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| 1950 Cleveland Browns (NFL) 1st place American Conference 10-2-0 .833 |
| Head Coach: Paul Brown |
| Blanton Collier | Backfield |
| Weeb Ewbank | Tackles |
| Fritz Heisler | Guards |
| Tim Temerario | Ends |
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat | 8/12/1950 | N | Green Bay Packers | 38-7 | W | Toledo, OH | Glass Bowl | 10000 | ||
| Sat | 8/19/1950 | N | Baltimore Colts | 34-7 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Nippert Stadium | 21000 | ||
| Fri | 8/25/1950 | H | Detroit Lions | 35-14 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 23670 | ||
| Fri | 9/1/1950 | H | Chicago Bears | 27-23 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 51076 | ||
| Mon | 9/4/1950 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 41-31 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 15259 | ||
| Sat | 9/16/1950 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 35-10 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 71237 | ||
| Sun | 9/24/1950 | A | Baltimore Colts | 31-0 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 15201 | ||
| Sun | 10/1/1950 | H | New York Giants | 0-6 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 37647 | ||
| Sat | 10/7/1950 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 30-17 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 35399 | ||
| Sun | 10/15/1950 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 34-24 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 33774 | ||
| Sun | 10/22/1950 | A | New York Giants | 13-17 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 41734 | ||
| Sun | 10/29/1950 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 45-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 40714 | ||
| Sun | 11/5/1950 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 10-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 38456 | ||
| Sun | 11/12/1950 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 34-14 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 28786 | ||
| Sun | 11/19/1950 | H | Washington Redskins | 20-14 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 21908 | ||
| Sun | 12/3/1950 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 13-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 37490 | ||
| Sun | 12/10/1950 | A | Washington Redskins | 45-21 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 30143 | ||
| Sun | 12/17/1950 | H | New York Giants | 8-3 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 33054 | League Championship | |
| Sun | 12/24/1950 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 30-28 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 29751 | League Championship |
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | Tony Adamle | LLB | 6-0 | 210 | 26 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| 35 | Alex Agase | LB | 5-10 | 210 | 28 | Illinois; Purdue; Illinois | 11 | 11 |
| 90 | Rex Bumgardner | LOH | 5-11 | 193 | 27 | West Virginia | 10 | 10 |
| 84 | Ken Carpenter | DB-LOH | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Oregon State | 12 | 2 |
| 70 | Emerson Cole | FB | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | Toledo | 12 | 0 |
| 53 | Len Ford | RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 24 | Morgan State; Michigan | 5 | 5 |
| 22 | Frank Gatski | C | 6-2 | 233 | 29 | Marshall; Auburn | 12 | 12 |
| 34 | Abe Gibron | LOG | 5-11 | 243 | 25 | Valparaiso; Purdue | 12 | 3 |
| 59 | Horace Gillom | P-OE | 6-1 | 221 | 29 | Ohio State; Nevada-Reno | 12 | 0 |
| 85 | Ken Gorgal | S | 6-2 | 200 | 21 | Purdue | 12 | 9 |
| 60 | Otto Graham | QB | 6-1 | 196 | 29 | Northwestern | 12 | 12 |
| 48 | Forrest Grigg | RDT-K | 6-2 | 294 | 24 | Tulsa | 11 | 11 |
| 46 | Lou Groza | LOT-K | 6-3 | 240 | 26 | Ohio State | 10 | 8 |
| 20 | Hal Herring | RLB-C | 6-1 | 211 | 26 | Auburn | 12 | 12 |
| 32 | Lin Houston | ROG | 6-0 | 213 | 29 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| 38 | Weldon Humble | LOG | 6-1 | 221 | 29 | Rice; Louisiana-Lafayette; Rice | 12 | 9 |
| 82 | Tommy James | RDH | 5-10 | 184 | 27 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| 86 | Dub Jones | ROH | 6-3 | 202 | 26 | Louisiana State; Tulane | 12 | 12 |
| 45 | John Kissell | LDT | 6-2 | 245 | 27 | Boston College | 12 | 4 |
| 80 | Warren Lahr | LDH | 5-11 | 189 | 27 | Western Reserve | 12 | 12 |
| 56 | Dante Lavelli | ROE | 6-1 | 191 | 27 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| 62 | Cliff Lewis | S-QB | 5-11 | 168 | 27 | Duke | 11 | 3 |
| 50 | Jim Martin | RDE-LDE | 6-2 | 227 | 26 | Notre Dame | 12 | 7 |
| 92 | Dom Moselle | ROH | 6-0 | 192 | 25 | Wisconsin-Superior | 11 | 0 |
| 76 | Marion Motley | FB | 6-1 | 232 | 30 | Nevada-Reno | 12 | 12 |
