1946 NFL Championship-Cleveland Browns-14, New York Yankees-0

January 5, 1947

Weather-55 degrees, 12 mph S, rain

Cleveland's defense limited the Yankees to 108 yards of offense in winning their first NFL title, 14-0. The final score does not indicate how one-sided this game was. The game was played in a steady rain, and the Browns running game controlled the clock and generated a number of scoring opportunities. In the first 3 quarters, Cleveland K Lou Groza missed 4 field goals, and QB Otto Graham threw a red zone interception to end another drive.

The Browns were able to get on the board early in the fourth quarter on a corner route to Dante Lavelli, his 10th TD of the season. On Cleveland's next possession, Marion Motley swept the left end for a 55-yard TD and the competitive part of the game was over. Cleveland would finish with 377 yards, including 241 yards on the ground.

New York Yankees.(12-4-1)-0-0-0-0-0
Cleveland Browns.(15-2)-0-0-0-14-14

Cle-Lavelli 13 pass from Graham (Groza Kick)
Cle-Motley 55 run (Groza Kick)

Rushing (season totals in parentheses)
NYY-Sanders-13-25-0 (174-766-6), Kennedy-8-22-0 (83-224-2), Prokop-12-20-0 (97-356-1), Manders-6-8-0 (68-293-4), Burrus-1-6-0 (4-17-0), Parker-2-2-0 (77-186-3)
Cle-Motley-12-100-1 (108-739-7), Smith-8-57-0 (86-381-5), Jones-9-53-0 (107-661-5), Greenwood-10-22-0 (103-349-6), Lavelli-1-8-0 (3-26-0), Graham-2-1-0 (40-(-127)-1)

Passing
NYY-Sanders-12-3-32-0-0 (113-48-591-5-9), Parker-3-1-16-0-0 (118-63-779-8-3)
Cle-Graham-18-7-140-1-1 (221-114-2,176-20-6)

Receiving
NYY-Alford-1-19-0 (16-222-0), Burrus-1-16-0 (14-321-1), Schwartz-1-15-0 (6-97-0), Russell-1-(-2)-0 (29-271-4)
Cle-Lavelli-4-94-1 (51-1,086-10), Speedie-3-46-0 (30-661-8)