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style="width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/1946_San_Francisco_49ers_season" title="1946 San Francisco 49ers season">49ers</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:58.179%;left:10.465%;font-size:80%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Dons"><img alt="Dons" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/1946_Los_Angeles_Dons_season" title="1946 Los Angeles Dons season">Dons</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" 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/></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/1946_Brooklyn_Dodgers_(AAFC)_season" title="1946 Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC) season">Dodgers</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:90.322%;left:81.057%;font-size:80%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Seahawks"><img alt="Seahawks" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/1946_Miami_Seahawks_season" title="1946 Miami Seahawks season">Seahawks</a></div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Usa_edcp_location_map.svg" title="File:Usa edcp location map.svg">class=notpageimage| </a></div><b>AAFC teams: <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> West, <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Red_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> East</b></div></div></div> <p>The <b>1946 AAFC season</b> was the first season of the <a href="/wiki/All-America_Football_Conference" title="All-America Football Conference">All-America Football Conference</a>, a new professional league established to challenge the market dominance of the established <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a>. The league included eight teams, broken up into Eastern and Western divisions, which played a 14-game official schedule, culminating in a league championship game. </p><p>The season is significant for its shattering of the <a href="/wiki/Color_line_(racism)" title="Color line (racism)">color line</a> in the ranks of professional <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a>, when <a href="/wiki/African-Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="African-Americans">black</a> athletes <a href="/wiki/Marion_Motley" title="Marion Motley">Marion Motley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Willis" title="Bill Willis">Bill Willis</a> took to the field for the AAFC's <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> on September 9, 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both of these stars would later be voted to membership in the <a href="/wiki/Professional_Football_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional Football Hall of Fame">Professional Football Hall of Fame</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_AAFC_season&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Don_Ameche_-1946.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Don_Ameche_-1946.jpg/150px-Don_Ameche_-1946.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Don_Ameche_-1946.jpg/225px-Don_Ameche_-1946.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Don_Ameche_-1946.jpg/300px-Don_Ameche_-1946.jpg 2x" data-file-width="449" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Radio and film star Don Ameche was the co-owner of the AAFC's Los Angeles franchise, the Los Angeles Dons.</figcaption></figure> <p>In September 1944, <a href="/wiki/Arch_Ward" title="Arch Ward">Arch Ward</a>, sports columnist for the prestigious <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i> and father ten years earlier of the college all-star football game, presided over two days of meetings in Chicago to finalize his plan for a new American football league.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over the course of several previous months, Ward had garnered financial commitments for franchise ownership from a circle of interested wealthy investors.<sup id="cite_ref-Webster16_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Webster16-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Teams were already sponsored for seven cities, with the ownership groups including several individuals of national prominence, such as former heavyweight <a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">boxing</a> champion <a href="/wiki/Gene_Tunney" title="Gene Tunney">Gene Tunney</a> in <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>, film star <a href="/wiki/Don_Ameche" title="Don Ameche">Don Ameche</a> in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, and Eleanor Gehrig, widow of <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">Yankee</a> baseball great <a href="/wiki/Lou_Gehrig" title="Lou Gehrig">Lou Gehrig</a>, in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Webster16_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Webster16-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Plans were announced for a launch in the fall of 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-Webster16_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Webster16-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The new football league planned to emulate the situation existing in professional baseball, in which two parallel and equal leagues emerged and came to work in close cooperation. The new league, to be called the <a href="/wiki/All-America_Football_Conference" title="All-America Football Conference">All-America Football Conference</a>, tapped former <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Notre Dame football">Notre Dame</a> legend <a href="/wiki/Jim_Crowley" title="Jim Crowley">Jim Crowley</a> as its commissioner, signing the former collegiate teammate of NFL commissioner <a href="/wiki/Elmer_Layden" title="Elmer Layden">Elmer Layden</a> to a lucrative five-year contract worth $125,000 and began signing players and fielding additional applications for team charters.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Seven coaches and about 30 players were signed before league owners decided that wartime manpower shortages and the inability of several teams to expeditiously obtain stadium leases would force a postponement until the fall of 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An additional franchise was added, bringing the total to eight, and a schedule was issued — a <a href="/wiki/Round-robin_tournament" title="Round-robin tournament">round-robin</a> format in which every team in the league played every other team in the league twice on a home-and-away basis.