1964 Buffalo Bills (AFL) |
| 1st place • Eastern Division • 12-2-0 .857 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Lou Saban |
| Joe Collier | Defensive Backs/Linebackers |
| Harvey Johnson | Assistant Defense |
| Johnny Mazur | Backs/Receivers |
| Jerry Smith | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/8/1964 | N | New York Jets | 26-13 | W | Tampa, FL | Phillips Field | 5860 | |
| Fri | 8/14/1964 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 21-24 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 17738 | |
| Sun | 8/23/1964 | A | Oakland Raiders | 31-34 | L | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 10243 | |
| Fri | 8/28/1964 | H | Boston Patriots | 24-14 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 12566 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1964 | H | New York Jets | 17-19 | L | Kingston, PA | Kingston Stadium | 5982 | |
| Sun | 9/13/1964 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 34-17 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 30157 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1964 | H | Denver Broncos | 30-13 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 28501 | |
| Sat | 9/26/1964 | H | San Diego Chargers | 30-3 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 40167 | |
| Sat | 10/3/1964 | H | Oakland Raiders | 23-20 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 36461 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1964 | A | Houston Oilers | 48-17 | W | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 26218 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1964 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 35-22 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 20904 | |
| Sat | 10/24/1964 | H | New York Jets | 34-24 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 39621 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1964 | H | Houston Oilers | 24-10 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 40119 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1964 | A | New York Jets | 20-7 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 60300 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1964 | H | Boston Patriots | 28-36 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 42308 | |
| Thu | 11/26/1964 | A | San Diego Chargers | 27-24 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 34865 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1964 | A | Oakland Raiders | 13-16 | L | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 18134 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1964 | A | Denver Broncos | 30-19 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 14431 | |
| Sun | 12/20/1964 | A | Boston Patriots | 24-14 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 38021 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/26/1964 | H | San Diego Chargers | 20-7 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 40242 | |
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 | 27 | Hinds CC; Alabama | 9 | 3 |
| Joe Auer | 43 | HB | 6-1 | 207 | 23 | Miami (Florida); Georgia Tech | 12 | 7 |
| Stew Barber | 77 | LOT | 6-3 | 247 | 25 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| Glenn Bass | 85 | SE | 6-2 | 202 | 25 | East Carolina | 14 | 13 |
| Al Bemiller | 50 | ROG | 6-3 | 243 | 26 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| Butch Byrd | 42 | RCB | 6-0 | 203 | 23 | Boston University | 14 | 14 |
| Wray Carlton | 30 | HB | 6-2 | 218 | 27 | Duke | 4 | 4 |
| Hagood Clarke | 45 | LS-RS | 6-0 | 193 | 22 | Florida | 14 | 3 |
| Walt Cudzik | 53 | C | 6-2 | 231 | 32 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Day | 88 | RDE | 6-2 | 252 | 29 | North Carolina A&T State | 14 | 14 |
| Ollie Dobbins | 25 | LCB-RCB | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Morgan State | 14 | 1 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 44 | FL | 6-0 | 189 | 31 | Bluffton | 14 | 13 |
| Jim Dunaway | 78 | LDT | 6-4 | 278 | 23 | Mississippi | 14 | 11 |
| Booker Edgerson | 24 | LCB | 5-10 | 182 | 25 | Western Illinois | 10 | 10 |
| George Flint | 73 | LOG | 6-4 | 243 | 27 | Arizona State | 14 | 0 |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 34 | FB | 6-3 | 249 | 29 | none | 14 | 14 |
| Pete Gogolak | 3 | K | 6-2 | 193 | 22 | Cornell | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Groman | 81 | SE-FL | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | Heidelberg | 5 | 0 |
| Dick Hudson | 79 | ROT | 6-4 | 266 | 24 | Memphis | 14 | 14 |
| Harry Jacobs | 64 | MLB | 6-2 | 228 | 27 | Bradley | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Keating | 74 | LDT | 6-3 | 246 | 22 | Michigan | 3 | 3 |
| Jack Kemp | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 201 | 29 | Occidental | 14 | 13 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 12 | QB | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | Notre Dame | 14 | 1 |
| Paul Maguire | 55 | P-LB | 6-0 | 224 | 26 | The Citadel | 14 | 0 |
