1962 Buffalo Bills (AFL) |
| 3rd place Eastern Division 7-6-1 .538 |
| Head Coach: Lou Saban |
| Joe Collier | Defensive Backs |
| Johnny Mazur | Receivers |
| Red Miller | Offensive Line |
| Jerry Smith | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/12/1962 | A | New York Titans | 20-10 | W | New Haven, CT | Bowen Field | 11118 | |
| Wed | 8/15/1962 | H | Boston Patriots | 7-12 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 22112 | |
| Sat | 8/18/1962 | N | New York Titans | - | Atlanta, GA | ||||
| Thu | 8/23/1962 | N | Houston Oilers | 21-14 | W | Mobile, AL | Ladd Memorial Stadium | 17257 | |
| Sat | 9/1/1962 | A | Boston Patriots | 7-6 | W | Boston, MA | Boston University Field | 8783 | |
| Sun | 9/9/1962 | H | Houston Oilers | 23-28 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 31236 | |
| Sat | 9/15/1962 | H | Denver Broncos | 20-23 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 30557 | |
| Sat | 9/22/1962 | H | New York Titans | 6-17 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 24024 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1962 | A | Dallas Texans | 21-41 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 25500 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1962 | A | Houston Oilers | 14-17 | L | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 26350 | |
| Sat | 10/13/1962 | H | San Diego Chargers | 35-10 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 20074 | |
| Sat | 10/20/1962 | H | Oakland Raiders | 14-6 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 21037 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1962 | A | Denver Broncos | 45-38 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 26051 | |
| Sat | 11/3/1962 | H | Boston Patriots | 28-28 | T | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 33247 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1962 | A | San Diego Chargers | 40-20 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 22204 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1962 | A | Oakland Raiders | 10-6 | W | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 11700 | |
| Fri | 11/23/1962 | A | Boston Patriots | 10-21 | L | Boston, MA | Boston University Field | 20021 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1962 | H | Dallas Texans | 23-14 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 35261 | |
| Sat | 12/8/1962 | A | New York Titans | 20-3 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 16453 | |
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 |
| 46 | Ray Abruzzese | LS-RS-CB | 6-1 | 194 | 25 | Hinds CC; Alabama | 12 | 4 |
| 33 | Art Baker | FB | 6-0 | 220 | 25 | Syracuse | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | Stew Barber | LOT | 6-3 | 247 | 23 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| 88 | Glenn Bass | SE | 6-2 | 202 | 23 | East Carolina | 14 | 14 |
| 50 | Al Bemiller | C | 6-3 | 243 | 24 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| 75 | Nate Borden | RDE | 6-0 | 234 | 31 | Indiana | 9 | 6 |
| 27 | Joe Cannavino | RS | 5-11 | 186 | 27 | Ohio State | 4 | 4 |
| 30 | Wray Carlton | HB | 6-2 | 218 | 25 | Duke | 11 | 11 |
| 43 | Carl Charon | LCB-RS | 5-10 | 190 | 22 | Michigan State | 14 | 13 |
| 80 | Monte Crockett | TE-SE | 6-3 | 215 | 24 | New Mexico Highlands | 12 | 0 |
| 25 | Jim Crotty | LCB | 5-10 | 192 | 24 | Notre Dame | 3 | 1 |
| 22 | Wayne Crow | HB-P | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | California | 14 | 3 |
| 60 | Tom Day | ROG | 6-2 | 252 | 27 | North Carolina A&T State | 14 | 14 |
| 72 | Jerry DeLucca | LOT-ROT | 6-2 | 249 | 26 | Tennessee; Middle Tennessee State | 14 | 0 |
| 12 | Al Dorow | QB | 6-0 | 193 | 33 | Michigan State | 4 | 4 |
| 44 | Elbert Dubenion | FL | 6-0 | 189 | 29 | Bluffton | 14 | 14 |
| 24 | Booker Edgerson | RCB | 5-10 | 182 | 23 | Western Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| 57 | Ralph Felton | RLB | 5-10 | 210 | 30 | Maryland | 4 | 3 |
| 73 | George Flint | ROG-LOG | 6-4 | 243 | 25 | Arizona State | 14 | 0 |
| 34 | Cookie Gilchrist | FB | 6-3 | 249 | 27 | none | 14 | 14 |
| 75 | Don Healy | DE | 6-3 | 259 | 26 | Maryland | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Carey Henley | FB | 5-10 | 188 | 26 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | Frank Jackunas | C | 6-3 | 215 | 22 | Detroit Mercy | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | Willie Jones | FB-DB | 6-0 | 209 | 23 | Purdue | 10 | 0 |
| 15 | Jack Kemp | QB | 6-1 | 201 | 27 | Occidental | 4 | 2 |
| 54 | Tom Louderback | LB | 6-2 | 235 | 29 | Santa Rosa JC; San Jose State | 2 | 1 |
| 56 | Archie Matsos | MLB | 6-0 | 215 | 28 | Michigan State | 14 | 12 |
| 55 | Marv Matuszak | LLB | 6-3 | 232 | 31 | Tulsa | 14 | 14 |
| 25 | Tommy Minter | RCB-LCB | 5-10 | 175 | 23 | Baylor | 5 | 0 |
| 87 | LeRoy Moore | RDE | 6-0 | 231 | 27 | Fort Valley State | 6 | 4 |
| 74 | Harold Olson | ROT | 6-3 | 259 | 24 | Clemson | 14 | 14 |
| 17 | Warren Rabb | QB | 6-1 | 202 | 25 | Louisiana State | 14 | 8 |
| 81 | Tom Rychlec | SE | 6-2 | 220 | 28 | American International | 6 | 0 |
| 75 | Tom Saidock | RDT | 6-5 | 261 | 32 | Michigan State | 2 | 1 |
| 70 | Tom Sestak | RDT | 6-5 | 267 | 26 | Baylor; McNeese State | 14 | 13 |
