 2 0
George Young 22 13 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 37 12.3 0 0 0.2 2.8 37 0 0
Al Coppage 30 14 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 34 17.0 0 0 0.1 2.4 34 0 0
John Rokisky 31 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.2 2.6 13 0 0
Team Total 25.8 14 494 2007 27 76 4.1 143.4 35.3 123 2266 18.4 22 79 8.8 161.9 4273 49 0
Opp Total 14 546 1616 8 3.0 115.4 39.0 125 1317 10.5 8 8.9 94.1 2933 16 58

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Edgar Jones 26 LH 14 13 7 73 0 0 10.4 12 307 1 96 25.6 1039
Otto Graham 25 QB 14 9 12 129 0 0 10.8 4
Cliff Lewis 23 10 2 8 133 0 0 16.6 3 70 0 0 23.3 169
Tom Colella 28 P 14 2 8 172 0 0 21.5 1 29 0 29 29.0 331
Don Greenwood 25 RH 13 10 5 105 0 0 21.0 379
Marion Motley 26 FB 13 10 1 0 0 0 0.0 3 53 0 0 17.7 842
Bill Lund 22 10 2 2 30 0 0 15.0 1 32 0 32 32.0 198
Ray Terrell 27 9 4 3 80 0 0 26.7 218
Al Akins 25 4 0 2 74 0 0 37.0 116
John Harrington 25 12 2 2 16 0 0 8.0 152
Bob Steuber 25 6 1 2 53 0 0 26.5 81
Fred Evans 25 6 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 34
Gene Fekete 24 6 2 1 21 0 21 21.0 129
Mac Speedie 26 LE 14 10 1 1 0 1 1.0 565
Team Total 25.8 14 39 537 0 0 13.8 36 841 1 96 23.4 5651
Opp Total 14 39 1 61 1397 0 22.9

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Lou Groza 22 c 14 5 29 13 44.8% 47 45 95.7%
Tom Colella 28 P 14 2 47 1895 0 0 40.3
Fred Evans 25 6 0 8 296 0 0 37.0
Chet Adams 31 14 0 5 5 100.0%
Mac Speedie 26 LE 14 10 1 1 100.0% 3 84 0 0 28.0
John Rokisky 31 5 0 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 25.8 14 29 13 44.8% 54 52 96.3% 58 2275 0 0 39.2
Opp Total 14 9 4 44.4% 18 17 94.4% 71 2954 41.6

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Chet Adams 31 14 0 1 4 1 4
Al Akins 25 4 0 1 7 0 7
Tom Colella 28 P 14 2 10 110 0 0
Fred Evans 25 6 0 1 21 0 21
Frank Gatski 24 10 1 1 35 1 35
Otto Graham 25 QB 14 9 5 102 1 0
Don Greenwood 25 RH 13 10 2 56 0 0
Edgar Jones 26 LH 14 13 2 16 0 0
Cliff Lewis 23 10 2 5 41 0 0
Bill Lund 22 10 2 1 12 0 12
Marion Motley 26 FB 13 10 1 0 0 0
Lou Saban 25 14 2 4 32 0 0
Mike Scarry 26 C 14 10 2 0 0 0
Gaylon Smith 30 14 1 1 0 0 0
Bob Steuber 25 6 1 1 52 0 52
Ray Terrell 27 9 4 3 101 1 76
Team Total 25.8 14 41 589 4 76
Opp Total 14 58 35

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Lou Groza 22 c 14 5 45 13 84
Dante Lavelli 23 RE 14 8 8 48
Mac Speedie 26 LE 14 10 7 1 43
Don Greenwood 25 RH 13 10 6 36
Edgar Jones 26 LH 14 13 4 1 1 36
Marion Motley 26 FB 13 10 5 1 36
Gaylon Smith 30 14 1 5 30
Tom Colella 28 P 14 2 2 1 18
Bill Lund 22 10 2 1 2 18
Chet Adams 31 14 0 1 1 5 17
Otto Graham 25 QB 14 9 1 1 12
John Yonakor 25 re 14 5 2 12
Al Akins 25 4 0 1 6
Gene Fekete 24 6 2 1 6
Frank Gatski 24 10 1 1 6
Bud Schwenk 28 4 0 1 6
Ray Terrell 27 9 4 1 6
John Rokisky 31 5 0 1 1
Team Total 25.8 14 27 22 1 4 1 52 13 421
Opp Total 14 8 8 1 17 4 137