1948 Cleveland Browns season
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The 1948
Cleveland Browns
season was the team's third season with the All-America Football Conference
. It was also a perfect season
, recognized as such by the Pro Football Hall of Fame
, although the NFL, as the AAFC's former rival, does not recognize it. Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown
wrote a letter to the NFL to petition them to officially recognize the 1948 Cleveland Browns.
1948 in sports
-American football:* University of Michigan wins college football national championship.* Cleveland Browns 49–7 Buffalo Bills in the All-America Football Conference championship game....
Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
season was the team's third season with the All-America Football Conference
All-America Football Conference
The All-America Football Conference was a professional American football league that challenged the established National Football League from 1946 to 1949. One of the NFL's most formidable challengers, the AAFC attracted many of the nation's best players, and introduced many lasting innovations...
. It was also a perfect season
Perfect Season
A perfect season is any sports season, excluding the playoff portion of a season, in which a team remains undefeated and untied. The feat is extremely rare at the professional level of any team sport, and has occurred more commonly at the collegiate level in the United States.A perfect season may...
, recognized as such by the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Pro Football Hall of Fame
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional football in the United States with an emphasis on the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7, 1963, with 17 charter inductees...
, although the NFL, as the AAFC's former rival, does not recognize it. Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Campbell Brown is the senior United States Senator from Ohio and a member of the Democratic Party. Before his election to the U.S. Senate, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Ohio's 13th congressional district from 1993 to 2007...
wrote a letter to the NFL to petition them to officially recognize the 1948 Cleveland Browns.
Pre-season results
| Week | Date | Opponent | Results | Stadium | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Record | |||||
| 1 | 1948 | Buffalo Bills Buffalo Bills (AAFC) The Buffalo Bills was an American Football team, based in Buffalo, NY, that played in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949. During its first season in 1946, the team was known as the Buffalo Bisons... |
W 35–21 | 1–0 | Rubber Bowl Rubber Bowl The Rubber Bowl is a stadium in Akron, Ohio primarily used for American football. From 1940 to 2008, it served as the home field of the University of Akron's Zips football team... |
28,069 |
| 2 | 1948 | Baltimore Colts | L 17–21 | 1–1 | Glass Bowl Glass Bowl The Glass Bowl is a stadium in Toledo, Ohio. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the University of Toledo Rockets. It is located on the school's Bancroft campus, just south of the banks of the Ottawa River... |
13,433 |
Regular season results
| Week | Date | Opponent | Results | Stadium | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Record | |||||
| 1 | September 3, 1948 | Los Angeles Dons Los Angeles Dons The Los Angeles Dons were an American football team in the now defunct All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949 that played in the Los Angeles Coliseum.... |
W 19–14 | 1–0 | Cleveland Stadium Cleveland Stadium Cleveland Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium, located in Cleveland, Ohio. In its final years, the stadium seated 74,438, for baseball and 81,000, for football. It was one of the early multi-purpose stadiums, built to accommodate both baseball and football... |
60,193 |
| 2 | September 12, 1948 | at Buffalo Bills Buffalo Bills (AAFC) The Buffalo Bills was an American Football team, based in Buffalo, NY, that played in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949. During its first season in 1946, the team was known as the Buffalo Bisons... |
W 42–13 | 2–0 | War Memorial Stadium War Memorial Stadium (Buffalo) War Memorial Stadium is the name of a stadium that formerly stood in Buffalo, New York. The stadium was on a rectangular block near the downtown area. Its main entrance was at Jefferson Avenue to the east and Best Street to the south... |
35,340 |
| 3 | September 17, 1948 | at Chicago Rockets Chicago Rockets The Chicago Rockets was an American football team that played in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949. During the 1949 season, the team was known as the Chicago Hornets... |
W 28–7 | 3–0 | Soldier Field Soldier Field Soldier Field is located on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois, United States, in the Near South Side. It is home to the NFL's Chicago Bears... |
30,874 |
| 4 | September 26, 1948 | Chicago Rockets Chicago Rockets The Chicago Rockets was an American football team that played in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949. During the 1949 season, the team was known as the Chicago Hornets... |
W 41–21 | 4–0 | Cleveland Stadium Cleveland Stadium Cleveland Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium, located in Cleveland, Ohio. In its final years, the stadium seated 74,438, for baseball and 81,000, for football. It was one of the early multi-purpose stadiums, built to accommodate both baseball and football... |
37,190 |
| 5 | October 5, 1948 | at Baltimore Colts Baltimore Colts (1947-50) The Baltimore Colts were a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The first team to bear the name Baltimore Colts, they were members of the All-America Football Conference from 1947–1949, and then joined the National Football League for one season before folding... |
W 14–10 | 5–0 | Memorial Stadium Memorial Stadium (Baltimore) Memorial Stadium was a sports stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, that formerly stood on 33rd Street on an over-sized block also bounded by Ellerslie Avenue , 36th Street , and Ednor Road... |
22,359 |
| 6 | October 10, 1948 | Brooklyn Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC) The Brooklyn Dodgers was an American Football team that played in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1948. The team is unrelated to the Brooklyn Dodgers that played in the National Football League from 1930 to 1943... |
W 30–17 | 6–0 | Cleveland Stadium | 31,187 |
| 7 | October 17, 1947 | Buffalo Bills | W 31–14 | 7–0 | Cleveland Stadium | 28,054 |
| 8 | October 24, 1948 | New York Yankees | W 35–7 | 8–0 | Cleveland Stadium | 46,912 |
| 9 | November 7, 1948 | Baltimore Colts | W 28–7 | 9–0 | Cleveland Stadium | 32,313 |
| 10 | November 14, 1948 | San Francisco 49ers | W 14–7 | 10–0 | Cleveland Stadium | 82,769 |
| 11 | November 21, 1948 | at New York Yankees | W 34–21 | 11–0 | Yankee Stadium | 52,518 |
| 12 | November 25, 1948 | at Los Angeles Dons Los Angeles Dons The Los Angeles Dons were an American football team in the now defunct All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949 that played in the Los Angeles Coliseum.... |
W 31–14 | 12–0 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports stadium in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, at Exposition Park, that is home to the Pacific-12 Conference's University of Southern California Trojans football team... |
60,031 |
| 13 | November 28, 1948 | at San Francisco 49ers | W 31–28 | 13–0 | Kezar Stadium Kezar Stadium Kezar Stadium is a stadium located adjacent to Kezar Pavilion in the southeastern corner of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California. It is the former home of the Oakland Raiders and the San Francisco 49ers of the NFL, and of the San Francisco Dragons of MLL. It also served as the home of the... |
59,785 |
| 14 | December 5, 1948 | at Brooklyn Dodgers | W 31–21 | 14–0 | Ebbets Field Ebbets Field Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball park located in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York, USA, on a city block which is now considered to be part of the Crown Heights neighborhood. It was the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League. It was also a venue for professional football... |
9,821 |
Post-season results
| Week | Date | Opponent | Results | Stadium | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Record | |||||
| AAFC Championship | December 19, 1948 | Buffalo Bills Buffalo Bills (AAFC) The Buffalo Bills was an American Football team, based in Buffalo, NY, that played in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949. During its first season in 1946, the team was known as the Buffalo Bisons... |
W 49–7 | 1–0 | Cleveland Stadium | 22,981 |