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Record: 14-0-0, Finished 1st in AAFC West Division
AAFC Season Summary
1948 AAFC Champions
Scored 389 points (27.8/g), 2nd of 8 in the AAFC.
Allowed 190 points (13.6/g), 1st.
Differential of 199 points (14.2/g), 2nd.
Expected W-L: 11.8-2.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +13 (0.9/g), 2nd.
Coached by Paul Brown (14-0-0)
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1948 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Fri | September 3 | box | W | 1-0 | Los Angeles Dons | 19 | 14 | 14 | 263 | 122 | 141 | 3 | 15 | 214 | 145 | 69 | 4 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 12 | box | W | 2-0 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 42 | 13 | 20 | 504 | 236 | 268 | 1 | 13 | 236 | 20 | 216 | |
| 3 | Fri | September 17 | box | W | 3-0 | @ | Chicago Rockets | 28 | 7 | 16 | 299 | 157 | 142 | 3 | 12 | 242 | 117 | 125 | 6 |
| 4 | Sun | September 26 | box | W | 4-0 | Chicago Rockets | 21 | 10 | 14 | 342 | 216 | 126 | 1 | 9 | 204 | 159 | 45 | 3 | |
| 5 | Tue | October 5 | box | W | 5-0 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 14 | 10 | 13 | 374 | 146 | 228 | 1 | 8 | 190 | 103 | 87 | 2 |
| 6 | Sun | October 10 | box | W | 6-0 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 30 | 17 | 23 | 432 | 170 | 262 | 3 | 15 | 259 | 165 | 94 | 3 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 17 | box | W | 7-0 | Buffalo Bills | 31 | 14 | 21 | 428 | 219 | 209 | 2 | 14 | 342 | 260 | 82 | 2 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 24 | box | W | 8-0 | New York Yankees | 35 | 7 | 18 | 486 | 337 | 149 | 4 | 10 | 235 | 128 | 107 | 2 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 7 | box | W | 9-0 | Baltimore Colts | 28 | 7 | 23 | 414 | 224 | 190 | 2 | 15 | 272 | 183 | 89 | 1 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 14 | box | W | 10-0 | San Francisco 49ers | 14 | 7 | 20 | 291 | 147 | 144 | 2 | 11 | 177 | 32 | 145 | 6 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 21 | box | W | 11-0 | @ | New York Yankees | 34 | 21 | 10 | 344 | 211 | 133 | 1 | 12 | 247 | 109 | 138 | 3 |
| 12 | Thu | November 25 | box | W | 12-0 | @ | Los Angeles Dons | 31 | 14 | 18 | 395 | 239 | 156 | 12 | 248 | 137 | 111 | 1 | |
| 13 | Sun | November 28 | box | W | 13-0 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 31 | 28 | 12 | 360 | 234 | 126 | 2 | 11 | 289 | 117 | 172 | 4 |
| 14 | Sun | December 5 | box | W | 14-0 | @ | Brooklyn Dodgers | 31 | 21 | 20 | 440 | 194 | 246 | 3 | 14 | 414 | 387 | 27 | 2 |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Champ | December 19 | box | W | 15-0 | Buffalo Bills | 49 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 389 | 5366 | 888 | 6.0 | 243 | 178 | 344 | 2809 | 26 | 16 | 8.2 | 104 | 544 | 2557 | 25 | 4.7 | 123 | 27 | 11 | 16 |
| Team Defense | 190 | 3616 | 790 | 4.6 | 258 | 159 | 354 | 2097 | 14 | 24 | 5.9 | 74 | 436 | 1519 | 10 | 3.5 | 171 | 40 | 16 | 13 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Graham+ | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 173 | 333 | 52.0 | 2713 | 25 | 7.5 | 15 | 4.5 | 78 | 8.1 | 6.9 | 15.7 | 193.8 | 85.6 | ||||||
| Cliff Lewis | 25 | RET | 14 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 69 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 8.6 | 9.9 | 17.3 | 4.9 | 119.3 | ||||||
| George Terlep | 25 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 27 | 13.5 | -9.0 | 27.0 | 3.0 | 56.2 | |||||||
| Marion Motley+ | 28 | FB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||||
| Team Total | 25.9 | 14 | 178 | 344 | 51.7 | 2809 | 26 | 7.6 | 16 | 4.7 | 78 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 15.8 | 200.6 | 85.0 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 159 | 354 | 44.9 | 2097 | 14 | 4.0 | 24 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 3.3 | 13.2 | 149.8 | 49.1 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 3.3 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Marion Motley+ | 28 | FB | 14 | 14 | 157 | 964 | 5 | 0 | 6.1 | 68.9 | 11.2 | 13 | 192 | 14.8 | 2 | 78 | 0.9 | 13.7 | 1156 | 7 | 0 |
| Edgar Jones | 28 | LH | 13 | 9 | 100 | 400 | 5 | 0 | 4.0 | 30.8 | 7.7 | 14 | 293 | 20.9 | 5 | 0 | 1.1 | 22.5 | 693 | 10 | 0 |
| Bill Boedeker | 24 | 14 | 3 | 78 | 254 | 3 | 0 | 3.3 | 18.1 | 5.6 | 13 | 237 | 18.2 | 2 | 0 | 0.9 | 16.9 | 491 | 5 | 0 | |
| Bob Cowan | 25 | RH | 14 | 11 | 33 | 99 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 7.1 | 2.4 | 15 | 265 | 17.7 | 4 | 0 | 1.1 | 18.9 | 364 | 5 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 24 | 12 | 2 | 33 | 149 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | 12.4 | 2.8 | 9 | 119 | 13.2 | 2 | 0 | 0.8 | 9.9 | 268 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ara Parseghian | 25 | 12 | 1 | 32 | 135 | 1 | 0 | 4.2 | 11.3 | 2.7 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 166 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ollie Cline | 23 | 11 | 0 | 29 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | 11.7 | 2.6 | 129 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Otto Graham+ | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 23 | 146 | 6 | 0 | 6.3 | 10.4 | 1.6 | 146 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
| Dean Sensanbaugher | 23 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 59 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tony Adamle | 24 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 1.2 | 88 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tom Colella | 30 | P | 13 | 2 | 14 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 1.1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 67 | 1 | 0 |
