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