December 26, 1948Weather-24 degrees, 16 mph SW
Cleveland used an efficient passing game to advance to their 3rd consecutive NFL Championship Game, 27-9. Cleveland QB Otto Graham completed 17 of 25 throws from 245 yards and a TD. Mac Speedie caught 6 of those passes for 91 yards and the 7-yard second quarter TD that gave the Browns control of the game.
The Rams struggled to get anything going offensively, managing only 225 yards for the game. Cleveland will host the NFL Championship, where they will be trying for their second NFL title in 3 years.
Los Angeles Rams.(7-6-1)-0-0-3-6-9
Cleveland Browns.(16-0)-7-7-7-6-27
Cle-Motley 3 run (Groza Kick)
Cle-Speedie 7 pass from Graham (Groza Kick)
LA-Waterfield 22 FG
Cle-Motley 3 run (Groza Kick)
Cle-Groza 12 FG
Cle-Groza 15 FG
LA-Washington 10 run (Pass Failed)
Rushing (season totals in parentheses)
LA-Washington-8-91-1 (74-425-3), Hoerner-9-18-0 (97-490-4), Keane-1-13-0 (9-31-0), Gehrke-7-6-0 (72-280-1), Cowhig-2-0-0 (50-201-2)
Cle-Motley-19-70-2 (193-1,130-7), Jones-12-44-0 (125-538-8), Speedie-1-8-0 (2-15-0), Boedecker-10-0-0 (98-339-4), Graham-3-(-1)-0 (29-145-6), Cowan-1-(-1)-0 (39-122-1)
Passing
LA-Hardy-22-9-58-0-1 (261-133-1,569-14-10), Waterfield-9-3-39-0-0 (198-96-1,451-15-18)
Cle-Graham-25-17-245-1-0 (373-199-3,101-26-17)
Receiving
LA-Fears-5-40-0 (62-795-4), Hickey-3-40-0 (37-605-7), Washington-1-10-0 (8-129-1), Currivan-1-4-0 (12-197-4), Keane-1-3-0 (13-195-2), Hoerner-1-0-0 (21-242-2)
Cle-Speedie-6-91-1 (68-979-5), Lavelli-5-58-0 (31-539-5), Gillom-3-51-0 (25-363-1), Jones-2-30-0 (17-345-5), Cowan-1-15-0 (16-280-4)
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