1948 Cleveland Browns (AAFC) - Pro Football Archives

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sun	8/22/1948	H	Buffalo Bills	35-21	W	Akron, OH	Rubber Bowl	28059
Fri	8/27/1948	H	Baltimore Colts	17-21	L	Toledo, OH	Scott High School Stadium	13417
Fri	9/3/1948	H	Los Angeles Dons	19-14	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	60193
Sun	9/12/1948	A	Buffalo Bills	42-13	W	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	35340
Fri	9/17/1948	A	Chicago Rockets	28-7	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	30608
Sun	9/26/1948	H	Chicago Rockets	21-10	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	37190
Tue	10/5/1948	A	Baltimore Colts	14-10	W	Baltimore, MD	Muncipal Stadium	22329
Sun	10/10/1948	H	Brooklyn Dodgers	30-17	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	31187
Sun	10/17/1948	H	Buffalo Bills	31-14	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	28054
Sun	10/24/1948	H	New York Yankees	35-7	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	46912
Sun	11/7/1948	H	Baltimore Colts	28-7	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	32314
Sun	11/14/1948	H	San Francisco 49ers	14-7	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	82769
Sun	11/21/1948	A	New York Yankees	34-21	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	49981
Thu	11/25/1948	A	Los Angeles Dons	31-14	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	60031
Sun	11/28/1948	A	San Francisco 49ers	31-28	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	59785
Sun	12/5/1948	A	Brooklyn Dodgers	31-21	W	New York, NY	Ebbets Field	9821
Sun	12/19/1948	H	Buffalo Bills	49-7	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	22981	League Championship

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
74	Tony Adamle	FB	6-0	210	24	Ohio State	14	4
42	Chet Adams	LDT-LOT	6-3	240	33	Ohio University	14	1
35	Alex Agase	LOG-LDG	5-10	210	26	Illinois; Purdue; Illinois	14	2
99	Bill Boedeker	LOH	5-11	192	24	DePaul	12	3
70	Ollie Cline	FB	6-0	200	23	Ohio State	12	0
92	Tommy Colella	LOH-LDH	6-0	187	30	Canisius	12	4
80	Bob Cowan	ROH	5-11	185	25	Indiana	13	6
22	Frank Gatski	C	6-2	233	27	Marshall; Auburn	14	10
34	Bob Gaudio	ROG-RDG	5-10	219	23	Ohio State	12	9
59	Horace Gillom	ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE	6-1	221	27	Ohio State; Nevada-Reno	13	5
60	Otto Graham	QB	6-1	196	27	Northwestern	14	8
48	Forrest Grigg	RDT-ROT	6-2	294	22	Tulsa	14	1
46	Lou Groza	LOT-K	6-3	240	24	Ohio State	14	14
32	Lin Houston	ROG-RDG	6-0	213	27	Ohio State	14	1
38	Weldon Humble	LOG-LDG	6-1	221	27	Rice; Louisiana-Lafayette; Rice	13	3
82	Tommy James	ROH-RDH	5-10	184	25	Ohio State	14	5
86	Dub Jones	ROH	6-3	202	24	Louisiana State; Tulane	12	3
90	Edgar Jones	LOH	5-10	193	30	Pittsburgh	12	6
53	Frank Kosikowski	RDE	6-1	200	22	Marquette; Notre Dame	13	0
56	Dante Lavelli	ROE-RDE	6-1	191	25	Ohio State	8	4
62	Cliff Lewis	QB-S	5-11	168	25	Duke	14	6
24	Mel Maceau	C	6-1	203	27	Marquette	10	0
76	Marion Motley	FB	6-1	232	28	Nevada-Reno	14	10
85	Ara Parseghian	ROH-RDH	5-9	193	25	Akron; Miami (Ohio)	13	1
45	Benny Pucci	LOT-LDT	6-4	255	23	none	13	0
44	Lou Rymkus	ROT-RDT	6-4	231	29	Notre Dame	14	12
20	Lou Saban	RLB	6-0	202	27	Indiana	14	4
94	Dean Sensanbaugher	LOH	5-9	190	23	Ohio State; Army; Ohio State	11	1
49	Len Simonetti	ROT-RDT	5-11	225	29	Tennessee	13	0
58	Mac Speedie	LOE-LDE	6-3	203	28	Utah	12	9
64/66	George Terlep	QB	5-10	180	25	Notre Dame	7	0
36	Eddie Ulinski	LOG-LDG	5-11	203	29	Marshall	14	9
30	Bill Willis	ROG-RDG	6-2	213	27	Ohio State	14	4
50	John Yonakor	ROE-RDE	6-5	222	27	Notre Dame	14	6
52	George Young	LDE-LOE	6-3	214	24	Georgia	14	4