| 66 | Billy Shaw | LOG | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| 79 | Jim Sorey | LDT-LDE | 6-3 | 278 | 26 | Texas Southern | 14 | 4 |
| 58 | Mike Stratton | RLB | 6-3 | 236 | 21 | Tennessee | 12 | 10 |
| 23 | Carl Taseff | LS | 5-11 | 182 | 34 | John Carroll | 11 | 11 |
| 87 | LaVerne Torczon | RDE | 6-2 | 243 | 26 | Nebraska | 4 | 4 |
| 85 | John Tracey | MLB-RLB-TE | 6-3 | 225 | 29 | Texas A&M | 12 | 2 |
| 84 | Ernie Warlick | TE | 6-4 | 234 | 32 | North Carolina Central | 14 | 14 |
| 47 | Willie West | LCB | 5-10 | 188 | 24 | Oregon | 12 | 7 |
| 12 | Manch Wheeler | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Maine | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | John Yaccino | CB-S | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 0 |
| 82 | Mack Yoho | LDE-K | 6-2 | 239 | 26 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | 13 |
| 76 | Sid Youngelman | LDT | 6-3 | 257 | 31 | Alabama | 14 | 11 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Ernie Davis | HB | Syracuse |
| 2 | 12 | Glenn Glass | HB | Tennessee |
| 3 | 20 | Jack Elwell | E | Purdue |
| 5 | 36 | Tom Dellinger | HB | North Carolina State |
| 6 | 44 | Dave Viti | E | Boston University |
| 7 | 52 | Jim LeCompte | G | North Carolina |
| 8 | 60 | Paul White | HB | Florida |
| 9 | 68 | Bill Saul | C | Penn State |
| 10 | 76 | Amos Bullocks | HB | Southern Illinois |
| 11 | 84 | Jerry Croft | G | Bowling Green State |
| 11 | 86 | Tom Pennington | E | Georgia |
| 13 | 99 | Ron Gassert | T | Virginia |
| 13 | 100 | Mike Stratton | E | Tennessee |
| 14 | 108 | Ron Skufca | T | Purdue |
| 15 | 116 | Roger Kochman | HB | Penn State |
| 16 | 124 | Frank Imperiale | T | Southern Illinois |
| 17 | 132 | Tom Sestak | E | McNeese State |
| 18 | 140 | Joe Kehoe | E | Virginia |
| 19 | 148 | Bill Johnson | LB | Southeastern Louisiana |
| 20 | 156 | Sam Tidmore | E | Ohio State |
| 21 | 164 | Carey Henley | HB | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 22 | 172 | Tom Hall | E | Minnesota |
| 23 | 180 | Ray Abruzzese | HB | Alabama |
| 24 | 188 | Stan Sczurek | G | Purdue |
| 25 | 196 | Dave Gash | E | Kentucky |
| 26 | 204 | Ed Reynolds | T | Tulane |
| 27 | 212 | Claude Crabb | HB | Colorado |
| 28 | 220 | Roy Walker | FB | Purdue |
| 29 | 228 | Jim Beaver | G | Florida |
| 30 | 236 | Cody Binkley | C | Vanderbilt |
| 31 | 244 | Jim Collier | E | Arkansas |
| 32 | 252 | Ken Ericson | E | Syracuse |
| 33 | 260 | Tony Parrilli | G | Illinois |
| 34 | 268 | Ben Charles | QB | Southern California |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 77 | 87 | 67 | 78 | |
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 52 | 66 | 90 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 238 | 119 | 96 | 23 | / % | / % | 74 | 797 | |
| Opponents Totals | 229 | 89 | 129 | 11 | / % | / % | 80 | 786 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie Gilchrist | 15 | 14 | 16 | 87.5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 40.0 | 0 | 128 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Glenn Bass | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Mack Yoho | 0 | 20 | 24 | 83.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 23 |
| Warren Rabb | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Wray Carlton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Carl Charon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Wayne Crow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ernie Warlick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Art Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jack Kemp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| LeRoy Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Rychlec | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Sestak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 41 | 34 | 40 | 85.0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 39.1 | 0 | 309 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 30 | 33 | 90.9 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 50.0 | 0 | 272 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie Gilchrist | 8 | 20 | 40.0 | 1 | 42 | 2/4 | 2/5 | 2/3 | 2/7 | 0/1 |
| Mack Yoho | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 36 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 23 | 39.1 | 1 | 42 | 2/4 | 2/5 | 3/6 | 2/7 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 20 | 50.0 | 2/ | 4/ | 3/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie Gilchrist | 214 | 1096 | 5.1 | 44 | 13 |
| Wayne Crow | 110 | 589 | 5.4 | 52 | 1 |
| Wray Carlton | 94 | 530 | 5.6 | 51 | 2 |
| Warren Rabb | 37 | 77 | 2.1 | 14 | 3 |
| Al Dorow | 15 | 57 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Jack Kemp | 12 | 56 | 4.7 | 28 | 1 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 43 | 0 |
| Willie Jones | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Art Baker | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Manch Wheeler | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Carey Henley | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 501 | 2480 | 5.0 | 52 | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 373 | 1687 | 4.5 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Rabb | 177 | 67 | 37.9 | 96 | 1196 | 6.8 | 17.9 | 76t | 10 | 5.6 | 14 | 7.9 | 47.7 | |||
