1946 Cleveland Browns Statistics
Team Record: 12-2
Finishing 1st in the AAFC's West Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Coach: Paul Brown (12-2)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1946 Cleveland Browns Results
The Cleveland Browns of the All American Football Conference ended the 1946 season with a record of 12 wins and 2 losses, finishing first in the AAFC's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-0.
On offense, the Browns scored 423 points, best in the league. The defense proved to be a force, as Cleveland conceded 137 points, the lowest total in the circuit. Marion Motley ran for a team-leading 601 yards, while Edgar Jones also buoyed the ground attack.
Otto Graham passed for 1,834 yards. Dante Lavelli topped the receiving corps, snagging 40 passes for 843 yards.
The opportunistic defense manufactured 64 turnovers, best in the league. Tom Colella picked off 10 errant tosses from the opposition.
Paul Brown coached the team. The 1946 Cleveland Browns won the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Otto Graham | 174 | 95 | 54.6 | 1834 | 10.5 | 17 | 9.8 | 5 | 2.9 | 79 | 112.1 | Bud Schwenk | 23 | 15 | 65.2 | 276 | 12.0 | 4 | 17.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 63 | 146.0 | Cliff Lewis | 30 | 11 | 36.7 | 125 | 4.2 | 1 | 3.3 | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 47.2 | Don Greenwood | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 118.8 | Edgar Jones | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 39.6 | Ray Terrell | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Lou Saban | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 237 | 123 | 51.9 | 2266 | 9.6 | 22 | 9.3 | 7 | 3.0 | 79 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Marion Motley | 73 | 601 | 8.2 | 76 | 5 | Edgar Jones | 77 | 539 | 7.0 | 56 | 4 | Don Greenwood | 77 | 274 | 3.6 | 0 | 6 | Gaylon Smith | 62 | 240 | 3.9 | 0 | 5 | Tom Colella | 30 | 118 | 3.9 | 50 | 2 | Ray Terrell | 39 | 117 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | Gene Fekete | 26 | 106 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | Bill Lund | 23 | 72 | 3.1 | 0 | 1 | Al Akins | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | 1 | Fred Evans | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | Bob Steuber | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | Dante Lavelli | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Ed Ulinski | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | Bud Schwenk | 6 | -1 | -0.2 | 0 | 1 | Lou Saban | 4 | -4 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | Cliff Lewis | 24 | -34 | -1.4 | 0 | 0 | Otto Graham | 30 | -125 | -4.2 | 0 | 1 |
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| Totals | 494 | 2007 | 4.1 | 76 | 27 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dante Lavelli | 40 | 843 | 21.1 | 63 | 8 | Mac Speedie | 24 | 564 | 23.5 | 79 | 7 | Marion Motley | 10 | 188 | 18.8 | 63 | 1 | John Harrington | 8 | 136 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | John Yonakor | 7 | 98 | 14.0 | 0 | 2 | Gaylon Smith | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 | Edgar Jones | 4 | 120 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | Bill Lund | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 0 | 2 | Ray Terrell | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | Don Greenwood | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | George Young | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | 0 | Al Coppage | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | Lou Saban | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 | John Rokisky | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | Tom Colella | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 1 | Bob Steuber | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Fred Evans | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Gene Fekete | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
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| Totals | 123 | 2266 | 18.4 | 79 | 22 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Lou Groza | 47 | 45 | 95.7 | 29 | 13 | 44.8 | 84 | Chet Adams | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 5 | Mac Speedie | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | John Rokisky | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 |
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| Totals | 54 | 52 | 96.3 | 29 | 13 | 44.8 | 91 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Tom Colella | 47 | 1895 | 40.3 | 0 | Fred Evans | 8 | 296 | 37.0 | 0 | Mac Speedie | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 58 | 2275 | 39.2 | 0 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tom Colella | 8 | 172 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | Cliff Lewis | 8 | 133 | 16.6 | 0 | 0 | Otto Graham | 12 | 129 | 10.8 | 0 | 0 | Edgar Jones | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 | Bill Lund | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | Marion Motley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Fred Evans | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 39 | 537 | 13.8 | 0 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Edgar Jones | 12 | 307 | 25.6 | 96 | 1 | Don Greenwood | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Terrell | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 0 | 0 | Al Akins | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 0 | 0 | Cliff Lewis | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | 0 | Bob Steuber | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | 0 | Marion Motley | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | 0 | Bill Lund | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | Tom Colella | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | Gene Fekete | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | John Harrington | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | Mac Speedie | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Totals | 36 | 841 | 23.4 | 96 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tom Colella | 10 | 110 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | Otto Graham | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 0 | 1 | Cliff Lewis | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | Lou Saban | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Terrell | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 76 | 1 | Don Greenwood | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | Edgar Jones | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Scarry | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Steuber | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 | Frank Gatski | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 1 | Fred Evans | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | Bill Lund | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Al Akins | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Chet Adams | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 1 | Marion Motley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Gaylon Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 41 | 589 | 14.4 | 76 | 4 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Lou Groza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 45 | 0 | 84 | Dante Lavelli | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Mac Speedie | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | Marion Motley | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Don Greenwood | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Edgar Jones | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Gaylon Smith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Bill Lund | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Tom Colella | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Chet Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | Otto Graham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | John Yonakor | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Frank Gatski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bud Schwenk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ray Terrell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Al Akins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Gene Fekete | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | John Rokisky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 27 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 421 |
