1963 Buffalo Bills (AFL) |
| 1st place • Eastern Division • 7-6-1 .538 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Lou Saban |
| Herman Ball | Offensive Line |
| Joe Collier | Defensive Backs |
| Johnny Mazur | Receivers |
| Jerry Smith | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/9/1963 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 13-17 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 5721 | |
| Fri | 8/16/1963 | H | New York Jets | 23-8 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 19142 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1963 | H | Boston Patriots | 24-14 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 17697 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1963 | N | Denver Broncos | 21-14 | W | Winston-Salem, NC | Bowman Gray Stadium | 7000 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1963 | A | San Diego Chargers | 10-14 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 22344 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1963 | A | Oakland Raiders | 17-35 | L | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 17568 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1963 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 27-27 | T | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 33487 | |
| Sat | 9/28/1963 | H | Houston Oilers | 20-31 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 32340 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1963 | H | Oakland Raiders | 12-0 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 24846 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1963 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 35-26 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 25519 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1963 | A | Houston Oilers | 14-28 | L | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 23948 | |
| Sat | 10/26/1963 | H | Boston Patriots | 28-21 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 29243 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1963 | A | Denver Broncos | 30-28 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 19424 | |
| Sat | 11/9/1963 | H | Denver Broncos | 27-17 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 30989 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1963 | H | San Diego Chargers | 13-23 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 38593 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1963 | A | Boston Patriots | 7-17 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 16981 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1963 | H | New York Jets | 45-14 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 20222 | |
| Sat | 12/14/1963 | A | New York Jets | 19-10 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 5826 | |
| Eastern Division Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/28/1963 | H | Boston Patriots | 8-26 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 33044 | |
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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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ray Abruzzese | 46 | LS | 6-1 | 194 | 26 | Hinds CC; Alabama | 14 | 14 |
| Billy Atkins | 20 | S | 6-1 | 196 | 29 | Auburn | 1 | 0 |
| Stew Barber | 77 | LOT | 6-3 | 247 | 24 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| Glenn Bass | 88/27 | TE-HB | 6-2 | 202 | 24 | East Carolina | 9 | 0 |
| Dave Behrman | 51 | ROT-DT-C | 6-5 | 262 | 22 | Michigan State | 14 | 0 |
| Al Bemiller | 50 | C | 6-3 | 243 | 25 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| Hez Braxton | 33 | FB | 6-2 | 227 | 29 | Virginia Union | 1 | 0 |
| Fred Brown | 25 | FL | 5-11 | 186 | 25 | Georgia | 4 | 0 |
| Wray Carlton | 30 | HB | 6-2 | 218 | 26 | Duke | 4 | 2 |
| Carl Charon | 43 | RS | 5-10 | 190 | 23 | Michigan State | 12 | 2 |
| Wayne Crow | 22 | HB | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | California | 5 | 1 |
| Tom Day | 60 | ROG | 6-2 | 252 | 28 | North Carolina A&T State | 14 | 9 |
| Jerry DeLucca | 74 | ROT | 6-2 | 249 | 27 | Tennessee; Middle Tennessee State | 2 | 1 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 44 | FL | 6-0 | 189 | 30 | Bluffton | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Dunaway | 78 | RDT-LDT | 6-4 | 278 | 22 | Mississippi | 14 | 10 |
| Booker Edgerson | 24 | RCB | 5-10 | 182 | 24 | Western Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Charley Ferguson | 80 | SE | 6-5 | 218 | 24 | Tennessee State | 12 | 2 |
| George Flint | 73 | ROG | 6-4 | 243 | 26 | Arizona State | 9 | 5 |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 34 | FB | 6-3 | 249 | 28 | none | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Hudson | 79 | OT | 6-4 | 266 | 23 | Memphis | 2 | 2 |
| Harry Jacobs | 56 | MLB | 6-2 | 228 | 26 | Bradley | 14 | 12 |
| Jack Kemp | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 201 | 28 | Occidental | 14 | 12 |
| Roger Kochman | 45 | HB | 6-2 | 205 | 22 | Penn State | 5 | 4 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 12 | P-QB | 6-2 | 215 | 22 | Notre Dame | 14 | 1 |
| Chuck Leo | 64 | ROG | 6-0 | 238 | 29 | Indiana | 4 | 0 |
| Marv Matuszak | 55 | MLB-RLB | 6-3 | 232 | 32 | Tulsa | 14 | 2 |
