1947 Cleveland Browns (AAFC) |
| 1st place • Western Division • 12-1-1 .923 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Paul Brown |
| John Brickels | Backfield |
| Blanton Collier | Backfield |
| Bill Edwards | Tackles |
| Dick Gallagher | Ends |
| Fritz Heisler | Guards |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/29/1947 | H | Baltimore Colts | 28-0 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 33106 | |
| Fri | 9/5/1947 | H | Buffalo Bills | 30-14 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 61442 | |
| Fri | 9/12/1947 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 55-7 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 18872 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1947 | H | Baltimore Colts | 28-0 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 44251 | |
| Fri | 9/26/1947 | A | Chicago Rockets | 41-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 18450 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1947 | H | New York Yankees | 26-17 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 80067 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1947 | H | Los Angeles Dons | 10-13 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 63124 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1947 | H | Chicago Rockets | 31-28 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 35266 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1947 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-7 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 54325 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1947 | A | Buffalo Bills | 28-7 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 43167 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1947 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 13-12 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 30279 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1947 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 37-14 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 76504 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1947 | A | New York Yankees | 28-28 | T | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 70060 | |
| Thu | 11/27/1947 | A | Los Angeles Dons | 27-17 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 45009 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1947 | A | Baltimore Colts | 42-0 | W | Baltimore, MD | Muncipal Stadium | 20574 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/14/1947 | A | New York Yankees | 14-3 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 60103 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Tony Adamle | 74 | LLB-FB | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Chet Adams | 42 | LOT-LDE-K | 6-3 | 240 | 32 | Ohio University | 12 | 6 |
| Ermal Allen | 66 | ROH-RDH | 5-11 | 165 | 29 | Kentucky | 13 | 1 |
| Ernie Blandin | 48 | LOT-LDE | 6-4 | 248 | 28 | Tulane | 12 | 12 |
| Bill Boedeker | 99 | LOH-LDH | 5-11 | 192 | 23 | DePaul | 13 | 7 |
| Tommy Colella | 92 | LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH | 6-0 | 187 | 29 | Canisius | 14 | 5 |
| Bob Cowan | 80 | ROH-RDH | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Indiana | 11 | 1 |
| Spiro Dellerba | 70 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 200 | 24 | Ohio State | 8 | 0 |
| Jimmy Dewar | 94 | HB-DH | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Indiana | 10 | 0 |
| Frank Gatski | 22 | C-LLB | 6-2 | 233 | 26 | Marshall; Auburn | 12 | 5 |
| Bob Gaudio | 34 | LOG-LDG | 5-10 | 219 | 22 | Ohio State | 14 | 1 |
| Horace Gillom | 59 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 221 | 26 | Ohio State; Nevada-Reno | 14 | 1 |
| Otto Graham | 60 | QB-S | 6-1 | 196 | 26 | Northwestern | 14 | 14 |
| Don Greenwood | 85 | ROH-RDH | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | Missouri; Illinois | 11 | 6 |
| Lou Groza | 46 | K-LOT | 6-3 | 240 | 23 | Ohio State | 12 | 0 |
| Lin Houston | 32 | ROG-LDT | 6-0 | 213 | 26 | Ohio State | 14 | 2 |
| Weldon Humble | 38 | LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 221 | 26 | Rice; Louisiana-Lafayette; Rice | 11 | 8 |
| Edgar Jones | 90 | LOH-LDH | 5-10 | 193 | 29 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 4 |
| Dante Lavelli | 56 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 191 | 24 | Ohio State | 13 | 13 |
| Cliff Lewis | 62 | RDH-QB | 5-11 | 168 | 24 | Duke | 13 | 13 |
| Bill Lund | 82 | HB-DH | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | Case Tech | 11 | 0 |
| Mel Maceau | 24 | C-LB | 6-1 | 203 | 26 | Marquette | 14 | 0 |
| Lew Mayne | 86 | ROH-RDH | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Texas | 13 | 5 |
| Marion Motley | 76 | FB-MLB | 6-1 | 232 | 27 | Nevada-Reno | 14 | 14 |
| Roman Piskor | 45 | OT-DT | 6-0 | 245 | 30 | Niagara | 9 | 0 |