| Jack Kemp | 94 | 51 | 54.3 | 39 | 636 | 6.8 | 12.5 | 31 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | 4.3 | 68.4 | |||
| Al Dorow | 75 | 30 | 40.0 | 38 | 333 | 4.4 | 11.1 | 34 | 2 | 2.7 | 7 | 9.3 | 23.9 | |||
| Wayne Crow | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 16 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 20.8 | |||
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 351 | 150 | 42.7 | 175 | 2181 | 6.2 | 14.5 | 86 | 15 | 4.3 | 26 | 7.4 | 23 | 197 | 1984 | 47.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 440 | 215 | 48.9 | 189 | 2996 | 6.8 | 13.9 | 24 | 5.5 | 36 | 8.2 | 32 | 254 | 2742 | 55.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Warlick | 35 | 482 | 13.8 | 25 | 2 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 33 | 571 | 17.3 | 75t | 5 |
| Glenn Bass | 32 | 555 | 17.3 | 76t | 4 |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 24 | 319 | 13.3 | 86 | 2 |
| Wayne Crow | 8 | 80 | 10.0 | 25 | 1 |
| Wray Carlton | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Tom Rychlec | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Art Baker | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| John Tracey | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Monte Crockett | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 150 | 2181 | 14.5 | 86 | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 215 | 2996 | 13.9 | 24 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Charon | 7 | 131 | 18.7 | 25 | 1 |
| Booker Edgerson | 6 | 111 | 18.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Mike Stratton | 6 | 99 | 16.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Marv Matuszak | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Ray Abruzzese | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Willie West | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Carl Taseff | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Joe Cannavino | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Tom Sestak | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| LeRoy Moore | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| Ralph Felton | 0 | 1 | 1L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 505 | 14.0 | 40 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 299 | 11.5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Crow | 75 | 2946 | 39.3 | 59 | 1 | 202 | ||||
| Team Totals | 76 | 2946 | 38.8 | 59 | 1 | 202 | 36.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 2665 | 38.1 | 196 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie West | 15 | 3 | 124 | 8.3 | 45 | 0 |
| Carl Taseff | 4 | 0 | 18 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Ray Abruzzese | 3 | 4 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Tom Sestak | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tom Rychlec | 1 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Joe Cannavino | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Booker Edgerson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carl Charon | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3L | 0 | |
| Willie Jones | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 27 | 12 | 196 | 7.1 | 45 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 202 | 6.1 | 47 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Jones | 14 | 287 | 20.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Ray Abruzzese | 10 | 194 | 19.4 | 39 | 0 | |
| Elbert Dubenion | 7 | 231 | 33.0 | 93t | 1 | |
| Art Baker | 7 | 220 | 31.4 | 100t | 1 | |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 7 | 150 | 21.4 | 34 | 0 | |
| Carey Henley | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| George Flint | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Jerry DeLucca | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 52 | 1176 | 22.6 | 100t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 1177 | 21.0 | 95t | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Abruzzese | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Al Bemiller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Joe Cannavino | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Wray Carlton | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Monte Crockett | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Crow | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Al Dorow | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Elbert Dubenion | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Booker Edgerson | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Cookie Gilchrist | 7 | 0 | |||||
| Willie Jones | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Jack Kemp | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Archie Matsos | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Marv Matuszak | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| LeRoy Moore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Warren Rabb | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Tom Sestak | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mike Stratton | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Ernie Warlick | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Sid Youngelman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 27 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 0 |
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