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new league prepared for its launch on September 6, 1946. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Team_alignment">Team alignment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_AAFC_season&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Team alignment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:46AAFC-USA-states.PNG" class="mw-file-description" title="1946 season teams"><img alt="1946 season teams" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/46AAFC-USA-states.PNG/420px-46AAFC-USA-states.PNG" decoding="async" width="420" height="289" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/46AAFC-USA-states.PNG/630px-46AAFC-USA-states.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/46AAFC-USA-states.PNG/840px-46AAFC-USA-states.PNG 2x" data-file-width="1513" data-file-height="1042" /></a><figcaption>1946 season teams</figcaption></figure> <p>The AAFC was divided into two divisions of four teams, split "Eastern" and "Western" on a geographic basis. </p><p>Several of the league's teams played on fields also used by <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> teams and even made use of baseball team names, including the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers_(AAFC)" title="Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC)">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ebbets_Field" title="Ebbets Field">Ebbets Field</a>, who did battle with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees_(AAFC)" title="New York Yankees (AAFC)">New York Yankees</a>, playing their games at <a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium_(1923)" title="Yankee Stadium (1923)">Yankee Stadium</a>. </p><p>With two franchises in California, the AAFC broke new ground as the leading purveyor of professional sports on the Pacific coast, being joined for the 1946 season by the NFL champion <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Rams" title="Cleveland Rams">Cleveland Rams</a>, which were then relocating to Los Angeles.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Western Division </th> <th>Eastern Division </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kezar_Stadium" title="Kezar Stadium">Kezar Stadium</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bisons_(AAFC)" class="mw-redirect" title="Buffalo Bisons (AAFC)">Buffalo Bisons</a> (<a href="/wiki/War_Memorial_Stadium_(Buffalo)" class="mw-redirect" title="War Memorial Stadium (Buffalo)">Civic Stadium</a>†) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dons" title="Los Angeles Dons">Los Angeles Dons</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Memorial_Coliseum" title="Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum">Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers_(AAFC)" title="Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC)">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ebbets_Field" title="Ebbets Field">Ebbets Field</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Rockets" title="Chicago Rockets">Chicago Rockets</a> (<a href="/wiki/Soldier_Field" title="Soldier Field">Soldier Field</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees_(AAFC)" title="New York Yankees (AAFC)">New York Yankees</a> (<a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium_(1923)" title="Yankee Stadium (1923)">Yankee Stadium</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Stadium" title="Cleveland Stadium">Municipal Stadium</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miami_Seahawks" title="Miami Seahawks">Miami Seahawks</a> (<a href="/wiki/Miami_Orange_Bowl" title="Miami Orange Bowl">Burdine Stadium</a>‡) </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>†</b> — <i>Better known as War Memorial Stadium, also the first home of the NFL's <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bills" title="Buffalo Bills">Buffalo Bills</a>.</i> </p><p><b>‡</b> — <i>Later known as the Miami Orange Bowl.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Preseason">Preseason</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_AAFC_season&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Preseason"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The fledgling AAFC played a total of 7 preseason games in 1946, spaced over a three-week period, with the first exhibition game taking place August 18 in <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a>, where the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Chicago Rockets battled to a 14-14 tie.<sup id="cite_ref-C&R83_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C&R83-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brooklyn would lead the league with three preseason games played; other clubs such as Miami, Buffalo, and Cleveland, would only play a single exhibition contest.<sup id="cite_ref-C&R83_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C&R83-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Five of the seven preseason contests took place on the West coast, with contests in Portland, <a href="/wiki/Spokane" class="mw-redirect" title="Spokane">Spokane</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.<sup id="cite_ref-C&R83_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C&R83-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two games taking place in the Eastern time zone were held at neutral locations, apparently as a means of broadening potential fan interest, with the Cleveland Browns stopping Brooklyn by a score of 35-20 in <a href="/wiki/Akron,_Ohio" title="Akron, Ohio">Akron, Ohio</a>, and the Buffalo Bisons edging the Miami Seahawks, 23-21, in <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-C&R83_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C&R83-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_AAFC_season&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Regular season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Week_One">Week One</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_AAFC_season&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Week One"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marion_Motley,_American_football_fullback,_on_a_1950_football_card.