1949 Buffalo Bills (AAFC) |
| 4th place 5-5-2 .500 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Lowell Dawson (1-4-1); Clem Crowe (4-1-1) |
| Clem Crowe | Line |
| Joel Hunt | Backfield |
| Hank Reese | Line |
| John Scafide | Assistant Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/5/1949 | H | Jersey City Giants | 79-0 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 31890 | |
| Wed | 8/10/1949 | N | Baltimore Colts | 12-28 | L | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Park | 2953 | |
| Sun | 8/14/1949 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 10-21 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 28084 | |
| Fri | 8/19/1949 | H | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 48-0 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 12697 | |
| Fri | 8/26/1949 | A | Chicago Hornets | 14-17 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 23800 | |
| Mon | 9/5/1949 | H | Cleveland Browns | 28-28 | T | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 31839 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1949 | H | Brooklyn-New York Yankees | 14-17 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 30410 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1949 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 28-17 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 32097 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1949 | H | Baltimore Colts | 28-35 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 25692 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1949 | A | Los Angeles Dons | 28-42 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 16575 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1949 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 7-51 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 35476 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1949 | H | Los Angeles Dons | 17-14 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 21310 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1949 | A | Charlotte Clippers | - | Charlotte, NC | Memorial Stadium | |||
| Sun | 11/6/1949 | A | Brooklyn-New York Yankees | 17-14 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 16758 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1949 | A | Cleveland Browns | 7-7 | T | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 22511 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1949 | H | Chicago Hornets | 10-0 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 18494 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1949 | A | Baltimore Colts | 38-14 | W | Baltimore, MD | Muncipal Stadium | 16323 | |
| First Round Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/4/1949 | A | Cleveland Browns | 21-31 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 17270 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| Schedule Notes |
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 42 | Chet Adams | RDT-K | 6-3 | 240 | 34 | Ohio University | 12 | 12 |
| 57 | Al Baldwin | LOE-LDH? | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | Arkansas | 12 | 12 |
| 82 | Rex Bumgardner | ROH | 5-11 | 193 | 26 | West Virginia | 11 | 8 |
| 45 | Jack Carpenter | LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 235 | 26 | Columbia; Missouri; Michigan | 7 | 7 |
| 70 | Ollie Cline | FB | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Ohio State | 11 | 11 |
| 88 | Tommy Colella | LDH-ROH | 6-0 | 187 | 31 | Canisius | 12 | 5 |
| 87 | Jesse Freitas | QB | 5-10 | 175 | 28 | Santa Clara | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Abe Gibron | LOG-LOT | 5-11 | 243 | 24 | Valparaiso; Purdue | 10 | 10 |
| 52 | Paul Gibson | LDH-ROE | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | North Carolina State | 12 | 8 |
| 26 | Hal Herring | MLB-C | 6-1 | 211 | 25 | Auburn | 12 | 5 |
| 36 | Ed Hirsch | RLB | 5-10 | 210 | 28 | Northwestern | 11 | 1 |
| 80 | Larry Joe | LOH | 5-9 | 190 | 26 | Penn State | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | John Kerns | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 245 | 26 | Ohio University; Duke; North Carolina; Ohio University | 12 | 12 |
| 31 | Eddie King | MG | 6-0 | 217 | 24 | Boston College | 5 | 4 |
| 47 | John Kissell | LDT-ROT | 6-2 | 245 | 26 | Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| 71 | Veto Kissell | ROH-RDH-FB-LB | 5-10 | 205 | 22 | Holy Cross | 12 | 0 |
| 80 | Bobby Livingstone | S-LOH | 6-0 | 173 | 27 | Notre Dame | 5 | 5 |
| 59 | Jim Lukens | ROE | 6-4 | 205 | 25 | Washington & Lee | 11 | 10 |
| 49 | John Maskas | MG | 5-11 | 212 | 29 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 7 |
| 58 | Vince Mazza | LDE | 6-1 | 216 | 24 | none | 12 | 12 |