| Ron McDole | 72 | LDE | 6-3 | 266 | 25 | Nebraska | 14 | 14 |
| Dudley Meredith | 75 | LDT-DE | 6-4 | 280 | 29 | Del Mar JC; Midwestern State; Lamar | 11 | 0 |
| Joe O'Donnell | 67 | LOT-ROT | 6-2 | 249 | 23 | Michigan | 14 | 0 |
| Hatch Rosdahl | 83 | LDE-RDE | 6-5 | 250 | 23 | Penn State | 4 | 0 |
| Willie Ross | 47 | FB | 5-10 | 200 | 23 | Nebraska | 12 | 0 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 40 | SE-FL | 6-1 | 204 | 23 | Notre Dame | 14 | 2 |
| George Saimes | 26 | RS | 5-10 | 188 | 23 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Sestak | 70 | RDT | 6-5 | 267 | 28 | Baylor; McNeese State | 14 | 14 |
| Billy Shaw | 66 | LOG | 6-3 | 250 | 26 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Bobby Smith | 20 | HB-FB | 6-0 | 203 | 22 | North Texas | 14 | 3 |
| Mike Stratton | 58 | RLB | 6-3 | 236 | 23 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Gene Sykes | 23 | LS | 6-1 | 196 | 23 | Louisiana State | 10 | 8 |
| John Tracey | 51 | LLB | 6-3 | 225 | 31 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Ernie Warlick | 84 | TE | 6-4 | 234 | 34 | North Carolina Central | 14 | 14 |
| Charley Warner | 22 | LCB | 5-11 | 178 | 24 | Prairie View A&M | 4 | 3 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 5 | Carl Eller | T | Minnesota |
| 2 | 12 | Dick Evey | DE | Tennessee |
| 3 | 21 | George Rose | DB | Auburn |
| 4 | 25 | Butch Byrd | HB | Boston University |
| 4 | 28 | Paul Warfield | HB | Ohio State |
| 5 | 37 | Mike Reilly | LB | Iowa |
| 7 | 53 | Roger Pillath | T | Wisconsin |
| 9 | 69 | Paul Martha | HB | Pittsburgh |
| 10 | 76 | Howard Simpson | E | Auburn |
| 10 | 77 | Earl Lattimer | FB-LB | Michigan State |
| 11 | 81 | Bobby Smith | HB | North Texas |
| 11 | 85 | Cloyd Webb | E | Iowa |
| 12 | 90 | Willie Ross | HB | Nebraska |
| 12 | 92 | Pete Gogolak | K | Cornell |
| 13 | 101 | Joe O'Donnell | G-LB | Michigan |
| 14 | 108 | Remi Prudhomme | T | Louisiana State |
| 15 | 117 | Billy Simpson | T | Baylor |
| 16 | 125 | John Hilton | E | Richmond |
| 17 | 133 | Larry Kramer | T | Nebraska |
| 18 | 141 | Hagood Clarke | HB | Florida |
| 19 | 149 | Don Montgomery | E | North Carolina State |
| 20 | 157 | Bob Dugan | T | Mississippi State |
| 21 | 165 | John Deibert | T | Penn State |
| 22 | 173 | John Briscoe | LB | Arizona |
| 23 | 181 | John Evans | T | Memphis |
| 24 | 189 | Dick Schott | T | Louisville |
| 25 | 197 | Tom Urbanik | DB | Penn State |
| 26 | 205 | Allen Jacobs | FB | Utah |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 95 | 113 | 63 | 129 | 400 |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 47 | 93 | 49 | 242 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 255 | 114 | 130 | 11 | / % | / % | 62 | 511 | |
| Opponents Totals | 206 | 48 | 145 | 13 | / % | / % | 54 | 577 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Gogolak | 0 | 45 | 46 | 97.8 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 29 | 65.5 | 0 | 102 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Glenn Bass | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Daryle Lamonica | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | ||
| Cookie Gilchrist | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Jack Kemp | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bobby Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Joe Auer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Butch Byrd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Wray Carlton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Hagood Clarke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Groman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Willie Ross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Rutkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Sestak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ron McDole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Mike Stratton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 48 | 45 | 46 | 97.8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 29 | 65.5 | 3 | 400 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 22 | 23 | 95.7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 51.9 | 0 | 242 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Gogolak | 19 | 29 | 65.5 | 2 | 47 | 9/9 | 3/6 | 5/8 | 2/3 | 0/3 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 29 | 65.5 | 2 | 47 | 9/9 | 3/6 | 5/8 | 2/3 | 0/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 27 | 51.9 | 4/5 | 2/2 | 2/8 | 5/9 | 1/3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie Gilchrist | 230 | 981 | 4.3 | 67t | 6 |
| Bobby Smith | 62 | 306 | 4.9 | 37t | 4 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 55 | 289 | 5.3 | 18 | 6 |
| Joe Auer | 63 | 191 | 3.0 | 21 | 2 |
| Jack Kemp | 37 | 124 | 3.4 | 14 | 5 |
| Wray Carlton | 39 | 114 | 2.9 | 11 | 1 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Willie Ross | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 12 | 1 |