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Marion_Motley%2C_American_football_fullback%2C_on_a_1950_football_card.jpg/200px-Marion_Motley%2C_American_football_fullback%2C_on_a_1950_football_card.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="252" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Marion_Motley%2C_American_football_fullback%2C_on_a_1950_football_card.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="282" data-file-height="355" /></a><figcaption><small>In addition to his role shattering the color barrier, powerful Cleveland fullback and linebacker Marion Motley was the AAFC's first black star.</small></figcaption></figure> <p>The 1946 regular season of the All-America Football Conference kicked off the night of Friday, September 6 at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium, where the Cleveland Browns — a team which featured two African-American players, <a href="/wiki/Marion_Motley" title="Marion Motley">Marion Motley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Willis" title="Bill Willis">Bill Willis</a> — hosted the visiting Miami Seahawks.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores84_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores84-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The game, attended by a massive crowd of 60,135, was the largest ever to see a regularly scheduled professional football game.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores84_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores84-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The result was never in doubt, as the <a href="/wiki/Paul_Brown" title="Paul Brown">Paul Brown</a>-coached Browns, led by quarter back <a href="/wiki/Otto_Graham" title="Otto Graham">Otto Graham</a> annihilated the hapless Seahawks by a score of 44-0.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores84_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores84-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The week continued with two games on Sunday, September 9, with the San Francisco 49ers giving up an early lead and falling to the visiting New York Yankees, 21-7, in front of about 35,000 people at Kezar Stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores84_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores84-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game two, single wing half back <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Dobbs" title="Glenn Dobbs">Glenn Dobbs</a> passed for one touchdown and lateraled for another midway through a 58-yard scoring run as the visiting Brooklyn Dodgers topped the Buffalo Bisons, 27-14, in front of Commissioner Jim Crowley and a crowd of 25,489 at Buffalo's Civic Stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores84_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores84-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chicago and Los Angeles had first week <a href="/wiki/Bye_(sports)" title="Bye (sports)">byes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores84_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores84-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Week_Two">Week Two</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_AAFC_season&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Week Two"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A four-game slate began with two Friday night tilts on September 13, with the Cleveland Browns giving up their first points of the season in the fourth quarter of a 20-6 drubbing of the Chicago Rockets in front of 51,962 fans at Chicago's Soldier Field.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores85_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores85-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scoring was opened with a 20-yard run by the Brown's powerful running back Marion Motley, with <a href="/wiki/Lou_Groza" title="Lou Groza">Lou Groza</a> adding two <a href="/wiki/Field_goal" title="Field goal">field goals</a> and two <a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_American_and_Canadian_football#Points_after_touchdown" title="Comparison of American and Canadian football">PATs</a>, running his season scoring total to 22 points.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores85_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores85-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Game two was a lightly attended contest in the massive Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, in which the Los Angeles Dons managed to hold on for a 20-14 win over the visiting Brooklyn Dodgers in front of an announced attendance of 19,500.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores85_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores85-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On Sunday, 40,606 fans turned out to Yankee Stadium to watch their New York Yankees win a sloppy, turnover-plagued contest over the visiting Buffalo Bisons.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores85_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores85-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Yankee fumble in the red zone was run back 95 yards for a touchdown by Buffalo's <a href="/wiki/Al_Vandeweghe" title="Al Vandeweghe">Al Vandeweghe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores85_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores85-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite substantially outgaining Buffalo over the course of the game, it took two touchdowns in the final quarter for the Yankees to achieve a come-from-behind win.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores85_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores85-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the second Sunday game, <a href="/wiki/Frankie_Albert" title="Frankie Albert">Frankie Albert</a> and the San Francisco 49ers made the Miami Seahawks the league's first 0-2 team with a 21-14 victory in front of a reported 25,000 people at Kezar Stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores85_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores85-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Week_Three">Week Three</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_AAFC_season&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Week Three"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The league once again split its action between Friday and Sunday in week 3, with the Chicago Rockets salvaging a 17-17 tie with the Yankees thanks to a 36-yard touchdown pass from QB <a href="/w/index.php?title=Walt_Williams_(quarterback)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Walt Williams (quarterback) (page does not exist)">Walt Williams</a> to halfback <a href="/wiki/Bill_Boedeker" title="Bill Boedeker">Bill Boedeker</a> with just 55 seconds remaining.