In the AAFC's first game, on September 6, 1946, the Cleveland Browns hosted the Miami Seahawks, winning 44-0 before a pro record crowd of more than 60,000 fans. This historic game would prove a microcosm of the new league.  Largely due to Paul Brown's innovations in organization and coaching, the Browns were on their way to setting a new standard of pro football excellence. 1946 would be the first of four AAFC Championships for the Browns, as they would dominate the league in each of the four seasons. The Miami Seahawks would have their first and only season in 1946, becoming the first major pro franchise hosted in Miami. However, the Seahawks would struggle on the field with a league worst 3-11-0 record, and even worse at the box office, as they would lose $350,000 and be forced to fold.  After the season, a financial group in Baltimore would purchase the team, and reorganize it, thus producing the original incarnation of the Baltimore Colts. Florida would not have another sports franchise until the Miami Dolphins would join the American Football League in 1966. The large crowd at the Cleveland-Miami game was the first of many large gates that the AAFCs most popular teams (Cleveland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York) would attract, surpassing the NFL. The score, however, was the first sign of the AAFCs greatest problem. The league would have a wide gap between its best and worst teams, and its standings would be remarkably consistent from year to year. Finally, this game marked the end of pro footballs color line. The Browns' Marion Motley and Bill Willis, both future Hall of Famers, became the first black players to play pro football since 1933. (The NFL Rams, who had also signed two black players, UCLA great Kenny Washington and future actor Woody Strode, opened several weeks later.) Notably, this was before Jackie Robinson's debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers, as Robinson was then playing for the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers' top farm team. In coming years, the AAFC would tap this talent pool more than the NFL, with 20 black players compared with the NFLs seven in 1949. Other than New York, all of the quality teams were in the Western Division. In the West, Cleveland led with a 12-2 record, three games ahead of San Francisco, followed by Los Angeles and Chicago. In the East, New York was the only team to win more than three games, finishing 10-3-1. Brooklyn and Buffalo were seven games behind, followed by Miami. Despite Brooklyn's record, its tailback Glenn Dobbs led the league in passing and was named the MVP. The title game was a tight affair, with the Browns coming from behind late in the fourth quarter to defeat the Yankees 14-9. Despite the fiasco in Miami, the AAFC had enjoyed a successful debut, establishing a high level of play and doing well at the gate. The NFL likewise set attendance highs for both its season and title game. However, salaries shot up with two leagues competing for players, so the only teams to make a profit were the two champions, the Browns and the NFL Chicago Bears.