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), 1st.
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
Training Camp: Bowling Green State (Bowling Green, Ohio)
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| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 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 | 160 | 125 | 299 | 1317 | 8 | 41 | 4.4 | 56 | 546 | 1616 | 8 | 3.0 | 89 | 64 | 23 | 15 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Fri | September 6 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | Miami Seahawks | 44 | 0 | 13 | 345 | 167 | 178 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 28 | -1 | 4 | ||
| 1 | Fri | September 13 | boxscore | W | 2-0 | @ | Chicago Rockets | 20 | 6 | 8 | 256 | 31 | 225 | 1 | 8 | 228 | 81 | 147 | 4 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 22 | boxscore | W | 3-0 | @ | Buffalo Bisons | 28 | 0 | 9 | 329 | 190 | 139 | 3 | 14 | 164 | 49 | 115 | 5 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 29 | boxscore | W | 4-0 | New York Yankees | 24 | 7 | 11 | 295 | 144 | 151 | 5 | 7 | 149 | 113 | 36 | 5 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 6 | boxscore | W | 5-0 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 26 | 7 | 11 | 259 | 107 | 152 | 1 | 12 | 177 | 140 | 37 | 6 | ||
| 6 | Sat | October 12 | boxscore | W | 6-0 | @ | New York Yankees | 7 | 0 | 5 | 67 | 43 | 24 | 10 | 237 | 47 | 190 | 5 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 20 | boxscore | W | 7-0 | Los Angeles Dons | 31 | 14 | 10 | 353 | 129 | 224 | 3 | 21 | 395 | 121 | 274 | 3 | ||
| 8 | Sun | October 27 | boxscore | L | 7-1 | San Francisco 49ers | 20 | 34 | 15 | 338 | 284 | 54 | 6 | 16 | 357 | 180 | 177 | 2 | ||
| 8 | Sun | November 3 | boxscore | L | 7-2 | @ | Los Angeles Dons | 16 | 17 | 13 | 284 | 241 | 43 | 3 | 12 | 291 | 71 | 220 | 3 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 10 | boxscore | W | 8-2 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 14 | 7 | 9 | 271 | 174 | 97 | 2 | 14 | 212 | 69 | 143 | 4 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 17 | boxscore | W | 9-2 | Chicago Rockets | 51 | 14 | 8 | 360 | 151 | 209 | 2 | 9 | 156 | 115 | 41 | 8 | ||
| 12 | Sun | November 24 | boxscore | W | 10-2 | Buffalo Bisons | 42 | 17 | 10 | 455 | 163 | 292 | 2 | 19 | 256 | 123 | 133 | 3 | ||
| 12 | Tue | December 3 | boxscore | W | 11-2 | @ | Miami Seahawks | 34 | 0 | 11 | 233 | 74 | 159 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 38 | 8 | 9 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 8 | boxscore | W | 12-2 | @ | Brooklyn Dodgers | 66 | 14 | 13 | 451 | 358 | 93 | 3 | 8 | 239 | 153 | 86 | 6 | |
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship | Sun | December 22 | boxscore | W | 13-2 | New York Yankees | 14 | 9 | 18 | 325 | 213 | 112 | 1 | 10 | 146 | 81 | 65 | 2 | ||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Graham | 25 | PR/QB | 14 | 9 | 95 | 174 | 54.6 | 1834 | 17 | 9.8 | 5 | 2.9 | 79 | 10.5 | 11.2 | 19.3 | 131.0 | 112.1 | ||||||||||
| Cliff Lewis | 23 | db | 10 | 2 | 11 | 30 | 36.7 | 125 | 1 | 3.3 | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 11.4 | 12.5 | 47.2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bud Schwenk | 28 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 23 | 65.2 | 276 | 4 | 17.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 63 | 12.0 | 15.5 | 18.4 | 69.0 | 146.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Edgar Jones | 26 | KR/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 | c | 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 | hb | 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 | 10.1 | 18.4 | 161.9 | 103.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 125 | 299 | 41.8 | 1317 | 8 | 2.7 | 41 | 13.7 | 4.4 | -1.23 | 10.5 | 94.1 | 24.6 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | -1.2 | 0.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | 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 | KR/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 | fb | 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 | hb | 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 | PR/QB | 14 | 9 | 30 | -125 | 1 | 0 | -4.2 | -8.9 | 2.1 | -125 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Gene Fekete | 24 | fb | 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 | db | 10 | 2 | 24 | -34 | 0 | 0 | -1.4 | -3.4 | 2.4 | -34 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bill Lund | 22 | hb | 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 | hb | 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 | c | 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 | e | 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 | de | 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 | e | 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 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Edgar Jones | 26 | KR/LH | 14 | 13 | 7 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 10.4 | 12 | 307 | 1 | 96 | 25.6 | 1039 | |
| Otto Graham | 25 | PR/QB | 14 | 9 | 12 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 10.8 | 4 | ||||||
| Cliff Lewis | 23 | db | 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 | hb | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 32.0 | 198 | |
| Ray Terrell | 27 | hb | 9 | 4 | 3 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 26.7 | 218 | ||||||
| Al Akins | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 116 | |||||||
| John Harrington | 25 | e | 12 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 152 | ||||||
| Bob Steuber | 25 | hb | 6 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 26.5 | 81 | ||||||
| Fred Evans | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | |||||||
| Gene Fekete | 24 | fb | 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 | |||||||||
| 0-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Lou Groza | 22 | c/K | 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Tom Colella | 28 | P | 14 | 2 | 10 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 25 | PR/QB | 14 | 9 | 5 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Cliff Lewis | 23 | db | 10 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lou Saban | 25 | c | 14 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ray Terrell | 27 | hb | 9 | 4 | 3 | 101 | 1 | 76 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Greenwood | 25 | RH | 13 | 10 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Edgar Jones | 26 | KR/LH | 14 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Scarry | 26 | C | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chet Adams | 31 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Al Akins | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Fred Evans | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Frank Gatski | 24 | c | 10 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 35 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Lund | 22 | hb | 10 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Marion Motley | 26 | FB | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gaylon Smith | 30 | fb | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Steuber | 25 | hb | 6 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 52 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 41 | 589 | 4 | 76 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 58 | 35 | ||||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 22 | c/K | 14 | 5 | 45 | 13 | 84 | |||||||||||
| Dante Lavelli | 23 | RE | 14 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 48 | |||||||||||
| Mac Speedie | 26 | LE | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Don Greenwood | 25 | RH | 13 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Edgar Jones | 26 | KR/LH | 14 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||
| Marion Motley | 26 | FB | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Gaylon Smith | 30 | fb | 14 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Tom Colella | 28 | P | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Bill Lund | 22 | hb | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Chet Adams | 31 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 25 | PR/QB | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| John Yonakor | 25 | re | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Al Akins | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Gene Fekete | 24 | fb | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Frank Gatski | 24 | c | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Bud Schwenk | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Ray Terrell | 27 | hb | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| John Rokisky | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 55 | 52 | 13 | 421 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 137 |