| 83 | Chet Mutryn | LOH | 5-9 | 179 | 28 | Xavier (Ohio) | 11 | 11 |
| 56 | Bob Oristaglio | RDE-ROE | 6-2 | 214 | 25 | Pennsylvania | 12 | 4 |
| 35 | Rocco Pirro | ROG | 6-0 | 226 | 33 | Catholic | 11 | 11 |
| 61 | George Ratterman | QB | 6-0 | 192 | 23 | Notre Dame | 11 | 11 |
| 72 | Bill Schroll | LLB-FB | 6-0 | 214 | 23 | Louisiana State | 12 | 12 |
| 23 | Carl Schuette | RLB | 6-1 | 206 | 27 | Marquette | 12 | 12 |
| 53 | Bill Stanton | RDE | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | North Carolina State | 11 | 8 |
| 22 | Art Statuto | C | 6-2 | 221 | 24 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| 32 | Odell Stautzenberger | LOG-MG? | 6-0 | 218 | 25 | Texas A&M | 11 | 8 |
| 62 | Jim Still | QB | 6-3 | 193 | 25 | Mississippi Gulf Coast CC; Georgia Tech | 11 | 1 |
| 86 | Joe Sutton | S-LOH | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | Temple | 11 | 7 |
| 74 | Lou Tomasetti | ROH-FB | 6-0 | 198 | 33 | Bucknell | 12 | 4 |
| 34 | Vic Vasicek | MLB-LOG-ROG | 5-11 | 223 | 23 | Southern California; Texas | 12 | 7 |
| 87 | Wilbur Volz | RDH-ROH | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Missouri | 9 | 0 |
| 85 | Alex Wizbicki | RDH-ROH | 5-11 | 188 | 28 | Holy Cross; Dartmouth; Holy Cross | 12 | 12 |
| 33 | John Wyhonic | LB | 6-0 | 213 | 30 | Alabama | 3 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST - SECRET | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 6 | Abe Gibron | G | Purdue | |
| 2 | 14 | Frank Tripucka | QB | Notre Dame | |
| DRAFT LIST | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Bill Kay | T | Iowa | |
| 3 | 15 | Huey Keeney | B | Rice | |
| 3 | 19 | Veto Kissell | B | Holy Cross | |
| 4 | 27 | Wilbur Volz | B | Missouri | |
| 5 | 35 | Frank Gaul | G | Notre Dame | |
| 6 | 43 | Frank Guess | B | Texas | |
| 7 | 51 | Hal Entsminger | QB | Missouri | |
| 8 | 59 | Vic Vasicek | G | Texas | |
| 9 | 67 | Alex Verdova | B | Ohio State | |
| 10 | 75 | Al Russas | E | Tennessee | |
| 11 | 83 | Ernie Settembre | T | Miami (Florida) | |
| 12 | 91 | Milt Kormarnicki | C | Villanova | |
| 13 | 99 | Butch Songin | QB | Boston College | |
| 14 | 107 | Leon Cooper | T | Hardin-Simmons | |
| 15 | 115 | Clay Tonnemaker | C | Minnesota | |
| 16 | 123 | Rob Goode | B | Texas A&M | |
| 17 | 131 | Art Donovan | G | Boston College | |
| 18 | 137 | Jim Goodman | T | Maryland | |
| 19 | 143 | Merlin London | E | Oklahoma State | |
| 20 | 149 | Marty Breen | C | Canisius | |
| 21 | 155 | John Simon | G | Penn State | |
| 25 | 170 | Bernie Hanula | T | Wake Forest | |
| 26 | 175 | Bobby Deuber | B | Pennsylvania | |
| 27 | 180 | Floyd Lewis | G | Southern Methodist | |
| 28 | 185 | Leon Cochran | B | Auburn | |
| 29 | 190 | Joe Leonard | T | Virginia | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 77 | 55 | 56 | 48 | |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 79 | 49 | 76 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 184 | 111 | 61 | 12 | / % | / % | 59 | 454 | |
| Opponents Totals | 139 | 69 | 62 | 8 | / % | / % | 54 | 419 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chet Adams | 0 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 4 | 11 | 36.4 | 0 | 44 |
| Al Baldwin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Rex Bumgardner | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Chet Mutryn | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| George Ratterman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ollie Cline | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Lou Tomasetti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jim Lukens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bobby Livingstone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Joe Sutton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Wilbur Volz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 32 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 4 | 11 | 36.4 | 0 | 236 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 35 | 35 | 100.0 | 3 | 16 | 18.8 | 1 | 256 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chet Adams | 4 | 11 | 36.4 | 3/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | ||
| Team Totals | 4 | 11 | 36.4 | 3/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | ||
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 16 | 18.8 | 0/ | 3/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chet Mutryn | 131 | 696 | 5.3 | 5 | |
| Ollie Cline | 125 | 518 | 4.1 | 3 | |
| Rex Bumgardner | 101 | 391 | 3.9 | 1 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 54 | 249 | 4.6 | 2 | |
| George Ratterman | 36 | 85 | 2.4 | 4 | |