| Ron McDole | 72 | RDE | 6-3 | 266 | 24 | Nebraska | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Miller | 81 | SE | 6-0 | 192 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 12 |
| LeRoy Moore | 87 | LDE | 6-0 | 231 | 28 | Fort Valley State | 2 | 2 |
| Jesse Murdock | 25 | FB | 6-2 | 203 | 27 | San Bernardino Valley JC; U.S. International | 6 | 0 |
| Herb Paterra | 57 | LLB-RLB | 6-1 | 222 | 23 | Michigan State | 10 | 0 |
| Ken Rice | 75 | ROT-LDE | 6-2 | 243 | 24 | Auburn | 14 | 14 |
| Hank Rivera | 20 | LS | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | Los Angeles CC; Oregon State | 3 | 0 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 40 | HB-LCB-FB | 6-1 | 204 | 22 | Notre Dame | 14 | 7 |
| George Saimes | 26 | RS-FB | 5-10 | 188 | 22 | Michigan State | 14 | 12 |
| Tom Sestak | 70 | RDT-LDT | 6-5 | 267 | 27 | Baylor; McNeese State | 14 | 14 |
| Billy Shaw | 66 | LOG | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Stratton | 58 | RLB | 6-3 | 236 | 22 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Gene Sykes | 23 | LS-RS | 6-1 | 196 | 22 | Louisiana State | 9 | 0 |
| John Tracey | 85 | LLB | 6-3 | 225 | 30 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Ernie Warlick | 84 | TE | 6-4 | 234 | 33 | North Carolina Central | 14 | 14 |
| Willie West | 47 | LCB | 5-10 | 188 | 25 | Oregon | 14 | 14 |
| Mack Yoho | 82 | RDE-K | 6-2 | 239 | 27 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | 12 |
| Sid Youngelman | 76 | LDE-LDT | 6-3 | 257 | 32 | Alabama | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Dave Behrman | C | Michigan State |
| 2 | 9 | Jim Dunaway | T | Mississippi |
| 2 | 12 | Tom Hutchinson | E | Kentucky |
| 3 | 20 | Tom Brown | HB | Maryland |
| 4 | 28 | Tom Woodeshick | HB | West Virginia |
| 5 | 36 | Bob Jencks | E | Miami (Ohio) |
| 6 | 44 | Jim Moss | LB | South Carolina |
| 7 | 52 | Jim Kanicki | T | Michigan State |
| 9 | 68 | Larry Stallings | LB | Georgia Tech |
| 10 | 76 | Ron Snidow | T | Oregon |
| 11 | 83 | Ronnie Goodwin | HB | Baylor |
| 14 | 108 | John Simmons | E | Tulsa |
| 15 | 116 | Paul Underhill | FB | Missouri |
| 16 | 124 | Ed Hoerster | LB | Notre Dame |
| 17 | 132 | Jeff Slabaugh | T | Indiana |
| 18 | 140 | Herb Paterra | LB | Michigan State |
| 19 | 148 | Gene Sykes | E | Louisiana State |
| 20 | 156 | Harlow Fullwood | T | Virginia Union |
| 21 | 164 | Ed Adamchik | T | Pittsburgh |
| 22 | 172 | Chuck Walker | T | Duke |
| 23 | 180 | Bob Middleton | E | Ohio State |
| 24 | 188 | Daryle Lamonica | QB | Notre Dame |
| 25 | 196 | Ron Carlson | E | Wisconsin |
| 26 | 204 | Willis Crenshaw | FB | Kansas State |
| 27 | 212 | Dick Quast | G | Memphis |
| 28 | 220 | Leon Mavity | HB | Colorado |
| 29 | 228 | Charlie Killett | HB | Memphis |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 60 | 88 | 83 | 73 | 304 |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 86 | 74 | 73 | 291 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 272 | 107 | 147 | 18 | / % | / % | 63 | 532 | |
| Opponents Totals | 224 | 63 | 147 | 14 | / % | / % | 50 | 453 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie Gilchrist | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||
| Mack Yoho | 0 | 32 | 37 | 86.5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 24 | 41.7 | 0 | 62 |
| Jack Kemp | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Elbert Dubenion | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Charley Ferguson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bill Miller | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Glenn Bass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Fred Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Carl Charon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Roger Kochman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Rutkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Stratton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ernie Warlick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Daryle Lamonica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Tracey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Team Totals | 39 | 32 | 37 | 86.5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 41.7 | 2 | 304 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 35 | 35 | 100.0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 38.5 | 1 | 291 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mack Yoho | 10 | 24 | 41.7 | 2 | 41 | 4/5 | 3/4 | 2/8 | 1/7 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 24 | 41.7 | 2 | 41 | 4/5 | 3/4 | 2/8 | 1/7 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 26 | 38.5 | 2/2 | 2/3 | 3/7 | 3/11 | 0/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie Gilchrist | 232 | 979 | 4.2 | 32 | 12 |
| Roger Kochman | 47 | 232 | 4.9 | 48 | 0 |
| Jack Kemp | 50 | 239 | 4.8 | 26 | 8 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 48 | 144 | 3.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Wray Carlton | 29 | 125 | 4.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Glenn Bass | 14 | 59 | 4.2 | 9 | 0 |