| Cliff Lewis | 25 | RET | 14 | 0 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 44 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Mac Speedie+ | 28 | LE | 12 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 58 | 816 | 14.1 | 4 | 56 | 4.8 | 68.0 | 823 | 4 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 25 | RE | 8 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 25 | 463 | 18.5 | 5 | 54 | 3.1 | 57.9 | 472 | 5 | 0 |
| Tommy James | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 0 | 44 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gaudio | 23 | RG | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| George Terlep | 25 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Horace Gillom | 27 | re | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20 | 295 | 14.8 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 22.7 | 295 | 1 | 0 | |
| John Yonakor | 27 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Young | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 25.9 | 14 | 544 | 2557 | 25 | 9 | 4.7 | 182.6 | 38.9 | 178 | 2809 | 15.8 | 26 | 78 | 12.7 | 200.6 | 5366 | 51 | 0 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 436 | 1519 | 10 | 3.5 | 108.5 | 31.1 | 159 | 2097 | 13.2 | 14 | 11.4 | 149.8 | 3616 | 24 | 44 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Cliff Lewis | 25 | RET | 14 | 0 | 26 | 258 | 0 | 0 | 9.9 | 7 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 449 |
| Marion Motley+ | 28 | FB | 14 | 14 | 14 | 337 | 0 | 0 | 24.1 | 1493 | |||||
| Bill Boedeker | 24 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 560 | |
| Tom Colella | 30 | P | 13 | 2 | 5 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 127 | |||||
| Tommy James | 25 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 9.4 | 99 | ||||||
| Ollie Cline | 23 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 18.3 | 184 | ||||||
| Bob Cowan | 25 | RH | 14 | 11 | 3 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 417 | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 27 | re | 13 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 305 | |||||
| Dub Jones | 24 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 17.5 | 303 | ||||||
| Ara Parseghian | 25 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 20.5 | 207 | ||||||
| Otto Graham+ | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 158 | |||||
| Dante Lavelli | 25 | RE | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 472 | |||||
| Mac Speedie+ | 28 | LE | 12 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 836 | |||||
| Team Total | 25.9 | 14 | 39 | 385 | 0 | 12 | 9.9 | 40 | 752 | 0 | 13 | 18.8 | 6503 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 32 | 0 | 48 | 1151 | 0 | 24.0 | ||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Lou Groza | 24 | LT | 14 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 42.1% | 52 | 51 | 98.1% | |||||||||||||||
| Tom Colella | 30 | P | 13 | 2 | 49 | 1716 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Horace Gillom | 27 | re | 13 | 8 | 6 | 227 | 0 | 0 | 37.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cliff Lewis | 25 | RET | 14 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 18.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.9 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 42.1% | 52 | 51 | 98.1% | 56 | 1961 | 18 | 0 | 35.0 | ||||||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 8 | 3 | 37.5% | 26 | 25 | 96.2% | 73 | 2898 | 39.7 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Tom Colella | 30 | P | 13 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Otto Graham+ | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Weldon Humble | 27 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Tommy James | 25 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Cliff Lewis | 25 | RET | 14 | 0 | 9 | 103 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ara Parseghian | 25 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 0 | 56 | |||||||||||
| Lou Saban | 27 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Yonakor | 27 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.9 | 14 | 24 | 283 | 0 | 56 | ||||||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 44 | 28 | |||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 24 | LT | 14 | 14 | 51 | 8 | 75 | |||||||||
| Edgar Jones | 28 | LH | 13 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 60 | |||||||||
| Marion Motley+ | 28 | FB | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 42 | |||||||||
| Otto Graham+ | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Bill Boedeker | 24 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Bob Cowan | 25 | RH | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 30 | |||||||||
| Dante Lavelli | 25 | RE | 8 | 7 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Mac Speedie+ | 28 | LE | 12 | 11 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Dub Jones | 24 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Ara Parseghian | 25 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Tony Adamle | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Tom Colella | 30 | P | 13 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Horace Gillom | 27 | re | 13 | 8 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Dean Sensanbaugher | 23 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| George Young | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.9 | 14 | 25 | 26 | 1 | 51 | 8 | 387 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 3 | 190 |