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1948 Cleveland Browns

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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)

1948 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
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

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 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

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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+ 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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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+ 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

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt 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

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
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

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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