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1947 Cleveland Browns

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

1947 AAFC Champions

Scored 410 points (29.3/g), 1st of 8 in the AAFC.
 Allowed 185 points (13.2/g), 1st.
 Differential of 225 points (16.1/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 12.2-1.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +23 (1.6/g), 1st.

Coached by Paul Brown (12-1-1)

1947 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Fri September 5 box W 1-0 Buffalo Bills 30 14 11 332 139 193 2 13 332 24 308 5
2 Fri September 12 box W 2-0 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 55 7 13 417 194 223 11 177 39 138 5
3 Sun September 21 box W 3-0 Baltimore Colts 28 0 11 295 122 173 1 14 297 159 138 6
4 Fri September 26 box W 4-0 @ Chicago Rockets 41 21 14 395 163 232 4 9 322 195 127 10
5 Sun October 5 box W 5-0 New York Yankees 26 17 14 373 161 212 1 11 222 111 111 3
6 Sun October 12 box L 5-1 Los Angeles Dons 10 13 22 395 233 162 4 10 161 56 105 1
7 Sun October 19 box W 6-1 Chicago Rockets 31 28 16 456 297 159 2 17 365 260 105 2
8 Sun October 26 box W 7-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 14 7 22 415 278 137 3 15 251 85 166 1
9 Sun November 2 box W 8-1 @ Buffalo Bills 28 7 13 392 256 136 2 13 252 167 85 1
10 Sun November 9 box W 9-1 Brooklyn Dodgers 13 12 13 261 95 166 3 10 273 22 251
11 Sun November 16 box W 10-1 San Francisco 49ers 37 14 18 440 284 156 17 329 159 170 4
12 Sun November 23 box T 10-1-1 @ New York Yankees 28 28 19 424 325 99 4 19 331 62 269 1
13 Thu November 27 box W 11-1-1 @ Los Angeles Dons 27 17 9 330 204 126 3 19 462 258 204 5
14 Sun December 7 box W 12-1-1 @ Baltimore Colts 42 0 21 559 225 334 1 10 186 101 85 4
Playoffs
Championship December 14 box W 13-1-1 @ New York Yankees 14 3 15 284 112 172 1 13 212 89 123 3

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 410 5547 775 7.2 214 174 296 2990 26 12 10.1 91 479 2557 24 5.3 108 28 16 15
Team Defense 185 3888 806 4.8 188 129 303 1707 11 32 5.6 75 503 2181 12 4.3 102 51 19 11
Lg Rank Offense 1 1 2 5 1 1 1 1 6 3 2 2 1 3
Lg Rank Defense 1 2 7 5 1 1 1 1 4 4 3 4 1 5

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. 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+ 26 QB 14 9 163 269 60.6 2753 25 9.3 11 4.1 99 10.2 10.3 16.9 196.6 109.2
Ermal Allen 29 12 0 4 13 30.8 88 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 6.8 6.8 22.0 7.3 55.9
Cliff Lewis 24 qb 13 5 5 11 45.5 70 1 9.1 1 9.1 0 6.4 4.1 14.0 5.4 58.9
Edgar Jones 27 lh 9 5 2 3 66.7 79 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 26.3 26.3 39.5 8.8 109.7
Team Total 26.0 14 174 296 58.8 2990 26 8.8 12 4.1 99 10.1 10.0 17.2 213.6 105.5
Opp Total 14 129 303 42.6 1707 11 3.6 32 10.6 5.6 1.6 13.2 121.9 33.6 0 0 5.6 1.6

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
Marion Motley 27 FB 14 12 146 889 8 50 6.1 63.5 10.4 7 73 10.4 1 0 0.5 5.2 962 9 0
Edgar Jones 27 lh 9 5 69 443 5 0 6.4 49.2 7.7 5 92 18.4 1 0 0.6 10.2 535 6 0
Lew Mayne 27 13 4 41 75 0 0 1.8 5.8 3.2 6 238 39.7 3 0 0.5 18.3 313 3 0
Bob Cowan 24 10 1 38 181 2 0 4.8 18.1 3.8 5 60 12.0 1 0 0.5 6.0 241 3 0
Bill Boedeker 23 12 3 31 194 4 0 6.3 16.2 2.6 8 175 21.9 1 0 0.7 14.6 369 5 0
Spiro Dellerba 24 8 0 29 176 0 0 6.1 22.0 3.6 1 14 14.0 0 14 0.1 1.8 190 0 0
Tony Adamle 23 14 1 23 95 1 0 4.1 6.8 1.6 1 22 22.0 0 22 0.1 1.6 117 1 0
Otto Graham+ 26 QB 14 9 19 72 1 0 3.8 5.1 1.4 72 1 0
Don Greenwood 26 RH 11 6 18 94 0 0 5.2 8.5 1.6 5 49 9.8 0 0 0.5 4.5 143 0 0
Bill Lund 23 8 0 14 105 1 0 7.5 13.1 1.8 6 110 18.3 1 0 0.8 13.8 215 2 0
Jim Dewar 25 10 0 14 64 1 0 4.6 6.4 1.4 64 1 0
Tom Colella 29 LH 14 7 11 77 1 0 7.0 5.5 0.8 4 63 15.8 1 18 0.3 4.5 140 2 0
Cliff Lewis 24 qb 13 5 11 66 0 0 6.0 5.1 0.8 66 0 0
Ermal Allen 29 12 0 7 11 0 0 1.6 0.9 0.6 11 0 0
Ray Terrell 28 3 1 5 28 0 0 5.6 9.3 1.7 28 0 0
Mac Speedie+ 27 LE 14 9 1 -7 0 -7 -7.0 -0.5 0.1 67 1146 17.1 6 99 4.8 81.9 1139 6 0
Ernie Blandin 28 LT 12 7 1 -6 0 -6 -6.0 -0.5 0.1 -6 0 0
Weldon Humble 26 LG 12 9 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
Dante Lavelli 24 RE 13 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 49 799 16.3 9 72 3.8 61.5 799 9 0
John Yonakor 26 re 14 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 95 15.8 2 0 0.4 6.8 95 2 0
Horace Gillom 26 P 14 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 24 12.0 0 0 0.1 1.7 24 0 0
Marshall Shurnas 25 11 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 30 15.0 0 0 0.2 2.7 30 0 0
Team Total 26.0 14 479 2557 24 50 5.3 182.6 34.2 174 2990 17.2 26 99 12.4 213.6 5547 50 0
Opp Total 14 503 2181 12 4.3 155.8 35.9 129 1707 13.2 11 9.2 121.9 3888 23 40