| Lou Rymkus | 44 | ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 231 | 28 | Notre Dame | 13 | 13 |
| Lou Saban | 72 | RLB-C-K | 6-0 | 202 | 26 | Indiana | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Scarry | 20 | C-LB | 6-0 | 214 | 27 | Waynesburg | 11 | 7 |
| Marshall Shurnas | 53 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | Missouri | 12 | 0 |
| Len Simonetti | 49 | ROT-RDT | 5-11 | 225 | 28 | Tennessee | 14 | 1 |
| Mac Speedie | 58 | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 203 | 27 | Utah | 14 | 13 |
| Ray Terrell | 84 | ROH-RDH | 6-0 | 185 | 28 | Mississippi | 3 | 1 |
| Eddie Ulinski | 36 | LOG-LDT-MG | 5-11 | 203 | 28 | Marshall | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Willis | 30 | ROG-MG | 6-2 | 213 | 26 | Ohio State | 13 | 13 |
| John Yonakor | 50 | RDE-ROE | 6-5 | 222 | 26 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| George Young | 52 | LDH-LOE | 6-3 | 214 | 23 | Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| Special Selection | Dick Hoerner | B | Iowa | |
| Special Selection | Larry Rice | C | Tulane | |
| 1 | 8 | Bob Chappuis | B | Michigan |
| 2 | 16 | Gerry Cowhig | B | Notre Dame |
| 3 | 24 | Jack Carpenter | T | Michigan |
| 4 | 32 | Bob Cowan | B | Indiana |
| 5 | 40 | Bill Griffin | T | Kentucky |
| 6 | 48 | Jack Bush | T | Georgia |
| 7 | 56 | John Rapacz | C | Oklahoma |
| 8 | 64 | Bob Hazelhurst | B | Denver |
| 9 | 72 | Ralph Ellsworth | B | Texas |
| 10 | 80 | Jimmy Dewar | HB | Indiana |
| 11 | 88 | Bill Huber | E | Illinois |
| 12 | 96 | Mario Giannelli | G | Boston College |
| 13 | 104 | Marshall Shurnas | E | Missouri |
| 14 | 112 | Joe Signaigo | B | Notre Dame |
| 15 | 120 | Dean Widseth | T | Bemidji State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 128 | 110 | 89 | 83 | 410 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 42 | 52 | 58 | 185 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 214 | 108 | 91 | 15 | / % | / % | 80 | 650 | |
| Opponents Totals | 188 | 102 | 75 | 11 | / % | / % | 47 | 385 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Motley | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Lou Groza | 0 | 39 | 42 | 92.9 | 7 | 19 | 36.8 | 0 | 60 |
| Dante Lavelli | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Mac Speedie | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Edgar Jones | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Bill Boedeker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Tommy Colella | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bob Cowan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bill Lund | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Lew Mayne | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| John Yonakor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Lou Saban | 0 | 10 | 11 | 90.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Tony Adamle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Spiro Dellerba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jimmy Dewar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Otto Graham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chet Adams | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 4 |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 56 | 50 | 56 | 89.3 | 8 | 20 | 40.0 | 0 | 410 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 23 | 25 | 92.0 | 4 | 11 | 36.4 | 0 | 185 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 7 | 19 | 36.8 | 43 | 1/ | 4/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | |
| Chet Adams | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 44 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 20 | 40.0 | 1/ | 4/ | 1/ | 2/ | 0/ | ||
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 11 | 36.4 | 1/ | 0/ | 3/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Motley | 146 | 889 | 6.1 | 50t | 8 |
| Edgar Jones | 69 | 443 | 6.4 | 5 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 31 | 194 | 6.3 | 4 | |
| Bob Cowan | 38 | 181 | 4.8 | 2 | |
| Spiro Dellerba | 29 | 176 | 6.1 | 0 | |
| Bill Lund | 14 | 105 | 7.5 | 63t | 1 |
| Tony Adamle | 23 | 95 | 4.1 | 1 | |
| Don Greenwood | 18 | 94 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Tommy Colella | 11 | 77 | 7.0 | 1 | |
| Lew Mayne | 41 | 75 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Otto Graham | 19 | 72 | 3.8 | 1 | |
| Cliff Lewis | 11 | 66 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Dewar | 14 | 64 | 4.6 | 1 | |
| Ray Terrell | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| Ermal Allen | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Weldon Humble | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Blandin | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Mac Speedie | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 479 | 2557 | 5.3 | 63t | 24 |
