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This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

1946 seasonW1946 AAFC season↗W1946 NFL season↗

18 teams in AAFC, NFL · 112 regular-season games, 1946-09-06 to 1946-12-15 · attendance 2,805,253

◀ 1945 1947 ▶

AAFC Championship Game

Cleveland Browns (AAFC)
14–9 over New York Yankees (AAFC)

NFL Championship Game

Chicago Bears
24–14 over New York Giants

Playoffs

Round	Date	Result	Stadium
Championship	1946-12-15	Chicago Bears 24–14 New York Giants	Polo Grounds
Championship AAFC	1946-12-22	Cleveland Browns (AAFC) 14–9 New York Yankees (AAFC)	Cleveland Municipal Stadium

Standings

NFL Eastern

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	New York Giants	7	3	1	.682	236	162	Steve Owen	Lost NFL Championship (vs. Bears) 14–24
2	Philadelphia Eagles	6	5	0	.545	231	220	Greasy Neale	Did not qualify
3	Pittsburgh Steelers	5	5	1	.500	136	117	Jock Sutherland	Did not qualify
4	Washington Redskins	5	5	1	.500	171	191	Turk Edwards	Did not qualify
5	Boston Yanks	2	8	1	.227	189	273	Herb Kopf	Did not qualify

NFL Western

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Chicago Bears	8	2	1	.773	289	193	George Halas	Won NFL Championship (at Giants) 24–14 Champion
2	Los Angeles Rams	6	4	1	.591	277	257	Adam Walsh	Did not qualify
3	Chicago Cardinals	6	5	0	.545	260	198	Jimmy Conzelman	Did not qualify
4	Green Bay Packers	6	5	0	.545	148	158	Curly Lambeau	Did not qualify
5	Detroit Lions	1	10	0	.091	142	310	Gus Dorais	Did not qualify

AAFC Eastern

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	New York Yankees	10	3	1	.750	270	192	Ray Flaherty	Lost AAFC Championship (at Browns) 9–14
2	Buffalo Bisons	3	10	1	.250	249	370	Red Dawson	did not qualify
3	Brooklyn Dodgers	3	10	1	.250	226	339	Mal Stevens, Tom Scott	did not qualify
4	Miami Seahawks	3	11	0	.214	167	378	Jack Meagher	Did not qualify

AAFC Western

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Cleveland Browns	12	2	0	.857	423	137	Paul Brown	Won AAFC Championship (vs. Yankees) 14–9 Champion
2	San Francisco 49ers	9	5	0	.643	307	189	Buck Shaw	Did not qualify
3	Los Angeles Dons	7	5	2	.571	305	290	Dudley DeGroot	Did not qualify
4	Chicago Rockets	5	6	3	.464	263	315	Dick Hanley, Pat Boland, Bob Dove, Ned Mathews, and Willie Wilkin	did not qualify

League leaders

NFL

passing yards

1. 1,826Sid Luckman Chicago Bears

passing tds

1. 17Bob Waterfield Los Angeles Rams

passing tds

1. 17Sid Luckman Chicago Bears

rushing yards

1. 604Bill Dudley Pittsburgh Steelers

rushing tds

1. 9Ted Fritsch Green Bay Packers

receiving yards

1. 981Jim Benton Los Angeles Rams

receiving tds

1. 7Billy Dewell Chicago Cardinals

receptions

1. 63Jim Benton Los Angeles Rams

interceptions

1. 10Bill Dudley Pittsburgh Steelers

points

1. 100Ted Fritsch Green Bay Packers

AAFC

passing yards

1. 1,886Glenn Dobbs Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC)

passing tds

1. 17Otto Graham Cleveland Browns (AAFC)

rushing yards

1. 709Spec Sanders New York Yankees (AAFC)

rushing tds

1. 6Don Greenwood Cleveland Browns (AAFC)

rushing tds

1. 6John Kimbrough Los Angeles Dons

rushing tds

1. 6Len Eshmont San Francisco 49ers (AAFC)

rushing tds

1. 6Spec Sanders New York Yankees (AAFC)

receiving yards

1. 843Dante Lavelli Cleveland Browns (AAFC)

receiving tds

1. 10Alyn Beals San Francisco 49ers (AAFC)

receptions

1. 40Alyn Beals San Francisco 49ers (AAFC)

receptions

1. 40Dante Lavelli Cleveland Browns (AAFC)

interceptions

1. 10Tommy Colella Cleveland Browns (AAFC)