1948 Cleveland Browns Roster
Team Record: 14-0
Finishing 1st in the AAFC's West Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Coach: Paul Brown (14-0)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1948 Cleveland Browns Results
The Cleveland Browns of the All American Football Conference ended the 1948 season with a record of 14 wins and 0 losses, finishing first in the AAFC's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-0.
Defensively, the Browns allowed 190 points, lowest in the league. Cleveland ran up 389 points. Marion Motley carried the ball for a team-leading 964 yards.
Otto Graham passed for 2,713 yards. Mac Speedie snagged 58 passes for 816 yards.
Cliff Lewis picked off 9 opponent throws.
Paul Brown coached the team. The 1948 Cleveland Browns won the Championship.
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# | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
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74 | Tony Adamle | LB-FB | May 15, 1924 | 6'0" | 215 | Ohio St. | Fairmont, WV USA | 14 | 0 |
42 | Chet Adams | T-E-DT | October 24, 1915 | 6'3" | 233 | Ohio | Cleveland, OH USA | 14 | 0 |
35 | Alex Agase | LB | March 27, 1922 | 5'10" | 212 | Purdue | Chicago, IL USA | 13 | 1 |
99 | Bill Boedeker | HB | March 7, 1924 | 5'11" | 192 | DePaul | Milwaukee, WI USA | 14 | 3 |
70 | Ollie Cline | FB | December 31, 1925 | 6'0" | 200 | Ohio St. | Mount Vernon, OH USA | 11 | 0 |
92 | Tom Colella | P | July 3, 1918 | 6'0" | 187 | Canisius | Albion, NY USA | 13 | 2 |
80 | Bob Cowan | RH | January 2, 1923 | 5'11" | 185 | Indiana | Fort Wayne, IN USA | 14 | 11 |
22 | Frank Gatski | C | March 18, 1922 | 6'3" | 233 | Marshall | Farmington, WV USA | 14 | 14 |
34 | Bob Gaudio | RG | July 13, 1925 | 5'10" | 219 | Ohio St. | Ashtabula, OH USA | 13 | 12 |
59 | Horace Gillom | RE | March 3, 1921 | 6'1" | 221 | Ohio St. | Roanoke, AL USA | 13 | 8 |
60 | Otto Graham | QB | December 6, 1921 | 6'1" | 196 | Northwestern | Waukegan, IL USA | 14 | 14 |
48 | Chubby Grigg | DT-T | January 10, 1926 | 6'2" | 294 | Tulsa | El Dorado, AR USA | 14 | 0 |
46 | Lou Groza | K | January 25, 1924 | 6'3" | 240 | Ohio St. | Martins Ferry, OH USA | 14 | 14 |
32 | Lin Houston | G | January 11, 1921 | 6'0" | 213 | Ohio St. | Carbondale, IL USA | 13 | 2 |
38 | Weldon Humble | G | April 24, 1921 | 6'1" | 221 | Rice | Nixon, TX USA | 13 | 0 |
82 | Tommy James | DB-HB | September 16, 1923 | 5'10" | 185 | Ohio St. | Canton, OH USA | 14 | 0 |
90 | Edgar Jones | LH | May 6, 1920 | 5'10" | 193 | Pittsburgh | Scranton, PA USA | 13 | 9 |
86 | Dub Jones | HB | December 29, 1924 | 6'4" | 202 | Tulane | Arcadia, LA USA | 12 | 2 |
53 | Frank Kosikowski | DE | July 23, 1926 | 6'1" | 200 | Marquette | Cudahy, WI USA | 12 | 0 |
56 | Dante Lavelli | RE | February 23, 1923 | 6'0" | 191 | Ohio St. | Hudson, OH USA | 8 | 7 |
62 | Cliff Lewis | PR | March 22, 1923 | 5'11" | 167 | Duke | Lakewood, OH USA | 14 | 0 |
24 | Mel Maceau | C | December 25, 1921 | 6'0" | 203 | Marquette | Milwaukee, WI USA | 11 | 0 |
76 | Marion Motley | FB | June 5, 1920 | 6'1" | 232 | South Carolina St. | Leesburg, GA USA | 14 | 14 |
85 | Ara Parseghian | HB | May 21, 1923 | 5'10" | 194 | Akron | Akron, OH USA | 12 | 1 |
45 | Ben Pucci | T | January 26, 1925 | 6'4" | 255 | none | St. Louis, MO USA | 12 | 0 |
44 | Lou Rymkus | RT | November 6, 1919 | 6'4" | 231 | Notre Dame | Royalton, IL USA | 14 | 14 |
20 | Lou Saban | C-B | October 13, 1921 | 6'0" | 202 | Indiana | Brookfield, IL USA | 14 | 0 |
94 | Dean Sensanbaugher | HB-DB | August 12, 1925 | 5'9" | 190 | Army | Midvale, OH USA | 11 | 0 |
49 | Lenny Simonetti | T | November 20, 1919 | 5'11" | 225 | Tennessee | Roswell, OH USA | 14 | 0 |
58 | Mac Speedie | LE | January 12, 1920 | 6'3" | 203 | Utah | Odell, IL USA | 12 | 11 |
64/66 | George Terlep | QB | April 12, 1923 | 5'10" | 180 | Notre Dame | Elkhart, IN USA | 9 | 0 |
36 | Ed Ulinski | LG | December 7, 1919 | 5'11" | 203 | Marshall | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 14 | 13 |
30 | Bill Willis | DG-G | October 5, 1921 | 6'2" | 213 | Ohio St. | Columbus, OH USA | 14 | 0 |
50 | John Yonakor | E | August 4, 1921 | 6'5" | 222 | Notre Dame | Boston, MA USA | 14 | 2 |
52 | George Young | DE-E | May 10, 1924 | 6'3" | 214 | Baldwin-Wallace | Wilkes-Barre, PA USA | 14 | 0 |