1950 Cleveland Browns Statistics
Team Record: 10-2
Finishing 1st in the NFL's American Division
Postseason: 2-0 Won Championship
Coach: Paul Brown (10-2)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1950 Cleveland Browns Results
The Cleveland Browns of the National Football League ended the 1950 season with a record of 10 wins and 2 losses, finishing first in the NFL's American Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-0.
Cleveland scored 310 points, while the solid defense surrendered 144. Marion Motley ran for a team-leading 810 yards for the Browns.
Otto Graham passed for 1,943 yards. Mac Speedie topped all receivers, snagging 42 passes, while Dante Lavelli added 565 receiving yards. Dub Jones was targeted regularly as well.
The opportunistic defense pounced on 55 turnovers, topping in the league. Tommy James picked off 9 errant tosses from the opposition.
Paul Brown coached the team. The 1950 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 | 253 | 137 | 54.2 | 1943 | 7.7 | 14 | 5.5 | 20 | 7.9 | 80 | 64.7 | Cliff Lewis | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 38 | 9.5 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 38 | 106.3 | Horace Gillom | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 79.2 | Lou Groza | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Ken Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 260 | 139 | 53.5 | 1984 | 7.6 | 15 | 5.8 | 21 | 8.1 | 80 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Marion Motley | 140 | 810 | 5.8 | 69 | 3 | Dub Jones | 83 | 384 | 4.6 | 61 | 6 | Rex Bumgardner | 67 | 231 | 3.4 | 26 | 2 | Don Phelps | 39 | 198 | 5.1 | 33 | 2 | Ken Carpenter | 35 | 181 | 5.2 | 61 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 457 | 2089 | 4.6 | 69 | 20 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Mac Speedie | 42 | 548 | 13.0 | 45 | 1 | Dante Lavelli | 37 | 565 | 15.3 | 43 | 5 | Dub Jones | 31 | 458 | 14.8 | 80 | 5 | Marion Motley | 11 | 151 | 13.7 | 41 | 1 | Rex Bumgardner | 9 | 112 | 12.4 | 25 | 1 | Ken Carpenter | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 | Horace Gillom | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 38 | 1 | Don Phelps | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | Lou Groza | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 1 |
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| Totals | 139 | 1984 | 14.3 | 80 | 15 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Lou Groza | 29 | 29 | 100.0 | 19 | 13 | 68.4 | 68 | Chubby Grigg | 9 | 9 | 100.0 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 38 | 38 | 100.0 | 21 | 14 | 66.7 | 80 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Horace Gillom | 66 | 2849 | 43.2 | 75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 66 | 2849 | 43.2 | 75 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Don Phelps | 13 | 174 | 13.4 | 54 | 1 | Dom Moselle | 7 | 126 | 18.0 | 43 | 0 | Ken Gorgal | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 22 | 0 | Ken Carpenter | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 27 | 0 | Cliff Lewis | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 30 | 454 | 15.1 | 54 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 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 | 13.2 | 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 |
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| Totals | 32 | 670 | 20.9 | 61 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tommy James | 9 | 69 | 7.7 | 34 | 0 | Warren Lahr | 8 | 99 | 12.4 | 30 | 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 | 17 | 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 |
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| Totals | 31 | 262 | 8.5 | 34 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Tony Adamle | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Marion Motley | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chubby Grigg | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Carpenter | 4 | 3 | -14 | 0 | 0 | Jim Martin | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Kissell | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Weldon Humble | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hal Herring | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Sandusky | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Phelps | 0 | 2 | 2 | -29 | 0 | 0 | Lou Rymkus | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Warren Lahr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | Tommy Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Young | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lou Groza | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | Frank Gatski | 0 | 1 | -6 | 0 | 0 | Abe Gibron | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dom Moselle | 1 | 1 | -10 | 0 | 0 | Tommy James | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Gorgal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | Len Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rex Bumgardner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dub Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dante Lavelli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Otto Graham | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 38 | -16 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 29 | 0 | 74 | Dub Jones | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | Otto Graham | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Dante Lavelli | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Marion Motley | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Don Phelps | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Rex Bumgardner | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Warren Lahr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Chubby Grigg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 12 | Horace Gillom | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ken Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mac Speedie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | John Kissell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 20 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 310 |
