| Baltimore Colts at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: October 31, 1948 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: Civic Stadium Attendance: 23964 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 62 F Humidty: 50% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BAL | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Billy Hillenbrand 65 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Rex Grossman kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Chet Mutryn 3 run (Bob Steuber kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Bill Gompers 43 run (Bob Steuber kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Charlie O'Rourke 1 run (Rex Grossman kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Rex Grossman 30 FG | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Chet Mutryn 1 run (Bob Steuber kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Chet Mutryn 49 pass from George Ratterman (Bob Steuber kick) | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Bill O'Connor 35 pass from George Ratterman (Bob Steuber kick) | 17 | 35 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 51 | LOE | Lamar Davis |
| 41 | LOT | Ernie Blandin |
| 31 | LOG | Dick Barwegen |
| 22 | C | Bert Corley |
| 30 | ROG | Bill Garrett |
| 44 | ROT | Lee Artoe |
| 56 | ROE | Joe Smith |
| 63 | QB | Y.A. Tittle |
| 82 | LOH | Billy Hillenbrand |
| 85 | ROH | Bob Pfohl |
| 89 | FB | Lu Gambino |
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | Bob Nowaskey |
| 48 | LDT | John Mellus |
| 22 | MG | Bert Corley |
| 44 | RDT | Lee Artoe |
| 57 | RDE | Hub Bechtol |
| 31 | LB | Dick Barwegen |
| 89 | LB | Lu Gambino |
| 20/23 | LB | Ralph Stewart |
| 51 | DB | Lamar Davis |
| 80 | DB | Aubrey Fowler |
| 81 | DB | Jake Leicht |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 57 | LOE | Al Baldwin |
| 43 | LOT | Graham Armstrong |
| 32 | LOG | Hal Lahar |
| 22 | C | Art Statuto |
| 35 | ROG | Rocco Pirro |
| 46 | ROT | John Kerns |
| 55 | ROE | Bill O'Connor |
| 61 | QB | George Ratterman |
| 83 | LOH | Chet Mutryn |
| 80 | ROH | Bob Steuber |
| 87 | FB | Lou Tomasetti |
| Defense | ||
| 58 | LDE | Vince Mazza |
| 47 | LDT | John Kissell |
| 37 | MG | Vince Scott |
| 45 | RDT | Jack Carpenter |
| 51 | RDE | George Kisiday |
| 75 | LLB | Vic Kulbitski |
| 33 | MLB | John Wyhonic |
| 74 | RLB | Carl Schuette |
| 82 | LDH | Rex Bumgardner |
| 81 | S | Chick Maggioli |
| 80 | RDH | Bob Steuber |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Lu Gambino | 17 | 73 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Pfohl | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Y.A. Tittle | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Jake Leicht | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | |
| Charlie O'Rourke | 1 | 1 | 1;0.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Joe Smith | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Bob Steuber | 14 | 78 | 5.6 | 1 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 12 | 60 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Gompers | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 1 | |
| Chet Mutryn | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 1 | |
| Don Schneider | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| George Ratterman | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | -12 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 16 | 11 | 68.8 | 0 | 161 | 10.1 | 1 | 122.1 | |||
| Charlie O'Rourke | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 0 | 108 | 7.2 | 0 | 71.0 | |||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| George Ratterman | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 1 | 280 | 14.0 | 2 | 116.7 | |||
| Chet Mutryn | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 118.7 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Billy Hillenbrand | 5 | 150 | 30.0 | 1 | |
| Win Williams | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 0 | |
| Lamar Davis | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Jake Leicht | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Joe Smith | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Pfohl | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Lu Gambino | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Johnny Vardian | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Al Baldwin | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| Bill O'Connor | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 1 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | |
| Chet Mutryn | 2 | 89 | 44.5 | 1 | |
| Art Statuto | 0 | 2 | 2L | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Aubrey Fowler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Charlie O'Rourke | 5 | 207 | 41.4 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Jim Still | 3 | 98 | 32.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Bob Pfohl | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Win Williams | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Jake Leicht | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Rex Bumgardner | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | ||
| Chet Mutryn | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Bob Steuber | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Billy Hillenbrand | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Bob Steuber | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Chet Mutryn | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
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