Senator lobbies NFL for Browns
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Saturday, February 02, 2008
From staff reports

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown has written a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger
Goodell, asking that the statistics from the All-America Football
Conference be included in the NFL record book.

According to a release from his office, the letter was sent on Thursday
evening. As of Friday night, the NFL had not responded.

The 1948 Browns were 15-0 and won the AAFC championship. But the NFL does
not recognize that perfect season, instead recognizing only the 1972 Miami
Dolphins.

Part of the release reads: "To correct this miscarriage of justice -- this
omission of fact inextricably tied to our nation's history of football --
Senator Brown last night wrote to NFL Commissioner Goodell to have the AAFC
Championship records included in NFL statistics."


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Cleveland Browns put together a forgotten perfect season in 1948
Saturday, February 02, 2008

Tony Grossi

Plain Dealer Reporter

http://www.cleveland.com/sports/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/sports/1201944811154830.xml&coll=2
[excerpt]

The NFL does not acknowledge the records of the AAFC, even though three of
its teams - the Browns, Colts and 49ers - were absorbed into the NFL in
1950.

"It was agreed upon at that time not to include AAFC records," said Joe
Horrigan of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. "Whereas, when the NFL merged
with the American Football League and took all [10] of its teams, the
agreement included bringing along AFL records."

Browns Hall of Fame receiver Dante Lavelli outspokenly campaigned to change
this slight, but to no avail.

"I personally think that team has been slighted," Horrigan said.

The 1948 Browns were the third of Paul Brown's four consecutive AAFC
championship teams. Spread across the 1947 through '49 seasons, the Browns
had an unbeaten streak of 29 games during which they went 27-0-2.

Trying to put the Browns in their place, NFL Commissioner Bert Bell
scheduled them on the road in their first NFL game against the two-time
defending NFL champion Philadelphia Eagles. The Browns whipped them, 35-10,
and proceeded to win the NFL championship.
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The additional reasons are the Browns participated participated several
NFL Championship games in the 50s, winning more than one of them

Thus, there is no doubt that the Browns were on equal footing with any
other team in the NFL

An additional factor was the success of Baltimore in the 50s as well

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[regular season only]

The pre NFL Browns were a class of their own.
47-4-3
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The Browns of the 50s were the best of the class even with the beginning
of bad luck in playoff/title games towards the end of the 50s
88-40-2


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