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1950 Cleveland Browns

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Record: 10-2-0, Finished 1st in NFL American Division
NFL Season Summary

1950 NFL Champions

Scored 310 points (25.8/g), 4th of 13 in the NFL.
 Allowed 144 points (12.0/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 166 points (13.8/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 10.3-1.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +22 (1.8/g), 2nd.

Coached by Paul Brown (10-2-0)

1950 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sat September 16 box W 1-0 @ Philadelphia Eagles 35 10 23 448 307 141 4 24 248 100 148 5
2 Sun September 24 box W 2-0 @ Baltimore Colts 31 0 15 475 180 295 4 11 219 156 63 4
3 Sun October 1 box L 2-1 New York Giants 0 6 12 250 127 123 5 8 197 61 136 1
4 Sat October 7 box W 3-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 30 17 15 266 75 191 1 19 345 131 214 6
5 Sun October 15 box W 4-1 Chicago Cardinals 34 24 21 412 369 43 3 15 263 126 137 2
6 Sun October 22 box L 4-2 @ New York Giants 13 17 16 130 47 83 7 18 217 6 211 4
7 Sun October 29 box W 5-2 Pittsburgh Steelers 45 7 22 533 195 338 1 19 349 220 129 8
8 Sun November 5 box W 6-2 @ Chicago Cardinals 10 7 16 351 114 237 2 12 267 194 73 5
9 Sun November 12 box W 7-2 San Francisco 49ers 34 14 16 229 74 155 1 14 291 168 123 9
10 Sun November 19 box W 8-2 Washington Redskins 20 14 19 323 65 258 2 18 264 171 93 3
11 Sun December 3 box W 9-2 Philadelphia Eagles 13 7 1 69 69 10 167 81 86 4
12 Sun December 10 box W 10-2 @ Washington Redskins 45 21 23 477 321 156 3 16 278 118 160 4
Playoffs
Division December 17 box W 11-2 New York Giants 8 3
Championship December 24 box W 12-2 Los Angeles Rams 30 28

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 310 3768 755 5.0 199 139 260 1679 15 21 5.6 86 457 2089 20 4.6 104 33 12 9
Team Defense 144 2963 767 3.9 272 121 292 1390 8 31 4.4 71 451 1573 10 3.5 184 55 24 17
Lg Rank Offense 4 6 7 11 9 6 2 7 6 4 4 2 2 1
Lg Rank Defense 2 1 3 3 1 1 2 2 8 4 3 3 1 2

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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* 29 QB 12 12 137 253 54.2 1943 14 5.5 20 7.9 80 7.7 4.7 14.2 161.9 64.7
Cliff Lewis 27 11 0 1 4 25.0 38 1 25.0 0 0.0 38 9.5 12.0 38.0 3.5 106.2
Ken Carpenter 24 LDH 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Horace Gillom 29 rde 12 0 1 1 100.0 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 3.0 3.0 3.0 0.3 79.2
Lou Groza* 26 LT 10 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 26.6 12 139 260 53.5 1984 15 5.8 21 8.1 80 7.6 4.6 14.3 165.3 64.0
Opp Total 12 121 292 41.4 1390 8 2.7 31 10.6 4.8 0.3 11.5 115.8 26.0 24 191 4.4 -0.4

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*+ 30 FB 12 0 140 810 3 69 5.8 67.5 11.7 11 151 13.7 1 41 0.9 12.6 961 4 5
Dub Jones 26 RH 12 0 83 384 6 61 4.6 32.0 6.9 31 458 14.8 5 80 2.6 38.2 842 11 1
Rex Bumgardner 27 LH 10 0 67 231 2 26 3.4 23.1 6.7 9 112 12.4 1 25 0.9 11.2 343 3 1
Otto Graham* 29 QB 12 12 55 145 6 20 2.6 12.1 4.6 145 6 6
Don Phelps 26 RET 12 0 39 198 2 33 5.1 16.5 3.3 1 28 28.0 0 28 0.1 2.3 226 2 2
Ken Carpenter 24 LDH 12 0 35 181 1 61 5.2 15.1 2.9 5 45 9.0 0 16 0.4 3.8 226 1 4
Emerson Cole 23 fb 12 0 26 105 0 16 4.0 8.8 2.2 105 0 0
Dom Moselle 24 11 0 5 39 0 15 7.8 3.5 0.5 39 0 1
Tony Adamle* 26 RLB 12 0 3 8 0 3 2.7 0.7 0.3 8 0 2
Cliff Lewis 27 11 0 2 -1 0 2 -0.5 -0.1 0.2 -1 0 0
Weldon Humble* 29 LG 12 0 1 -10 0 -10 -10.0 -0.8 0.1 -10 0 1
Tommy James 27 RDH 12 0 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 -1 0 0
Mac Speedie* 30 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 42 548 13.0 1 45 3.5 45.7 548 1 0
Dante Lavelli 27 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 37 565 15.3 5 43 3.1 47.1 565 5 2
Horace Gillom 29 rde 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 54 27.0 1 38 0.2 4.5 54 1 0
Lou Groza* 26 LT 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 23 23.0 1 23 0.1 2.3 23 1 0
Team Total 26.6 12 457 2089 20 69 4.6 174.1 38.1 139 1984 14.3 15 80 11.6 165.3 4073 35 26
Opp Total 12 451 1573 10 3.5 131.1 37.6 121 1390 11.5 8 10.1 115.8 2963 18 37