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Marion Motley 27 FB 14 12 13 322 0 0 24.8 1284
Cliff Lewis 24 qb 13 5 7 84 0 0 12.0 4 71 0 0 17.8 221
Otto Graham+ 26 QB 14 9 10 121 0 0 12.1 193
Bill Boedeker 23 12 3 3 82 0 0 27.3 6 133 0 0 22.2 584
Tom Colella 29 LH 14 7 5 113 1 82 22.6 1 13 0 13 13.0 266
Lew Mayne 27 13 4 5 102 0 0 20.4 415
Ermal Allen 29 12 0 4 28 0 0 7.0 39
Edgar Jones 27 lh 9 5 2 37 0 0 18.5 2 48 0 0 24.0 620
Bob Cowan 24 10 1 3 55 0 0 18.3 296
Jim Dewar 25 10 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 1 25 0 25 25.0 91
Bill Lund 23 8 0 2 37 0 0 18.5 252
Tony Adamle 23 14 1 1 22 0 22 22.0 175
Spiro Dellerba 24 8 0 1 34 0 34 34.0 224
Frank Gatski 25 12 3 1 17 0 17 17.0 17
Dante Lavelli 24 RE 13 6 1 10 0 10 10.0 809
John Yonakor 26 re 14 7 1 0 0 0 0.0 95
Team Total 26.0 14 32 503 1 82 15.7 42 889 0 34 21.2 6939
Opp Total 14 31 0 63 1449 0 23.0

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Lou Groza 23 rt 12 5 19 7 36.8% 42 39 92.9%
Horace Gillom 26 P 14 4 47 2096 0 0 44.6
Lou Saban 26 c 14 6 11 10 90.9%
Ermal Allen 29 12 0 4 135 0 0 33.8
Chet Adams 32 lt 13 7 1 1 100.0% 2 1 50.0%
Tom Colella 29 LH 14 7 1 36 36 0 36.0
Team Total 26.0 14 20 8 40.0% 55 50 90.9% 52 2267 36 0 43.6
Opp Total 14 11 4 36.4% 25 23 92.0% 58 2494 43.0

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Tony Adamle 23 14 1 1 25 0 25
Ermal Allen 29 12 0 4 63 0 0
Tom Colella 29 LH 14 7 6 130 1 0
Jim Dewar 25 10 0 1 50 0 50
Frank Gatski 25 12 3 2 0 0 0
Horace Gillom 26 P 14 4 1 29 0 29
Otto Graham+ 26 QB 14 9 1 0 0 0
Don Greenwood 26 RH 11 6 4 19 0 0
Weldon Humble 26 LG 12 9 2 31 0 0
Cliff Lewis 24 qb 13 5 4 19 0 0
Bill Lund 23 8 0 2 36 1 28
Marion Motley 27 FB 14 12 1 48 1 48
Lou Saban 26 c 14 6 2 2 0 0
Lenny Simonetti 28 14 1 1 22 0 22
Team Total 26.0 14 32 474 3 50
Opp Total 14 40 21

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Lou Groza 23 rt 12 5 39 7 60
Marion Motley 27 FB 14 12 8 1 1 10 60
Dante Lavelli 24 RE 13 6 9 9 54
Mac Speedie+ 27 LE 14 9 6 1 7 42
Edgar Jones 27 lh 9 5 5 1 6 36
Bill Boedeker 23 12 3 4 1 5 30
Tom Colella 29 LH 14 7 1 1 1 1 4 24
Bob Cowan 24 10 1 2 1 3 18
Bill Lund 23 8 0 1 1 1 3 18
Lew Mayne 27 13 4 3 3 18
John Yonakor 26 re 14 7 2 2 12
Lou Saban 26 c 14 6 10 10
Tony Adamle 23 14 1 1 1 6
Spiro Dellerba 24 8 0 1 1 6
Jim Dewar 25 10 0 1 1 6
Otto Graham+ 26 QB 14 9 1 1 6
Chet Adams 32 lt 13 7 1 1 4
Team Total 26.0 14 24 26 1 3 2 56 50 8 410
Opp Total 14 12 11 23 4 185