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1947 Cleveland Browns Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 12-1-1, 1st in AAFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Paul Brown (12-1-1)

Points For: 410 (29.3/g) 1st of 8

Points Against: 185 (13.2/g) 1st of 8

Expected W-L: 12.2-1.8

SRS: 14.06 (1st of 8), SOS: -2.01

Playoffs:
Won Championship 14-3 vs. New York Yankees

Other Notable Asst.: Blanton Collier (Backfield Coach) and Bill Edwards (Tackles)

Stadium: Cleveland Municipal Stadium

Principal Owner: Arthur McBride

Head Coach/General Manager: Paul Brown

Training Camp: Bowling Green State (Bowling Green, Ohio)

1947 AAFC Champion

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	410	5547	800	6.9	28	16	214	174	296	2990	26	12	9.3	91	479	2557	24	5.3	108	80	650	15
Opp. Stats	185	3888	833	4.7	51	19	188	129	303	1707	11	32	5.2	75	503	2181	12	4.3	102	47	385	11
Lg Rank Offense	1	1			1	3	2		5	1	1	1	1		6	3	2	2
Lg Rank Defense	1	2			1	5	7		5	1	1	1	1		4	4	3	4

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
2	Fri	September 5		boxscore	W		1-0		Buffalo Bills	30	14	11	309	115	194	2	13	223	15	208	5
3	Fri	September 12		boxscore	W		2-0	@	Brooklyn Dodgers	55	7	13	417	194	223		11	156	14	142	5
4	Sun	September 21		boxscore	W		3-0		Baltimore Colts	28	0	11	256	83	173	1	14	275	137	138	6
5	Fri	September 26		boxscore	W		4-0	@	Chicago Rockets	41	21	14	387	155	232	4	9	275	148	127	10
6	Sun	October 5		boxscore	W		5-0		New York Yankees	26	17	14	301	89	212	1	11	189	78	111	3
7	Sun	October 12		boxscore	L		5-1		Los Angeles Dons	10	13	22	375	213	162	4	10	155	50	105	1
8	Sun	October 19		boxscore	W		6-1		Chicago Rockets	31	28	16	457	297	160	2	17	354	249	105	2
9	Sun	October 26		boxscore	W		7-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	14	7	20	441	258	183	3	15	237	56	181	1
10	Sun	November 2		boxscore	W		8-1	@	Buffalo Bills	28	7	13	375	238	137		13	239	154	85	4
11	Sun	November 9		boxscore	W		9-1		Brooklyn Dodgers	13	12	13	251	85	166	3	10	262	11	251
12	Sun	November 16		boxscore	W		10-1		San Francisco 49ers	37	14	18	423	267	156		17	322	152	170	4
13	Sun	November 23		boxscore	T		10-1-1	@	New York Yankees	28	28	19	424	325	99	4	19	327	58	269	1
14	Thu	November 27		boxscore	W		11-1-1	@	Los Angeles Dons	27	17	9	366	240	126	3	19	451	247	204	5
15	Sun	December 7		boxscore	W		12-1-1	@	Baltimore Colts	42	0	21	511	177	334	1	10	166	81	85	4
		Playoffs
Championship	Sun	December 14		boxscore	W		13-1-1	@	New York Yankees	14	3	15	284	112	172	1	13	212	89	123	3

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	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	19	195	6.60	8.88	8.9	1	0	AP-1
2	Ermal Allen	29		12	0	4	13	30.8	88	0	0.0	0	0.0		6.8	6.8	22.0	7.3	55.9	2	26	13.33	4.13	4.1	0	0
3	Edgar Jones	27	LH	9	5	2	3	66.7	79	0	0.0	0	0.0		26.3	26.3	39.5	8.8	109.7						0	0
4	Cliff Lewis	24	QB	13	5	5	11	45.5	70	1	9.1	1	9.1		6.4	4.1	14.0	5.4	58.9	4	33	26.67	2.47	0.8	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	174	296	58.8	2990	26	8.8	12	4.1	99	11.0	10.0	17.2	213.6	109.1	25	254	7.86	8.52	8.3	1	0

