AAFC Rivalries With the Most Lead Changes

The series where the all-time lead has changed hands the most times. Cleveland Browns and Los Angeles Dons have traded the lead 2 times.

 

# SeriesLead changesRecordGames
1 Cleveland Browns vs Los Angeles Dons6-2 in 8 games 26-28
2 Cleveland Browns vs San Francisco 49ers7-2 in 9 games 17-29
3 San Francisco 49ers vs Buffalo Bisons5-2-1 in 8 games 15-2-18
4 San Francisco 49ers vs Chicago Rockets7-1 in 8 games 17-18
5 Buffalo Bisons vs Chicago Rockets6-2 in 8 games 16-28
6 Buffalo Bisons vs Los Angeles Dons4-3-1 in 8 games 14-3-18
7 New York Yankees vs Chicago Rockets6-1-1 in 8 games 16-1-18
8 Buffalo Bisons vs Brooklyn Dodgers4-1-1 in 6 games 14-1-16

How this list works

A lead change is the other team moving ahead in the all-time series, counted game by game from the first meeting. Drawing level and then going back ahead does not count, and series whose lead never changed sides are left out.

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Records include games through Oct 27, 2026.

Sources

Records are computed from every final game result in the Matchup Index database. About the data.