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	8	Jeff Durkota	B	Penn State
3	18	Ollie Cline	B	Ohio State
7	41	Tommy Thompson	C	William & Mary
9	53	Bill Smith	T	North Carolina
11	65	Ralph Maughan	C	Utah State
12	73	Dean Sensanbaugher	B	Ohio State
13	81	Mike Rubish	E	North Carolina
14	89	Alex Sarkisian	C	Northwestern
15	97	Dan Dworsky	B	Michigan
16	105	Scott Beasley	E	Nevada-Reno
17	113	Russ Steger	B	Illinois
18	121	Lou Hoitsma	E	William & Mary
19	129	Pete Ashbaugh	B	Notre Dame
20	137	Dave Templeton	G	Ohio State
21	145	Dwight Eddleman	B	Illinois
22	153	Lu Gambino	B	Maryland
23	161	Jim McDowell	G	William & Mary
24	169	Haywood Fowle	T	North Carolina
25	177	Ara Parseghian	B	Miami (Ohio)
26	185	Tod Saylor	E	Lafayette
27	193	Harry Caughron	T	William & Mary
28	201	Pete Lanzi	E	Youngstown State
29	209	George Roman	T	Case Western Reserve
30	217	Mel Sheehan	E	Missouri

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	110	83	141	55
Opponents Totals	35	71	21	63

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		243	123	104	16	/ %	/ %	77	761
Opponents Totals		171	84	74	13	/ %	/ %	76	657

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Lou Groza	0	51	52	98.1	8	19	42.1	0	75
Edgar Jones	10	0	0		0	0		0	60
Marion Motley	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Otto Graham	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Bill Boedeker	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Bob Cowan	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Dante Lavelli	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Mac Speedie	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Dub Jones	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Ara Parseghian	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Tony Adamle	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tommy Colella	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Horace Gillom	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dean Sensanbaugher	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
George Young	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	52	51	52	98.1	8	19	42.1	1	389
Opponents Totals	26	25	26	96.2	3	8	37.5	0	190

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Lou Groza	8	19	42.1	1/	1/	3/	1/	2/
Team Totals	8	19	42.1	1/	1/	3/	1/	2/
Opponents Totals	3	8	37.5	1/	0/	1/	1/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Marion Motley	157	964	6.1		5
Edgar Jones	100	400	4.0		5
Bill Boedeker	78	254	3.3		3
Dub Jones	33	149	4.5		1
Otto Graham	23	146	6.3		6
Ara Parseghian	32	135	4.2		1
Ollie Cline	29	129	4.4		0
Bob Cowan	33	99	3.0		1
Tony Adamle	17	88	5.2		1
Tommy Colella	14	60	4.3		1
Dean Sensanbaugher	18	59	3.3		1
Cliff Lewis	5	44	8.8		0
Dante Lavelli	1	9	9.0	9	0
Tommy James	1	8	8.0	8	0
Mac Speedie	1	7	7.0	7	0
George Terlep	1	4	4.0	4	0
Bob Gaudio	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	544	2557	4.7		25
Opponents Totals	436	1519	3.5		10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Otto Graham	333	173	52.0	145	2713	8.1	15.7	78t	25	7.5	15	4.5	85.6
Cliff Lewis	8	4	50.0	4	69	8.6	17.3		1	12.5	0	0.0	119.3
George Terlep	2	1	50.0	0	27	13.5	27.0	27	0	0.0	1	50.0	56.3
Marion Motley	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Team Totals	344	178	51.7	150	2809	8.2	15.8	78t	26	7.6	16	4.7	85.0
Opponents Totals	354	159	44.9	171	2097	5.9	13.2	78t	14	4.0	24	6.8	49.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mac Speedie	58	816	14.1	56	4
Dante Lavelli	25	463	18.5	54t	5
Horace Gillom	20	295	14.8		1
Bob Cowan	15	265	17.7	63t	4
Edgar Jones	14	293	20.9		5
Bill Boedeker	13	237	18.2	51	2
Marion Motley	13	192	14.8	78t	2
Dub Jones	9	119	13.2		2
John Yonakor	5	27	5.4		0
Ara Parseghian	2	31	15.5		1
George Young	2	20	10.0		0
Tommy James	1	44	44.0	44	0
Tommy Colella	1	7	7.0	7	0
Team Totals	178	2809	15.8	78t	26
Opponents Totals	159	2097	13.2	78	14

John Brickels	Backfield
Blanton Collier	Backfield
Bill Edwards	Tackles
Dick Gallagher	Ends
Fritz Heisler	Guards

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	RYDS	NET
Tommy Colella	49	1716	35.0
Horace Gillom	6	227	37.8
Cliff Lewis	1	18	18.0	18
Team Totals	56	1961	35.0		356	28.7
Opponents Totals	73				385

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Cliff Lewis	9	103	11.4		0
Lou Saban	5	41	8.2		0
Tommy James	4	37	9.3		0
Tommy Colella	2	34	17.0		0
Ara Parseghian	1	56	56.0	56	0
Weldon Humble	1	11	11.0	11	0
John Yonakor	1	1	1.0	1	0
Otto Graham	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	24	283	11.8	56	0
Opponents Totals	16	359	22.4	51	1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Cliff Lewis	26	258	9.9
Tommy Colella	5	60	12.0
Tommy James	5	47	9.4
Otto Graham	1	12	12.0	12
Bill Boedeker	2	8	4.0
Team Totals	39	385	9.9
Opponents Totals	32	356	11.1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Marion Motley	14	337	24.1
Cliff Lewis	7	147	21.0
Bill Boedeker	4	61	15.3
Ollie Cline	3	55	18.3
Bob Cowan	3	53	17.7
Ara Parseghian	2	41	20.5
Dub Jones	2	35	17.5
Mac Speedie	1	13	13.0	13
Horace Gillom	3	10	3.3
Dante Lavelli	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	40	752	18.8
Opponents Totals	48			61