| Opponents Totals | 503 | 2181 | 4.3 | 79t | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Graham | 269 | 163 | 60.6 | 95 | 2753 | 10.2 | 16.9 | 99t | 25 | 9.3 | 11 | 4.1 | 109.2 | |||
| Cliff Lewis | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 5 | 70 | 6.4 | 14.0 | 1 | 9.1 | 1 | 9.1 | 58.9 | ||||
| Ermal Allen | 13 | 4 | 30.8 | 9 | 88 | 6.8 | 22.0 | 62 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 55.9 | |||
| Edgar Jones | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 79 | 26.3 | 39.5 | 58 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 109.7 | |||
| Team Totals | 296 | 174 | 58.8 | 110 | 2990 | 10.1 | 17.2 | 99t | 26 | 8.8 | 12 | 4.1 | 25 | 254 | 2736 | 105.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 303 | 129 | 42.6 | 142 | 1707 | 5.6 | 13.2 | 56 | 11 | 3.6 | 32 | 10.6 | 27 | 257 | 1450 | 33.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac Speedie | 67 | 1146 | 17.1 | 99t | 6 |
| Dante Lavelli | 49 | 799 | 16.3 | 72t | 9 |
| Bill Boedeker | 8 | 175 | 21.9 | 69 | 1 |
| Marion Motley | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 1 | |
| Bill Lund | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 62 | 1 |
| Lew Mayne | 6 | 238 | 39.7 | 69t | 3 |
| John Yonakor | 6 | 95 | 15.8 | 2 | |
| Bob Cowan | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 1 | |
| Don Greenwood | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | |
| Edgar Jones | 5 | 92 | 18.4 | 51 | 1 |
| Tommy Colella | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 1 | |
| Horace Gillom | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Marshall Shurnas | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Tony Adamle | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Spiro Dellerba | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 174 | 2990 | 17.2 | 99t | 26 |
| Opponents Totals | 129 | 1707 | 13.2 | 56 | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Colella | 6 | 130 | 21.7 | 44 | 1 |
| Ermal Allen | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 0 | |
| Don Greenwood | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Cliff Lewis | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Lund | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 28t | 1 |
| Weldon Humble | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Lou Saban | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Frank Gatski | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Dewar | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48t | 1 |
| Horace Gillom | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Tony Adamle | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Len Simonetti | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 474 | 14.8 | 50 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 208 | 17.3 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Gillom | 47 | 2096 | 44.6 | 74 | 0 | |||||
| Ermal Allen | 4 | 135 | 33.8 | 42 | 0 | |||||
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 52 | 2247 | 43.2 | 74 | 0 | 33.9 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 84 | 0 | 503 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Graham | 10 | 121 | 12.1 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Colella | 5 | 113 | 22.6 | 82t | 1 | |
| Cliff Lewis | 7 | 84 | 12.0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Boedeker | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 52 | 0 | |
| Edgar Jones | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Tony Adamle | 0 | 36 | 36L | 0 | ||
| Ermal Allen | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Dewar | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 503 | 15.7 | 82t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 506 | 16.3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Motley | 13 | 322 | 24.8 | 0 | ||
| Bill Boedeker | 6 | 133 | 22.2 | 0 | ||
| Lew Mayne | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 0 | ||
| Cliff Lewis | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 0 | ||
| Bob Cowan | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | ||
| Edgar Jones | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Bill Lund | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Spiro Dellerba | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Dewar | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Tony Adamle | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Frank Gatski | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Dante Lavelli | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| John Yonakor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 42 | 889 | 21.2 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 63 | 57 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spiro Dellerba | 1 | ||||||
| Mac Speedie | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 29 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 1 |
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