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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

1948 seasonW1948 AAFC season↗W1948 NFL season↗

18 teams in AAFC, NFL · 117 regular-season games, 1948-08-27 to 1948-12-12 · attendance 3,061,442

◀ 1947 1949 ▶

AAFC Championship Game

Cleveland Browns (AAFC)
49–7 over Buffalo Bills (AAFC)

NFL Championship Game

Philadelphia Eagles
7–0 over Chicago Cardinals

Playoffs

Round	Date	Result	Stadium
Division AAFC	1948-12-12	Buffalo Bills (AAFC) 28–17 Baltimore Colts (AAFC)	Municipal Stadium
NFL Championship	1948-12-19	Philadelphia Eagles 7–0 Chicago Cardinals	Shibe Park
Championship AAFC	1948-12-19	Cleveland Browns (AAFC) 49–7 Buffalo Bills (AAFC)	Cleveland Municipal Stadium

Standings

NFL Eastern

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Philadelphia Eagles	9	2	1	.792	376	156	Earle "Greasy" Neale	Won NFL Championship (vs. Cardinals) 7–0 Champion
2	Washington Redskins	7	5	0	.583	291	287	Turk Edwards	Did not qualify
3	New York Giants	4	8	0	.333	297	388	Steve Owen	Did not qualify
4	Pittsburgh Steelers	4	8	0	.333	200	243	John Michelosen	Did not qualify
5	Boston Yanks	3	9	0	.250	174	372	Clipper Smith	Did not qualify

NFL Western

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Chicago Cardinals	11	1	0	.917	395	226	Jimmy Conzelman	Lost NFL Championship (at Eagles) 0–7
2	Chicago Bears	10	2	0	.833	375	151	George Halas	Did not qualify
3	Los Angeles Rams	6	5	1	.542	327	269	Clark Shaughnessy	Did not qualify
4	Green Bay Packers	3	9	0	.250	154	290	Curly Lambeau	Did not qualify
5	Detroit Lions	2	10	0	.167	200	407	Bo McMillin	Did not qualify

AAFC Eastern

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Buffalo Bills	7	7	0	.500	360	358	Red Dawson	Won Divisional Playoff (at Colts) 28–17 Lost AAFC Championship (at Bro
2	Baltimore Colts	7	7	0	.500	333	327	Cecil Isbell	Lost Divisional Playoff (vs. Bills) 17–28
3	New York Yankees	6	8	0	.429	265	301	Ray Flaherty and Red Strader	Did not qualify
4	Brooklyn Dodgers	2	12	0	.143	253	387	Carl Voyles	did not qualify

AAFC Western

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Cleveland Browns	14	0	0	.000	389	190	Paul Brown	Won AAFC Championship (vs. Bills) 49–7 Champion
2	San Francisco 49ers	12	2	0	.857	495	248	Buck Shaw	Did not qualify
3	Los Angeles Dons	7	7	0	.500	258	305	Jimmy Phelan	Did not qualify
4	Chicago Rockets	1	13	0	.071	202	439	Edward McKeever	did not qualify

League leaders

NFL

passing yards

1. 2,599Sammy Baugh Washington Redskins

passing tds

1. 25Tommy Thompson Philadelphia Eagles

rushing yards

1. 945Steve Van Buren Philadelphia Eagles

rushing tds

1. 10Steve Van Buren Philadelphia Eagles

receiving yards

1. 943Mal Kutner Chicago Cardinals

receiving tds

1. 14Malcolm Kutner Chicago Cardinals

receptions

1. 51Tom Fears Los Angeles Rams

interceptions

1. 13Dan Sandifer Washington Redskins

points

1. 110Pat Harder Chicago Cardinals

AAFC

passing yards

1. 2,713Otto Graham Cleveland Browns (AAFC)

passing tds

1. 29Frankie Albert San Francisco 49ers (AAFC)

rushing yards

1. 964Marion Motley Cleveland Browns (AAFC)

rushing tds

1. 10Chet Mutryn Buffalo Bills (AAFC)

rushing tds

1. 10Joe Perry San Francisco 49ers (AAFC)

receiving yards

1. 970Billy Hillenbrand Baltimore Colts (AAFC)

receiving tds

1. 14Alyn Beals San Francisco 49ers (AAFC)

receptions

1. 58Mac Speedie Cleveland Browns (AAFC)

interceptions

1. 11Otto Schnellbacher New York Yankees (AAFC)