| Joe Sutton | 9 | 63 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Veto Kissell | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 0 | |
| Larry Joe | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Jesse Freitas | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Wilbur Volz | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 1 | |
| Jim Still | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Al Baldwin | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Livingstone | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Colella | 7 | -9 | -1.3 | 0 | |
| Alex Wizbicki | 5 | -10 | -2.0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 492 | 2047 | 4.2 | 16 | |
| Opponents Totals | 385 | 1616 | 4.2 | 57t | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Ratterman | 252 | 146 | 146 | 93 | 1777 | 7.1 | 12.2 | 14 | 5.6 | 13 | 5.2 | 76.8 | ||||
| Jim Still | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 86 | 7.2 | 14.3 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 8.3 | 66.7 | ||||
| Jesse Freitas | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 22.2 | 12.0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 273 | 156 | 156 | 101 | 1873 | 6.9 | 12.0 | 15 | 5.5 | 16 | 5.9 | 72.2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 282 | 132 | 132 | 141 | 2109 | 7.5 | 16.0 | 80t | 18 | 6.4 | 9 | 3.2 | 28 | 110 | 1999 | 80.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Baldwin | 53 | 719 | 13.6 | 7 | |
| Chet Mutryn | 29 | 333 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Lukens | 24 | 249 | 10.4 | 2 | |
| Ollie Cline | 15 | 110 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 9 | 56 | 6.2 | 1 | |
| Rex Bumgardner | 7 | 168 | 24.0 | 4 | |
| Joe Sutton | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 1 | |
| Paul Gibson | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | |
| Veto Kissell | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| Jack Carpenter | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Tommy Colella | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Larry Joe | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Oristaglio | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Wilbur Volz | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Abe Gibron | 0 | 3 | 3L | 0 | |
| Vic Vasicek | 0 | 5 | 5L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 156 | 1873 | 12.0 | 15 | |
| Opponents Totals | 132 | 2109 | 16.0 | 80 | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Colella | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | |
| Veto Kissell | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Paul Gibson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Livingstone | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Schroll | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Hal Herring | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Wizbicki | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 84 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 250 | 15.6 | 55 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Colella | 44 | 1554 | 35.3 | 1 | ||||||
| Jim Still | 16 | 614 | 38.4 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 60 | 2168 | 36.1 | 1 | 343 | 30.4 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 0 | 400 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Livingstone | 10 | 171 | 17.1 | 79t | 1 | |
| Chet Mutryn | 7 | 77 | 11.0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Sutton | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Colella | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | ||
| Rex Bumgardner | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | ||
| Lou Tomasetti | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 34 | 400 | 11.8 | 79t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 343 | 11.8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chet Mutryn | 10 | 224 | 22.4 | 0 | ||
| Rex Bumgardner | 9 | 163 | 18.1 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Colella | 7 | 107 | 15.3 | 0 | ||
| Joe Sutton | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 0 | ||
| Wilbur Volz | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Livingstone | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Alex Wizbicki | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Ollie Cline | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Larry Joe | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Veto Kissell | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 40 | 729 | 18.2 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 34 | 18 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 22 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 3 |
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