Paul Brown moved several spots to the NFL career coaching victory list.
The NFL owners approved the proposal by the Competition Committee on Tuesday, and approved the incorporation of statistics for national football conferences on players, coaches and teams into official NFL records.
The AAFC existed from 1946 to 1949, with Paul Brown’s Cleveland team winning each title that year. The Browns, San Francisco 49ers and the original Baltimore Colts joined the NFL in 1950. The Colts disbanded a year later and returned in 1953 as a new franchise.
The AAFC had published statistical supplements, including single-game records, after the final season of 1949, but score sheets for all individual games were not available at the time. However, these scoresheets have now been recovered and after consultations with the Elias Sports Bureau and the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the statistics are part of the official record.
The NFL incorporated statistics into official records from the AFL after the league merged in 1970.
This gave Brown 52 additional regular season and playoff victories to his previous total of 170, moving from 22nd to seventh in 22nd.
The incorporation of AAFC statistics includes the 1948 season, when the Browns went 14-0 in the regular season and won the championship game in a perfect 15-0 season.
The Miami Dolphins in 1972 were 17-0, with only one NFL team that played off the regular season and playoffs unbeaten. Some of that team members celebrate their achievements with champagne each year after every NFL team has at least one loss.
As the NFL’s only unbeaten team during the playoff era when the NFL began in 1933, the NFL plans to individually list AAFC champions in their record books.
The quality of the AAFC as a league was shown in 1950 when the Browns won the NFL title in their first year in the New League. The Pro Football Hall of Fame has two AAFC coaches and 15 players. This includes famous names such as Otto Graham, Rugrosa, Elleuhirsch, Tom Landry, Marion Motley, Joe Perry, and Yatitled.
Tittle is currently moving from 65th in career yards, which has been 44th between Steve Young and Troy Aikman, with Motley’s 5.7 yards per carry, being the best at running back with at least 750 carrys and the fourth best at any player. Grosa moves from 41st to 24th with a score of 1,608 points.
For team records, the 1948 49ers had a single-season rushing record of 3,663 yards, earning 3,296 previous marks in 2019 by the Ravens. San Francisco’s 6.07 yards per carry is also a new record for the season.