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores86_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores86-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game 2, about 23,000 fans made their way to the LA Coliseum to see the Dons run their record to 2-0 in a 30-14 victory over the Miami Seahawks.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores86_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores86-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the lopsided final score, the game was close at halftime, with Miami hitting the locker room holding a 14-10 lead.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores86_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores86-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Twenty unanswered points in the second half, with the Dons' <a href="/wiki/Charlie_O%27Rourke" title="Charlie O'Rourke">Charlie O'Rourke</a> finishing the game with three touchdown passes as part of his 9-17 throwing effort.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores86_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores86-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On Sunday, September 22, the mighty Cleveland Browns went to Buffalo and took no prisoners in a 28-0 shutout that was virtually beyond doubt by the end of the first quarter.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores86_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores86-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cleveland star Otto Graham threw for two more touchdowns, including a 33-yard strike to Marion Motley out of the backfield, as the Browns cruised to their third straight victory.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores86_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores86-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Browns allowed just six points in their first three games, establishing themselves as the team to beat in the AAFC in 1946. In game 2, 35,000 people turned out at Kezar Stadium to watch Frankie Albert throw for two touchdowns and run for one more as part of a 32-13 disassembling of the visiting Brooklyn Dodgers.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores86_11-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores86-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Niners moved their season record to 2-1. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Week_Four">Week Four</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_AAFC_season&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Week Four"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The AAFC held its first Wednesday night contest to kick off week 4, drawing 20,768 fans to Soldier Field to witness an offensive shootout, won by the home team Chicago Rockets over the visiting Buffalo Bisons, 38-35.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores87_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores87-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A fourth quarter rally with 17 unanswered point was needed for the Rockets to escape with the narrow win, won with a walk-off chip-shot field goal by <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nemeth" title="Steve Nemeth">Steve Nemeth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores87_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores87-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The game was marked by the acrimonious departure of head coach <a href="/wiki/Dick_Hanley_(American_football)" title="Dick Hanley (American football)">Dick Hanley</a>, who watched the game from the stands after leaving the team owing to personal disagreements with owner <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_L._Keeshin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John L. Keeshin (page does not exist)">John L. Keeshin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores87_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores87-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With Brooklyn and Miami on the bye, both the Rockets and the Bisons were needed to play again on Sunday, Sept. 29, just four days later. The previously 0-4 Bisons managed a tie with the visiting Los Angeles Dons, 21-21, while the Rockets played another home game, winning twice in a single week with a 24-7 dispatching of the 49ers.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores87_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores87-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the final game of the week, the New York Yankees more than doubled the season points allowed total of the Cleveland Browns, scoring a first quarter touchdown en route to a 24-7 loss.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores87_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores87-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Browns went to 4-0 on the year in the victory. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Week_Five">Week Five</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_AAFC_season&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Week Five"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The fifth week of the AAFC's inaugural season opened with a pair of Friday night games. In the first, the visiting New York Yankees began to exert Eastern Division dominance with a 21–13 victory over the Buffalo Bisons in front of more than 17,000 fans.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores88_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores88-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yankee rookie <a href="/wiki/Spec_Sanders" title="Spec Sanders">Spec Sanders</a>, league leader in total offense, led the team to victory with a pair of fourth quarter scores — a touchdown pass and a 76-yard punt return to the house.