1948 Buffalo Bills (AAFC) |
| 1st place • Eastern Division • 7-7-0 .500 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Eastern Division Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/12/1948 | A | Baltimore Colts | 28-17 | W | Baltimore, MD | Muncipal Stadium | 27327 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/19/1948 | A | Cleveland Browns | 7-49 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 22981 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Al Akins | 90 | ROH | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | Washington State; Washington | 1 | 1 |
| Graham Armstrong | 43 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 230 | 30 | John Carroll | 2 | 2 |
| Ed Balatti | 50 | E | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | none | 2 | 0 |
| Al Baldwin | 57 | LOE | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | Arkansas | 2 | 1 |
| Jack Baldwin | 23 | C | 6-3 | 223 | 27 | Centenary | 1 | 0 |
| Rex Bumgardner | 82 | ROH | 5-11 | 193 | 25 | West Virginia | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Carpenter | 45 | RDT | 6-0 | 235 | 25 | Columbia; Missouri; Michigan | 2 | 1 |
| Paul Gibson | 52 | E | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | North Carolina State | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Gompers | 88 | RH | 6-1 | 190 | 20 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 |
| Ed Hirsch | 25 | LLB | 5-10 | 210 | 27 | Northwestern | 2 | 1 |
| John Kerns | 46 | ROT | 6-3 | 245 | 25 | Ohio University; Duke; North Carolina; Ohio University | 2 | 1 |
| Eddie King | 31 | G | 6-0 | 217 | 23 | Boston College | 2 | 0 |
| George Kisiday | 51 | 5-11 | 210 | 25 | Duquesne; Columbia | 2 | 1 | |
| John Kissell | 47 | LDT | 6-2 | 245 | 25 | Boston College | 4 | 1 |
| Vic Kulbitski | 75 | B | 5-10 | 205 | 27 | Minnesota; Notre Dame; Minnesota | 2 | 0 |
| Hal Lahar | 32 | LOG- | 6-0 | 225 | 29 | Oklahoma | 2 | 1 |
| Chick Maggioli | 81 | HB | 5-10 | 178 | 26 | Indiana; Notre Dame; Illinois | 2 | 1 |
| Vince Mazza | 58 | LDE | 6-1 | 216 | 23 | none | 2 | 1 |
| Chet Mutryn | 83 | LOH | 5-9 | 179 | 27 | Xavier (Ohio) | 2 | 1 |
| Bill O'Connor | 55 | ROE | 6-4 | 220 | 22 | Notre Dame | 2 | 1 |
| Rocco Pirro | 35 | G | 6-0 | 226 | 32 | Catholic | 2 | 0 |
| Felto Prewitt | 21 | C | 5-11 | 212 | 24 | Tulsa | 2 | 1 |
| George Ratterman | 61 | QB | 6-0 | 192 | 22 | Notre Dame | 2 | 1 |
| Don Schneider | 89 | S | 5-9 | 175 | 25 | Pennsylvania | 2 | 1 |
| Carl Schuette | 74 | RLB | 6-1 | 206 | 26 | Marquette | 2 | 1 |
| Vince Scott | 37 | MG | 5-8 | 215 | 26 | Notre Dame | 2 | 1 |
| Art Statuto | 22 | C | 6-2 | 221 | 23 | Notre Dame | 2 | 1 |
| Jim Still | 63 | B | 6-3 | 193 | 24 | Mississippi Gulf Coast CC; Georgia Tech | 2 | 0 |
| Lou Tomasetti | 87 | FB | 6-0 | 198 | 32 | Bucknell | 2 | 1 |
| Jerry Whalen | 40 | LG | 6-1 | 240 | 20 | Canisius | 2 | 0 |
| Alex Wizbicki | 85 | RDH | 5-11 | 188 | 27 | Holy Cross; Dartmouth; Holy Cross | 2 | 0 |
| John Wyhonic | 33 | MLB | 6-0 | 213 | 29 | Alabama | 1 | 0 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 35 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 7 | 28 | 21 | 66 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 23 | 4 | 6 | 2 | / % | / % | 5 | 25 | |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 6 | 7 | 2 | / % | / % | 15 | 107 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Baldwin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bill Gompers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Hirsch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill O'Connor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Graham Armstrong | 0 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 9 | 9 | 100.0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 66 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OWN | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| OPP | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Tomasetti | 23 | 76 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Chet Mutryn | 19 | 62 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Bill Gompers | 14 | 52 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Rex Bumgardner | 11 | 34 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Vic Kulbitski | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Still | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 225 | 0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 392 | 9.8 | 6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Ratterman | 36 | 15 | 41.7 | 17 | 159 | 4.4 | 10.6 | 3 | 8.3 | 4 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 43.4 | |
| Jim Still | 18 | 6 | 33.3 | 10 | 80 | 4.4 | 13.3 | 1 | 5.6 | 2 | 11.1 | 80 | 27.3 | |||
| Team Totals | 54 | 21 | 38.9 | 27 | 239 | 4.4 | 11.4 | 4 | 7.4 | 6 | 11.1 | 38.0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 28 | 45.2 | 32 | 335 | 5.4 | 12.0 | 1 | 1.6 | 2 | 3.2 | 27 | 308 | 54.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archie Maggioli | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Bill O'Connor | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 1 | |||
| Al Baldwin | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 10t | 2 | ||
| Chet Mutryn | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |||
| Bill Gompers | 1 | 66 | 66.0 | 66t | 1 | ||
| Rex Bumgardner | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Vic Kulbitski | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Paul Gibson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Don Schneider | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chick Maggioli | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Tomasetti | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 21 | 239 | 11.4 | 4 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 335 | 12.0 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Hirsch | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Chick Maggioli | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 0 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Still | 6 | 255 | 42.5 | 0 | 41 | |||||
| Team Totals | 9 | 255 | 28.3 | 0 | 55 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 310 | 38.8 | 0 | 42 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Schneider | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 0 | 55 | 9.2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Schneider | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | ||
| Chet Mutryn | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 120 | 20.0 | 46 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 27.0 | |
| Opponents Totals |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rex Bumgardner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Hirsch | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Chet Mutryn | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Don Schneider | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 1 |
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