| Dick Hudson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 492 | 2040 | 4.1 | 67 | 25 |
| Opponents Totals | 300 | 913 | 3.0 | 4 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Kemp | 269 | 119 | 44.2 | 124 | 2285 | 8.5 | 19.2 | 94t | 13 | 4.8 | 26 | 9.7 | 50.9 | |||
| Daryle Lamonica | 128 | 55 | 43.0 | 65 | 1137 | 8.9 | 20.7 | 89 | 6 | 4.7 | 8 | 6.3 | 64.5 | |||
| Team Totals | 397 | 174 | 43.8 | 189 | 3422 | 8.6 | 19.7 | 94t | 19 | 4.8 | 34 | 8.6 | 35 | 256 | 3166 | 54.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 517 | 241 | 46.6 | 248 | 3361 | 6.5 | 13.9 | 24 | 4.6 | 28 | 5.4 | 50 | 396 | 2965 | 60.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Bass | 43 | 897 | 20.9 | 94t | 7 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 42 | 1139 | 27.1 | 72 | 10 |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 30 | 345 | 11.5 | 37 | 0 |
| Ernie Warlick | 23 | 478 | 20.8 | 45 | 0 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 13 | 234 | 18.0 | 46t | 1 |
| Joe Auer | 11 | 166 | 15.1 | 43 | 0 |
| Bobby Smith | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Bill Groman | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 22t | 1 |
| Wray Carlton | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 174 | 3422 | 19.7 | 94t | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 241 | 3361 | 13.9 | 24 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Byrd | 7 | 178 | 25.4 | 75t | 1 |
| George Saimes | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Booker Edgerson | 4 | 130 | 32.5 | 91 | 0 |
| John Tracey | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Gene Sykes | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Harry Jacobs | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Charley Warner | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Tom Sestak | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15t | 1 |
| Ron McDole | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Stratton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 470 | 16.8 | 91 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 406 | 11.9 | 65 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Maguire | 65 | 2777 | 42.7 | 64 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 250 | 2447 | 37.6 |
| Team Totals | 65 | 2777 | 42.7 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 250 | 2447 | 37.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 87 | 3649 | 41.9 | 1 | 421 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hagood Clarke | 33 | 3 | 317 | 9.6 | 53t | 1 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 8 | 7 | 45 | 5.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Charley Warner | 3 | 0 | 55 | 18.3 | 40 | 0 |
| Butch Byrd | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ray Abruzzese | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 46 | 18 | 421 | 9.2 | 53t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 250 | 10.4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Rutkowski | 21 | 498 | 23.7 | 57 | 0 | |
| Hagood Clarke | 16 | 330 | 20.6 | 41 | 0 | |
| Charley Warner | 5 | 121 | 24.2 | 30 | 0 | |
| Bobby Smith | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 28 | 0 | |
| Stew Barber | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Maguire | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Auer | 0 | 1 | 1L | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 48 | 1018 | 21.2 | 57 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 1385 | 23.5 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Auer | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Glenn Bass | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Al Bemiller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Wray Carlton | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hagood Clarke | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Dunaway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Booker Edgerson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Cookie Gilchrist | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Keating | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jack Kemp | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Daryle Lamonica | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ron McDole | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Joe O'Donnell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Hatch Rosdahl | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ed Rutkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| George Saimes | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Tom Sestak | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Stratton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| John Tracey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Charley Warner | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 32 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 39 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 1 |
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