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores88_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores88-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the second game, the Los Angeles Dons scored 21 unanswered points after halftime to notch a come-from-behind 21–9 victory over the Chicago Rockets at Soldier Field.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores88_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores88-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Only one game took place on Sunday, October 6, in which the Cleveland Browns extended their unbeaten record to five games with an easy 26–7 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers in front of 43,713 of the home faithful.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores88_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores88-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The league's first foray into football in the Deep South, a Tuesday tilt between the Seahawks and the visiting San Francisco 49ers was a debacle, with only 7,621 fans passing through the turnstiles to watch the dismantling of the home team by a score of 34–7.<sup id="cite_ref-Linescores88_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Linescores88-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 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href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1946_AAFC_Western_standings" title="Special:EditPage/Template:1946 AAFC Western standings"><span title="Edit this template">edit</span></a></li></ul></div> </th> <th width="25"><abbr title="Wins">W</abbr> </th> <th width="25"><abbr title="Losses">L</abbr> </th> <th width="25"><abbr title="Ties">T</abbr> </th> <th width="30"><abbr title="Winning percentage">PCT</abbr> </th> <th width="40"><abbr title="Win–Loss record within their conference">DIV</abbr> </th> <th width="30"><abbr title="Points For (Total points scored)">PF</abbr> </th> <th width="30"><abbr title="Points Against (Total points allowed)">PA</abbr> </th> <th width="30"><abbr title="Current Winning or Losing Streak">STK</abbr> </th></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1946_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1946 Cleveland Browns season">Cleveland Browns</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>.857 </td> <td>4–2 </td> <td>423 </td> <td>137 </td> <td>W5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1946_San_Francisco_49ers_season" title="1946 San Francisco 49ers season">San Francisco 49ers</a> </td> <td>9 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>.643 </td> <td>4–2 </td> <td>307 </td> <td>189 </td> <td>W3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1946_Los_Angeles_Dons_season" title="1946 Los Angeles Dons season">Los Angeles Dons</a> </td> <td>7 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>.583 </td> <td>2–3–1 </td> <td>305 </td> <td>290 </td> <td>T1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1946_Chicago_Rockets_season" title="1946 Chicago Rockets season">Chicago Rockets</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>.455 </td> <td>1–4–1 </td> <td>263 </td> <td>315 </td> <td>T1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><small><b>Note:</b> Tie games were not officially counted in the standings.</small></dd></dl> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Championship_game">Championship game</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_AAFC_season&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Championship game"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>AAFC Championship:</b> Cleveland 14, New York 9 (December 22 @ Cleveland) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="League_leaders,_awards,_and_achievements"><span id="League_leaders.2C_awards.2C_and_achievements"></span>League leaders, awards, and achievements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_AAFC_season&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: League leaders, awards, and achievements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Dobbs" title="Glenn Dobbs">Glenn Dobbs</a> led the league in passing yards (1,886), pass completions (135), total offense (2,094 yards), and punting (80 punts averaging 47.8 yards)<sup id="cite_ref-Lead_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lead-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Otto_Graham" title="Otto Graham">Otto Graham</a> led in passing efficiency (51.7) and touchdown passes (17).<sup id="cite_ref-Lead_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lead-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Spec_Sanders" title="Spec Sanders">Spec Sanders</a> led the league in rushing (709 on 140 carries for a 5.06 yard average).<sup id="cite_ref-Lead_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lead-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Lou_Groza" title="Lou Groza">Lou Groza</a> led in scoring with 84 points and also set a professional football record with 13 field goals and 45 extra points.<sup id="cite_ref-Lead_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lead-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Colella" title="Tommy Colella">Tommy Colella</a> of Cleveland led the league with 10 interceptions for 110 yards.<sup id="cite_ref-Lead_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lead-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1946_All-AAFC_teams">1946 All-AAFC teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_AAFC_season&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 1946 All-AAFC teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="United Press">United Press</a> (UP) selected an All-AAFC team in December 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The AAFC also announced an official All-AAFC team in January based on polling of reporters and broadcasters in member cities.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> (AP) selected an All-Pro team that included selections from both the NFL and the AAFC.