| 42 | Derrell Palmer | LDT-LOT | 6-2 | 240 | 28 | Texas Christian | 12 | 12 |
| 94 | Don Phelps | ROH | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Kentucky | 12 | 0 |
| 44 | Lou Rymkus | ROT | 6-4 | 231 | 31 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| 49 | John Sandusky | RDT | 6-1 | 251 | 25 | Villanova | 12 | 1 |
| 58 | Mac Speedie | LOE | 6-3 | 203 | 30 | Utah | 12 | 12 |
| 36 | Tommy Thompson | MLB-C | 6-1 | 221 | 23 | William & Mary | 12 | 1 |
| 30 | Bill Willis | MG | 6-2 | 213 | 29 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| 52 | George Young | LDE | 6-3 | 214 | 26 | Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | Round | Overall | Pos | College | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 13 | B | Oregon State | |
| John Sandusky | 2 | 18 | T | Villanova | from DET |
| Jim Martin | 2 | 26 | E | Notre Dame | |
| Jimmy Joe Robinson | 3 | 39 | B | Pittsburgh | |
| Bob Wilson | 4 | 52 | C | Wisconsin | |
| Don Phelps | 5 | 65 | B | Kentucky | |
| Ken Gorgal | 6 | 78 | B | Purdue | |
| Win Carter | 7 | 91 | B | Missouri | |
| Russ Frizzell | 8 | 104 | T | Tulsa | |
| Jim Duncan | 9 | 117 | E | Wake Forest | |
| Frank O'Pella | 10 | 130 | B | William & Mary | |
| Bob Plotz | 11 | 143 | G | Pittsburgh | |
| Emerson Cole | 12 | 156 | B | Toledo | |
| Rupe Wright | 13 | 169 | G | Baylor | |
| Pack Harrington | 14 | 182 | C | St. Mary's (California) | |
| Ted Meland | 15 | 195 | G | Oregon | |
| Bill King | 16 | 208 | G | Ball State | |
| Hal McKinney | 17 | 221 | G | Missouri Valley | |
| Joe Trabue | 18 | 234 | B | Louisville | |
| Butch Songin | 19 | 247 | B | Boston College | |
| John Hackney | 20 | 260 | G | Murray State | |
| LeRoy Vogts | 21 | 273 | G | Washington-St. Louis | |
| Jim Dowling | 22 | 286 | G | Santa Clara | |
| Dom Moselle | 23 | 299 | B | Wisconsin-Superior | |
| Jack Woodland | 24 | 312 | B | Bowling Green State | |
| Jim Brasher | 25 | 325 | C | Maryland | |
| Charley Toogood | 26 | 338 | T | Nebraska | Declared Ineligible |
| Dick Gray | 27 | 351 | B | Oregon State | |
| Billy Pyle | 28 | 364 | B | Texas | |
| Bob Schnelker | 29 | 377 | E | Bowling Green State | |
| Jim Massey | 30 | 390 | B | Detroit Mercy |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 69 | 84 | 57 | 100 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rushing | Passing | Penalty | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 199 | 104 | 86 | 9 | / % | / % | 104 | 968 | |
| Opponents Totals | 184 | 96 | 71 | 17 | / % | / % | 62 | 554 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 1 | 29 | 29 | 100.0 | 13 | 19 | 68.4 | 0 | 74 |
| Dub Jones | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Otto Graham | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Dante Lavelli | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Marion Motley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Rex Bumgardner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Don Phelps | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Forrest Grigg | 0 | 9 | 9 | 100.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 12 |
| Warren Lahr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Horace Gillom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mac Speedie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Kissell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 38 | 38 | 38 | 100.0 | 14 | 21 | 66.7 | 1 | 310 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 18 | 19 | 94.7 | 4 | 11 | 36.4 | 0 | 144 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forrest Grigg | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| Lou Groza | 13 | 19 | 68.4 | 9/ | 1/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| Team Totals | 14 | 21 | 66.7 | 9/ | 2/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 11 | 36.4 | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Motley | 140 | 810 | 5.8 | 69t | 3 |
| Dub Jones | 83 | 384 | 4.6 | 61t | 6 |
| Rex Bumgardner | 67 | 231 | 3.4 | 26 | 2 |
| Don Phelps | 39 | 198 | 5.1 | 33 | 2 |
| Ken Carpenter | 35 | 181 | 5.2 | 61t | 1 |
| Otto Graham | 55 | 145 | 2.6 | 20 | 6 |
| Emerson Cole | 26 | 105 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Dom Moselle | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Tony Adamle | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Tommy James | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Cliff Lewis | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Weldon Humble | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 457 | 2089 | 4.6 | 69t | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 451 | 1573 | 3.5 | 48 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Graham | 253 | 137 | 54.2 | 96 | 1943 | 7.7 | 14.2 | 80t | 14 | 5.5 | 20 | 7.9 | 291 | 1652 | 64.7 | |