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Otto Graham	26	QB	1	1	1-0-0	14	21	66.7	112	0	0.0	0	0.0	35	5.3	5.3	8.0	112.0	79.9	2	25	8.70	3.78	3.8	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	1-0-0	14	21	66.7	112	0	0.0	0	0.0	35	6.5	5.3	8.0	112.0	84.8	2	25	8.70	3.78	3.8	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	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	68	16.8	1139	6	0	AP-1
2	Marion Motley	27	FB	14	12	146	889	8	50	6.1	63.5	10.4	7	73	10.4	1		0.5	5.2	153	6.3	962	9	0	AP-2
3	Dante Lavelli	24	RE	13	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	49	799	16.3	9	72	3.8	61.5	49	16.3	799	9	0
4	Edgar Jones	27	LH	9	5	69	443	5		6.4	49.2	7.7	5	92	18.4	1		0.6	10.2	74	7.2	535	6	0
5	Bill Boedeker	23		12	3	31	194	4		6.3	16.2	2.6	8	175	21.9	1		0.7	14.6	39	9.5	369	5	0
6	Lew Mayne	27		13	4	41	75	0		1.8	5.8	3.2	6	238	39.7	3		0.5	18.3	47	6.7	313	3	0
7	Bob Cowan	24		10	1	38	181	2		4.8	18.1	3.8	5	60	12.0	1		0.5	6.0	43	5.6	241	3	0
8	Bill Lund	23		8	0	14	105	1		7.5	13.1	1.8	6	110	18.3	1		0.8	13.8	20	10.8	215	2	0
9	Spiro Dellerba	24		8	0	29	176	0		6.1	22.0	3.6	1	14	14.0	0	14	0.1	1.8	30	6.3	190	0	0
10	Don Greenwood	26	RH	11	6	18	94	0		5.2	8.5	1.6	5	49	9.8	0		0.5	4.5	23	6.2	143	0	0
11	Tom Colella	29	LH	14	7	11	77	1		7.0	5.5	0.8	4	63	15.8	1	18	0.3	4.5	15	9.3	140	2	0
12	Tony Adamle	23	/	14	1	23	95	1		4.1	6.8	1.6	1	22	22.0	0	22	0.1	1.6	24	4.9	117	1	0
13	John Yonakor	26	RE	14	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	95	15.8	2		0.4	6.8	6	15.8	95	2	0
14	Otto Graham	26	QB	14	9	19	72	1		3.8	5.1	1.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	19	3.8	72	1	0	AP-1
15	Cliff Lewis	24	QB	13	5	11	66	0		6.0	5.1	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	11	6.0	66	0	0
16	Jim Dewar	25		10	0	14	64	1		4.6	6.4	1.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	14	4.6	64	1	0
17	Marshall Shurnas	25		11	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	30	15.0	0		0.2	2.7	2	15.0	30	0	0
18	Ray Terrell	28		3	1	5	28	0		5.6	9.3	1.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	5.6	28	0	0
19	Horace Gillom	26		14	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	24	12.0	0		0.1	1.7	2	12.0	24	0	0
20	Ermal Allen	29		12	0	7	11	0		1.6	0.9	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	1.6	11	0	0
21	Weldon Humble	26	LG	12	9	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
22	Ernie Blandin	28	LT	12	7	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-0.5	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-6.0	-6	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	479	2557	24	50	5.3	182.6	34.2	174	2990	17.2	26	99	12.4	213.6	653	8.5	5547	50	0

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Marion Motley	27	FB	1	1	13	109	0	51	8.4	109.0	13.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	13	8.4	109	0	0
2	Edgar Jones	27	LH	1	0	10	27	1	9	2.7	27.0	10.0	3	31	10.3	0	12	3.0	31.0	13	4.5	58	1	1
3	Dante Lavelli	24	RE	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	37	12.3	0	35	3.0	37.0	3	12.3	37	0	0
4	Mac Speedie	27	LE	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	25	6.3	0	8	4.0	25.0	4	6.3	25	0	0
5	Otto Graham	26	QB	1	1	4	21	1	24	5.3	21.0	4.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	5.3	21	1	0
6	Tom Colella	29	LH	1	1	1	6	0	6	6.0	6.0	1.0	2	7	3.5	0	4	2.0	7.0	3	4.3	13	0	0
7	Cliff Lewis	24	QB	1	1	1	9	0	9	9.0	9.0	1.0	1	4	4.0	0	4	1.0	4.0	2	6.5	13	0	0
8	Lew Mayne	27		1	0	4	0	0		0.0	0.0	4.0	1	8	8.0	0	8	1.0	8.0	5	1.6	8	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	33	172	2	51	5.2	172.0	33.0	14	112	8.0	0	35	14.0	112.0	47	6.0	284	2	1

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Marion Motley	27	FB	14	12	1	48	1	48	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2
2	Otto Graham	26	QB	14	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP-1
3	Weldon Humble	26	LG	12	9	2	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Tom Colella	29	LH	14	7	6	130	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Don Greenwood	26	RH	11	6	4	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Lou Saban	26	C	14	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Cliff Lewis	24	QB	13	5	4	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Horace Gillom	26		14	4	1	29	0	29	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Frank Gatski	28		12	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Tony Adamle	23	/	14	1	1	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Lenny Simonetti	28		14	1	1	22	0	22	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Ermal Allen	29		12	0	4	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Jim Dewar	25		10	0	1	50	0	50	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Bill Lund	23		8	0	2	36	1	28	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	32	474	3	50	0	0	0	0	0.0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Tom Colella	29	LH	1	1	1	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Edgar Jones	27	LH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	1	13	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0

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