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Three players received first-team honors on all three teams: tackle <a href="/wiki/Bruiser_Kinard" title="Bruiser Kinard">Bruiser Kinard</a> and halfbacks <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Dobbs" title="Glenn Dobbs">Glenn Dobbs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spec_Sanders" title="Spec Sanders">Spec Sanders</a>. A complete list of AAFC players receiving honors is as follows: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ends">Ends</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_AAFC_season&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Ends"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alyn_Beals" title="Alyn Beals">Alyn Beals</a>, San Francisco (AAFC-1, UP-1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dante_Lavelli" title="Dante Lavelli">Dante Lavelli</a>, Cleveland (AAFC-1, UP-2, AP-2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mac_Speedie" title="Mac Speedie">Mac Speedie</a>, Cleveland (AAFC-2, UP-1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Russell_(American_football)" title="Jack Russell (American football)">Jack Russell</a>, New York (AAFC-2, AP-2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Aguirre" title="Joe Aguirre">Joe Aguirre</a>, Los Angeles (UP-2)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tackles">Tackles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_AAFC_season&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Tackles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bruiser_Kinard" title="Bruiser Kinard">Bruiser Kinard</a>, New York (AAFC-1, UP-1, AP-1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Ruby" title="Martin Ruby">Martin Ruby</a>, Brooklyn (AAFC-1, UP-1, AP-2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Artoe" title="Lee Artoe">Lee Artoe</a>, Los Angeles (AAFC-2, UP-2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Groza" title="Lou Groza">Lou Groza</a>, Cleveland (UP-2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Reinhard" title="Bob Reinhard">Bob Reinhard</a>, Los Angeles (AAFC-2)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Guards">Guards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_AAFC_season&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Guards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Radovich" title="Bill Radovich">Bill Radovich</a>, Los Angeles (AAFC-2, UP-1, AP-1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruno_Banducci" title="Bruno Banducci">Bruno Banducci</a>, San Francisco (AAFC-1, UP-1, AP-2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Willis" title="Bill Willis">Bill Willis</a>, Cleveland (AAFC-1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Jungmichel" title="Buddy Jungmichel">Buddy Jungmichel</a>, Miami (AAFC-2, UP-2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Ulinski" title="Ed Ulinski">Ed Ulinski</a>, Cleveland (UP-2)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Centers">Centers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_AAFC_season&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Centers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Nelson_(center)" title="Bob Nelson (center)">Bob Nelson</a>, Los Angeles (AAFC-1, UP-1, AP-2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Scarry" title="Mike Scarry">Mike Scarry</a>, Cleveland (AAFC-2, UP-2)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Quarterbacks">Quarterbacks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_AAFC_season&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Quarterbacks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Otto_Graham" title="Otto Graham">Otto Graham</a>, Cleveland (AAFC-1, UP-1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankie_Albert" title="Frankie Albert">Frankie Albert</a>, San Francisco (AAFC-2, UP-2, AP-2)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Halfbacks">Halfbacks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_AAFC_season&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Halfbacks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Dobbs" title="Glenn Dobbs">Glenn Dobbs</a>, Brooklyn (AAFC-1, UP-1, AP-1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spec_Sanders" title="Spec Sanders">Spec Sanders</a>, New York (AAFC-1, UP-1, AP-1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hoernschemeyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Hoernschemeyer">Bob Hoernschemeyer</a>, Chicago (AAFC-2, UP-2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Juzwik" title="Steve Juzwik">Steve Juzwik</a>, Buffalo (AAFC-2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ace_Parker" title="Ace Parker">Ace Parker</a>, New York (UP-2)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fullbacks">Fullbacks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_AAFC_season&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Fullbacks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marion_Motley" title="Marion Motley">Marion Motley</a>, Cleveland (AAFC-1, UP-1, AP-2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norm_Standlee" title="Norm Standlee">Norm Standlee</a>, San Francisco, (AAFC-2, UP-2)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_AAFC_season&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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Crippen, <i>The Original Buffalo Bills: A History of the All-America Football Conference Team, 1946-1949.</i> Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2010.</li> <li>Kenneth R. Crippen and Matt Reaser (eds.), <i>The All-America Football Conference: Players, Coaches, Records, Games and Awards, 1946-1949.</i> Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2018</li> <li>John Keim, <i>Legends by the Lake: The Cleveland Browns at Municipal Stadium.</i> Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, 1999.</li> <li>Andy Piascik, <i>The Best Show in Football: The 1946–1955 Cleveland Browns.</i> Lanham MD: Taylor Trade Publishing, 2007.</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="1946_AAFC_season" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1946_AAFC_season_by_team" title="Template:1946 AAFC season by team"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:1946_AAFC_season_by_team" title="Template talk:1946 AAFC season by team"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1946_AAFC_season_by_team" title="Special:EditPage/Template:1946 AAFC season by team"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="1946_AAFC_season" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1946 AAFC season</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-size:110%;"><div style="padding:0"><table style="text-align:center; 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