The 1949

1949 in sports

-American football:* Cleveland Browns 21–7 San Francisco 49ers for the All-America Football Conference championship. After the 1949 season, the Browns, 49ers and original Baltimore Colts all joined the NFL for the 1950 season....

 Cleveland Browns

Cleveland Browns

The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 season was the team's fourth and final season with the All-America Football Conference

All-America Football Conference

The All-America Football Conference was a professional American football league that challenged the established National Football League from 1946 to 1949. One of the NFL's most formidable challengers, the AAFC attracted many of the nation's best players, and introduced many lasting innovations...

. The Browns won their fourth straight league championship. In the season's sixth game on October 9, 1949, the San Francisco 49ers

San Francisco 49ers

The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...

 stopped the Browns' professional football record long unbeaten streak after 29 games. The streak started two years before on October 19, 1947, and included two league championship games and two tie games.

Pre-season results

Week	Date	Opponent	Results		Stadium	Attendance
			Score	Record
1	1949	Chicago Rockets Chicago Rockets The Chicago Rockets was an American football team that played in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949. During the 1949 season, the team was known as the Chicago Hornets...	W 21–0	1–0	Glass Bowl Glass Bowl The Glass Bowl is a stadium in Toledo, Ohio. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the University of Toledo Rockets. It is located on the school's Bancroft campus, just south of the banks of the Ottawa River...	13,500 (est)
2	1949	San Francisco 49ers San Francisco 49ers The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...	T 21–21	1–0–1	Cleveland Stadium Cleveland Stadium Cleveland Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium, located in Cleveland, Ohio. In its final years, the stadium seated 74,438, for baseball and 81,000, for football. It was one of the early multi-purpose stadiums, built to accommodate both baseball and football...	31,157
3	1949	New York Yankees	W 28–21	2–0–1	Rubber Bowl Rubber Bowl The Rubber Bowl is a stadium in Akron, Ohio primarily used for American football. From 1940 to 2008, it served as the home field of the University of Akron's Zips football team...	19,441

Regular season results

Week	Date	Opponent	Results		Stadium	Attendance
			Score	Record
1	September 5, 1949	at Buffalo Bills Buffalo Bills (AAFC) The Buffalo Bills was an American Football team, based in Buffalo, NY, that played in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949. During its first season in 1946, the team was known as the Buffalo Bisons...	T 28–28	0–0–1	War Memorial Stadium War Memorial Stadium (Buffalo) War Memorial Stadium is the name of a stadium that formerly stood in Buffalo, New York. The stadium was on a rectangular block near the downtown area. Its main entrance was at Jefferson Avenue to the east and Best Street to the south...	31,839
2	September 11, 1949	Baltimore Colts Baltimore Colts (1947-50) The Baltimore Colts were a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The first team to bear the name Baltimore Colts, they were members of the All-America Football Conference from 1947–1949, and then joined the National Football League for one season before folding...	W 21–0	1–0–1	Cleveland Stadium Cleveland Stadium Cleveland Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium, located in Cleveland, Ohio. In its final years, the stadium seated 74,438, for baseball and 81,000, for football. It was one of the early multi-purpose stadiums, built to accommodate both baseball and football...	21,621
3	September 18, 1949	New York Yankees	W 14–3	2–0–1	Cleveland Stadium	26,312
4	September 26, 1949	at Baltimore Colts	W 28–20	3–0–1	Memorial Stadium Memorial Stadium (Baltimore) Memorial Stadium was a sports stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, that formerly stood on 33rd Street on an over-sized block also bounded by Ellerslie Avenue , 36th Street , and Ednor Road...	36,837
5	October 2, 1949	Los Angeles Dons	W 42–7	4–0–1	Cleveland Stadium	30,465
6	October 9, 1949	at San Francisco 49ers	L 28–56	4–1–1	Kezar Stadium Kezar Stadium Kezar Stadium is a stadium located adjacent to Kezar Pavilion in the southeastern corner of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California. It is the former home of the Oakland Raiders and the San Francisco 49ers of the NFL, and of the San Francisco Dragons of MLL. It also served as the home of the...	59,720
7	October 14, 1949	at Los Angeles Dons Los Angeles Dons The Los Angeles Dons were an American football team in the now defunct All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949 that played in the Los Angeles Coliseum....	W 61–14	5–1–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports stadium in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, at Exposition Park, that is home to the Pacific-12 Conference's University of Southern California Trojans football team...	27,427
8	October 30, 1949	San Francisco 49ers	W 30–28	6–1–1	Cleveland Stadium	72,189
9	November 6, 1949	Chicago Hornets	W 35–2	7–1–1	Cleveland Stadium	16,506
10	November 13, 1949	Buffalo Bills	T 7–7	7–1–2	Cleveland Stadium	22,511
11	November 20, 1949	at New York Yankees	W 31–0	8–1–2	Yankee Stadium	50,711
12	November 24, 1949	at Chicago Hornets Chicago Rockets The Chicago Rockets was an American football team that played in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949. During the 1949 season, the team was known as the Chicago Hornets...	W 14–6	9–1–2	Soldier Field Soldier Field Soldier Field is located on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois, United States, in the Near South Side. It is home to the NFL's Chicago Bears...	5,031

Post-season results

Description	Date	Opponent	Results		Site	Attendance
			Score	Record
League Semi-Final Game	December 4, 1949	Buffalo Bills Buffalo Bills (AAFC) The Buffalo Bills was an American Football team, based in Buffalo, NY, that played in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949. During its first season in 1946, the team was known as the Buffalo Bisons...	W 31–21	1–0	Cleveland Stadium	17,270
League Championship Game	December 11, 1949	San Francisco 49ers San Francisco 49ers The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...	W 21–7	2–0	Cleveland Stadium	22,550
AAFC Finale Shamrock Bowl	December 18, 1949	AAFC All-Stars	L 7–12	2–1	Houston, TX	unknown