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
Don Phelps 26 RET 12 0 13 174 1 54 13.4 12 325 0 61 27.1 725
Dom Moselle 24 11 0 7 126 0 43 18.0 5 107 0 29 21.4 272
Ken Carpenter 24 LDH 12 0 4 58 0 27 14.5 5 98 0 25 19.6 382
Tony Adamle* 26 RLB 12 0 4 53 0 22 13.3 61
Ken Gorgal 21 S 12 0 4 83 0 22 20.8 83
Horace Gillom 29 rde 12 0 3 51 0 23 17.0 105
Cliff Lewis 27 11 0 2 13 0 8 6.5 12
Emerson Cole 23 fb 12 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 127
Jim Martin 26 12 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 14
Lou Rymkus 31 RT/RDT 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.6 12 30 469 1 54 15.6 32 670 0 61 20.9 5212
Opp Total 12 32 0 43 988 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
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
Horace Gillom 29 rde 12 0 66 2849 75 1 43.2
Lou Groza* 26 LT 10 0 19 13 68.4% 29 29 100.0%
Chubby Grigg 24 11 0 2 1 50.0% 9 9 100.0%
Team Total 26.6 12 21 14 66.7% 38 38 100.0% 66 2849 75 1 43.2
Opp Total 12 11 4 36.4% 19 18 94.7% 69 2864 41.5

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
Tony Adamle* 26 RLB 12 0 1 17 0 17 2 5 0 0
Alex Agase 28 LLB 11 0 1 14 0 14
Rex Bumgardner 27 LH 10 0 1 0 0 0
Ken Carpenter 24 LDH 12 0 4 3 -14 0
Len Ford 24 RDE 5 0 0 1 0 0
Frank Gatski 28 C 12 0 0 1 -6 0
Abe Gibron 25 12 0 0 1 0 0
Ken Gorgal 21 S 12 0 6 23 0 13 1 1 15 0
Otto Graham* 29 QB 12 12 6 0 0 0
Chubby Grigg 24 11 0 0 3 0 0
Lou Groza* 26 LT 10 0 0 1 -1 0
Hal Herring 26 12 0 2 12 0 9 0 2 0 0
Weldon Humble* 29 LG 12 0 1 2 0 0
Tommy James 27 RDH 12 0 9 69 0 34 0 1 0 0
Dub Jones 26 RH 12 0 1 0 0 0
John Kissell 27 LDT 12 0 0 2 3 0 1
Warren Lahr 27 12 0 8 99 2 30 0 1 21 0
Dante Lavelli 27 RE 12 0 2 0 0 0
Cliff Lewis 27 11 0 1 4 0 4
Jim Martin 26 12 0 2 15 0 14 0 3 0 0
Dom Moselle 24 11 0 1 1 -10 0
Marion Motley*+ 30 FB 12 0 5 3 0 0
Don Phelps 26 RET 12 0 1 9 0 9 2 2 -29 0
Lou Rymkus 31 RT/RDT 12 0 0 1 5 0
John Sandusky 25 12 0 0 2 0 0
Tommy W. Thompson 23 MLB 12 0 0 1 0 0
George Young 26 LDE 12 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.6 12 31 262 2 34 26 38 -16 0 1
Opp Total 12 38 37 13

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Lou Groza* 26 LT 10 0 1 29 13 74
Dub Jones 26 RH 12 0 6 5 66
Otto Graham* 29 QB 12 12 6 36
Dante Lavelli 27 RE 12 0 5 30
Marion Motley*+ 30 FB 12 0 3 1 24
Rex Bumgardner 27 LH 10 0 2 1 18
Don Phelps 26 RET 12 0 2 1 18
Chubby Grigg 24 11 0 9 1 12
Warren Lahr 27 12 0 2 12
Ken Carpenter 24 LDH 12 0 1 6
Horace Gillom 29 rde 12 0 1 6
Mac Speedie* 30 LE 12 0 1 6
John Kissell 27 LDT 12 0 1 2
Team Total 26.6 12 20 15 1 2 38 14 1 310
Opp Total 12 10 8 18 4 144