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The 1949 Cleveland Browns season was the team's fourth and final season in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). The Browns finished the regular season with a 9–1–2 win–loss–tie record and beat the San Francisco 49ers to win their fourth straight league championship. In the season's sixth game on October 9, the 49ers stopped the ...
The All-America Football Conference (AAFC) was an American football league which challenged the established National Football League (NFL) from 1946 to 1949. From 1946 to 1948, the AAFC determined its champion in a title game between the winners of its two divisions. In 1948, a special playoff game was needed to break a first-place tie in one ...
The All-America Football Conference (AAFC) was a major professional American football league that challenged the established National Football League (NFL) 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 to the game.
From 1946 to 1948 the champions of each division met in the AAFC championship game. In 1949, there was only one seven-team division, so the championship game was the final round of a four team tournament. 1946 December 22 Cleveland Browns 14–9 New York Yankees, Cleveland Municipal Stadium, 41,181
AAFC ~ Western ^ 1st ^ 14 0 0 Won AAFC championship (3) 49–7 [7] 1949: 1949: AAFC ~ 1st ^ 9 1 2 Won AAFC playoff game 31–21 Won AAFC championship (4) 21–7 Paul Brown [8] 1950: 1950: NFL † American * T–1st ° [B] 10 2 0 Won Conference Playoffs 8–3 Won NFL Championship (5) 30–28 [9] 1951: 1951: NFL American * 1st * 11 1 0
The Seahawks traded Jones at the end of the 1946 season to the AAFC's Brooklyn Dodgers, who subsequently sent him to the Browns before the 1948 season. That year, the Browns won all of their games and the AAFC championship. The team repeated as champions in 1949, but the AAFC dissolved at the end of the year and the Browns joined the NFL.
NFL Championship: the Philadelphia Eagles won 14–0 over the Los Angeles Rams at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum; Cleveland Browns 21–7 San Francisco 49ers for the All-America Football Conference championship. After the 1949 season, the Browns, 49ers and original Baltimore Colts all joined the NFL for the 1950 season.
[10] [11] The Bills lost the AAFC championship game to the Cleveland Browns. [11] The Bills traded O'Connor in early 1949 to the Browns for tackle Bob McClelland. [12] O'Connor played in nine games for the Browns, a team coached by Paul Brown, but did not have a reception. [10] Cleveland won the AAFC championship that year, its fourth in a row ...