March 24, 2010

List of the Day: Best Pass Receiving Seasons, AAFC

(1946-49)


TOP 10 RECEPTIONS
1- Mac Speedie, 1947 Cleveland Browns
67 rec., 1146 yds., 17.1 avg., 6 TD

2- Mac Speedie, 1949 Cleveland Browns
62 rec., 1028 yds., 16.6 avg., 7 TD

3- Mac Speedie, 1948 Cleveland Browns
58 rec., 816 yds., 14.1 avg., 4 TD

4- Al Baldwin, 1948 Buffalo Bills
54 rec., 916 yds., 17.0 avg., 8 TD

5- Al Baldwin, 1949 Buffalo Bills
53 rec., 719 yds., 13.6 avg., 7 TD

6(tied)- Billy Hillenbrand, 1948 Baltimore Colts
50 rec., 970 yds., 19.4 avg., 6 TD

6(tied)- Fay King, 1948 Chicago Rockets
50 rec., 647 yds., 12.9 avg., 7 TD

8- Dante Lavelli, 1947 Cleveland Browns
49 rec., 799 yds., 16.3 avg., 9 TD

9- Alyn Beals, 1947 San Francisco 49ers
47 rec., 655 yds., 13.9 avg., 10 TD

10(tied)-Lamar Davis, 1947 Baltimore Colts
46 rec., 515 yds., 11.2 avg., 2 TD

10(tied)-Alyn Beals, 1948 San Francisco 49ers
46 rec., 591 yds., 12.8 avg., 14 TD


BEST BY FRANCHISES NOT IN TOP 10
Los Angeles Dons: Joe Aguirre, 1948
38 rec., 599 yds., 15.8 avg., 9 TD

Brooklyn Dodgers: Saxon Judd, 1946
34 rec., 443 yds., 13.0 avg., 4 TD

New York Yankees: Bruce Alford, 1948
32 rec., 578 yds., 18.1 avg., 3 TD

Miami Seahawks: Lamar Davis, 1946*
22 rec., 275 yds., 12.5 avg., 2 TD

* Seahawks played only in 1946


Dante Lavelli

TOP 10 YARDS
1- Mac Speedie, 1947 Cleveland Browns
1146 yds., 67 rec., 17.1 avg., 6 TD

2- Mac Speedie, 1949 Cleveland Browns
1028 yds., 62 rec., 16.6 avg., 7 TD

3- Billy Hillenbrand, 1948 Baltimore Colts
970 yds., 50 rec., 19.4 avg., 6 TD

4- Al Baldwin, 1948 Buffalo Bills
916 yds., 54 rec., 17.0 avg., 8 TD

5- Dante Lavelli, 1946 Cleveland Browns
843 yds., 40 rec., 21.1 avg., 8 TD

6- Mac Speedie, 1948 Cleveland Browns
816 yds., 58 rec., 14.1 avg., 4 TD

7- Dante Lavelli, 1947 Cleveland Browns
799 yds., 49 rec., 16.3 avg., 9 TD

8- Chet Mutryn, 1948 Buffalo Bills
794 yds., 39 rec., 20.4 avg., 5 TD

9- Ray Ramsey, 1947 Chicago Rockets
768 yds., 35 rec., 21.9 avg., 8 TD

10-Lamar Davis, 1948 Baltimore Colts
765 yds., 41 rec., 18.7 avg., 7 TD


BEST BY FRANCHISES NOT IN TOP 10
San Francisco 49ers: Alyn Beals, 1949
678 yds., 44 rec., 15.4 avg., 12 TD

Los Angeles Dons: Joe Aguirre, 1948
599 yds., 38 rec., 15.8 avg., 9 TD

New York Yankees: Bruce Alford, 1948
578 yds., 32 rec., 18.1 avg., 3 TD

Brooklyn Dodgers: Saxon Judd, 1946
443 yds., 34 rec., 13.0 avg., 4 TD

Miami Seahawks: Lamar Davis, 1946*
275 yds., 22 rec., 12.5 avg., 2 TD

* Seahawks played only in 1946