| George Saimes | 12 | 41 | 3.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Fred Brown | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 8L | 1 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 9 | 8 | 0.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Wayne Crow | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 453 | 1851 | 4.1 | 48 | 21 |
| Opponents Totals | 303 | 1217 | 4.0 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Kemp | 384 | 193 | 50.3 | 171 | 2910 | 7.6 | 15.1 | 89t | 13 | 3.4 | 20 | 5.2 | 65.2 | |||
| Daryle Lamonica | 71 | 33 | 46.5 | 34 | 437 | 6.2 | 13.2 | 74t | 3 | 4.2 | 4 | 5.6 | 57.1 | |||
| Cookie Gilchrist | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Ed Rutkowski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 457 | 227 | 49.7 | 206 | 3382 | 7.4 | 14.9 | 89t | 16 | 3.5 | 24 | 5.3 | 36 | 319 | 3063 | 64.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 472 | 218 | 46.2 | 232 | 3228 | 6.8 | 14.8 | 24 | 5.1 | 22 | 4.7 | 38 | 372 | 2856 | 66.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Miller | 69 | 860 | 12.5 | 36 | 3 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 53 | 959 | 18.1 | 89t | 4 |
| Ernie Warlick | 24 | 479 | 20.0 | 55t | 1 |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 24 | 211 | 8.8 | 42 | 2 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 19 | 264 | 13.9 | 58t | 1 |
| Charley Ferguson | 9 | 181 | 20.1 | 72t | 3 |
| Glenn Bass | 9 | 153 | 17.0 | 74t | 1 |
| George Saimes | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Wayne Crow | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Roger Kochman | 4 | 148 | 37.0 | 68 | 1 |
| Fred Brown | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Stratton | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Wray Carlton | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 227 | 3382 | 14.9 | 89t | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 218 | 3228 | 14.8 | 24 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie West | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 23 | 0 |
| John Tracey | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 15 | 0 |
| George Saimes | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Mike Stratton | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 26t | 1 |
| Ray Abruzzese | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Harry Jacobs | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Booker Edgerson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 156 | 7.1 | 26t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daryle Lamonica | 55 | 2086 | 37.9 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Wayne Crow | 10 | 424 | 42.4 | 57 | 0 | 4 | 16 | |||
| Team Totals | 65 | 2510 | 38.6 | 57 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 144 | 2251 | 36.9 |
| Opponents Totals | 80 | 3209 | 40.1 | 68 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 316 | 2833 | 35.4 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Abruzzese | 17 | 8 | 152 | 8.9 | 32 | 0 |
| Willie West | 11 | 6 | 86 | 7.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 8 | 6 | 67 | 8.4 | 29 | 0 |
| Roger Kochman | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 37 | 22 | 316 | 8.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 21 | 144 | 6.9 | 27 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Rutkowski | 13 | 396 | 30.5 | 65 | 0 | |
| Elbert Dubenion | 13 | 333 | 25.6 | 39 | 0 | |
| George Saimes | 7 | 140 | 20.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Ray Abruzzese | 6 | 118 | 19.7 | 25 | 0 | |
| Willie West | 6 | 146 | 24.3 | 32 | 0 | |
| Fred Brown | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| John Tracey | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Hank Rivera | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Stew Barber | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Marv Matuszak | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herb Paterra | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 52 | 1133 | 21.8 | 65 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 1239 | 20.7 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stew Barber | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wray Carlton | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Carl Charon | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Elbert Dubenion | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Dunaway | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Booker Edgerson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Cookie Gilchrist | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Harry Jacobs | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Jack Kemp | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Daryle Lamonica | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| LeRoy Moore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ed Rutkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| George Saimes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| John Tracey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Willie West | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sid Youngelman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 25 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 0 |
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