1948 AAFC season

American football season September 2023 September 2023 United States right AAFC teams: 8px West, 8px East Map of the locations for the teams of the 1947 AAFC season 400 United States Yellow pog.svg 8 80 Browns bottom 41.507 -81.697 United States Yellow pog.svg 8 80 49ers top 37.767 -122.456 United States Yellow pog.svg 8 80 Dons bottom 34.014 -118.288 United States Yellow pog.svg 8 80 Rockets left 41.862 -87.617 United States Red pog.svg 8 80 Yankees top 40.827 -73.928 United States Red pog.svg 8 80 Bills left 42.905 -78.856 United States Red pog.svg 8 80 Dodgers right 40.665 -73.958 United States Red pog.svg 8 80 Colts bottom 39.329 -76.601 The 1948 AAFC season was the third season of the All-America Football Conference. As was the case with the previous two seasons, the league included eight teams, broken up into Eastern and Western divisions, which played a 14-game official schedule that would culminate in a league Championship Game. In an interesting wrinkle, a tie in the Eastern standings necessitated the first tiebreaker playoff game played by the league. The Buffalo Bills played the Baltimore Colts in Baltimore for the right to play in the AAFC Championship game. Draft 1948 AAFC Draft The league's second collegiate draft was held on December 17, 1947 in New York. Tony Minisi was the first overall selection. Season The AAFC season began on August 27 with two games: New York played Brooklyn at home that resulted in a 21-3 victory for the Yankees while Los Angeles played Chicago at home that saw the Dons win 7-0. Two days later, Week 1 ended with the San Francisco 49ers pummeling the Buffalo Bills 35-14.https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1948_AAFC/week_1.htm All eight teams played in Week 2 that saw the Cleveland Browns (who had ended the previous season with eight straight games of wins or ties) win their home opener 19-14 over the Los Angeles Dons.https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1948_AAFC/week_2.htm In an attempt to drive up interest, the Browns were scheduled for three games in the span of a week. They began the stretch with a 34-21 defeat of the Yankees in front of over 50,000 on the Sunday before Thanksgiving. Four days later on Thanksgiving Day, the Browns were in Los Angeles to play the Dons at the Coliseum and pulled away with a 31-14 victory. Three days later, with an ailing Otto Graham, the Browns rallied with 21 points in the third quarter to overcome a tight deficit and defeat the San Francisco 49ers to achieve the feat of winning three games in the span of a week.https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/throwback-thursday-1948-browns-cap-grueling-thanksgiving-week-with-pivo-16378201 The 49ers finished second place in the Western Division at 12–2. The quarterbacks of the two outstanding teams, Cleveland's Otto Graham and San Francisco's Frankie Albert, shared the MVP. In the East, Buffalo and Baltimore were both tied at 7–7, just ahead of 6–8 New York. Buffalo won the playoff game held in Baltimore. The Browns then won the championship by a score of 49–7 to complete an undefeated season.Longest NFL winning streaks Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site https://www.profootballhof.com/news/2015/12/news-longest-nfl-winning-streaks August 25, 2022 pfhof en 1948 AAFC final standings W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pct. = Winning Percentage PF = Points Scored For, PA = Point Scored Against y Championship game All-America Football Conference playoffs#1948 AAFC Eastern Playoff: Buffalo 28, Baltimore 17 AAFC Championship: Cleveland 49, Buffalo 7 Footnotes 2