| Cliff Lewis | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 3 | 38 | 9.5 | 38.0 | 38t | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 24 | 106.3 | |
| Horace Gillom | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 79.2 | |
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Lou Groza | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 260 | 139 | 53.5 | 100 | 1984 | 7.6 | 14.3 | 80t | 15 | 5.8 | 21 | 8.1 | 305 | 1679 | 64.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 292 | 121 | 41.4 | 140 | 1581 | 5.4 | 13.1 | 64 | 8 | 2.7 | 31 | 10.6 | 191 | 1390 | 28.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac Speedie | 42 | 548 | 13.0 | 45 | 1 |
| Dante Lavelli | 37 | 565 | 15.3 | 43 | 5 |
| Dub Jones | 31 | 458 | 14.8 | 80t | 5 |
| Marion Motley | 11 | 151 | 13.7 | 41 | 1 |
| Rex Bumgardner | 9 | 112 | 12.4 | 25t | 1 |
| Ken Carpenter | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Horace Gillom | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 38t | 1 |
| Don Phelps | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Lou Groza | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 139 | 1984 | 14.3 | 80t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 121 | 1581 | 13.1 | 64 | 8 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy James | 9 | 69 | 7.7 | 34 | 0 |
| Warren Lahr | 8 | 99 | 12.4 | 30t | 2 |
| Ken Gorgal | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Martin | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Hal Herring | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tony Adamle | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Alex Agase | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Don Phelps | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Cliff Lewis | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 262 | 8.5 | 34 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 262 | 12.5 | 41 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Gillom | 66 | 2849 | 43.2 | 75 | 1 | 5 | 210 | 2539 | 38.5 | |
| Team Totals | 66 | 2849 | 43.2 | 75 | 1 | 5 | 210 | 2539 | 39.1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 69 | 2864 | 41.5 | 65 | 0 | 5 | 469 | 2295 | 33.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Phelps | 13 | 174 | 13.4 | 54t | 1 | |
| Dom Moselle | 7 | 126 | 18.0 | 48 | 0 | |
| Ken Gorgal | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 33 | 0 | |
| Ken Carpenter | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Cliff Lewis | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 | |
| Tommy James | 0 | 15 | 15L | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 30 | 469 | 15.6 | 54t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 210 | 6.6 | 32 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Phelps | 12 | 325 | 27.1 | 61 | 0 | |
| Dom Moselle | 5 | 107 | 21.4 | 29 | 0 | |
| Ken Carpenter | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 25 | 0 | |
| Tony Adamle | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 22 | 0 | |
| Horace Gillom | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Emerson Cole | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Jim Martin | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Lou Rymkus | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 670 | 20.9 | 61 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 988 | 23.0 | 71 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Adamle | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rex Bumgardner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Carpenter | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -14 | 0 | |
| Len Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Gatski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -6 | 0 |
| Abe Gibron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Gorgal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | |
| Otto Graham | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Forrest Grigg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Groza | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Hal Herring | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Weldon Humble | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dub Jones | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Kissell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Warren Lahr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dom Moselle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -10 | 0 | |
| Marion Motley | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Phelps | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -29 | 0 | |
| Lou Rymkus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| John Sandusky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 12 | 14 | 24 | 38 | -16 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 0 |
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